Flerbration as Auntington gets flectrng lights
August 21 Huntington small town held a large community celebration to mark the arrival of electricity. A 600-strong crowd gathered at Harold Yapson’s lawn with 40 lights illuminating the scene as a church program and music filled the evening. Local clubs and the Kiwanis hosted speakers and songs, with ice cream and social time following.
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Itington
Spe- H
White Hills
Homs
Harold Yapson
Dhions
Derby
Bridgeport
Evelyn Me
Robert Lattin
Thomas
Harry Mclean
John Baurd
Oliver W. Lewis
Ward
Edward J. H
Evelyn McLean
Thomas Lewis
McLean
Kiwanians
Elmer Sniffen
St Paul's Church
E Huntington Nores
Emily von Dietych
New K
Ft. 28
Lynch of
Huntington
Ladies Society Sewing Hour Held in Abton
An Aug 21 note reports a well attended Ladies Society meeting at Edward Freeborn’s home with sewing, planning for the annual sale, a chicken pie supper, and a post-meeting ice cream and cake. proceeds of $8 were from the supper. Names of attendees listed. Birthday party for Ethel Gray described with gifts and games. Church service preview and personal notes conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abton
Ladies” Society of the
Congregational Eh
Edward Freeborn
F. E. Stiliman
Jessefer
Joseph Jacoba
Ph Bernand
J .B. Hill
Charles Dutelle
Alberton
Samuel B. Turney
Leroy Turney
Alice Burr
Evelyn
Maud Silliman
EU- Mellon
John Brown
Teert Johnson
Helen Free
Ethel Gray
Marvel
Faith Chapel Vacation Bible School Closes In Fairfield
The Faith Chapel Vacation Bible School closed with a program of songs recitations dramatizations and memory work. Primary and junior departments showcased a Good Samaritan pageant Ruth and crafts for hospital and family gifts. Enrollment grew from 35 to 75 as weekly outings were held for foreign mission offerings.
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Fairfield
Faith Chapel Vacation Bible School
Junor
Faith Chapel School
Beardsley Park
Seaside Park
Arthur O Rinden
Yale Divinity‘ School
First Church of Christ
Faith Chapel
Elizabeth Bulkley
Alta Somerville
Florence Bulkley
Alma Asted
Edith Knight
Marguerite Olmstead
Deportation recommended for Stamford Russian immigrant
Deputy Judge James Brinckerhoff urged police to seek immigration authorities action against John Wusko, a Russian native with two children abroad, after doctors found his mental condition abnormal though not dangerous. Wusko was jailed for accosting cashier Mrs Marie Gigney, claiming a cultural custom explained his envelopes of six pennies and a street grab.
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Stamford
George Clark
Frank McMahon
James B. Brinckerhoff
John Wusko
Russia
Wusko
Marie Gigney
Itatic
Mra Givney
Contract awarded for town hall repairs in Darien
Stamford August 21 John Tyler of Noroton has been awarded the contract to remodel the Darien Town hall at a contract to exceed $12,225 This nom was appropriated last night at a special town meeting lasting four minutes and attended to 30 people with Sion W Cooper presiding Jimimons and Abbot Stamford architects have drawn plans for the alterations that will improve the exterior appearance and provide offices for the various lawn government agencies a title searching room police head quarters and court room and a room for committee meetings
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Stamford
John Tyler
Noroton
Darien
Sion W Cooper
Jimimons
Abbot
Bridgeport Driver Arrested for Speeding Bus Incident
Bridgeport resident Joseph Carrigan was arrested by local police for alleged speed violations involving a bus in Stamford. Police report a vehicle speed dispute with a Metropolitan area context spanning New York and New Jersey, with investigation continuing.
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Stamford
Specul
Joseph Carrigan
Bridgeport
Lanien Poliemen
Carian
Beeen
New York
New Jlaven
Impressive Burial Planned for Milford Navy Seaman Nolan
Milford mourning as Daniel Thomas Nolan, 22, son of Patrick Nolan of Bridgeport, dies in a ship accident near Hawaii while aboard the U S Colorado. Naval honors will mark his funeral Monday at St Marys church Milford with a naval reserves detachment and American War Mothers in attendance.
