The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-08

The committee in charge of the
event consists of Mrs NJ. L. Rich
ards, Mrs A. K. Weaving, Mrs
Pauline Sullivan, Mrs Morris Rich
ards, Mrs Theresa Nissen, F. w.
Weaving, William Smith, Patrick
Curtin, Bartholomew Long, Edward
Hotchkiss and Kurt Wehie.
Wall Work Progressing
Workmen in the employ of the
Naugatuck Unemployment Fund,
Inc, are making rapid progress on
the Naugatuck river bank walls.
The wall near the Ellis property Is
nearing completion while the dixie
near Linden Park is being pushed
along in fine shape. The dixie is be-
ing built to eliminate the danger of
cellars in Curtiss street being flood
ed as they have been in The past
when the river reached high water
mark. The wall will be 10 feet high
and will extended for 500 feet. The
workmen are getting the necessary
material for this wall from the riv-
err bed so that the stream VIII be
deeper at that point and the natur-
al bed of the stream will be wild
| ened.
No School Board Meeting
Because of the lack Of a quorum
the meeting of the board Of educa-
| ton scheduled for last evening was
postponed until next week possibly
| Tuesday evening at o'clock. Sew
eral members of the board were out
| of town last evening.
Grange Entertains Tonight
| Members of Beacon Valley
Grange will entertain visitors from
| nearby oranges at "neighbor's
night" social. An entertainment pro
gram will be presented by the Wis
| ting grangers. At the close. re-
| freshments will be served and dane
ing enjoyed.
Funeral of Thomas Buxton
The funeral of Thomas Buxton,
highly respected resident, who died
| Tuesday at his home, % Woodbine
street, was held this Afternoon from
the funeral home of Clayton F.
Bailey in Oak street. Services were
conducted by Rev Arthur F. Lewis,
| rector of st Michaers church. Bur-
ial was in Grove cemetery.
Local Man Installing Officer
| Newly elected officers Of Bridge
port Lodge Of Elks, were installed
last night by Attorney John F..
| McDonough of this borough. Attor-
ney McDonough is past exalted
ruler of Naugatuck Lodge. His ne
phew, Stephen T. McDonough, is
the new exalted ruler.
Troop 10 Receive, Charter
Appropriate exercises featured
the meeting of Troop 10, Boy
Scouts of st Mary's church. held
last night in parish hall. The char
ter for the troop was presented by
Edward J. McGrath, chairman OF
the troop executive committee. Ger
tificates were also awarded to the
charter scouts. Addresses were de-
livered by Rev Richard P. Nor
rissey, pastor, and Scout Executive
Lyman B. Bunnell.
Play Firemen Tomorrow
The Naugatuck High school base
| ball team will play an exhibition
game tomorrow afternoon at Re-
| creation field with the fire DEPART
| ment outfit. 1t will be the first real
test that the garnet and gray nine
has had since practice sessions were
! started. In game earlier in the
week, the Foleymen lost to the re-
serves by the score of 8 to 6. Naugy
| opens its regular season next We'd
nesday afternoon against Thomas
ton High school. The game will be
played here.
Registrars Meet Monday
| Registrars of Voters D. M. Lin
skey and George P. Young will hold
| their first meeting next Monday
evening from to 9 o'clock for the
purpose of receiving names for the
Ito be made list" With a great
deal of interest being manifested
on the outcome of the annual bor-
ough election next month, it is ex-
pected that many applicants will be
received by the registrars. Other
sessions are to be held during the
week with the final meeting on next
Saturday.
Those who desire to vote at the
coming election, must submit their
applications to the registrars at the
meeting next week. Failure on their
part to do so, means they will be
disqualified. The town clerk and sci
ectmen will meet later in the month
to make voters.