Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-17
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Annual Meet1n& OF GRAND Avenue
Congregational Church - The Doll
Drill - Drug Stores In the Annex
Christmas Praise Servfce-Duncklee
VIII Recover.
At the annual meeting of the Grand
avenue Congregational church the follow
ing officers were elected Clerk and treas
urer, Willis Hemingway; standing COM
mittee, Lucius S. Ludington, Leverett P.
Clark, Samuel Hemingway, ]. H. Bush
nell, Mrs. Mary j. Rice, Mrs. Wallace
Hurlburt and Mrs. G. S. Bushnell; joint
committee on supply of the pulpit, George
w. Bigelow, James S. Hemingway and E.
D. Smith; deacons, Walter S. Bishop and
Arthur II. Smith; auditors, Edward D.
Smith and Lucius S. Ludington. The
other three deacons are Willis Hemingway.
who has oficiated for thirty-eight years;
Rollin G. Smith and Henry futile Those
newly elected are for five years. Clerk
and Treasurer Hemingway has performed
his duties for thirty years, and very eff
GENTLY and accurately. There are few men
who have held church office as long
During the past year 1856 has been given
in the benevolences of the church The
principal donations have been as follows:
New Haven hospital $23.S3, American
Congregational union $26.33, American
College and Education society $1059, Mrs.
Joel Rice's band of "Helpers' for Bombay
building $21 and Morning Star" S.
American Missionary association $67. 10,
American Home Missionary society $1O6,
American Board G. f. NJ 5000, Young
Women's Christian association 500, Home
of the Friendless 500, New Haven branch
Women's Board of Missions $175, Ladies'
Aid society clothing for home missionary
$50. During the year "a adults and in
faults were baptized. There have been 81
additions by profession and 90 by letter;
10 members have died, IA dismissed by let
ter and 20 dropped from the church rolls.
The present membership is 533, a net gain
of AZ. The decedents are as follows:
Elizabeth Benedict ~ years, Mrs. Char
lotte K. Butler IA, Mrs. Harriet M. Barnes
rs, Mrs. Ella R. Dudley AZ, Mrs. Emma A.
Chapman SO, Mrs. Susan G. B. Thomson
80 years and 10 months, James Fl. Good
sell 70, Nettie Amelia Rowe, Mrs Alice w.
Wiper, and G. Hubert Case. The last
named was one of the party recently
drowned in Florida.
The death of General Terry was not
generally known in Fair Haven until last
evening, but it is expected that many
flags will be half mast to-day in memory
of the great soldier. The news greatly
shocked the community, as it was not
known that his health was any worse He
has several cousins in Fair Haven.
This section was largely represented at
yesterdays town meeting.
Arrangements for the old folks concert
to be given at Quinnipiac rink Thursday
and Friday evenings are nearly completed
The doll drill by masters and misses will
be an interesting feature. From the adj
vertising by business houses on the pro-
gram 500 was Melted.
Arthur Barnes opened his new drug
store at the stand which the late DIR. Park
er kept for so long, on Monday. w. G.
in the story of Henry Mallory. Two drug
stores in the annex ought to be able to
supply the trade.
Lucius Rowe has been confined to his
home the past two weeks with severe
cold. He intends to leave for southern
California soon to remain for the winter.
The choir of the Second church will give
a Christmas praise service Sunday eve
ming, December 49,
Frederick P. Duncklee, who shot himself
in the right shoulder Monday because Miss
Lydia Gilbert had Tilted him, is expected
to recover. 1t was stated yesterday that
he was under the influence of drink when
he fred the shot. He has repented of his
rash act and although he has but little to
say, he will not repeat the performance.
Schooner Fl. Fl. Hanscom has sailed for
Norfolk for another cargo of coal
Captain and Mrs. Luzerne Ludington,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Rice, Miss Rice and
Miss Annie Ludington attended the enter
tainment of the Horse Guard at the Union
armory Monday evening.