The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-12
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
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 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE

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 The members of the classes at the Anderson gymnasium will hold their annual banquet at the gymnasium on Thursday evening. The supper will be served by the Womans auxiliary and the music will be by the new orches- tral club. There will be several re- sponses to toasts.
 Mrs. F. W. Guion of this city was visiting with Miss Julia Moves in New 1 Canaan last week.
 The Rev. MT. Davis of Morrisville, 1 Vt, who will take the pastorate of 1 the Congregational church in Vest ville, is expected to arrive to-day. He will make his home in the house now occupied by the families of Burton and ! Frank Stowe. The latter will move out from the first floor of the house and occupy the new dwelling which he has had built at the corner of Dayton and Fountain streets.
 l Anson Phelps Stokes, IT,, secretary of Yale, has just returned from North i field, Minn., where he delivered the ad- dress at the inauguration as president of Carleton college of Rev. W. H. Sall- mon, Yale '94.
 Rev. Arthur J. Gammack preached at St. Stephens church, Boston, Sun day. Rev. Ellis Bishop, rector of St. Stephens church, preached at Christ church, West Haven, during Lent.
 Past National President Mrs. Harriet J. Bodge, wife of George R. Bodge of l TJ ,,tf tr;5 ,fci1 a trip to Madison, O., where she at- tended a meeting of the directors of the National Woman's Relief Corps home. One item of business transact ed was the providing of marble mark CTS for the graves of the beneficiaries of the home, who are inferred in the home cemetery, thirty in number. Miss Clarissa Cone, formerly of Hartford, a. member of the home family for five years, is among the number. Mrs. Bodge also attended the funeral. at Rome. N. Y, Thursday, May ', of Mrs. Augusta A. Platt, 8 former resident of Ansonia, in this state. Mrs. Platt was closely identified with the W. R. C., being past department and na~ tional officer of the order.
 Mrs. W. W. Cornwall, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Samuel Corn wall of Washington avenue, West Ha- ven, has returned to her home in Der lin.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank c. Woodruff of Orange entertained about twenty cou- pies at their home last Friday evening. The party was given in honor of MT. Woodruff's brother and wife, who start for California this week on a pleasure trip. Whist was indulged in and the | winners of prizes were as follows: First lady's prize went to Mrs. Robert J. Woodruff; second, to Mrs. Clifford Hine; first gentleman's prize, Bella AL ling; second, Carlton Woodruff. After the game supper was served and music was rendered by Mrs. Harry Welch of this city and Watson Woodruff of Orange. The party ended in the early morning after wishing MT. and Mrs. Woodruff a pleasant trip and with many thanks to the hostess for her splendid entertainment.
 Mrs. Jane Hoadley of Fountain street left Westville on Saturday for a months journey.
 l Mrs. Warren Morgan and her daugh- | ter of Plainville were in Cheshire Sat urday to attend the celebration of the eightieth birthday anniversary of Mrs. Abigail Parker, an aunt of Mrs. Mor- gan. The celebration took place at the home of her son, Ashley Parker, on Cheshire street, and among other guests was her brother, Bradley Miles, who was in Plainville to spend his eighty-ninth birthday a few months ago, at the home of his sonin-law, Warren Morgan. Both MT. Miles and Mrs Parker are in almost perfect health and in full possession of their faculties.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank l.. Howard of Hartford announced the engagement of their daughter, Helen Elizabeth How ard, to Alvin Waldo Hyde, son of the
 Hon. and Mrs. William Waldo Hyde MT. Hyde is graduate of Yale in the class of 1902, and is now taking a course in the Harvard Law school Miss Howard gave a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Raymond G. Keeney, at the conclusion of which the announcement was made.
 | Heath Gregory IS HOW III tufeICSi Italy, studying for next winters opera with Georgia Sulli Fireani. Heath Gregory, whose reputation is well known, was a pupil of Jerome Hayes ard as a concert and drawing room singer has been greet success. His appearance in next winters opera will be undoubtedly a success as well anc lis New York and Newport friends are much interested in his new venture Miss Elcock and Miss Frisby of this city are studying with him and vii be for another year.
 The Women's Christian Temperance union of North Haven held its annua free will offering in the Congregations church last evening at 7:45 o'clock. A very fine programme was given. Mrs Minnie D. Cone of this city recited hel poem His Prison Bars,' and Mrs Dunkan gave recitation. Music was furnished by A. B. Clinton Mrs. Jer' ome Downs, county president, gave ar address.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Lindsley oi Brooklyn spent Sunday with MT. ant Mrs. Edward Smith of Center street West Haven.
 Professor Joseph D. Rice, organ ist of St. Mary's R. c. church, ha: jjust completed fine power yacht, 1T which he intends to do a great deal O.