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SOME OF THE STUCCO HOUSESBuilt by The Oakville Company in 1918 on the "Bennett Ball" Farm

OAKVILLE'S HOUSING OPERATIONS

The new development of The Oakville Companyon what has long been known as the Bennet BallFarm is shown in part by the picture on this.page.

. The work completed to date provides housing. fortwenty-five families. About one-half of these houseswere built in 1917 and the rest of the houses, all ofthe type shown above, were built in 1918.

The Oakville Company has subdivided the tractinto about 265 lots, graded the streets, laid out

i sidewalks.and gutters, built a water supply system,and laid about one mile of water mains, and alsoprovided electric lighting, gas and sewage disposal.The site as any one familiar with Oakville knowswell is about as near ideal in location as could be.found.

On our front page will be found a group picture,: showing what happened on Main Street in 1918 when

the Charles F. Abbott Company, owners of Rock-dale Park, built there seven houses, together withsidewalks; and sidewalks are still lacking in some

"places on Main Street. The water supply is fromSprings and artesian well, and about a quarter of. a

; mile of pipe was used in the whole installation.These houses were all sold and are owned by F. H.Crocker, J. .Hi Verba, R. E. Garnsey, F. P. Lancaster,W. H. Flisner, W. E. Clark, and Theo. Fleming;

Over on Prospect Street Alfred Bradshaw builttwo six-room cottages in 1917, and in partnershipwith W. H. Jones has.built quite a few others duringthis decade.

To Emil Bussemey, however, belongs the honorof starting Oakville's building boom way back in1910 when he started operations on HungerfordAvenue by building and selling cottages. Besidesbuilding many cottages Mr. Bussemey built the firstbrick store and office building in 1911-12' when heerected the present postoffice building. To this headded several stores in 1917, and just what he will donext year never can tell—just watch and see.

E. D. Barlow has built four houses on NewtonHeights during the decade. Over on Melrose LouisStorm built seven houses about 1913 s and 14 andlater the Chirelli Brothers built three more, FrankSchreter has built three houses on the old JohnsonBates farm near Sylvan Lake, and James Henshawhas built four cottages on Oakville Heights, formerlythe, A. H. Mattoon place. When it gets down to'single houses built as homes their name is legionand to list them would be to start a catalogue.

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MORE WILBOR "DEVELOPMENT"

The Wilbor Land Company have again visitedOakville and this time they have purchasedthe A. J. Eddy place, formerly owned byBryant Johnson, on upper Buckingham Street. Theirfirst apperance here was about 1909 or 1910 whenthey subdivided the Charles Warner farm on River-side Street. A few years later they bought the Cape-well and the George Pullen farms, beyond DavisStreet, and the year before last the old Sextonplace, then owned by Geo. S. Abbott, and last yearthey bought and sold quite a portion, of the oldWm. G. French place.

These Wilbor "developments" are unfortunately-cut up into lots so mnnitesimalthat they appealonly to foreigners, and have resulted in a greatchange in the population of the village, and also inthe multiplication of roads, the lots being cut sosmall that it takes two roads to open up a tract toeveryone needed by any regular development.

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OTHER FARMS THAT HAVEDISAPPEARED

Besides the French, Eddy, Saxon, Chas. Warner,Capewell, and Pallen farms that have disappeared tomake building sites as mentioned above. The A. H.Mattoon and Slade farms on Falls Avenue, the Geo.Slade places and the C. K. Bond places on Sunny-side Avenue, the Bennet Ball and Hungerford farmson Buckingham Street, the Wm. McCormick placeon Main Street, the Davis farm on Davis Street,and the Newton farm on Newton Heights, all havegone to supply the unending demand for buildingsites. Besides these farms it might be well towrite into the record the purchase of the HenryWarner farm by the Autoyre Company, the JohnsonBates farm by the Chase Metal Company, the JosephBaird farni by The Oakville Company, all for factorypurposes.

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LOCAL BUILDERS BUSY

The Chas. F. Abbott Company have just completedfour houses* for The Bristol Company at PlattsMills and a factory building, 60 x 60. They havealso just finished the store fixtures for The LincolnFashion Shop in the Steele building, Waterbury, andare making alterations in the show windows in thenew store of the Ford Agency of Duttee W. Flint onLeavenworth Street.

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THE AUTOYRE COMPANY, OAKVILLE, CONNECTICUTManufacturers of Novelties from Wire and Sheet Metal

WHAT OAKVILLE HAS DONE FORCONNECTICUT

'.- Had Oakville held on to all her manufacturingenterprises there would have been few. towns inConnecticut to outstrip her in the extent and varietyof her manufactures. Few of the present residentsof the Pin Village know how Philanthropic Oakvillehas been in giving to neighboring cities and townsvigorous manufacturing enterprises that form a greatpart of their wealth.

Oakville besides giving the City of BridgeportThe Baird Machine Company, employing severalhundred skilled mechanics in 1912, also gave to thatgrowing city the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing MachineCompany, way back in the fifties. This concern wasborn in the building now owned by Seymour Smith& Sons, and well on its way to success when P. T.Barnum and others interested in Bridgeport inducedthe enterprise to move to that city, where it hasgrown to be one of the largest enterprises of thatHustling municipality.

Waterbury may have something on everybody, butOakville has some things on Waterbury.' The Waterbury Machine Company was born in

the so-called lower Pin Shop, and occupied thatbuilding for some time.

The American Mills Company, of .Waterbury, isthe successors of The Warren' & Newton Co., ofOakville, (perhaps better known as the old SuspenderShop) very much of. the romance and history of theOakville of half a century ago centers at the OldWeb Shop, another name for the' building. IsaacNewton, who for years managedjhe Web-Shop,was president and manager of the Waterbury Com-

THE AUTOYRE COMPANY

The Autoyre Company on Main Street, whobought out the plant of The Baird Machine Co.,when that company removed to Bridgeport, is thesecond largest factory in Oakville. They employabout ISO hands and make all kinds of goods fromwire and sheet metal. Their name, Autoyre, doesnot mean any relation to the "Auto" industry asmany strangers suppose, but denotes their specialties,automatic wire goods or auto-wire.

