The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-08
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SUNDAY SCHOOLS ARE LEAKING
 CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS

Many Original Entertainments Planned
 for This Year-Christmas Bazaar at
 Grace Episcopal Church-Work on
 New Gas Light Factory-PersOpaI
 Items Of Interest. a-.
 In nearly all of the churches and Sunday schools plans are in various stages for Christmas. As usual, the Sunday schools will hold the regular entertainments. varied from those of previous years. 50 as to afford some thing original for pleasing the children. Nearly all the churches are holding sales. as is usual just before Christmas. At these sales articles selected with ap- propriateness for holiday gifts are sold.
 There will be a Christmas bazar at the parish house of Grace Episcopal church this (Thursday) afternoon and evening. Many useful and fancy articles, cakes. pies, home made candy. plants, mysterious packages, etc, will be on sale. Subscriptions for the Ladies Home Journal will be taken and many pictures which have appeared in the Journal the past year will be sold to the highest bidders. Iii the evening a special musical programme will be ren- dered for which charge of ten cents will be made.
 The annual Christmas sale of the la dies aid society was held yesterday af- ternoon and evening in the parlors of the Grand avenue Baptist church. The society was joined on this occasion by the Farther Lights society, the mem bers of which had provided an inter- state handkerchief booth. From this prettily decorated booth nearly 100 han kerchiefs were displayed, contributed from people in different states. with do- nations also from England, France, Canada and the West Indies. The la dies aid society had an excellent sale, including fancy articles food of vari- ous kinds, home made candy and ice cream. An entertainment was given in the eveing.
 The Kings Daughters of Pilgrim church held sale yesterday afternoon and evening at the home of Mrs. P. A. Futile, $50 Quinnipiac avenue
 Work is being pushed on the new plant of the New Haven Gaslight com pany on Mill river and East Chapel street, and the locality is pretty lively place these days Three ear loads of material were run in on the siding leading across the lot yesterday, in- cluding two large steam boilers.
 This (Thursday) evening the second sterecpticon lecture by Rev. E. c. Tul- lar Will be given in the East Pearl street M. D. church, "Corinth, Ephe- #sus and Athens" is the subject, and an evening of instruction and enjoyment is promised. The lecture give last month was very entertaining. MT. Tul- lar made a visit to the Holy Land and speaks of what he saw in that inter- esting part of the world.
 The annual election of Myrtle chap ter, Q. E &, will be held this evening" Alexander Macdonald of Lloyd street. who has been i'll with typhoid fever, is able to be out.
 Miss Ida Strasbourg of Pine street is i'll with pneumonia
 The ladies conciliary of Quinnipiac Fire company held a whist last even- ing.
 East Rock lodge No. 1S, Fraternal Benefit league, will install the follow ing officers December 2O:--A. D. Crane, president; Henry Griswold, vice presi- dent; E. s. Wade, chaplain; John Dix on, counsellor; Charles Bassett, guide;s Henry Price. recorder; F. H. Francis, treasurer; William Lay, inside guard; W. O. Halladay, outside guard; c. Chapman, c. Geer, Henry Griswold, trustees.
 The Peoples church has rented the Church of the Messiah for Sunday eve- ming services during the winter, and will begin next Sunday evening at 7:30. The children's church service will still be held at Bushnell hall at D. m. Communion service will be held at Bushnell hall the first Sunday in each month at 4 p. m.
 The ladies of the Peoples church held Ia bazaar and Christmas sale last eve ninig and it will continue this afternoon and evening. The booths are fancy work, apron, baby, doll, candy, ice cream, and lemonade, with a picture and book room as a special feature. Supper will be served both evenings and a sale of home made foods and |jellies The male quartette will sing. ----------.---4