The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-29
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
VARIOUS CHRTSTM4S ENTERT4 IN.
JIENTS AND CELEBRATIONS.
Death of MIR. NOTWITHSTANDING Skating
ut Hemingway's Pond-Lodge and So
ciety NOtcs-Personnl Jottings.

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| The Christmas service and entertain
4 ment of st. James Sunday school, will
be held in the Sunday school rooms on
| Saturday evening a. o'clock instead
| of Thursday evening. Rev. A. Doug
lass Miller will be present and have
| charge of the services and the parents
! of the scholars. as well as the parish
toner's in general, are invited to be pres
| ent. Gifts will be distributed to the
scholars, as well as oranges and candy
and the occasion promises to be very
pleasant for all who attend.
News was received here yesterday of
the death at his home in New Jersey,
of Mr. Wohlmaker, from the effects of
heart disease and pneumonia. Mr..
Wohlmaker married Mrs Henry Con-
cell of Fair Haven, who survives him.
The Jefferson company is painting
the house of Edward Patten of Ham
den The company has just finished
the painting of Major Perkins house
on Crown street.
At the Christmas entertainment for
the primary department of the Second
church Sunday school, the retiring SUI
perintendent, Mrs. John Parker, was
presented with a handsome framed pic
ture by the teachers as an expression
of appreciation for her ten years of
service for the primary department. The
presentation was made by Rev Alex
ander F. Irvine. Mrs. Parker has
worked hard for the interests of the
department and has taken great inter
est in preparing for the concerts held
from time to time.
Arson Scranton of Exchange street
is very low He has been in poor
health for several months. He is about
ninety years of age.
At the annual meeting of Pyramid
temple, Mystic Shrine, held in Bridge
port, Wednesday evening, w S. Moyle
and w. H. Preston were among the
candidates initiated.
w. T. jefferson, of the Jefferson COM
pany who has been Ill with throat
trouble for about ten days, was able to
be at the store for the first time yes
terday.
The plastering of the new house of
the Annex Fire department was com
peted yesterday and the walls are
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being done by Robert Wilson.
Salvato De MARITIME, who recently
purchased the Henry Cloux farm in
Montowese has been making extensive
repairs to the buildings
F. w Brocksieper has sold his steam
saw mill to a Wallingford party, who
will have it moved.
C. B. Rowe has been electedsone of
the deacons of the Second iIongrega-
tional church in place of G. d. Parmelee
who recently resigned
Mrs George Jennings of Boston, who
has been spending the holidays with |
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Arnes of ITS Quin- |
nipiac avenue, has returned home.
On Wednesday evening the annual |
Christmas exercises for the children of |
the Sunday school were held in the |
Grand avenue Congregational church. /
There was a large attendance and the
affair was greatly enjoyed by the young
people. A play, Astounding in sugges-
tons of Christmas, was presented in
which J. McKane took the part of San
ia Claus and Miss Matte GrisWold was
Mrs. Santa Claus. Christmas gifts,
candy and popcorn, We're distributed to
all the children and the affair was vot-
ed great success.
There is very fair skating at Hem
ingway's pond the first of the season,
and many went out there yesterday.
the ice is not thick, the lake
is unusually shallow at this time and
there is no danger from accident.
c. w. Belden, jr, Of 264 Front street,
is i'll with typhoid fever,
Francis j Taylor, deputy supreme
president of the Order of the Iroquois,
has been in Fair Haven in the inter-
ests of the order, for the purpose Of Sc
curing new members 1t is a popular
national order patriotic, social and be-
eficial and incorporated under the laws
Of the state of New York. A lodge Of
the order was organized some time ago
in this city.
NEW HAVEN COUNTRY CLUB.