Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-21
NAUCATUCK NUGGETS

home for the Christmas recess. H Miss Irene Brennan of Boston is with her parents on Church street. l The Naugatuck High school bas- ketball team will play in Middletown tomorrow.
 The regular meeting of the Second division of the A. O. H. will be held Sunday afternoon.
 Chas Sumpf of Amherst college is spending the holidays with his par ents on Frederick street.
 l John E. Griffin died yesterday al his home in Platts Mills. He leaves a widow and eight children.
 Henry P. Blumenauer. captain oi Andover's basketball team, is with his parents on Rubber avenue for a ten days vacation.
 At meeting of the St Cecilia T. A. B. society the following officers were elected: President, Margaret Doolan; vice-president, Katherine Curran; recording secretary, Mamie Duigan; financial secretary, Margaret Carroll; treasurer, Agnes Martin; chaplain, the Rev Father Higgins.
 At the meeting of Ramona council, No IA, D. of F.. the following chiefs were elected for the ensuing term: Pocahontas, Jennie Peterson; We nonah, Cora Young; Powhattan. George T. Patchett; K. of R., Amy Patchett; K. of w., Marguerite Stelle; assistant K. of R.. Hattie P. Squires; trustee, Robert Worrell.
 Mrs Sarah Gerrity. wife of Thomas Gerrity, died yesterday morning at o'clock. She was one of Naugatuck's s oldest residents, having resided here l for fifty-seven years. She had been married about fifty-five years and | for many years resided on Cherry street. The deceased leaves besides her husband one son, William Garri- ty. brother. William H. Rogers. and seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 9:30.
 Christmas exercises were held to- l udy HI tuC duuALOAl luLA Ok tAO 0oA0AA school. as follows:
 Opening chorus-"Columbia, the
 Gem of the Ocean"
 Reading-"The Early American Christmas" ....... Helen O'Neil Recitation The Children's
 Christmas Prayer" .... ...... l ............. Donald McCollum Song lhe Sparrows in the
 Rain .... ...... Selected pupils Composition-"Christmas in Other
 Lands" .... ...... Harold Hall Recitation-"The Watch on Christ mas Eve" .... .,. Clare Kiernan Chorus-"B Birds at Morn."
 Composition-"A Connecticut Rip Van Winkle". Kenneth Saunders Recitation-"The Three Kings. .... .. ......... Lucy Smith Song-"A Contented Village. | =. ..... ...... Selected pupils Composition-.What the School Clock Saw. .,. William Hurlburt Recitation-"C Christmas" Leo Sears | Chorus-"B
 Song-"The Dew" Selected pupils Essay-"Autobiography of Sil- yer Dollar" .... :. Ethel Gordon Recitation from 'Snowbound" .... | .... .... ...... James Kenney Chorus and Union" Essay-"Samuel Adams" .... =. | .... ......... Thomas Gormley Recitation from "The Passing of
 Arthur" ..... Dorothy Silvernail | Closing chorus-"America." |
 The hearing on the Martin proper ty closed yesterday. s. D. Bingham thought a fair value would be $400 per front foot. George w. Andrew thought it was one of the best loca- tions in town. Thomas Gormley tes- tified that yesterday he had made a count of the traffic across the bridge and found that 500 people had crossed between a. m. and 6 p. m. ' and sos teams. Judge Hungerford thought the property worth $26,000. \ Engineer Esterbrook presented meas urements of the property in question showing that there were 4.713 square feet of land. w. G. Hard thought the land worth $21.000. P. Duffy placed a valuation of 3350 per front foot. Pierce Freeman said he kept count of people passing the property on December IS and counted between 6 a. m. and p. m. an average of 500 people per hour. II. II. Schofield thought the property worth s35O per front foot. E. A. Hotchkiss placed a valuation of s7.e10 on the buildings. John ]. German valued them at Ss.- s3T.51. F.. C. Barnum though the property worth s1s.000. figuring the rental at s1.600. On cross-examina- ton he said that if the property brought in a retal of s2.l1s it would be worth s20.0O0. John H. White more estimated s14.4s0 as the value of the property. Attorney Kennedy eontended that the value of the prop erty should be that value it had at the first opportunity presented to the owner to appear in court and testify to value. Attorney Spock for the | railroad eontended that the true rule of value in the case was the fair mar ket value. that value reached by one who desires but is not compelled to sell. He oontended that the true rule for finding the value of the Ryan property vas the original cost. plus the improvements. plus the increase in value- The commissioners re- served their decision.