The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS WEDDING OF TITO WELL KNOWN
 SOCIETY PEOPLE.


 Time Firsmen's Dey-sociaI affairs.
 Two well known people in New Ha- ven society were married Tuesday even ing at 6:sO by Rev. L. R. streeter. pas tor of the East Pearl street M. E. church, at the home of the bride. Miss Nellie Goodsell Sears. of Quinnipiac avenue. The groom is Charles A. Page of East Haven, organist of St. James P. E. church. Only the members of the families of the couple were present at the ceremony. MT. and Mrs. Page left early in the evening for a wedding tour.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edgar A. Johnson of No. 50 Chambers street entertained the members of the Calumet Whist club on the evening of Washington's birthday. The rooms were prettily decorated with American flags, bunting. etc. Small hatchets for the gentlemen and punches of cherries for the ladies were given for souvenirs. After the whist play ing the members partook of a bounti ful supper prepared by MT. and Mrs. Johnson. Among those present were MT. and Mrs. James A. Thorpe, Mrs. Lamb, Miss Grace Roberts, MT. and Mrs. Henry F. Arthur, Mir. and Mrs. James Nelson, Burton D. Potter, Mrs. R. H. Pickett, MT. and Mrs. D. R. Pol lock and Mir. and Mrs. E. H. Crawford.
 There will be a Martha Washington tea this evening at the w. T. c. U. hall, No. IT Grand avenue, from to 8 o'clock. All are invited to supper.
 The funeral services over the remains of the late A. R. Burwell, who died in Hamden, Tuesday, will be held from the Memorial chapel in the Fair Ha- ven Union cemetery this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Rev. L. R. Streeter, pas tor of the East Pearl street M. E.. church will officiate.
 At Grace P. E. church at 4:30 this af- ternoon a. service with an address will be held. A union service will be held tomorrow evening ct 7:45, at which time Rev. J. E. Wild1nan of St. Paups church, WTallingford, will preach.
 The Fair Haven Ecclesiastical soci- ety held sl meeting at the Grand ave- nue Congregational church Tuesday evening and voted to adjourn until Monday, March z, as the committee ap pointed to consult an architect regard ing repairs on the church was not ready to report
 Miss Edith May Root will occupy a considerable part of the evening at the entertainment to be given March 2d by the Girls Aid society of the Grand ave- nue Congregational church. A forty minute comedy will be the girls part in the programme.
 The prospect for an old time fremen's day in Fair Haven East during the coming summer appears to be rosy just at present. At the meeting of the Quin- nipiac Hose. Hook & Ladder companies Tuesday evening a committee was chosen to make arrangements for the proper celebration of the acquisition of a combination carriage by the depart ment. The board of burgesses has just contracted with the Providence Com bination Ladder company for a chemi- cal combination carriage of the most improved type, to be delivered in one hundred days The new apparatus will add much to the efficiency of the de- partment and raise the standing of Fair Haven East in insurance circles. The committee appointed Tuesday evening is aas follows: E. S. Wade, chairman; E. w. Allen, E. H. Farren, Bert Futile, A. D. Stone, John Hotch- kiss, George Cripps, Dwight l.. Potter, A. T. Blake, George A. Cook. A com mittee of citizens will be selected later to act in conjunction with this com mittee. The celebration will take place about the middle of June.
 Rev. G. w. Phillips, rector of St. James F. B. church, was the speaker at the Lenten service at Thomaston, Conn.,, last evening.
 The regular meeting of Columbia cas- tie, K. G. E., was held in A. o. U. w. hall Tuesday evening and was well att tended. The revised bylows were read and Grand Chief G. T. Hewlett was present and addressed the meeting. The committee in charge of the whist and social to be giv en March 27th are mak- ing active preparations for the event and some hand some prizes will be of fered This whist will be open to out siders. It was also decided to hold the second annual entertainment and ball in Warner hall April 22 and some ex- cellent features will be on the pro- granme one of which will be the rem dering of selections from the opera 'Bluebeard" by a double sextette un- der the direction of Albert Rompf and Miller's orchestra will furnish the mu- sic for dancing. The committee in charge of the arrangements is F. II. Buckley chairman; J. A. Gessler, Hen- ry Gessler, J. F.. Pitcehr, J. M. Burley w. F. Button, D. Tullock and J. Me Mahon. It is an earnest request that every member be present at the next meeting March 8 as, at that time, final action will be taken concerning the re- vised bylaws and every member should be in possession of the facts.
 A birthday surprise party was ten- dered to Eugene Lang at his home on Atwater street Tuesday evening. The evening was spent ill whist and pit and the prizes were awarded to Mrs. c. Jackson, Miss Rogers, MT. Copeland and MT. Smith.
 There will be q Martha Washington tea held by the w. c. T. U. this even- ing from 6 to 8 at it's hall, 17 Grand