The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
Thanksgiving Arrangements -Firemens Ball December H.
 Interesting Missionary Meeting Alderman Tooe Dead.
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At the Strong school today the pupils will complete their donations for Thanksgiving offerings and the sup plies will alco be distributed, so as to make Thanksgiving day as cheerful as possible for several deserving families. To-day there will be the coal drill and the pupils as they march into school will brng little paper bags containing coal and the same will be deposited in a heap in a lower corridor. It is ex- pected that this donation will yield two and half tons of coal. Yesterday there was an apple drill and fifteen bushels of the fruit was brought to the school. The day before, as already stated, there were brought in twenty five bushels of potatoes and all of the supplies will make a nenerous offering from Strong school. But this is not all There is to be a penny drill today and pupils may donate pennies or nicReNs. Last year $f575 was donated as the proceeds of this drill and 1t is expected that there win be fully as much today. Principle Graves has de- cided to use a portion of this donation to buy chickens for a number of fam flies and it is also intended to set apart $10 for shoe fund. Some of the pupils at times do not have suitable shoes during the winter and MT. Graves has suggested that it would be well to have shoe fund. His plan is that cash n ay be loaned to pupils who are needy dri this way and when the pupil ts able he or she can pay back half or the whole amount, if possible, to the fund, and go the fund may be the means of helping quite a number, The pupils think well of MT. Graves suggestion and believe that the shoe fund will prove quite a popular affair.
 LAll the Fair Haven schools close this noon for the Thanksgiving vacation and will reopen Monday morning.
 There were busy preparations for Thanksgiving day yesterday and moro in this line today The markets are fairly well supplied with turkeys and the birds range from 25 cents to 2S cents, and for the latter sum choice birds may be obtained Chickens are selling at from IS to 22 cents per pound
 The usual holiday hours will be ob- served at Station A tomorrow. The carrlers will make the morning deliv- cries and the station will close at noon. 
 Several Fair Haven people went to Hartford Monday to attend the flftieth wedding celebration of MT. and Mrs. John McGregor, which was held from to 10 D. m. The reception was ,held at the home of their daughter, the wife of Rev. H. M. Thompson, DD., IA Re- treat avenue, where they have made their home for several years. During the evening the couple were the re- cipients of many gifts, including gold coin. various useful articles and sev- eral dozen beautiful golden chrysanthe- nuns. Mir McGreg gor was charter member and from 1873 to 1895 a. deacon in the Grand Avenue Baptist church, and the church, through its deacons, sent a letter expressive of It's regard for the couple. An original poem from Mrs. F. H. Stevens of Hartford was also read. Mir. and Mrs McGregor were married in this city In 1857 by the late Rev. Dr. S. D. Phelps and re- sided here until 1895, when they re- moved to Hartford. MT. McGregor went to the Civil war with the 127th New York regiment. He is 0 native of Woodbury L. l., and his wife, who was Miss Janet Ronald, Ks a native of Thompsonville. Rev. A. II. Ball, for nner pastor of the Grand Avenue Bap- tist church, who was present at MT. and Mrs. McGregor's twenty-flfth an- rriversary, celebrated in Fair Haven, was also present with his wife at the golden celebration. MT, Ball is now a resident of Westfield, Mass.