The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-06
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
CAPTAIN BARNES CELEBRATES
 HIS 76TH BIRTHDAY.

News of the Churches-Frederick Will- jams Leaves for West Indies-An In- teresting Halloween Party-0yster- men Return from BrIdgepOrt-'New Houses to be Erected soon.
 Yesterday was the seventy-sixth birth anniversary of Captain Harvey Barnes of Lenox street. Captain Barnes is enjoying very good health for man of his age. It is only within few months that he has practically given up his occupation as master of one of. the large oyster steamers, al- though he still continues in the busi" ness during 8 portion of the summer. He began going to sea when fifteen and half years of age, and has fol- lowed the water almost continually ever since, practically for sixty years. He has sailed on many of the |Fair Haven schooners in the oyster trade and general coasting. Captain Barnes remembers occasions when there were at one time between twenty and thirty schooners at the Fair Haven wharves discharging Virginia oysters. He joined Adelphi lodge. F. and A. F., in 1851 and there are only three members living who were members at that time. The monthly communion service was held at several of the churches yester- day. At the Grand avenue Baptist church the pastor Rev. Charles C.. Smith, preached an appropriate ser mon on "The Lords Supper" Four people were received into church membership. The new individual com munion set was used for the first time. It was procured through the efforts of some of the ladies of the church.
 4 lecture will be delivered at the Grand avenue Baptist church on the evening of November 1T, under the auspices of the Y. P. S. c. E. by the Rev. Dr. Weeks, pastor of the High land Baptist church of Springfield, Subject, "The Twentieth Century Young Man" During Dr, Weeks visit in England few months ago, when MT. Smith was residing there, the lat ter arranged to have this lecture de- livered in several towns, and it was given with great success
 At several of the churches yesterday mention was made of the bloody revo- lution in Russia and petitions made in prayer that peace might soon come in that unhappy land.
 The women of the Grand avenue Baptist church, who held a rurnmage sale on Grand avenue last week, net ted about seventy dollars as a result of their enterprise.
 Frederick Williams, son of MT. and Mrs. Frederick A. Williams, of Lloyd street, has sailed from New York for Nassau, West Indies, where he will re- sume his position as electrical engineer and superintendent in one of the large winter hotels. During the summer he held a similar position in large hotei at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie. He is &C., companied by Mrs. Williams.
 The regular meeting of Live Oak council, Royal Arcanum, will be held Thursday evening. It was intended to have held a public whist after the meeting. but it has been postponed un- til the next meeting night, Thursday, November 25. John w. Kessel, the secretary of the council, will have charge of arranging for the whist. One of the very successful HaIlow- cen parties of the past week was the one given by Miss Agnes Wallace, clerk in the office at Strong school, at her home 151 Gamer street. Twenty four young people attended. There were the usual Halloween games, mu- sic, dancing and 8 luncheon was served.
 A special meeting of Home Council, No, 10, Brotherhood of Relief, will be V. c. T. U. hall, 19 Grand avenue, for purpose of admitting to member
 a candidate to fill the vacancy
 by the death of Brother Will
 Hugenduble.
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