The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-27
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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Rev. Dr. 10. c. Sage of Grand Avenue
 Baptist Church Paid Visit by Mem
 bers of His Church Barber Ralph
 PHstore Has Shaved Several Sick sol-
 dIers-othor Notes.
 About forty ladies and gentlemen from the Grand avenue Baptist church went down to visit the pastor, Rev. Dr. E. c. Sage, and his family at their cot tage on Summer Island, Indian Neck, yesterday. The splendid clam chowder and baked bluefish furnished by Mrs. Sage, supplemented by the contents of the lunch baskets brought by the par ty, made up a fine spread. The party amused themselves in various ways in bathing, berry picking and other sports incident to the seashore. Mrs. Sage was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. G, w. Loveland, whose cottage is near by. Some of those who went were Mrs. Charles French, Mrs, Charles Meigs, Mrs. s. J. Latta, Mrs. David Hanselpacker Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Kilbourn, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Manwar- ing, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Charles John son, Mrs. M. Stevens, Mrs. Willis. Mrs. Mary Santry, Mrs. Scranton, Mrs. Hat field, Mrs. Boyson, the Misses Evelina Jacobs, Belle Meigs, Libbie Bishop, AL ice Hanselpacker and Edith Butler, and Messrs. Samuel Hammond Boyson, Hatfield, Jacobson, Santry, Meigs and Butler.
 Ralph Pastore, the barber who volun- teered to shave sick soldiers at the New Haven hospital, devoted part of yes- terday to that work He shaved ten of the boys, besides cutting hair for four. Six of those whom he shaved were in bed and some had two months growth of beard to remove. The sol diers were very grateful for MT. Pas tores kindness and gave him several mementoes, such as Spanish bullets and small vory-backed brush with which the officers used to keep their buttons polished and clean. One of the men, Lieutenant A. c. Dalton, Twenty-sec- ond United States infantry, told him of seeing a Cuban cut finger from a dead soldier in order to get his dia- mond ring. The hoys had no good words for the Cubans, but were very grateful to the Red Cross society
 Rev. Merritt A. Farren is in town for a few days visiting his father.
 Miss Fannie Fields of Rose street has accepted position as teacher in the Hartford County home at Warehouse Point
 The funeral of Hiram B. Hinckley took place from his late residence, Four Corners, yesterday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. D. J. Clark of East Ha- ven officiated. There was a large dele gation from Division No. 77, Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, and the bearers were members of the order. Services. at the grave were conducted by the chaplain of the brotherhood. The interment was in the East Haven cemetery.
 Mrs. Esther Crockett and MT. and Mrs c. K. Wedmore are visiting friends in North Madison.
 Robert Bremner will conduct the ser vices in Park chapel Morris Coxe, to- morrow.
 The employees of Upson & Granniss, ice dealers, will have their annual out ing at South End on Labor day. A number of athletic contests have been arranged, and there will be a baseball game with the employees of the Hygeia Ice company.
 Rev. D. J. Clark and family of East Haven have returned from a two weeks stay at Ocean Grove, N. J.
 The subject of Rev. pr. J. Lee Mitch els sermon at the Grand avenue Con- gregational church tomorrow morning will be "A Family That Had Something to Do on Sunday" There will be spe- cial music furnished by Albert Thomp- son, violinist.
 Quinnipiac conclve, I. o. H., has talk en a lease for one year of the new A. O, U. w. hall on Grand avenue for the first and third Monday evenings in | each month.
 | Rev. William Ross of Sea Cliff, l.. l., will preach at the East Pearl street M. F. church o-morrow, morning and eve- ming.
 1 Rev. l.. J. Bamberg of South Wood | stock will preach at the Grand avenue | Baptist church tomorrow morning. The services at Grace Episcopal | church tomorrow will be conducted by | Dr. William c. Sturgis of the Connecti- | cut agricultural experiment station. ----------.------------------