The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-02
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS
MR. BIDWELL RESIGNS AS OR
 GANIST FROM II. F. CHURCH

Two Boys start on Weeks Roughing
 Trip Down the East shore-MichaeI
 EtzeI Presented With Gold Headed
 Cane-NIr. and Mrs. Richard Hem
 ming Return from springfeId--Frank
 Foley, Holy Cross '0s, Visiting in
 ChicagO-Other Items of Interest.
 r. T. Bidwell, the organist and choir director of the East Pearl Street M. D. church since May 1, 1906, who has been in poor health for some time, rendered his resignation to the music committee of that church some few days ago, to take effect August l. The committee was sorry to feel obliged to accept the same. MT. Bidwell contemplates taking a vacation, and his friends wish him speedy recovery
 Ernest Balduc and Archie Perrie start to-day on weeks roughing trip down the east shore. They contemplate plen- SJ VI Aull W4Iu Jll01I lWS1V&-lOOL cHnO0, hoping to paddle to the Connecticut riV- CT Their first stop will be made at Pawson park, Branford, where they will spend the night and incidentally obtain their meals at some of the fine hotels along the shore. Their friends look for long story about the southern coast of Connecticut upon their return to Fair Haven.
 MT. and Mrs. c. T. Jones. of Woolsey S{ {f,,, at Block Island and at Martha's Vine- yard.
 F. M. Prince and family, of Clinton avenue, are spending the month of Au- gust at Cosey Beach.
 Almost every evening when the tide IS nigh young men can be seen swim ming from the docks along the banks
 of the Quinnipiac river and also from
 the highest points of Grand avenue,
 Ferry street and Chapel street draw bridges, which is considered great sport at this season of the year. On Wednes- day evening a test was made as to the strength and breathing capacity of a quartette composed of William Sulli- van, Daniel McAllen, Harry Klarmun and August Eirich. who swan from the lumber dock to the wire mill wharf and back. The distance was covered in about ftefien minutes by William Sulli- van and Harry lSlarmun, with McAllen and Enrich a close second and third, re- 1 spectiVely.
 A new fuel economizer for the power station on Grand avenue has just ar rived and will shortly be installed. It is decided to have no speeding on the Clinton avenue speedway until Sep | tember, when there will be matinee races at least once @ week. Michael Etzel, wso sailed for Germany | yesterday, was presented with a gold headed cane last Monday evening at the
 Farren Avenue house. Landlord Els
 man acted as spokesman. MT. Etzel
 was taken by surprise and responded to
 MT. Elsman with a few well-chosen re-
 marks.
 The Bible schools of the Grand Aev-
 nue Congregational church and the
 Ferry street chapel will hold no meet ings during August. Both will reopen
 September }.
 Wesley C. Marsh, of Oxford, Mass, is spending his vacation with A. N. McIn- 1 tyre and family at their home, 82 Per l kins street.
 c. E. Goodhue, assistant receiving Iteller of the Second National bank, and
 who resides on Farren avenue, is spend ling his two weeks vacation in Boston and Portland.
 Next Sunday at the Grand Avenue Congregational church the Grand Ave- Inue Baptist congregation will unite in a union service. at which time Rev. J. Lee Mitchell of Attleboro, Mass, will preach
 the sermon. MT and Mrs. Richard Hemming. of Saltonstall avenue, have returned from
 a months stay in Springfield. | Miss Kathryn Shugrue, of Perkins
 street, has returned to her duties at the
 railroad office after a two weeks vaca- | ton,
 The steamer I. F. Brown took a party of excursIonists to the Thimble Islands yesterday. Captain Frank Larabes and
 Frederick Brown were In charge of the steamer. About forty persons were on board
 John J. Corbett, of 8S1 Grand avenue, Is erecting a two-family house In Graf ton street. Edward McKeon has the contract.
 MT. and Mrs. Emory Wright have re- | turned from their wedding tour and have taken up their home in the newly furnished apartments on Lenox street. Miss Ada Futile, of Quinnipiac ave- nue, Is in Buffalo and Niagara Falls for two weeks.
 Mrs. T. r. Callahan, of Blatohley ave
 nue, Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Cavanagh, in New York. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Sullivan, of Blatch- | ley avenue have returned from a three weeks trip to the far west. MT. and Mrs. J. H. King, of the Heights, are entertaining MT. and Mrs. Tolles of Cleveland
 William R. Hemingway has for his guests his son. William D.. and two daughters, of Norfolk, Va, at the Hem | ingway cottage, Morris Cove. The semi-annual meeting of Home councils Nos. and was held at Fran cis' store last evening. Routine business was transacted.
 A number of the ladies connected with | the Grand Avenue Baptist church, ana their friends, will be the guests of Mrs George Sturgis at the Sturgis cottage, Indian Neck. Branford to-day The party will go on the Branford car leav- | ing State and Chapel streets at 9;20 a.
 m, going to Double Beach and thence Iby naphtha launch to the Neck. If the weather should prove stormy they will go tomorrow.
 Mrs George Barrows and daughter Jennie of Shelter street, left yesterday | for Boston to remain a week, when Mir Barrows will join them and con- tinue on to Nova Scotia to be away six weeks,
 Frank Foley, of 2S4 Grand avenue 8 junior in Holy Cross college, Worcester Ills spending few weeks in Chicago
 He also cuntemplates visiting the Thou.
 sand Islands
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