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Milford
Daniel Thomas Nolan
Patrick J. Nolan
Noble Avenue
Bridgeport
Mises Anne
Nell Nolan
Gulf Street
U. S
Colorado
James Nolan
San Francisco
Milford Chanter
American War Mothers’ Association
St. Mary's Church
William J. Fitzgerald
New Haven
Naval
Milfora Post
American Legion
Nolan
Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian Islands
St. Mary's Cemetery
Monroe Resident Dees in Hartford Age 81
Theodore Lockwood an elderly Monroe resident died in Hartford on Monday at age 81. He left one brother and three sisters and was a charter member and longtime treasurer of Harmony Grange. Funeral services were held in Hartford and in Monroe Congregational Church.
Samuel Wiencrot Applies for 32 Room Apartment House
Samuel Wiencrot files for a port to erect a 32 room apartment house at 777 Atlanta street. Project costs 3 000 and features brick and stone construction, four stories tall, with a 32 thousand dollar price tag.
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Stampoled
Samuel Wiencrot Inday
Atlanta Street
Building projects gain in Fairfield area plans
In Fairfield on August 21 plans filed with Inspector Nelson R Pearson include multiple new homes and additions. Names and costs cover Mrs Hugh T D Auchincloss John T Arms Stanley J T Bullird Mary Mako Howard A Smith A J Ogden Alfred T Steeved Charles W Platt Frank Uhiskey Stanley and Mary Sallk Theresa and Andrew Horvath and a separate estate settlement in Slammord where Judge Floyd Burham approves the final account and the will directs 4500 to the deceased’s daughters Margeret and Katherine Cullog.
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Fairfield
Nelson R. Pearson
Hugh TD. Auchincloss
Pine Creek Road
John T. Arms
Stanley JT Bullird
Port Road
Mary Mako
Reef Yoad
Howard A Smith
Mine Hill Road
A. J. Ogden
Yonkers
Plang
Beach Road
Alfred T Steeved
Charles Wo
Ruth W Platt
Colony Street
Frank Uhiskey
Brook Street
Co Stratfield Road
Stanley
Mary Sallk
Theresa
Andrew Horvath
Tunxis Thil Road
Slammord
Specelal
James Culloo
Floyd Burham
Margeret
Katherine Cullog
Pulpit of Darien Church Chooses 10 Ministers in N J
Darien August 21 Special Dr Floyd Leach of Grantwood N J former assistant to Dr Stires of St Thomas Episcopal New York City will likely become rector of St Luke s Episcopal church A parish meeting will vote on extending a call to Leach The building committee aims to erect a new rectory ground was broken this week for the rear of the present one on the Post road The old rectory was sold to Mrs Aly of Nareton Invitations were issued for the wedding of Miss Margaret Radford to Albert G Ruman in Rowayton Methodist church Next Thursday at 2 pm Both brides and grooms are prominent in Darien Short meeting Four minute town meeting approves 12 125 Board of Finance alteration to town hall
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Darien
Floyd Leach
Grantwood
N. J
Stires
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
New York City
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Leach
Edward Delafield
William Zeigler, Jr
Charles Bates Dana
Post Road
Aly
Nareton
Margaret Radford
Tekeneke
Albert G. Ruman
Easton
Rowayton Methodist Church
Charles §. Gray
Radford
Percy Radford
Shennamere
Contentment Island
Stamford
Ruth Malcolmson
Ruman
W. le Bearles
Betty
Julia Radford
Dieter
Ann Ruman
Contractor James Bradley Dies at Ridgefield Summer Home
James Bradley vice-president and secretary of Bradley contracting company died at his Ridgefield summer home aged sixty six. Born Léa Bradgley in New York City he lived there most of his life. Survived by widow and three children two daughters. Funeral set for Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at his New York City home with Rev J Hart sock officiating.
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Ridgefield
James Bradley
Bradley Contracting Company
Subway and
Apartment House Builders
Léa Bradgley
New York City
Derby Man Hurt When Motorcycle Hits Auto
Guteno Mian of 16 Bank Street riding a motorcycle on Main Street near Water Street in Derby was badly hurt Friday morning after losing control on a sleet slick road and colliding with an automobile owned by Frank Getter of Norwich Street New Haven. Mian was taken to Griffin Hospital with multiple cuts and abrasions. Mr and Mrs William Kiley of Anson Street, injured in a separate Thursday night crash, were reported to be in about the same condition. John Milry of Ansonia, driver of the other vehicle, faced reckless driving charges and Bond was set.
