The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-15
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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Ladies' Aid society's Annual MoetinG- Fort Hale Lodge NIeets This Evening Personal and society Notes.
 The warden and burgess ol Fair Haven East have received number of appliea- tions for new street lamps, one to be To- cated on East Ferry street, but there is no appropriation at present for the new lights, The proposed East Ferry street site Is near the boundary between the borough and the town of New Haven and the bor- ough authorities would object to furnishing light to Illuminate q district much of which Is out of the borough. It Is expected that an attempt will be made 10 secure m appropriation sufficient to locate several additional electric lights Ut the annual meeting next spring It Is claimed that If the street lighting is Increased, It will be necessary 10 increase the borough tax. There are now about twenty-five electric lights in the borough.
 The annual meeting of the Ladies Aid so- ciety Of the Grand Avenue Baptist church was held Wednesday afternoon, Officers elected are: President, Mrs. John Santry; yice-presldent, Mrs. Henry Keech; secre- tary and treasurer, Miss Ella Blakeslee; di- Rowley, Mrs. c. c. French, Miss Evallna A. Jacobs, Mrs. s, J. Latta, Mrs. George I-oyeland. The various committees will De dppOiultu Ut tue ueNC llSeCluS. lue re- ceipts for the year amounted to $319.92 and disbursements S26S.90, leaving balance of Sol.02 and also 8 deposit of SS3.5a Ill the bank
 Mrs. Louis c. Wilson of Saltonstall avenue, are visiting at Liberty Hill and Norwich.
 Mrs. Samuel Sackett of MoItowese has returned from visit at Liberty N, Y: o ven has just been elected treasurer of M the grand lodge Order Eastern Star, and Wm. H. Pierpont, formerly of this place, was elected associate patron.
 There will be an important meeting. of Fort Hale lodge, N. E. o. F., this evening, at which six candidates will be initiated and large. attendance is expected. ID Those Josiah O. Thraal, Louisa NJ. Gillette, Anna Rives, Nellie Fisher and Mary D ManWare. ring. The members of Totoket lodge or present. The grand officers have invited the degree team of Fort Hale lodge to at- tend meeting of Sachem lodge, Gullford' on the fh evening Of nr 9a adge ag fea have made m excellent record in their de gree work and many of the lodges through out the State are anxious to have the work exemplihed, i'll their lodge rooms.
 Merritt Farren, who graduated at Bangor theological seminary this year, recently preached two Sundays at South Coventry and on one Sunday at Mt. Carmel. He IS not yet permanently located.
 Mrs. Joseph Cooke of Ticonderoga, N. l., is attending the session of the American Board of Foreign Missions and visiting her
 r. H. Hemingway Is d member of the committees on printing and postotice al the missionary convention in session at the Hyperion theater.
 James McLay is arranging to let the main floor of his carriage factory on Grant avenue for polo and basket ball games The building was formerly the Quinnipias rink.
 James O. Farren of East Haven is il with typhoid fever and is attended by Dr Holbrook He has been quite unfortunate only recently recovering after ten months confinement from the effects of fracture' leg and other ailments.