Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-24
NAUGATUCK COLUMN,
Programme of the Memorial Day. EXer-
 cises i'm Salem School.

The programme TOT Memorlh oay eNer- cises to be given in the auditorium of the Salem school, Wednesday. May 20, l: 80 p. m., is as follows: Song. Mighty Rev J. F. Lenahan; Reclamation, "Im- mortal Memories" Frederick Schaffer paper. A short history of Abraham Lin coin. Marie Payne; paper, Sketch of the life of General Grant, Fred Barnum recitation, Memorial Day." Blanche Klein song. "Peace to the Brave." School; paper, General Sheridan" Louisa Lynch; Memorial gems, Hazel Schaffer, Margaret Hearns. Edith Trow- bridge, Nellie Martin, Ida Adams; reci- tstion, "The Army Overcoat,'' Sarah Donovan; paper. General Sherman" Katharine Baxter; song, My Country lis of Thee," School class exercise. thirteen fifth grade pupils; recitation, ''The Old Grand Army Boys" Gardiner Spring; quotations. several pupils; class Mother Earth" Flossie Beeley; May, Lauretta Mccarthy; Memorial day. Edith Hall flowers. Alma Lloyd. Ella Carter. Elizabeth Nelson. Edith Tolles, Mar guerite StelIe; boys. Louis ChevalIer. Paul Johnson. Leonard Wood. Leon French. Frank Nichols: girls. Minnie Jenner, Nina Goodwin, Margaret Hoff man, Lydia Squires. May Lines song. Looking Heavenward," School reel tation, How Blue and Grey Blend." Seth Bingham, jr; double quartette,
 "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" eight boys; Decoration Day Tho ughts. |" several pupils; recitation. "rhe Eve of Decoration Day." Lillian Blansfeld ; general remarks; song, Star Spangled Banner" School.
 We ccpy from the New Haven News the following, which may interest many in this borough: "The rubber trust earned over 8 ,OOO. 900 last year. of which they added $660, 900 to the surplus account. and paid out the balance in dividends. Their total capital stock is $40. 900. GOO and they control among other properties the L. Candee tS Cos works In thIs city. There is some talk of their concentrating their business more in their largest fac tories, in which case the shops here would probably be kept running all the year"
 There was only one funeral in town dur ing the first thirteen days of this month. There have been eight between that date and the present time.
 Street Superintendent Johnson is find. ing plenty of stone to contend with in al- tering the grade of the street on Hillside avenue.
 Thomas E. Clancy of this place has ob- tained a position at Curran's in Waterbury. where he would be pleased to see any of his Naugatuck friends.
 Since Mrs Noonan and child were re- ported as having the scarlet fever. Mir Noonan has been living with his father-in- law, so that he would be able to attend to his Eusiness here. The cases are going 10 be very light, still it will take a number of weeks before they will be safe 10 visit.
 Civil engineers are at work in the vicin- ity of Church street surveying a route for the Waterbury system.
 Those of our citizens who went 10 New Haven on Wednesday to attend the clos ing exercises of the May musical festival were much pleased with the Godowski piano recital and the songs of Wilhelm Heinrich, the blind tenor of Boston; also with the singing of the soloists. and the admirable support gwen by the orchestra in Mendelssohn's Elijah" The chorus. although large. lacked much in compari- son with soloists and orchestra.
 A few of our citizens will attend the atb- letic games at Mott Haven to-day.
 F.F. Schaffer went to New York this morning, and from there to Boston oa bus mess for the Glove company.
 Samuel Moves Andrews is confined 10 his room again by his old trouble. It is hardly thought that he will recover
 Go the festival tonight and hear the Christie family. The admission is only l5 cents.
 "Trilby" one week from tonight at Jacques should draw big crowd of our theatre goers.
 Scott division, |. R. K. of P. came cured the set of plumes offered as one of the prizes in the competitive drill in Wa terbury.
 The monument was about all up on its new foundation this morning.
 Not one of our physicians tha' We could learn of attended the meeting of the Medi- cal sociaty at New Haven this week.
 On the request of twenty signers to pe- tition. the school committee of the center district schools has called special meet ing to be held at the court room on We'd nesday. May 29 to take action on either enlarging of the present east and west side buildings. or the building of others to ac- the district; also 10 authorize the committee to contract for the same and drlw orders to meet the bills
 We regret that in our article yesterday the fine residences on the heights the name of Frederick lily was omitted. Mir lily has built and is occupy ing one of the finest residences there.
 The Ladies' Auxiliary of the A. o. H.. opened their festival in fine style last night, the attendance being large. The ladies were kept busy dealing out ice cream, while a confectionery counter and 6 fortune tellers booth were well patron ized About o'clock the Hibernian rifles. in their neat uniforms preceded by Salem Drum corps and followed by some thirty paraded the principal streets to the hall. where they gave very satis- factory drill. During the closing march Miss Alice Cross sang Come Back to Erin." which was heartily applauded Charles Murphy, John Burke. Harry Cross. William Brennan and William Fellows also rendered songs or instrumental music. Tonight a number of Waterbury people will render a vocal and instrumental con- cert. There will also be a recitation by Miss Cross. Ford's orchestra furnishes music and Prof Baxter is the prompter.