Beach opens new library with minimal charge to borrow
Mrs. Howard S. Beach announces a new library now open with a small one way fee under seventy five cents used to cover cataloging and sharing costs. The state library committee lists the compiled holdings from Brotherhood of Wisdom to Young. Community news follows with visits, renovations, and social events across Watertown and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belloc
Bennett
Buckrose
Burton
Chesterton
Constantinople
Clement
Pennickett Town
Crockett
Coke
King Spruce
Dey
Bertrand
Brittany
Deeping
BR. de
Deland
Tudor Times
Elias
Warner
Eliot
Israel
Pletcher
Stephen A. Douglas
Gardner
Graham
Fiji
Gezard
Orcty
Rogers
Nimrod
Seton
Shaler
Thomas
van Alstyne
Port Arthur
Villiers
Drelma
Ward
Wright
Harolt
John L. Beach
Watertown
Albert E. Idnley
Srs B. Evans
Bridgeport
Fairchild & Son
Arthur S. Burr
Bessie Treadwell
James Paige
Huntington
Dominick Stroebel
Daniel
Michael Honan
Lone Hill
Mamie
Nellie Wolff
Nathan Wolff
Sadie Wolff
Maxie Wolffe
Arthur Gabler
Peter Willie Jenna Ennities
Long Hill
Nestor Wedge
Walter
Romford
George Sweezey
Charles Sweet
Int ‘Ashua
Rose Jones
Arthur Jones
Frank Wheeler
Derby
Bird
Charles Seeley
Ernest Sherman
Arthur
Monroe
Mabel Seeley
Wesley Doan
Seeley
Mr. Stains
Wilton
Robert Stains
BR. W. Geppler
Peter Ieach
Patrick
Out of Town Visitors Share Long Hill Weekend in Town
In Woodbridge and Bridgeport families hosted guests from nearby towns. Visitors came from Waterloo, Danbury, and New York City to spend a weekend with local residents including Mr. and Mrs. John Mahoney and Mrs. Terrill, and with Freeman H. Eastman and Mrs. George Bevans Sr. The group also visited relatives in town and took trips to Bethel and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbridge
Otto Nelson
Bridgeport
Long Hill
L. F. Pelton
John Mahoney
Terrill
Waterloo
William B. Lyon
LeRoy. Eastman
Bernice
Freeman H. Eastman
George Bevans
Phoebe Bevans
Gardner
Hazel Gardner
Danbury
Hattie Broskway
W. O. Broskway
New York City
John H. Hazelton
Long Hillee
New York
Arthur Sweezey
Bethel
Cannons Social News Highlights in Cos Cob Region
Adele Sturges travels to Long Meadow to visit daughter Mrs Toquet. Doris Godfrey to visit Mrs Miller in Bridgeport. Corsa family vis Illinois Bronx relatives. Helen Sturges hosts May 1 party. Rowayton Literary Club visited May 17. Hattie Crofut and grandson with Betts family. Bessie Coley celebrates birthday with schoolmates. Helen Hubbell guest of Eleanor Coley. Cos Cob builders enlarge Mrs Miller cottage near station. Angeline Gregory recovering at sister’s Chestnut Hill home. Eva Ferris stays with Mrs Miller and Mrs Ambler. Dennis Chase returns from visit to Hannah Ambler ill. Flora Bradley returns from Kent. Cannon Whist Club invites dance May 30 with four-piece South Norwalk orchestra. Mrs Russell and Mrs Harting hosted by Hemmelskamp at Olmstead Hill. Gilbert family hosted Emma Partrick. Memorial Service at Cannon M E Church next Sunday at 7 45. Walter Sterling joins S J Miller’s staff and begins housekeeping at Osborne flats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Sturges
Arenee Toquet
Long Meadow
Hattie Crofut
Danbury
Eli Betts
Willis Betts
Bessie Coley
Helen Hubbell
Eleanor Coley
Carver
Cos Cob
S. J.miller
Leonard Carvuto
Angeline Gregory
Henry Finch
Chestnut Hill
S. S.carver
Eva Ferris
Cannon Hall
South Norwalk
Russell
East Orange
N. J
Mary Harting
Adolph Hemmelskamp
Olmstead’s Hill
Charles E. Gilbert
Emma Partrick
Cannon M. E
Walter Sterling
S. J. Miller
Osborne Apartments
Fairfield News Briefs Include Weddings and Local Events
Miss Mary Neary of Fairfield to wed Percy Searles of Bridgeport after a linen shower at Miss Kathleen Broderick’s home in Bridgeport. Engagement announced for Miss Florence Reid of Black Rock and Howard Thomas of Fairfield. Bid invites issued for 4272 feet of bituminous macadam Amiesite road in Fairfield. Greenfield Grange to perform Josiah's Courtship. Fairfield Girls Club to discuss another dance at St Thomas hall. Fairfield to play Oaklands of Bridgeport Sunday. Summer home of Mrs S H Glover in Main Street entered and ransacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Neary
Percy Searles
Bridgeport
Kathleen Broderick
Lafayette Street
Miss Neary
St. Thomas’ Church
Main Street
Florence Ethel Reid
Black Rock
Howard Thomas
Fairfield
State Highway Department
