Lordship Association Seeks Stratford Fire Equipment Upgrade
At a Lordship Improvement Association meeting on a Wednesday evening there was strong support to petition Stratford Town Council for a complete, motor propelled fire engine with 748 foot hose, plus centralized housing and future legal steps. The group also planned road and building improvements on Pauline Street and Ocean Avenue to enhance safety for the outlying districts. The event included local swimming results with entrants from Lordship Beach and a trophy program for top performers over two years.
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Lordship Improvement Associaion
Cogneil
Operatford
Nes
Association
Lordship 1
Hilland Avenue
Ocean Avenues
Lwaya
Lordship
New Haven
Jack Porter
Joe Phelan
Ed- Werd Sutton
Aig
Helmuth Duberg
Lordship Beach
Paniny Laternoon
Lordship Yar Association
Maksling
Louis E. N
Amons
Beach
Amas
Sunday School of
St. John’s Eipiagopal Church of
Bridgeport
Ayo
Danbury Prepares Welcome for Governor at Fair
Danbury gears up to host Governor John H. Trumbull at the Danbury Fair on October 9. The governor will arrive by airplane from Tucker’s field or the hillside estate and will be hosted by the Danbury Boosters club and fair officials. Fairfield county legislators will also attend as guests of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
John H. Trumbull
Connecticut Aero Squadron
Edward L. Kelly
Tucker’s Field
Aiergu Naine
Frank H
Baldwin
Danbury Fair
Fairfield County
Eight Acre Weston Parm Transferred Beautified by Evergreens
The item notes an $8 acre Weston Parm transfer and mentions Fourtela Jr. filing a variation while beautifying the area with many evergreen trees planted to enhance the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourtela Jr
Fairfield Realty Market Deed Records Brighten Local Entries
Real estate deed records from Fairfield list numerous quit-claims and warranty transfers. Transactions include Lace Fo Blackman to Charles A. Wintzer with lots 120 121 and 122, and Catherine M Benham acquiring Greenfield Hill acres from Bridgeport Trust Company. Multiple lots change hands among Benham Schick Farist and others, with properties in Fairfield Park Lenox Heights Beach Farm Castle Park and Lenox Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Lace
Fo Blackman
Charles A. Wintzer
James H. Seeley
Bridgeport Trust Company
Cathering M Benham
Greenfield Hill
Elbert C. Hull
Miro
Willam C. Miro
J. Windsor Farist
Greenfield HI
Matilda Renway
Michael J Schick
A. J. Benway
Arthur J Benway
Michael J. Schick
A. J Benway
Stephen E. Clhulas
Wiliam Fhion
Fairfield Beach
Katherine F Egeiing
Michael J. Kahn
Elizabeth Eldert Foulkes
Emma B. Wildman
Samuel Miro
Windsor
Dominick Miro
J. Winsor Farist
Norwalk Lumber Company
Joseph Toth
Inchuaive
Fairfield Park
Annie Poloski
Sophy Barranof
Kenwood Park
Joseph Smith
Willam H. Fox
Belmont Street
Angelo Cataldo
Beach Farm
Hattie Swanson
West Side Savings Bank of Bridgeport
Howard A Smith
Catherine M. Benham
Howard A. Smith
Henry Rowland
Penfield Road
Emma B. Widmann
Elizabeth Eldery Foulkes
Fine Creek
Peter F. Strasburger
Woodmont Group Eyes Site for Community House
Milford August 2 Special Officers of the Woodmont Community Center plan fundraising for a new building. A benefit concert by the Derby Mandolin Club, hosted by Mrs. John A. Hall, is set to aid the building fund. Local property owner Frank Resso may donate land but wants the rear used as a public dump until grading completes, a point of public debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Woodmont Community center,Inc
John A. Hall
Rock Row
Derby Mandolin Club
Woodmont
Hall
Frank Resso
Seoperty
Four Initiated at Pohtatuck Grange in Newtown
