The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-06-07
A BEAUTIFUL OCCASION.
OLD HOME WEEK EXERCISES CAME
IOA CLOSE YESTERDAY

Prominent Speakers of the Afternoon
have ever taken place in small town
in Connecticut was that of yesterday,
in North Haven, when the exercises of
the last day of "Old Home Week" were
held in the Congregational church of
that old town. The day was magnifi-
cent, the attendance was large and the
programme which was given during the
day was one that was well worth go
ing long way to see and hear 1t
consisted of addresses by such well
known men as Governor Mclean, Lieu
tenant Governor F.. o. Keller, Colonel
Osborn, of this city, Professor Brewer,
Congressman Sperry, Ex-Governor
Cooke and many others and each and
every address was an excellent one.
The celebration of "Old Home Week"
was the first of it's kind ever held In
North Haven and judging from the
| great success of the exercises OF the
past four days, the citizens of the town
will see to it that the affair is ceebrat-
ed annually Old Home week means a
great deal to those who are connected
with the town and the celebration of
| the homecoming of people who have
not been there for years and the meet
ing of people are incidents long to be
remembered People who left the town
| twenty, thirty, forty and even fifty
| years ago returned for the exercises
held during the week, looked over the
scenes of their childhood and talked of
the days in which they used to roam
about the beautiful fields and roads of
old North Haven. The school days OF
many of those present yesterday were
spent in the little brick school house
next to the Congregational church and
these were happily recalled during the
speeches of many of the speakers in the
afternoon. One Of the men who spoke
yesterday afternoon was Nathaniel
Niles. of New York city. He was an
old teacher in the little brick school
house many years ago and he recalled
interesting incidents in connection with
his teaching there. At the conclusion
of His address the Rev. William Lusll,
who presided over the EXERCISES of the
afternoon, requested those who were
once pupils of Mr.. Niles to rise and be
counted. There were fully a dozen OF
the old people there who rose and were
glad to be numbered among the Oldest
pupils in the town.
The celebration of the weeks pro-
gramme was very enthusiastic ever
since the exercises opened Sunday ana
the attendances have been very large.
The crowd yesterday, however, was
larger than at any day befole. In the
morning there was special interest in
the exercises given in the church as
Governor Mclean had signifiel his in |
tention of being there and making a |
speech. All the people in the town |
wanted to hear him speak and in con- |
sequence the church was packed to its |
doors. Chairs were brought in from |
neighboring houses and placed in the !
aisles of the church and people were |
put in every conceivable place and yet |
The place was not large enough to hold |
the big throng. Governor Mclean &C
cupied +he seat of honor on the plat
form and a:ter' few numbers Of the
had been given the Rev.
William C. Lathrop, who presided,
called upon the governor, who spoke
but briefly. He said it was the source
Of great pleasure that he should be in.
vited to take part in the exercises as
his connection with the people in the
place had always been most friendly.
He said that some of his relatives were
born and brought up in North Haven
and that for this reason he always liked
to meet old associates there. Governor
Mclean also said that another reason
why he liked to stop over in the town
was because his lifelong friend, Rob-
art o. Eaton, lived there. He spoke
very highly of Mr.. Eaton and said
North Haven should be proud to own a
nan of such sterling worth. He con-
graduated North Haven on it's glorious
oast and on its present and on the sue
,ess of the celebration of Old Home
week. The speech of the governor was
greeted with great applause. Shortly
after he concluded his address he left
or the station, where he took the 1920
rain for Hartford He was escorted to
he depot by the committee on the re- |
option of guests composed of HI. Il.
Potter, Clarence N. Frost, D. Walter
oatten Dr. R. B. Goodyear, George B.
'bdd and George j. Merz.
The exercises in the church We're most |
and were opened by a selec-
ion by the Wallingford National band,
ollowed by an invocation by Rev. Will
lam G. Lathrop. The pupils of the
ublic schools then rendered the Bat
lie Hymn of the Republic" and it was
iven with great vim. The little chill
rem were dressed in white and carried
american flags and some of them wore r,
ashes of red, white and blue about
hem. The address of welcome by Rob-
TT o. Eaton, the chairman of the COM
littee on arrangements, was next
iven, 1t was noble speech and in it
e briefly reviewed the local history.
lie said that North Haven was proud
f it's past history and could congratu- .
tie itself on the success of the Old
lone celebration. In conclusion Mr..
atom said:
sour citizens to-day are keeping, step ! ~
18th the progress of the times, loyalty |
churches and schools, pre-
crying the old ancestral landmarks, J .
eautifying their homes, and enriching
leir farms, building macadam roads, |
ying sidewalks, maintaining a free
ubic library and street lamps also
oe rural mail delivery.
Electric roads run into the town as
ell as steam roads through several
ctions of it. The inhabitants are en-
getic and happy, ever remembering
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