The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
FINE WEATHER AND BUSY TIMES
FOR CHRISTMAS.

School Closing for HOIidays-I1Inder.
gardeners Enjoy ThtmseIves-ChEist-
mas Services Good Skatlng-Per-
sonai, Etc.
| Fine weather characterized the day
| before Christmas and was the means
| of furthering all the munificent plans
| for preparing for the great annual cele-
/ bration. 1t was a busy day-busy at
the stores where trade fiourished, busy
at the oyster shops, where thousands
of gallons of oysters were shipped,
busy in the churches preparing for the
j various Christmas exercises, busy in
the kitchen making up the best cook
| cry for the best of the holidays, busy
on the trolley lines carrying thousands
of shoppers and visitors, busy at Sta
, ton A sending out hundreds of Christ
mas packages-busy everywhere.
At Station A extra carriers were at
work yesterday and will assist the reg
ular carriers burdensome work this
morning.
The schools closed for the holiday va
cation yesterday noon. Most of the
| schools contributed household supplies
and provisions which will bring good
cheer to many homes for Christmas.
The contributions at Strong school as
usual were very large.
! Most of the shops closed for to-day,
j as do the stores, at noon. Station
! will observe the holiday rule and close
at noon.
! The children of the kindergarten on
Ferry street, taught by Miss Carrie NJ.
Chapman, enjoyed an ante-Christmas
celebration, as is the custom, yester-
| day afternoon. At Thanksgiving the
I children contributed supplies for de-
] serving families but yesterday the
! teacher arranged jOllification which
was greatly enjoyed by the little peo-
/ pie. A Santa Claus in his official robes
was the occasion of great merriment
and Santa filled each of the stockings
! hung up by the children. Then there
was an interchange of presents be-
tween the pupils, and after this was
over ice cream was served.
Grace church services for Christmas
day-Holy communion, 1880 a. m;
morning prayer, holy communion and
| sermon, 1920 a. m. The Christmas
festival of the Sunday school will be
held on Friday evening at $50. On
Sunday evening at the usual hour of
the evening service, 1880, the choir will
render the Christmas cantata, Holy
Night"
| The Christmas festival for the Sun
day school Of the East Pearl Street M.
f. church will be held this evening at
6 o'clock. A rich treat for the children
has been prepared.
| On Friday evening the annual meet
ing Of the Grand Avenue Congregation
al church parlors officers will be elected
and reports presented from all the de-
partments Of the church.
A New York Central car with freight
for the Fair Haven & Westville line,
while being backed down to the car
house on Ferry street yesterday morn
ing, became stalled on the corner Of
Chapel street and it required the unit
ed power of two trolley cars to bulge
it. Several cars were delayed by the
obstruction.
There is good skating at Hemingway's
pond and many will resort thither to-
day, If the weather is favorable Many
enjoyed the fine skating yesterday.
There will be fine programme of
Christmas music at st. Francis church
to-day. The quartette consists of Mrs.
L. Sullivan, Miss Marie Ward, w. II.
Stoddard, J. f. Blatchley; with w. J.
Rohan director, and Miss T. A. Rohan
organist
A number of Fair Haven people went
away yesterday to spend Christmas
and others came here to stay over the
holiday.
A new pump has been located at the
Fair Haven station.
The First Thangsgiving" was the
subject of an address before the Moth
ers' meeting at the Bushnell hall on
Ferry street, Tuesday, by Mrs. Henry
Champion.