The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ANNUAL MEETING OF oUISNI-
 PIAC CANOE CLUE.
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The Quinnipiac Canoe club held it's an nual meeting at its clubhouse on N0ytt Front street Monday evening and elected the following officers: President, Ray mond White; vice president, Harry Rowe secretary, Frederick Smith: treasurer Homer Dennis0n. Plans are being con sidered for a new boat house which vii be erected just in the rear of the present one. The cub is making arrangements fol whist to be held at Polar Star hall just The Ladies Aid society of the Grane avenue Congregational church has repu tation for fine entertainments, which Wi undoubtedly receive fresh laurels from tht March i6th. As the programme for this af fair has beeen arranged with extreme care every number promises to be delight Miss Syrena Scott Parmalee is particular. ly happy in her child impersonations and the charm of these will be added to. O1 this occasion, by being given in costume The lady of Shalott, consisting of solos, duets and ehorGses, will De sung by tns twelve ladies composing the St. Ambrose Choral society.
 Men are at work taking up the oysters from the temporary beds just south of Grand avenue drawbridge. This has been rendered necessary as the beds are dlFeeL' ly ill the line mapped out for dredging by the government engineers. Yesterday vas the first appearance of the sharpie on the river in nearly three months, the lee hay ing driven this craft ou of business just before Christmas. The oysters will be transplanted in the harbor.
 The regular meeting of Quinniplac con claye, | 0. H., was held Monday evening and two applications were received. There was considerable discussion of the adyisa- bility of adding sick benefit branch .to the conclave. which resulted in resolu. ton being laid on tho table to the aHeet that the secretary send out a circular let ter to every member, requesting them to be present at a meeting to be held Moa day, April 4th, to discuss and take aetlQl concerning the adoption or rejection oI lns new amendment, allowing sick hene1i The amendment would authorize the addl ton of S2 dues, which additional amount would assure the payment of 50 per Weeh for ten consecutive weeks in any nsea year. This allowance, however. would noi be paid during the first week of the mem bers illness but for the ten weeks there after
 Albert Kapitzke of Wolcott street, who Is spending q few months in the south, E at present at Norfolk Va. MT. kapitzke Is making tour of several of the southern
 MT. and Mrs. B. J. Wade of Boston are visiting MT. and Mrs. Fillmore $. Wade ol Welcome street.
 is preparing to ship to St. Louis numerous specimens of oyster culture collected from the oyster growers of the state: The ex hibits will be set up in the fisheries ano ger. When the division of the state ap propriation was made $1,0o0 was given t the shell fishery commission. This is smaller sum than was allowed for the .ex hibit at Buffalo and the commission Tell that the small sum was insufficient tt make creditable display of what is ont of the principal industries of the state, sf the oyster dealers raised fund among themselves with which to carry out theil plans for the display. The exhibit la, VII VII growth and will show the progress of oy ster cultivation from the first to last stages.