In Newtown on August 27 Pohtatuck Grange held a meeting with 44 Grangers present including five visitors and one Brookfield member. Four new members were initiated in the fourth degree and a program featured songs, papers, a speech by W. John Murphy, a town tax talk, a surprise number, and plans for the next meeting. Local officials and residents noted upcoming audits, post office duties, nurse student visits, and a New York Giants Pittsburgh doubleheader trip by fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
Pohtatuck
Brookfield Grange
Grange
Edith V Mead
Mildred E. Lut
Mildred E. Lut Report On the Speech Made By the Master of the National Grange
Lake Quassapaug
W. John Murphy
William C. Johnson
F. H. McCarthy
Willem G Johnson
Frederick McGuire
First
John J. Northrop
Frank
Soule
Gertrude Crowe
Main Street
Helen Joy
Miss Joy
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
Giants
Pittsburgh
Norwalk DeMolay Chapter to Open Its Own Clubhouse
Norwalk August 27 Special The Norwalk Chapter of DeMolay will open its own clubhouse the first in Connecticut to do so. The 18 room Elizzabeth street house will be used by the chapter and its advisors with up to $1,200 pledged for upkeep. The facility features a library billiard room drawing room games and a dining hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
de Molay
Connecticut
Elizzabeth Street
Masonic Temple
Attempts to Save Son Ends in Father and Son Death
In Ashland Kentucky a father William Moore thirty eight and his son Hubert fourteen died during a rescue attempt at a natural spring 23 feet deep. They set off dynamite to loosen rock then fell unconscious from gas as rescuers arrived. Hubert died five minutes after reaching the floor of the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
William Moore
Jehildren
Nfe
Moore
Hubert
Ansonia Baker Ends Life Attempt Fails at Home
Ansonia August 27 Special Peter Meckanes a baker of 161 North Main Street narrowly escaped death Wednesday night in a gas asphyxiation attempt. Ill health and family troubles were given as causes. Neighbors reported the gas odor, six officers found him unconscious on his bed, Dr. O Neil treated him, and he regained consciousness and was improving today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
Peter Meckanes
North Main Street
Meckanes
Haseen
O'Neil
Easton Notes Walton Bride Joins Kolesar in Easton Union
Helen Kisco daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Kleco Bridgeport and John Kolesar of Easton wed by Rev. Andrew FE Komara at St Johns Church Bridgeport on Brooks Street Bridgeport. After a reception the bride and groom left for a wedding trip to Pennsylvania. Kolesar works in the milk business on Sport Hill. George B. Beers and Frederick Silliman named appraisers for Carrie Seeley estate. Jesse Beers of Providence visiting Beers family. Beers daughters Helen and Eleanor Beers returning from two months abroad to meet their father in New York. Mrs Fred Relyea Bridgeport visited Wheeler home. Henry Perkins and two children from Buffalo visiting Kendall home. Emma Carr and Mrs Wright callers at Seeley residence. Reid family visiting the August Kuehn home in Fairfield. Frank Smith Gliza Smith Herold Smith Emily Powell and Carrie Marsh spent Wednesday at the Fairfield beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Arthur E. Wheeler
Henry Perkins
Eilen
George
Buffalo
New York
Frank Kendall
Emma Carr
Wright
Mary Seeley
Fairfield
Reid
August Kuehn
Frank Smith
Gliza Smith
Herold Smith
Emily Powell
Carrie Marsh
Cos Cob trolley zone extended to Cos Cob school
Greenwich August 27 special Cos Cob wins trolley zone extension from Diamond Hill to Cos Cob school after years of petitioning. The Riverside avenue and Diamond Hill extension previously allowed one fare hub to Riverside, with the company noting potential loss if further widening is required. The Greenwhich Chamber and Community Association pressed for a partial expansion as a trial, agreeing to revert if it harms the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Cos Cob
