The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-04
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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Pleasant Weather is all That Is Needed to Make the Day Saceess-an Outline ofthe Days Programme.

ofthe Days Programme.
 for pleasant weather to-day. although the early indications for the Fourth were for rain. This is welcome news. for stormy Fourth would break up the plans and disapp0fnt thousands of people in the Fair Haven district.
 The celebration in the Blatchley ave- nue district, a feature of Independence day for years, promises to be grander than ever before. Late preparations were forwarded yesterday and the ar- engagements are practically completed. The annual illumination will take place as usual from until 10 o'clock. If
 stormy it will be postponed until Mon day evening, July 2, at the same hour The Old Guard band of twenty-two pieces has been engaged for the occa- sion, and will play selections from a choice patriotic and popular pro- gramr1e. Each family on the avenue will decorate it's residence during the day and illuminate with lanterns in the evening, having the same lighted by 8 o'clock. Lines of lanterns will be strung from the houses across the walks to the trees, and festoonS from lines extending across the street, which is sixty feet wide, and will give most beautiful ef fnrf Tho cnRticn hat Hrn nd avenue and Chapel street will be illu- minated Between the hours of and in the afternoon it is intended to have a bicycle parade of girls under fourteen years of age. A handsome prize will be given for the best decorated wheel. All girls intending to participate in the pa rade should give their name, age and address at once to Joseph F. Lavigne, 12S Blatchley avenue. Any girl residing in Fair Haven may take part, This an- nual illumination attracts people from every section of the city, and it has grown in popularity during the past three years,
 The Quinnipiac Canoe club will have an outing at Sturgiss Grove, not far from Pine Rock, to-day. There will be athletic games, baseball, fireworks and the like. There will be nearly dozen of the boys in the parade. Frederick Adams is president and Charles Blatch- ley commodore.
 The carriers of station A have begun their annual vacations. R. P. Downes has begun his fifteen days leave of ab- sence, but it is not expected that he will be able to go away, as he has been quite Ill fer two months. But he is hop ing to be able to report for duty after his vacation period.
 While the letter carriers take their vacations Substitute A. E. Ludington will act for the absentees. =" The following letters have not been called for at station A; Miss Jennie Davis, two letters: Frederick Barton,
 Miss Florence Holden and P. B. Van Fleet. tS' ,s fsj5
 Station A will close at noon and there will be only the morning delivery of the mails.
 Several of the attaches of station A expect to go to Hartford this afternoon to witness the game of baseball between the clerks of the New Haven postotfice and the Hartford clerks.
 At the several summer resorts on the east shore there will be some observ- ance of the Fourth at most of the cot tages. There will be patriotic decora- tions and the burning of fireworks and other diversions
 Several picnics at the shore have been planned for to-day There will also be a number of sailing parties going down the river.