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Waterbury’s Christmas Passes Quietly as Salvation Army Fills 800 Baskets

Merchants report brisk trade, police made three arrests for drunkenness, and a children’s Christmas tree is set for Monday.

By the Monochrome Chronicles desk, from reports by La Verità
Edited by Daniel Varrone · Archive edition, written , about events of

File photo: a panorama of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Library of Congress.
File photo: a panorama of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Library of Congress.Photo: “Panorama of Waterbury, Conn LCCN2007662022” by unknown, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Waterbury’s Christmas passed quietly, with merchants reporting more business and police and store detectives finding little to do, the Italian-language weekly La Verità reported in its Jan. 1 issue. The Salvation Army gave out 800 baskets, each holding a turkey and the makings of a Christmas dinner, to needy families, and planned toys and sweets for children at a large Christmas tree on Jan. 3.

Only three people were arrested for drunkenness over the holiday, against 45 at Christmas 1925, and all three were released.

The weekly’s Jan. 8 issue noted four cases of diphtheria and two of scarlet fever reported in the city in a week. It also reminded owners of homes and shops that an old ordinance requires sidewalks to be cleared within four hours after snow stops, or by nine o’clock if it falls overnight, with ashes or sawdust spread on ice.

Sources

  1. La Verità (Waterbury), Jan. 1, 1927: Christmas week, Salvation Army baskets, arrests <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn95063190/1927-01-01/ed-1/?sp=1>
  2. La Verità (Waterbury), Jan. 8, 1927 (later source): disease reports and the sidewalk ordinance <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn95063190/1927-01-08/ed-1/?sp=1>

This article was drafted with automated tools from the sources listed, checked by a review pass, and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com

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