The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-02
DERBY
Especial Journni-courler New. seryice3

 The Sterling Piano company's tug of-war team were again victorious last . evening, when they met the team rep rcsenting thetWhitlock r. r. Manufac- turing Co, at the Sterling opera house and in three minute contest suc- cceded in pulling them 3-S inches. The house was crowded with the . friends of both teams and at tho con clusion of the pull cheer upon cheer . was given for each individual of the . Sterline's team. Tho following is the . line-up of the two teams:
 Whitlock Sterling. Shortell .............., Hennessy .
 Anchor.
 Riley ..,,,....t. ...,#......,,.,. Neretle |
 First cleat
 TythPr ......,..,..,,.s#.#.. Greenwood |
 Second cleat
 Lahar .,,..,.....,...s Hickey |
 Third cleat
 Mir. Childs acted as referee and F. | Munger as timeskeeper.
 The Faueassett Hose company on the East Side. was called out yester- [ day afternoon, shortly after o'clock . by the ringing in of box b2 at the cor | ner of New Haven avenue and Bank | streets The blaze was located in the | small building formerly the old Derby | Junction and now used by the railroad | company as a way station, about hundred yards down the line from the | old site The blaze was a small one | and quickly eMinguished with but | slight damage
 Derby aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will hold their annual memor- fat exercises in Eagles hall, on Main [ street, morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The committee in charge | has arranged an excellent program for the occasion and all members with | friends, are requested to attend the | exercises Among those who will take ! part are John Bahl of Stamford, and | Attorney Aaronson of Ansonia.
 The Sodality of the Children of . Mary of st. Mary's church will go to . holy communion in q body to-morrow | morning at o'clock mass In the | afternoon at o'clock there will be a public reception or candidates who | wish to become members of the sodal- [ ity, The services will consist of the . crowning of the statue of the Blessed . Virgin Mary and the consecrltlon of | the new members.
 The postponed April meeting of the . Woman's club of Ansonia, Derby and . Shelton was held yesterday afternoon | in the Derby NJ. F.. church at 2;45 . o'clock The meeting was largely at tended and for entertainment the club | was fortunate In securing Henry I Gaines llawn, president of the Arts | school of Speech, Carnegie hall and | also president of the National Asso- citation of Elocutonists, instead of | Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, | who had to cancel his engagement, | Mir. Hawn gave an informal talk on | the correct use of good English at first which was both pleasing and in- structivc to his listeners. He ended | his program with recital which in- cluded studies in the best known liter tIre and also many selections of hu- | nor. Mr. Hawn was very good in his dialect recitations and the members of the club certainly passed a pleasant | interesting and instructive afternoon with him. Before the meeting ad- journed light refreshments were served.
 The Memorial day committee held a very important meeting last even ing in the rooms of the Derby Shelton board of trade on Elizabeth street, last evening at & o'clock, Although a large number of the organizations have accepted the invitation to par ticipate in the parade, still there re- mains many more who ought to im- mediately signify their attention of doing so that the committee could as- sign them a position in the line and