The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-10
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SNOW STORM OF YESTERDAY
 HOLDS UP SOUND BOATS.

Ladies of Pilgrim Church to Present
 "The ChaperOn" Tonight in Polar
 Star Hall--Many Members of Fort Hale Lodge in Hartford To-day
 Vested Choir for st. James Church.
 Other Items of Interest.
 In the northeast gale blowing about thirty miles an hour. all the oyster boats that ventured down the harbor yesterday morning, found conditions decidedly unpromising, Lancraft Bros.'s steamer Amanda went out about three miles outside the New Haven light and found the sea so heavy and the gale so furious that no attempt was made to hunt for starfish, which was the mis- sion of the steamer The same firm which has the schooner B. F. Jayne of Patchogue, L. L, under charter, to transport oysters to Narragansett bay, loaded the vessel with 5000 bushels of plants and on Friday she sailed, but came to anchor in the lower harbor and remaining ever since, the weather hav- ing been unfavorable for her to proceed eastward. The schooner II. Snow, char tered oy F. Mansfield & sons loaded a cargo of oysters for Narragansett bay and started Thursday but has been in the lower harbor ever since.
 According to all accounts Fair Haven was in the center of the big April snow storm whicn came as such a surprise yesterday. In the afternoon the Con- solidated railway sent out several snow blows and scrapers from the Grand avenue barn to clear the tracks and teams were carting away snow about the same as in the month of January.
 Several Falr Haven people who have just returned from Florida had reason to observe that the weather here yes terday as compared with recent Flori- da weather, when people were bathing in the sea and the thermometer regis tering among the nineties, was in dis tinct contrast. They would have liked to have stayed south until better weather could greet them here.
 Letters advertised at station A were addressed to George Finn, James Ma hon. Miss Ann Melkvist Miss Gertrude Mooney, Jennie Muchmore, E. J. Nettle- ton. Mrs James O'Neill, Miss Margaret L. Smith and Miss L. Steigter.
 Among the city hall matters in wflicn number of Fair Haven people are interested is the hearing before the board of compensation Thursday even ing. at which time those interested will be heard on the laying of sewer assess ments in Bright, between Grand ave- nue and Pine street, and for the sewers in Atwater and Lombard streets. Another Fair Haven matter pending, is the proposed widening of Woodward avenue, between Upson street and Fort up in a few days when the city engin- ger will open bids for the work.
 This evening at Polar Star hall "The Chaperon" will be presented by the young ladies of Pilgrim church. They have been rehearsing faithfully and there is prospect of an excellent pre- sentation of the piece. A quartet from the Yale Glee club will sing,
 A handsome pillow on which canoes were sold by St, Anthony's guild was awarded to Mrs. A. H. Stewart of Peck street.
 An entertainment termed the gypsy encampment will be given by the la dies auxiliary of the annex fire de- partment at Firemen's hall in Forbes avenue, Friday and Saturday evenings
 A petition has been sent to the com mittee on lamps by number of resi- dents in Townsend avenue for the loan of ten street lamp posts. The petition CTS will place the posts and provide lamps which are wanted between Forbes avenue and Upson street.
 Fort Hale lodge, N. F. Q. F., will be represented at the grand lodge conven- tion in Hartford to-day by Miss Mar garet Sullivan, Mrs. Eva French Miss Helen Casey, Mrs. Mary Bruce, H Ro- mans, Thomas Meaney, Joseph Solch anlch and MT. Wilson as delegates.
 T. s. Coleman has been reelected president of the mems club of the Grand avenue Congregational church; D. R. Pollock is vice president, Herbert L. Seward secretary and Louis L. Bradley is the treasurer.
 Hugh Christie has sold to Rev, Carl Stackman the house and lot in Woolsey street. Mr. Stackman, who was for merly of Fair Haven, is pastor of the Congregational church in Cheshire.
 The first Sunday in May a vested male choir will begin service at St. James church. This will make three vested church choirs in Fair Haven
 Dr. Frank Wheeler and family will occupy the residence at 27 Perkins street as soon as it is repainted. This is the house owned and occupied for many years by the late Captain James II. Woodhouse.