The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-18
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SCHOOL TO CLOSE TOR THANKS
 GIVING HOLIDAYS.

Entertainment to be Given by Alumni
 Association of Strong schooI-The
 Funeral of Mrs. Emily F. CIogston-
 Several Election Bets Have Been Paid This week-Rev. D. J. CIak Elected
 to MissIonay-0ther Items. The schools will close wednesday noon for Thanksgiving. reassembling the following Monday, morning. Miss Surber and Miss Hickox of the Westerly public schools visited the Strong, Lloyd and Woolsey schools yes terday and expressed themselves as much pleased with their inspection.
 The Alumni association of Strong school is preparing for an entertain mant to be held in room No, 19 on the evening of Tuesday. November 29. Two hundred and fifty tickets are to be is- sued. There are to be four or five of tlese entertainments during the win ter A. q few weeks a sociable will be held in Polar Star hall by the associa- tion These affairs are to be held to heighten the interest in the associa- ton. and it is desired to increase the membership to 200
 Letter Carrier Coogan of English street, who has been very i'll, was some better yesterday.
 Rev. Dr. Sheath has returned from New London, where he attended the conference of Congregational churches of the state.
 The funeral of Mrs. Emily P. Clog ston was attended yesterday afternoon at the residence of her son, J. D. Clob- ston on Lexington avenue. the Rev. MT. Brown of the Pilgrim church officiating. | The burial was in the Fair Haven cem- etery.
 The funeral of Miss Nellie I. Brooks will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late home on Atwater street. Rev. Dr. Sheath will officiate.
 The Rev. MT. Lepley of St. Andrews church officiated at the funeral of Miss Mabel T. Mckenzie, held from the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. John H. Mckenzie, S66 Quinnipiac avenue. We'd nesday afternoon. The interment was in the East Haven cemetery.
 Several election bets have been paid this week. Martin Gissler, a Parker man, paid bet Wednesday evening by wheeling William Dwyer, a repub- lican, in a wheelbarrow up and down Grand avenue from the drawbridge to Blatchley avenue. There was much red fire and horns and bells were used. I Yesterday was the coldest of the sea- son, the minimum temperature in the morning being only degrees. Snow is keeping away from this region to an unusual degree for so late in the sea- son. One year ago considerable amount of the fieecy material had fall en at this time
 Rev D. J. Clark of East Haven was elected on Wednesday, one of the cor porate members of the American Board iof Commissioners Of Foreign Missions, at the conference of Congregational churches of Connecticut, in session at New London.
 Miss Margaret Higgins and Patrick T. Kerwin will be married at St. Fran cis' church in a few days. Miss Hig- gins Is a daughter of Officer and Mrs. l Martin Higgins of T9 East Chapel street and MT. Kerwin is manager of, the Douglas shoe store in this city.
 There were two very successful whist parties held Wednesday evening. The Holy Name society of St. Francis church held whist, which was large I ly attended at Harmonic hall and the ladies auxiliary of the Quinnipiac Hose company held a whist party at 1 the engine house on East Grand ave nue.
 Albert Whiting who recently fractur- ed his leg at City Point was brought to his hone 25 Grand avenue this week.
 John c. Hurd, the news agent of East Pearl street, and Charles Hillhouse, of the Hillhouse pharmacy. are contem- plating trip to the St. Louis exposi- tion.