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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1918
Page
7
Wilton dispatch reports Sarah Nelson, visiting Red Cross nurse on the Western Front, writes of surgical dressings needs and active Wilton Red Cross rooms nearly full. Other town items include rectory repairs, church committee planning, measles victim Jennette Little, choir rehearsals, and local travels and farm news.
The government has decided to institute civil administration in the South Pacific Islands under Japanese occupation.
Obituaries list several deaths and funeral details including Oscar William Boelker 47 from Hawley avenue with funeral at his residence and interment at Park cemetery, Josephine Mohyde aged 6 years in Mohyde family notice with private funeral, Patrick Renesan funeral from 186 Fairfield avenue, St Peter's church and St Michael's cemetery, and Clark L. Alvord age 63 of Riverton Terrace Stratford with service at Lakeview Cemetery and automobile cortege noted.
Norwalk July 7 The Board of Education faces a knotty problem over future junior high policy. Parents from Center and Jefferson districts complain about student routes and long walks for seventh graders. Sanitation at Over River school is poor. the old Smead toilets need at least 2560 dollars, but only 500 was approved. The board plans a census to gauge affected families and aims to resolve site allocations without overcrowding one building.
Georgetown observed Independence Day with a flag-raising ceremony led by E A Pinkney, a speech by Rev Father Shortett, and a parade featuring patriotic floats. Norwalk corporation counsel H J Quinlan spoke on service and sacrifice as visitors from surrounding towns joined local families. Athlectic events followed with winners in races and tug of war, as prizes honored participants.
Bethel July 6 Special Clayton Wildman resigns from Nichols auto livery and takes a post at Stratford Ship yards. Dr and Mrs Walter Robinson of Rockville Conn visit Mrs Robinson's parents Mr and Mrs Ebert Green of Greenwood Avenue. Edith Green, once ill in New York, recovers at home on Greenwood. She runs Manell's candy store. Dr and Mrs Judd return to New York after two weeks with his brother William Judd on Chestnut Street. Miss Ava Frost of New Haven stays with her parents on Main Street. The Exchange notes a quip about a daughter's marriage and a remark on force and victory by General von Clausewitz.
Rev F A Coleman rector praised fearless youths who faced the enemy for their cause. The church highlighted the community pride in the young men and in their sacrifices to defend righteousness and faith. The remarks honored those who gave their lives.
Sergeant Thomas J. Reilly of the 1024 Machine Gun Battalion spent Independence Day with Milford residents at the Fowler home on Green Street. Relatives of Milford servicemen attended as Reilly praised the Red Cross YMCA Knights of Columbus and Salvation Army. He urged letters home, noted barracks living, and described training from New Haven to France and the early front. Other local items included visits by Russian commissioner Charles Ozdlo, Red Cross crews at outdoor events, and hospitality at the Brownie cottage with local families and musicians.
New Milford reports a bustling Chautauqua program with no war tax on tickets. Attendees arrive by car as afternoons and evenings feature musicales, lectures, and the comic opera Robin Hood. Notable events include Peter MacQueen's illustrated address and Denman Thompson's The Old Homestead.
London reports that the British Army Council and the American Stag Gross announce the takeover of two London hospitals for exclusive use of American wounded. A Bulgarian decree orders military officials to gather harvest in territories under military operations and Macedonia as well.
A pleasant affair notes Verton Staub constructing a new tobacco barn on the site of the recently burned structure. Messages relay captures of relatives in Germany, with Miss Harmon Couch and Mrs Frank Onorato learning of kin in German custody. Anna Bostwick buys a Mormon limousine. minor potato bug finds appear in local fields. Lieutenant Creighton Barker and wife end a fifteen day furlough. he serves in the Medical corps at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Paris July 7 Thousands of rifles designed to fire propaganda grenades are in Allied hands. Tracts are scattered along enemy trenches at over 200 yards. Small cloth balloons carry 20 pounds of literature and drop ¼ pound every 15 minutes. Balloons can reach 6,000 to 8,000 feet and travel up to 26 miles in wind toward Hamburg Berlin Vienna and Trieste. Paper balloons upset four pounds lift used to deliver literature up to 100 miles from origin.
Wilton residents allege Wilton school teachers spread pro German propaganda to young pupils. No action yet by the school board, but a summer inquiry is expected and possible measures upon reopening. One parent cites a Scandinavian teacher claiming Alsace Lorraine was German territory and Prussia was wronged by France.
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