The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-25

Hooker family were shoWn,r Whlch lll- cluded Thomas Rockers origlnal note book in which are extracts rom HIS sermons. and the catechism of the Rev. Samuel Hooker
 MT. and Mrs. I. L. Stiles have taken apartments at the New Haven House for some weeks.
 Miss Vera c. Hermann and Miss Frieda Gosch returned Sunday after noon from a visit to New York where they have been the guests of Miss Emma. Homann, d former New Haven lady On Friday Miss Frieda Goscli celebrated her own birthday ana was showered with gifts in memory anu | honor of the day.
 | Rev. and Mrs. Levi Gilbert, Of Clncln- | natl, announce the engagement or thelr daughter, Frances Elva Gilbert, to MT Theodore Jerome Coe of St. Louis Ihe wedding will take place early in June
 General Henry s. Peck, of this city, who has just returned home, has, our- ing the past week been attending ses- sfon of inc executive committee of the Nat ional Encampment of the G. A. R in Washington, D. c. The session or the committee opened on Wednesday or lest week and continued until Saturday Q fternoon. Among those attending were Commander in- Chief Eli Torrance and Adiutant-General Tower, both or Minneapolis, Minn., Quartermaster- General Burrows of New Jersey and the seven members of the executive com
 nittee of the council of administration | After many sessions with the citizens committee it was finally decided to hold the encampment the week of october the 9th, at Washington, D. C., national headouarters to be at the Ebbitt House Many topics were discussed,
 A Colonial supper is to be given by the ladies of the West Haven Congrega- tional church tomorrow evening. The mtnu will consist of baked beans, brown bread. pickles, doughnuts and coffee. The farce "Sunbonnets' will be pre- scented during the evening" the cast be- ing as follows: Mrs Batterfield, Mrs William Palmer; Mrs. Pendleton, MISS Hattie Reynolds; Malvina Spinney' Miss Mae Wilkinson; Mrs. Crannoh' Miss Nettle Squires; Mrs Tibbitts, Miss Lulu Scranton Mrs Pheelan, Miss Jean Beckwith; Charlina Miss Isabelle Tolles: Mildred, Miss Ida Wilkinson; Miss Tryphena Sanford, Mrs. Willard;
 Mrs Du Bois, Miss Lena Dickerman; Mrs Martin, Miss Grace Yoke,
 On Washington's birthday Mrs. E. A.
 Leavenworth was given surprise par ty at the home of her son, F. o. LeaV- enworth, 92 Dixwell avenue. She was
 presented with number of gifts, among them being large box of cut
 flowers from w. R. C., No. 3; another box from Mrs. E. B. Munson, and q large potted azalea in full bloom from
 Mrs. Stannard of Branford. The party was in honor of Mrs. LeavcnWorth's $ seventy seventh birthday Among
 those present were Mrs. Beecher, Mrs Stannsrd and daughter of Branford and Mrs. w. Whittelsey. During the after : noon a dainty luncheon was served ana the time pleasantly passed with music, readings and singing.
 , The marriage engagement of Rev
 Robert A. Ashworth to Miss Mabelle k.
 Edgerton comes as very happy sur prise to the wide circle of friends of
 these popular young people MT. Ash , worth. as pastor of the Broad street , Baptist church succeeding Rev. MT , FennelPs long pastorate, has become IF very popular throughout the city. Miss Edgerton. the daughter of MT. and Mrs
 Frank c. Edgerton, and granddaughter of Ephraim A. Kelsey, will be congratu- | lated by large circle of friends among
 the younger set The Record adds its !. congratulations- -Meriden Record.
 Rev. MT. Stokes lecture on "lndif 7 and it's People" will be given this even :, ing at eight o'clock in St. Pauls parisf f house under the auspices of the Ladies f Parochial society. It will give the re Q suits of Mr. Stokes personal obserVa
 tions and studies in India and will b' n illustrated by large number of stere s opticon views, some of them made fo
 this lecture
 : Miss White, of this city is Visitln!
 with Mrs Cone of Broad street
 Serene R. Gilbert clerk at the Pleas = ant View Hotel. Savin Rock, who wa
 stricken with appendicitis last Thurs
 day evening" is slowly recovering. T Professor Stevens of Yale announced N Sunday morning at the First Congrega ,f tional church. Wallingford that Rev. ]
 owen Jones confidently expected to as
 sume his duties as pastor of the churcl - on April l.
 Attorney J, F. Goodhart, who went |
 New York Friday night to attend tn
 doo shnv, arrived at the Park AVenu