The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-13
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
TOWNSEND AVENUE RESIDENTS
 MAY OPPOSE RAILWAY.

Death Of Mrs. Elizabeth GiIbert-strong
 school students Making Plans for the
 Collection of Christmas Supplies Frederick Van Dusen Injured at Ma
 tiOnal Wire Company.
 Who said we would not have a hard winter? To all intents and purposes, the weather of the past week has been decidedly wintery. The snow storm yes terday seemed half-hearted, but by late afternoon it was a genuine old snow storm and the prospects last night were favorable for a considerable fail of snow
 The petition of the Consolidated rail- way for permission to build a line of road down Townsend avenue to connect with the present tracks in the avenue and in front of Fort Hale park will at tract considerable attention. This is a somewhat exclusive residential section, and it is understood that many resi- dents will oppose the petition.
 Elizabeth, widow of Henry o. Gilbert, died suddenly of heart disease yester day morning at the. home of her niece, Mrs. Grace A. Parsons. B Clinton ave Inue, where she boarded. She had been ailing for some time past and Medical Examiner Bartlett, who was called, de- cided that death was due to heart iai,- ure. Her age was about seventy years She leaves daughter, Mrs. Burdett Farren, of Baltimore.
 Teachers at the Lloyd street school will hold meeting for mothers of the pupils early in January. An address will be made but the speaker is not yet selected.
 The schools will close Friday, De- cember 2S, for the Christmas vacation, which will continue until January 3. l A number of young people went out in the woods yesterday to gather ever greens to be used in Christmas decora- tions for the East Pearl Street M. E.. church.
 The collection of supplies to be used I for Christmas donations for needy fam flies will be received at the Strong school, early next week and will be dis tributed to deserving families in time for Christmas. Gifts of groceries, vege- tables and secondhand clothing and shoes, are chiefly bestowed. Last year each pupil brought one or two potatoes and the line of pupils marched from the respective rooms down to the corridor on the first floor, where a collection oi ten bushels of the tubers was made,
 William Matz, formerly of this city and now manager of a hotel at Indian Orchard. Mass, visited MT. and Mrs s. B. Mulvey of S21 Blatchley avenue Sunday.
 Rev. A. H. Lathbury of Middletowfi will speak on Life Beyond Death al the prayer meeting in the East Pearl Street M. E. church this evening. He is the author of Life in Two Worlds
 Frederick Van Dusen, employed al the National Wire corporation plant fell from a ladder Saturday night and suffered a confusion of the back.
 The early car to. the city was delayed fifteen minutes at Railroad avenue l, yesterday morning and the employees oi ) the Winchester armory lost half days work in consequence.
 Miss Ada Linsley, teacher in Room 6 Strong school, is detained at home, oW ing to the illness of her mother.
 The feast Of the Immaculate Concep tion was celebrated by the children's societies of St. Francis church Sunday
 The Aid societies of the Grand Ave nue Baptist and the Grand Avenue Congregational churches will serve suppers Wednesday evening. The sup per at the Congregational church will be followel by an entertainment.
 Professor Jepson gave musical in. struction in several of the rooms oi Strong school yesterday afternoon.