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Derby
Specah
Guteno Mian
Bank Street
Main Street
Water Street
Centrol
Frank
Getter
Norwich Street
New Haven
Rank
Griffin Hospital
TF. Phinkett
Wiliam Kiley
Anson Street
Mkley
New Haven Road
John Milry
Ansonia
Earthquakes Shake Goldfield Desert Area
Two quakes rattled dishes and woke sleepers in the Southern Nevada desert around Goldfield. Tremors were felt as far north as Mina, about fifty miles away, with residents reporting the shocks twice in one day.
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Goldfield
Nevada Desert
Mina
Lordship Association Plans Road Improvement Campaign
Lordship Improvement Association President Nunnold calls a special meeting to chart next year’s road work. Attendees will review a July 1924 to July current report and discuss Stratford Road extension. Officials previously resisted but later accepted eight road segments. growing traffic pressures spur calls for school facilities expansion.
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Lordship
Nunnold
Lordship Improvement Association
Stratford Road
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Stratford Town
Stratford- Lordship Road
Danbury and Bethel Co Plans Reorganization Restore Service
Danbury and Bethel Street Railway aims to complete rehabilitation after amicable settlement over notes on first mortgage bonds. J Moss Ives, receiver, says $70 000 to $80 000 claims resolved and no obstacle to reorganizing the public utility serving Danbury and Bethel with trolley and bus lines. Three miles of Bridgeport track remain, two leased to Connecticut company. city request to remove the mile may not be granted if CT desires to use it.
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Danbury and Bethel Co
J. Moss Ives
Bankrupt Street Railway Company
Bridgeport
Danbury
Danbury and Bethel Street Railway Company
J. Moss
Ives
Bethel
Judge Jyea Gard
Connecticut Company
Redding Church Fair Draws Large Crowd at Ridgewood Inn
Redding Aug 21 Special The annual fair under Christ Church Women's Auxiliary at the Ridgewood Inn drew a large local and out-of-town attendance and hopes for over 350 in proceeds. The event featured fancy articles, a green plate supper, and a program of dances and music. organizers included Mrs P R Bradley Mrs Harold Edwards Mrs Jane Archer and others. A planning meeting for extension work is set for Sept 17 at 3 o'clock with state leaders present.
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B. B Kelley
Harry MacFarlan
Charles Shelton
Belle Sanford
Ausxliary
Herbert
Barnes
Jac and Jill
Marion
Eleanor Osborn
Mahree
P. Bradt Naan
Marion Osborn
Nancy Barnes
Alice Williams
Mary and Seton Sullvan
Manon Burr
Emily Leahy
Kitty Barnes
Margaret Chamberlain
Nancy
Sears
Eesnore Useborn
P. B. Nash
H. & Barnes
Redding
Ella Wy Boddie
Gertruda Crowe
Newtown
Alice Culhane
Bethel
Marty , McCollum
Nell Reynolda
New Haver
Sunset Hill
Catherine Gil
James QM
Latdgeport
Shelton Youth Faces Court On Theft Charge
Shelton seventeen year old Martino Marteno of Hawkins Street Derby was charged with theft after attempting to pawn a watch later found stolen from H P Tickets home on Howe Avenue extension. The house was broken into last Saturday and the watch, an antique peculiar piece, was among stolen items. The pawn shop recognition led to Chief Donovan’s notification and Martino was bound over to the next term of Superior Court in Bridgeport.
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Shelton
Sperial
Vredeilok Mar ‘Tina
Hawkins Street
Derby
H P. 1Nickets
Howe Avenue
Martino
New Haven
Fairfield County Poultry Raisers Hold Farm Tour
Over 150 poultrymen from Fairfield and New Haven counties toured farms in Cheshire and Wallingford under the Fairfield County Farm Bureau. They studied management, incubation, and breeding with R. K. Jones of Connecticut Agricultural College supervising.
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Fairfield County Poultry Raisers
Fairfield
New Haven
Cheshire
Wallingford
Fairfield County Farm Bureau
W. E. Buckingham
South Cheshire
C. E. Sibley
R. K. Jones
Connecticut Agricultural College
Danbury
Bethel
Bridgeport
Redding
Greenwich
Pairfield
Easton
Huntington
Stratfford
Monroe
Wilton
Hayes place sold to George Brink of New York
In New Fairfield on August 21 the Hayes property adjoining Brush farm was sold to George Brink of New York City. Ruth Sanford visits her aunt Mrs Cora Page on South Street. Local residents host guests including D Truesdale and Ralph Truesdale, C F Clark and daughter Mildred Hoag, Miss Lynch, and Ernest Crush. Frank Perry builds a small dwelling on Squantset road with land recently bought. Ritchie and Rathburnes plan a Mohawk Trail motor trip visiting Vermont sites.
