The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-14
LATCH STRING ORIGINALS.
FIFTY-FTRST ANNIVERSARY GEL
 EBRATED LAST EVENING.
Banquet Enjoyed at Y. M. c. A. Build ing-spesches and Remlneseences Added Pleasure to the Gathering Roll of the Dead-Omcers Elected

tng-speeches and Remluescences Added Pleasure to the Gathering Roll of the Dead-Omcers Elected.
 The Latch String Originals celebrated their fifty-first anniversary of the Cro- l ton Engine Volunteer Fire company, at the Y. NJ. c. A. building last evening. A banquet was served at 6 o'clock in the restaurant and attended by nine of the original members. Their ages averaged | seventy years. The small attendance was due to the fact that no invitations to members residing outside of New Haven were sent out.
 Those present were c. A. Baldwin, Captain s. E. Chaffee of Derby, Profes- sor Benjamin Jepson, J. H. fanfare, Captain F. M. Lovejoy, Frank Seward. Levi W. Shaw Of New Haven, and Joseph Tees of Manitoba. Letters of re- gret were received from George Osborn of Kansas City, and Dr. Durell Shepard of West Haven. While the company was small it was one Of much enjoyment, and all present partook of fine supper, after which speeches were made and "reminiscences recounted which savored of the long ago when the men present were young, and interesting things hap pened every day in connection with the history of the old Croton engine.
 Toasts were drunk to the honored dead. and during the past year four have been added to this roll. They are: Edwin Bodwell of Topeka, Kan; Hon. w. w. Lee of Meriden, Rev. c. N. | Nichols of Andover, Conn.,, and Judge Rufus s. Pickett of New Haven. The complete roll of the dead is: Ira B.. Addis, H. B. Allen, Charles Ball, J. B.. Baldwin, Henry M. Barrett, Isaac F. Barton, Richard T. Barton, ex-Governor H. B. Bigelow, Ralph Blood, Sherman Bodwell, Edward B. Bowns, Captain M.
 A. Butricks. Ellery Camp, John N. Champion, George E. Cleeton, George D.. Colburn, Colonel Ledyard Colburn, Sumner Colburn, George L. Cooper Rev. James Cruickshanks, Charles L. Cutts, Nelson L. Daggett, c. F. Dibble, H. F.. Dibble, Allen c. Dickerman, Elisha Dickerman, A. G. w. Downes, H. c. Farnam (original captain), Joseph D. Farren, H. B. French, ex-Governor H.
 B. Harrison, Rev. John M. Holmes, Dr.
 Henry Hoyt, William H. Hubbard, Will liam Jepson, William w. Jones, George I w. Judd, Charles E. Judson Henry Killam, George A. Leete, John E. Lewis, c. M. Lsoomis Captain John E. Lowell, pr. John E. Mason, John M. Mattingly, John T. Mix. Joseph Naramore, Charles EW. Northrop,, Lennon H. Northrop, I Charles M. Osborn, John c. Page, Colo mel B. s. Pardee, John Peck, Hon. AL fred W. Phelps H. J. Prudden, Thomas Rawling, Colonel Charles l.. Russell, R.
 G. Russell, William E. Scranton, Moses Stewart John A. Slater, Edward A.
 Smith, Deacon George F. Smith, Profess sor George H. Stevens, Heman B. Storer,
 F. l.. Talmadge, William Toohey, Joshua Turner, George H. Twitchell, Samuel
 Wilcox, Henry Willets. James M. Wis we'll, Benjamin A. Wooster, Joseph A.
 Wooster.
 l Officers for 1904 were elected as fol- lows: President, c. A. Baldwin; secre- tary Benjamin Jepson; treasurer,
 George R. Bill; marshal, F. M. Lovejoy, and chaplain, Joseph Tees of Manitoba.