The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-12
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES At E4ST
PERL STREET CHURCH.
Annual Meeting of the Farther Lights
Society of the Ba ptist Church Pulaski
Chapter ConvOcation.


The archway leading into the repair
shop of the Fair Haven & Westville
railroad on Grand avenue has been en-
larged to allow the long cars recently
purchased to be run inside. The big
sliding door is also being readjusted.
Work on the new state road in East
Haven, which ceased on Saturday by
order of the highway commissioner, is
over half completed. The roadway I'M
completed is about LOO feet in length.
The contract will be completed in the
early spring.
This evening the annual convocation
of Pulaski chapter No. 26, r. A. NJ,
will be held at Masonic hall. officers
will be chosen and report will be pre-
scented by the auditing committee. The
meeting will be followed by a banquet.
A Christmas sale by the ladies Of
the Montowese Baptist church will be
opened in the chapel this afternoon at
3 o'clock. AT O'clock an old-fashioned
New England supper will be served
and for the evening an excellent liter
airy programme has been arranged. The
supper costs only ten cents and the adj
mission to the entertainment and sale
is free.
The East Haven Literary club meets
to-day. An imaginary journey to
points of historical interest in Boston
will be taken and selections will be
given from Oliver Wendell Holmes
Grandmother Story of Bunker HILL"
The funeral of Walter j. Buck was
pttanHe6 bie of ON,
Quinnipiac avenue yesterday afternoon.
There was a large attendance of rela-
tives and friends. Rev. A. F. Irvine of
the Second Congregations church Off
ciated. There were many beautiful
floral offerings. Several appropriate
hymns were sung by Miss Emma Mac
donald and Mrs. George Block of the
choir of the Second church Six rela-
tives of the family acted as bearers and
the burial was in the Fair Haven GEM
etery.
The Christmas exercises for the Sun
day school of the East Pearl street M.
E. church win be held on Christmas
night. In the audience room of the
church in front of the platform will be
built ladder extending to the ceiling
and from this ladder presents will be
distributed to the children There will
also be an interesting programme of
exercises. On the Sunday evening pre-
ceding Christmas the exercises will
consist in praise service. The choir
will give Professor Shepard's new
Christmas cantata. Miss Madge Rob-
erts will assist.
Gottfried Amman of PSI Lombard
street starts on Friday for Orlando,
Fla, and will remain several weeks.
He goes away for the benefit of his
health, which has not been good of late.
The Parish Aid society of ST. James
church will meet on Thursday evening
and will serve supper.
The annual meeting of the Farther
Lights society of the Grand avenue
Baptist church was held Monday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Howard Wa
ters, 65 Perkins street. The key word
for the evening was Opportunities"
AT the roll call one new member was
added. The report of the treasurer
showed that over $50 had been dis
bursed for home and foreign missions
and other purposes during the year.
Reports were made by the president, |
music and work committees
showing the progress made during the
year. The society has been organized
only year, has a membership of thir-
ty-two young ladies and is doing good
work. Officers were elected as follows: |
President, Grace Huntley; vice presi- |
dent, Libbie Smith; secretary, Elsie /
Watrous; treasurer for foreign mis-
sionary MONIES Ruth Wilson, for home
monies, Emma Blomgrist;
Florence Siebert; programme
Susie Kanahan, Mamie Hill,
Mrs. Howard Waters; work committee
Emma Blomgrist, Mrs. John Hill, Mrs
e. W. Stone, Libbie Smith; music
Ruth Wilson, Sadie Smith,
Bessie Smith, May Houselpacker; So
eial committee, Mrs, Howard Waters,
Martha Van Dyke, Ruth Smith, Lizzie
Phillips, Villa Burroughs, Bertha
Sturges, Martha French Kate Darby,
Amy Peterson and Ruth Jacobson. At
he close of the meeting Mrs. Waters
erved ice cream and cake. The house
vas prettily decorated in the society
,olors of blue and gold.