The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-21
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
CLINTON AVENUE SPEEDWAY
 OPENS THIS AFTERNOON.


 Fast Day SerEiees-PersenaI. The Clinton avenue speedway will be; opened this afternoon at o'clock. It Is expected that there will be aboat 100 horses on the track. It is a half mile course, between Middletown avenue and Pine street. The cinder track, while not entirely completed, is the best speedway ever prepared in New Haven. In few days the, road will be further improved and made as smooth as a house floor, and all grades cut down. B. $. Bradley, who has had charge Of making the speedway, has applied for one mounted policeman and two patrol men during the trotting to-day It IS expected that a biz crowd of spectators will witness the speeding. d
 The funeral of Clarence H. Barnes, son of MT. and Mrs. Charles H. Barnes, of A Robertson street, who was drown ed in the swimming pool of the Y. M. C.. A. building Monday afternoon, was, attended at the Memorial chapel yester' day afternoon, the chapel being com pletely filled with relatives and friends. The service was conducted by Rev. E. c. Tullar, who spoke words of sympa- thy for the bereaved family, and refer, red to the suddenness of this death and of the loss sustained by his untimely demise. There was large attendance from the Y. NJ c. A. and the East Pearl Street church, and the societies to which the young man belonged. A mixed quartette sang several selections, and members of the Royal Legion cons neeted with the Sons of Temperance sang at the grave in the Fair Haven cemetery, There was 9 profusion of flowers about a score of pieces and punches. Included in the number were offerings from the Y. M. c. A, the Sunday school of the East Pearl Street church, the Sunday school class to which deceased belonged, the Bpworth league and the Junior league. The. bearers were members of the Y. M. c. A. and the Sunday school.
 Walter $. Bishop placed an electric motor in the Boston Grocery store yes-' tertiay. ss @
 On Sunday morning the new members will be received into the Grand Avenue Congregational church.
 Rev. pr. Sheath and the deacons of the Grand Avenue Congregational church took part in the communion ser vices, in which the Congregational churches joined, held at Center church last evening. The local Congregational churches will be represented at the un- ion services to be held in United church this morning at Il o'clock.
 A very interesting spelling contest took place yesterday afternoon in Strong school, between forty-five mem bers of grade 3 Room s, and a like number from the same grade of Wool sey school. The contest was won by the Woolseys, making 974 per cent. to 96 per cent, for the Strongs. It was an ex- citing contest throughout.
 The schools closed yesterday after noon until Monday morning. @
 Good Friday will be quite generally observed as a holiday, and most of the stores will close at noon. There will be only one delivery by the letter carriers, and Station A will close at noon.
 At Grace church to-day there will be service and sermon at 9:30 a. m. and T.30 p. m. Holy baptism Easter even at54 o'clock.
 The regular Good Friday services will be held at St, James church.
 The services usual on Good Friday will be held at St. Francis church to- day. -
 An egg supper was served by the La dies Aid society of the East Pearl Street church last evening.
 Postmaster Howarht received instruc- lions from Washington yesterday granting a leave of absence for three months to Albert Claude Fisher. For three years he has been letter carrier at Station A. Mir. Fisher and his moth CT. Mrs Rosella E. Fisher, will leave May l for California for the benefit of their health. MT. Fisher hopes at the end of his leave of absence to be sur fciently improved in health to resume his duties as letter carrier. His route is on Blatchley avenue and vicinity
 News has been received of the sud- den death of the wife of George F. Bid ivy Gll, Jl' 'WllU lS WSll hIlUWIL here is the grandson of Mrs. F. A. Tut tie of Quinnipiac avenue. He will have the sympathy of his many friends here in his bereavement. The funeral was held in Omaha, Neb., Sunday. % -ass.,
 Harry Shipley who was connected with the New Haven Gas Light com pany, and who has beenain business fin New York for the past year, is on a visit to his home at 2S1 Exchange street.
 Mrs. Jeannette Holloway of 215 Lloyd street will give a whist at her home next Tuesday evening for the benefit of St. Anthony's guild. "'- ---,'s''. @'''-s.
 Rev. Willis G. Brown of Newbury- port, Mass.,aan formerly pastor of the Advent church here isatvisiting his son who resides on Peck street.
 Mrs, c. Frazer has arranged for an entertainment to be given after the meeting of Fort Hale lodge, N. E. O. P., this evening. -
 A baseball match will occur to-day between the Young American team and tfie East Havens on the East Haven grounds, .-
 Miss Viola Borst. entertained her whist club at her home, 40 Exchange street, last evening.
 MT. and Mrs. George Collett of this city have sustained a sad loss in tbe