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New Fairfield
Sproml
Hayes Place
Brush Farm
George Brink
New York City
Ruth Sanford
Cora Page
South Street
C H. Wiliams
D . Truesdale
Ralph Truesdale
C.F. Clark
Bridgeport
Mildred Hoag
Mita Lynch
New York
Danbury Battery First To Be Fully Equipped In State
Danbury’s Battery D of the 192nd Field Artillery, commanded by Captain George J. Schoen, now has four 155 mm howitzers and hauling tractors. Officially ready for rapid action, the unit is the first in its regiment to receive full equipment and may be called to service briefly for test purposes before training moves to Tebbyhanna, Pa next year.
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Danbury
Celal
192Nd Field Artillery
Wich
George J. Schoen
Tebbyhanna
Food Sale Boosts Parsonage Fund at Long Hill
Long Hill August 21 Special report describes a lawn sale at Mrs. Arthur J. Hull for the Parsonage fund. Food and fancy articles sold quickly, a fish pond entertained children, and punch was poured by Sunday School girls. The event netted $42. Also notes on local visits and church matters.
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Long Hill
Mre
Arthur J. Hull
Huraday
Elizabeth Sanford
Brooklyn
Ben Sanford
Lakeville
Man
Mra
B. S. Beach
Hazel Kirk
Lake Zoir
Irene Doe
Stratford
Lawrence Sherran
George Fountain
Fa Gon
M. E
W. D. Melcher
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Cleveland
Edward Cotton
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Urge Grangers Attend State Field Meetings
Miss Anna G Murphy secretary of Potatuck Grange No 129 receives notice from the Connecticut State Grange that Worthy Master Louis J Tabor of the National Granges will tour Connecticut for three days in late August speaking at Lake Quassapaug Middlebury Star's College Tu xeday and Hanover Park Meriden August 26 at least one meeting is urged for every Danbury patron. Also notes Danbury residents travel to Atlantic City for a few days and Milam H Egan master of the Pennsylvania station in New York has arrived at Camp Hay Walnut Tree Hill with tents for guests during his vacation season. A white elephant sale at the library is set for Saturday after August 29 from 1 30 to 4 o'clock standard time with local committee support.
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Mowtown
Anna G. Murphy
Pohtatuck Grange No
Connecticut State Grange
Louis J. Tabor
National Granges
Connecticut
Lake Quassapaug
Middlebury
Star’s College
Tuxeday
Hanover
Camp
Hgay
Walnut Tree HI
Wal
Egan
Dewtown
Fairfield Country Club Teas and Social Schedule
The Fairfield Country Club announces a tennis tea this Saturday afternoon with dancing from 4 to 7. Upcoming events include a costume dance on September 1, a Labor Day luncheon, a surprise contest on September 19, and a dinner with mahjong and bridge on October 17.
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Fairfield
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Ree D. Nichols
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Hen(Waterhouse
Effie J. Clarke
William W.ley
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Lillian Nichols
Stanley Nichola
Ella Erichson
Neils Erick
Bantam Lake
William Doherty
Andrew Schreiber
Edward J. Lynch
Bridge
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Theodora Rundell
Mass
Ann . Buckner
Red House
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STON
Preston Warren
Congregational
Fred Turney
Charles ‘Marsh
Terresa
John Brothwes
Greenfield
Cy Trowbwvell
Congo Beasts
Balsay
Gg Steinmetz
Devon
Joscott
Tois
Eleanorth
Shan Oliver
Astoria
Tyler City
George Collins
Alice Lockwood
Florence Lorkwood
Joseph Lute
Dees
Hartford
Ace Svnnis
Bradford Hawley
Bridgeport Hospital
Ralph Wales
Platisburg
Qallege
Trank
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Ambrose Hurd
Ari
Joseph C. Peterick
Board of Finance
Large Concern
Shock
Redding Church Fair
Shelton Youth
Danbury Battery
National Guardsmen
Farfield Country Club
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