The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-04
WALLINGF0RD HAPPENINGS
ORG1NIZ1TION OF BOARD OF
SCHOOL VTSYTORS.

Annual Meeting of Ladies, Library AS
sociation-OfHcers EIectcd--Ladiesi
Handicap Tournament To-day Real
Estate Transfers.
The Ladies' Library association held
an adjourned annual meeting yesterday
afternoon and elected the following Off
GERS:
President--Mrs. A. J. Goodrich.
Vice president-Mrs. j. Tenney Bar
ker.
Secretary-Mrs. H. l.. Morris.
Treasunr-Mrs. H. L. Wallace.
! Board of managers-Mrs. G. w. Hull,
Mrs. D. p. Griswold. Mrs ], j. Blair,
Mrs. c. II. Brown and Mrs. c. A. Har-
| rison.
The hold-over members are Mrs. c..
II. Tibbitts, Mrs. B. f. Harrison, Mrs.
w. H. Goddard and Mrs. Noah Lins-
ley.
A meeting of the board of school Wis
itors was held Thursday evening for
organization. The following were chos
en-:
Chairman-Charles B. Yale.
Secretary--Rev. ]. z. Wildman.
Committee on purchasing text books
DR.. w. p. Wilson.
Auditor on purchasing committee ac-
Auditing on purchasing committee ac-
counts--J. Walter Mix
Acting school vlsitor-Rev. j. E. Wild
man.
Registration committee. M Hub
bard
Committee on library and apparatus
for outside districts-C. b. Yale, j. b.
Kendrick, Rev. j. e. Wildman.
Committee on examination of teach
ers-Rev. ]. e. Wildman.
The board also voted that Kelsey's
Cicero be adopted as a text book for use
in the high school in place Of Allen and
Greenough, with the proviso that the
leaf containing the picture of the statue
of Cicero be cut out by the secretary.
This vote was also passed: That the
board consents to the attendance in the
schools of the Central district of the
children whose names are submitted by
the committee of the Central district
under date of October 9, 1899.
Notices were also given OF the pro-
posed adoption of McMaster's United
States History and of Colby's General
History, of Progressive Outline Maps
of Ancient History and of several
works submitted by Superintendent
Booth.
Contractor Kearney is now grading
the south end of the state road on North
Colony street.
Wilbur r. Doolittle left yesterday for
New York en- route for Avon Park, Flor
ida. He will go to st. Augustine on the
Clyde line steamer Comanche.
Company KS annual inspection will
occur on Thursday evening, November
Is.
The ladies' handicap golf tournament
will begin at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
Rev. p. T. Adams of Yalesville will
conduct the services at the Masonic
home tomorrow afternoon.
Marsden Hubbard has so far recov-
cred from his injuries as to return to
his studies at Wilbraham, Mass next
week.
There were ten marriages and eleven
deaths in town during the month of De-
tober.
The Rockvilles will play polo here
this evening.
Yesterdays recorded real estate
transfer was E. w. Warren and H. J..
Moody of Boston to j. O. Obst of Meri- \
den two lots on Highland tract
A. l.. Prince of Florence, Mass, the
electrical engineer who will take charge
of the borough's electric light plant is
in town and will move his family here
as soon as he secures suitable rent.
Last evening was dull and dreary
one, with a light drzzling rain and
nearly deserted streets.
Quite delegation from here took in
the Jeffries-Shark fight at Coney Is-
land last night.