Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-08

| .. Dr S. S. Reiss of 232 South Mail street was elected for the fourth tim state president of the Funeral Rene fit association of the order of Star 0 Bethlehem at Music hall, New Ha ven, Tuesday. 5
 I Mayor Thoms, Engineer Cairns and the board of public works vii
 start on another tour through DOT
 tions of Boston and New York to
 morrow to get some pointers or street pavement.
 | The committee in charge of re
 pairs on the City hall is having 2
 hard time to get figures low enough
 to come within the appropriation Three proposals were received last
 night, but none of them was low enough.
 The board of public safety held a
 special meeting this afternoon at 1
 o'clock flor the purpose of electing a fireman and supernumerary po-
 iiceman to vacancies that were ere
 ated a few days ago by resignations. 1 The board held caucus this fore
 noon, but gave out no information.
 List of advertised letters: Frank
 E. Allard, Henry Barrett, John Big
 gett, Mrs Eugene Beach, Nose Cote.
 Miss Margaret Fowler, Mrs M. B. | Jacques, care James s. Gray; A. Kretzmiann, Joseph Michelin, John
 Mills, Mrs F. s. Sherry, Mrs Gertie Shanley, Mrs John s. Seymour, J. P. | Welton.
 I A battalion drill followed by a dance, will close the drill season of 1 the local military companies A and 1 G. It will be held in the armory on
 Monday evening, May 27, and will be
 arranged by Sergeant Reed, Corporal Shannahan and Privates Spellman
 and Clark of Company G; Sergeant
 Benson, Corporal Littlejohn and Pri-
 vate Anderson of Company A. g:
 This certainly will be red letter
 month for the school children, also
 the teachers who are fond of having
 day off now and then. The schol-
 ars expect to get off circus day, May 24, when Buffalo Bill is due in this city; Memorial day, which falls on the 30th, and as the teachers in the
 majority of the schools will have a
 visiting day the pupils figure on
 three holidays.
 A reception was held last night | at Murray hall by the Philomathea club, The hall was very prettily dec.
 orated with the clubs colors, red and
 blue. One of the pleasing features
 of the evening was the tavors. each
 gentleman and lady being presented
 with beautiful Japanese fan, each fan bearing the name of some state.
 In this way they found partners for the grand march.
 A unique course in geography Is to
 be given in the Yale summer school.
 Professor Gregory. who is one of the directors of the Connecticut geological survey, has arranged to take class of teachers to the various parts of the state, where the most typical for nations are to be found and will lec- ture in the field to the class. Almost every type of geographical formation will thus be examined and studied in very practical way.
 Oficers of the class of '07 of the Town Plot school are: President, Aubrey Ccddington; vice-president, Signe Rasmussen; secretary, An thony Aoytte; treasurer, Ernest Ras- mussen; pin committee, Arthur Sa- yard, Gertrude Nichols and Joseph De Pietro; valedictorian, Gertrude Nichols; salutatorian and class ora tor, Arthur Savard; historian, Au- brey Coddington; prophet. Dora Withey; prophet on prophet, Joseph Di Pietro; presentation speech. Ern- est Savard; class will. Signe Rasmus- sen; and last. but not least, Hattie Mason, class beauty.
 The board of public works will grant no more petitions to open the streets for gas mains or any purpose unless plan accompanies the appli- cation showing the exact location which the petitioner wants to use. This is wise move and should have been looked after long ago. Yester- day when work was started on the trench for the high water service on Washington street. near Baldwin street, considerable digging was done before it was discovered that the cut was directly over the gas main. Then the men were set to work fill ing it in and when they had done they opened another. These mis- takes would be avoided if suitable maps were on file showing the loea- tion of all mains.
 At the annual meeting of The El- ton Hotel corporation yesterday officers were chosen as follows: Presi- dent, James s. Elton; treasurer. Otis s. Northrop: secretary, George E. Boyd; directors. James s. Elton. John P. Elton. Henry H. Peck, J. Smith. Otis s. Northrop, Ed ward L. Frisbie. ir. William E. Full ton. George L. White, Henry W. Sce- Eille of Washington. Irving H. Chase. Henry L. Wade and John Booth Bur rall. Mir Wade takes the place of Arthur O. Jennings. resigned. and Mr Burrall that of D. s. Plume. de- reased. It was voted to change the late of the annual meeting from the first to the third Monday in May. The company owns The Elton and reports that the house has paid almost from ! he start
 Readers of the Democrat vno con template becoming benedfcts. win l find it to their advantage to get the I wedding ring of us: and at the same | time look at our large and varie.I sz- 4 sortment of 5ewelry, etc. for wedding I gifts. Friends of the prospective 4 brides and Erooms will also do well