The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-07

<Ab N4C SCIIII-dHuudl ulEELiuS Ol lIlC Westville Social and Athletic club held in the club house on Fountain street last evening the officers who were nom- mated at the last meeting were elected, viz: For president, Harvey Hermann; for vice president, Willard Veitch and Thomas Baldwin; for treasurer, Walter Hitchcock; for secretary, William Con- fden; for two auditors, Arthur and Bert ! lPerkins; and for two members of the board of directors, Charles Johnson and Harry Whildey.
 In the absence of the organist, R. W. Goodyear Miss Emily Olmstead presided a the organ at Trinity, Bran- ford, Sunday evening. MT Goodyear is spending a weeks vacation in Wash | ington.
 Miss Mary Dwight of Hopson ave- nue, Branford, leaves this morning for visit with friends in Ohio. Professor Andrew Phillips, one of Yales most popular professors, spent Sunday as the guest of Morris Sey- mour in Litchfield.
 1 Miss Minnie Tillou of New Haven has resumed teaching of pianoforte in Branford.
 Hon. Samuel Fessenden has returned to his Stamford home after two months absence abroad. He arrived in New York on the Campania Saturday morn ing and was met by large delegation of Stamford friends and escorted home, after dining in the metropolis. Harry Woodstock of Branford, who ! now plays the organ at Irvington on tho Hudson, has accepted business posi- tion in New York city, and now makes his home in the metropolis. 1 Percy Anderson from Pittsburg, Pa, and Mrs, r. B. Jackman, from South | Norwalk. are guests of their mother, Mrs. Cornelia Anderson in Clinton.
 Mason Smith of the Yale observatory | is spending his vacation in Massa- | chusetts.
 Next Sunday afternoon the ladies of Hermann's Sons Singing society will meet in Hermann's hall the object of the meeting being to effect reorgan- ization of the ladieS' society. The wives of the members are all invited to attend.
 Rev. P. G. Wightman, formerly pas tor of the Baptist church, Branford, OSCupIcu lIt pulpil OL Sdlu CHutCH SouE- | day at both services. Mir. Wightman, who is now S3 years of age, retired from the ministry when he left Branford, some five years ago, and now only acts as supply occasionally. He makes his home with his sons in Boston and Wal lingford. While in town he was the guest of H. w. Hubbard's family. I The Rev. Dr. Davis, pastor of the Westville Congregational church, sur prised his flock at Sundays services by announcing from the pulpit that he had rendered his resignation. To- l day the trustees of the church issued an explanatory statement. Dr. Davis is contemplating entrance to the uni versity of the Protestant Episcopal church and he decided that the resigna- ton at this time was consistent with this step. After referring to his love 1 for the church and for all the churches of the Congregational order, assuring the people of his charge that no bit terness had contributed to the step, and expressing his appreciation for the 1 kindness shown him throughout his year Of service, he asked that imme- diate action be taken upon his resigna- tion. The church committee, in view of Dr. Davis statement that the action was final met last evening to act upon the resignation. Dr. Davis will, how ever, remain in charge of his present congregation for the next three l months.
 Mrs, w. c. Vile, sister of Chas. H. Loomis, the piano dealer of this city, | t,oo o+I I,o
 vile Danbury, and Dr. Robert T. Mor- ris of New York was summoned last week for consultation with the at tending physicians. At last reports she was improving.
 Mime. Nicholas de Chrapovitsy and her two children, maid. and governess- es who spent the summer at Fort Trumbull Beach, left Milford on We'd 1 'nesday last, for their home at St. Pet ersburg, Russia.
 Miss Anna Pardee, sister of Mrs. Jean Pardee-C Clark returned Saturday from prolonged vacation.
 i M. P. Coen of Naugatuck. who has gone to attend the G. A. R. encamp-
 ment al Washington, spent the night
 here Saturday before starting. Before returning home MT. Coen will visit the ! grave of his father in the Shenandoah valley. His father who was member of the 20th Connecticut Volunteers, was killed in 1862.
 After an absence of thirty years Dal- ! las Y. Ives, who is travelling for the Firemen's fund. an insurance com pany, visited Meriden last week. He stopped with William B. Ives, of the
 Meriden house and Waldo c. Twiss, with whom he formerly lived. 1 Sir Philip Burne-Jones, who has been painting a portrait of Thomas Wallace
 Jr., of Prospect street. has gone to ] Cambridge, Mass. While there he will
 be the guest of Professor Charles Eliot
 Norton, whose portrait he is to paint.
 Sir Philip has been the guest of Mrs. Wallace for the past six weeks.
 Charles F. Wissert, one of New Ha-
 ven's most prosperous butchers and
 treasurer of the Retail Butchers asso- citation of Connecticut, who with his
 wife has been visiting with Ira W. Still man and daughter in Danbury, has re- turned to his home in the Elm City
 A social dance will be given at
 Perry's hall In Bethany shortly.
 Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Carl Sternberg
 of West Hartford have issued invita-
 tions for the marriage of their daughter : Miss Margarethe Clara to Frank Liszt i Traut of New Britain, which will take | place in West Hartford Tuesday Octo-