The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-14
FAIR HAVEN NOTES.

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 dedication of St. Francis Church
 The New Drawbridge-Wan to En-
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 visit with her brother, Hale fleming way of Auburn, N. Y. She was accom- panied by her sons, Harvey and Dwight They took along their bicy- cles and enjoyed wheeling over the fine Auburn roads. Mrs. Parmelee, with Roy and Stewart Hemingway, have al so returned from Auburn, where the Hemingway boys visited their father. Mir Hemingway Is proprietor Of a large corn packing factory at Auburn.
 J. H. Campbell will open dancing school at Central hall October l.
 Transfers and changes in. the Fair Haven schools have been ordered as follows: Miss Nellie Robinson, to grade : Strong school, from room Il Woolsey; Miss Carrie Parsons, from room 10 to room Il Woolsey; Miss Jen- nie Griswodl from room to room 10 Woolsey; Miss Emma Macdonald, from room to room Woolsey; Miss Rose Moriarty, from room Ferry to room Woolsey, and that her salary be in- creased from s460 to $500 per annum; Miss Gertrude Grady, transferred from substitute list to room Ferry; Miss Sarah F. Grady, transferred from room nItuo o.l fn and that Miss Bertha Palmer be trans ferred from the substitute list to room Woodward school
 w. A. Cooper of the Annex appeared before members of the board of educa- tion Saturday afternoon and asked them to insert in the call for the annu- al school district meeting an article re- questing the district to purchase a lot next the Woodward school building near the Four Corners, in order to erect an addition to the building that will double it's capacity. As the call has been made up by the board of educa- ton and is now In the hands of the printers, no course Is open to MT Coop CT, but ito secure the approval of the building committee of the board and to then have the article inserted at the last moment. The only provision he must regard, after securing the ap- proval of the committee, Is to allow five days for the advertisement of the arti- cle in the call. The addition of the proposed four rooms will demand an appropriation of $2, 800 from the school district
 It was intended that the reconstruct ed church of St. Francis Catholic parish would be dedicated early in Oc- tober, but the work will not be conn pleted in season. The present plan is to hold the services on All Saints day November 1. The cost of the addition and improvements will amount to about $60,000. The twenty stained glass windows are in place. They were manufactured in Germany The larg- est window in the rear of the main altar is six feet in width and cost s1, 800 The other windows range in cost from $50 to $500 each. The windows bear the pictures of saints and events in church history
 Work on the new drawbridge has been going on rather slow of late. ! Np oI tIlISe WtbhS ago the contractor who was dredging in the river where the piers are to be placed threw up his contract and Contractor Geary has been waiting for another contractor to complete the work. Work on the two caissons is proceeding and the granite blocks are being got out for the piers at Leete's Island quarry
 Mrs. Abby M. Gilman of Boston, who has visited her father, John Hodg- son of 197 Prospect street, has returned home.
 TWO new rooms were opened In the Strong school last Friday, making a total of eighteen. The new rooms are in charge of Miss Nellie Robinson and Miss Clarissa White
 Contractor Geary has ordered a dredger from Newport to be used in completing the digging for the foun- dation for the bridge piers. It is be- lieved the dredging can be completed in three days, but some blasting may have to be done.