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pany. Mr. Newton served as Mayor of Waterburyin 1871.

The big Scovill Manufacturing Company also gota boost from Oakville when the thriving business ofScovill & Buckingham, which was conducted on thepresent site of The Oakville Company, moved toWaterbury, consolidating with the other branchthere.

Were things now as they might have been, imag-ine-the Oakville of today besides The OakvilleCompany, The Autoyre Company, and the SeymourSmith & Sons Company with her share of the ScovillCompany, with The American Mills plant, TheWaterbury Machine Company, of Waterbury, alllined up on the roadside in Oakville. SupposeBridgeport also sent us back our children, TheBaird Machine Company and The Wheeler & Wil-son Company, wouldn't Oakville look like a snug'little municipality?

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OAKVILLE

By Arthur Brooks BakerWhen I was very young and very bad,A savage, shamed not at my savage hide,Mine elders, who were highly civilized; '.Instructed me regarding what was niceTo mention in polite society."Shi Shi" A sound we children often heard,Referred to many things and thoughts tabooAnd awed us into silence. Undraped skinWas marvelously naughty. Next to that,The thing of all things most unspeakableWas underclothes, and justly so,Because they"were so near our naughty selves;And safety pins, tho moral in themselves,Became the subject of severe reproachBecause they fastened draperies forbidTo mention save in whispers. Like poor Tray,The innocent, respectable canine,They shared the stigma of their company.

I always knew that safety pins.were made,Somewhere, somehow; but fancied it must beA matter such as smuggling—done with guardsAnd lookouts constantly upon the watch,To warn if one approacheth. But behold,I came upon.g day to Oakville, whereA factory stood square astride the street, 'Its dam athwart the stream, its windows wideOpened to every staring compass'pointI questioned the damsel in a pale blue dressWho rode beside me in the trolley car:"What are they making-here?" and she replied,"Iff. safety pins!" - "

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FRAN* H. HATTOON. EditorMRS. ELIZABETH A. HATTOON, Associate EditorCHARLES F. ABBOTT, Assbdste Editor

WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, MAKCH 1, 1919

A Growing Child

The major portion of the News this month isgiven over to an O'akville number. This section ofthe town of Watertown, while a part of the whole,has always been largely a separate village in every-thing save government, so that many of the "peopleat the upper end of the town are not aware, of thealmost remarkable growth that "the Ville' has en-joyed in flie last few years, until now Watertownproper wifl heeds be on her toes to prevent Oak-ville outstripping.lie*. ijH other things as she appar-ently has in poptftation'.

Oakville is a strong'and healthy child, which hasbecome such more iff spitg of than because of theparent, for it must be admitted, that there is consider-able ground for the claim of some of her residentsthat she has been neglected in some respects. But"the Ville" has kept moving onward arid it won'tbe many years before she'll have, the town hallmoved down there if those at this end don't Watch

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English As a World Language

John Galsworthy, speaking at the LowelJ centen-• ary celebration in New York last week, declared that

one of the greatest results of the war has been "thepromotion of our common tongue to the position ofthe universal language." The trend had been thatway for a long while before the war came. Unques-tionably, however, Mr. Galsworthy is right in sug-gesting that the war has given great impetus to themovement.

"The importance of the English-speaking peqpleis such," Mr. Galsworthy said, "that the educatedman in every country will- perforce,' as it were,acquire a knowledge of our speech," Probably so.It is true that the war has stimulated in America anunprecedented interest in French; but it is not likelythat the effects will be as deep and lasting here aswill be.the influence making for the spread of theEnglish tongue abroad.• This is a condition of affairs which gives new

point and new meaning to Lowell's fine phrase aboutour language, when he described it as "perhaps thenoblest vehicle of poetic thought that ever existed."It is a highly significant thing that at this particular:

/ s tage of world affairs England and America, the; iV^pro* .great democracies, should be the dominant4 I^gurts they are and that their common tongue

r'Ji ..^should be looked on as the second language of man-"v* 7ldnd. C - "'';. y , , ,., - #W,M B|joft OakvjUe „ „ „

& f $gHJS HOMECOMING TROOPS

/Awiilableêet of Transports Being Rapidlyf ^ S ^ I - P o u r Divisions Coming

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ta:b(-;now;decided that the Twenty-sixth

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three hundred thousand troops have been returnedfrom overseas up to the present time, though nearlytwo million men have been demobilized. But thehomeward troop movement will be accelerated fromnow on, and New England's Own is given a placein the lengthening list of divisions selected to sailbefore, July.

Heretofore the "designation" of a division forembarkation has signified little with reference to theactual date. It has meant simply that'the divisionwill start home in its turn, according to a priority listso far as it may have been made up. Thus the NewYork division was designated nearly two monthsago, but only recently has it been possible for theauthorities to announce the actual time of departure,the first week in March. After designation, .theproblem has been to find the ships.

The available fleet of' transports is now beingrapidly increased, . and the statement that theTwenty-sixth is to sail'in April is information .thatinforms. Four . divisions are to come! home nextmonth, according to priorities heretofore announced,and of five more scheduled for embarkation in Aprilthe Yankee division is'apparently to be first. .

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Will Be Long, Long Time

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' Count von Bernstorff is represented in a dispatchfrom Coblenz as realizing that it will be a long timebefore he can return to the United States in an offi-cial capacity. So long, indeed, that he would haveto outlive Methuselah in order to have that dis-tinguished honor.