Staples Seniors Visit Washington Amid Parish Events
Westport notes show Staples High School seniors touring Washington with Mr and Mrs Bowman sending postcards. Church of the Assumption Children of Mary Sodality holds a Sunday reception with vespers sermon and sacramental benediction. Ringling Brothers parade draws crowds to Bridgeport, while Five Hundred Club meets at Miss Marion Wheeler’s King Street home. Trinity Church parish meeting set for May 26 to elect officers and conduct other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staples High School
Washington
Westport
Bridgeport
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Five Hundred Club
Marion Wheeler
King Street
Trinity Church
Miss Marjorie Jennings confined to home by illness
Local notices list residents visiting relatives and guests at Sport Hill and surrounding areas. Among names are Miss Marjorie Jennings ill at home, William L. Loper buying a motorcycle, and several social visits to Stratfield Greens Farms and Rock House. A Methodist Sunday school decision sets a Children’s Day concert for Sunday June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Jennings
Sport Hill
William L. Loper
Joseph B. Hill
Alice Wheeler
Milton B. Williams
Stratfield
Warren Lamson
Bridgeport
Arthur J. Staples
Helen C. ‘Marsh
John H. Candee
Methodist
Ida M. Tarbell
New York
Twin Oaks
Freda Lyford
Elmore
G. Burr Tucker
Rock House
Aurel Ruman, Sr
Chester Hull
Lorintha
Mr. Hull
Arthur Hull
Greens Farms
Misselda F. Ogden
Redding
Newtown to Hold Graduates Events and Play
Newtown High to host reception for faculty seniors and juniors on June 6 1913. Senior class to perform A Rose of Plymouth Town on June 13 at Town Hall and the commencement honors list includes salutatorian Helen Kilbride and valedictorian Viola Kutcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
Newtown High
Plymouth Town
Town Hall
Helen Kilbride
Viola Kutcher
Frank Johnson
Mary
Elizabeth Blake
Anna Brenner
Florence Griffin
George Canfiel
Charles Botsford
Robert Fairchild
Gordon Gale
Newtown High School
Westport High
Glover's
Glover Avenue
Nelfie Tucker
Sandy Hook
Bridgeport
Edward T. Clarke
Frank Co. Allen
Newtown Inn
Charles B. Johnson
George T. Sinnott
W. C. Kennedy
M. G. Keane
Marble Yard
Housatonic Avenue
St. Rose's Cemetery
Methodist Church
Church
Ralph Whitlock
Botsford
Stepney
John M. Peck
Local poultry farms boost flock numbers amid community events
Rev. T. J. Lee's New Milford farm adds 279 barred Plymouth Rocks bringing total chicks to over 650. Mrs. Peck early business expansion noted as neighbors anticipate Bridgely circus. High School tent caterpillar destruction contest awards totaling 5,3,1 dollars to Robert Fairchild Wilbur Olmstead and Russell Wheeler. International Sunshine society hosts social at Mrs. Maddsil’s home with music recitation and piano selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
T. J. Lee
New Milford
Peck
Wesley Peck
Thomas F. Cavanaugh
Eli Beers
Arthur Beard
Susie Cavanaugh
Johnson
Robert Fairchild
Wilbur Olmstead
Russell Wheeler
Loretta Northrop
Obituary notices for James Donahue and Michael Polakerige
Funeral services for James Donahue who died Tuesday in his 73rd year were held yesterday with Rev. John F Cal lahans of St Charles church officiating. Interment followed at St Michaels cemetery. A separate funeral for Michael Polakerige took place yesterday afternoon at 2 o clock from Walker Banks undertaking rooms with interment in Lakeview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ‘Donahue
John F. Callahan
St. Charles’ Church
St. Michaela Cemetery
Michael Polakerige
Walker & Banks
Lakeview Cemetery
Counterfeit Paint and Time Endures Weather
The note argues that cheap paint at $1 and $1.75 per unit is counterfeit and will not fool time or weather. It explains paint as a rubbery coat protecting wood and iron from water and warns counterfeiters imitate genuine products like Devoe from Hubbell Wade Co.
Fresh Fish Delights At Bridgeport Market
Busy crowd gathers at E. H. Dillon & Co on Main street for Friday seafood bargains. Display includes fresh caught fish such as bluefish, mackerel, porgies, haddock, lobsters, oysters, clams, crabs, eels, codfish, halibut, and more from Bridgeport Public Market and Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Bridgeport Public Market
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