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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1925
Page
3
In Naugatuck a heated meeting debated charter changes as factions sparred over a City Manager Plan. Attorney James J. Dalton condemned the manager form, urging voters to preserve the existing government praised for stability, schools, and roads.
Readership letters from Third Ward residents urge the community to choose a united borough name for Naugatuck and to avoid the rejected or awkward title Union City. They criticize delays in adopting a formal charter and rail at the process amid local roads and plans, urging clear identity for the future borough.
Mrs Mackine and Mrs Jonas visit to Main Street home on Fe ents avenue. Family guests from Newark plan to return home today. William Freeman visits friends in Canada. A food and cake sale at Walter Gilnack's store raised funds for St Michael's choir boy outing, with Mrs William Hail Miner and Mrs Frank A Squires in charge of arrangements.
Congregation members are told no services will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church on High Street tomorrow to allow Lutherans from across the state to attend the annual Southbury exercises at the Lutheran Home for the Aged. The Southbury services begin at LL o'clock.
The passage extols a town's administration comparing favorably to larger cities. It claims honest public officials and fair charity distribution, urging residents to reject a proposal for a stronger council. George W. Andrew Carl W. Thompson and Joseph L. Jackson spoke urging a 'noe' vote on Monday.
A farewell gathering honors Kline a departing member of the factory council. The event recognizes his service and long tenure with notes of appreciation and best wishes for future endeavors.
Stratford contemplates converting a waterfront site into a public park amid fears of private interests absorbing the land. The council previously leased it 99 years despite a town vote against it, now facing a referendum after a petition. Also notes a new Mack fire truck, fiscal figures on notes payable and debt, and a garage dispute with zoning and court proceedings. A church assassination in Bart, Italy, is reported.
Saunders of High Point and Phillips Exeter Academy, class of 1925 era, won $14 in gold for woodcraft at Exeter. He paddled a canoe, built a lean-to, navigated by watch and sun, and demonstrated wood craft as part of Troop 2 with Congregational Church roots. He plans Yale forestry study in fall.
Notice to contractors bidding for sewer construction in Naugatuck Connecticut with approximately 1764 feet of 12 inch tile sewer eight manholes and 21 inlets. Bids opened July 7 1925 at 6 p m standard time. Proposals and specifications available at Borough Engineer or Borough Clerk Town Hall Building. Borough reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Six furnished rooms with screened veranda bathing fishing and diving on premises at Tidewater 247 Harbor Street Branford. Weekly rate twenty dollars. Call 505 Branford for details.
Brick work and chimney work plus concrete sidewalks are noted with dates or references to 5-22. Details are fragmentary but indicate maintenance or construction tasks scheduled or completed. Local tradesmen or contractor names are not clearly readable.
District of Naugatuck probate hearing set for July 1925 on the last will of James Bird Sr. Application filed by James Bird Jr. seeks proven admitted probate. Notice to heirs outside the district by publication and posting on town signpost as required. Frank W. Eaton signs the order.
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