The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-31
THE DAY AT VOODMONl
HUNDREDS VISITED THE SHORE
 COTTAGES YESTERDAY.

very summery appearance yesterday.
 There were large number of cottages
 for rent in teh spring but most of them
 have been taken and the season for
 residents for the summer has begun
 several weeks earlier than last year. There was a large influx of cottagers for Sunday and yesterday, and mora
 will come next Sunday for the day. and
 in two weeks the season will probably
 begin for large contingent of cottage
 owners. There were not so many cas- ual visitors by trolley yesterday, owing to the uncertain outlook of the weather in the morning, but there were a large number of automobiles and carriage parties in the afternoon, when Old Sol peeped out from the clouds occasionally and the atmosphere was warm and pleasant.
 Misses Catherine and Virginia Smith of New York and their brother Samuel
 Blair and daughter are in their cottage
 for the summer
 E.. H. Morse and family of this city
 will occupy the J. Gibb Smith cottage Iafter the graduation exercises for the
 summer
 A. B. Greenwood and family of this city spent the day yesterday in their lawn cottage.
 Fred. Carleton. the plumber, of this lefty, and family. were at their cottage yesterday and will come permanently labout June 15.
 F. c. Smith and family were at their lcottage Sunday and yesterday.
 Nesbits grocery store opened for the lseason on May 19.
 Ira Bennett and family of Philadel- lphia came Saturday night to their cot ltage at Merwin's Point for the sum Inner.
 Mrs. B. G. Merwin of Columbus ave- nue will entertain the members of her city whist club tomorrow afternoon at her cottage at Merwin's Point.
 Thomas Bassett of the Phillips mon ument firm of this city is living in the Soiners cottage and will stay for 1 the summer.
 MT. and Mrs. Ephraim R. Chapman
 went to New York Saturday to spend Decoration day with their son, Harold Chapman.
 l Mrs Ellen Wilcox of this city came Thursday to occupy the Fife cottage flor the summer.
 M. s. Burgess of Woodmont opened his livery establishment last week and Benjamin Ryder will have charge for the summer.
 Mrs. Gruener of this city who had rented the Hall cottage near Merwin Beach was taken i'll with typhoid fever, and was removed from the shore to the New Haven hospital, where she is dangerously i'll.
 ! w. s. Atwood of Waterbury and fam 1 fly came Saturday to occupy the Fred. Brown cottage for the summer. l F. S. Blackall of New York came Saturday to the BeachNcottage for the season.
 1 W. L. Parmelee of Ansonia came Sat urday to his cottage for the summer. Charles Chapin and family of Green wich, Conn.,, came Saturday for a week. They will occupy their cottage near the Bonsilene for the summer in a short time.
 | w. F. Gilbert of Ansonia came Sat urday with his family to occupy the Usher cottage, Sunshine" for the sea- son.
 J. B. Hallock of Bridgeport came Saturday with his family to his cot l tage on Clinton avenue for the sum- mer.
 Mrs. R. B. McNally who came with her granddaughter, Miss Theresa Sher- iden McNally of Waterbury. and have been in the Mrs. Edward Merwin cot tage since May l. entertained her daughter, Mrs. William J. Finnegan, and son, Paul Finnegan. and Miss M, E. McNally of Waterbury, since Fri day They returned to Waterbury last might.
 Mr. Sperry and family of Waterbury came Friday for Decoration day to their cottage near the Hotel Pembroke. They will come in a few weeks for the summer.
 The Hotel Pembroke opened to the public on Saturday. Landlord Phillips had as guests for Sunday and yester- day MT. and Mrs. R. W. Hallam of Meriden, Conn; F. H. Ford, of New Haven; William s. Cooney, of New Ha- ven; A. A. Brady, of Hartford; R. K. Lang, of New York; M. P. Hillingham, of Aansonia; Andrew c. Smith and wife, Miss Marian Smith, Helen M. Parsons, Winnefred E. Smith, George P. Smith and wife, Raymond Smith, all of this city.
 F. R. Barnes of Derby is occupying flis cottage, and will remain until the middle of July, after which Charles E. Clark, cashier of the Derby bank, will come with his family for six months.
 John McEarney and family came Fri day night to remain over Decoration day.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Bradley of An- sonia came last Wednesday to remain over Decoration day.
 Dwight w. Baldwin of Park street, q this city, and family are occupying their cottage for the summer.
 Dr. Walter V. Bradley of this city came last Wednesday with his family to their cottage on Central avenue for Decoration day.
 Howard Burdick and family will oc- cupy Dr. Walter Bradley's cottage from June for the summer.
 F. c. Cannon and family of this city came Friday over Decoration day and will come for the season in a few | weeks.
 Memorial services were held Sunday in the Woodmont chapel. The chapel 1