The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-29
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Christmas Exercises 1t cOngregatienai
 ohurch-New Columbia Castle officers
 New Man contract-Fire Under
 Grand Avenue BrIdge-oantata 'In
 santa Claus Land. at Baptist Church
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 The Sunday. school Christmas exer- cises held in the Grand Avenue Congre- gational church last evening were largely attended and very interesting. The affair was under the direction of the superintendent, A. G. Mcintyre. After the programme all adjourned to the dining room, where refreshments Swere served. The programme was as 1 follows:
 Singing 64-School.
 Address of welcome Winthrop Doolit- tie.
 Singing Quartette.
 Exercise Christmas Customs = Six
 girls.
 Song Ruth Fuller
 Recitation Grandma's Mistake-Flor-
 ence Booker.
 Exercise-P Primary department. Remarks-Rev. I. w. Sheath. Recitation-In Santa Claus Land
 Blanch Hume.
 Singing No. 71-Sehool
 Exercise-When Christmas Comes Eight boys.
 Dolly's Cradle Song -Ardelia Chandler. Recitation -Jes' fore Christmas Har- 1 " Griswold.
 Song Jack Frost George schefler. I Recitation Iris Santa, He's Coming
 Tonight Reginald King. Song Santa is Coming Chorus. songover the Hills and Far Away Song Han Dear old santa Claus Chorus
 Recitation--A Christmas Menagerie
 Irene Perkins.
 song-A Christmas Farewell Chorus.
 Very interesting exercises for the children of the primary department of the Sunday school were held in the 4 chapel of Pilgrim church yesterday aft ernoon. A Santa Claus greatly pleased 1 the little ones by his appearance and < remarks. He also distributed many gifts. There were also recitations and singing, and ice cream was served. Miss Addie Strong is superintendent of the department and she was assisted yes terday by Mrs. C.. E. Bray and Mrs \ John Parker.
 A Christmas cantata entitled "In Santa Claus Land' will be given in the . ic ming for the Sunday school. The sev- eral characters will be taken as fol- lows:
 Santa Claus--J ohm Phillips.
 Mrs. Santa claus-Mrs. s. J. Latta. 5 Jack Frost George Rees. ] Little Mary-M Marion Rhodes.
 Wish Fairies -Eugenie Stone, Bessie si Kruysrnan Lillian Waters, Hazel
 Johnson, Ruby Stevens, Alice Phil-
 lips, Ruth Lenfest and Emma Tur-
 ner.
 Elves Nicholas Kruysrnan. Ralph Per-
 kins, Frederick Butler, Harold Lem q fest, Chauncey Stevens and Albert s Perkins. { The affair will be under the direction 5 Eof Superintendent Mark Hare. The drilling of the children has been under the direction of Mrs. c. c. French and Mrs. Charles Johnson The exercises ] will begin at 7:S0. I The newly elected officers of Collim- bia castle, K. G. E., are as follows: D. E. Tullock, N C.. John Pitcher. V. e.: Edgar Hurlburt. s. H.; R. J. Golf, H. P; Walter Button. V. H.; F. R. Burn ham, M of R.; Miles J. Barnes, 0. of E.; J. E. Thompson, K of E.; Charles T. Jones, trustee; c. H. Bruse, repre- sentative to grand castle. Retiring Noble Chief Bruse received the gift of a past chiefs jewel. sI Professor Girard. of the sea-fishing commission, says that oysters can safe- ly be eaten at all seasons, as they can not transmit germs to human beings.
 Included in the contract for four years for carrying the malls between the New Haven postotfice and the rail- road station Is the transfer of the mails to and from the electric cars. The cars bring the mails to Station A and carry them away The contract has been re- let to Peter A. Egan, who formerly re- z sided on Fillmore street. E MT. and Mrs. John s. Sanford, 2d, of East Pearl street, entertained Rev. F. H.. L, Hammond and family. of West Haven, over Christmas.
 There was a slight fire. early yester- day morning in the electric equipment under the Grand avenue drawbridge, ]. caused by some trouble in the wires. It was discovered by Morris Feinack. The blaze was extinguished with small loss.