Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.org.. The Water town - Oakville TOWN Weekly TIMES Vol. 11, No. 502 Subscription Price, $3.00 Per Year. Single Copy. • Cents 18. ifSI Urges Hiring Full Time Sanitarian Di Edwin G Reade, Health Di- ] Equally as important for pre- lector. this week reported that ; serving good health and .sanitary the town has reached the stage conditions, he stressed the desira- uheie it needs the services of a bility of systematic checking of full time sanitarian He disclosed private sanitation systems and the that he plans to recommend to the : necessity for examining areas town's authorities that a trained • where such systems are to be in— sanitarian be hired ! stalled. He " said, a full time The town's population, is esti- working, trained, sanitarian would, mated at over 14 000 'persons and not only Inspect the area staked, may soon pass the 15,0*X) mark, out for the system but also would considenng the amount of housing be able to advise the home owner developments going on here, he as to correct installations,.. He said. To maintain proper health would also make seepage tests standards and safeguards he is where subdivision developments advising regular inspections of are proposed and, would be in places selling or handling food for •position, because of his, back- public consumption and opera- ground, to evaluate complaints or tions engaged in such personal situations pertaining to sanita- sen ices as barber shops and tion or health,,. Dr.. Reade said. beauty parlors The work cannot be adequately done on a part time basis, the Health Director declared. There Local Civil Defense officials expressed satisfaction with the results of "Operation Alert:, 1957" held DAIUAV dttfW^I ^*irfc is plenty to do and it 'requires Friday. Shown here is a scene on the normally busy main street of Watertown after the public "Take lOWCi JIlOwC'l vtllS someone who knows 'both the Cover" si's nail,, a three-minute series of rising and falling siren blasts,, sounded just before 2 p. m. Police state and local laws .regarding1 halted all traffic 'and motorists took cover in nearby burl dings. (.'Photo by Messier I Oakville Gas Line health, and sanitation, who has re- ceived training for the work and Fifty Families Hit who oan put all. of his time to it, he said. Eleven NewVo+ers Scores of Oak\ llle customers Assume 83 'Killed'412 Injured A. .sanitarian for a town the Eleven new voters were sworn weie \\ ithout gas service for near- in and two reinstatements were ly fiv e hours Jul\ 11, after a, size of •Watertown may be obtain- made at a three hour session of the power sho\ el of the Juno-Mask el. ed at a salary of 56.000 a year. Dr. in MythicarH" Bomb Attack selectmen and town, clprk Mon- Construction Company accident- Reade believes. He noted, that at day morning in Town Hall ally upped out approximately least half of this, salary could be 'Eighty-three Watertown resi- tude of 4,000 feet, resulting in a The following person^ were foiH feet of the gas line running offset by revenues from inspection dents, were killed, in theory• and considerable amount of danger- made \oters. Ormonde and Janet up Ruer'irte Street and testing fees and the issuance some 412 were Injured in last ously radioactne "fallout." It Oborne, Jr , Chestnut Grnve Rd The hieak occurred shortly of health permits. There could al- week's "Operation Alert, 1,957," was calculated that the Burling- Francis and Doroth\ Carlson Cut- aftei thiee pm and. Connecticut so be savings where special sur- termed very satisfactory by local ton bomb was ten miles distant in ler St : Mrs. Lois B Nevcrdauskas, Light and Pow er Company emer- veys must be 'made such as is now . Civilian Defense officials. a straight line, with the Derbv High St.: John P Butterlj Jason ge n c > cievs worked, for near 1 y going on in the Lake Winnemaug The exercise assumed that hy- bomb more than twenty miles Ave : Francis and Antoinette Mr- fI\e houis installing anew section area for which the town will have drogen bombs' were exploded at away. The bombs weie each of Grail, Meadow Lane; Frances of pipe and turning off gas in the to spend $500, the Health Officer Burlington and Derby at an alti- 20 megaton size, with a fireball Janes, Middlebury Rd Harr\ and himes affected b\ the break. said. diameter of five miles. Ruth Finley, 3d, of Guernsejtown Compam officials said, approxi- Studies and. surveys of health The "alert" signal came at Rd were reinstated. mately fift\ families In the River- and sanitation conditions in the about 12 30 p.m Friday and Ci- The next new voter session v> ill side St aiP of