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Speaking of- Obstacles

•*.:•• ' /':' *'•• '•'•"' (Exchange)

. Ther6 are several obstacles in the way of thegratification of the former Kaiser's wish that hemight come to the United States to live, not theleast of which is the undesirable alien law.

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Pity the Poor Ed.

(Woodbury Reporter)

A gentleman was promenading the street with abright little boy at his side, when the little fellowcried out: "Oh, pa, there goes an editor!" "Hush,hush!" said the father, "don't make sport of the poorman—God only knows what you may come to yet."

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RED CROSS REPORT

Report for January of the Watertown Chapter ofthe Red Cross is as follows:

Treasurer reports balance on hand of $2,648.45.Supervisor of hospital garments reports hospital

and refugee garments to the amount of 12,244shipped tto headquarters in New York.

Mrs. Henry Hickcox reports cut and assembled55 dresses and 30 skirts.

Mrs. Florence Lewis, chairman of the clothingcommittee, reports several rolls of old linen dis-tributed for sickness.

Mrs. Edgar Platt reports 76 pajama suits cut and32 pajama suits made.

St. Mary Magdalene's Auxiliary reports for Jan-uary, 11 baby shirts, 6 hospital shirts, 24 aprons, 13diapers, 6 pairs socks,. 8 aprons, 5 dresses, 1 sweater.

Oakville Auxiliary' reports for January—15 sets ofpajamas, 19 hospital shirts, 13 boys' shirts, 19 aprons,11 pinafores, 8 girls' petticoats.,

Bethlehem Auxiliary reportsâs completedJniDe-cember 12 sets of-pajamas; in January, 27 pairssocks and 4 sweaters; 9 ladies' skirts; 4 ladies' aprons,

Lieutenant H. Morton Merriman formerly presi-dent and treasurer of the M. Heminway & Sons Silk'Company, now treasurer of The H. K. H. SilkCompany, successors to the former concern, enrolledin the Naval Coast Reserve, Second Naval District,March 21st, 1917, having served with the volunteerpatrol squadron in its maneuvers of the previoussummer: - , .. '-'Called'.to active, duty.April .7, 1917, and placed incommand of a submarine chaser. He was later placedin command of a fleet of submarine ° chasers andscout patrol, basing at Newport. Then the base wastransferred to Block Island and a squadron of ninesweepers added.

During submarine activities, commencing May,1918, the Block Island base assumed considerableimportance—an aerial and submarine patrol beingestablished there. -

Placed on inactive duty December 14,1918.He is now planning a business trip which will

take him to the coast, Japan, China and the Philp-pines.

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Not Fear—Suspicion

' (Washington Star)

* Gen. Foch does not fear the power of Germany,but it is evident that he will never be free fromsuspicion as to the absolute purity of Teutonicintentions. .;

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9 hospital shirts, 3 infants' nightdresses, 2 infants'capes, 7 children's dresses;'Girls' Auxiliary —[7infants' night dresses, 7 infants' sheets, 6 pairs socks,8 aprons, 5 dresses, 2.infants' capes, 2 knittedbonnets. - . , ' • ~

Report on nurses in Watertown: Pupil 'nurses', 6;practical nurses, 7; graduate nurses, 17, three beingnow in service overseas or in camps. •

Mrs. Whitcome, of the - knitting • committee, re-ports: During'the month of January sent to RedCross headquarters 230 pairs «ocks and 50 sweaters.This' committee deserves great credit' for - its' work'.and of great interest is the total of figures of goodssent since June- 1, being 2,105' pairs socks, 487sweatefs756 helmets7l6~wristlets7 4"mufflers. ~r~.t < ' : - ****** Boost Oakrilie ****** " •"'

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Some Inside Facts onOutside PaintsPure linseed oil and pure whitelead do make a so-called "pure"paint—but also a poor paint;poor, when you compare itswearing qualities with the longlife of

HIGH STANDARDLIQUID • PAINT

High Standard contains somethingbesides pure linseed oil and white lead.The other things used in the makingof this good paint are called "balanc-ing" materials. They give the paintelasticity, strength and durability;these are essential qualities in a paintthat must give best results.

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SOUTH SCHOOL, SHOWING ADDITION COMPLETED IN 1917Four more rooms to be added this year, making sixteen rooms and large assembly hall Leonard Asheim, Architect

SOUTH SCHOOL

. The growth of South School continues in ameasure almost unbelievable.

Before 1909 a two-room building was sufficientfor housing Oakville's students, but in 1909 a modernfour-room building was errected, which seemed tobe the largest building that would be necessary tocare for the elementary education of the children inthis part;of the town. • . , <- However, -.1913 .found it compulsory to use the

basement rooms for class rooms and another fourrooms were added. In 1916 the eight rooms over-flowed and a group of four more rooms placed on,completing the present right wing of the building.

The future "{Hans call for "a'main entrance up theside of thigcwing and a left wing of twelve rooms tobe added, infections as needed. The plans sub-mitted for the 'main entrance section include office,clinic room,; library, teacher's room, assembly halland gynjjnasium. The left wing of twelve Tootriswould correspond with the. present wing or building.

' At presenfethere are thirteen rooms open and twomore will probably be opened before June if theusual number come in during the spring term.

The present registration is 556, an average of 42to a room.-. The playground at South School is a proposition

that needs attention. There should be a good yardlaid out, a retaining wall built at the rear and roomsfecured for playground purpose. This will probablytfe taken care of when the next addition is put ontothe building.fr-^ —L. E. L.

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THE BASIS OF COMMUNITY BUILDING

Id Daniel Hants he says this townjest the best on ea&ti; t>

Me^ww* there aint one'up "nor down^^-" * * her worth.

ther statenor near;

i that*s good or greatht round here.

