The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-02
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMsOFINTEItESTo CONCERNING
 KEW HAFEE EEPEOPLE
And Oshsr People Known In -his City -IntsrsstIng Social Events Here and Elsewhere.

Mrs. Charles K. Billings, of Trumbull street. left for Washington yesterday with her sister, Mrs. William L. How ard, who has been her guest for few weeks. Mrs. Billings gave a small tea in Mrs. Towards honor on satur- day.
 This morning four young westville men. Walter Hitchcock, Arthur Per kins, Gustave Englehard and George Hotton. will start for Florida, to reside in the future.
 The Hawthorne club of West Haven will meet to-day at the residence of Mrs. Elliott Littlejohn, 5s4 George street. this city. and not Friday. as be- fore stated.
 James Flaherty, of westville, is quite
 i'll.
 Mrs. Meigs. of West Haven, is visit ing her daughter, Mrs. s. s. Beach, in Branford.
 Mrs. H. H. White, of Yalesville. is en- tertaining Mrs. Kelsey, of this city, for
 a few weeks. Rev. Duane N. Griffin delivered very interesting temperance address to a large audience at the Yalesville NJ.
 E. church Sunday evening. It was a
 union service. Some ladies in West Haven are plan ming for a charity whist and dance to be given at 644 Campbell avenue on nrI,,YYe7 7oxx ax,a,,:,e, Trobyitorxz Q f ofo1,f o'clock.
 Charles w. Ross, of Westville, a con- tractor of the Winchester Repeating Arms company, is serious i'll with stom- ach trouble
 Miss Marion Merwin, of Orange, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Harry D. Thompson, of Washington avenue, West Haven. D. M Kendall, of Yalesville, has moved to Vermont. Miss Hattie Havens, who is teaching in Springfield, Mass, spent Sunday in West Haven.
 1 The entertainment committee of the Harmonic club, under the chairmanship of Louis Ullman, will have a leap-year festival Monday, February 29. A big pit party, the first of any pronounced l size since the pit craze captured New Haven, will be given at Harmonic hall on that evening for the members and l friends of the club. I The marriage of Ida Mary, daughter
 of MT. and Mrs. Ottavio Vitali, to Louis John Pellicci, was celebrated Sunday at St Michael's R. c. church. on Wooster street.
 Recent Connecticut visitors in Wash ington are John SrC. Wandell, of Nor l walk, MT. and Mrs. E. c. Benedict, of 1 Hartford, and Mir. and Mrs. P. J. Kelly,
 of this city, who are stopping at the
 Riggs.
 Professor Martin Reynolds has been appointed to succeed Professor Adolph Schwickardi as organist of St. Johns
 R. c. church.
 l MT. George B. Whitney, for many years manager of the baggage depart- ment at the depot for Peck & Bishop,
 has severed his connection with that company and will hereafter devote his time to the baggage transfer business
 on his own account. His call will be the New Haven house. l Miss Barbara Fisher, of Denver, Col, i has been the guest of Miss Smyth. It
 is said that Miss Fisher is the richest I girl in Denver. She made her debut last winter.
 1 The next Septimo assembly will be given at Harmonic hall on Friday eve ming.
 l Miss Helen Porter has sent out invi- tations to a cotillion to be given at the Country club on Monday evening, Feb ruary 8.
 Secretary John P. Kelly, of the Brick layers and Plasterers' union, who has
 been confined to his home with tonsili-
 tis, is recovering. l Chief Fancher yesterday received q
 check for $25 from Miss Kate A. Foley, the milliner, in appreciation of the ser
 vices of the fremen in checking the fire
 on Grand avenue. which at one time iseriously threatened to destroy the lproperty owned by her, and which was, in fact, burned to certain extent. 1 Miss Friend, of Pittsburg, has been the guest of Miss Molly Wolverton since the promenade, and several events have been given in her honor. Michael Cullen, of Westville, has &C.,
 cepted his old position as starter for
 the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company.
 i The engagement is an1iounced of Miss
 Anna E., daughter of MT. and Mrs. Err nest Groeschner, of East Norwalk. to Harry c. Ward, of this city. Arrangements are completed for the three-nights' whist and dance which will be given in Harmonic hall under the auspices of the St. Francis Holy l Name society, this and tomorrow eve nings.
 Ralph Cangani, of Westville, has ac-
 cepted a position as lnachinist with the | Geometric Drill company The monthly meeting of the Woman's Church Missionary association will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Trim ity parish building, Temple street. Mrs. Hughson, of Asheville, N. C., will ad- l dress the meeting.
 Emmet Wolvin, of Westville, who
 was injured in Foxon recently, is re- I towering.
 George w. Van Fleet, who has been
 engaged for the past six years as in spector of agencies for the Equitable Life Assurance society, succeeds John
 E. Dunn as manager for the state of Connecticut. MT. Van Fleet comes
 from Minneapolis.
 Miss Nellie McDiarmid, of Westville, has returned from a short visit in Mer-