The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-29

Proposed.
 William Barry, secretary of the com mittee appointed by the West Haven firemen to arrange for the reception to the State Firemen's convention to be held in that place July 1S-19, said yes terday that the invitations to the Fair Haven fire companies would be issued next week. The Quinnipiac Hose com pany, the Dayton Hook and Ladder company and the Beacon Hose compa- ny will be invited. It is expected that the local companies will turn out in large numbers in the coming parade, MT. Barry says that it will be the big gest meeting in the history of the state tiremens gatherings.
 Harvey Hemingway, who has been very i'll, is much better now and ex- poets to be able to get out of doors this week.
 Mrs. Edna M. Ludington wishes to thank all who were so kind to her dur ing the last illness and at the funeral of her husband, the late Lucius S. Lud- ington. Mrs. Ludington appreciates all of the kidnesses of her many friends.
 Many women from this neighborhood attended the spring openings at the big dry goods and millinery stores yester- day.
 Francis Guw saltonstall New York broker, who died Tuesday, was a de- scendant of Governor Saltonstall, who resided in East Haven and for whom Lake Saltonstall was named.
 Yesterday was the most springlike day of the season. Many of the store proprietors had the store doors open for the first time since last fall.
 A basket and necktie social will be given by Hiram Camp division, s. of T., on Friday evening, April 6, and the friends of the society are invited to at tend. The baskets will be auctioned off.
 At the prayer sneeting of the W. c. T. U. this evening MT. Hill, of the Beers Street Advent church, will preside.
 The Quinnipiac Canoe club cleared $65 as a result of it's dance given last Fri day night, One hundred couple attend ed and it was the most successful dance the club has ever given.
 The pupils will attend school in the old Woodward building for the last time tomorrow The building is to come down to give place for the new schoolhouse, and it is expected that a temporary school will be fitted up in the Annex engine house.
 Yesterday was the eightieth birthday anniversary of Mrs. c. R. Cargill, of Shirley Mills, Maine, who removed from here about five years ago, after long residence. Quite a number of her ] friends, including members of the large Sunday school class which she taught, sent her letters of greeting. She is member of the Grand Avenue Baptist church, ald at the meeting on Tuesday evening a commemorative mention was made of her faithful services in the church, the Sunday school and the Woman's Home Mission society, of which she was the president for many years. She is the widow of A. H. Car gill, who was a well-known Fair Haven builder.
 W. M. Hemingway, of 7S0 Middletown avenue, is in very poor health. He was for many years member of the we'll known firm of L. R. Hemingway & Co.,, and retired from business three years ago.
 | The lecture on Guns and Gunners'' to be given at the Grand Avenue Bap- tist church tomorrow evening by Rev. Dr. Weeks, of Springfield, promises to be very interesting. Tickets sold pre- viously for the lecture, which was post poned, are good for this occasion. This lecture promises to be amusing and profitable.
 Announcement has just been made of the engagement of Miss Martha, daugh- ter of Mrs James Russell, of Walling- | ford, formerly of this place, to Harry Hall Atwater, Yale 1905, of Auburn, N. Y.
 On Sunday, April 1, Bishop Brewster will be at Grace church to preach and administer confirmation Captain John Sanford, who has been | ill all winter at his home in East Pearl street, is not improving very much
 Rev. George Buck will preach at St. JdtleS CuuTCn IO-UlOITOW evening &J 7:45.
 On Good Friday the Quinnipiac Canoe club will have its first outing of the sea- son, when most of the thirty-flve mem- bers will take trip up the Quinnipiac as far as Muddy river. a distance of about seven miles. They will go up in the afternoon, eat dinner at the termi- nus and return late in the afternoon. All these plans projected are dependent upon favorable weather. Walter Ames is to have a new racing canoe, which IS already ordered, and Charles Blatchley and George Westerfelt have sent their canoes away to be refinished. The out look is good for very successful "a son for the club.
 The funeral of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Luther Crampton, was attended at her late home, 56 Perkins street, yesterday afternoon, Rev. pr. Sheath officiating. | The interment was in the Montowese cemetery. The family resided in what is known as the Five-Mile Brook dis trict until little over year ago, when | they removed here. MT. Champion, who is ninety-two years old, has been blind for several years. Miss Crampton was under physicians care yesterday, but attended the funeral, but was not able to go to the cemetery.
 Rev. Charles G. Smith, of the Grand Avenue Baptist church, ofticiated at the funeral of Lewis P. Skinner, held at Et.~ .,aa;ao,,oo ,F i,ic dauoI,tar NTrc r