The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-20
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
BRANCH OF PUBLIC LIBRARY IN
 STRONG SCHOOL.
xyill be Known us GA" Library and Already Has over 400 voIumes-Lec. ture by Librarian Stetson in GrnhniSS Hall Friday-Fair Haveners WAii h'- tend Bran ford Fair To-day.


 An arrangement has been made to onen q. branch of the free public library in the Strong school, and the hrst iH- stallment of four hundred volumes has arrived and is being assigned to the seventh, sixth and fifth grades. The pupil taking book is obliged to slgn the following contract: Il agree to hah- dle carefully and be responsible for any book which I may borrow from the Strong school library. I have read the card in the front of the library DOCKS and promise to do what I am there ask ed to do. I agree not to take DOCKS from the public library while l am tax ing books from the Strong library
 These books have been selected par ticularly for these grades and it IS eX- pected that they will be added to rom to tin1e Strong school library IS to De known as "A" library and 1t Is intended to open similar branch libraries ln seV- eral other schools of the city
 Principal Mirick has been much lhter- ested in library work and is pleased that a branch library has been established in his school. Last year he kept an ac- count of the amount of reading or DOCKS among the pupils of the eighth grace from the school library and was sur prised that there was so much reading among the pupils. The experiment or the new work in "A'' library will De watched with interest
 Apropos of the new library work, Librarian Stetson of the public library is to deliver lecture in Grannlss nall on Friday afternoon at o'clock to the nupils of the eighth grade and their pa rents who may wish to attend. His sub fleet will be Books and Reading"
 A yestry meeting was held in Grace D 10 church last evening. It was held esnecially to consider financial mat ters.
 Principal Mirick has completed the registration of the pupils in the Strong district. The total number is 1,79o
 Melville K. Palmer of 93 Quinnipiac avenue has returned from Meriden. lie has been the manager at Hanover park during the past season.
 Quite a party of Fair Haven people will go to Naugatuck to-day to attend the wedding of Asa Lewis Chamberlain of Fair Haven East and Miss Mary E' Webster. The ceremony Will take place lin the Naugatuck Congregational church this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. re- ception will follow from to at the Webster residence.
 On Monday evening MT. Chamberlain gave a supper to the persons who are to act as ushers at his wedding-James w. Hemingway, Edward H. Farren, liar rv K. Rowe of Fair Haven and George IT Wigmore of Naugatuck; to the pest man, Henry B. H. Hurd of thls clty' and several other friends.
 Quite a party will go to Branford to- day. if the weather is pleasant, to at tend the agricultural fair.
 Dr. P. $. Robinson has returned from visit with friends in Norwich.
 Miss Cora L. Howard of No. 9l FIX change street has taken position as stenogra pher in the office of the wire mill in Fair Haven East.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Grand avenue Baptist church will hold it's an- nual meeting this afternoon in the par aors of the church. Supper will be serV- ed and o'clock. A large attendance at the business meeting is earnestly de- sired.