Property of the Watertown Historical Society Pi 'K3 c Q watertownhistoricalsociety.org o vs^, o ©•Hi O L- Zftmes vO O Timeiif Coverage Of News In The Fastest Growing Community Im LitehfieM County i/3 Vol. 40 No. 13 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $12.00 PER YEAR Car. Ri.P.S. •PRICE 30 CENTS March- 28,4985 Modern Day Bard Slated At Taft School April 10 Company Proposes Frank F. Fowle III, a modern —IT*: • - ••- - -..- 1 day bard, will perform, at the Taft School Wednesday, April 10, at •> 7:40 p.m. in the Bingham Wellfield Purchase Auditorium, 110 Woodbury Aquaventure, a local private The water company proposed years. Aquaventure would be the Road. i water company, submitted a. pro- two plans for town purchase. The official supplier of water until He calls himself the "Bard" *.-.' posal, to the Water and. • Sewer first is outright purchase by Watertown, pays for the wellfield.. because of what: he does: he tells Authority at its meeting, Monday Watertown for $2 million, with $1 But monetary concerns and the deeds of heroes. And., since night for a town purchase of a million down and- the other SI manganese content in the present 1980 Frank Fowle has performed wellfield in Middlebury. •• million at 8 percent interest for 1,0 water supply forced the authority more than 500 times in 4.5 states, •"._; I * - The wellfield has a pumping years.' to direct Fred Black of R. J. Black attracting positive attention from, i capacity of 850,000' .gallons of The second is $500,000 down, & Son, representing Aquaventure, publications like the Wall Street water per day, with '.an extra and payment of SI.2,5 per 1,000 to go back and, take into Journal, Washington, Post, San -fi 150,000' gallons if recharge basins gallons, with a • guarantee of consideration some of the board's Francisco Chronical, and, the are installed. 500,000 gallons per day, for 25 comments for a different Chicago Tribune. proposal. Mr. Fowle was, born Feb. 4, • Superintendent Vincent 1,946 in, Evanston, Illinois. He Petroccia pointed out if the field attended New Trier High School was bought under the second pro- and, later, Trinity College in Girl Scouts Nearly Set posal, the town would be paying Hartford. After graduating Mr. _ v $1.2,5 for the 1,000 .gallons- Fowle joined the Navy, and is now r <••-: • For • Cookie Deliveries • without the firm, delivering it to a lieutenant commander in, the the town line. Presently, the town Reserves. Within the next two weeks, finance their organization. Frank Fowle III purchases water from Waterbury During the summer of 198ft, patrons of girl, scouting and Safety is also a major concern. for $.57 per 1,000 with delivery. Written parental consent is re- four years after Mr. Fowle left the must reach, such a height of cookie lovers alike will receive But, Mr. Black, indicated, if the ' quired for participating in the Navy to go to law school, he emotional intensity 'that his the cookie orders placed during water is delivered to the town line, sale, and girls are urged to stay dropped his practice to become a. hearers are drawn as- if by a . the Jan. 18-Feb. 9 sales drive. Aquaventure should be allowed to away from strangers, unfamiliar full-time bard. And since then, he magnet into possession by the A limited supply also will be sell water to Timex Corporation neighborhoods, avoid entering has traveled nearly .500,000 miles muse." available for' direct sale. from on Park, Road, and the Hillcrest homes, •. and rely on, - direct in North America. A,-professor at. Loyola Univer- Crestwood Service Unit Cookie. Avenue people. That would bring, adult supervision in, difficult "A true bard," Mr. Fowle said, sity in. Chicago said, of Mr. Fowle: Chairwoman Sue Ledell at .274- the capacity down to 500,000 sales and deliveries. Girls should "is an inspired, dramatic perform- "Homer opens 'our eyes to the 8245 after 5 p.m. gallons per day by the time-the always stay on the "buddy er. He must take and hold the excitement of life. Fowle opens •• The seven varieties offered lines reached Watertown, he said. attention, of his audience or he our eyes to the excitement of are: the Samoa, a vanilla cookie (Continued on page 2) Joseph, Masi, authority fails. To succeed, his performance Homer." topped with caramel, coconut, member, said the ease of delivery, and chocolate; Do-Si-Dos, an clean, water, and at least 1 million oatmeal • sandwich cookie with Daffodil Drive . gallons per day would make the Rifle And Pistol Club peanut ..butter filling; Choco- package palatable to the town late Chunks, a chocolate chip Success; New. • council. The trickledown. of cookie; Trefoils, a. delicate gallonage on the way to the Lease Renewed By Board shortbread. , Watertown, . .line makes the Also: Thin Mints, chocolate Flowers Coming rollment. • package less appealing, he said. The Board of Education, unan- peppermint wafers coated with The American Cancer Soci- The