The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-14
PERSONAL NOTES.

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 Prof. Judd of Yale will make the ad- ] dress at the graduation exercises of the Wethersf1eld high school next wed nesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Raymond Smith of 1 Hartford are spending a few days in town the guests or MT. and Mrs George W. Smith of Governors avenue, West vile.
 Marion Wilcox of Madison announce ed the engagement of his daughter Nina, to Robert s. Putnam, son of Bishop Putnam of New York, The Wilcox family was formerly residents of York Square, this city.
 Union college, Schenectady, N. Y, has conferred the degree of S. T. D. on Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter, pastor of the First Congregational church, Hartford. Dr. Potter is a graduate of Union college and has been attending the commencement exercises there this week.
 Miss Celia Sexton. who has been at- tending the Engleside seminary at New Milford, has returned to Westvile, to enjoy her summer vacation.
 Miss Jessie L. Jones, daughter of James L. Jones of Short Beach, was married Wednesday morning at IT. o'clock to Herbert Benton Townsend of this city. The ceremony was perform ed by the Rev. r s. Dewitt, pastor of the Congregational church, in the pres- ence of a few intimate friends and rel at!ves
 Edward Bowman is spending fur tough with his parents on Fitch street. Mr. Bowman at the present time is stationed at Washington, D. C., and is in the hospital corps.
 The New Haven High School Atblet- ic association has elected the following officers: President, MT. Porter; vice president, Mir. Kirschner; honorary president, Dr. Cushing; secretary. Fred Graves; treasurer, Grant Blakesee.
 The Young Mems club of the First Baptist church, Wallingford, tender ed a reception to the young members of the church last evening in the lec- ture room of the church. The recep- tion committee for the event is: Rev w. A. Spinney, A. F. Pierce. Arthur x, Payne, Clifford Alderie, Vernon Talbot Nathan Curtiss, Harold Whltworth, Silas E. Becroft. An old fashioned spelling bee will furnish part Of the evenings entertainment.
 A farewell banquet will be given to Mir Troup by the Crusaders of the St. James, Episcopal church, Westvile in the church basement this evening Mir Troup, who has drilled the boys for the past year, leaves for China next month, where he will enter the St. Johns college in one of Chinas largest cities, to prepare for missionary work which upon graduation he will carry on The committee in charge of the affair is Rev. J. Frederick sextonchair- man; Paul Doolittle and George Esh- ley.
 Thirty freshmen in the Boardman scientific department of the New Ha- ven high school of high stand in math- ematics will take the annual examin- ation for the Carl Munson memorial prize of $25 this morning. This prize the only one of It's kind in the institu- tion, was established two years ago by MT and Mrs. c. T. Munson in honor of their son Carl, who was a member of Boardman, and who was especially ef- ficient in mathematics. The result of this examination will not be made known until the night of the graduation of the senior class.
 Miss Lena May Booth, an employe for fifteen years past as stenographer in the purchasing department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company, has accepted posi- ton as secretary in the Chicago office of E. l.. Pollock, vice president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail- way company MT, Pollock was for merly purchasing agent for the New Haven road, but a short time az resign ed to accept his new position. Miss Booth is sister of Attorney John R, Booth, of the law firm of Isbell & Booth. She leaves for Chicago about June 2t. A farewell, banquet and re- ception will be rendered her by the of- 1 Aca farca before her departurA