Diamond Hill
Cos Cob Community Association
Greenwich Chamber of Commerce
Riverside Association
New York and Stamford Trolley Railway Company
Riverside Avenue
Community Association
Cos Cob School
Yealt
Edith Duane Peck
The
EB. Miller
Fairfield Police Hold Check Passer
Fairfield Aug 27 Special Willa W Willcox 44 of Norwalk is jailed on 1000 bond to appear Sept 8 in Town Court on fraud obtaining money under false pretenses and general misconduct An arrest in a rooming house on Bungalow avenue by Constables Bennett and Elwood alleges she cashed several checks at local stores with no funds remaining unpaid as the signature of another man could not be located
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Willa W. Willcox
Afty-four
Norwalk
Bungalow Avenue
Arthur J. Bennett
A. R. Elwood
Monroe jurors drawn for 1925 26 court year
A list of twenty four Monroe residents drawn to serve as jurors for the 1925 26 court year includes Edward J Beardsley Louis B Beardsley Ray craft M Beardsley John M Burr Myron Clark George H Edwards Arthur Beardsley Jr Marshall Beach Thornton Blakeman William A Curtiss Morris B French Milon B Hawley Herbert Joyce William K Mix Zalmon JF Purdy Elmer Read Henry J Smith William Starr Edwin C Shelton Chester W. Tyrrell Charles H Thorpe J G Woods and Stephen B Hayes. Also notes Mrs George S Hawley and son Lloyd visiting New York. trips by Ma and Mrs Chester Tyrrell and others to Bear Mountain and Storm King Highway. Postmaster William C Hawley on vacation. and several local residents traveling to Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Edward J Beardsley
Louis B. Beardsley
Raycraft M. Beardsley
John M. Burr
Myron
Clark
George H. Edwards
Arthur Beardsley Jr
Marshall Beach
Thornton Blakeman
William A. Curtiss
Morris B. French
Milon B. Hawley
Herbert Joyce
William K. Mix
Zalmon
JF. Purdy
Elmer
Robert Sinclair
Maine
Carlton Joyce
Chariton, Maas
Ernest Proundman
Hampton
Ambrose Hurd
Congregational Pastor Walter Denny to Leave Huntington
Huntington Aug 27 Special The Huntington Fish and Game club donates a silver cup as a trophy for annual ball games run at White Hills Tony Papale farm with games balloon races barn yard golf and running races Rev Walter Bell Denny pastor of the Congregational church for two years will resign soon to move to New Haven A minister candidate will be heard Sept 6 Various local residents and visitors are noted with short social items and a new plank bridge on Mohegan Street across Farmill River built by Olin C Shelton and assistants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiuntington
Huntington Fish and Game Club
Huntington and
Echo Hose Firh
White Hills
Tony Papale
Batardss
Walter Bell Denny
Congregational Church
New Haven
Hanford G. Wilson
Ruth and
Hanford, Jr
Ella Treadwell
Weaton
New Students at Ridgefield School
Ridgefield notes report 15 new men arriving at the State Police barracks for training under Lieutenant Bushes. The piece also lists local attendees at the Fifth annual American Legion Auxiliary convention in New London, including Mrs. Roy Davis and Mrs. Howard D. Smith, with delegates from Ridgefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgefield
State Police Barracks
Bushes
Explosion Victim in Critical Condition in Ansonia
In Ansonia on Prospect street a garage blast Wednesday night left Michael Albanes with third degree burns and a critical prognosis. Police probe points to a still attached to the blast site allegedly operated by Dominick Loberine, killed in the explosion. Coroner Ell Mix is leading the investigation with no report yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
Michael Albanes
Central Street
Prospect Street
Dominick Loberine
Factory Street
Ell Mix
Three Manslaughter Counts Held against Shelton Man
