The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-14
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMS EST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Other People Known fla This City -Local Social Events Hero and EIse- where,

Among the pleasant events to take
 place shortly at the Ansantawae, West
 Haven shore, is banquet to be given in
 honor of Major Clark, retiring com
 mander of tie Foot Guards The ban
 quet will be given in honor of the pop
 ular major by the members of his staff
 who number eighteen. Several invit-
 ed guests will swell the number to
 tWenty-two or twenty three. A commit
 tee of the staff of Major Clark visited
 the Ansantawae yesterday afternoon
 and made all arrangements for the af-
 fair with MT. Butler, the popular stew
 ard of the club The committee mem-
 bers were George T. White and Lieu
 tenant George w. Somers of New Ha-
 ven and Lieutenant Frederick c. Whip
 pie of Bridgeport. With them as their
 guests yesterday were Colonel John c.
 Healy and Virgil McNeil, the fire in-
 surance man. The party spent several
 hours at the Ansantawae. The ban
 quet will take place next, Thursday eve
 ming.
 Another interesting event of note to
 take place at the Ansantawae in the near future is banquet to be given by the New Haven members of the State Hardware association to the members from other parts of the state. The party will number between forty and fifty, and the affair will be a brilliant one It will take place next Friday at D. m. George J. Bassett, the Chapel street hardware dealers, is one of the leading men having the matter in charge.
 Of the several musical numbers given during the confirmation exercises at the Temple Mishkan Israel last Tuesday night, violin solo by Sgmund A. Lau- Der, rising young artist of this city, was much appreciated. MT. Lauber played Chapin's Noctunne most soulful ly and with so much feeling that he was the recipient of much congratulation even from those with whom he was un- acquainted. They were so impressed with his artistic rendition of the diffi- cult number that they made bold to in- form hi moi the pleasure derived.
 Mrs. Louise Coe and Mrs. l.. w. Plumb were recent visitors at Banff in the Canadian Rockies.
 Mrs. D. s. Pinneo and Mrs. $. F. Bel den of Norwalk were visitors at Banff in the Canadian Rockies last week.
 William H. Conklin and family have gone to Newtown.
 Mrs. Henry F. Fresenius of Howard avenue is entertaining Mrs. Goerz and Miss Goerz of New York, and Miss Gessler of Philadelphia.
 The graduating exercises of the class of '02 were held at Woodstock academy | Thursday afternoon, The address of | the afternoon was delivered by William | M. Richards, D. D. of the Unitarian | church, Plainville, N J. The diplomas | were presented by Albert Mathewson of | this city. There are fifteen in the class.
 Miss Lila May Baldwin of 335 Sher- man avenue is spending the week in New York city.
 MT. and Mrs. George Greggs enter tained the Sans Souci Whist club last evening at their residence on Campbell avenue, West Haven. This was the last meeting of the season and was a bundle whist. A pleasant time is an- ticipated by all.
 Mrs Nelson F. Yorke and son Charles of Campbell avenue, West Haven, went to Reynolds Bridge yesterday to att tend the funeral of Mrs. Yorke's uncle, Harry F. Reynolds.
 A dispatch from Middletown yester- l ven came here to-day and gave bonds of $500 for his son, A. w. Lithgow, who was bound over to the superior court yesterday, charged with offering pie lures for sale.
 A party of twelve from East Haven, I members of Christ church, attended the Cathay Kumial festival given by the Young Ladies' Mission circle in the par lors of the First Congregational church, West Haven, Thursday evening.
 The annual meeting os the New Ha- ven Chautauqua union will be heir this afternoon at the home of J. H. Shep- herd, 203 Fairmount avenue, Fair Ha- ven. The members will enjoy a basket lunch and a very pleasant time is ex- pected. Officers will be elected and other business transacted.
 Mrs. George Robinson of York Square gave a luncheon yesterday to a small of guests. It was highly en- joyed.
 The Rev. MT. Stocking, assistant pas- tor of the Church of the Redeemer, left New York last night for year abroad. He goes on a theological scholarship, which he won. He sails on the Rotter- dam.
 Miss Elizabeth Cranston Matthewson Is the guest of Miss Mildren Mitchell of "A Whalley avenue. Miss Matthewson $ student at the New England Con- servatory of Music, and was Miss Mitchells roommate at that institution. Miss Burton Holbrook of Richard street, West Haven. who has been vis- ting her daughter, Mrs. Egbert Scott ,f Waterbury, has returned home. Miss Betty Lamb, a graduate of the Rosemary Hall seminary, Greenwich, S the guest of relatives in Pin Orchard. Mrs. Harry Guilford of Union avenue. Vest Haven, has recovered from her at ack of malaria. Alderman John Beecher of the Sev- I nth ward is critically i'll at his home. 57 Hamilton street, with an attack of \ nflammatory rheuma tsm. His condi- ion, pr. Russell, his physician, said ! vas slightly better. Irving Atwood of the Plume & Atwood \ ompany of Waterbury, is occupying is cottage at Crescent Bluff. MT. and Mrs. Higley of Canton, Conn.,. l ave been spending a few days with