The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-10
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
GRAND CHAPTER, ROYAL ARCH ma
SONS, UILL CONVENE TO-DAY

In Now Masonic Hall in tho Crawford
Bullding-Large Communion Glass of
Children at st. Francis Yesterday-An-
nual Borough Election To-day-New
Choir of Grand Avenue Baptist Church.
The grand chapter Of Royal Arch
Masons will convene in the new Mason
ic hall, Crawford building, this morn
ing at 10 O'clock The work of the
chapter will be exemplihed, reports
made and officers elected. There will
also be an afternoon session This eve
ming there will be a meeting of the high
priests, to be followed by a banquet
furnished by the local Masonic lodges.
Tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock the
grand council of Royal and Select Ma
sons will convene. 1t Is expected that
about one hundred Masons from differ
ent parts of the state will attend these
meetings. This will be the first time
that the grand Masonic gatherings have
been held In Fair Haven.
Yesterday morning fifty-five girls and
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of eleven years, partook of their first
communion at St. Francis church, The
girls wore white dresses with long white
wells caught UP by wreaths. The pro-
cession formed at the parochial school,
proceeded to the church and after the
service marched back to the school.
Rev. Father O'Connor administered the
communion. The children attended the
afternoon service and were invested
with the scapulars. The children who
partook of their first communion yes
terday are eligible to the society of the
Immaculate Conception, and at the age
of sixteen they can join the society of
the Children Of Mary.
Rev. Father Mulholland is at Lake
wood, N. j., for the benefit of his health,
having suffered considerably from bron-
chitis and laryngitis. Previous to Eas-
ter he visited Richmond, Va, for sew
eral days, During the rebuilding of st.
Francis church Father Mulholland
worked very hard, and is much in need
of rest.
Charles Lancraft of Lancraft Bros,
who fractured his left ankle few days
ago, will be confined to his home for
several days.
The annual election of the borough
of Fair Haven East will occur to-day.
A citizens ticket has been nominated,
and 1t is not expected there will be any
other in the field. Some of these bor-
ough elections have been holly contest
ed in years when two tickets were run
ming. The election will be held at the
engine house on East Grand avenue.
The ticket is as follows: Warden,
George M. Baldwin; burgesses, Richard
G. Davis, Willis H. Farren, Giles w
Clark, Joel NJ Bradley, Augustus w.
Wright and Charles G.. Keeler; clerk,
Charles E. Bray; treasurer, Orton A.
Rose; assessors, Charles w. Heming
way, Asa l.. Chamberlain, Frederick H.
Hemingway; collector, Lewis A. T..
Blake; bailiff, Charles N. Mack.
J. H. Augur's yacht Gunhilde has
been launched at Graves boat yard.
The craft has been heightened fifteen
feet making it fifty feet in length, and
it has been equipped with a Globe gas
engine A new cabin is to be built and
the yacht will go into commission about
May 80.
The new choir of the Grand avenue
Baptist church consists of a quartet
composed of Mrs. Edwin P. Pitman, So
prano; Mrs. William Sheffield, alto;
Harry " Santry, tenor, and Robert c.
Hart, basso and leader. The organist
is Miles j. Barnes, succeeding Miss
Fannie I. Beebe, who has filled the po-
sition for several years.
William Gage, the electrician, has &C
cepted an appointment with the Con-
solidated road in the power house oper-
ating the Nantasket Beach line.