The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23

next stated communication on Friday.
 January 3.
 | Cards are out announcing the ap- :. preaching marriage of Miss Bessie | Wallace and George Page of Stony ! Creek. The ceremony will be at the 1 Congregational church there. The Rev. | Stanley A. Bloomfield will tie the nup- tial knot
 l Henry Spencer Parmalee and Miss
 Mary Parmalee gave a luncheon Thurs | day in honor of Miss Marguerite Saw yer. daughter of Captain Sawyer, who | is stationed at Mandanao in the Island of Zamboanga, with Col. James $. Petit.
 MT. and Mrs. J. P. How'd of Stony Creek will be the guest of their son, l Joseph How'd of Ansonia at Christ | mas tide
 Edgar Stiles, principal of the West Haven public schools, will spend the Christmas vacation with his mother in Hartford, Conn
 Mrs. Charles E. Smith of Stony Creek continues to improve and her condition is now very hopeful and gives promise of her ultimate recov- cry.
 The New England supper given by the ladies aid society of St. Andrews
 M F. church, netted about $25 and the
 society is also the possessor of one
 hundred and fifty pounds of old rubber
 which was contributed and for which
 they have been offered five cents
 pound but they have it carefully stored
 waiting for rise in the market.
 Mrs. F. E. Stevens of fl Trumbull street entertained the whist club of
 which is a member and which was or
 ganzed seven years ago Saturday.
 Some of the ladies are Mrs. George P. Merwin, Mrs Warner Judson, Mrs. Latham, Mrs. Merrels of Pearl street, Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mrs. Cummings of Eld street
 Franklin Allen of Wallingford will spend Christmas with his daughter, Mrs A. E. Hausmann of Beacon ave nut Fort Wooster Park. He will re- turn home the latter part of the week.
 MT. and Mrs, Marshall of 1277 State street will spend Christmas with Mrs. Marshall's sister. Mrs. Charles Chad bourne of Hanover street, Meriden.
 The Octo Whist club had their fort nightly meeting al the residence of Miss Rosa Hintz, 1176 Chapel street Satur day afternoon Those present were Misses Clara Bollman, Gussie Krah, Anna Weibel, Rosa Hintz, Philopena Stadmiller, Alvena Brethauer substitute | for Frances Bauer, and Miss Roberts substitute for Miss Hillman. The first prize, china pitcher, was won by Miss | Gussie Krah The second prize, a pret- | ty picture in frame of golf girl, was | won by Miss Alvena Stadt miller, and | the third prize a silver match safe was awarded to Miss Gertrude Bauer. The next meeting will be at the residence of Henry Stadtmiller. 279 Humphrey street.
 Mrs. George P. Merwin of 22 Ed street is confined to her residence by illness. pr. Rollin McNeil is attending i, her.
 The missionary box which the ladies aid society of the Humphrey Street Congregational church send annually to a missionary and his family, in South Dakota, was dispatched a week ago last Tuesday night. It was filled with all sorts of clothing suitable for a fam ly of four persons, especially warm f1annels, and as it takes about ten days to reach them they probably re- ceived it Saturday.
 There will be Christmas exercises at the East Haven Congregational church next Thursday evening, and the pres ants will be distributed by Santa Claus.
 Burton H. Strickland, of 14S Grand avenue has accepted a responsible po- sition at the New Haven Savings bank on Orange street.