Property of the Watertown Historical Society 1-3 y*.,.-i td Gut watertownhistoricalsociety.org o tr - ,5 I": XTtmee vO O K Timely Coverage Of News In The Fastest Growing Community In LitchfieM County Vol. 42 No. 4 SUBSCRIPTION- PRICE $12.00 PER YEAR Car, Rl. P.S. PRICE 30 CENTS Jan. 2.9, 1987' Annual Faculty Recital At Taft Slated Sunday Night Town Faring Well In The music faculty at Taft School will present its third annual Facul- ty Recital Sunday. Feb. I, at 7:30 p.m. in the choral recital room near Snow Removal Fight the Bin&hum Auditorium at Tali. available from the' Department of far, Mr. Middaugh said. HO Woodbury Road. Public Works as of Tuesday, but He. .said the• town,• like many Works by European masters of Chief Offers Mr. Middaugh said, nevertheless he •municipalities, has run. a ""little the 18th and 19th centuries will be believes, (he'' town, still is • in fair • low" on • sand, but'nothing to get featured. Admission is free, but, Winter Hints shape. worried about.,- because there is limited .seating. "I think people have lost sight of ., The town's $192 £00 snow budget tickets may be obtained by calling how much snow we've really had." for Fiscal 1986-87 includes $5,5.000 Carol Sboiilone at Taft at 274-2516! Residents this week have been, he said... noting a formidable moun- for highway personnel overtime. basking in a few days; of respite Besun as a celebration of the tain of the white stuff has been built about the same figure that was spent, from the heavy-hitting snowstorms 3«Mh birthdays of Bach. Handel, behind the fire house from snow last winter. The snow funding is up that see m ing I y have come in waves and Scarlatti, the faculty recital has removed off Main Street. There sharply from the $151,000 allocated, the past few.days, and so far the become an annual event. have been no major trouble spots so in the 1984-85 budget, but down, town is holding its own on, the Pe rti t rn ic rs w i. 11 i n c I u dc G eo rge slightly from the overall expense of financial end ol" clearing away the Schermerhorn. Tali music director. $201,100 for 1985-86 estimated this frosty flakes. performing on the harpsichord and Garden Club To past, spring. piano: David Home, choral direc- .While area communities have Discuss Planting 'Parking Woes Cited tor... who will sing, and play piano seen their snow removal budgets Police Chief Jack, Carroll, on the a n d v in > 1 i n: Th i rza h Be n do kas. shrivel alarmingly from the winter}' For The Birds •other hand, said illegal on-street cello, and well-known performer in JOHN SBORDONE, drama direc- pummel ings of Jim Ed, Marlon, parking at night "definitely has Ned. and their foamy colleagues. A meeting of the Watertown. the Greater Waterbwry area: flutist tor at Tali School, will be the first been hindering plowing opera- Watertown still is holding up well Garden, Club will be held Thursday, M i c h ae 1 Trc n ta I a nge,. ow n,e r ol" speaker lor the Friends ni the tions."" On-street parking is bann- under the onslaught, according to Feb. 12. at. 11:30 a.m. in the Michael La nge Music Studio and \Valertown Library's "M> Favorite" ed from 12 midnight to 7 a.m. one official. meeting room of the Watertown we 11 - km w n j a z z. n i u s i c i a n: p ta n is I lecture senes beginning Tuesday. through April 1. Feb 3. at 12 noon at the library, 470 Library. 470 Main St. Raymond Pierpont. piano teacher at "I expect we arc still in good, Chief Carroll said if a person's Mam Si. Mr Shordonc will discuss shape" regarding snow removal Edmund K. Swigart, Washing- both Tali and Wykeham Rise vehicle gets stuck in the snow, he H lhson\ "The Wild Duck" dur- ton, will speak on 'Planting Is funding, said Town. Manager Robert or she should notify the Police (Continued on page 2) ing Ihe topic "The Rise of Modern •Strictly for'the Birds.*" He will Middaugh earlier this week... "We're Department so it can determine if Theatei." 