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REGISTRATION IN WATERTOWN SCHOOLS

1894

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WANTED— •A water supply. No water Co. need, apply unlessthey mean business.—Oakville.

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WANTED —About a mile of sidewalk for May delivery.—Various Oakville Addresses.'

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WANTED —Men Jo,grade South School lawn, apply on

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WANTED1— ' _ 'Information as to the whereabouts -of The Oak-ville Community, Building.—Suburban.

To the Back Seat Drivers

Before we take an auto ride, Fa says to Ha: "My dear,.Now just remember I don't need suggestions for the rear.If you will just sit back there and hold in check your fright,I'll take you where you want to go and get you back all rightRemember that my hearing's good and also I'm not blind,And I can drive this car without suggestions from behind."

Ma promises that she'll keep'still, then off we gayly start,But soon she notices ahead a peddler and his cart"You'd better toot jrour horn," says she, "to let him know we's

near;- r <He might turn out I" and Fa replies: "Just shriek at him, my

dear."And then he adds: "Some day, some guy will make a lot of

dough ^By putting horns on tonneau seats for women-folks to blow!"

A little farther on Ma cries:'"He signaled for a turn I"And Fa says: "Did he?" in a tone that's hot enough to burn."Ob, there's a boy on roller skates I" cries Ma, "Now do go

slow.I'm sure he doesn't see our car,' and Pa says: "I dunno,I think I don't need glasses yet, but really it may beThat I am blind and cannot see. what's right in front of ine."'

If Pa should speed the car a bit some rigs to hurry past,Ma whispers: "Do be careful now. You're driving much too

fast"And all the time she's pointing out the dangers of the streetAnd keeps him posted on the.-roads wKere trolley'cars hell meetLast night when we got safely home, Pa sighed, and said:"Ma, dear, 'Im sure we've all enjoyed the drive you gave us from the rear."

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$45,000 APPROPRIATED FOR ADDITION':TO SOUTH SCHOOL l

At the special town meeting, March 3, it was votedto build a four?room addition to the South Scho'dl,Oakvillel andean,appropriation riot to exceed $45,(J0bwas voted for defraying the cost of the same. ;;•

It .was also voted to. open, a course in Cookingand Domestic Science in both Baldwin and Southschools.

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W&TERTtiwiJ NEWS, MARGHj, 191?

BOOSTING WATIRTOWN is every GtizensBUILDING UP THE TOWN is Our Business

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WHAT WEHAyE DONE FORWATERTOWN

Since beginning business eight years ago, wehave helped Build up Watertown and Oakville,

as the following list will show.

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Charles F. AbbottF. A. AlfordCarl AndersonPelice AuriferoFelice AwnferoMiss Lucy BarkerM. E. BrahenJules BarbaretS.* M. BuckinghamHarold BassfordG. M. BullisBradshaw & JonesGaylord BurdonWm. Clark

Cashman Bros, (farmhouse)^ Mm. Clark

F; H: CrockerMyron CurtissP. F. CavanaughHoward DavisHenry DeckerWilfred Duval

(farmhouse) Robert EvansJohn EganRichard Fitzpatrick

(2) Thomas FortiFred W. FosterGeorge H. Foster

William ElisherTheodore FlemingRaymond GarnseySamuel GilchristCarmine FiliponeDi Leo FiliponeStephen HallowayCharles HubbellClarence HoughA. P. HickcoxF. P. HickcoxGeorge HodgesBalthus KlematzkiFoster P. Lancaster (2)

WE ALSO BUM1 IN WATERTOVWThe two last additions to the Oakville SchoolThe Oakville Post Offic BuildingThe-addition to the Watertown Post OfficeThe Watertown Tennis (3ub House

Don't Forget thatWEDO

Mill WorkCarpentryPainting .Paper Hanging

WE SELLPaintPutty -GlassBuilders' Hardware;Lumber and Mouldings

MAIN STREET LOTSWE HAVE 14 tOTS LEFT ON MAIN STREET

Six Good Home SitesSix Good Store SitesAlso 20 Cheaper Lots

These will be sold this summerDO YOU;WANT ONE? 1

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THE aGHARLES F. ABBO|| | <i0|\ * - * l'_;'- OAKVILLE. CONNECTICUT ' • - SfpwgVft

74 HOUSES HERE AND MOREINWATERBURY . "

in the last eight years. ;59 of thesefrom our own .' «'>!5

plans.

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Ezra LawrenceJames Logue ,E. H. Lamphier (4)L . B . N e w t o n '•-•'.•.,-..J. H. NewellLouis MackRobert J. MoreMrs. Emma MorehouseF. G. PrestonMrs. Susan PlaceBenjamin PeckAlfred RydinSeymour Smith & SonsFrank Schrier (2)

Ernest, SchrierPerry ShafferLouis StormJohn Shaw ,Charles SmithJos. SpinoMrs. A. P. TraversLouis TuckerH.S.WilsonG. WilliamsGeorge WhiteGeorge WellsJ. Herman Verba

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OwnYourHome!It'a the bestinvestment

yon&mmake

Stop Pay ing Renthe feelinc of nermanence andpraying

and enjoy the feeling of permanence and securitywhich ownership brings. Our dependable, use-ful, patriotic citizens come from the ' ownedhomes of the land. Do not let your children growup tn the fear of the landlord. Line yourself upwith the independent, forehanded,.estimablepeople of the community. , ^,~

We Furnish Plans to Suit YouHouses with the master touch'which takes, them out of the0

commonplace class, without increasing the exjiense—housowhich will bera joy to you and yotirpridewhen friends come in.

THE CHARLES F. ABBOTT CO.

