The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-12

good attendance Is expected.
 Relief Board to Meet
 The next-to-list meeting of the board of relief will be held to- morrow afternoon and evening from 2:30 to 5 in the afternoon and from to 9 in the evening. The board will hear complaints about assessments by local proper ty owners and will strive to make adjustments If they see fit. The board received about six com plaints at it's Saturday session making the total thus far about IS. Next Saturday will be the final hearing of the board.
 Benefit Card Party
 A card party for the benefit of the Emergency Nursery school of Naugatuck will be held at Prospect street school next Monday night, Feb. IS, 1t was announced today. Proceeds from the party will be used to purchase equipment.
 There will be door prizes and table awards and refreshments will be served after the card playing is ended. Because of the nature of the party, 1t is expected the pub- lie will attnd in large numb bers. It is to be in the kindergarten of the school and will start at 8:30 p. m.
 The children of the upper grades of the school will present a min- strel show in connection with the affair. Miss Helen M. Jones Is chairlady of the committee in charge. Others on it are Winifred Palmoski and Myrtle Wooster.
 Plan For Convention
 With its new officers elected, the Young Democratic club was today looking forward to the county con- vention to be held in Naugatuck next month. At a meeting last night inthe borough courtroom, Matt Scully,third ward democrat, was chosen president, as had been expected, with no opposition. Other officers named were: Robert McNamara, first vice-president, Josephine Collins, second vice. president; Anthony Mariana, treas- urer; Francis Maroney, recording secretary; Mrs. Nora Standbidge, financial secetary. MT. Scully suc- ceeds Daniel J. Callahan, who was made honorry president.
 A party lO eKUeIlSs es will be held probably Tuesday, Feb. 19. Miss Collins heads the committee in charge of this. Bur- gess Victor Burkus was named chairman of the committee plan ming for the county convention. Others on it will be Mir. Scully, Thomas Skehan, WDonald Linskey, William Delaney and Miss Collins.
 There was fairly good attend ance at the meeting and much en- thusiasm was shown.
 Deficit Over 5000
 Indications are the deficit in the welfare department budget will amount to more than $5,O00. This was sene when the financial re- port for the month ending Jan. 31 was shown last night at the well fare board meeting.
 There Is an unexpended balance of $6,946.20 on Jan. 31. On Dec. 31 the unexpended balance amounted to $15,196.32 so there was $8,250 spent last month. If the Femruary expenditure amounts to $8,000 and the March expense to the same amount $16,000 would be necessary.
 The $3,O00 which Supt. Cox ex- poets from the state as a credit for alienes has not arrived yet. Hhis is likely to come either this month or the next. This would give, If added to the present bal ance, about $1O,000 to meet the expenses for the next two months. This would mean a deficit of $8,O00.
 However there is a possibility the expenses in one of the next two months may not be as high as $8,O0O, so the department deficit might not quite reach the $6,O00 figure.
 There has been a gross expense so far of $75.110.13 and there has been $6,784.33 received in unap- propriated income and $272 in mis- cellaneous income from wood sales. This leaves q net expense of $68,- 053.80. The department appropria- tion amounted to $75,00O.
 Labor Is still the major item in the expense, amounting to $33,- 848.56. Outside poor Is the next costly with a $17,167.51 expense. Other items follow: town farm, $6,705.60; hospitals, $6,422.53; overhead, $6,316.33; children in homes cost $4,649.60.
 Man Hit By Auto
 No apparent injuries were re- ceived by Joseph Grabouskis, 58, of North Main street yesterday when he was knocked down by an auto driven by Harold Hooking of 43 Albian street, Waterbury. The accident occurred on, North Main street. Dr. Edwin Curran exam incd MT. Grabouskis. Patolman George Kogut investigated but made no arrest.
 Will Address Clubs
 <. "The Dutch Elm Disease" will be discussed by Oscar s. Warner of Waterbury this afternoon at 6 joint meeting of the Garden club of tho Naugatuck Women's club and of the Women's Study club this afternoon at 3:30 in the How add Whittemore Memorial Library.
 Cast Named
 ,The cast of the play '"The Pretender" which will be presented in odd Fellows hall by the Order of Eastern Star dra- matic players on Friday and Satur- day, Feb. 22 and 23 was announced today. It follows:
 Buchanan Drexel, a financier, Edward C. Miller; stephen Drexel, his son, Mary Grover; Eloise Drex- el, his daughter, Bertha Fairbank; a butler, Kenneth