Shelton, Aug. 27. Through the irony of late Thomas Pennyfeather, of Shelton, who celebrated his sixth birthday before he left Lawrence Memorial Hospital after August 3, he faces three manslaughter counts in North Andover court on September 1 for a Salem turnpike auto crash on August 8. Four occupants, including Pennyfeather, were in the car. Kelly, Doherty, and Hayes died at the scene while Pennyfeather survived with concussion and other injuries. Police report a broken whiskey bottle found in the car, leading to a charge of operation under the influence. Pennyfeather disputes ownership of the bottle. The trial's outcome will be watched, as he is a known Shelton figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
Thomas Pennyfeather
Lawrence
Mass
Memorial Hospital
Pennyfeather
North Andover Court
Salem Turnpike
Pennyfeatt
Wihiamn B. Kelly
Salem
Andoer
Michiel Doherty
Witiam Hayes
Peabody
Tor
Kelly
Doherty
Hayes
Pennfeather
Lawrence Hospital
Andover
Nquor
Graveyard Mystery at Anchorage Inn Disinterred Bodies
Residents at the Anchorage Post Road Inn in Stamford were amused by a mystery after two graves were found open in a nearby cemetery. Stanley Curtis of Boson led a group to read and sketch, discovering a pick and shovel. A giant Negro worker for the cemetery owner admitted the bodies were ordered disinterred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Anchorage
Stanley Curtis
Boson
Curtis
Fairfield Court Continues Cases at Aug 27 Docket
Fairfield Aug 27 Special Half of the town court docket was continued. Herbert H Chacker of New York City was fined $10 for passing on the right of other vehicles at Benson's Switch. Francis H Heisler of Bridgeport was fined $20 for reckless driving after Beach Road accident. Clarence Baker faced a liquor for sale charge continued for one week. Frank Masit was granted a note on reckless driving after Black Rock turnpike crash. Arthur Manning of Massachusetts and Robert Bickoff received continuances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Town Court
Herbert H. Chacker
Manor Avenue
New York City
Arthur J. Bennett
Benson's Switch
Francis H. Heisler
Rosedale Street
Bridgeport
Reckleas
Beach Road
Clarence Baker
Bungalow Avenue
Frank Masit
Co.stable
H. R. Elwood
Black Rock Turnpike
Arthur M. Manning
Mesachusetts
Robert Bickoff
William Burr
Stamford Russian Taken To Asylum
John Wasko, arrested for annoying cashier Marie Givney at a Stamford movie house, was declared mentally unsound by alienists and committed to Norwich State Hospital. Local authorities could not deport him after five years in the United States. Wasko offered pennies to Givney, saying the gesture fulfilled a local custom signaling acceptance of his attentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
John Wasko
Marie Givney
Moving Picture House
State Hospital For
Norwich
Givney
Danbury Police Probe New Fairfield Assault
Danbury police investigate a brutal assault on William Horton and Grove Platt after a road incident as youths on their way to Camp Arden. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Howard Misnery of Hayestown, with funeral plans and local obituaries and neighborhood social notes from Danbury.
Good Roads Club Elects Officers
Monroe Aug 26 Special The annual meeting of the Good Roads club was largely attended Tuesday evening. Directors appointed include Wilson Clapp Myron Clark Henry Smith Georges Harwiey Dr Frank J Valesa John Bur and Cheater Tyrrel. Officers elected were President Dr Frank J Wales vice president Chester Tyrrel treasurer Henry Smith and secretary George Hawley. Also discussed were cutting brash on highways adjoining land and increasing electric light adoption to reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
The
Good Roads Club
Wilson Clapp
Myron Clark
Henry Smith
Georges Harwiey
Frank J. Valesa
John Bur
Cheater Tyrrel
Frank J. Wales
Chester Tyrrel
George Hawley
Many Building Permits Granted in Fairfield
