The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-02
WALLINGFORD.

With the close of July four of the let ter carriers of the Wallingford post office completed their five years of continuous service and are now en- titled to wear black star upon their coat sleeve. the free delivery being esta blished here August 1. 1897. The four carriers are Charles Zetter- holm. John W. Newton. Thomas NJ. Brennan andw J. Oscar Bailey. The decorations for continuous services are as follows: Five years, one black star. ten years. two black stars; fif- teen years, one red star; twenty years, two red stars; twenty-five years, sil- yer star; thirty years, two silver stars; thirty-five years, gold star, and forty years, two gold stars.
 This afternoon at the Company K range there will be a practice shoot i for positions on the Second regiment team and also for positions on the Company K team. At the drill of Com pany K.
 Captain Norton has secured Harry Johnson, of New Haven, for cook for Company K at camp. Johnson served in the same capacity at last years l camp. A meeting of the non-commis- stoned officers of Company K has been called by Captain Norton for next Monday evening at o'clock.
 The field meeting of the Connecticut Pomological society, to be held at Barnes Brothers orchards at Yales- vile next Wednesday, August $, will be a peach meeting from start to finish" Plans for the movement of this years peach crop will be dis cussed. Representatives from the freight department of the N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R., and the Armour refriger- ator car lines, al"o leading commission men will be present and are anxious to i meet the growers.
 The forenoon will be devoted to tour of the orchards. Dinner at o'clock will be srictly on he basket lunch plan. After dinner there will be speaking and discussion of matters of importance to all shippers of fruit To accommodate visitors trains leav- ing New Haven at 9:35 a. m., and Hartford at 10:40 a. m., will stop at the packing house near orchards, also afternoon train north at 3:25 and train south at 4:05 will stop to erceive passengers.
 Wallingford is to have another plant added to it's list of industries. Over at "Oakwood" c. Fred Lane is having a building erected which is to be used for the making of evaporated fruit The building will be 3x41 feet. Two stories have been put up and fur naces, etc, placed in the building and other fixtures will be added making it an up-to-date plant.
 The evaporation of the fruits will be yhot air. MT. Lane expects to have the plant in operation the latter part of this month.
 William F. Lane, formerly employed by the local gas company, is now fill ing a position for the New Haven Gas company His father, F. c. Lane, and MT. Edgerton, both formerly connected with the Wallingford Gas company, are now in Butte, Montana, overseeing the putting in of gas plants and at an early date will be located in Covngton, Ky.
 The Wallingfords will leave here on the 12:33 train for Windsor Locks.
 The Arawanas, of Middletown, will play golf here this afternoon.
 Miss Annie Whalen returned last evening from Canada.
 For the next four Sundays Miss Nel- lie Hall will play the organ at the Bap- list church.
 Samuel Hubbard and Harold Wilkins left yesterday morning for Wallingford, Vt, MT. Hubbard will remain there four weeks.
 Mrs. J. B. Hydon of Boston is the guest of Mrs. l.. Won Grave.
 Mrs John B. Mix left town left yes terday for Pasadena, Cal, where her daughter, Miss Grace Mix-Moody, is critically ill
 Street Williams starts this morning for a sojourn at Block Island.
 Judge L. M. Hubbard and son, Mars den, are home from a trip by water to Portland, Me. and report very pleas ant time.
 Mrs Paul Mailette died Thursday night after an illness of several months, aged 45 years. She leaves husband and eight children. Funeral Sunday afternoon at o'clock from Holy Trim ity church.
 The Athletics will play ball in Stony Creek this afternoon.