The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-27

mems heueL corps was nelO LIl1s afternoon in Pythian hall. The regular meeting was scheduled for yesterday, but bad weather caused pOstponement.
 MT and Mrs Frank Aurora Of New York city were visitors over the holidays with Mrs Mary Triano of May street. Mrs Aurora was formerly Miss Anna Triano of Naugatuck. Her husband has re- turned to New York. She will re- main in the borough until Sunday.
 Edward J. Lingenheld of Walnut street was a visitor Tuesday in New Jersey.
 Fitzgerald Returns
 Edward Fitzgerald of Church street has returned from New Jer- sey where he visited relatives Christmas day.
 Mir and Mrs Henry Blumenauer and sons, Charles and Henry of Worcester, Mass, were visitors with relatives in Naugatuck, Christmas day.
 No games will be played tomor- row night in the grammar school bask etball league because no school is being he'd. The next scheduled games will be Friday, January II.
 George Cleary of Rochester, N. Y., a former Naugatuck resident, returned to Rochester yesterday af- ter having visited his parents, Borough Assessor and Mrs Robert Cleary of Bradley street over the Christmas holidays.
 McCarthys Entertain %.
 MT and Mrs Henry Mccarthy, Jr, of Massachusetts were visitors Christmas day at the home of Mir McCarthy's parents, MT and Mrs
 Miss Mary Leary of Hartford wis., ited her mother, Mrs Nellie Leary of Russell street Tuesday.
 Awarded Patent
 Uncle Sam handed out late Christmas gifts this morning in the shape of patent awards for several Connecticut inventors, including one local man.
 The recipients were: Arthur M. Stoner of West Hartford, a drill chuck, assigned to Jacobs Mfg company of Hartford; Frederick A. Hart of New Britain, a type writer; W. J. German of New Britain, chuck, assigned to Faf- mir Bearing company; Patrick J. Fitzgerald of Torrington, coffee roaster; Joseph Barratt of Nauga- tuck, a button; and to the Ameri- can Hardware corporation of New Britian, trade mark for hardware and plumbing supplies.
 Edward Kosowicz, a student at Purdue university, is spending the Christmas holidays at his home on Golden Hill street.
 More Mail
 More mail was handled in the Naugatuck post office this Christ mas than the 1893 Christmas sea- son, Postmaster Walter E. Brown said today. He said that 1000 more first class mail had been cancelled here than was last year on the machine for cancellation at the To- cal post office.
 There was about the same staff this year as last, he said. Nine temporary substitutes were given work in the local post office when the Christmas rush started. Of course with the passing of Christ mas the mail rush has let up con- siderably. There will be a volume of New Years cards but the main rush is now over. Postal employees are very glad that this is so for they are taxed to the utmost while the rush is on.
 Support Thoms
 Rep William F. McDermott aud Rep Joseph l.. Jackson, both dem ocrats, will attend the caucus Of representatives, select tonight in the Hotel Bond in Hartford. They will support John Thoms of Waterbury for the position of minority leader in the state house, according to MT McDermott. Thoms has only one opponent, Rep Stanley Yesukiewlcz of Enfield who has written the lo- cal representatives asking their support.
 Eagles Meet
 A report on the meeting of the old Age Pension committee m Meriden last Wednesday was made al the meeting of the Naugatuck aerie of Eagles last night by John Burns of the local society. He re- ported a large Naugatuck delega- ton attended the meeting: Plans were announced under which one old age pension bill will be pre- sented in the general assembly this