The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-31
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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 Mrs. Sarah R. DOherty Celebrates Her s7th Birthday-AIcKinIey Day Celebrated in the schooIs-PersOnaI and Social Items of Interest.
 The last quarterly conference of the present conference year was held at the East Pearl street M. E. church Sunday evening. The presiding elder, the Rev. Dr. Richards, presided and Elmer A. Howard was secretary. On motion of Charles O. Francis, one of the trustees, unanimous vote was adopted extending call to the pastor, Rev. r. c. TulIar, for another year. and this will undoubtedly be ratified by the New York East conference at its meet ing in April. Mir Tullar is on his first years pastorate here and is doing an excellent work in the church. Reports were made by various committees and societies of the church: by the treas Iirer, William A, EIdridge and by x finance committee. which showed that the society was free from indebtedness and all bills were paid to January 1. The current expenses of the church for the past year have been about $4,- 800. The pews of the church are free, depending for collection upon the en- velope system. ;s ,.9
 The S7th birth anniversary of Mrs. Sarah R. Doherty was celebrated at her home, POS Harriet street, Bridge port, last Friday evening when large number Of Ter relatives and friends called to bestow their congratulations. She is the widow of Dennis Doherty, who died forty-one years ago. Mrs. Doherty lived here until five years ago. She is the mother of Mrs. Sarah Smith of Sherland avenue, Mrs. J. H. Winans of Bridgeport and Mrs. Thomas Brooks of Danbury, the last of a family of nine children. At the age of twenty-one Mrs. Doherty joined the East Pearl street M. E. church, and is still a men1- Der, but since her residence in Bridge port has attended the Washington Park church. She is in good health, and is able to sew. read and write
 
 the recipient of many gifts on her birth anniversary and the evening was very pleasantly spent. ..G At St. Francis church at high mass Sunday the mass was said by Rev. Fa- tler Brennan, recently chaplain of the United States training ship Hartford. He is a son of Mrs. Mary Brennan of Shelter street. The sermon was preach ed by Rev. Father Mitchell of Milford. Father Brennan has completed three years sea service and will now be sta- tioned on land for the same period, and probably will be assigned to one of the navy yards on the north Atlantic coast. Harold Barnes, son of MT. and Mrs. E. H. Barnes. of Quinnipiac avenue. has returned from New York, where he has been under treatment in hospital. He is improved in health.
 Harney F.. Hemingway has gone to Brattleboro. Vt.
 Mrs. George Clark of Amer street is critically Ill with a complication of dis eases .-s *as Last evening the members of Pro- gressive chapter had a whist and sup per at 40. U.W. hall. @ Joseph Close and Miles Shugrue have opened a coffee house at S7S Grand ave- nue. a
 Roy Crittenden is visiting his par ents, MT. and Mrs. Crittenden of Pine street. :....... The Dragon Whist club meets this evening at the home of MT. and Mrs. G. c. Prentice of Atwater street. =: On Wednesday evening, February 15 T .-f ,e,f Side Social club will be held in Polar Star hall.
 Mckinley day was celebrated with in- teresting exercises in the Fair Haven schools yesterday At Strong school grades ". ", VT, VIII, in Grannis' hall, the exercises were as follows: Nearer My God to Thee. .............
 .......... C1ass-Grade VIII Brief outline of President McKinley's s Life-Lucretia Dwyer, Henry Embler, Olga Swanson, Louis Feinmark, May Tullar, Herbert Brewer. >. McKinley-A Stanza. Florence Sanger How He Learned to Skate....
 ........... ....... Charles Reynolds His First Case. se..........Wilnot Shepard Living for Others. Merle Tompkins Selections from McKinley's Speeches Serving Hot Coffee in the Lines....
 ..............-.. -............. Etnel fFost Grief ....... ......... Nela Prentice His Simple Greatness. Frances Fuller McKinley's Kindness of Heart...... .'Lead, Kindly Light
 Master Sheppard, Fritzy Bolduc, James Hines, Maurice Connolly Thomas Enright, Bertram Rowe, Ev- erett Schwartz.
 Tn Memoriam. ......... Louise Hubbard f. Memorial Tributes ............Six Boys Ellis Weaver, Paul Hemingway, AL bert Horton, Levi Hadlock, Arthur Smith, Willis Sinclair.
 Death Has Crowned Him Martyr. ts.................... .Addie Jacobson .Thy Will be Done'--
 Helen Lake, Annie Ward, Florence Tatro, Margaret Smith.
 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Loveland have returned from a short visit to their son, Eugene F. Loveland,, employed at the automobile business in New York city.
 Mary Ellen, infant daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Gallagher of 265 Fair mount avenue died Sunday at the age