The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-04
THE VETERAN ODD FELLOWS
HAVE THEIR GRAND SEMI NNU1L
REUNION
And Dinner ut Savtn Rock Yesterday
Afternoon-Over Seventy Present and
Various Parts of the State Repre-

| various Parts or the state Repre-
scented.
The Connecticut Veteran odd Eel
lows association held it's semi-annual
at Savin Rock. The day was bright
and suspicious in all respects for the
affair and fully seventy of the veterans
attended, New Haven, Bridgeport, An
sonia, Hartford, Hamden, Milford, Wa
terbury, North Haven and other places
being represented. The midsummer
outing is purely social affair, no bust
ness meeting being held. The banquet
was held at Skeeles' shore restaurant,
which is on Beach street across the
| street from the beautiful park and
fountain of the Winchester Avenue
Electric Railroad company. The
Skeeles' restaurant building stands on
the edge Of the shore, Kelsey's famous
wharf jutting out from it. Here the
veterans after loud but Intellectual
call for their genial chaplain, Ward
Nichols-who appeared, however, later,
on time for grub, radiant and smiling
began the attack upon the dinner and
amid the rattle of knives, forks and
spoons and of crockery and the Smelling
of clans and the unsbelling of Holsters,
gave greetings to each other and re-
called good fellowship days of yore in
Odd Fellowship and other days. The
veterans seemed to all have brought
their appetites with them, which were
sharpened by the appetizing rations set
before them and course after course
was demolished with a rapidity and zest
which would have done credit to a
much younger generation. Both the
dinner and service were excellent and
were so pronounced by the veterans and
when the coffee arrived the wants of
the inner man were completely salts
fed. The menu was as follows:
Clam chowder, steamed CLAIMS, cold
lobster, bluef1sh fried potatoes, fried
oysters fried clans, broiled chicken,
green corn, tomatoes, beets, cueumbers,
lettuce, watermelon, tea and coffee.
There were no after-dinner speeches,
the weather being warm and the outer
air so inviting. Chief Veteran Bristol |
of Ansonia, head of the association pre-
sided at the dinner, his wife at his side,
Mr.. Bristol is lightweight years of age
and despite an accident he received |
some time ago. is in fair health and |
much enjoyed the reunion. Among the |
patriarchs of the occasion was our |
venerable townsman, Charles A. Nettle- |
ton Of William street, an ex-chief en-
gineer of the old hand fire department |
of New Haven, whose portly frame
doomed up among the assembled throng
and whose cheerful face bespoke that
life has been pleasant and well worth
living. Mr.. Nettleton Is neary ninety
two years of age. His birthday comes
on the first Of September next. Mr..
Gamsby, one of the charter members oe
lodge, was there. His age Is
over eighty years. Mr.. Ford of Cen
terville, another patriarch, was there.
His age is about seventy-nine. Past
Grand Master jackson of Ansonia, who
Is between seventy and seventy-five,
was also present. Also present were
Past Grand Master John Blair of Wa
Grand Master II. H. Jackson
and Past Grand Master Fred Hunt of
Past Grand Master Bradley
S. Keith Of Norwalk, Norris B. Mix of
Hamden, Edward Riley Of Highwood.
Past Grand Patriarch William III. Tyler
If Meriden, and the following from New
Haven among many others; Past Grand
Masters David r. Alling, Philip Pond
and George N. Moses, Past Grand Rep
,esentative Hungerford and wife, Chap
ain Ward Nichols and wife, George p.
Merwin, the master builder, and wife, {
President M. Zunder and his brother,
selgman Zunder of the National Saw |
ngs bank, Past Grand John B. Clemens,
Sylvester Gilbert and wife, John B. Jud- =
;on, the fruiterer; Henry G. Goodwin
md wife, George B. Hoggson and his ]
brother of the firm of Hoggson & Rob-
nson, C. P. Jordan, the former Church
street clothing merchant; T. Mettler 9
COX, ex-superintendent Of the New Ha-
ZEN Gas works; Theodore Keller, the :
ex-Alderman s. II. Barnes, /
". F. Peckham and wife, e. T. Barrett $
nd wife, j. B. Lucke, John III. Butler =
nd wife, Francis Lawrence Dinner {
yer the assembly broke up, all well
LEASED with the reunion. The commit !
ee for the occasion were D. R. Alling, q
ohm B. Judson and Henry c. Goodwin. Q
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