The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-13
LATEST FAIR HAYEN NEVIS
VETERANS ATTENDING c. 4. R. ENCAMPMENT AT MERIDEN.


 Nils Parents-Mrs. L. J. Harden of Penn Yan, N. Y. ,Returns to PrOvi- dencc-Other Interesting Items.
 Several Fair Haven Masohs are con templating going to Northford this evening on the occasion of the official visit of District Deputy R. T. Grant to Corinthian lodge.
 F. w. Pierson has purchased of Ben- jamin B, Rowley property with front age of fifty feet on Woodward avenue.
 Several Fair Haven veterans went to lMeriden yesterday to attend the an- nual enampment of the G. A. R.
 This is the annual donation day at the Home for the Friendless and many canvassers will start out bright and early to secure as large a collection as possible. In the afternoon the usual reception will occur at the home on Clinton avenue.
 Tomorrow is flag day and every flag in Fair Haven should be spread to the breeze At all the school houses flags will be in evidence and exercises will take place in several of the schools.
 pr. F. J. Brophy of Norwich is visit ing his parents. MT. and Mrs. John Brophy of Ferry street.
 Ezra Healy is chairman of the Elev- enth ward committee for the Home for the Friendless donations and Herbert Clark is chairman in the Twelfth ward.
 Mrs. L. J. Barden of Penn Yan. N. Y., who has visited Mir. and Mrs. Will liam Konold of Clinton avenue left yesterday for Providence and before re- turning home will go to Mt. Holyoke seminary, where her daughter Miss El- mira Barden, Is to graduate, Mrs Bar den a number of years ago lived in Pierpont street and during her stay here she called on several of her old friends.
 IA large attendance is expected this evening at the supper of the ladies' aid society of the Grand avenue Bap- list church, the last society supper of the season.
 At the annual decoration exercises at the Union Veterans union held this week the graves of seven deceased con- rades in Fair Haven cemetery were decorated with flowers.
 At the meeting of the New Haven Congregational club, Walter R. Downs was elected secretary, Harry w. Flint treasurer and Charles B. Rowe a mem- Der of the social committee, all Fair Haven members of the club
 The regular meeting of Columbia castle, K. G. D., was held last evening Considerable routine business was transacted, as it was three weeks since the previous meeting was held and of fioers were nominated for the ensuing term.
 The annual inspection of the Quinni- piac Hose company took place last eve- ming at the engine house in East Grand avenue. About forty members of the company were out in uniform and the property of the organization was in spected by Chief E. M Allen, assistant chief E. H. Farren and Foreman l.. A. T, Blake. The equipment was found to be in quite satisfactory condition. The inspection was followed by a smoker. Plans for the meeting of the State Firemen's convention early in July in West Haven are being made. It is ex- pected that the Quinnipiacs will turn out with about forty men on that occa- sion.
 Constable Frank Sperry predicts the heaviest hay crop in this vicinity for a number of years. He says the straw | berry crop will be short owing to the late frost He will not pick over thirty quarts day at the height of the sea- son, on his strawberry preserve in Fox on. The berries are late and growers | have no trouble now in getting fifteen cents per quart for them at wholesale, MT, Sperry says that some of the vines will make no yield this season. All other vegetation Is looking fine. 1 Thirty-eight degrees is pretty low temperature for June 12 and yet that was the record of some thermometers 1 III IAlS NlNAhlly GttAlg SVStCluUS lllu1ll l ing. While this is not the record, 1t is | pretty cool weather for nearly the mid | dle of June.
 Twenty-Five years ago yesterday the l first Sunday horse cars were started out of the barn in Grand avenue. This was considered quite a venture at the time and some of the officers of the company doubted if it would pay, but the experiment then inaugurated has continued and Sunday street cars have 1 been running ever since.
 There has been some discussion among the soldiers of the city concern ing who is the oldest of the civil wal veterans, and claim is now made that Constantine strobel of this city, now at the Soldiers home, ninety-six years and ten days, is the oldest veteran ir the state. Has Fair Haven an olde l