presence of manganese, a imously voted Monday night to Dr.. Fallon told the Board the cocoa; Tagalongs, peanut butter- ety's Greater Water bury Unit seven, non-tenured teachers can .3-8 percent content'in one well, is renew its lease with the Water- topped cookies covered, with has reported some 160,000 daf- another problem, in the possible town, Rifle and Pistol. Club, which be retained because of the- chocolate; and Juliett.es, the new fodils were purchased in the number of tenured, instructors purchase. The affected, well has a operates out of the basement of a arrival, one half of the package community by businesses and in- capacity of 12.5 gallons per Polk School building off Bucking- leaving the staff at the end of daisy shaped, shortbread, while dividuals during the recent can- the school year, and, normal attri- minute. ham Street. the other half is pecan short- cer drive. • Mr. Black, indicated that The continuation, of the one- tion, through" retirement. How- bread, dipped in brown, sugar The ACS noted some of the ever, he said further discussions digging around the well, about five year contract, which sparked. praline coating. flowers "were not up to the usual years ago, and the refilling of the some minor controversy in recent have to take place with, the Wa- The Girl Scout cookie sale is a q u al i ty " of p re viou s years * del i,v - tertown, Education Association hole, might be the cause of the years with former Board, mem- 50-year old American, tradition eries because of the changing manganese. The fill consisted of bers, has become almost a mere and Board before the outcome of that continues to enjoy wide pub- weather, and not through any the seven is decided. "junk," he said. formality. There were no protes- lic support, as it provides girls fault of the society. Mr. Black further said fresh The teachers named are Kath- tations offered, by the current with experience in responsible People wishing to have infer- gravel would, correct, the problem... Board. leen, Griflb, Mary Lou lacoviello, handling of a product and ior daffodils replaced, may pick Without the affected well, the However, the educators did losalynn Gargano, Jean Gowlis, money, in the sales situation, (Continued on, page 2) - '(Continued on page 2) move to have the lease examined (Continued on page 2) and with" the opportunity to help by School Business Manager Dean, Duchak. William Fassbender, presi- dent of the club, said there are Laura Birchard Crowned about. 20 members in the organi-. zation, which meets a few nights Greater Watertown Queen a. week at the school. He said al- though the doors open, at 5 p.m., Eighteen-year-old Nonnewaug High School senior. Laura Birchard the members usually don't come won. the 1985 Miss' Greater Watertown Scholarship, Pageant, title until 7:30 p.m. Saturday night before a, packed auditorium, at Watertown High, Target shooting never is done School during school hours, he assured Miss Birchard, the daughter of Richard Birchard and Mrs. Johanna, the Board. Birchard, took the $1,000' first-place scholarship prize offered by the Mr. Fassbender said the club Oakville-Watertown Chapter of the, UN ICO Club, sponsor of the stresses safety, provides compet- annual, event. .. itive activities, and is well • in- She succeeds Holly Slater, the 1984 Miss Greater Watertown and sured. There have been no also from, Woodbury, as the official town hostess. She will be known accidents reported by the recognized as town hostess at the Monday, April, 1 meeting of the club since a formal, lease proce- Town Council. dure was instituted in the late First runner-up Saturday was Cary Sue Razza, daughter of Mr. and 1970's, nor any prior to then Mrs. Carmine Razza, Oakville, while second, runner-up went to when the club met more inform- Michelle Renaud, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre RenaudrOakville. al! > Miss Razza, a 17-year-old Holy Cross High School, senior, receives a Reprieve For Teachers S50O scholarship prize; Miss Renaud, an, 1,8-year-old, Mattatuck THE 1985 MISS GREATER WATERTOWN Scholarship Pageant on School Superintendent Dr Community College freshman, wins $300 to assist furthering her D Saturdav night produced Laura Birchard, seated from Woodbury, as hilip Fallon reported he be education. , he town's new official hostess and queen She is an 18 year old senior irves the seven teachers noti Miss Birchard,, who hopes to major in psychology and minor in the at Nonnewaug High School and \uns the top $1,000 scholarship fed in Februarv thev might be performing arts while in college, sang a, jazzy medley version of "On prize Other winners, standing left to right are Julie Filippone, Miss mid off hkel\ A ill be retained Broadway" and "New York, New'York" as her talent, performance, Congeniality, Can, Sue Razza first runner up, and Michelle Renaud, He had proposed last month the ' drawing applause from, the audience while singing.