About the Platts Mills Community Club

1. Description of the Platts Mills Community Club 
   1. ​The Platts Mills Community Club (PMCC)
   2. Although this, and many other neighborhood associations and neighborhood community clubs have existed in this city for, in some cases, over 100 years, and although none of them have ever been neighborhood housing associations, they have been erroneously listed as such on the official City of Waterbury website as such.  To be clear, neighborhood housing associations are very much different from condo associations, and both of those are very different from organizations such as Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury (NHSW) and Loyola Development Corporation, and all of those are vastly different from any of Waterbury's neighborhood associations and neighborhood community clubs.  The function, purpose, and manifestation of each of these types of organizations is significantly different, and none should be confused with the other.
2. Existence
   1. ​No later than 1934
   2. Through at least 1944
3. Management of the the Platts Mills Community Club
   1. ​President
      1. ​Luther Tooker, 1934
      2. Gus Metz, 1940
   2. Vice-President
   3. Recording Secretary
   4. Correspondence Secretary
   5. Treasurer
   6. Deputy Treasurer
   7. Sargeant-at-Arms
   8. Board of Directors
   9. Board of Trustees
   10. Board of Advisors
   11. Committees
       1. ​Arrangements Committee
          1. ​Mrs. Ralph Latimer, Chairman
       2. Mortgage Burning Party Committee**
          1. Ralph Lattimer
          2. Robert Lattimer
          3. Harry McLean
          4. James Silvernale
          5. Luther Tooker
          6. Mrs. Louis Braun Sr.
          7. Mrs. Louis Braun Jr.
          8. Mrs. Charles Durbin
          9. Mrs. James Silvernale
          10. Mrs. Luther Tooker
       3. Valentine Party Committee
          1. Eugene Warner, Chairman
   12. Members
       1. ​Pierre Pronovost
4. History of the Platts Mills Community Club
   1. ​The Platts Mills Community Club took a mortgage on 4 real estate properties in the Platts Mills neighborhood prior to 1943
   2. Circa December 11th, 1943, the mortgages were all paid in full 
5. ​​Other Names for the Platts Mills Community Club 
   1. ​Platts Mills Club
6. Charter of the Platts Mills Community Club
   1. Purpose
   2. Vision
   3. Mission
   4. By Laws
7. Partnerships of the Platts Mills Community Club
8. Events of the Platts Mills Community Club
   1. ​Participated in the Naugatuck Community Field Day in the Relay Competition, Friday, September 7th, 1934
   2. Participated in the Washington Park Community Club's annual Halloween Dance, Friday, October 30th, 1936
   3. Participated in the Christmas Bazaar, December 19th, 1943
   4. Mortgage Burning Party, December 11th, 1943
   5. Valentines Party, Saturday, February 12th, 1944
   6. Installation of Officers, Tuesday, February 15th, 1944

Much of the information about the Platts Mills Community Club has been sourced by: 
The Waterbury Democrat
Chronicling America
Library of Congress (loc.gov)

The Waterbury Democrat
December 15, 1943
Chronicling America
Library of Congress (loc.gov)