The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-06
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Five New Letter Carriers From Fair Huven-Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Con- verse Celebrate Their Silver Wedding Services at the Churches-Lodge, Social and Personal Notes.

verse Celebrate Thelr Silver Wedding
 Services at the Churches-Lodge,
 Social and Personal Notes.
 Of the six letter carriers appointed by Postmaster Howarth yesterday five reside in Fair Haven, Certainly this section of the city was not forgotten by the head of the city postofice. All the names were leading ones in the list of substitute carriers. Patrick Il. Lyons, second on the list. resides in Willow street; John F. Cohane resides at 531 Ferry street. Up to three weeks ago he was acting as substitute car rier in Peck, Atwater and part of Clin- ton avenue. Pearl B. Starr lives at Chamberlain street, and last summer was a substitute carrier in the light house district and at another time in Fair Haven East. Patrick J. O'Neill, resides at 27S Grand avenue, and has substituted at station A. Frank L. Shaw lives in Huntington avenue in the Annex.
 At Grace P. E. church there was a very handsome Easter offering the to- tai from both the parish and the Sun day school having reached nearly s4OO The church contributed on Easter Sun day the sum of $355 and from the Sun- day school $SO was given.
 The funeral of Grace Carey Coates, widow of Gustave Maillefert, will be held this afternoon at 2;30 o'clock at Memorial chapel, Fair Haven cemetery, Mrs. Maillefert died at Grace hospital after long illness. Before her Illness she was an inmate of the Home for the F'rlendless for a long time.
 Two barges with about 800 tons of coal for the Consolidated railway, are at the companys wharf awaiting to be discharged.
 The iron poles of the Consolidated railway in Grand avenue are receiv- ing fresh coat of black paint.
 Mrs. T. F. Loller of Front street has been entertaining Miss Addie Seymour of Bristol.
 Mrs. E. H. Barnes and her son Har- old and her sisters, Mrs. Ida Buck and Mrs. k. c. Davis of Quinnipiac avenue have returned after a stay of several weeks in southern California. On their return trip they stopped several days in New orleans.
 Schools closed yesterday for the spring vacation os one week. Miss Car. rie M. Chapman's Kindergarten at Fer " and Pierpont street, close Thursday
 Sunday services at the Grand avenue Baptist church, include in the morning at 10:S0 sermon by the pastor, Rev Charles c. Smith, on the subject
 "springtide Heralds.' The sermon vii be followed by the monthly communion service and a reception of members b, the pastor. In the evening at 7:SO Rev Dr, Lent, pastor of the First Baptis
 church, will preach, in exchange wlti Mr Smith. As this is the first time tha pr. Lent will have preached in thi church, doubtless he will be greeted b!
 a large audience. On Monday evening I pr. Ford of Ollvet church will give l Bible exegesis and on Tuesday even iing at the regular prayer meeting Rev
 Clifton Flanders will speak and sing.
 The silver wedding of MT and Mrs
 Lewis P. Converse was celebrated las
 evening at their home, 2oS Ferry street
 and q large number of relatives an
 friends called to bestow most heart
 congratulations. Two hundred and fit
 invitations had been issued and the res
 idenee was crowded during the receiv ing hours. from 7.S0 to 10 D. m. Be
 sides the guests from this city Cher
 were several from out of town, includ
 ing friends from Springfield and Wash x ington, D. C., and New London. Tn couple were married in Fair Have twenty-five years ago by the Rev. Dl
 H. c. Hovey, who was pastor of Pilgrir ; church for several years. The brid was Miss Sadie Cunningham, daughte of Washington Cunningham. MT. an Mrs Converse were assisted in receiV ing by Mrs. J. Howard Waters. the daughter and a grandson, Earle Wa , ters acted as page During the ever ing number of ladies from the Gran } avenue Baptist church, of which MT lConyerse is a member, served refresf ments. These ladies were attired Colonial garb, which were worn at tE l recent colonial supper given in tf chapel of that church. An orchestI l furnished music The Converse res
 dence was prettily decorated. The pal } Tor was in white and blue; dining rool in pink, music room green, the den l lemon shade. Ladies room in blue an } the gentlemen's room in red. MT an
 Mrs. Converse were the recipients of large number of handsome gifts. Fro
 friends in the Grand avenue Bapti
 church, tho gift was a handsome silvt service of five pieces; MT. Converse
 gift to his wife was a handsome sidt board of quartered oak; silver car r delabra, Washington Cunningham; si yer soup ladle, MT. and Mrs. F. 5 Gum; 9f Springfield; silver salad for } Mrs. Fanhollow of New London; silv' } meat fork, Mrs Martha Preston; silv' 5 pie knife, MT. and Mrs. E. W. Cram r set of silver teaspoons, Elmer E. Col Z verse of Florida; silver bonbon dis : MT. and Mrs. Cotter; silver card recei'
 CT Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Kilbourn; set I silver forks, Miss Lillian Water t punch bowl and glasses, Mfr. and MT r ]. Howard Waters. These were but t few of the many remembranees on tn g glad occasion. MT, and Mrs. Conver . received the hearty congratulations
 all present and many friends who we
 not present will also join in the wis
 for many returns of the anniversal - day. The occasion was a delightful S
 cial one and greatly enjoyed by tho ] attending.
 Grace church, Blatchley avenue, Su :. an,r seruices as follows: Holy commul