The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-07
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS.

IA foreWell reception was rendered to Miss Susie Kanahan, a past president of the Farther Lights society of the Grand avenue Baptist church. at the
 home Of Mrs. Hattie Waters, 65 Per kins street, Wednesday evening from
 eight to ten o'clock. The parlor and
 sitting room were decorated in blue and white crepe paper, with the letters ''F.
 IL hung in the center of the Father
 Lights colors in light blue and old gold.
 One corner in the parlor was reserved
 for the retiring president, where were
 extra decorations, sofa pillows and a
 picture of Mrs Stone, the founder of the society. Above in letters of old
 gold and blue was the inscription, We
 wish you God speed. The rooms and hallway up stairs were decorated in
 pink ord green, with the letters IF. L.''
 suspended from the wall. Music and
 speeches were the order of the evening.
 Miss Ethel Fellows, of Collinsville,
 played an instrumental solo and also
 gave a oral solo May Be" There were
 piano selections by Ruby Woodruff,
 Ellen Seymour, Edna Hatfield, Leah
 Phillips, Miss Kanahan, Mrs. Walters
 and Ethel Manwaring.
 Several of the young ladies sang ( many of the popular songs. Miss
 Elizabeth Phillips, the present presi-
 dent, presented Miss Kanahan with a
 gold sfriendship ring from the Father
 Lights. Miss Phillips has a natural gift of speech making and was well ap-
 precfated by the audience. Miss Kan> ahan responded with equal grace and
 ease and said how she thanked them
 all for helping her so faithfully when
 she was president, and also how she
 loved them all and many times would
 think of them when away. She said
 she never would orget them on their meeting night, which is the second Tuesday in each month.
 Those present were: s.. h-..
 Elizabeth Phillips. Leah Phillips, Mrs. J. w. Phillips, Susie anahan, Mrs. George Shaley (sister of Miss Kama < ham, Alice Fowler, Florence Turner, Edna Hatfield Ellen Seymour, Ruby
 Woodruff, Ethel ManWaring, Mrs. Elm
 ory Smith, Bessie Perkins, Mrs. Fred
 Thomas, Ethel Fellowes, Elizabeth Williams, Lillian Waters, Elizabeth Douglas, Earle Waters, MT. and Mrs. Howard Waters. Mrs. L. F. Converse chaperoned the company. "A beautiful spread was served. After singing the hymns sGod be With You Till We Meet
 Again, and .Blest Be the Tie That Binds they all bid Miss Kanahan
 ssGood night and departed tout in the rain r
 A very enjoyable surprise party was rendered Miss Charlotte Brinktr at her home on Lenox street Wednesday eve- ming. In spite of rain 8 goodly number were present and had a good time. Those present were Misses Charlotte Brnked, Annie Brinker, Pearl Swan, Lillie Fleck, Grace love, Rose love, E. WeIch, Mary Bergen, Helen Kelly, Mrs. Jim Hearhan and Edward Brinker, F. Snider, M. Seanlon, L. Bergen, J. Gear hon, c. Gearhon, F. Dohl, F. Linn bacher, J. Walk and J. Sanger.
 Rev. E.sC. Tullar returned to the Methodist conference at Waterbury yesterday morning
 A letter addressed to F. D. Waugh is advertised at Station A.
 George Blackstone, of Clinton ave- nue, president of the Long Wharf Fish company, and MT. Valentine, of the same company, have returned from St. Petersburg, Fla. George Blackstone, who owns an orange plantation in Florida, sent to this city for market the past winter seven hundred boxes of oranges.
 The funeral of Alice T., wife of Charles s. Schappa, will be held this morning at nine o'clock at her late res- idence, 114 James street. The deceased was a native of Brooklyn, was thirty six years of age and at an early age came to this city. She leaves hus- band and two daughters, Maggie and Sadie and 8 father, Torrance Farmer, l of Brooklyn, N. Y, and brother and a sister ill the same city. She leaves also many friends to regret her death. i
 "A big blaze at the National foundry "Wednesday night was caused by the slipping out of a plug in the ladle in which twenty-five tons of molten met al was being run. It made a big blaze and no one was injured, but there was quite a financial loss.
 Dr. Mary B. Moody writes from Pas adena Cal, that her health has inn proved and she will return to Fair Ha- ven in a few weeks. I
 Miss Olive Quackenbush, who has been the guest of Miss Jane Ball, daughter of MT. and Mrs. E E, Ball of