Fairfield issued numerous construction permits in a single week. A. Bishop of Southport filed plans for a two story nineteen room house on Sasco Hill at about 26000. Albert Polensky to build a seven room cottage on Colony street for 3000. Hh L. Wella Curtis of Southport granted remodel costs of 5200 on Pequot road. Charles W. and Ruth W. Flatt to build a four thousand four hundred six room two story house on Colony street in Grasmere Heights. Other permits: Mary Zario for a two car one story garage on Knapps highway at 300, Greenfield Grange Inc for a one story frame porch at 850, M. Daniels for a one story three car garage on Beach road at 1000, Louis Wells to raise roof on a Beach cottage at Reef road for 400, Conrad P. Stench to add a frame sleeping porch at 95 Ville avenue for 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Sasco Hill
A. Bishop
Sdouthport
Nelson R. Penreon
Albert Polensky
Colony Street
Hh. L. Wella Curtis
Southport
Pequot Road
Charles W
Ruth W. Flatt
Grasmere Heights
Mary Zario
Knapps Highway
Greenfield Grange, Inc
Grange Hall
M. Daniels
Beach Road
Louis Wells
Reef Road
Conrad P. Stench
Ville Avenue
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Improvement Society
W. “M. Baird
Nling Street
A . McKay
Mary
Ter Henry
Brooklyn
Johnson Stoddard
Cgoodwin Ddard
SunisYona
John- Féson Stoddard
Dé Yale
Morar
Auburn
Nasayv
Goodwin Stoddard
Studet
Berkshire
Sheton le Mase
Naval
Inner
Indiana
Herbert Leeming
Rens- Jaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
C. V. Bunting
Cictoria Lawn
Aming
Axel Johnson
Town Street
Oscar Ge ‘Aung
CHIO
Trumbull
Weston
Chamberlain
Fairfield Realty Market
Woodmont Group
Devon Council
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Asociation
Devon
Pierson
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Foresters
Shoreham
Myrtle Beach
Court Weld Foresters of America
Waterville
Milford Shore
William Dunleavy
Mra J. Lucay
Putnam
Pauline Herman
Marlon Lucey
Wally
Grange Meeting
Indian River Grange
Redimen’s
Ernest Rogers
Albert N. Beard
Pohtatuck Grange
Georgiana H. O'Connor
William B. Glover
Herbert T Coger
Hermann N. Tiemann
Willicent Cavanaugh
Philo Rotsford
Charles Cavanaugh
Norwalk Lodge of Demolay
Mira
Charles Lexon
Howard Gorham
Dad” Gorham
Park City
Bridgeport Demplay
Jay van Coeuvering
David Brennan
Charles Lycett
Howard Bennett
Ansonia Baker
Easton
GOS Cob
Huntington
W. B. Denny
Edith Drew
Christian Endeavor
Connecticut Agricultural College
Farmill River Grange
Frederick Nichols
Nickeldale
Wiliam Hammond and Sone
William, Jr
John
Scarsdale
Hillhouse Buell
Seattle
Wash
Theodore Krueger
Wells Hollow
Cordelia Dyer
John West
Hunfindon Street
Edgar Beers
Georgetown
Graves
Frank Tuma
Newark
N. J
Arthur Frank
Victor Nelson
John Nelson
Woodbury
Arthur L. Tracey
Vera
Arthur Constantine
Dorothy
Milwaukee
Wis
Gilbert Brooks
Edwin Vargoshe
Huntington Street
Amelia Buckner
Mabel Buckner
Red House
Olin C. Shelton
Farmill River
Mohegan Street
Ridgefield School
Roy Davis
Howard D. Smith
Tiverett Hay Seymour Post
American Legion Auxiliary
New London
Harry E. Hull
John Hubbard
Allen Shelton
John McCarthy
American Legion
B. C. Tewis
Yonkers
A. L. Albert
Henry C Cumming
Manafield
Henry Cumming
Catoonah Street
William Bergstrom
Boston
Earle Hibbart
Misa Mary ¥. Seymour
Howard P. Nash
Elizabeth
Wilton
William A. Jones
William H. Benjamin
Claude R. Kendall
Howard
Shelton Man
Court
Hospital
Employe Priges
Stamford Grave Mystery Bubble
Fairfield Court
NEW Fairfield
William Horton
Grove Platt
Camp Arden
Howard Misnery
Hayextown
Augusta
Kansas
Benjamin Kellogg
Starr Patrick
Samuel Moody
Edwin H. Kellogg
First Congregational Church
Friendship Circle
Jason Noble Pierce
Washington, D. C
Misa Jeanette Lee
Danbury Hospital
Walter Howe
William Bierce
Pawling
Waite Elwes
John Howe
Patterson
Lewis Disbrow
Lois
Cornelius Howe
Theodore Sponheimer
Richard Krantz
Ball Pond
Ort Mn New
Uhrye
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