The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-30

The WestvilIe Dramatic club will meet at the home Of Mrs. Charles Cam ada on Fitch street on the evening of January {. Plans for the future will be discussed and a new play decided upon. This company appeared recent ly in the New District School" and obtained widespread fame-in West vile.
 Last evening at the A1lingtown chap el the Sunday school had their Christ mas tree and received their gifts. It was a very enjoyable occasion. MT. Ernest Van Buren of Whalley avenue has resigned his position as patrolman of Station f. The resigna- tion will go into effect December S1. He is to go into the grocery and meat bus mess. He has done excellent service. The o. and 0. club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. F. c. Hyde, Union avenue. West Haven.
 Miss Vera F1chtl of 42 Bishop street Wednesday evening entertained the Never Ready Whist club and a jolly evering was spent, Miss Tillie Kaehrle securing first brize, dainty stock collar; William Dippold, first gentIemans prize. composers stein. and Miss Hein, consolation, candy cane. A delicious lunch was served, after which music and games were enjoyed. Miss Violet Landolg of Brooklyn was guest at the whist last evening. Miss Kaehrle will entertain the club New Years eve at her home, g Livingston street.
 Miss Alice M. Rourke, recent grad uate of the New Britain Normal school, has been secured to fill the position in the fifth grade at the Union school, West Haven. left vacant by the resig- nation of Miss Demarest, who expects 10 teach in Englewood, N. J. Miss Elizabeth c. Gaffney and Mir. Reilly Phillips of this city sang at a recital in New York city last night. Miss Antoinette Brett was another New Haven artist, who contributed to the programme.
 Mrs. James Hull of Hartford has re turned home after a six weeks visit with her niece, Mrs. M. p. Lyon of Meadow street.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Lyon of Meadow E street has returned home from New York, where she spent Christmas week with her friend Mrs. Campbell of St. Louis, stopping at the Grand Union ho- tel. Mrs. Campbell will spend New Years week with Mrs. Lyon at her home.
 The Christmas festival of the Howard |, Avenue Congregational church Sunday school will be given this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Gifts for all the pupils of the school have been provided which will come through an old time Santa Claus picked from an old time Christ mas tree. A fine programme has been arranged, consisting of music, reading and recitations. The music will be fur nished by members of the High School orchestra.
 T. M. Pierson, of St Louis, Mo-, the second vice president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers of the country was in the city yesterday in consulta- ton with local members of the order The order has just completed it's gen eral organization upon the Consolidated railroad system.
 Attorney A Mcclellan Mathewson who IS clerk of the Connecticut shell fishery commission announced yester day that he is candidate for the : judgship of the city court. Mir Math ewson said that he was not making a contest for the appointment, but that a petition has been in circulation among his friends favoring his appointment
 The new officers elected at the meet . ing of St. Aloysius' T. A. 6 B. society ! Sunday will be installed with elaborate public exercises during the third week i, in January, the exact date to be an ], nounced later. County Director Mo Cloud of Ansonia will act as installing officer, assisted by County Director T q J. O'Brien of this city All of the T A. B. societies of the city and of the surrounding towns will be invited. The exercises will include very fine pro gramme of entertainment now being planned by a committee. John H. Cain the society's presiding officer, has beer reelected to that position.
 Aptommas, the renowned Welsh harp ist, played at a concert in Middletowr last evening, and to-day will visit friends in this city.
 This evening the Sunday school ol the First Congregational church, West
 Haven, will enjoy it's Christmas enter. tainment and tree at the church at tho gchuroh at [ o'clock All the members of the school are invited, also the mem. bers of the house department. The committee who have this entertainment in charge are Mrs c. l.. Clark Miss Marguerite Graham, Miss Matte Brown and Miss Lillian Husted.
 The Women's Single Tax club held 2 social at the home of Mrs. Rhein Thurs day night and passed a very pleasant evening. Miss and Master Stanley con tributed recitations and piano solos and Ralph Booth was heard in mum Der of sentimental and humorous songs 1, Each guest received a sovenir in tn, Iform of a box tied with red ribbons and spray of holly and containing
 dainty cakes. The next meeting vii
 be held with Mrs. Trueman in twC l weeks.
 A Christmas tree will be given to tn, f children of St. Mary's Sunday scf1oo $ I in the basement of the church Nev , Years afternoon. An entertainment | will also be given, the programme fo