The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-24
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SERVICE OF WoMANS HOME
 MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Great success Of coIumbia Castle
 Whist ParIy-Firemsn 10 Attend Pil-
 grim Church supper-car Barn Con-
 struction Progressing.
 The Woman's Home Missionary so- ciety held Lenten service in the East Pearl Street church yesterday after noon, beginning at 5 o'clock. Addresses were made by Rev. Henry Baker, D. D., on "The Negro" and by Miss Dun- can on Tenement House Work in New Haven" About 100 sat down to supper at 6:SO.
 The masonry work for the new car barn on Fillmore street is completed, and a large force of men are now at work laying the brick thereon. The neighborhood presents great activity, as, coupled with the force at work on the barn, painters are at work on the buildings which were moved to the east side of the street.
 Live Oak council, R. A.. will hold its regular meeting in A. o. U. w. hall, 20 Grand avenue, tonight.
 Thomas H. Shannahan, of Torring- ton, formerly of this place, Is spending few days with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles Shannahan, of Blatchley avenue.
 The whist party given by Columbia castle K. G. E., in A. o. U. W. hall on Tuesday evening was one of the most successful and enjoyable affairs ever given by the castle. There were two hundred present and closely contested whist playing was carried on at forty two tables until 10:30, at which time the prize winners were announced as follows:
 Ladies-Mrs. Foley. first. Newport scarf; Mrs. Beardsley second, chocolate pot; Mrs. Richardson, third, cake plate; Mrs. D. Bradley. consolation.
 Gentlemen-Paul La Fontaine. stein; Otto Schroeder, Shepp's Giant Library; N. Gesler, tobacco jar; w. Rice, censo- lation.
 An informal entertainment and supp per followed. To the joint committee is due a large part of the success of the affair, and especially praiseworthy are the women who assisted on the com mittee
 The firemen of Fair Haven East will attend the supper at Pilgrim church in a body next Wednesday evening. Chief E. M. Allen extended the invitation and the boys accepted with vote of thanks The men will wear full uni form At the meeting held Tuesday evening 1t was voted to make some re- pairs to the engine house, and painters and paper hangers will be put to work at once and new curtains and other furnishings will be purchased. An old fashioned Dutch supper was served and greatly enjoyed
 The funeral of Leonard NJ. Perkins, the five-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. Frederick B. Perkins, who died Tues day, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home, 30 High street, East Haven.
 The young ladies of the Sunshine Mission circle of Pilgrim church will give an entertainment In the chapel this evening, consisting of dialogues, reel tations and music.
 The officers elected for the ensuing year at the meeting of General Lawton lodge, Order Star of Bethlehem, held in Polar Star hall Tuesday night are as follows:
 w. C.-Mrs. Strassburg.
 V. C.-Mrs. Nelson.
 Chaplan--Mrs. Futile.
 Trea sf1rer-Mrs, Pararlte
 Accountant John Anthony
 Scribe-Ernest Hart.
 Marshal-Mrs Potter.
 I. S.-Mrs. Waters.
 o. S.-Mrs. Bruce.
 Trustee Mrs. Stevens.
 The installation of these officers will take place at the next meeting, April 12, which will be followed by social time.
 The East Side Social club is arrang- ing for a dance to be held in Polar Star hall Friday evening, April 15.
 Smith T. Bradley, who owns the premises in which Station A of the New Haven postoffice is located, has just finished the work of making the public lobby of the office resplendent in new coat of varnish. Postmaster Howarth is to be congratulated on the fine ap- pearance of the station.
 William, the son of William Bentley, of North Front street, died yesterday morning after a brief illness with ap- pendicitis He was eleven years old nd attended Strong school