The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-05
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
FUNERAL OF MRS. HENRY L..
 ELLENBERGER.

Strong School Alumni Dance Tonight Appeal for Funds for Speedway Two Cases of Diphtheria--Broken Electric Wires Cause Delay--Coyne- Roach Marriage the Last of This
 MOnth-Other Items.
 The postponed whist and dance of the Strong School Alumni association will be held this evening at o'clock in Po- Jar Star hall, Whist will be played un- til 10 o'clock, after which there will be dancing until midnight. The committee in charge of the affair, Miss Macdonald chairman, has been hard at work the past week and has prepared very l pleasant affair. The proceeds of the whist will be used towards decorating the interior of the school, the white walls having become quite dingy in the 1 past few years. The alumni associa- tion has already had the walls of all the corridors tinted, and they present a much improved appearance. The as- sociation hopes soon to be able to start l NOlh OIl lllC lIllCIl lOI Ol lIlS 1OplllSs
 The funeral of Mrs. Henry L, Ellen berger was attended yesterday after noon at her late home, S90 Quinnipiac avenue The residence was crowded with people, the large attendance testi- l flying to the esteem in which the de- ceased had been held. There was profusion of beautiful floral offerings from relatives and friends. Rev. George A. Alcott, of Grace church, and Rev. Dr. Sanford, of North Haven, officiated, both at the house and at the grave in the Fair Haven cemetery. A quartette from St. PauIs church, under the direc- ton of Frederick s. Weld, rendered two appropriate selections.
 The treasury of the Clinton Avenue 1 Speedway association is getting low. Some of the horsemen have an idea that the work of keeping the track in condi- tion for trotting is done by the city, but the street department hardened the avenue early last year and later inn proved the grade in the hollow. But the work of pushing and smoothing the surface for speeding has been done un der the direction of B. s. Bradley from funds contributed by association mem bers and others interested MT. Brad l ley would like to receive contributions from horse owners who have not yet do mated, so that the track can be improv- ed for the next trotting. | Arrangements are being made for the second annual exhibition of the eighth grade class at Strong school After listening to readings by all the mem bers of the class Principal Graves and Miss Story have selected the following to represent the class: Olive Bishop, Louise Wrinn, Agnes Holbrook, May Quinn, Edna Kallgren, Helen Gesler, Esther Northrop, Loretta Murphy, Will liam Crawford, Lewis Harrison, Niels Thompson, Reginald King and Burton Gesner. The exhibition will be held during February, probably in Polar Star hall.
 Supper was served last evening by the ladies of the East Pearl Street M charge.
 E. c. Hill is quite i'll at his home on 1 Woolsey street.
 The machinery is being moved from the first floor of the Consolidated roads plant on Blatchley avenue to the sec- ond floor, the building of which has just been completed. The area vacated is to be used for track room for cars to be repaired, The new machine shop will afford much more convenient workroom.
 
 Dr. John F. Sullivan, of Blatchley avenue, member of the board of health, has diphtheria. He has been i'll at his home since Saturday, but it was not until Wednesday that it was decided that he had diphtheria.
 Mrs. H. M. Burlington, of S13 Blatch- ley avenue, who had a grandson die of the disease recently, is very i'll of diph- theria.
 Plans are being discussed to form a gun club and to secure a piece of land in North Branford for clubhouse. Those who are interested in the matter are Thomas w. Coyne, Frederick Da- kin Henry Konold, Henry Marcelotte and Assistant Superintendent of Streets Patrick Welch.
 Fort dale lodge, IN. II. v. r., Wll nave it's annual installation of officers this evening, Several of the grand lodge officers will be present, also visitors from other lodges.
 An entertainment was given by the W. c. T. U. at it's hall, F Grand ave- nue. last evening. The proceeds are to go towards fund for recarpeting the hall.
 The electric road had two broken wires early yesterday morning. The cars are sent in to the center via Ferry and State streets, but broken wire at James street necessitated sending via Grand avenue, when the cars struck a wire down at Bradley street. Then the cars finally reached their destina-