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10 WATERTOWN NEWS, MARCH 1, 1910

FACTORY OF SEYMOUR SMITH & SONS, AT ROCKDALEWhere the Frist Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines -Were Made

THE FACTORY AT ROCKDALEThe factory at Rockdale is one which has had a

number of changes of ownership and of goodsmanufactured within its walls since it was first built.It is said that about the year 1725, David Scott, abrother of Jonathan Scott of early fame as anIndian captive, built a sawmill there. In 1764Nathaniel Arnold sold to Abraham Norton a fulling"milLpriviiege on Wooster Brook, which is thoughtto be the site of David Scott's saw mill. Later Lev-erette Candee had satinet factory on this site, and

[when theibtulding was destroyed by fire, the waterprivUege'waSipprchased in 1849 by a company com-.ppied of three^Waterôwn citizens, Alanson Warren,George P.^Woodrtiff, ,and Nathaniel Wheeler, whoerected there" a, milK.for the manufacture of steelbuckles and slides. There are still some persons whoremember how, as', children, they discovered some6f [these goods in the 'rear#pf the "corner store,"

which stood near the entr^Ce to the Taft School^stroundsrand promptly utilileQ"them in doll dressing,' - ---- r f- them rwHriaswes

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who were the principal owners of the patent. Mr.Wilson, meanwhile, assisted by Joseph Wheeler/brother of Nathaniel, well remembered, as one ofWatertown's mechanical geniuses, prefected his ro-tary hook machine, which was patented in 1851 andimproved and patented again in 1852. Then a part-nership was formed by Alanson Warren, NathanielWheeler, George P. Woodruff, and A. B. Wilson,with a capital stock of about $80,000, under the firmname of Wheeler, Wilson & Co. It is said that Mr.Warren at that time remarked to his son that he"would probably live to see the day when theywould make and sell 25 machines per day. In 1853the company was reorganized as the Wheeler & Wil-son Manufacturing Company, with a capital stockof $160,000, Alanson Warren being chosen president,and George P. Woodruff, secretary. In 1855 Mr.Warren resigned the presidency and NathnielWheeler succeeded him in that office. Those whoinvested in Wheeler & Wilson stock in those daysbecame wealthy, and those who refused, because ofskepticism as to the success of the new enterprise,lived to regret it.

The Rockdale factory was a busy place in thosedays. There are still a few men living who workedin it, and who delight in recalling the old times there.But in 1856 the business had grown far beyond theexpectations of its'founders, and the need for enlarg-ed facilities became imperative. Negotiations-wereattempted with the owners of the surrounding prop-erty, that a larger factory might be built. But thelate Truman Dayton, who was one of the principalowners of the land needed, refused to sell._ "Ishouldn't have an apple, or a pear, or anything elseleft on my place, with the sewing-machine workerstramping all over it," he said to a neighbor who wastrying to persuade him to reconsider his refusal,"and they can't have any of my land for theirfactory." So the sewing-machine factory was mdvedto Bridgeport, and Watertown lost a business thatmight have brought railroad facilities to it muchsooner than they came, and built up the town muchfaster. _ " 'V'

In 1866 the plant was sold to Seymour Smith, &Son, who started the manufacture of pruning shears,bull rings, and similar articles which-is still carriedon there by the grandsons of Mr.' Smith. In theupper-story-Leslie Warner had, for some time, awire hairpin factory. So it will he seen that from theearliest days of the town's settfement, this locality

has been one of importance in a manufacturing sense.The water power available before the days of steamand electric power made the site a desirable one,first for milling purposes, and later for differentkinds of manufacturing. It is pleasantly and conven-iently located, and is never likely to lose its characteras a business place. Its owners live nearby, as hasbeen the case most of the time from the first. AllenB. Wilson built the gothic cottage below the factoryand lived there for some time, and the Smiths havealways had their homes in its vicinity.

Continued from Page 5, Column 3Oh, shades of Grandma, dearAnd half a dozen pure and saintly aunts,Could you believe she said it just like that?There was no secrecy about the works.I heard the roar of wheels and clash of diesAs loud as old Bill Stewart shelling corn 'Back home in Kansas'.',And the folks seemed quiteOblivious to their profound 'disgrace.Indeed, they've even built >a church or twoAs tho' they would -divert the angels' eyesFrom that, their occupation, One, All Saints,Appeared at least not over-prosperous,Perhaps the saints are very like ourselves,And when a job is up to all of them.Each thinks: "Oh, let Saint George take care of that!"They multiply in Oakville.,There's a school;A lovely swimming hole or skating pond,According to the season; and the homes, - 'Scattered at length' along a shaded vale.With apple trees and grape vines in the yardsAnd peaceful grandmas holding porches down ,Remind one of the stories one can read, ,'

Written by nervous revolutionists ' " ,Who fret inside some hard metropolis <And say that beauty's vanished from the lives

'Of, working people. What do, they know about it? -" [Let them come to OakviHeând partake,Of one square meal.of-good oUTgarden'truckRight off the vines,and stalks; and let them see ' ''' ,Hpw .those%»ho" makeMfce", nation's safety pins - . ,And other"sundry, trinket* !get along: , * >, ' ,-

They bear responsibilities of'vweight' , ' "I f all the king* on earth should disappear * [ - : r ' ~ _,And vanish from their thrones to nothingness,' i1 /''They'd not b e mist, not muchi; ^ u t if, •alas, , > »t~> '"

-The safety pins should' thus evaporate, 'Ttie world would quickly real izeJtsdebtTo Oakville and to those who labor'there.


IMMEDIATE; BUILDING CONSTRUC-* TION'SEEN A$ GREAT

. . PROSPERITY AID

Country Has Enormous Gold Reserve andOperations Can Now be Easily

Financed

Cost of Some Building Materials Are BelowNormal—Items of Labor arid Materials'

Are Affected by Currency Inflation

As a result of the war, we have" in this country an•enormous gold reserve. The volume of paper money,based upon this gold reserve and in the form ofFederal Reserve Bank Certificates, has been greatlyincreased during the war period. Now that the waris over, this, money must- be used for some.otherpurpose. During the period of readjustment .fromwar to a peace basis, money will pile up in thebanks and will be easy to obtain for use in buildingoperations, especially as the government, throughthe Federal Reserve Banks and 'all other agencies,must do everything in its power to encourage aresumption of building in order to furnish employ-ment to discharged soldiers and to the larger armyof employees no longer needed in the war industries.

