The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-28
WOODMONT- -THE-SEA.
VARIOUS SOCIAL EVENTS BEING
 ARRANGED.

Big Increase of Summer Arrivals soon
 Due-EIectricity Plays Pranks--Nu-
 merous Recent Arrivals.
 Woodmont- t-by-the-Sea is very quiet, not to say dull, at the present time, most of the cottagers having arrived much earlier in the season than in for mer years, but the Fourth of July and the closing of the schools will bring a large increase of new people to the shore. Social events are being arrang- ed for the future in the shape of whist parties and golf tournaments, but at the present time there are no social events of importance, the cold, inclem- ent weather keeping the residents in- doors most of the time.
 Mrs. Mary Pelcher and sons, William and Frank Pelcher, of this city, have been in their cottage on Burwell' $ Beach since the middle of May
 pr. Frank Parsons, the dentist, has a cottage nearly completed on BurWell's
 Beach.
 A heavy shower passed over Wood-
 mont on Monday afternoon and for a short time the rain fell in sheets over the water, but the display of electricity in the thunder storm of last Wednes- day was frightfu1, balls of fire running up and down Chapel street, caused by crossed trolley wires, Many trees and a few houses were struck
 Julius Gallery, of Geier, Gallery & Geier, grocers and meat dealers on Ed wards street, this city, who has taken charge of the schoenberger meat mar ket at Woodmont for the summer, re- moved his family to Woodmont this week.
 Mrs. Hahn and Miss Alice Hahn, of 734 Orange street, are occupying their cottage at Woody Crest, having arrived last week.
 Miss Hahn. has been visiting for a few days with Miss Mabel Hall. of Cosey Beach, and they, with a party of young ladies and gentlemen, attended the Yale ball game yesterday and ex- pect to attend the boat race on Thurs day. Miss Hall will be the guest of
 Miss Hahn at Woody Crest all next week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Davis and chil- dren, of 45S Elm street, who have beer staying in the Sea Breeze cottage at Woodmont, left Monday for Keene. N, H. MT. Davis has his vacation of two
 weeks from Washburn's pharmacy on Church street. They were accompanied h,y e,t fesH ,r Ia f,- West Haven.
 Robert Benham, of this city, who has
 been living in his cottage for several
 months, went to Boston yesterday for a visit of several weeks with friends. Miss Mary Eva McNally and Master
 Paul Finnegan, of Waterbury, spent
 Sunday with Mrs. R. D. McNally in hel cottage on Chapel street. Mrs. J. R. Johnson, of Woodmont | will return to-day from New Milford where she has been visiting for two
 weeks with Mrs. Lines Mrs. Lines will return with her for a visit at the shore.
 Guestssat the Hotel Pembroke Mon day were MT. and Mrs. c. E. Graude-
 man, of Brooklyn; Nehemiah w. Hoyt and wife, of this city, and F. w. Marsf and daughter, of New Milford. Miss Elizabeth Hyde arrived Monday as a guest at the Bonsilene
 The Misses Tolles, of Plainfield N. J. came to their cottage, the Idlwylde. or
 Monday. Their parents will arrive here
 later.
 Miss Seery, of Waterbury, came Mon liday to visit Mrs. Roland. Willis Upson and family, of Kensing ton, spent Sunday at their cottage ir MerWin's Grove.
 Miss Bostwick, of New Molfird, will come to the MerWin's Point hotel to-day for week.
 MT. and Mrs. Riddeford and Miss Gertrude Riddeford and Mrs. Ives, of New Milford, came Friday for a stay o1 some weeks
 Mrs. Livingston, of New York, came Monday night to the Hotel Pembroke and MT, and Mrs. Jeremiah, of New York, came yesterday. MT. and Mrs. Funke and daughter. oj New York, came Saturday for the sum. mer. The hotel has about fifteen guests but will be crowded at the end of the week.