The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-30
FEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
fRAL OF DIR. CHARLES E.
 ONG HELD YESTERDAY.


 Es Attendanes-Caught a Nine
 pd Biackhsh-TO Build a New
 l-To Hold vesper ssrvices-wiI
 md National Educational COnvsn-
 h. Other Items.
 he funeral of the late Dr. Charles
 Strong, the dentist, was solemnized bm the Masonic hall, Crawford build |g. yesterday at 2:SO p. m. and despite he storm there was a goodly attend lance. The deceased was member of delphi lodge. F. & A. M., and the fol- lowing named members were bearers: ISeth T. Langley, s. L. Salisbury, An
 my De Matty. Frederick Brown,
 |rton Futile and William F. Hub Ird. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. E. w. Stone of the Grand avenue Baptist church. The interment was in the Evergreen cemetery and Flu neral Director Crawford was in charge of the arrangements. There was pro- fusion of flowers, the offerings com pletley filling one carriage.
 William Spittler is receiving congrat- ulations upon his fine catch of nine pound blaekfish on the Branford shore Saturday; it was the biggest blackfish caught on this shore during the season. The Quinnipiac Brick company is pre- pairing to burn their third kiln for the season. The demand for brick has been poor, but the outlook is little more favorable just now for an increased de- Inand.
 During July and August the evening service and the Sunday school session of St. James church will be omitted.
 Beginning next Sunday in place of the usual evening preaching service at the Grand avenue Baptist church, there will be a vesper service from z to 8 o'clock. There will be special music and short address by the pastor, the Rev. E. w. tSone. The Y. P. s. c. E. will omit their meeting and the society will join in the evening services. Through July the pastor will take for the subjects of his evening addresses Lessons from the Eye and Ear.'
 There will he meeting, of Home council No, 10. Brotherhood of Relief, in July, but the date is not yet fixed. This new council has sixty members and it is expected that at the next meeting it will be increased to the limit of seventy-fiye as there is considerable of a waiting list. There has been no call as yet to pay any sick benefits. It is under admirable management and promises to be a very successful coun- cil. B. w. Arnold Of 204 Front street is the secretary and treasurer. The council pays $10 per week in sick bene-S fits to members who are i'll. a$ 4 Frederick B. Adams. who for eight years has made his home with his un~ cle and aunt. MT. and Mrs. John W. Hill of Wolcott street, will leave in al few days for his home in Utica, N. r. He has just graduated from the Yale Law school, talking the three-year course in two years and in 1901 com pleting the academic course. He has been admitted to the bar of the state of New York and will open business at once in Utica. During his stay in this city MT. Adams has made many friends and they will wish him success in his profession. His sister, Miss Julia Adams, who came on from Utica to at- tend commencement exercises. has re- turned home Principal Sherman I. Graves of the Strong district will attend the annual meeting of the National Educational association at Boston. July 6. MT. Graves delivered the address at the commencement exercises of the Tops field, Mass. high school. His subject was "TKe Soirit. That Wins.' The principal, l.. E. Williams, is a personal friend of Mr. Graves. MT. Graves usu- ally spends his vacation in Maine, but expects to remain at his home in Fair Haven most of the season. There are letters uncalled for at Sta tion A for MT Allen, H. c. Ingraham and Mrs. Gertrude Thompson. Another change in the weather yes terday. Some residents said it was ..the same old storm" that had been hanging about for nearly 8 month.
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