Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-09
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

A son was born yesterday to MT and Mrs Jacob Schwartz of Mel bourne court.
 Maurice and Bridget Heating have returned from six months visit with relatives in Ireland.
 Mrs Patrick Nash of Aetna street attended the funeral of her sister in Millville, Mass, yesterday.
 John Phillips of Aetna street has returned from Boston, where he has been attending the funeral of rela- tive.
 Miss Ruth Curry entertained the members of the Kappa Mu Sigma at her home in Beacon Falls yesterday afternoon.
 The Elm basketball team will hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. ...
 The Naugatuck Malleable Iron company of Union City started this week to run on q four days week schedule and eight hours :s day.
 The Amateur Baseball league of the borough will open the season to- morrow afternoon at Emmet park. The first game will start at p. m.
 The students of the local high school will give a dance at the high school gymnasium on Saturday, May 16, for the benefit of the graduating class.
 The Swedish Republican club will hold an important meeting this even ing at their hall on Bridge street. All members are requested to be present.
 An electric signal box for the use of the trolley men on the Nauga- tuck and Derby line has been placed on North Main street opposite Webster block.
 Miss Maude E. Weber, daughter of Frederick Weber of Pond hill, has gone to the New Haven hospital, where she will undergo an opera tion for appendicitis.
 The county commissioners will be at the office of Attorney Bowen on May IS at 9:30 a. m. for the pur- pose of receiving applications for sa- loon and druggists licenses.
 The funeral of Mrs Freda Gessner, who was killed by train in Beacon Falls Thursday morning, will be held Sunday afternoon at o'clock at her late home in Pines Bridge.
 The ball game which was to have been played on Firemen's field yes terday afternoon between the Naug- atuck high school team and the Theta Sigma team, was postponed on account of the rain.
 Fred Tortensen, who is employed in the Beacon Falls rubber shoe fac tory, had his left hand painfully in- iured by being caught in a door, the fingers being badly crushed. His hand was dressed by Dr Spring. Scott company, No 10, U. R. K. P, are making arrangements for a three nights bazaar to be held in Pythian hall, commencing May 2S. The proceeds will be used for de- fraying the company's travelling ex- penses to Boston.
 It is thought that the democratic members of the newly elected board of warden and burgesses will hold caucus tonight for the pur- pose of fixing up the slate to be voted for at the meeting which will be held Monday night.
 Dr Herbert F.. Peckham. president of Peckham College of Expression. let letcurer. and Miss Grace Chamber lain of Cambridge, Mass, dramatic reader. have arranged a course of ! recitals and lectures to be given on the evenings of May 16 and 27, June 3 and 10.
 The graduation exercises of the Naugatuck high school will be held closing of the schools. There are 3l members in the graduating class this year. The three s sanding high est are Harold Baldwin, valedic- torian; Miss Edna Squires, saluta- torian, and James Leary. who will read the class plans. The speaker on graduation night will be William Mcdonald of the department - his- tory in Brown university. The off, ceTs of the class are as follows: President, Brainard Smith: vice. president. Miss Mary Flaherty: sec retary and treasurer. Harold Bald win.
 The teachers of the public schools of the borough have prepared a pe- titiOn to be presented to the board of education. asking for an advance in salary of $50 a year instead of s25. according 10 agreement made by membe-s Of the board of eduea- tiOn and district committee some years ago. They also include iu their petition that they receive I2 monthly payments each year instead of 10 as is now the case, giving as their reason that the actual cost O; living has increased, SO as to me- cessitate the increase in salary pe- fitiOned. The board of education didn't hold any meeting Thursday night because no quorum could be secured, but this petition will be presented to them at the next meet ing. which will probably be held within a week.