The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-31
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMSOFINTEREST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And other People Known In Thts City
 -InterertInS social Events Hero and

And Other People Known In Thta City -lnterestlug social Events Hero and Elsewhere
 Miss Emma CIingam, who is teaching in Guilford, is spending her Christmas vacation with her parents in Westviile. William P. Gladstone lodge, 374, Sons of St. George, held a regular meeting Tuesday evening in the Insurance build ing. A social time under the auspices of the lodges friendly union was held. Refreshments were served. A goodly , number were in attendance, considering the indictment weather.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Kirkham of East Haven christened their fine new dining room on Christians day. The merry party included the following: Rev. D. J. Clark, wife and son Horald of Wesleyan college; Miss Dening of Newington, Miss Bessie Rylands of Bridgeport, pupil of Dean academy, Franklin, Mass; MT. and Mrs. Leroy J. Kirkham, Mir. and Mrs. George Kirkham and Leroy Pardee Kirkham.
 Miss Nina and Miss Lorraine Casman
 
 Hudson, chaperoned by Miss Fitzgerald, are spending the holidays with Mrs. A. J. Sinclair.
 T. Parker Preble, clerk in the auditing department of the Consolidated road, is confined to his home in Milford avenue, with an attack of the grip.
 Professor Peterson has charge of the Instrumental music for the Christmas cantata to be given at Calvary Baptist church last evening. He was assisted by Miss Anna M. Peterson, violin, and Miss Nellie Coxeter, pianist, and Pro- lessor Peterson, cornetist.
 Miss Alyina Peterson, the seyen1year old daughter of Professor Peterson, gave violin selection at the Christmas entertainment of the primary depart ment of the Calvary Baptist church Tuesday afternoon.
 Mrs. Harriet A. Augur of East Ha- ven, who has been dangerously i'll with pneumonia, is now convalescent. George M. Smith, Yale, 1901, and now a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city, is the guest of Raynham Townsend of this city. his college chum.
 
 house has returned from Floriday.
 William Hooker Atwood will sail for Liverpool to-day, on the White Star line steamer Cedric. MT. Atwood will spend several months in Europe.
 Miss Vera Tmm of York Square, who is attending Mount Holyoke college is home for the holidays. f..- ..
 MT. and Mrs. R. A. Sanford and MT. N and Mrs. D. J. Kelsey of this city have been visiting MT. and Mrs. Theron Nun ger os New Britain. ~
 Dr. "A. J. Penney of Branford received Christmas present Tuesday of handsome fur coat, which he thinks is most opportune considering the wealth CT. ..-.....
 Word has been received from Dr. William G. Anderson, director of the Yale gymnasium, that he has returned from his trip of three weeks to Las < Uegas. N. M. He is now at Princeton, N. J., where he will attend the annual convention of gymnasium directors for three days. reaching his home in this city late this week. Dr. Jay W. Seaver, also at the convention in Princeton.
 William D. Bishop of Bridgeport, ex- president of the Consolidated road, was much better yesterday and was able to be up and about the house.
 Announcement is made of the engage ment of Miss Anna M. Brenner, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. M. Brenner of SS2 State street, to Morton M. Loeb of New York. They will be at home January 17 from 7:30 to 9:30 D. m. No cards.
 Frederick l.. Averill of Rogers street, Branford, was elected a delegate to the national convention of Military Order v of Foreign Wars, United States com- mandery. at meeting of the state commandery held at Hartford Tuesday. President Arthur T. Hadley Of Yale left here yesterday morning to attend the wedding in BernardsviIle, N. J., in the afternoon of Anson Phelps Stokes, jr., secretary of the university. Presi- dent Hadley will remain in this city practically the entire holiday vacation. His only trip of any importance will be taken the first of next week, when he goes to G1oversville, N. r., for an ad- dress before the Yale alumni of that vicinity. He will also address a con- vention of teachers during his stay in that place. He will return to this city for the re-opening of Yale, January 5.
 Selectman M. P. Rice is having very ' handsome Concord buggy built at the carriage shop of J. s. Moore on Rogers street, Branford. '.4& .... Miss Katherine Hemingway, who is a student in Dean Academy, Mass, is spending the holidays at the home of her parents on Harrison street, Vest vile. .... Rev. I. W. Sheath, Ph. D., who begins his pastorate at the Grand avenue Con- gregationa1 church on January i, will preach his first sermon at the morning service on next Sunday. Dr. Sheath will not arrive ill this city until the lat ter part of the week, being still at Franklin, Mass, where he has just closed a successful pastorate at the First Congregational church.
 The reorganization committee of the Denver and Southwestern railroad composed of Arthur H. Day of this city and Charles F. Ayres, R. E. F. F1inch c. D. A. Goldman and Montgomery Rollins met in New York city Tuesday afternoon regarding the plans for re- organization of the company.
 Lieutenant Dewitt. who is the mili-