The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-01
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ACROSS THE RIVER.

Grace Church Sunday Schools Twenty
fifth Anniversary--Rev. Merritt Far
rem VisIting--Notes Regarding the
Oyster Trade--E. b. Rowe Purchases
CIty's Surplus Ice-Albert NJ. Holden
Stricken With Sh0cI-Baseball Re-
suits - Social, Church and Lodge
News.
One hundred invitations have been is
sued for the silver wedding Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dennis Bree of 259 Lloyd street
for Tuesday evening.
Miss Kathryne Moore of Ferry street
will attend the alumni meeting of Mt.
st. Joseph's seminary, Hartford.
Services will be held Sunday evening
commemorative of the thirty-fifth an
niversary of the Sunday school of
Grace church.
Mrs. Thomas Nolan of Grand avenue
return September l.
There is prospect OF large attend
ance this evening at the first concert of
the Outlook club, to be given In the
Grand Avenue Baptist church at s
o'clock. There will be vocal and in
strumental selections, raidings and rec
itations and the entertainment will be
followed by an ice cream social.
Rev. Merritt A. Farren, who is visit
ing relatives here for a few days, came
on to settle the estate Of his father.
the late willis F'arren. Mr.. F'arren,
who formerly resided here is pastor
of the Edgewood Congregational
church of Providence, r. 1. 1t is a
young and growing Church and has a
promising future.
Baseball scores Wednesday; Young
Oaks, 2; Young Americans, 0; We'll
comes, %; South Fronts, G..
Charles Crook made a trip to Spring
field Wednesday.
III. I. Barnes visited relatives In Hart
ford Memorial day.
Emil Kantrovitz of AZ Grand avenue
has Returned from Mount Vernon.
Miss Anna Browne Of Quinnipiac ave-
nue. has returned from New York.
Sixteen members of the East Pearl
Street church visited the deaconess'
home of the Methodist church at 40
Vernon street Wednesday evening upon
invitation. Among the visitors were
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Tullar. The Fair
Haven church Is much ointerested in
this new institution which 1t has aid
ed
AT the meeting of the ecclesiastical
society of Pilgrim church Wednesday
evening, Herbert Barnes, jr., and E. A.
Kellogg were elected members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Reeves of
Bridgeport are rejoicing over the birth
of an eight-pound boy. born yesterday.
Mrs. Reevesis daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J, 4. Hillhouse of Grand avenue.
The seeding season is nearly over and
the oystermen are now engaged In
transplanting seed and cleaning up the
ground in readiness for planting shells
which will begin about July /. The
shipment Of seed was on larger scale
than last year and the quality Of the
output was very good. 1t is estimated
that half a million bushels of seed was
shipped from New Haven and Fair
Haven dealers had their share Of this
output. Many thousands bushels of
seed went to Narragansett and other
shipments We're made for planting in
Long Island and Jersey waters. Nj
r. B, Rowe has purchased the city's
surplus of ice, amounting to about 900
tons. Some of this purchase will be
transported to Mr.. Rowe's Fair Haven
storehouses, and the remainder win he
taken from its present storage as It is
wanted. Mr.. Rowe has not decided
whether he will have to bring in ice
from away to supply his customers, as
1t will depend upon the demand and the
state Of the weather.
Albert M. Holden was stricken with
a shock at his home, 179 Farren avenue,
Wednesday.
Alice E., wife of Robert F. Meachen,
died at her home, 1s9 Forbes avenue
yesterday, Mrs. Meachen was a mem
her of the Women's Relief corps, G. A.
r., and the Womens auxiliary of the
Annex fire department She had many
friends, and her death will be much
regretted. The funeral will take place
at her late home Saturday at 8 p. m.
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