The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04

LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
OBSERVANCE OF BIRD AND ARBOR
 DAY.
Merritt A. Farren of Lynden, Vt, Formerly of New Haven, at Grand Ara.,.a 6o.. fionAal GLurnh

l Formerly of New Haven, at Grand
 Avenue Congregational Church.
 Bird and Arbor day was observed yes-
 terday in the Fair Haven schools, with
 appropriate exercises in Strong school.
 Exercises were held in the eighth tenth
 and eleventh grades. In the eighth
 miss hall in the afternoon, and many of
 the parents attended. The exercises
 were under the direction of Miss Strong. The platform was decorated with palms
 and other plants. Below is given the program of exercises:
 Song-"Arbor Day Greeting" >. School Poem-"A "Arbor Day Tribute" COCO.
 ........... ........... .. Edith Lennon Presentation of Class Palm, Paul Shipley Essay-"Why We Should Preserve
 the Trees..... ...... ..Selma Roeltgen Song Merry Sunshine" ....... School Poem-"The Old Wood" Lillian Hewlett Poem-"The Robin".. Lewis Davis 1 Original Story-"A Lonely Little AiCC '...''....... ......0yDell 1TdHL Song-"Sweet and Low" ...... Quartet Poem-"The Three Trees" .........
 .......... ..... ....... Hazel Mackenzie Original. Poem-"The Evergreen Tree" ........ ........... Annie Smith Original Story-"A Southern Pine'..
 ..... .... .... ....... Clarence Scarlet song-"Lo, the Pleasant Spring.. ........... .................... school Essay-"Protection of Birds" .... ....... ....... ....... Harry Metzger Poem-"The Scarecrow". ....... ............. ... .....Isadore Goldberg Duet-"Violets' ....... ... .....
 Alice Weir, Bertha Humiston.
 Essay-"Why We Should Protect the
 Birds".. ........ ... Edith Talmadge Poem-"Birds at Midnight" ......
 ..................... Mae Ludington Poem-"To Let-Birds Nests". ....
 ............... ... ...... Leroy Wright Poem Building of the Ship. ....
 .... .......... ..... .....Mae Parker
 At the Grand Avenue Baptist church, tomorrow, the pastor, Rev. k. w.. Stone, will preach in the morning on ''The Grandest Word" and in the even- ing will speak on Lessons from the Closing of the Philippine War"
 Rev Merritt A. Farren of Syndon, Vt, will preach at the Grand Avenue Con. gregational church, tomorrow, preach ing in the morning on "The Heavenly Vision" and in the evening his subject will be- "The Worlds Need of More Heart" MT Farrens old home is in New Haven and many of his old friends will If hn it1y to icto to his preaching tomorrow.
 Daniel Connell went to New York yes- terday to meet his mother who was to arrive on the steamer from Nassau, where she has spent the winter. For several winters she has resided in her old home in Nassau, N. F., West In- dies, returning to Fair Haven in the spring.
 c. R. Newton, formerly clerk in the Booth market. has removed with his family to Branford. He is now em- ployed in the lock shop.
 J. o. Clogstone was expected here from Norfolk, Va, last night.
 The PanAmerican stamps are on sale l at Station A. Superintendent Mulvey has only a small stock at present, which | will soon be disposed of, but a larger supply will be received later.
 Another new choir announcement re- gently made is that of the Grand Ave- nue Baptist church. MT. John F Schautz Is the director and bass singer; | Miss Bertha M. Raymond, prominent singer, soprano; Mrs. William Sheffield, 1 wife of the well known journalist, con- tralto and MT. Miles J. Barnes, tenor. The organist will be Miss Antoinette Brett. MT. Schautz, the director and | bass, has been at the First M F. church | the past year. For four years he has led a quartet which sang at the hospital every Sunday The Calvary Baptist ! quartet has been performing this gen. erous duty of late, most acceptably to | the patients at the hospital, to whom E this Sunday hour of song is the most | enjoyable of the week. Miss Raymond, | has for the past four or five years sung at the Plymouth church, doing faithful and efficient service Her place here has been filled by the committee by Miss Katherine Murphy. Mrs Sheffield has filled this choir position for four years and will take her former po- sition again on Sunday, followed by the good wishes and interest of many friends in the congregat ton. MT. Barnes, he tenor, has been the director for the past two years. Miss Brett, the new is studying her profession in he Yale department of music