The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-18
LATEST FAIR RAVEN NEWS
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
HERE AND THERE.

For Letters--HoolS and Ladder Com
pany Elects OGicers--W. S. Beebe
Saves Drowning Boy--Dr. KiIbourn
for Vice President of Medical Society.
The funeral of Ethel A., the twelve
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam, G. Brenner, Of Hillside avenue,
-Four Corners was held yesterday aft
ernoon at st. Andrews church, Rev.
Mr.. Lemley officiating. Room Is Strong
school, where the deceased had been a
pupil, closed during the hour of the flu
neral and Superintendent Graves, sew
eral teachers and pupils were present.
The church was filled. with people.
There We're great number of beautiful
floral offerings, which included one
from the Strong school. The church
choir sang Asleep in Jesus and other
selections Mr.. Lemley paid a deserved
tribute to the departed, who was a
member of the church, Sunday school
and the Epworth league. The inter-
ment was in East Lawn cemetery, East
Faven. IL.
Letters uncaled for at Station A are
addressed to Joseph Grace Miss Jessie
Holmes and Mrs. Frank Mcdonald.
Officers elected by Dayton Hook and
Ladder company Of Four Corners are:
=. j. McManus, foreman; Walter ].
Pickett and Wallace II. Holiday, as
sistants; ]. .J1Pickett, secretary: Will
liam McManus, treasurer; Jesse J. Jar
Wis, steward; George F. Graham. mem
Der of department committee.
j w. S. Beebe. of AIS Forbes avenue,
saved from drowning yesterday morn
ing Peter Weber, jr., eleven years old
son Of Peter Weber, of Farren Avenue.
Weber had started for school with a
son Of David gOberlee, of Farren avenue.
and on the way ventured onto the har-
Dor ice below Tomlinson bridge, broke
through and. although able to swim, he
kept breaking the edges of the ice as he
tried to climb out. Oberlee ran to-
Forbes avenue and several Italians ran
with a rope, which was thrown to the
half drowned boy, who was now almost
exhausted. He caught the rope, but his
hands were SO near frozen that he could
who drives for Smallman, a Coils
street grocer. drove along, and, seeing
/, Weber's peril, plunged into the water
and swan out to him. Weber was sink
ing when he reached him, but he caught
him in time. Beebe, who had tied the
rope about him. was pulled ashore. with
the half-drowned boy, by the Italians,
who rendered all the aid in their power,
Weber was taken home. 1t was a brave
and thrilling rescue .s>.~ r.
At the New Haven Christian En-
deavor union meeting to be held at the
Grand Avenue Congregational church
[ tomorrow evening at 7:45 the pro-
| gramme will be as follows: ~. g." Il
! Praise and devotional service.
| Business. "a
Gleanings from the Silver Bay confer
| ence of 1904.
"Beginnings"--Miss Ruth Smith, Of,
North Haven. %@
lam / Ny Brothers Keeper?"-L. F. (
Strong, of New Britain. c
60 Ye Into All the World''-Miss Alice
E. Lincoln, of New Haven.
Recreation" Matte A., Bucking-
ham, of New Haven.
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| tot, of Ansonia.
'Our Purposes"-~R. f. Chambers, Of
| New Haven. = q
solo-Miss Grace e. walker 4
1 Address-"Our Opportunity''-C. " \
| Vickrey, of New York.
| Closing conservation service.
| Friends of Mr., and Mrs. George A. \
| Munson, of Front street, rendered them
a surprise party Monday evening. the
occasion being Mrs. Munson's birthday
anniversary. -
| The annual meeting and supper of
| the Peoples church was held at Bush
nell hall last evening.
| Miss Emily Richards of 100 Spring
| street, teacher in Union district East
| Haven, went skating Saturday after
| noon and her feet were frozen so badly
| that she is prevented from filling her
| school duties.
| DIR. Clarence l.. Kilbourn, of Blatch-
lev avenue. secretary of the New Haven
| Medical society, is on ticket for second
vice president at the annual meeting to
be held tonight
The funeral of Linus J. Bittner, Of 50
woolsey street, will be held at his late
home this afternoon at O'Clock and at
| st. Boniface church at 2:3O.
Frederick B. Street has purchased of
| Caroline e. M. Lockwood property ,
| fronting fifty feet ON Russell street.
| Owing to the non-arrival of slides
Rev. Mr. Lepley was unable to give his
lecture on Japan last evening at st.
Andrews church, and instead Rev. E.
G. Tullar gave his interesting lecture on
Palestine.
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