The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-04
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE RIVER.

al Family Reunion Omitted This
Year - Bishop Brewster baptist
| Church Annual Meeting and Features
of the Rsports-Personal.
I The installation of officers of Live Oak
council, Royal Arcanum, will be held
one week from tomorrow evening. A.
I'll. Wilcox of Torrington, the district
| deputy, will be the installing officer.
The Fair Haven rolling mill, which
was started again last night. During
the shut down some needed repairs to
boilers and furnaces were made.
Frederick r. Tuttle Of the East side
has been reelected chairman of the
board of relief.
Major Luzerne Ludington, who has
been i'll for a week, is out again and
will be able to go with the Second COM
pany, Governors Horse Guard to Hart
ford this morning to participate in the
Inauguration parade. Many Fair Ha-
veners are members of the guard.
E. Otis Hovey, formerly of Fair Ha-
ven, lectured before the Bridgeport
Scientific society last evening.
The MontoWese Brick company is re-
ceiving new machinery and getting
ready to begin work in the spring. In
cluded in the machinery is consign-
ment of 100 small carts, which will car
ry the bricks into the dryer where they
will be cured.
The friends of Mrs. N. A. Ludington
of Grand avenue, who has been very i'll
for several months, will regret to learn
that she is no better. Her condition
now is considered to be quite critical.
The annual reunion of the Bishop
family, which has occurred on New
Years day for several years past, and
held at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Bishop of 90 Grand avenue, was
omitted this year, owing to the illness
of Mrs. Bishop, who has been suffering
with nervous prostration for several
months. She was we'll remembered on
the anniversary by the Bishop relatives
who sent her a New Years gift of
purse containing $26 in gold. Her many
friends will be pleased TO hear she is
slowly recovering and hopes to be able
to be out soon.
Bishop Brewster will be at Grace p
f. church Sunday morning to confirm
a class and will be present at the Sun
day school in the afternoon.
Rev =. R. Sanford's last lecture to
the confirmation class will be given this
evening.
The ladies' aid society will meet in
the parish house of Grace church Thurs
day afternoon, serving supper at
o'clock.
The Young Peoples Guild will meet
the same evening at o'clock
The annual meeting of the Grand
avenue Baptist church for business per-
tanning to the Sunday school, was held
Monday evening. The report of the SUI
perintendent of the school, c. d. Man
waring, was read, in which he referred
to the death during the year of Deacon
Oscar J. Hull one of the first superin
tendents. He said the church and Sum-
day school owed more of their success
to Mr.. Hull than to any other per-
son. Another member of the school dy-
ing during the year and an earnest
worker, was Mrs F. NJ Wiser. Three
other members of the school have died:
Ernest Williams, Willie Dennison and
Minnie Huntley. The school had held
four concerts, a picnic, trolley ride for
the primary department, a book socia-
BILE for the library, a sociable given by
the officers and teachers to the Sunday
school, and a sociable for the officers
and teachers. The membership con-
sisted of officers, 8; teachers, 80; adults,
250; primary, rs; new scholars, 49, To-
tai, 449. The average attendance had
been 1877 and the largest attendance 30S.
There We're thirty-six birthday offer
ings. The report of the treasurer, D.
Milo Stevens, showed total receipts of
$199.5S. OF this sum, $1,000 was ex-
pended for supplies. The report of the !
Charles Il. Jones, showed |
that there were 3G5 books in the libra
ry. officers We're elected as follows:
Superintendent, G. d. Manwaring; as
sistant superintendent, Mark Hare; sec /,
rotary, S. j. Latta; treasurer, M. j. |
Barnes; librarian, Charles L. Jones; |
auditor, j. p. Morrow: superintendent |
of primary department, Mrs. George H. |
Loveland. The annual meeting of the |
church will be held tomorrow evening
at o'clock.
Robert Macarthur, district reputy |
grand regent, and John W. Kessell, act
ing as grand guide, both of Live Oak
council, Royal Arcanum, went to Nor
walk last evening and installed the Of
ficels of council No. 1868