The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-16
WALLINGF0RD HAPPENINGS
CONVENTION AT THE CONGREGA-
TION1L CHURCH TODAY.
VIII be Held by the Connecticut sum
day School ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
Wallace 81 Sons Co. Elected.

The afternoon session will be presided
over by A. A. May Of Meriden, of the
state executive committee, The pro.
gramme of exercises will be as follows:
2 o'clock-Devotional service.
2:20-Open conference, Sunday School
Management" led by George S. DEM
ing, state secretary.
8:20--Address, 1.-THE Importance of the
Primary Department." Miss Lucy q.
Stock, the state primary superintend-
ent.
3:4O-"Lesson Illustration" Miss Lucy
G. Stock.
4:O0-Reports on xDecision Day"
4:3O-Report of committee on auxiliary
organization by A. A. May, the chair
man.
b:O0--Closing.
Supper will be served at o'clock, and
at 6:45 there will be- toasts W. II. Han,
president of the state association, VIII
be the POSTMASTER. The toasts will be
as follows:
'The Pastors. f. Guernsey, South
ington.
1.-THE superintendent F. H. l..
Hammond, Wallingford.
"The Teacher"-Rev. j. p. Hoyt,
Cheshire.
The evening session will begin at 7:3
with a praise service At 7:45 o'clock
there will be scripture reading and
PRAYER, The rest of the programme will
be as follows:
S:O0-Address, Teacher Training MISS
Frances S. Walkley of Plantsvllle.
S:30-Address, 1.-THE Teaching of Office"
Rev. H. A. Davenport of Bridgeport.
9:00-Closing
At the annual meeting of r. Wallace
&, Sons the directors elected were f. A.
wallace, H. L. Wallace and w. j. Lea
yenworth of Wallingford, George M.
wallace of New Haven, Frederick p.
wilcox of New York and George Rock
well and George M. Curtis of Meriden.
The officers elected were as follows: F..
"A. Wallace, president; w. ]. Leaven-
worth. treasurer; H. l.. Wallace, secre-
tary: c. w. Leavenworth, assistant
treasurer: Charles D. Morris, superin-
tendent.
The directors elected by the valen-
tine-Linsley company are F. A. wal
lace, C. w. Leavenworth, Z. u. MOTIFS
r. w. Morris and Noah Linsley. The
officers are: C. w. Leavenworth, presl-
dent. G.. d. Morris, treasurer; Moan
Linsley, secretary.
The grand list just completed by the
assessors is '$3,s74,694, which Is an IN
crease Of $685. sos over the previous llst.
The annual military enrolment was
completed yesterday and foots up l,4I6
names, which ie fifty-one less than
year ago.
Yesterdays recorded real estate
transfer was: Sarah e. Johnson TO
Lucy E. Lane, house and lot on Ivy
street.
Reserved seats for the basketball
game between the Middletown regulars
~ and the Company K team go onasale to-
day at Pickett's.
R. r.. Badger & Co. have opened BIZ
cycle store and repair shop IN Fltzger-
aids block on Center street
Rev. Eugene L. Sullivan of Stamford
will deliver lecture in Temperance hall
on Sunday evening, March A. under the
auspices of the John Mitchell club,
The freshet has cleared the lake from
ice and nothing remains but lew
matches in the creeks. The seventy
foot boat dock on the east side was
raised out with the ice and went down
with the flood over the dam, together
with several boats and, other articles
that was left near the banks OF the
lake. The dock went down the river at
q. rate of speed which, If it was kept up
to the present time, has carried 1t well
out into the gulf stream.
THE floral tributes at the funeral OF
G. H. Thomas were many and beautlful.
One particularly noticeable was rae
sirnile of drum with crossed sticks on
its head. token from the members OF
the Austin drum corps, who officiated
as bearers.
The figures regarding the water in
Paugh pond as given Wednesday
morning, were incorrect, owing to
misunderstanding. The water is almost
three feet from running over the dam.
"Billy" Legion, of the Wallingford
polo team, has, with the other nine
players, started for across the water to
Introduce the game in foreign chimes.
Tbe worst of these experiments is that
the walking to get home is not good
The ladies of ST. Paul's guild will give
one of their special suppers in the par
ish house from to 1880 this evening.
The Middletown regulars will play
basketball with Co. KS team in the
armory Monday evening.
The rainfall during the last storm
here was 2-100 inches.
Quite a number of serious washouts
have been reported to Selectman Hail,
mostly on the outskirts of the town in
the farms district. Superintendent
Leonard was busy with his men all day
yesterday repairing damages.
1t has been many years since the lake
was clear from ice on the 14th OF Feb
ruary.
The heavy rain has taken nearly all
the frost from the ground, and few
more days like yesterday will see the
roads settled and free from mud,
Wild geese flying north are already
reported here. Looks like an early
spring.
The following letter explains Itself:
Grand Union Hatel, New York CITY,
Feb. IL, 1900.
To the Reporter of the Journal ana
Courier, Wallingford, Conn:
Dear Sir-T submitted my application
To become a member of the New YORK
bar last week. which was signed by the
five Judges of the Appellate division OF
the supreme court of the state OF New
York, and the application granted.
I intend to spend most of my time IN