The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-24

business of enbalming or preparing bodies for burial, transportation or cremation, without license, but the assistant of an undertaken will be ex- empt in case his work is conducted un- der the supervision of a regularly H. oensed embalmer. Arthur R. Leete of Thompsonville, has been reappointed a member of the state board of enbal- mers by Governor Woodruff, his new term expiring July 1, 1910.
 Thes Connecticut Funeral Directors association of which H. w. Crawford of New Haven is secretary, will hold its annual meeting in August. The place has not been decided on Within a few days Secretary Crawford has sent to the members of the associa- tion, requesting an expression of opn- ion concerning the best locality for the meeting. The membership of the as- sociation takes in most of the under takers in the state. The last time the presidency came to Hartford, William T. Marchant of the undertaking firm of Hills & Marchant was selected. He put hard lot of work into the year, that he was at the head of the asso- ciation and increased the membership and funds Much of the embalming legislation which the state has enacted has been due to the influence and good judgment of the funeral directors as- sociation.
 The Connecticut Literary Institution at Suffleld, which was chartered by the general assembly in 1885, has received an amendment to It's charter this ses- sion placing the general management and oversight in the hands of a board of trustees, consisting of thirty-three members. The lowest number of mem. btrs which the board can have is twen. ty-one. One third of the membership will be chosen annually.
 Old Yale men will recall the Connec.
 tocut Literary institution with inter
 est. For years before and after tht I Icivll war it was accustomed to sent students to Yale and was one of the best preparatory schools in the state Judge John Coats of the Hartford county court of common pleas. wht graduated from Yale in 1868, is one o the best known alumni of the Suf1elC institution in the state. It is a Baptis educational center so far as denomina. ton Is concerned, and the laymen o flat church have given 1t from the out set liberal support. During the lift time of I. Luther Spencer, the institu ton was the object of his special in 1n1 director The senator's mantle fell up on his son Charles l.. Spencer of Sui | field whose work in behalf of the in stitution cannot be too highly com mended The Rev. pr. George M Stone, who has just resigned his pas torate here, has long been in the fore front in directing and guiding this olC i time Connecticut educational expon , ent.
 The election of Comptroller Thoma 1 D. Bradstreet as president of the Arm! and Navy club of Connecticut was tn most felicitous event of the week il l veteran circles. The presidency of thi | club is or of the highest honors tha | can be awarded an old soldier in Con necticut. It has been held by notet . veterans of the state, the list includin | General Edward Harland of Norwich Colonel Charles l.. Upham of Meriden
 General E. s. Greeley of New Haven
 Colonel Frank w. Cheney of Soul
 Manchester, ex-speaker Charles H
 Pine of Ansonia. and the late Chic l Justice David Torrance.