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Newspaper

Branford Gleaner

Location

Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1879

Page

4

St Marys Society Meets Third Tuesday Monthly

The St Marys T A B Society meets regularly on the third Tuesday each month at 8 00 pm in Town Hall Wm H McNeary secretary Branford Temperance Corps meets at Town Hall every Wednesday evening W Dean secretary

St. Mary’s T. A. B. Society Town Hall Wm. H. McNeary Sec’y Branford Temperance Corps W. Dean Lodge A.M J. Nettleton W. M Emerald Social Club James Reynolds Ancient Order Hibernians James Holley

Local notes on town life and ships

Local items report school holidays, growing strawberry trade, and business openings. Notable mentions include A J Smith refrigerators and Meigs ice cream. Varying posts note ship chattel Phil Sheridan and S J Smith arrivals, Totoket hotel work, and plans for new lumber yard.

Branford Community News Brief Highlights Local Events

A busy Branford week features a Temperance corps gathering, a Y Club hockey return in New Haven, and a large youth party at Miss Smiths. Notables include deaths and memorials for Miss Grace Cooke, tiny May Averill, and a horse tragedy. The Portamouth ship sails from Indian Neck. an excursion to Cooney Island is planned. a Branford shooting club match ends in a tie. Nearby plans include inviting Branford to Fourth of July celebrations and a Portsmouth sightseeing outing.

Branford Church Quartette Delights Audience in Music Service

The Third Church of New Haven featured Mr Buah Mise Hazlet Mrs Blinn and Mr Manroes in a devout musical service led by Rev Mr Hill. The quartet performed eight pieces to great delight while the Branford Choir flowered a Welcome notice. Afterward the group were guests at the Barttholomew home for refreshments. Also notes on Branford Amateur Shooting Club monthly practice and the death of Mr Russell Clark of Guilford.

Russell Clark Guilford Clark North Branford Totoket New Haven Episcopal Church New England

First Class Hotel at Four Corners East Haven

Beers and Munson run the Four Corners Hotel in East Haven on the European plan. It is described as one of the best places in the state for a first class meal with a wide seafood selection and top quality preparation.

Beers & Munson Four Corners East Haven Paris

Branford High School Graduation Exercises Set

Branford High School will hold graduation exercises in the high school room Friday afternoon June 20 beginning at 1 o'clock. The program features test examinations in arithmetic algebra geometry Latin rhetoric and English literature plus essays on Literature Homes of New England past and present Aristotle and Bacon Music Education its objects and advantages and School days. Graduates are Miss Thora D Hammer Miss Lucie Nettleton Miss Lizzie Miller Miss Helen Matthews Miss Mary Dougherty and Master Winfield Moore.

England Bacon

Local Congregation Draws Large Musical Audience

The Congregational church attracted about six hundred attendees last Sabbath evening as the community showed appreciation for a quality musical program. The event highlighted the town's enthusiasm for live performances and the cultural activity within the area.

Strawberry and Ice Cream Festival in North Branford

The Ladies' Sewing Society of North Branford hosts a strawberry and ice cream festival in the Congregational church lecture room on Wednesday evening June 25. Sale items include useful and ornamental articles, along with ale confectionery nuts. Admission is free and all are invited to attend.

Ladies’ Sewing Society of North Branford Congregational Church

Strawberry festival at Chapel this week functions

The Stony Creek area announces a strawberry festival at the Chapel on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. A recent Monday foot race ran from Dan W Page's to the Barker place and back along the track, with Eddie Howd finishing first in two minutes.

Dan W. Page Barker Place Eddie Howd

Guilford News Roundup of Visits Fires and Social Merriment

Summer visitors crowd Guilford as trunks arrive from the depot and Warder Spencer tests No 2 engine for the Fourth of July plans. Potatoes promise a bountiful crop while a North Madison fire lights the night sky. A surprise gathering for Mr Lewis Williams sends friends to Sachem's Head for a pleasant social visit.

Mr Davis

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Bramford Sleankee Westwarp Branford Post Offigz Armzend Western Besford Eastern Philo Hall Bartist Caurcu C. C. Smith C. W. Hill Trinity Episcopal Church Henry Olmsted D. D Branford Point ST. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Father E. Martin Stone Joseph Tomlinson Christ Church Protestant Episcopal John Grey Stony Creek F. H. Taylor Stranger's Guide Branford Branford Center A. J. Smith Mr. John Each Mr Pach Yale College A. A. Brown This Place Methodist Dr. Zink Long Island Phil Sheridan John Linsley New York C. I. Meigs 8. B. Miller M.F. I. Co B. T. Buell Totoket Hotel John Eads Is Ing Tyler House Dea John Plant A. M. Babcock Samuel Beach Boston Winkie Robert Wilson Hugh J. Smith William Baldwin Richard Bradley Seymour Bartholomew Larepso Blackstone Norwich Eldridge Temperance Corps Y@kamford Hew Haven the Improvement Society Isaac H. Brown Jevel John Robinson Cheshire Thomaston Misses Smith As J. Smith John Ble B. B. Bunnell Mr. Crane the Elliott Branford Point Hotel John A. Baldwin Everett Calkins Grace T. Cooke Resi Dence Col V. A. Cooke Northford Little May Edna Averill Months Mrs. R Erill Harbor Street Mr. Eldridge Geo. Andrews Ple Indian Neck Green Point Cers Coony Island Grand Republic C. H. Plummer Plummer St. Mark’s Church Lake City Minnesota Irwin Simpson Blackstone's Cove The Isting Mr Frisbie North William A. Wright Trowbridge Portsmouth Mr. Walden G. Smith Buah Mise Hazlet Quartette Third Church Mrs. Daggett Amateur Shooting Club Eugene A. Shepard F.R. Linley James Barker Edward Johnson J. P. Landerer William Chapell John Griffin P. A. Warner G. H. Linsley M. L. Warner Hugh Wilson Henry Smith Eugene Shepherd Anough Nad Rete Spas New York Express Coagh Bran Ee Episcopal Church of Court of Probate N. Z. Nichols C. Shetzline D. Harrison & CO C. W. Shetzline T. J. Birch Agt A. R. Rowley Rogers Street Moore Golder Guilyord Branford, Conn Church St J. R. Holcomb Live and Pyteres A. Wright Benedict Building Cor. of Church and Center Sts Corner Main and Hopson Avenue Charles K. Gorham Iheas Block Island Cod Cedar Street Bransford J. Tuttle Attorney AT Law Main Street Chapel Street New Haven, Conn F. Jourdan Spruce W T Robinson Cash Store MAIN Branford, CT C. W. Gaylord, M.D Conn South Main ST Walter H. Zink, M. D IVY Branford Lock Works C. L. Ely Henry H. Johnson Branford Point, Conn Branford High School Ates Thora D. Hammer Lucie Field Moore Warder Spencer Wilson North Madison Edgar Johnson Madison Mutual Lewis Williams John Hubbard Sachem’s Head Mr. W Mrs. Williams Dolmans London Berlin Valley Ingpore Negarang Hinduo Valley Stout Brussels Mme, Virot Elsa Edward Malley Bae W. Cook
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