The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ESTIMATED COST OF JAMES STREET CROSSING S2OO, 900.

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 of Interest.
 At the Grand avenue Congregational church Sunday at 10:3O a. m., morning worship and preaching by the pastor, Dr, Sheath. Theme '"The Giver and His Gifts" F m., Sunday school, and at 8 D. m., Sunday school in Ferry street chapel. At 6:15 p. m., Y. P. $. c. E., and at7:30 D m., evening worship. Theme of sermon, United With His Body" Special music by the quartet. MT. Sullivan will sing "The Penitent." Tuesday evening prayer and confer ence meeting; topic, 1.-The Fountains of Delight in God"
 The burial of the late Hamlin Bab- cock, of New York, took place in the Fair Haven cemetery yesterday after noon, Rev. Dr. Sheath officiating at the commitment services. His wife formerly resided here and the family have several relatives residing in Fair Haven. His age was seventy-one years.
 The funeral of William Chipman, of 7S Green street, was held in the Memo rial chapel yesterday afternoon and was attended by Rev. MT. Brown of the First M. B. church. The deceased, who was eighty-seven years of age, formerly resided in Fair Haven.
 Principal Graves, of, the Strong dis trict, and Miss Story, teacher in the Eighth grade, Strong school, have been preparing for a selection of dozen or fifteen pupils in that grade to take part in the second annual exhibition to be held in Granniss Hall in February. The pupils have been reciting, and those attaining the highest standard in rhetoricals will be selected for the exhibition. This exhibition last year was very interesting affair, and it is the intention to make it equally praise worthy this winter.
 The humorous and dramatic enter tainment to be given in the Grand ave- nue Baptist church Friday evening. December 15, promises to be an enter tainment of much merit. The Shelby Kille, H., daily says of MT. Wetzel: SMr. John w. Wetzel, of Yale univer- sity, made his first appearance at Lith- la Springs ChalItauqua to-day. He car- ried his audience by storm. He is pro- nounced the best elocutionist who has ever appeared on the platform, and on the urgent request of his auditors he has been given the entire evening on Wednesday," ....
 One of the plans to eliminate the grade crossing at Grand and Railroad avenue Is a bridge extending from vEast to James street at an estimated cost of $20000O. This would do away with the low grade sloping down to Mill river bridge and also with the hill extending up to James street. The bridge would be a great advantage in trolley service, would improve the trucking, but the outlay would be very large. Prominent Fair Haven citizens are urging the improvement.
 Patrick Burke has sold to William F. Keegan the three story building at Ferry and Clay street. MT. keegan will open a drug store there in a few days. John Doyle, who has occupied hHSF IrulL 1tOor, VIII ISlioNO AAS 6A"SSAS to Poplar and Clay streets.
 The evening service Sunday will be a rally-a deaconesses' meeting to be ad- dressed by Miss Arbuckle and Mrs. Rogers, wife of Dean Rogers of Yale. This service will be held at the East Pearl street M. E. church, and it is de- sired that there should be large at tendance to listen to these speakers.
 At the gathering of the Charity Whist club Wednesday at Mrs. Thom- as DWyers' home in Blatchley avenue, prizes were won by Miss Nolan, Mrs. Stephen Leahy and Mrs. A. Burns.
 Japanese art was the topic for the evening at the meeting of the Epworth League, held Thursday evening at the home of Mir. and Mrs. L. J. Bristol,
 The Y. P. S. c. E. held its business meeting and social at the Grand ave- nue Congregational church last even- ing.
 The regular meeting of Fair Haven Lodge, No. 2, Degree of Honor, will be held in A. 0. U. W. hall, 13 Grand ave- nue, on Monday evening, December il, at eight o'clock. All members are re- quested to be present. Nomination and election of officers will take place.