Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-17
CITY NEWS.

board of public safety will meet to- night.
 Superintendent Combellack has sue ceeded in getting little Esther May Hayden away from the Wannamakers and turned her over to the selectmen, who will petition the probate court to appoint guardian over the child.
 Charles Underhill, the iInpersona- tor, who has made himself favorite with Waterbury audiences on his sev- eral appearances i'll this city, will no doubt be greeted by large audience when he appears at the High school assembly hall on Saturday night in ment will be under the auspices of the senior class of the High school.
 The will of the late Mrs Sarah Me- Whinnie was approved to-day in pro- bate. Testatrix left to her step-daugh- ter, Sarah McWhinnie. her gold watch and chain. and at her demise they are to become the property of testatrlx's granddaughter, Sarah McWhinDie Of Philadelphia. She bequeathed $500 for a monument to be erected to the mem ory of her husband, Alexander. who died in the military prison in Salisbury. N. C., February 6, 1864. The rest of the estate is left to Sarah, above mentioned. Sarah is named ex- ecutrix. The will was signed by Mrs H. W. Wetherell, J. Norman Farmer and Lizzie Farmer.
 There is considerable talk of build ing an addition to the St Joseph's T. A. society building on East Main street The addition would be in the rear of the building and would be fit ted up for a gymnasium. Many per- sons are in favor of this plan. They state that a large number of young men would join the society if there was gymnasium connected, At pres ent the boys take exercise in the eel lar of the building where a small place has been fitted up for athletic pur- poses. Punching the bag, boxing, swinging Indian clubs and dumbbell work constitute the gymnastics. But there are many members who are op posed to the scheme They assert that such an addition would detract from the appearance of the building and it would not enhance the value of the property.
 Sterling commandery. U. O. c. O., met at Mechanics hall last night and elected officers for the ensuing term of six months, as follows: Commander, George K. Clapp; vice commander, Mary Bronbrock; worthy prelate. Eva E.. Byam; keeper of record, Louisa NJ. Cunning; financial keeper of records, Dr ". r. Hinck1ey; worthy treasurer. Herbert J. Clark; worthy herald, $. Nellie Clapp; warden of the inner gate, Emma Gregory; warden of the outer gate, Mrs Mckinley: pianist, Sarah A. Warner: first representative, Sarah A. Warner; second representative, Louisa NJ. Cumings; alternates, Mrs Eccles and Mrs Page; auditing committee. Messrs Dickerman and Bassford and Mrs Clapp. Members of DeForest commandery. of Watertown were pres ent at the meeting. There was one invitation and two applications. A special meeting will be held December 30 to initiate. Sterling commandery has 1O6 members at present.
 In city affairs as we'll as in other things, the unexpected often happens. and in consequence the residents of the south end, while denied the appro- priation for the completion of the sur- face hardening of Baldwin street, are to have a new school in the near flu ture. It is badly needed at the pres ent time and inaSmuch as it will not be ready for occupancy for a number of years, it is plain that action i'll that direction has been taken none too soon. The original proposition to relieve that district by building on Elm street was hardly fair. If such q course had been pursued a large number of the pu- pils now attending the Ridge street school would have to go to Elm street and many now at the Washington building would be transferred to Ridge ! street. By locating below the Wash | ington school the congested districts 1 will be relieved without compelling children to travel long distances to reach school.
 l Inasmuch as the High school nas I decided not to give n concert and l promenade in the City hall on New l Years night, many members of the l association are considering the advis- l ability of giving a concert and prone made in Leavenworth hall later in the
 season. The promoters of the latter l plan think that some arrangement l should be made to hold the association together ill a strong manner. This can be done by giving such an affair
 as stated above and having the mem-
 bers of the alumni become interested in it. As in every society there are q
 number of members who take no u-
 terest in the doings of the assoclation
 Those who favor giving the promenade l and dance in LeavenwOrth hall would
 like to have it q strictly High school
 affair. Only members of the alumni
 should attend. Other members of the
 alumni are in favor of giving a recep- tion to the graduating class each year. either in Leayenworth hall or in the
 High school building. Receptions were given to the classes of 1899 and 1900
 ill the High school building, and they
 were very pleasant affairs. Last year
 for some unknown reason no reception
 was given to the graduating class.
 Talking about the need of addition
 al school accommodations before the board of aldermen last night, MT Chap.
 man of the board of education said
 that the parochial schools house and
 educate over two thousand children that would otherwise have to be pro 1 yided for by the city and that if at any
 time these schools should close the tax
 payers would have to build two new
 twenty-room schools at cost of about
 $12o.OO0 and also pay teachers and
 furnish supplies. Referring to the
 same subject Mir Tinker said that we
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