The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-16
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ANNUAL MEETING OF GRAND
 AVENUE BAPTESTs.

Officers EIected-FuneraI of Mrs. Eliza-
 beth GiIbert-Live Oak Council Rep
 ing-surprise Given to Miss Ethel
 GiIbert-aIany Items of Interest.
 The annual meeting of the Grand Avenue Baptist church for the election oI oHcers of the Sunday school was held last evening report was made showing total receipts of S1S2.12, with balance of $39.21 now on hand. The secretary, D. Milo Stevens, reported total of 296 officers. teachers and sehol- ars. a gain Of twenty-four scholars. The average attendance was 162. Ten of the scholars joined the church dur ing the year. Officers were elected as follows:
 Superintendent-Mar Hare.
 Assistant superintendent-D. Milo Stevens.
 Lady assistant-Mrs. s. J. Latta.
 Superintendent of primary depart ment-Mrs. George Loveland.
 Assistant-Miss Susie Kanahan.
 Seeretary-Morris Hatfield.
 Treasurer-George Reese.
 Librarian-George Sturges.
 PianiSt-Miss Bessie Smith.
 Assistant-Roy Manwaring.
 Auditor-J. F. Morrow.
 The selection of chorister was left with the superintendent. c. G. Ames, treasurer of the church, made a report for the last quarter. 1t was. voted to have a banquet at the annual meeting of the church, as usual.
 Several members of Live Oak council No. 1927 attended the reception tender ed to Supreme Regent A. S Robinson at Harmonic hall last evening. lg re- ception committee consisted If D. J. Moeller, F. w. c. Johnson, D: J: Shee- han. j. J. Gull c. A. Mears, J. N Me Guigan and H. B. Robinson.
 John Kilboy, whose death occurred at his home in Norwalk Wednesday, was the father of John M. Kilboy, of Shelter street.
 Electric cars are more or less delay ed by the carts and flat cars used in re- ! moving snow from the streets. Then 1 the teams which drive over the tracks pack the snow down. on them, so that | the car following has to seTape the n \ ing coal and other merchandise also de- l lay cars, as it is the mort difficult dur l ing this snow embargo for the carts l and wagons to swing off the tra..ks out
 The funeral of Elizabeth. widow If I Henry o. Gilbert, was attended yester- l day afternoon at the residence of her 1 niece, Mrs. Parsons, B Clinton avenue: church, officiated. There was a large attendance. A number of beautiful flo- ral tributes from friends testified to i the esteem in which Mrs. Gilbert was I held.
 l The funeral of William E. Monseil, of I S3 Exchange street, will be solemnized at the Memorial chapel in the Fair Ha- ven cemetery this afternoon at 2:SO 1 o'clock. ~
 I Rev. E. e. Tullar went to WatervillA Il last evening and delivered a lecture on Tn the Footsteps of the Master of Gal l flee. It was Illustrated by 12O stere- I optfcon pictures.
 l The Farther Lights society of the l Grand Avenue Baptist church met Mon- Il day evening for the annual meeting, but I owing to the storm the attendance was small and the election of officers was l postponed.
 The residence of John S. Sanford. 2d,
 on East Pearl street has been piped for gas.
 l Pulaski chapter. R. A. M, met this
 week and three candidates took the de- I grees.
 I The sleighing is now pretty fair on l the principal streets and avenues but I is not well patronized owing to the cold I weather. Some of the side streets are l not yet broken out. Quite a number of carts have .been placed on runners, The carting of snow on Grand ave- ll nue was continued yesterday Abo.it forty carts and sleds and three sets of l flat cars were used, and scores of show T elefs were employed j A numbersof friends paidssa surprise sl visit on Miss Ethel Gilbert at her home, l 68 Perkins street, Wednesday evening. T IThere was vocal and instrumental mu- lsic, and a fine collation was partaken of later
 I Perseverance council, D. of l., at the last meeting in December will act on the proposition to separate the order X from the American Mechanics and will #l also elect officers, nominations having Il been made Wednesday evening" I At the ordination of James McGuin- | "A t1,nG Cof 1inF rarf feaEaf pf I Brighton, Mass, MT. and Mrs. Charles l Molloy, of Lombard street, will attend Mrs Molloy is sister of the candidate.
 Mrs William H. Russell, of Clinton
 Massachusetts.
 ] Charles Wells, of Talmadge street fell on the frozen snow Wednesday and fractured one of his wrists. l Ice has damaged the piles and float at I the Yale boathouse.