The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-14
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
JOINT SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
 TUESDAY, WE'LL ATTENDED,.

Miss Enrriet Lafontaine and William Jaemeoko oMarrIed-DedicOtiOn of New Hall of East Rock Lodge, No. 3s, A. 0.
 U. w., Last Night-A Large Crowd Present.
 The joint picnic held by the Sunday schools of the Grand avenue Congre- gational and St. James Episcopal churches at Pawson park on Tuesday was attended by S15 persons and was @ great success. It was intended to go on the steamer Henry F. Bishop, but the boat could not be secured and Mana ger F. H. Martin, who contracted to furnish transportation, chartered the Bridgeport steamer Isabelle. The steamer Hildegarde came to Fair Ha- ven and in two trips transported the picnickers to Belle dock, where they boarded the steamer Isabelle. After delightful sail a landing was made at Pawson park. Provision had been made by the committees of both schools to entertain the children. There were va rious sports, races, baseball, etc., and day fireworks, furnished by Henry Musch, were burned. The excursion ists arrived home early in the evening after an enjoyable day.
 The marriage of Harriet Lafontaine, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Paul Lafon- taine of 10S Lloyd street, and William Jaeneclxe of Whitneyvlle took place at the brides home on Monday evening, some forty of the relatives and friends attending. The ceremony was perform ed by Rev. Dr. Mitchell.
 This evening at the parish house of Grace church the women will serve ice cream and cake.
 The picnic of the Sunday school of the Grand avenue Baptist church, post poned yesterday owing to the storm, will be held to-day at Pawson park if the weather is pleasant.
 The dedication of the new hall of East Rock lodge No. 3S, A. o. U. w., last evening took place under very aus picions circumstances. The hall is lo- cated in the new Jefferson building on Grand avenue near Front street, and the lodge had expended about $1,500 in fitting it up. It is handsome hall and one of the best appointed lodge assem- bly rooms in the state.
 The hall was handsomely decorated with flags and flowers and presented to the audience a very attractive appear ance. The lodge were favored in hav- ing number of the grand officers of r,orIo p1 j,1r-i ed They were Nathan A. Crary, grand foreman and acting grand master, of Chicopee, Mass; John J. Mccarthy, acting grand foreman, Boston; Walter Leigh, grand overseer, New Haven; J. Edward Burtt, grand recorder Boston; L. c. Merrill, past grand master work man, Concord, N. H.: Dr. William F. Temple, grand medical examiner, Bos- ton; o. A. Ward, grand guide, Boston, and c. c. Bulkeley: grand watchman, Hartford The audience was composed of the members of the lodge and their wives, and the members of Fair Ha- ven Degree of Honor No. ?.
 The exercises were introduced with the singing of the lodge ode to the tune ''Au1d Lang Syne." Then Roswell B. Farren, former master workman of the lodge and formerly of the grand lodge, who presided, gave a short ad- dress of welcome. He referred to the rapid growth of the lodge, to it's great success in the ten years of it's history and it's bright prospects for the future. He congratulated the lodge upon it's new hall and bade all present hearty welcome
 The dedication ceremony by the grand lodge officers was brief, but interesting. H. A. Keenan, master workman of the lodge, made the opening address to the lodge and an address of welcome to the grand officers. The A. o. U. w. orches- tra, E. R. H. Teeter leader, rendered America Forever" An address was given by Grand Master Workman D. F. Danforth, and the quintette, consisting of F. E. Edgar, Eugene Jeffers, Charles Leigh, J. E. Perry and William Duran, rendered the selection Dear Louise," and responded to an encore. A. B. Clinton was the accompanist. Another address was by Brother c. D. Embree, organizer of East Rock lodge in 1888.
 Then refreshments were served by the women of the Degree of Honor un- der the direction of. a committee con- sisting of Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. Thomp- son, Mrs. Lindsley and Mrs Mann. The remainder of the programme consisted of brief speeches by officers of the grand lodge and several of the officers of East Rock lodge. The orchestra in- terspersed the speaking with the selec- tions Happy Minstrels' Overture" Home Circle and Southern Planta- tion Echoes" The invocation by F. F. Danforth preceded the singing of the dedication ode to the tune of "Ameri- ca' The ode was written by l.. J. Mundelin, the chairman of the various committees, who has done so much in preparation for the dedication. The af- fair as whole was very great suc- cess and marks new era in the his tory of East Rock lodge.
 The committees have been published in this paper before.