The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-20
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 Parents Meeting Being Arranged by
 Principal Grayes-HOly Name Society Entertainments-Th New Members
 for East Rock Council, F. E. L.---
 William sisk Ill-other News. :
 The public schools have vacation to-day to permit the teachers to att tend the annual convection of the Connecticut Teachers association at Hartford. It is expected that a ma jority of the local teachers will att tend the convention. Principal Graves of the Strong school went to Hartford last evening to attend the annual ban quet of the Schoolmasters, club, and will attend the convention to-day.
 The matter of providing increased accommodations for pupils attending Quinnipiacaschool has been deferred for the present. The first years class of 30 pupils have only a half-day ses- sion, half of the number attending in the morning, and the remainder in the afternoon. It is said there is need of a new two-room building north of the present schoolhouse, and near Quinni- piac and Barnes avenues. That sec in recent years and new schoolhouse would prove g, greater accommodation than it would be to enlarge the Quin- nipiac schooIhouse.
 Principal Graves is arranging for parents meeting to be held in the En- zine house on Forbes avenue, prob ably on the evening of Thursday, Oc- tober 26. The programme, which is partially prepared, will include an ad- dress by Principal Knewlton of the Winchester school on Mutual 0bliga- tions of Parents and Teachers and reading by Mrs. Wallace Hurlhurt.
 The Kings Daughters of the East Pearl Street M. E. church were en- tertained by Mrs. Frederick Collett, at her home in Exchange street, Wednesday. rs.4' :--
 Mrs, Mary Ives Humphrey visited at her home in Fair Haven heights early in the week and has returned to New York.
 The Holy Name society at St. Fran cis church is to give entertainments on the evenings of November ', 8 and 9, to include whist and a barn dance the last night. Preparations are be- ing made to make these very interest ing entertainments. |: G, t'i.
 East Rock lodge was represented at the annual meeting of the Grand lodge, A. o. U. w., held at Music hall yes- EI7ob 0f ct Rock lodge was elected one of the su- preme lodge representatives. The an- nual report shows that the sum of $4,2O1.07 was received during the lodge year for the beneficiary fund from East Rock lodge; $924.65 for the guar anty fund; $5.67 for interest account; $4.50 for general fund, and $11510 for per capita tax. One death is reported in East Rock lodge, that of Robert W. Jerolman,
 The biggest whist party of the sea- son was that given by the St. An thony's guild of St. Francis church Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles P. Rogers of Atwater street. There were twenty-four tables. The first ladies' prize, beautiful lunch cloth. was captured by Miss Catherine Kerwin. The ladies boobY prize was won by Mrs. A. J. Farrell. The first gentlemen's prize was secur- ed by MT. Degnan, a handsome tobac- co jar. The gentlemen's booby prize, a pipe, was won by MT. Carroll.
 Miss Lulu Moran of East Chapel street has returned from Philadelphia.
 Miss May Brown of Farren avenu has returned from Paterson, N. J.
 The Juinnipiac Canoe club will hold it's first informal dance of the season in Warner hall this evening.
 East Rock council, F. B. L., initiat- ed three candidates and six applica- tions were received at the meeting. Visitors were present from Hartford and Bridgeport. At the meeting No- -vember g there will be a large class initiation. ; The telephone company is placing it's wires underground in East Grand ave- nue. > William Sisk of Fillmore street is ill of typhoid fever at the New Haven hospital. Two two-falnily houses are being 5 z ig g s7 ,.,H # se