Panama Canal Zone Scouts Rest in Devon en Route to Lewiston
Two truckloads of 25 Panama Canal Zone boy scouts arrived in Milford Devon under E A Bogda en route to Lewiston Maine for a week long stay. The group, sons of American residents, topped zone schools in competitive studies and will camp in Lewiston for a month. They traveled from Colon July 23, visited New York, then paused in Devon for refreshments before continuing.
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Milford
Panama Canal Zone
Devon
E. A. Bogda
United States
Lewiston
Maine
Colon
New York
Bogda
Sane
Boy Scout Movement
Planne
Westport Health Officer May Sue to End Nuisances
Westport health officer Dr William R Munnon urged the Board of Finance to appropriate 2500 for dredging the Saugatuck River channel to abate a sewage nuisance south of the State Street bridge. The finance board deferred action, seeking to determine if the channel would stay open or refill, while threats of civil action against the town loomed if no steps were taken.
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Westport
William R. Munnon
Board of Finance
Mun ‘Won
Finance Board
State Street
Ficer
Milford Police Seek Missing Truck Driver
Milford police search for an unidentified truck driver who struck and slightly injured Edgar Boyd 85 of Pittsfield Mass a summer resident Wildermere Beach. Boyd was walking along the road from Devon when the driver sped away and escaped.
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Milford
Edgar Boyd
Pittsfield
Mass
Wilderere Beach
Boyd
Devon
Ridgefield Chautauqua Features Music and Politics
August 4 Ridgefield notes a Chautauqua program led by J Coates Lockhart with soprano Vera Hays violinist Alline Ventreas and saxophonist pianist Miss Tleene Reeds. A Scotch program and Walter Millard lecture on effective voting highlighted a varied musical afternoon and an evening of Scotch costumes.
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Henry Lauder
Walter J. Millard
Milard
New England
Dixon
Wilmot P. Lord
Hugh Shields
Lockhart
Millard
Grace C. White
New Haven
Yale
Miss White
Benjamin Franklin Grammar School
Joseph Bacchiochi Willimantic
Overdown
Harle Chambers
Earle Denton
South Norwalk
Chamber
Denton
Chambers
Florence Denton
Mary
Federer
New York City
Charles A. Mederer
Thunder Crag
Redding Camp Ground Commission Meets at Park
The Asrael Putnam Camp Ground commission holds its monthly meeting at the park on Thursday August 6 at 2 30 o clock. Local residents and visitors are noted including Mr Keeler aged 92 born in the family home at Pine Tree Corner and Mrs Hu of Brooklyn hosting a Bridge party at the Ridgewood Inn.
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Redding
Asrael Putnam Camp Ground Commission
Migs Loulap Keeler
Gedree Keller
Soscon
Pine’ Tree
Keeler
William B. Hu
Brooklyn
Ridgewood Inn
J. R. Bradley
Sayville
Jack Fiske
Alice Pilkington
Hiddle
James Kennedy
Bridgeport
H. A. McOllam
Samuel C. Shaw
Lila Vane
Elizabeth Minor
Poughkeepsie
Kempton Adame
Charles M'Collum
New Hampshire
Munsonville
Betty Shaw
State Commission Eyes Park Site in New Fairfield
State Park commissioners consider a salute park at Ball's Pond in New Fairfield though the Knapp property was sold to Arthur W. Tweedy of Danbury. They continue search for a suitable location as community events unfold including a Ball's Pond picnic and Friends meeting at Peach Lake. Several local residents attend funerals and visits, with a Danbury hospital stay for Edwin Chase and various travels among neighbors in the area.
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New Fairfield
State Park Commissioners
Knapp
Ball's Pond
Arthur W. Tweedy
Danbury
Monroe Town Voters Enrollment and Local Socials
Voters in Monroe will meet at Town Hall on Friday August 7 and 14 from noon to 9 pm to enroll eligible voters. The town schools are to be repaired this summer under the town school committee. A Grange lawn party at Fred P. Sherman and Elmer Banks’ home Friday night promises lively entertainment. Baptist and Methodist Sunday schools plan their annual picnic on Wednesday August 5 with dinner in the Baptist church basement and exercises on the green. Mrs Ida Hagzard spent the weekend in Trumbull with her daughter Mrs Frank Wells.
