The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-11
WOODMONT BY THE SEA,
MANY SOCIAL EVENTS DESPITE
 WINIRY SKIES
Some of the Many New Buildings That Are Being Erected and Other Improve
 ments-PersOnRl Notes and Other

Are Being Erected and Other Improve 1 ments Personal Notes and Other i Notes.
 1 Woodmont- by the-Sea presents a Wintry landscape at the present time,
 and the streets of the summer village
 are silent and deserted, but there is quite a little stir and hustle among the
 winter residents, with social affairs and
 suppers and with plans and prepara-
 tions for the fast approaching spring.
 The introduction of gas in the village
 is one of the principal topics of conver- sation, and the residents there hope to have the benefit of it this summer. Els pecially is it needed in the Woodmont chapel, and they feel that with gas and city water and a fire department they need to rank no longer as country peo- pie.
 There are several new houses being
 built, and it is said that quite large number will be begun in the near fu-
 ture, and already there is very prom
 ising outlook for the coming summer season.
 Mrs. Sarah Blinn, of Milford, former
 ly of this city, the well known contralto
 singer, sold her cottage at Woodmont a year ago to Dr. Bradley, the dentist on
 Chapel street, this city. She has now
 another cottage nearly completed,
 which she expects to occupy about
 March 1. It is situated near the Bluff.
 This will be the third house Mrs. Blinn
 has owned at Woodmont
 Elmer Hall is having house built near the postoffice. The front room will be made into a store for the sale of ice cream, confectionery, etc., and
 the rear room will be used as pool room. He with his family will occupy the upper part of the house,
 A medium-sized cottage is being built near the Chldren's home on the Mer- win Beach for New Haven parties.
 Mortimer Treat is improving and re- pairing his small cottage on Chapel street He has had some windows cut in and the roof shingled and the house otherwise made very convenient for renting.
 T. E. Beach & Son have built another large ice house on the rear of their other ice house on the road to the rail- road depot. They are filling it with fine thick ice from the pond in the rear.
 Hiram Learned expects to build a new house this summer on the road to the railroad station. He will probably have the house he now occupies torn down. He has just returned from visit with relatives in the west.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Wood mont chapel met at the residence of MT, and Mrs. Mortimer Treat short time ago for the purpose of reviving the old custom of holding sewing society in the afternoon and carrying their sup per with them. The event was in the nature of a surprise to Mrs. Treat There were about sixty present, The men came at supper time and a very delightful afternoon and evening was enjoyed by all present including Mrs , Treat, who had no inkling of the affair. The next meeting will be held with Mrs Lucy L Smith on the Milford road
 The next supper given by the ladies will be at the chapel on February 20. It will be New England supper, and the price will be as usual, twenty five cents. The last supper was served to parties from five New Haven churches and also from Allingtown and from Mil 1 ford.
 Mrs. John L. Merwin is recovering from a severe illness of four weeks with the grip, but she is still confined to the house.
 Miss Susie Bryan is able to be out af- 1 ter a three weeks illness with the grip.
 Miss Edith Northrop has gone to New Jersey to recuperate from illness caused by fatigue in caring for her sister Mrs. i Usher, who died last summer
 Mrs. John R, Judson has been spend | ing a week with her relatives, MT. and Mrs. George P. Merwin. of 22 Fld street. She expects to return to Woodmont on . 
 Mrs. Homer & Merwin has returned , from visit to her daughter, Mrs Hor- ace Payne, in Kensington
 Oln Clark expects to build a large addition to the Bonsilene hotel which he will call the Annex.
 MT Bradley and family, who have 1 been residing in William F. Downs cot 1 tage on the shore front for nearly a year, returned to the city to live week | pr more ago.
 Charles M. Smith, of Ashmun street, | who has a cottage at Woodmont has done quite a flourishing business this winter delivering water from the sprine at Woodmont to New Haven customers. He commenced last spring to deliver the water to the city twice week MT. i Smith was formerly a travelling sales man, but on account of impaired eye sight, caused by illness, is debarred ! from other employment, The water from the spring is very pure and spark ing and has been analysed and found to be free from any impurity. and con- sequently is in great demand among the summer colony.