The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-05
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
GRAND CELEBRATION IN OB-
 sERVANCE OF THE FOURTH.
Avenue Was the Center of Att trnction-The Committee Which Ar- ranged for the Cclebration-An Ac- count of the Day,s Exercises.

The continuation of the Fourth of July
 observance in this section of the city was
 the grand celebration on Batchley avenue
 last evening. This was the eighth annual
 illumination and it easily eclipsed all for
 mer efforts of the patriotic residents of the
 avenue between Chapel street and Grand
 avenue. The harmony and general good fel-
 lowship manifested by the people Of this
 section afford an example in the way of pa
 tri0tic celebration that could be followed
 with profit by the people of other Of the
 residential streets.
 The committee that so successfully ar
 ranged for the celebration consisted of Ed
 ward NJ. Seeley, chairman; w. E. Petrie,
 W. H. Preston, 0. T. Sparks, J. T. McMahon
 and 4. B. Bradley. All day long the avenue
 presented glorious spectacle with the ar
 ray of flags and bunting displayed from
 nearly every house. Then us the day pio-
 gresSed lines of lanterns were hung across
 the broad avenue and the arrangements
 hastened for the grand illumination. Soon
 after the hour of 8 o'clock the Old Guard
 band of twenty three pieces, l.. H. Cohen
 leader, began it's march from Chapel street,
 ID the avenue to Grand avenue and return.
 The beginning of the patriotic music was
 the signal for the illumination and fireworks
 and soon the avenue was a great blaze of
 colored fire. Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were ablage, and rockets, Roman candles, fire balloons and other fireworks added thetr
 quota to the illumination, and the great eel
 ebration of 1902 was at full tide. The band discoursed music until 10 o'clock, the official hour for terminating the celebration. If the illumination was regarded as successful in previous yearS-Which no one ever douDteu- all records were wiped from the slate by the
 outcome of last nights effort The scene on the avenue at the height of the illumina- tion will never be forgotten by those who witnessed it. There were unusual attrac- tions at the central green in the public dis play of fireworks and crowds went there from Fair Haven, but there were enough people left over to crowd Blatchley avenue by thousands. And the people also came from other parts of the city to participate in the patriotic endeavor.
 Of the splendid Examinations which were displayed on practically every hOusc-front 1t would be difficult to particularize. All the houses presented a beautiful appearance: but the names of residents who illuminated and burned fireworks liberally are given be- low:
 1 Edward NJ. sceley, w. E. Petrie, William H. Preston, w. F. Sparks, o. F. Sparks, l James T. McMahon, l. G. Richey. Robert Macarthur, S. W. Scranton, Mrs. George Bulley, J. H. Edmondson, $. l.. Gallagher, A. B. Bradley, T. A. Henderson, A. F. Por- ter, George H. Jacobs, Owen Alum, Arthur | J. Weld, J. J. Horan, H. II. Shepard, J. J.
 Haydon, jr., A. l.. Shepard, F. l.. Arnold, F. W. Donnelly, F. Walsh, J. r. Murphy, C. ! Faan, E. J. Reilly, E. c. Fenton, l.. H. Fen ron. J. l.. M. J NullldlISs W,
 Langley, ". G. Bates, C. & Kilbourn. T. q. Wood, Frank F. Hull, Joseph Waldeck, J P. Lavigne, W. r. Damn, Mr. Jackson, W F. Bishop, NJ. I. Galbraith, John Casey, J. D. Cooke Dr. J. J. Seibold, c. P. Hilhouse C. r. Baldwin, Earl and \. S. Johnson, C. F. Williams, J. Conley and Mir. Miller. I At WolcOtt street and the avenue were | diagonal lines of lanterns, which threw out beautiful spans of light. A line of lanterns stretching 1G0 feet spanned the avenue be tween the residences of W. H. Preston and 1 w. E. Petrie. At the corner of Woolsey street the vacant lot of eXAlderDlan A. J Weld was decorated with large flags. Be 1 sides the Examinations several residents dis played large pictures, shields, etc. The eel | ebratiOn was carried out without making l assessments, but the necessary funds were | voluntarily contributed by the residents oi | the avenue.
 I At the Grand avenue Baptist church he ginning tomorrow evening and continuing 1 through the months of July and August I there will be a vesDer service from to | D. m. The pastor, Rev F.. W. Stone, will ! give a series of short addresses on ''Great Lessons from Inspiring Lives" The sub l iect for tomorrow evening will be ''Ths
 Man Who Would Not be Hndered." In tlt morning the subject will be Gods Mercy 1 in Hiding the Future.'
 ! The communion, with reception of new
 members, will be observed at the Grand | avenue Congregational church tomorrow morning at 10:30, with a short address by
 the pastor. In the evening the pastor, Rev 1 Andrew Burns Chalmers, will preach or "The Sins of Weakness and the Sins O Strength-Disreputable and Reputable Sin