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Monroe
Fred P. Sherman
Elmer Banks
Baptist
Methodist
Baptist Church
Ida Hagzard
Trumbull
Mra
Frank Wells
Keating to Welcome Delegates at Colored Women’s Clubs Meet
Stamford hosts 200 delegates from 14 states for the Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's clubs convention to August 8 in the high school hall. Mayor John F. Keating will greet them tomorrow night.
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Stamford
John F. Keating
Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Executive's Effort to Quit Proves Unpopular
Fairfield report details R. Cathcart resigning as president of the Fairfield Luncheon Club at a Tuesday noon meeting. Members tabled the motion and urged no more resignation letters. Attendees included Dwight Banks and W. H. Emsberger. a clambake at Greenfield Hill CC is planned with games at 4, dinner at 6:30, and dancing to follow.
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Fairfield
Ui. R. Cathcant
du Pont de Nemours and Company
Uuquona
Cathcart
Sheri Simeon Pease
Dwight Banks
Greenfield Hill
W. H. Emsberger
Auburn
N. Y
H.R Cathcart
W. H. Donaldson
Greenfield HL
J. B. O'Day
Bethel Physician Returns with Woman after Yucatan Divorce
Bethel reports a local sensation as Dr George D Wight returns with Mrs Caroline Holter from Key West Florida. He states in a letter that he married in Cuba after a Yucatan divorce and has discharged from a New York hospital. They reside at Mrs Holter's home while legal questions loom over the Yucatan divorce decree.
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Bethel
George D. Wight
Caroline Holter
Elm Street
Key West
Florida
Cuba
Yucatan
Wight
New York City
Holter
Harry E. McKehzie
Jitney Players to Stage Show at New Canaan Club
New Canaan Country club plans an August 17 performance by The Jitney Players, a three year New England touring troupe. The dance at the club on August 8 is another major summer event with anticipated large attendance. Local residents, events, and notices wrap a busy week with garden and social happenings, plus property and legal notes.
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NEW Canaan Club
Jttney
New Canaan
New England
Westport
Fairfield
New
Canaan Country Club
S. S. Brinckerhoff
Segbert
James EB. Brinckerhoff
Stamford
Westport Debates Plans for Bedford Junior High Edifice
Westport officials discuss need for 30 000 more to complete Bedford Junior High construction with 290 000 available. Architectural sketches shown in town and post office exhibits. Also listed are recent deeds and mortgages filed in town clerk’s office and notes on local social activity and residents.
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Westport
Board of Finance
Selectmen's
Town Hall
New Bedford Juior High School
Post Office
M.C. A
W. B. Tubby
New York City
Joseph A. Guthrie
Erwin M. Jennings Company
Post Road
Alfred Maddock
Richard and
Mary McNally
West Parish Road
Margaret R. Huhne
Port Chester
N. Y
Morton W. Green
New York
Compo
Samuel Roedner
Rose Pastorino
Cornelius M. Alien
Antonio Belluce
Ren Door Park
Stamford Boy Is Seriously Hurt In Car Accident
Stamford reports a five year old boy, Robert Fitzgerald of 83 Selleck Street, was struck by a car driven by Joseph Gakella of 18 Linden Place near Labella's. He was rushed to Stamford Hospital with a fractured skull.
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Stamford
Robert Fitzgerald
Selleck Street
Stamford Hospital
Joseph Gakella
Linden Place
Labella
Brookfield Man Hurt in Auto Wagon Crash
Matthew Horton, a Woodbine Farm employee in Brookfield, was thrown from his wagon when struck by a car at White and Seventh in Danbury. Driver Walter Weldhass and passenger Frances Trueheart of Easthampton were involved. Horton received a severe facial artery injury and was treated at Emergency Hospital before transfer to Danbury Hospital. Also noted: Lottie Swanson’s eighty first birthday and local residents Gerald Curtis and family, A R Joyce, and Frank Field making travels or visits.
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Brookfield
Matthew Horton
Woodbine Farm
White and
Seventh Avenue
Danbury
Efe
Walter Weldhass
Easthampton
Mass
Frances Trueheart
Horton
Mrs. Frank Field
Long Island
New Haven Road Plans Close Woodmont Depot
Milford officials report the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad will abolish the Woodmont freight and ticket office as part of winter economy measures. Passengers must buy tickets from conductors with cash rebates. freight will be billed from Milford. The historic station, deteriorating and costly to repair, may not reopen after winter.
