The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-13
FAIR HAVEN NOTES.

The shelling of the oyster beds is just now at it's height. Probably over 5OO,00O bushels of shells, which have been &C., cumulating on the wharves of the planters for year past, will be trans ferred to the oyster beds out in the sound for the purpose of catching the spat which form the young oysters, It was stated last evening that the stock of oyster shells is now greater than
 ever before. Some years 1t is necessary for the planters to buy shells, bringing them from the shores of Narragansett
 bay. Long Island and in some cases even from Baltimore, but this summer
 the stock right here in Fair Haven Is
 sufficient for all demands. It will re-
 qGire about a fortnight more to com
 plete the shelling work, which gives
 employment to many extra men and for
 fleet of schooners and barges from
 outside, in addition to the home fleet.
 In regard to the prospect for an oys- ter set, 1t is too early to say much.
 Some planters will say that dry sea- son, such as the weather for month past, is favorable to the setting of the spawn and others will say that wet season is better. A few weeks will tell the story of whether there is to be a good set or not. It Is a matter of much moment for the oystermen, for a good set means hundreds of thousands of bushels of oysters when they are de- veloped and ready for market.
 After the shower yesterday afternoon the humid conditions disappeared be- fore the young gale that sprang up and while the thermometer marked 80, 1t was quite pleasant. The high wind tore a number of branches from trees and down the harbor little gale made the water quite rough and it was nec- essary for sail craft to reef.
 Postponed from Thursday owing to the storm, the picnic of the Sunday school connected with the Grand ave- nue Congregational church was held yesterday at Lighthouse, While the
 weather was not quite what could be desired, the late afternoon came off pleasant and the committee in charge of the athletic games were able to have them played. A basket dinner was ser- we'd and the picnic like all which this Sunday school has, was successful and
 much enjoyed by young and old. Rev. E. c. Tullar who is attending the Connecticut assembly of Chautau- qua at Plainville camp meeting grounds will return to-day and preach as usual at the East Pearl street church to- morrow.
 Several pavements made by slag from the rolling mills, have been laid in Fair Haven by the public works department and drives say that the material makes a fine roadway. Fillmore and Poplar street and the upper part of Ferry street, have recently been paved with this material. Pine street needs at
 tention and the people interested are hopeful that this street will receive
 some repairs ere long.
 At A. O. U. w. hall large number
 assembled last evening to attend the public installation of the officers of Columbia temple, Ladies of the Golden
 Eagle, and the following past chiefs of | Columbia castle, K. c. E., were the in- stalling officers: Edward Murlburt, E. l D. Buckley, Burton Arnold, Charles
 Bruse, Edward Tellar, Walter But
 ton and Henry Gesler. Officers install led are: Mrs. Watrous, noble temp lar; Miss Corcoran, yice-templar; Miss
 Callahan, high priestess; Mrs. Avery,
 provost; Miss LaFontaine, marshal;
 Mrs. M. Murray, inside guard; Mrs. | Mary Bruse, outside guard.
 At the meeting of Live Oak council,
 Royal Arcanun, Thursday evening,
 District Deputy Gibson of Meriden, l was present and made an address showing the large growth in the order
 of late and there were speeches by oth-
 CT Arcanians. Refreshments were ser-
 we'd and it was very interesting and profitable meeting.
 The death of John Maloney, who for
 many years has been in business at
 East Chapel and Ferry streets, brief
 mention of which was made in this pa- per yesterday, was learned with sur prise by his many friends as very few people are aware that he was i'll. Mr
 Maloney was a native of this city, was | the son of Margaret and the late Fran l els Maloney. Besides his mother, he leaves three brothers, Francis A., as-
 sistant in the city engineers depart ment; Dennis J., inspector of school
 buildings and James Maloney-and two sisters, Miss Mary A. and Miss Mar
 garet T. Maloney. His funeral will be attended at his late residence, 67 East
 Chapel street Sunday at p, m., and
 at St. Francis church at 1;S0 p. m. The funeral of Ellen E., wife of Hud-
 son B. Forbes, will be held at her late
 residence, S24 Townsend avenue, this
 afternoon at o'clock Besides her hus-
 band, Mrs. Forbes leaves three daugh-
 ters, Mrs William Johnson, Mrs. Fred
 erick Van Sickles and Mrs. Edward 1 Wright.
 The funeral of Mrs. P. Almena Hem
 ingway, widow of James Futile, will
 be attended at her late residence, $50 I Quinnipiae avenue, this afternoon at 3
 o'clock. The Rev, R. E. Brown will of
 f1ciate,