The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-17
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMSoPINTEREsTO0 CONCERNING
 NERHAEEEPEOPLE
And other People Known Tn This city -InserestiHg Social Events Here and Elsewhere.

And other People Known In This City -Inseresting Social Evsnts Here and Elsewhere.
 About twenty-five of the friends of Clifford R. Thomas, of $40 Orange street, assembled at his residence on Wednesday evening to celebrate his twentieth birthday, The visit was surprise to MT. Thomas, but the guests were made welcome and pleasant evening followed with games and music and a supper. Miss Rebecea Harris and Mir. Thomas sang, Mrs. Robert Root gave some recitations, MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Lucke gave duetts on the violin and piano, and there were piano solos by Miss Jessie Thomas Some of those present were pr. and Mrs. r. H. Genung, Mrs. D. B. King and Miss Mamie King, Mrs. Charles w. Scranton and Miss Ethel Scranton, Frank [. Sherman, Harry Hartshorne, all of West Haven; Miss Mollie Ferra- ra, of Fort Schuyler. N. F.; Miss Rose A. Donnelly, of Bridgeport; Mrs. R. ". Root, MT. and Mrs. D. Parker, Freder- ick Parker, MT. and Mrs. M. F. Thon- as. MT. and Mrs. Mahoney, MT. and Mrs. F. A. Lucke, Miss Ruth Ellis, Miss Rebecca Harris, Miss Jessie Mae Thomas, Harry L.. Alger, c. Wesley Thomas and Frederick Skiff, of West Haven.
 MT. and Mrs. Godfrey Dunscomb, of the New Haven house. are among the passengers on the White Star liner Gel tic. which sail for Liverpool this morn ing.
 Professor W. $. Wheeler, assisted by Miss Belle Manross Sigourney, violinist, and Carl w. Worcester, basso, will give a recital on the new organ in St. Johns church. North Haven, next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Those who at tend this recital may count on a rich musical feast. The organ is the latest in tubular pneumatic built by H. Hall a Co. of New Haven. This is the first Of series of recitals to be given this fall and winter.
 Miss Anita B. Warren, daughter of H. c. Warren, of Whitney avenue, is entertaining two of her friends, Miss Dorothy Bright, of East Orange, N. J., and Miss Alice Osborne, of New York. The young women were schoolmates at Mrs. Blacks Ingleside, at New Mill. ford.
 Mrs. Ellery Camp, of Orange street, returned Wednesday from her summer , vacation.
 MT. and Mrs. Rutherford Trowbridge and family returned to their home on Grove street Wednesday after an ab- sence of four months.
 MT. and Mrs. Justus s. Hotchkiss, of Church street, returned this week from their trip around the world.
 Miss May Miller, of Orange street, re- turned Wednesday from a six weeks visit in Portland, Me
 Miss Mollie Ferrara, of Fort Schuy- Ter, N. ", came last Saturday for 2 visit of two weeks with Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Genung, of West Haven.
 Postmaster Howarth expects daily the order from Washington authorizing putting on two more mall carriers. The office here now has sixty-four carriers and collectors
 William H. Oliver, of Branford, has secured a fine position in Naugatuck, to which place he will soon remove his family
 D. L. Warden has returned from the convention of the Bridge and Structur- al Iron Workers International union He was the second vice president of this large organization and declined a reelection.
 Mrs. George Farnam and daughter formerly Of Branford, but now of New London, with a party of friends, are camping near Mill Pond, in Mill Plain, There are ten in the party, and they are having a fine time.
 Miss Rose O'Brien, formerly of Bran ford, will sing at a drama, 'The Wick. low Rebel" to be given at the Walling. ford opera house Thursday evening, Oc- tober 29.
 Dr. and Mrs. Gaylord of Branford, have for their guest the doctors moth CT from Meriden. Mrs. Gaylord is eighty seven years old and very vel and hearty.
 Malcolm Booth has returned from g weeks visit to Peacedale, R. T., where he went to recuperate from short ill., ness.
 Walter M. Pickett and his friend George Johnson, of Dakota, who is liv. ing with his parents in this city while pursuing his studies, have gone on a hunting expedition to Lake Waramaug
 
 vention holiday.
 Rev. F. St. John Fitch, of the Bran ford Baptist church. conducted the mid week prayer meeting at Short BeacI chapel on Wednesday evening. The meetings will be discontinued during the winter months
 Miss Caroline Newton Stevens, ot Durham, has been in the city for two ol three days as the guest of Mrs. H. G Newton.
 Mrs. DeForest, who for a number o: years made her home at 3S7 Temple { street, but who removed to Wisconsin is visiting friends here.
 The twentieth anniversary of tht marriage of MT. and Mrs. Tibbals, ot Crown street. was made memorable by a surprise being rendered them by the Ladies' Aid society of Grace Methodis church, of which Mrs. Tibbals is z member. The affair was most enjoy. able one in all respects James J. Dunn, night telegrapher of the freight and steamboat office, Belle dock. has gone to oswego. N. T., on his vacation.
 A dance will be given by the Zeta chapter at Lenox hall October 2S, be- ginning at 8 O'clock.
 Postmaster John H. Gernsey, of Wa