Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-19
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

The Naugatuck basketball team will ] play the Sterlings in Waterbury next 1 Tuesday evening. A large number of
 local enthusiasts will attend the game. l The Salem Social club last evening appointed committee to make ar
 engagements for smoker to be held i'll
 the near future.
 Manager Hogan of the Naugatuck \. C. basketball team thinks he will be
 able to get the Signal corps team ot l Fall River here on Saturday evening.
 January 27 The Fall River five are the ones that gave the locals such d defeat q few weeks ago.
 The Naugatuck High school basket ball team will play the Gilbert school team in tile High school gymnasium this evening instead of in the after
 noon as was previously announced. The local team is in the best of condi- ton and although they expect hard game they are confident of winning. There will be two preliminary games. George Jaynes, the man who recent ly acquired the title of dog under taker," is now candidate for dog
 catcher. Jaynes is fitted for the posi-
 tion would fill the bill all right. Should
 a dog catcher be appointed he viii
 stand an excellent show of landing the
 plum. He has been very busy since
 the mad dog scare struck the borough
 burying victims.
 The Sterlings of Waterbury defeated
 the Naugatuck A. C. basketball team
 last evening by the score of F to 10.
 In the preliminary game the Films de feated the Starlights IA to s. The
 game was fast one and there was considerable excitement all through it.
 All the arrangements for the ''ladies' night entertainment which will be given in Eagles hall this evening by Naugatuck aerie of Eagles have been completed, and there will undoubtedly be large attendance. An excellent program has been prepared and it will consist of vocal and instrumental mu- sic. After the entertainment dancing will follow.
 E. W. Whitlock of High street shipped three baskets of carrier pigeons to Poughkeepsie yesterday for hOming purposes. The birds will probably be released today, when a record will be taken of the time oc- cupied by their homeward flight. The willow cages contained about 100 birds.
 William J. Weary has received the plans for the block to be erected on the lot belonging to the Thomas Weary estate on the corner of Maple and Church streets. The plans call for three-story building of handsome de sign, the principal front elevation to be on Church street. The exterior will be finished in vitrified brick with terra cotta facings and iuted columns. The block will contain nine stores with front entrances on Church and Maple streets. with all the necessary interior A large meeting hall and eleven office rooms will take up a large part of the upper floors and will be fitted up with all the latest ap- 1 pliances. The building will be known as the Thomas Weary block and that | name will be ill carved letters over the I front entrance The vestibuIe of the 1 main entrance will be finished in white marble and colored tile will be largely i used for flooring. To judge by the plans the proposed new block will be the handsomest business building i'll town. Work on the new foundation will be commenced as soon as the sea- son permits.