Huntington Club Celebrates Its Third Birthday
Huntington, Jan 28. Special. Friday evening Rev. George Sutherland gave a war lecture with pictures in the school hall, followed by dancing for the benefit of terrace repairs. Amity club marked its third anniversary at F. H. Wells home with a literary program and oyster supper. New member joined. Next meeting at Frances Wilsons Feb 9. Baby boy born Jan 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Heath. Mrs. Hather Hecox caring for infant. Mrs. Josephine Batchelor spent Sunday in Danbury. Frances Wilson entertained friends Sunday. Harold Lattin visited William Wells. Church services held despite severe weather. Ladies Aid Society of Congregational church to meet Mrs. Frank Wooster. dinner served at noon. Mrs. F. H. Wells
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Huntington
George Sutherland
Amity Club
F. H. Wells
Alice Shelton
Frances’ Wilson
Chester Heath
Hather Hecox
Josephine, Batchelor
Danbury
Frances Wilson
Harold Lattin
William Wells
Eurday
Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church
Frank Wooster
I Want 2 000 Men for Service in Veterinary Corps
Government calls for two thousand volunteers to join the veterinary corps of the National Army. Eligible are men ages 38 to 45 not in the draft. At Fairfield Avenue army recruiting station three men were accepted yesterday: August Verline, 21, cavalry. George F. Quaine, 20, aviation. Joseph A. Gibbs, 34, aviation, all living in local streets listed.
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Veterinary Corps
National Army
United States Army
Army
Fairfield Avenue
August Verline
George Street
Cavalry
George F. Quaine
Dover Street
Joseph A. Gibbs
Bond Street
Eight Canadians Leave to Enter Training Camps
Eight Canadian recruits departed Bridgeport for Montreal to join a Canadian army training camp. Crowds of friends and relatives gathered at the railroad station to bid them farewell. The group included Thomas Henry Abbott, Harry White, Robert Reid, John Walker, H C Hopkins, Harry Coaker, John Hainsworth, and Harold C Clay. Three more applicants were accepted by Sergeant Johnson and sent to New Haven for examination and enlistment.
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Bridgeport
Montreal
Canada
Thomas Henry Abbott
Harry White
Robert Reid
John Walker
H.C Hopkins
Harry Coaker
John Hainsworth
Harold C. Clay
Johnson
New Haven
Ice and peril on the frozen pond in Jubilee tale
A narrator and Jubilee dangerously test melting pond ice after milking, Peenuts scoffs at the danger, the ice breaks and reaches neck depth, prompting a risky rescue, a brush with punishment, and a plan to dry by Old Maid Parmer’s fire. The fragment ends with an icy close and a near freeze in Parmer’s bedroom.
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Jubilee
Peenuts
Jce
Old Maid Parmer's
Song of Victory and a Sunday tale collide in memory
A fragmented wartime poem urges fighters to press on until tyranny falls. The second half shifts to a childlike Sunday narrative, detailing a boy’s rough weekend at home and at Sunday school, with chores, snowball battles, and longing for Monday and school.
Read Co Inventory Offers Spring Garment Bargains
Read Co inventories highlight spring clothing as prices rise to clear winter stock. Specials include Fifty Serge Dresses from 12.50 and evening slippers at 3.45 to 4.45, fur trimmed and silk coats from 20 to 125, Nemo Corsets advancing February fourth, with second floor locations and a focus on boosting spirits during wartime.
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Nemo
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J. A. King Dentists
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Grant
Barnum
David Greenbay
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