The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-21
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 ING NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
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 The Prosit Pinochle club met at the home of MT. and Mrs. N. Herman, 54 Bishop street, on Monday evening. The prizes were won as follows: First la dies prize. Mrs. E. Rutz; second. Mrs. G. Teichert; consolation prize Mrs. G. Gensbauer; first gentlemen's prize, H. Ploeger; second, E. Ploeger: consolation prize, c. Teichert The next meeting will be held at the home of Mir. and Mrs. F. Berger, IS Avon street. on the SOth of December. MT. and Mrs. Herman also entertained party of twenty-five young ladies and gentlemen on Satur- day evening, who met together to cele- brate the twentieth birthday of Mrs. Herman's niece, Miss Leta Marsh. Games were played, a fine supper was served and the party dispersed at mid- night, having spent a very pleasant evening.
 At the meeting of the Knights of Is rael held in the Odd Fellows building on Crown street Sunday evening Emil Kantrovitz of Grand avenue, Fair Ha- ven. was elected chairman of the en- dowment committee.
 
 elected assistant to President Mellen, and who will have charge of the Consol- dated railway during the absence of E. H. McHenry, the vice president of the company, has arrived here and yester- day took a ride over the local branches of the system. MT. Townley was ac- companied by General Manager Pun derford, James S. Hemingway and oth- CT directors and officers of the trolley company MT. Townley comes here from the Westinghouse Air Brake company, and is said to be an expert trolley op- orator.
 The marriage of Miss Florence Kaiser of Pearl street and Joseph Hotzman of New York city, whose engagement was announced some time ago, will take place in June.
 Orders were placed yesterday by Su- perintendent Rattlesdorfer of the de- partment of charities for the Christmas dinner at Springside for Colonel Such CTS municipal family of nearly 425.
 Captain Samuel Powers Thrasher, secretary of the State Law and Order league, is suffering from a severely wrenched left knee. Afew days ago he stumbled, wrenching his knee badly. Water on the knee has developed and he is now compelled to go about by the use of crutches.
 Paul R. Sieber, student of Pennsyl- vania college, will visit for the Christ mas holiday with his brother, Rev. J. Luther Siebert of Howe street.
 An entertainment and dance will be given by Mishkan Israel congregation in Harmonic hall Thursday evening, December 29.
 Mrs. Sarah A. Nelson announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Elm ma May Nelson, to Samuel R. Lowe. The marriage will take place at the lat ter part of next month.
 William H. Garde yesterday purchas- ed George M. Treats half interest in the Commercial house from his conservator, Lawyer F. w. Chase. MT. Garde now owns all but one-quarter interest in the house, and that is the property of Irving L. Treat, who has not reached his majority
 John Whitmore returned to New York Monday after a few days visit with his family at Waterside, Clinton. Mrs. John Malacrida of 802 First ave- nue, West Haven, who was called to Montreal, Canada, by the death of her father, has returned home.
 Albert Harris, formerly on the adyer- tfsing staff of several local newspapers, has accepted an excellent position with the New York Times.
 Miss Emma c Hum of Atlanta, Ga, who is visiting old friends in this city, VII spend Christmas with Miss May Treat of George street.
 The Sunshine Exchange depot, 305 State street, is open and yesterday la dies in charge were Mrs H. M. Koch ersperger and Mrs. Frank R. Luckey. Clothing, toys, anything which can be made of use and to give pleasure will be gladly received and distributed to the best advantage The special wants of the society at this time are a stove and a bureau
 Prof. Curtis Bushnell of Syracuse col lege will spend the Christmas vacation with his aunt Mrs. yHerrick of 92 York square
 Miss Katz of Chicago is spending a few weeks as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Mailhouse of Meadow street.
 Mrs. n. Sherman Foote of Fountain street has gone to her home in Massa- cIusetts to attend her mother, who is seriously i'll.
 Mrs. Philip Fresenius has returned from a trip to New York city.
 Nick Hubinger of Whalley avenue is home on his Christmas vacation. He has been attending the Cheshire mili- tary school this year.
 John Elliot of MiddletoWn is in town visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles Eliot
 Miss Vera Tirmnl came home from Mt Holyoke college yesterday for the Christmas vacation, which she will spend with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Tinm of York square.
 Robert Buell. has opened a restaurant and lunch room in the building opposite the depot in Clinton, which was former ly the Studio. Itwill be quite handy for travelling people and railroad employees. Prof. John c. Schwab who has been recently appointed the Yale librarian, taking charge of the librarians duties next fall, has just returned from a tour of Columbia, Princeton and the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, where he has in spected the universities libraries. He is planning to go to Harvard and later to the west in inspect the libraries of Chicago, Pittsburg and the University