The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-03

notable gentlemen took place in this city this evening which included repre- sentatives Of the most prominent fami- lies in the state. The occasion was a reception given by MT. and Mrs. Isaac W. Birdseye at their home on Fairfield avenue in honor of Connecticut's two officers of the national society, Sons of the American Revolution. General Ed win S. Greeley of New Haven, president general and the Hon. Morris B. Boards ley of this city, first vice president of the national society. Governor Abiram Chamberlain was present, as also the members of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition commission.
 General Greeley was elected president general of the national society, and MT. Beardsley first vice president at the national convention held last month in New Haven. It is the first time in the history of the Sons of the American Revolution tLat this state has had president-general, and the reception was rendered in honor of MT. Greeley and MT. Beardsley. The gathering included  state of the Sons of the American Rev. olution, comprising the state board Of managers of the order, the members of General Silliman branch, the local body, the officers of the state society, Sons of the Revolution, and the Bridge port members of the Societ yof Colonial Wars and of the Society of Foreign Wars.
 MT. Birdseye is connected with all Of those societies. In the state society, S.. A. R., he is the delegate at large to rep resent Connecticut at the national con- gress. He is president of the General Silliman branch. and he is the second member of the board of managers of the Sons of the Revolution. He is also g. member of the Society of Colonial Wars and the Society of Foreign Wars. as well as member of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition commission.
 Governor Chamberlain and the other members of the St. Louis commission arrived in this city on the 5:35 train. The party included the governor, the Hon. Frederick Betts of New Haven, appointed national commissioner to rep resent the state at the fair by President Mckinley, Senator Frank l.. Wilcox of Berlin, chairman of the commission; the Hon. Charles Phelps of Rockville, Phelps Montgomery of New Haven and F, T. Doolittle of Meriden. Those gen. tlemen were met at the depot by MT. Birdseye and taken to his residence in carriages, where they were entertained at dinner.
 The reception began at 8 o'clock and was a brilliant social function. The guests were received by the host, Gov ernor Chamberlain and the two other guests of honor, General Greeley and MT. Beardsley.
 The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion with flowers and S. A. R. souvenirs. Music was furnished by Jerome Mays banjo club, and a buffet luncheon will be served during the even- ing.
 The gathering included Jonathan Trumbull of Norwich, president of the Connecticut society, s. A. R.. of which MT. Beardsley is vice president, in ad- dition to the office he holds in the na- tional society; Charles G. Sones of Hartford, secretary of the state society; William F. Chandler of New Haven, treasurer; Hobart L. Hotchkiss of New Haven, registrar; Joseph C. Woodward of Hartford, historian; the Rev Edwin S. Lines of New Haven, chaplain, and Henry R. Jones of New Hartford, ne- crologist, all officers of the state society.
 Other members of the board of man. agers present were Leverett Belknap, Sylvester C. Dunham Frank B. Gay and J. Collage Hills, all of Hartford; Henry B. Simonds and Charles B. Buck ingham of this city; Walter Hubbard, H. Wales Lines and Eli c. Beardsley of Meriden, Ernest D. Rogers of New Lon don, James R. Bowen of Putnam, Ma than Easterbrook,j jr., Benjamin R. Eng fish, and Wilson H. Lee of New Haven, and the Hon. Stephen W. Kellogg of Waterbury.
 Among delegates to the national con- gress, S. A. R., present were: William E. Chandler, Everett E. Lord, Franklin H. Hart, William J. Atwater, and Gen. eral George H. Ford Of New Haven; John M. Harmon of Meriden, Carl J. Viets of New London, Charles A. Quin- tard of Norwalk, and Burreil w. Hyde of Norwich.
 The state society, Sons of the Revolu- tion, will be represented by the presi- dent, the Hon. Morgan c. Bulkeley; vice president, the Hon. Daniel N. Morgan of this city; secretary. Walter L. Wake field of Hartford; treasurer, Colonel H. W. Vessels of Litchfield; registrar, H. L. Curtis; chaplain, the Rev. Dr. F. R. Sanford, and the board of managers, A. Floyd Delafield, Ransom N. Fitzgerald, J. O. Jones, D. H. Gould, F. T. Street, F. Burton Rogers, and Francis H. Park CT.
 General Silliman branch, $. A. R., was represented by it's officers and members, and the Society of Colonial Wars and the Society of Foreign Wars were represented by their local mem- bers.
 Another prominent guest present was the Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, jr., sec- retary of the Yale corporation. The gathering was one of the social events