Dakville were af- town sponsored by the Health GOP Changes vilian Defense personnel manned be held in September. fected b> the break. A d v isory Co m m i 11 ee., concl u d e d the headquarters and C D radio with reports which, recommended from that time to noon on Satur- the need of the sen; ices here of a day. tra i n ed sa ni ta ri a, n. Expected On Sealed envelopes containing' in- Loss Of Water At Town - Owned Ponds formation about the mythical, Executive Board Meets. bomb burst were opened at 2": 30 The executive board of the Wa- Several Posts p.m. .Friday, at a meeting of Town By Golf Club Hauling Termed Negligiblet e rtown -O a kvi 11 e R ec rea t ion Cou n- and. Civil Defense officials which cil, Inc., will meet July .23 at 8 Contests, for endorsement by the local C. D. Director H. Raymond " Park Commission chairman obtain the full forty loads of wa- Republican Town Committee for Sjostedt emphasized, would be Alexander Alves said this week ter, since rainfall over the week- p.m. in the Youth Center, Water- some of-the town official positions held automatically .in the event of that he had given the Watertown end made it unnecessary. "I think, town. are slated, at the committee's meet- any disaster or enemy atack. Golf Club permission to withdrew it will be alright." he said, refer- ing tonight, according to reports. • In their planning operations, lo- up to 48,000 gallons of water from ring to the negligible drop in the water level because of the hauling, The "two spots which have stirred cal C. D. workers went on the as- town owned Echo Lake, "but not sumption that a 5O'% '"strategic a drop 'more until: they consult bujt added that he was "hoping for Donations Dragging the main controversy are on the evacuation"" of the town had ta- with me again.,.""" Recreation Direc- more rain soon." Police Commission and Board of ken place, leaving approximately tor' John,, Regan and waterfront H u in g e rfo rd Ag rees Assessors. Leo Orsini, who has 6.500' residents here at the time of staffs at Echo Lake .and Slades, In Red Cross Fund been a member of the Republican 1 First Selectman G. Wilmont the "Alert., ™ Pond had protested the action of Hungerford agreed substantially Town Committee for almost twenty At the .sounding of the "Alert" the golf club after they -saw a. with Alves, asserting that the loss For Audrey Victims years. Is opposing the Incumbent tank truck, being filled with water1 •tignal, a long blast on sirens, an. of water through the hauling • The Watertown Red Cross 'Chap- Anthony DiNunzio. Reports indi- there, additional 75'% were evacuated, agreement Is "less than a drop in ter has, 'to-date, only $88, toward cate that Mr. Orsini has an. edge resulting in a population at the Alves said that club ' president the bucket"' when compared to aid for the flood-stricken Cameron, in the battle because of the objec- time of the explosion, of 1,650. The John Rear don, had asked permis- the great volume of water In Echo La..., disaster area. Chapter Chair- .( tion several committee members explosion resulted .in bad damage aon of First Selectman Hunger- Lake. He pointed out that an man Edward Thompson noted. have toward, dual positions. Mr. to 40% of the frame dwellings of ford and was 'referred to the Park acre of water one inch deep equals, With Red. Cross disaster funds- DiNunzio, besides his 'position, as, the town, with, slight, damage to Commission 'Chairman. Alves not- approximately 30,000 gallons. Tak- wiped out by a, series, of floods assessor,' has been a ..member of masonry buildings. ed 'that he had given, permission ing eight acres, as the size of the tornadoes and other disasters, 'the the Oakville Public Wtorjis .Com- Continued on Page 11 after consultation with the Com- water surface in the lake, he con- need is urgent, he pointed out. In mission and some calculation of mission also. He has, resigned the cluded that It would be necessary the 20 Louisiana parishes and four the amount of Water Involved, for to withdraw approximately 240,000 1 latter office to' become inspector Texas counties hard-hit by "Hurri- the club to 'haul forty .loads of gallons from the lake to lower the cane Audrey" an estimated 4,200 for the Commission.- Reports that Anthony DiNunzio 1,200 gallons each, for use on the level one Inch. Mr. Orsini. has received the back- families have sought long-term as- •dying .greens; at the Golf Club, sistance from the Red Cross. ing of ' the .nominating committee Assuming a 1,000 gallon, tank affected by recent drought condi- Continued, on Page 14 (Continued on Page Six) of the town, committee could not Quits Commission tions,.