The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-21
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
DAMAGING FIRE IN ADAMANT
 PLASTER CO.'S PLANT.
at St. James Church-Oacers Chosen for N. E. O. P. LOdge-FIrst Service in Household of Faith.

Shortly before noon yesterday fire was discovered in the boiler room of the Connecticut Adamant Plaster com pany's plant on River street and still alarm was sent in to steamer 5. Fire men quickly responded and found a stubborn fire, which, before it was ex- tinguished, had eaten it's way through to the roof. The damage to the build ing was about $500. which is covered by insurance. The quick work of the fire men saved the building from entire de- struction.
 Fort Hale lodge, N. D. O. F., held it's annual meeting Friday night and elected the following officers for the en- suing year:
 Warden Margaret Sullivan.
 Vice-warden- Helen G. Casey.
 Chaplain-Christian Klarman.
 Secretary-John G. Hurd.
 Financial secretary-C Charles P. Hill- house.
 Treasurer--William H. Russell.
 Guide-Mrs. John Ward.
 Guardian-Miss M. MaIley.
 Trustee for three years-E. Joseph Whalen.
 Twenty-three candidates were initiat- ed and thirteen applications for mem bership were received. From fifteen to thirty-five candidates are initiated at every meeting and the lodge is in q fiourishing condition. The installation of officers will take place on the even ing of January 15.
 To-day being St. Thomas day. holy communion will be administered at 9:30 a. m. in the Grace P. F. church, Blatch- ley avenue.
 The postponed meeting of the Grand Avenue Baptist church Sunday school was held Friday night for the purpose of electing a superintendent and assist ant. John w. Phillips was elected SUI perintendent and Mark Hare assistant superintendent. As MT. Hare was elected secretary at the last meeting that position was filled by the election of Milo D. Stevens
 Quinnipiac conclave, Improved Order of Heptasophs, will hold it's regular meeting this evening in A. o. U. w. hall, 25 Grand avenue, It will be re- membered that at the class initiation held December il this conclave present. ed twenty-eight candidates for initia- ton and this evening is expected that at least six more will be initiated, thus infusing much new life into this con- clave. A large number of the members are expected and many visiting broth- CTS from the city conclaves will be pres- ent to congratulate Quinnipiac upon its years success The entertainment committee has provided 9 supper to be served at the close of this meeting and the brothers recently initiated are earn estly requested to be present and bring the application of one or more friend with them.
 The engagement is announced of Miss Mollie McCauley, of Woolsey street, to W. H. Harney. The wedding will take place some time in the month of Jan 
 uary. @ The East Pearl Street Chautauqua circle will meet this evening at 7:45 o'clock with Mrs. F. s. Moody, 12O Pop lar street. f
 The first service in the new church building which the Household of Faith is erecting was held yesterday, the in terior being sufficiently finished to all low it. The exterior of the building is yet to be clapboarded and painted. | The oyster steamer Amanda, of the Laneraft Brothers fleet, arrived Fri day night from Roekaway with a cargo of oysters.
 MT. and Mrs. P. F. O'Meara, of Bish- op street, have leased the house at 260 Poplar street, into which they will move about January 1, Mrs. Frank Chipman and son Leo, of Worcester, Mass, are visiting relatives here. SPECIAL MUSICAL SERVICE. The special musical service at St. James Episcopal church last night was a most excellent one and the apprecia- tive audience which was present was | treated to an excellent musical pro- gramme. The principal feature of the service was the rendition by a double quart cite of Professor Shepard's sacred cantata, 'The Word Made Flesh" This
 was splendidly given, both the solo and chorus work, and a most acceptable ad- dition was the violin obligato playing | by Miss Belle Manross Sigourney. The unpublished violin score was used by
 Miss Sigourney. While the singers are deserving of much commendation for their work, the organist, MT. Page, | must have g. share of the honor of
 making the service success. His ex- ecution of the difficult passages and his
 accompanying was of great assistance | to the quartette.
 1 While the miserable weather of the
 evening necessarily kept many at home
 still, there was good congregation and | all were well repaid.
 BRAKEMAN INJURED.