The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-06
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Sunday School Report of Grand Avenue |
 Baptist Church--AnnuaI Meeting of
 Women's Missionary Society This
 AfternOOn--FuneraI of Mrs. Emily F PolIard--Charity Whist This After nOon--AI the Church, Lodge and SO- ciaI News. H. w. Crawford, who has been con- l fined to his home in Clinton avenue for the past week and under a physicians care, owing to an attack of rheuma- tisn, was able to be at his place of business yesterday.
 Another victim of rheumatism, | Charles c. Barnes, of Lenox street, brakeman on one of the Adams Express trains on the Shore Line, is out again, after two weeks illness.
 The music committee of the East Pearl Street church has not yet secur- ed an organst and choir director to succeed William E. Brown, who ter inmates his services with that church May 1.
 The Sunday school of the Grand Ave- nue Baptist church in it's report for February makes the average attend ance S4 per cent Miss Leah Phillips class secured the banner for an attend ance of 100 per cent. Twenty new scholars have been enrolled, The sum of nine dollars was received in birth day offerings.
 Lawrence w. Sullivan, who has been lill with tonsilitis, resumed his place at the postQfice yesterday.
 "A Winter in Mexico" is the subject of talk to be given this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. J. H. Augur, 220 Grand avenue under the auspices of the Kings Daughters, by Mrs. Ralph B. Colby of Hartford.
 The annual meeting of the Womens Missionary society of the Grand Ave nue Baptist church will be held to-mor- lrow afternoon at 2:45 at the residence of Mrs. George Sturges, 190 Grand ave- nue.
 Tomorrow evening will be held the
 meeting of the Women's Foreign Mis-
 sion society at the East Pearl Street
 church, and the pastor, Rev. E. c. Tul-
 lar, will show lantern slides of scenes
 in missionary work
 The East Pearl Street Chautauqua
 circle met last evening at the home of Miss Etta Avery, of East Pearl street. The subject of the study for the even ing was China" The members gave
 quotations from Longfellow.
 There will be a meeting of the Hom- ing Pigeon club some time during the 1 month to make arrangements for the spring races The members have a
 good lot of birds this season.
 There were five arrests made by the borough. police during the month of February.
 Some of the east side young ladies are
 indulging in horseback riding on pleas, ant days. Yesterday afternoon three or
 four of the misses were out enjoying this fine exercise.
 The funeral of Mrs. Emily F. Pollard
 will be held in the parlors of the East
 Pearl Street church this afternoon at 2:30 and the interment will be in the Fair Haven cemetery. Mrs. Pollard died quite suddenly in that church on
 Sunday evening, as stated in this paper , yesterday She intended to attend the l Epworth league meeting on the second l floor of the church, but, feeling badily, she sat down in one of the pews in the l auditorium, where she died a few min utes later from an attack of heart fail l ure. Drs. Robinson and Roberts were
 called, but could do nothing for her re- f lief An announcement of the sudden o death was made by Rev. E. c. Tullar , at the close of the praise service the F same evening. The deceased leaves two
 sons, Charles Pollard, of Fillmore street, and William H. Pollard, of Hun tington. She had been stopping for a
 few days with her granddaughter, Mrs B. W. Phelps, of Exchange street, and was going to Huntington to reside witt u u her son in a few days. This afternoon the Charity Whist club will hold it's meeting at the home . of Mrs. Charles Manzy, of Blatchley ' avenue.
 Miss Annie Norton, of Quinnipiat avenue, is visiting friends in New York
 city.
 Supper will be served this evening by
 the General Lawton lodge at the home of Mrs. Ellen Potter, of 152 From : street.
 In a few days MT. and Mrs. William Il J. Reynolds will sail for Europe to b, 5 away two months.
 5 At the A. o. U. W. hall, 25 Gran( = avenue, tomorrow evening will be helC y exercises in observance of the twelfth d anniversary of Perseverance council, D '- of L. Several of the state officers vii e be present and a large attendance O Il the members is desired. Il Constable Frank Sperry is now asso 1T ciated with his brother Charles in tn N stair-making business in the old medi e cine building in Grand avenue, nea
 Gainesville bridge. The Sperrys are
 family of stairbuilders. The father o
 these brothers, the late Hosmer Sperry 5 worked at the trade many years, ant '- his son, the late Elford Sperry, als J worked at the business. Frank Sperr. g is still an East Haven constable, an, u serves papers in that law-abiding tow when occasion requires.
 Harvey F. Hemingway, of Quinnipia
 avenue, who is quite i'll, is now at tn : home of his son, Marcus B. Hemingwa s of Grand avenue.
 q Quinnipiac conclave, l. o. H., met las