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Milford
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Woodnont
Woodmont
Newtown Hook and Ladder Selects Nine New Members
Newtown August 4 Special The Newtown Hook and Ladder Company No 1 held its monthly meeting with thirteen members present. Nine new members were approved including John J Cahill Thomas Griffen William Ready John J Keane Frederick J Crouch Edward J Bradley Joseph Kenny Cornelius K Houlihan and Antol Amato. The borough will furnish a truck for transport to fires, with possible private assistance until permanent equipment is ready. Plans include hydrant inspection and Hose handling instruction from Bridgeport visitors August 15. The group will purchase capes and white shirts with badges for a uniform look.
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Newtown
Newtown Hook
John J. Cahill
Thomas Griffen
William Ready
John J. Keane
Frederick J. Crouch
Edward J. Bradley
Joseph Kenny
Cornelius K. Houlihanami Antol | Amato
P. H. McCarthy
Levi C. Morris
Bridgeport Fire Department
John J. Finnell
No. 3 Engine Company
Bridgeport
Newtown Hook and Ladder Company
Newstown
Trinity Guild
Trinity Church
the Guil l
Arthur E. Brinton
Westin Weston Highlights Holy Land Lectures and Fair Plans
Weston prepares for Rev W D Carroll led Holy Land ateropticon lectures at the Christian Endeavor meeting Sunday at 7 30 PM. A village fair follows on church grounds Saturday with supper from 6 to 11 PM and a 4 PM circus parade leading to midnight dancing. Also noted are union services, an engagement announcement of Miss Marguerite Treadwell, and a request for funds to install new fire hydrants on the Post road with a Board of Finance review.
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Weston
W. D. Carroll
Holy Land
Christian Endeavor
Carroll
Mannuel Church
Christ Church Redding
Emannuel Church
Lyons Plains
H. J. Carroll
Christchurch
Marguerite Treadwell
JT. W. Treadwell
Preacrick Shire l
Elmhurst
Long Island
Stamford
Common Council
Board of Finance
Pase
Westport Burglary Ring Trials To Resume Thursday
In Westport the trial of Joseph Lachman age 96 Fairfield and Edward and Ignat Horelick of this town, linked to a spree of burglaries in Weston, will resume in town court Thursday morning. Meyers of Bridgeport, serving sixteen months, remains in custody, with Lachman and the Horelicks facing burglary charges and an additional receiving-stolen-goods count. A warrant and further sentencing are anticipated as details unfold.
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Westport
Joseph Lachman
Fairfield
Edward
Ignat Horelick
Frank Virelli
Bridgrero
Weston
Virelli
W. Ter Meyera
Brugeport
Lachman
Edward Horeé
Tick
Udor
Ignatz
Moyers
Hee
Horelick Brothers
Posseln
Odealth
Meyers
Lachmann
Danbury
Joseph Woods
Horelick
Trus
Land
Eviieme
Forelick Cies
Free Trial Offer for Asthma and Hay Fever Relief
An advertisement promises a free trial of a method to control asthma and hay fever at the advertiser’s expense. It claims to help chronic and recent cases, including those unrelieved by inhalers or other remedies. Readers are urged to mail in a coupon today to start at once.
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Prontier Asthma CO
Nagaca and Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N. J
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Bloomfield, N.J
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White Hills
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Shelton
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Vermont
Virginia Moore
Stratford
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Wells Hollow
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John Arundel
Jainglass Street
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William Glass
the Glass
New Canaan Grange
Roton Point
Stephen Heath
Darius St. John
Samuel H. Tuttle
Thomas Tunney
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J. Livingston Ely
Nellie Sturges
Angie
Woodworth
Samuel Roodner
Peat
Swinburne Hale
Leonard Gault
Besale K. &Wickwire
Newtown Averawe
Alene L. Kipphe
Harry R. Sherwood
Charles Henry Nourse
Maple Avenue
Greens Farms
Nourse
Charles Seton Henry
Corine Lowe
A. Guild Bowne
Paris
Carrie Selleck
Lincoln Street
Edna
Caroline Dettner
Bayonne
N. J
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Compo Road
E. H. Allen
A. C.shaw
Leonart H.ault
Riverside
Mottana
Anna Reinhardt
William
Canaria
Howard Luke Reed
Edward R. Reed
New Haven Road
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