The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-31
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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 Improvements at Quinnipiac Canoe Club
 Now COmpIeted--HallOwe'en Plans
 New Haven Convocatlon of Episcopal
 Church Meets at Grace Church--Foot-
 ball Not Thriving.
 The improvements at the quarters of Ahe Quinnipiac Canoe club are complete ed and the organization now has a fine clubhouse. The quarters in Front street have been enlarged at an outlay hf about $20O by an extension of the Building, which will provide room for 9welve more canoes, or for thirty-six sn all. The club membership has been increasing and also the number of canoes, so that an enlargement of the original house became a necessity. It is expected that with the enlarged quarters a number of new canoes will be added to the club during next spring and summer. While active canoeing is over for this year. few of the mem- bers go up the river on pleasant days to shoot ducks.
 The club will enjoy HalloWe' en ban quet tonight and the affair will be a sort of informal dedication of the im- proved quarters. The banquet will be provided by a committee from the club and promises to be f1rst-class. Dwight L. Chamberlain will preside as toast master and there will be a number of informal speeches. The affair is for members only. A most enjoyable occa- sion is anticipated The Mandolin club will furnish music.
 The above social affair will be only one of many enjoyable Halloween Gf- fairs in Fair Haven. Each year there are a great many of the Halloween so- cials, and each year sees a large in- crease. The affairs tonight will be in the nature of surprise parties, parties to which invitations are issued, musical gatherings and whist parties, Hallow- cen is always a joyous occasion and hundreds in this section of the city will participate in the social celebrations of the anniversary.
 The juvenile population will not al- low the anniversary to pass unnoticed, either. It will be well for people having detachable fence gates, veranda seats and other movable property to put lock and chain on the same. All sorts of pranks are cut up on this anniver- sary eve, and a number of new pranks have been invented for this particular evening. The juveniles will march up and down the streets as usual, and no one will enjoy the anniversary more than they.
 There was a goodly attendance yes- terday at the 268th meeting of the New Haven Convocation of the Episcopal church, held at Grace church, Blatchley avenue. Ladies of the parish prepared luncheon for the clergy in the parish building at 1 p. m. The convocation sermon was delivered by Rev. A. T. Randall, of Meriden; Dr. Means, of this city, gave an exegesis and Dr. Mulford, of Cheshire, read an essay The ser vices were opened with morning prayer at 10:30, and at this session there was the usual amount of routine business. It was an interesting meeting through out.
 Scores of bonfires are made every day in the streets, and the boys are getting rid of the surplus leaves to the best of their ability. In some cases the leaves are saved for the fertilization of plants, they being very useful In protecting the roots of vines and fruit trees in win ter. The dried leaves are used also by many for stable bedding.
 Guiding Star lodge, o. s. B., will hold it's regular meeting tomorrow evening and after the session a donkey party will be a feature of the evening. All members are requested to be present on this occasion.
 Many members of Live Oak council, Royal Arcanum, who attended the big class initiation at Music hall several months ago, will remember the late William o. Robson, the supreme secre- tary, who was present and made an ad- dress. Supreme Secretary Robson died at HIS QOUl6 lu'oOSlOH Oullll1y. Il6 HdQ been the supreme secretary for twenty nine years and his signature is on every certificate of members in this Live Oak council.
 Frank Porter, of Quinnipiac avenue, went to New York yesterday, having been engaged as manager of a clothing company in that city
 Football is not thriving to any great extent over here this season, there seeming to be great dying out of the sport as compared with one year ago. It is expected, however, that there will be several games pulled off on Thanks giving day. The accident a few weeks ago to one of the Strong school team had depressing effect on the pupils of the school and resulted in extinguishing most of their enthusiasm for the sport.