The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
$a, 900 BENEFIT PAID TO LODGE MEMBER.

| Fair HayenerS 10 AtIenu sHaruWAEe Banquet This Evening-yeterans
 Looking Forward to Memorial Day.
 Rig Graduating Class at Strong | schoor-FuneraI of Francis N. stan-
 &ford-voting Places fin Different
 swards-Oyster schooner Home from
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 | By the monthly statement mailed yesterday to members of the New Eng ! land Order of Protection it appears that a benefit of 5000 has been paid on the death of Sarah l.. .Bayles, member of Fort Hale lodge. No. 225, and a benefit of $2,OO0 on the death of Lem- uel L. spellman, formerly of Fair Ha- ven, who joined Beacon lodge when it. was started in this place. A total of s17,OOO was paid in benefits on this call on the death of members of New Haven lodges. MT. Spellman, who resided in Fair Haven many years, but living irlsj lIliinois previous to his death was also. Insured for $2O0O in Woolsey lodge, Knights of Honor.
 Alexander Clangensky, of James Istreet, who was painfully sealded at the factory of theiNational Wire cor lporation is still at the New Haven hospital. He is doing as well as could, be expected. 5E 5 s d..
 At the annual banquet of hardware linen to be held this evening at the New Haven house R, T. Warner and Alfrse IGruener, of the firm Of the W. A. War ner & Brother conipany, will be among the attendants. 3t .ss l Local veterans arc looking forward with interest to the approaching cele- bratioa of Memorial day. The commits tee having direction of the decoration of graves in the Fair Haven cemetery consists of Luzerne F. Barnes, William E. Morgan. Friend H, Francis and J. C.. Mcclure. There are over one hundred igraves of soldiers and sailors in this cemetery. 9"" 'At' #ss> < The class of 1905 at Strong school numbers 140, but it is doubtful if over 100 graduate on June ,2S. Every year. there are a number of pupils who are unable to pass the standard in their studies, and last year only 100 gradu- lated. In view of So much work on the , part of pupils being necessary for the Iexhibition by eighth grade pupils to be , given Friday evening, May 5, Principal Graves has decided to omit the essays, Ideclamations, histories, etc., on com , lnhencement day, and in place an ad- dress on educational work will be given by Frederick Gowlr, former principal of the Providence Normal school. There will also be music and presentation of
 diplomas. 9>ss: V . .... ... . The Easter sale and supper by the Ladies Aid society of the Grand Ave nue Congregational church and the tEaster supper under the auspices of the I Ladies Aid society of the Grand Ave- nue Baptist church, both held last eve- ming, were very successful. They were largely attended and very pleasant so-i cially. ~ ." f@ .~'
 The funeral of Francis N. Stanford will take place at his late residence, 21 Atwater street, this morning at S:30 and at o'clock at St. Francis church, where requiem high mass will be eel ebrated.
 Four funerals are to be conducted in Fair Haven to-day.
 The voting places in the Fair Haven {wards at the annual town meeting and the city election to be held next Tues day are as follows: Eleventh ward, 29 Wolcott street, at the corner of Poplar street; Twelfth ward; corner of Grand tavenue and Bright street, in the old tQuinnipiac rink; Fourteenth ward, en- zine house, East Grand avenue; Eff lteenth ward engine house. Forbes ave- nue.
 In anticipation of building the new temporary trestle just north of the present one, the Consolidated Railway company has raised it's feed wires high above the steam railroad tracks from underneath the bridge.
 J. o. Cloggston & Co. have removed their paper box business from Lexing- ton avenue to Central hail. Grand ave nue.
 Several cases of scarlet fever are re- ported in the west end of the Eleventh IWard.
 The schooner Beswick has arrived from Virginia with oyster plants. The vessel was loaded by Captain Charles H. Seeley.
 The members of the Six-Hand Euchre Iclub were entertained Monday evening by Mrs. Walter A. Graham, of Grand laVenue.
 Mrs. Jennie Woodhouse and Mrs. AL bert Bishop left yesterday for New York for a stay of a few days.
 Miss Nellie Doughan, of Lyme, is to visit her father, Thomas Doughan, of Lexington avenue, next week, during her vacation.
 1 Schooners leave here almost every day for Providence, Greenport or Rock iaway loaded with seed, and the steam CTS and sharpies are attending to the sbeds outside the harbor $2.:;~.. 7