Bankers and men of means everywhere, if theyare wise, will follow the lead of the government andwill do .everything in* their power to finance andencourage building operations. Any other policywould be stupid, in view of the widespread socialunrest which would follow a period of unemploymentof returned soldiers and workmen released fromwar and the war industries. The building industry issecond only to farming and the distribution of foodproducts. Any extended interruption of this industrywould result in widespread unemployment and dis-aster. We must build or have bread lines. Thepeople in their respective communities should see to


it that, school .boards, county and municipal commis-sioners do not'pursue a niggardly policy with regardto needed public buildings. ,

Labor will be. more plentiful in the spring thanlater in the season, but wages must continue higherthan during the pre-war period for some time, owing'to the high cost of living brought about partly by a

, diversion of a large percentage of -the. labor of the' world from productive to'destructive employments,but to a greater extent by an inflation of the cur-rency. It naturally follows that if wages remain highthere will be no great reduction in the price ofbuilding materials, since labor constitutes a large,percentage of the cost of production. High wagesand high taxes must be reflected in increased cost.

There is another element at this time which cutsa large figure with the cost of both labor and mater-ials*'and .which we believe is being quite generallyoverlooked. When the government issued thirteenbillions of bonds, it practically increased the circu-lating medium of exchange by just that amount, sincegovernment bonds will be accepted in the paymentof debts and can.be used in the purchase of materials,the same as money. This expansion of currencymust be reflected in the higher cost of everythingthat is measured by money. In other words, the vol-ume of money has been increased and the purchasingpower of the dollar has been correspondingly de-creased. Hence, we have passed automatically to ahigher level of prices, and in view of what has takenplace, present prices are normal. Thus, a bushelof oats at sixty cents,'in view of the enormousexpansion of the currency and the consequent les-sening of. the puchasing power of the dollar is nohigher now than before the war, when it sold atthirty cents per bushel.

Of course the cost of labor and material will beaffected by the law of supply and demand, as usual,and will no doubt be lower in 1919 than in 1920; but,building materials may be somewhat below normal

uthis year. The iron mills, for instance; have beenengaged for 'the past four years in the manufactureof war materials. The demand for war materialshaving ceased, the price of iron and steel is apt tobe below normal during the readjustment period,and will no doubt be lowe rin 1919 than in 1920; but,for the reasons stated above, we should not expect areturn to pre-war prices of either labor or buildingmaterials.

Holders of unimproved real estate should thereforebuild now, while building operations are beingencouraged, and therefore easily financed, and whileboth labor and materials are plentiful and easy toobtain. .


THE ROOSTER'S LESSON

Learn a lesson from the rooster, ,

Ever ready be to crow,

Stop your knocking, be a booster . . - . . • • . •

If you want the town to grow. • ,

While the hen her job is tackling,

The old rooster's just on show,

But when.she begins her cackling, . • •

Then he boosts her with his crow. '. •

So, if you are not a worker,

But desire the town to grow,

Help the fellow who's no shirker, *

Over his achievements, crow.

Factories are not all we need, -

We should have more civic pride; "~

There is work for every creed •

To boom the village far and wide. .

So, get busy be a booster,

Stop your croaking, help us grow;

Learn a lesson from the rooster, .

Never knock, but always crow.

—J. Andrew Boyd, in Wilkes-Barre Record

BEN FRANKLIN'S

PICTURE

on a postage stamp haslong been a reminderthat UA penny savedis a penny earned."

ON A 1919WAR SAVINGS

STAMP

let his picture remindyou that

$4.00 saved is$5,00 earned

Keep onSaving Bank 6rPbstofricie;

THRIFT IS THE

KBY TO SUCCESS,

$mWATERTOWNTRUSTCO.

WATERTOWN.CONN.

THE $gp^$ | !#AND SEDAN

These cars are the zenith of COMFORT andPRACTICABILITY, with every luxury of the'mostexpensive limousine. ' ^ :

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OAKVILLE NEWS"HUSTLING OAKVILLE"

This is the Oakville number of The WatertownNews. We present just a few lines to record pastprogress and present achievements, a few pictures toshow old residents who have moved away a glimpsehere and there in the village they knew so well ten,twenty, or thirty years ago, and a few figures toillustrate our progress.

These collectively show in some measure Oak-ville as it is today. We would have liked to havehad space enough to show the faces of some of thefolks, who in the past laid the foundations of Oak-ville's present prosperity, as well as those who areat the fore today. We would have liked to have hadtime to have dug deeper into the past history of thevillage and of those who helped make that history.We trust that some of our friends may help in futurenumbers to supply links here and there of past his-tory that should be recorded before they are for-gotten. The most that this number claims to be isjust a glimpse of "Hustling Oakville".

. ****** Boost Oakville ****** .-

OAKVILLE OF TODAY

Looking backward over a period of forty years,the growth ofÔakville seems almost like a fairy tale.

- Time in his never ending flight has wrought manychanges, and the little country village of 1879, hous-ing perhaps a couple of hundred souls, has growninto the thriving, busy center of interest to upwardsof.2,500 people. From the oil lamps of those by-gone days have come the electric lights, and thedarkened streets of those days are now lighted andpassable, even in the darkest night. From staid old"dobbin" to the speedy automobile has seemed onlya step, yet what an evolution. Teams of oxen thenwere seen daily in our streets, today they are almosta curiosity. Then the steam'cars were the onlyconnecting link between Waterbury and Oakville,today, fifteen minute trolley service links us with thisbusy city, giving us advantage of its markets, pleas-ures and alas, vices. That our growth has beensteady and healthy is demonstrated by the fact of somany residents owning their own homes, a verylarge per cent being property owners, and for themost part prosperous. Five tracts of land have beenopened up for building purposes and practically allthe lots sold, with hundreds of new homes erectedthereon; Real estate values have naturally increased,in many cases an hundred fold, owing to location,demand and development.

