The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-12
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH VILE
BUIAD 4 $4,000 PARISH HOUSE.

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Meeting of Fortnightly Contamination at
Fort Hale Lodge-Riverside Park Races
Postponed-Other News of Interest.
special meeting of the parish of
Grace Episcopal church was held Mon
day evening to prepare plans for build
ing parish house This enterprise has
been under discussion for years and
Monday night it was voted to build at
once. The parish has a fine site for the
building on Exchange street front of
the church property. A building COM
mittee was appointed, consisting of
Rev. Percy Barnes A. j. Weld, r. w.
Keast, DR.. e. X. Roberts, l., A. Humis-
ton, S. J. Gilbert and James X. Jones.
Rev. Mr., Barnes has already drawn
rough plans of the proposed parish
house and these plans will be perfected
by an architect The walls of the par
ish house are to be of East Haven
red stone, the same as the church edi-
flee. The building is to cost about 49,
900. The parish for years has much
needed such building and the MEM
| bers are enthusiastically interested in
the enterprise.
| The unfinished special race at River
side park between horses owned by B.
| S. Bradley e. M. futile and George
| Dayton has been indefinitely postponed.
The meeting of the Fortnightly club
held at Mrs Doolttle's on Clinton ave-
nue. opened with a roll call and quota
lions from Tennyson given by each
| member. The subject the club has
chosen for it's winter study is Russia,
| its government and its social aspect
of the past and present. Excellent pa
| pers We're read at the last meeting by
| Miss Kate futile, whose subject was
| Russia and the Tartar" by Mrs. c.
B. Adams, whose paper dealt with the
| Influence of the Tartars of Russia"
and Mrs. A. /. Boyer, who read a paper
on "Muscovite Russia which was IL
| Illustrated by map. There are now
| about twenty members The next
meeting will be held at Mrs. Jennie
| Seavey's on Lombard street.
| r. G. Lowe, building contractor, has
| opened an office in his new house on
| Grand avenue.
Attorney J. Birney futile, formerly
of Fair Haven. has been mentioned as
a candidate for prosecuting attorney of
| the court of common pleas in place of
| Attorney George M. Gunn democrat.
| Colonel T. f. Callahan of the Elev-
enth ward who has been spoken of as
a democratic candidate for the board of
| selectmen, says he is not a candidate
| for any office.
| At the last meeting of Fort Hale
| lodge N. E. O. p, Rev. Percy Barnes
was initiated into membership. There
were about seventy-five present, in
Guiding Grand Warden L. P. Deming,
Grand Secretary Grinnell and members
of other local lodges. Speeches were
made by several visitors and refresh
ments served There are fourteen APP
plications pending and the lodge is
growing rapidly.
The Ladies' Aid society of Grace
church will meet this evening with Mrs
f. X. Roberts. The Daughters of the
King held their meeting on Tuesday
with Mrs ri. H. Nettleton, Lloyd
street
4 w. II. Kellogg has gone to Syracuse,
N. Y, where his mother, Mrs. Betsy
Kellogg. is very i'll. Mrs. Kellogg went
out to visit her daughter a few weeks
ago She is subject to heart trouble
and during sudden attack she fell
down stairs and fractured RIB Owing
to her advanced age, apprehension is
felt in regard to her recovery. She is a
sister of Harvey and William r. Hem
| ingway.
MRS. JOSEPH COOK TO SPEAK
The ladies' auxiliary of the Grand
avenue Congrega tional church will meet
with Mr.. Willis Hemingway, on Quin-
nipiac street, this afternoon at O'Clock.
Mrs. Joseph Cook will address the
meeting. All contributors to the wo-
! mans board are invited.
AT GRAND AVENUE CHURCH
Miss Margaret Goodyear Smith is to
give recital of songs and readings at
the Grand avenue Congregational
church next Thursday evening. She
will be assisted by Mrs. Mary Burk-
Fitzgerald, Frank Edgar and others.
Miss Smith is one of Mrs. Fitzgerald S
most promising pupils and in addition
to her readings, will sing little Miss
Muffets song, Hush Yer Business
Ara G'wan," in which she is said to be
remarkably clever. The following are
the patronesses: Mrs. J. Lee Mitchell,
Mrs. J. b. Smith, Mrs. e. C. M. Hall,
Mrs. Henry Manville, Mrs. Charles
Bates, Mrs L. Howard Hemingway,
Mrs. Walter Graham, Mrs. William Co
burn, Mrs Jean-Pardee Clark, Mrs j.
P. Studley, Mrs. Louis Bradley, Mrs.
Tnbn Hull