The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
 ACROSS THE RIVER.


 Carl Stackman Returning Home
 Mrs. W. W. Kelsey Sails for Europe
 All the Church, Lodge and Social
 Notes.
 There are to be about thirty-f1ve fire companies in line at the parade during the meeting of the State Flremens as- sociation at West Haven July IS and a9 The parade is on the second day and the start will be at 11:30 o'clock, The Annex Fire department is eighth tn line, following the Fountain Hose company of Ansonia. After the An mex department will come the Winsted and Naugatuck departments and then the Quinnipiac Hose company, drum corps and chemical apparatus. The 1 Hose company of the National Wire corporation will also be in line, It is { expected that about twenty bands and drum corps will be in line.
 Rev. Dr. Sheath of the Grand avenue Congregational church preached in ex- change with Rev. R. E. Brown of Pil- grim church yesterday morning.
 Miss Sadie Stewart of Blatchley ave- mue is spending her vacation in Litch- field.
 At St. James church the evening ser vice on Sunday has been discontinued. The morning service will be held at 10:30 as usual
 Among the new buildings under way or planned for in Fair Haven may be mentioned two tenements to cost about $3,OO0 for J. J. Connor in Bailey street; the house which Rosina Schwanfelder will build in Clinton avenue is con- tracted for; house arranged for nine tenements to be built in James street for Benoit Fonitaine, and several other houses are under construction.
 John A. Damn died at his home in Ferry street late Saturday night in the seventy-sixth year of his age An &C., count of his life will be found in anoth- CT part of the paper.
 Rev. and Mrs. Charles Stackman, who left here for South Africa two years ago, are returning and are now in Europe. Mrs. Stackman Is daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. M. M. Gower of Blatchley avenue. Mir stockman went out under the appointment of the Christian Endeavor board of the Unit ed States to serve as field secretary in South Africa and during his work there he has succeeded in exerting a helpful influence among the societies and the members much regret his leaving He comes home now owing to the stagna- tion in business resulting in labor troubles in the mines, which has had Its effect on the Christian Endeavor in- terests. He was in Scotland last week goes to Paris this week and later will attend the international Christian En- deavor convention at Geneva, Switzer- land. The Stackmans expect to be home the last of August.
 The regular meeting of Live Oak council, No. 1,027, Royal Arcanun, will foe held Thursday evening. It Is ex- pected that at this meeting will be an- nounced the committee on membership which will plan for considerable in- crease in the membership of the coun- ell the present year.
 Mir and Mrs Harry Crawford and family of East Pearl street have gone to Short Beach for the summer
 The funeral of Eric one year of age, son of MT. and Mrs, Eric Anderson of POI Poplar street, was held on satur- day.
 Rev. c. F. Prentiss of this city off, ciated at the East Haven Congrega- tional church yesterday, The pastor, Rev. D. J. Clark who has been very MI, is now able to sit up part of the time.
 Mrs. w. W. Kelsey formerly of Fair Haven, sailed from New York Saturday for Europe and will remain until Sep tember. She is in charge of a party of eight, who will make a tour in southern Europe, landing in Genoa and later going to England
 Mrs. w. H. Peckham of Shelter street leaves tomorrow for Maine for stay of three weeks for the benefit of her health.
 The members of the W. c. T. U. will '5oin the people of the City Mission in m excursion to Mansfeld's Grove in a few days
 The mite box collection at the Grand dN0ilu6 DbpllSL CuuFcll IOF June amounted to $2292. This is to be ap- piled towards the interest on the church debt,
 The Christian Endeavor societies of Fair Haven will be we'll represented in the meeting of the New Haven union of this organization to be held with the Congregational church in Bran- ford, Thursday evening Cars leave State and Chapel street at 7:0S and the committee hopes enough will go to have two special cars. The party have hired a band for the occasion. After the business meeting in Branford 6 lawn party will be enjoyed
 Howard Parfitt of Holyoke is visiting for week with his uncle James A. Thorpe of 50 Exchange street.
 Miss Ida Kessel of 274 Lloyd street Is visiting in Berlin.
 F. M Butler of New York, formerly of Fair Haven is visiting his parents. MT. and Mrs. C. S. Butler of Congress avenue.
 John Parker, formerly of Fair Haven, who graduated recently at the Yale Medical school has gone to Brooklyn, where he will begin his medical pre- tice.
 Repairs are now being made at the mill of the Nef Haven Iron and Steel