In 1879 there were only eight streets in this vil-lage: Main, Falls Avenue, Buckingham, HillsideAvenue, Riverside, Rockdale Avenue, Sunnyside.Avenue, and Colonial Street, today there are hun-dreds and more being laid out as new tracts areopened up. The little schoolhouse of those days(now All Saints's Rectory), has been succeeded bya modern twelve-room building, fullyf equipped,

i which even now is too small for the army ofchildren of school age, and is to be enlarged duringthe present year—there is evidently no race suicidein Oakville. Davis Street, one of the busiest streets*connecting the village with the outside to the west,was opened up in the, early eighties by "FarmerDavis", who owned the entire tract from Main Streettp well over to Capewell's Corner, and was offeredJo the writer for $6,500 just a few years previous.•The original farm.house is now occupied by Mr.

'. Adolph C. Recker. From this main artery branchesout. a vast net work of side streets to the north andsouth, containing some of our most attractive homes.This âs the first tract opened up and sold in lotsiftlf building purposes, and many of the citizens of

"Mftat- day thought""Farflrer—Davis"~almost~crazy-i. %heo*~be-started the growth of Oakville. '

' ; , . / { ' • ' • ; • " t ' I ••'''

One lone church was the sole place of religiousworship, today there are three, all prosperous andwith settled ministers in charge; two of them owninga residence for their minister and a bright prospectfor a new rectory for St. Mary Magdelene's Parish.Allow me here to express the opinion that no village,great or small, could have three better men as citi-zens or spiritual advisors, than we possess. Duringthe influenza epidemic, which has ravaged ourvillage (some seventy persons having died), theywere indefatigable in their efforts to relieve bodyand soul, comforting the sick and sorrowing andtenderly assisting in the last sad rites of burial.How many sad hearts they have comforted nonecan tell.

The Oakville Company in 1879 was a small affair,and it was no strange sight to see employees visitingsome chance asquaintance during working hours,there were no time clocks, no. restrictions on anyoneemployed therein. Today a large modern factoryhas grown from this child of yesterday, employinghundreds of men and women and producing tonsof metal and wire products. The Autoyre Company,successors to the Baird Machine Company, has, andis making phenominal growth and will undoubtedlyoccupy the entire corner of Main Street and HillsideAvenue, having already purchased the property. Theold reliable firm of Seymour Smith and Sons"arelocated at the extreme north end of what we callOakville and have a prosperous outlook; their pro-duction consists of light hardware and supplies. Thisshop is one of the first in the village and has beenin the hands of the present firm for many years.

This narrative would be incomplete without awor-d concerning our merchants. .Forty years ago,Oakville boasted but one store, conducted by "NobeWarner", located where W. H. Jones now is, andit would be safe to say that Mr. Jones sells moregoods in one week than Mr. Warner did in onemonth. Today we have nine merchants, five gro-ceries (two selling- meats), one shoes, one drugs,and two cigars, candy and notions. Oakville is pecu-liarly situated, being in two towns and two counties,but we are glad to own our brothers from over theline and hold them all Oak-villians as far south asthe Old Red Mill.

—L. W. DuBois


THAT NEW SCHOOL HOUSE

We're growin', Mother Watertown,We're growin' every day.

We spose you've kinder noticed itWhen you hev hed to pay

For five new schoolhouses building JODB

Since nineteen hundred nine, '(And we're sure to need another

In an infinitesimal time!)Don't get discouraged, Watertown I

The kids that you educate todayWill be the men who pay the bills

When we hev hed our day I

****** Boost Oakville •••*••

OBITUARY

The Oakville V. I. S. died sometime while folkswere sleeping. It helped to get street lighting, helpedorganize the Oakville fire district. It named thestreets and accumulated about $150. It was a goodcitizen, but also it diqd.

OAKVILLE BREVITIES

Marks Paid by Easy Marks

(Springfield News)

The annual salary of the German president willbe 1,000,000 marks, to be paid by .the millions of easymarks in that country.

****** Boost- Oakville ******

Boost Oakville 1One good villain—The Oakvillian!Oakville Safety pins help hold the world together!N. B.—Send some more over to' the Peace Con-

ference!Say, Mother Watertown, can you keep Oakville in.

schoolhouses?Have you read the article on Oakville by Select-

man DuBois? • ;Town meeting, March 3rd, at 8:30 p. m.—Two

Oakville Matters of Importance.Look at Oakville now! How did we do it all! .Finally—Boost Oakville! Boost or Bust I

****** Boost Oakville **•••*

THE OAKVILLE FIRE DISTRICT

The Oakville Fire District., was voted Thursday,October 13, 1910, to provide for street lighting. Themeasure had been brought up and defeated previ-ously, but at this meeting it was carried, 62 for and35 against. Since this time Oakville has been fairlywell lighted and at the present time has about 48lights at an annual cost of a one mill tax. .


OAKVILLE CHURCH DIRECTORY

The Union Congregational Church, Rev. RobertS. White, Pastor. '

The All Saints Church, Rev. Leonard E. Todd,Rector.

The St. Mary Magdelene Church, Rev. J. A.Conlon, Pastor. . •


THE OAKVILLE LIBRARY(At the South School) .

Some 2,0000 columes.Library open Tuesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 5

and 7 to 8.. Librarian, Miss Marion Cooper.