1 he public is invited free discuss what, to plant: and where-to not even approaching the crisis level " it is an obstruction to plowing, and Appeals On Taxes ill charge. Call 274-6729 Cor more plant trees, shrubs, and herbaceous yet." tan be removed Tlie Boaul ol l<i\ Rev iev\ has an inkii malioii On Jan 20. Mr MiJuaugh re- species to provide an aesthetically "The plow ing operators are really IIIHIIKIAI its meeting (.kites lo lje.it ported lo the Town Council about attractive setting, <jnd attract a w tele getting frustrated, and the parking appeals on pioperl\ assessments 17 all trom 6 to 7 M) p m in the a ihnd oi the iommurut\\ S192.600 \anct\ of birds b> furnishing ban will be enforced," the chief assessors olfit_e in the Town Hall, snow budget had been consumed homes food, and nesting sites nude b\ the assessor iin 'he OLt emphasized V DeForest St The observation did not include The program, which will get 1 NKd'Grand I 1st Mr Carroll said drivers who <\ppoimn)ents (..in be made b> further expenses associated with underwaj at I p m . will be il- Di iohii Gnttith Lhiiirniiin ot snnplv abandon their cars during a the bo.ud viid ihe ie\ tew lommii- id! I ing the assessor s otfke Mon- last Thursday s storm, nor Mon- lustrated b\ colored slides most of WL v ill meet W\inesdd> I eb 4 da\s ihioiuh Fnda\s tiom 9 a m da\ s nuni-storm fConlinucd on page 2) (Continued on page 2j Un'isi.ii\ Kb ^ and Iuesdas Fob in ^ p m \i( 274-5411 e\l 297 Up-to-date calculations were not Coffee Shop Conferences, Home Life m 5 Lit Political Fires For 2 Butterly Lads By 'Tommy Vaiuckas perhaps can. be called Watertown's twinkle toward Se.m sitting to his When Walertown's Sean C. But- first family of Democrat politics. lelt in ihe attorney's 59 Lutehfield terly was sworn in earlier in January Any politics, for that matter. The Road ho nit's kitchen. at the slate Capitol as the new Bultcrly clan has been pilch ing hats, An J I lable and well-hkcd man Democrat legislator for the 68th into and circling around the pol- about town who could have been H< i u se D i s t ri c l. h e" wa s g i ven t h e itical arena through, a good, portion mistaken in his younger dajs for same No. 84 chair previously • of the modern, day development of Gri7/I> Adams. Bill Sr perhaps is wanned by his brother William J. the community. best i cine inhered fm operating his Butlerly Jr.. who had been the 76th "The seat was given to me in col lee shop and restaurant at two District state representative from deference to my brother."'" explain- locations in downtown Watertown 1.982. to 1.984. ed Sean, at 35 the youngest, of the some 17 to 18 ytars in the late 1940s 4& And from the gallery. Bill Jr. live Bultcrly sons of William. J. and to early 1960s •Pfli looked on. Winnie Bulterly S:r. He said he When he retired trom the town Thus began, yet another chapter thinks the legislative brother act is highway crew in 1976. he also could in the ongoing slory in what one of the few—if only one—to have look back on experiences as a meal occurred in Connecticut involving cutter, milk delivery man, employee Inside different districts. lor iwo different phone companies, Sean, an, attorney by profession, and a factory worker. Automotive. page 16 defeated a local Republican incum- Although his mother was a Bethlehem: News 13 bent for the 68th seat. last No- Bethlehem town clerk and father an Births 6 vember. The formal swearing-in unsuccessful candidate from the Bridal Section B marked the successful conclusion, hamlet for the state House of Bridge Club 16 in a way. of a. grass roots-style of Representatives, Bill Sr Calendars 3 & 16 campaigning that has been a But- jcknowlcged he "never had any Churches 8 & 9 terly trademark. desire" to run for Town Council Classifieds.... 22 •To get to the essence of the fami- Except once. In 1977, he was a Dining Out .10, 11 & 12 ly political aplomb, however, ii is petitioning candidate following in Jamie McLaughlin.,.. .. -17 best to gather the leading par- the shadows of a three-man In- Joseph Lieberman,......... .21 ticipants around, a kitchen table,.- Put dependent protest party slate. He DkMOCKAl POLITICS IN HAIEKIOVVN ««i™ il.i. WIIII-II. J. But- Nancx Johnson , 19 the coffee pot on. Keep the at- and the makeshift ticket were terly Sr. family-have been synonymous since the days of the Butlerly Neivsbeat Briefs . - 5 mosphere informal. soundly defeated. coffee shop and restaurant on Mam Street. The principal characters Obituaries ... 4 "I guess I've always been a "I hoped to God I didn't get through the years, have been William I Butterly Jr., left, a former Town Personals • - - - - 6 & 23 Democrat," said Bill Sr., 69, who elected!" he laughed now.