The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-20
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMS OF YNTER EST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEoPLE

Local Social Events Here and EIse-
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 c. F. Woodward of Townsend avenue has returned from a two months very pleasant stay in Cuba. He spent a couple of months in Cuba last year also.
 The twenty-fourth anniversary of the installation of Rev. J. W. Cooper, D. D., as pastor of the South church, New Britain, will be celebrated with a sup per followed by social at South church this evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Dayton and their son Willie of Sherman avenue, left Tuesday fer the south. MT. Day ton will accompany them as far as Atlantic City and then journey to the west, visiting Utah and New Mexico, where he has extensive mining intere- ests. Mrs. Dayton and her son will spend the remainder of the season in Florida.
 At the annual conclave of the Grand
 
 in Norwich Tuesday, the position of eminent inspector made vacant by the death of Hon. Frederick A. Spencer of Waterbury, was filled by the election of Eminent Sir Albert w. Mattoon of this city. When the grand commandery adopted the system of official inspec- ton, in looking for member with all the necessary qualifications for the po- .I4t unanimously upon Major Spencer and elected him for a term of five years and afterward reelected him for the sec ond term of the same length. It was an advantageous choice for under his 1 guidance and advice there was mark ed improvement in ritual tactics and | jurisdiction until to-day the com manderies of Connecticut stand as j high as any in the country. | The new inspector, Albert W. Mattoon, is a past eminent commander of New Haven commandery, Knights Templars, and a thirty second degree Mason. He was master of Old Hiram lodge, No. 1, in 1900
 Mir. and Mrs. W. s. Neale of 19 At water street have returned from a six weeks trip south visiting the Charles ton exposition, St. Augustine Rock ledge, Ormond and Datona. They sail- ed from New York January 30 by steamer, and returned by the same steamer. On the trip down and back the ocean was as smooth as river. They found oranges abundant and very fine. The weather at times was quite cool, but on the whole warm and pleas ant MT. Neale declares the Charleston { exposition a complete failure, many of l the buildings left unfinished and South Carolina being the only state in the south which has an exhibit of much l 
 Colonel T. B. Warren, of the Atlantic | hotel, Bridgeport, who has many friends S in this city, left with his wife for the I City of Mexico yesterday He sails for C New York on the Morgan line and will I stop at the Mexican capital for three i weeks. Upon the return of the colonel | and his wife they will be accompanied 11 by their daughter, Miss Louise Warren, l. who. has been for the past few months Ii in the City of Mexico visiting friends 0 there. e Miss Rebecca Beach, accompanied by Mrs Thomas Hooker, left yesterday for ( R. l., where they are to make " 3 short visit. S The first quarterly meeting of the \ New Britain Christian Endeavor union a was held at the South church there q asst evening. Rev. George F. Prentiss f. If this city gave an address on ''Prac- fl :ical Christianity" b The Pine Orchard Country club has a been formally incorporated at the office a T,