The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-27
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Funeral Services of the Late James E.
Parsons-Return of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. II.
Linahan and Herbert Barnes from
Europe-Annual Rally Day Exercises at
Grand Avenue Baptist Church.
The funeral of James e. Parsons was
solemnized from his late residence, No.
33 Clinton avenue, Saturday afternoon,
Rev. Mr.. Chapman of st. James P. E.
church officiating. The bearers were
John A. Richardson and A. G. Bush
nell of the Yale National bank, Henry
NJ. Shannon, S. Lloyd Salisbury, Will
lett A. Hemingway and Geo. c, Foote.
The interment was at the Fair Haven
cemetery, and Undertaken Fl. w.
Crawford was in charge. Mr.. Parsons
q few of his friends were aware, of his
illness. For many years he had been
bookkeeper at the Yale National bank.
He had also been connected with st.
Jdul6S CnulC Gil, anu LOi q iAstiiioNi
of years was the parish clerk Several
years ago he purchased the handsome
residence on Clinton avenue, built by
the late VIM. S. Robinson, and has
made it his home. He was an exem-
plary and popular man, and his death
is lanented by many relatives and
friends. He leaves a widow.
Robert Wilson has a new two
family house, 1857 Lombard street,
nearly completed. The house has mod
ern improvements, and will cost about
$4,000. Mr.. Wilson will move into one
Of the tenements about October l.
N. Irving Harrison, clerk at w. A.
Warner & Bros. store, has trouble
some abscess on one side Of his throat
Mr., and Mrs. Henry of Dundee
Scotland, sailed Saturday from New
York on the steamer Furnessia. They
have for several weeks visited theii
daughter, Mrs. r. Matthewson, 15I
Pine street.
Robert Wilson, who suffers from the
effects of throat trouble every winter
expects to leave for Florida in Deem
Der, to remain until spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. H. Linahan o.
Ferry street, who have Just returned
from Europe, met Herbert Barnes o.
the Annex in Queenstown. Mr.. Barne!
has since returned home. He went tt
Great Britain in the interest of Swift
& Co., the Chicago beef shippers, il
which company he is g large owner ant
director.
w. A. Warner and r. F. Warner O.
w. A. Warner & Bro, attended thu
banquet of the Hardware Dealers as
sociation given at the Tontine hotel.
Isadore Goldberg of Grand avenue
the excellent little elocutionist, delight
ed the large audience present ait thu
recent entertainment given by tn
Symmetrical M. E. church, with
number Of her clever recitations. Sh
was heartily encored and was callec
out five different times.
B. B. Mulvey, superintendent of Sta.
ton A, is again on duty after his vaca
ton. During his absence the assistant
E. K. Mullen, has been in charge.
The annual rally day exercises Of tn
Grand Avenue Baptist Sunday schoo
were held yesterday noon. The attend
ance numbered $40, and the collection
amounted to $40. 1t was the close o
the 26th year of the school, and tn
superintendent, Jacob P. Morrow, ha
been connected with the organizatio
in some capacity all that time. Al
though well advanced in years, MI
Morrow is still enthusiastically com
mitted to the work.
The Sunday school room was pretti
decorated with autumn flowers, an
the motto, Orally Day." done in fern
on a white background, was conspicu
GUS over the platform. The committe
in charge of the decorations consste
of Mrs. Chas. French, Mrs. Frederic
Siebert, Miss Alice Hanselpacker. Th
exercises began with singing of tn
hymn "Give Thanks" followed by tn
reading by superintendent and paste
responsibility, of Ecclesiastes, - char
ter, and prayer by Rev. DR.. Sage. TIL
school sang Battling For the Lord
and then began the roll call. Fac
class responded through the teache
with the number enrolled and the nun
Der present Some of the classes ha
adopted notices for the ensuing yea
and displayed banners bearing the mo-
to. The classes also responded wit
verses of scripture, song or fe
lines from a poem or hymn. The 70
call was interspersed with singing b
the school. Solo, "The New Kingdom
by Miss Nora Sage; solo by Miss Flo
ence Siebert, song by little Misses Ev
and Pearl Smith, recitation by Ann
Clark, solo, 1.-THE Church Bell" by
C. Hart, and a fine recitation by Mr.
Chas French. C. D. Manwaring, tt
assistant superintendent, arranged tt
entertaining nrOgram