The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-30
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MEETING AT METHODIST CHURCH
 UNDER AUSPICES or ". c. T.U.

Memorial Service at Grand Avenue Bap-
 tist ChWrch-An Address on Topic; ''The Boys of 'GI and the Boys Of'9s"- Harry C. Wells Graduated With First Honors at Rush Medical School, Chi- cago, Saturday-Other Items. At the East Pearl street M. D. church last evening a public meeting was held l under the auspices of the W. c. T. U. Rev. Robert T. McNicholl spoke on the subject Cause and Cure of Drunken ness" The choir rendered special mu- sic.
 1 Rev. Dr. Mitchell at the Grand ave- nue Congregational church yesterday morning preached on the topic "The Wider Prospect" and in the evening | his subject was Unconscious Teach ing"
 | A memorial service was held at the Grand avenue Baptist church last eve- ming. Rev. Dr. Gage delivered an ad- dress on "The Boys of '61 and the Boys of '98." There was special selections by l the choir. The church was prettily l decorated with flags. Nathaniel b. Smith, chief train dispatcher of the 1 Consolidated road, sang the tenor part in the quartet.
 l MT. and Mrs. R. s. Field of New York are visiting MT. and Mrs. Robert c. Hart of Lenox street. | A class of children took their first communion at the St. Francis church yesterday morning. The girls were at- I tired in white dresses In the after noon the young people had reception in the parish school building and then 1 marched to the church to attend ves- pers.
 ! Harry J. Wells, formerly of Fair Ha- ven and now of Chicago, graduated at l the Rush Medical school in that city 1 Saturday and was valedictorian of the l class. He is a graduate of Hillhouse and Yale Scientific school. He has | of the Cook County hospital MT. Wells is a son of MT. and Mrs. Romanta l Wells.
 The regular parlor meeting of the w. ! c. T. union will be held at Mrs. c. w. | Kanahan's, No. 2 Wolcott street, Tues day, commencing at o'clock. After the meeting there will be held a daisy tea from 6 to 8 for the benefit of the union. Supper 1oc.
 William Merwin of Blatchley avenue has been quite ill for several days. He is attended by Dr. Roberts. MT. Mer- win is the proprietor of the shore din- ner house at Merwin's Point, which he | recently opened for the season. I Mrs A. E. Mack and children of 10s | East Pearl street, will leave this week for Essex to remain during the sum- nner.
 l Chester E. Burroughs of 19 Perkins street goes to Suffield to-day for the holiday.
 Comrade Kirkham will have charge of the Memorial exercises in East Ha- ven to-day. There will be Q procession made up of the village societies, G. A
 R. veterans and children of the schools and will march at o'clock, visiting the New and Old cemeteries and Greer Lawn After the grave decoration public exercises will be held in Towr
 hall, with an address by Charles A Baldwin.
 Frank s. Tyler has just organized g conclave of Heptasophs at Mount Nor
 ris, New York city At the institution
 exercises he was assisted by Deputy B
 S. Wade
 Polar Star hall will be open this
 morning at o'clock and a committee l will be on hand to receive flowers. I the weather is suitable for a parade tht
 members of the c. A. R. and schoo
 children preceded by Bunnelfs Drum | corps will leave the hall at g o'clock
 marching across the bridge, counter marching and proceeding to the ceme tery where the graves will be decorated
 Giles w. Clark is to be the marshal anC
 the other members of the committe'
 consist of John W. Hill, William E Crockett and Luzerne F. Barnes. Af ter the graves are decorated an ad dress will be delivered by Rev. MT
 Chapman.
 None of the Fair Haven schools ar,
 to participate in the Sunday school pa
 rade on the green in the afternoon
 Walter R. Downs, marshal of the pro
 cession, says that thirty schools are ex pecting to parade together with tn
 Third regiment Boys Brigade, the c
 A. R., and the Sons of Veterans. H
 says there is prospect of a very sue
 cessful demonstration if the weather i
 favorable. Last year the procession
 numbered between 5000 and 5000 Tn
 line will start this afternoon at 3:3 o'clock.
 Major Luzerne Ludington expects t turn out with nearly every man of hi
 command, the Second company Gov
 ernor's Horse Guard, at the spring pa
 rade to-day. The Guard will leave tn
 Second regiment armory for Branfort
 soon after o'clock, marching througl
 Fair Haven. The company will b preceded by five trumpeters, a corp
 recently formed On the return tn
 comuany will reach the city at about
 D. m. There will be a drill at Bran
 ford Point, the men taking dinner a
 Sheriff Swift's.
 MRS. JOHN w. TOWNSEND. The recent death, at her home in Nev l Haven of Mary Hickey, wife of Johl