OAKVILLE OFFICIALS

Members of Town School Committee, A. A. Stone,W. R. Smith, A. C; Recker.

Selectman, L. A. DuBois. ' .Postmaster, T. J. Kelly.

. •**••• Boost OakvUle •»••*•

ALL KINDS OF MASON WORKBrick, Cement, Plastering, etc

Estimates Furnished

E H . COONWATERTOWN, CONN.

Telephone 119-13

W e are ready to give you the best of printing

at a price that proves attractive.. . COZY PRINT SHOP

OAKVILLB

ALFRED BRADSHAW

Mason Contractor and Builder8tone and Conerete Work • Specialty

PUstarlnf and Stucco FinishEstimates Furnished •

F O R 8 A L B25 Choice Building. Lots

Telephone Connection Oakville,'Conn.


WATERTOWN NEWS, MARCH 1, 1919 13

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THEY ARE HEREReady for your Garden a large stock of good Seeds.The assortment is goodThe quality is highThe price is rightSheep manure and commercial fertilizer with high analysis of

available plant food.

GARDEN TOOLSLarge Stock Good AssortmentSpray Pumps and Spraying Materials

Excellent Quality

MR. FARMERWe have our usual fine quality of field seeds, Corn, Oats, Barley,

Wheat, Rye, Peas, Soyar Beans. And the best line of farming imple-ments for New England farms. Tractors, Plows, Harrows, Drills, LimeSowers, Wagons, Trucks, Potato Planters, Sprayers and Diggers, CornPlanters, Cultivators, Binders, Mowing Machines, Rakes, Tedders,Loaders, Reapers and Harvesters. „

We also can equip your barn with Hay Forks, Track, Pulleys,Rope Hoists, Litter Carriers, Stanchions, Water Bowls and a genuinemechanical milker, the only one with a positive squeeze,

THE SHARPLES MILKER.

HITCHCOCK HARDWARE CO.Watertown, Connecticut



— Meet Me at the "JUNCTION" ^ ^

TRUE ECONOMYLIES IN BUYING THE BEST

Most of us realize this fact, but few have sufficient cash on hand to purchase first puality merchan-dise at all times. That is just one of the many reasons why the Boston's Liberal System of Creditproves so helpful to thousands of people, who would otherwise have to content themselves withinferior goods.

When you buy furniture, buy good, substantial merchandise, and it will last you a life time. Thedisplay of new furniture at the Boston is now at its best. Without doubt, it offers the largest varietyof Living Room, Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture at the lowest prices. Every piece is bright,fresh and attractive. A small amount down is all that is required, and the balance can be arranged inweekly or monthly payments to suit you at

Waterbury's Leading Furniture Store CASH OR CREDIT

The Boston Furniture Go. of Waterbury, Inc.Corner South Main, Scovill and Brook.Streets, Waterbury

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Waterbnry's LargestMercantile Establishment

Dry GoodsMillinery^Boots and ShoesCoats and SuitsFurniturePianos arid Victrolasalso Boys' Clothing

The REID & HUGHES D. G. Co.TELS. 1175 to 1177

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FUEL BULLETIN

W e are now in position to furnish the publicof Waterbury with a home produced fuel in

GenuineOven CokeAt the special introductory price of

.00 Per TonDelivered ' Cash witl^Qrder

The Watertown Gas Co.1 TELEPHONE 115

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WATERTOWN NEWS, MARCH 1, 1919 16

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WANTED:

Boarding and free- homes forattractive healthy children of all ages.

Apply Conn. Children's Aid Society,Brown Thomson Building, Hartford.

Painting, Paper Hanging andDecorating

Let me call with all the latest designs ofWall Paper

Phone J6J

r. NORTONWaUrtown, Coon.

CHARLES W. BIDWELL

FIRE INSURANCE

it for the largest Stock Companies in theCountry. Also Mutual Companies

The A. F. Taylor Co.43 Center StreetWaterbury, Coon.

LEADERS IN

Fine Wall PapersForeign and Domestic.;

Window Shades, Draperies and Up-holstering Made to Order.

Interior and Exterior Decorating.

The stamp of Taylor is the stamp of value.

The A. F, Taylor Co., «

'emmwan Bark• • J m r , • • •

WATERTOWN, CONN.

Homes and home plots in a gardencommunity, planned and restricted sothat it mustalways remain so.

CHOICE GROCERIESPROVISIONS AND MEATS

Try our Royal Scarlet Brand .

of Groceries. Nothing Better

'Phone 70 Watertown, Conn.

H. J. EVANS. Successor to

A. W. BARTON

Just give us a trial, we willconvince.

I SELL THE FOLLOWING CLASSESOF INSURANCE ^

FIRE ACCIDENT LIVE STOCK

BURGLARY BONDS LIFE THEFT

LIABILITY HOLDUP

Magee's Insurance Agency

P. O. Building Watertown, Conn",

T«I«phona 68-3

H A . O'CONNORPlumbing, Heating and TinningJOBBING A SPECIALTY . FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED

Shop, Corner of Scott and Woodruff Ayes.T WATERTOWN. CONN.

TELEPHONE 923 P. 0. BQX 449

HURLBURTMOTOR TRUCKS

CHARLES SHERWOOD. Distributor.

Show Room -,BROWN PLACE

Service StationJLJDD STREET

WATERBURY

WatertownA good place in which to live

H. M. HICKCOX

Antique Furniture, Historical China,Old Books, Bought and Sold

Repairing, Rcffnishing andUpholstering of all kinds

Telephone 1129

OLIVER CHILL39 Willow Street Waterbury, Conn.

M, D- LEONARD & GFLOUR, GRAIN, HAY AND FEED

ALL RAIL GOAL

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Wholesale and Reta?1

Agent for PURE OLIVE OIL

Telephone 243

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