The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-29
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS
JOHN s. SANFORD AND WIFE CELEBRATE SILVER WEDDING.

Large Number of Guests and Hand-
 some Presents-The ..CooiSed Food"
 Sale Given by Ladies' Aid Society,"
 Early Morning Runaway-HarmOny
 GIee Club Surprises the Leader.
 MT. and Mrs. John s. Sanford, 2d. of
 54 East Pearl street, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, or silver wedding, by a reception at their home from 4 until 10 o'clock last even ing. Mir. and Mrs. Sanford were mar ried in the East Pearl Street M. D. church on April 2s, 1879, by Rev. R. H. Loomis, with whom they were closely associated in church work. The couple are well and favorably known and were the recipients of many beautiful pres | ents of silver and china. including salad set, candelabrum, china dinner set and silver service from the various organ lizations of the East Pearl Street church
 and friends. Many called during the reception hours to offer eongratula- tions, among whom were Rev. and Mrs. F. H. l.. Hammond, of West Haven,
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Tompkins, of Wall 1 lingford, Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Weston, of this city, and others from out of town. Those assisting in receiving
 were Mrs. s. Morgan. Mrs. D. G. Fen ton, Mrs. J H. De Baun, Mrs. E. A.
 Howard, Mrs. NJ Butterfield, Mrs. s.
 Hopkins, Mrs F. J. Mansfield, Mrs. J.
 B. Hubbeil, Mrs. s. Turner, Mrs. E. R. Slater, Mrs. R. Bennett, Mrs. D. F.
 Johnson, Mrs. Catherine Smith, Mrs. F.
 Tompl1ins, the Misses Belle Slater, Ad- elaide Nelson, Grace Bristol, F. Butter
 field, Hilda Beemer, Sadie Cooper Lau-
 "a Nelson, and E. G. Fenton, E. R.
 Slater, J. B. Hubbell, s. Turner, Russell
 De Baum, J. Stannard Warren Craw- 1 ford and E. Hammond.
 l The cooked food' sale to be held to-
 morrow by the Ladies Aid society of the Grand Avenue Congregational church will be confined to one station instead of two, as at first proposed.
 The place selected for the sale is De
 Matty's old store on Grand avenue, foot i of Perkins street Here tomorrow af- ternoon and evening will be found a large variety of food, prepared by the ladies of the church, at satisfactory prices.
 Rev. E. c. Tullar and family have moved into the East Pearl Street par
 sonage, 100 East Pearl street.
 An early morning runaway enlivened things on East Grand avenue yesterday morning. About o'clock horse at tached to a New England Dairy oom- panys wagon started near Cannon's 1 drug store and bolted across the bridge. The animal was stopped on the hill, near Strong school, before any damage was done.
 The Harmony Glee club, an organiza- 1 tion composed of welI-known singers Of | this city, rendered a complete surprise l to their leader, Alfred Hall, at his home on Wooster Terrace Wednesday even- ling. An enjoyable evening. was spent lin games and singing, after which re- Efreshments were served. During the evening Alexander Watson in behalf 1 of the club, presented to Mr. and Mrs. | Hall a handsome jardenier and pedas- 1 tai containing large palm. Among the guests were MT, and Mrs A. Wat son, MT. and Mrs. G. w. Hall, MT. and
 Mrs. Randall, Mir. and Mrs. Woods MT. and Mrs. T. c. Hall, the Misses Keefer,
 l.. Mayer, Duxbury, Watson and Rob-
 efts, and Messrs. Ridley, Pinkney, R. l Cummings, Stebbins, E. Moran, H. L.. 1 Parmelee, R. Grant, J. H. Hall and D.
 Watson. The club is now arranging for two engagements early in May. l George N. Coe, the Grand avenue liv- eryman, is confined to his home by ill- | ness.
 The Tom and Jerrys' will hold q 1 reception and dance in Polar Star hall next Tuesday evening.
 The residents at the top of East Grand avenue hill are clamoring to have gas main placed for their con- venience. They have petitioned the company, but the company refuses on l the ground that it would have to cut through solid rock to lay main at the desired place.
 l About dozen couples from Fair Haven attended the calico dance at the East Haven town hall Wednesday eve- ming. A special car left the green about S;S0, the Fair Haven contingent getting on at East Chapel and Ferry streets Captain Ami Luddington was chair man of the committee on arrange ments.