The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-19
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
PASTOR SMITH SUCCEEDS IN
 RAISING $1,OOO.

Church Debt Will Soon be Liquidated-
 Dr. Weeks to Speak on "Guns and
 Gunners"-BanIzing at Strong School
 Chief Wrlnn's sheIlelah-A Golden
 Wedding-Other Personal Items.
 After the sermon at the Grand ave nue Baptist church yesterday noon, the pastor, Rev. Charles, G. Smith, resumed the raising of the one thousand dollars to be paid on the mortgage debt of the church this year, which was begun at the annual meeting Tuesday evening. SiXty-eight shares of ten dollars each were taken Tuesday and yesterday noon additional pledges were secured, making the total eighty-eight and rep resenting $S80, At the evening service more pledges were received, making the one hundred, which will reduce the debt one thousand dollars this year. All the church societies, the Sunday school, Sunday school classes and the choir shared in the work. MT, Smith said this method of raising a church dsbt was new to him, for they had a different way in England where he had b;en a pastor several years, but he commended the method and congratu- lated the church that a start was bsing made to raise the burdensone debt. The six thousand dollars indebtedness was contracted in building the eighteen thousand dollar chapel few years ago, but the pastor stated that the church should be willing for the sacrifices it had made, for the chapel if built at this time, would cost at least per cent more than when it was built.
 Guns and Gunners" is the topic of lecture to be given in the Grand ave- nue Baptist church this evening at o'clock by Rev Dr. Weeks, of the Highland Baptist church of Springfield. Dr. Weeks Is an eloquent lecturer and a splendid literary treat is promised for tonight The tickets are ten cents, l For next Friday evening the Quinni- piac Canoe club has provided an enter tainment for their friends in an infor- mai dance, There will be special pro 1 gramme with representation of the clubs pennant on the front page. The committee consists of Dwight L. Cham berlain, F. Germaine Crossley, Elijah l Ball, Walter Ames and C. Harry Day ton.
 Mr and Mrs. A. N. Mcintyre and MT. and Mrs. A. c. Mcintyre went to Holyoke yesterday to attend the fune- ral of an aunt of the former.
 < Rev D. N. Griffing, of Hartford, a former pastor at St. Andrews church, delivered a temperance sermon yester- day morning at the East Parl street church.
 On Thursday evening there will be served a supper in the chapel of the Grand avenue Congregational church in Ferry street.
 At the Grand avenue Congregational church an offering for the City Mis- slons was taken yesterday morning,
 William Konold. of Konold & Sons, has gone to Nebraska to purchase horses for the company's business
 F. Mansfield & Sons have just re- ceived schooner load of oysters from Providence.
 The schooner Carrie V is being loaded with sead oysters for Greenport, L. l.
 The new steamer I. F. Brown, a ,de- scription of which has been given ir this paper, arrived from Bridgeport Saturday.
 Members of the Empress Whist clut made surprise visit on Mrs, Thomas Rice of 492 Ferry street Friday even- ing. The evening was enjoyed with whist and several musical selections were givon.
 Miss Josephine Eagan, of Ferry street, and Miss Dwyer are visiting friends in New York.
 The banking system inaugurated al Strong school is quite popular with the pupils. When pupil has deposited one dollar he or she is advised to de- posit 1t in one of the city banks, and so far fifteen pupils have done so, On Saturday Principal Graves deposited the sum of $4.25 for one pupil The plan is a new one in this part of the city.
 When Chief Wrinn broke his black thorn stick several weeks ago Thomas Gerding, the Fair Haven fire commits sioner, took the cane and promised to mend it with gold ferrule, but the chief has not seen the shellelah since. The head of the police department hoped to have received the repaired im- portation from the Green Isle on St. Patrick's day.
 An important meeting of Quinnipiac conclave, No. 313, of Heptasophs, win be held at A. 0. U. W hall, 25 Grand avenue, this evening, when three can didates will be initiated by the degree team. The degree work, as usual, will be amusing, This team will go to Mer- iden on Saturday, March 24 by invita- ton, to work the degree on class in Meriden conclave.
 Loyal Council, Knights of Colum- bus, is steadily growing in membership and next Friday evening the first de- gree will be conferred on five candi- l dates.
 c. H. Conway, the Grand avenue druggist, is chairman of the executive committe of the local New Haven general committee which is arranging for the reception to the national con vention of the Knights of Columbus, to be held in this city in June. This com. mittee held an important meeting yes terday afternoon. John J. Corbett, of