The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
OFFICERS ELECTED. FOR CLASS
 OF 1903, STRONG SCHOOL.

Funeral of Charles AndersOn-Hepta-
 sophs Glass Initiation-Hours of ser- vice in Christ Church Changsd-Other
 Items of Interest.
 The date of the class initiation of the Improved Order of Heptasophs of this city. which will occur May 2. in the Masonic blue room. is Sast drawing near and candidates for initiation in that class must soon be secured in or- der for them to be honored on that oc- casion.
 It is hoped by the committee that Quinnipiac conclave will furnish fifty candidates for the class which. of course, means hustle by each member and if each member secures but one it would mean over 100 to it's credit. Quin- nipiac concIave was instituted about ten years ago and has had healthy growth, losing by death but three, the last brother deceased being A. B. Kingsbury. who died in Redlands. Cal.
 The class of 1903 Strong school has elected class presidents pro tenn, Claude Dibble and Arthur Engel: class vice presidents pro tenn, Ruby Fleming and Miles Matthews; class secretary, Jessie Ricketts; class treasurer, John Keegan; programme committee, Wilson Emery, Russell DeBaun. Charles McGoVern; finance committee, Ray Bennett, Gene vieve Tooley, Thora Ericsson; commit tee on gift. Florence Berger, Anna Daley, Maud Steele; committee on dec- orations. Wilson Emery, Robert, Lay man. Walter Hicks. Timothy Neenan, Mae Tahey; committee on colors, Ernest Cooper. Lila Witmore. Helen Stone; committee on music, Ida Dow, Louisa Born, Ida Kessel; class marshal, Russell DeBaun: committee on class motto Evelyn Thompson, Laura Mann, Ruby Fleming; committee on class picture Philip Corners, Walter Hides, Ida Dow committee on rugs, Martin Gesler, Phil ip Connors, Norman Shepherd, Nal colmn Macdonald. Jerald Fitzgerald. 1 The hour of service has been changed at Christ church. East Haven, from . to 7:15 p. m. Yesterday evening tht Rev. J. H. Jackson preached. The new service papers were used for the frs | time.
 | The ringing of Pilgrim church bell or | Saturday afternoon at 1:30 was in con- sequence of a threatening fire in tht grass in the rear of C. D. Parmelee'E home on Quinnipiac avenue. The winG drove the flames towards the barr which was in danger of' burning. a: was also the house. By hard work { number of nefghbors fought the flame. to a finish and saved the barn an( house. The borough hose and trucl company responded to the alarm, bu on arrival of the apparatus the fire wa! out. It was pretty close call for MT | Parmelee's buildings.
 The funeral of Charles Anderson, Wh( was killed by the caving of coal in { barge at Belle dock Friday, was helt from his late residence, 59 Main street yesterday at 5 D. n., and was largely at l tended. The funeral was postponed un | til late in the afternoon because of in
 ability to procure carriages earlier b,
 reason of so many funerals yesterday Rev Mir. Nelson of the Swedish Luther
 an church offfciated. Two Swedish so
 cieties to which deceased belonged wer largely represented. The interment wa
 in the Westville cemetery. The deceas
 ed leaves a widow and three children | The New Haven society of 'longshore
 men, 200 in number. attended the fun
 eral services, escorting the remains iron
 the house to the cemetery.