Chautauqua Week Opens With Shows At ORD
At Chautauqua ORD July 11 a noted program opens with bin Hood the best American, Sol Soll, and other acts. The evening features a diverse lineup including a brownie routine and a lecture by Dr. Dixon Beste. Guests include McConnell and Barney in Montclair, with social notices of local residents and waterfront improvements along the shore.
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Liberty's Land
Pietro Mor
Dixon Beste
Roxette “McConnell
Ohn Barney
Mont. Ny. J
Marty N. McConnell
Ace Inglehart
William Hatfield
Dertamer
Medical Corps ‘Army
Akron
Ohio
Morningside
Connecticut
Sethe
Ride
Fred
Yale
P. Hyde
Dr. W. Mok
Cowlishas
Albert H. Diehard
Johnson
Walker
F. H
R. Gridley
Ewis F. Stowe
Maine’ Company
Sound
Warren Burns Frank
Wonowage Lodge
Mitford
Misa
Thees Farm
Mitchel
Holmes
Idren
Hell
Sean.f. Gill
Wairy
Waingview
Vera A. Timm
Clara aVene
Mt.Holyoke College
Norwood Avenue
Ederick B. Curtis
Bridgemark
Norwalk Man to Leave Monday for Clerk Duty
Norwalk reports Lows Weed of Perry Avenue volunteers under Call 882 for limited servicemen for clerks and will leave on the 2 08 train Monday July 15 for Camp Meigs Washington D C The quota under Local Board No 14 was one man. School Board to Meet and discuss visual education system by Dixon McNetron and its adoption in Norwalk schools.
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Norwalk
Board of Estimates and Taxation
William
Kemp
West Main Street
Danbury
Uptown
Alexander Loper
Ernest Loper
Chapel Street
Norwalk Hospital
Hoy
Studebaker
Andrew Varga
Howard Avenue
Bridgeport
West Avenue
Varga
William R Pennington
Huntington Camp Fire Girls Lawn Fete Promises Fortunes and Food
Huntington July 11 Sorgham Camp Fire Girls plan a lawn fete on H. A. Beattie’s lawn Saturday evening featuring Madame LaCroix the fortune teller a crab bee and refreshments including ice cream cake sandwiches punch and candy. The St Paul’s church group will present a play Daddy Friday evening with dancing afterwards. Numerous social notices list summer visitors and association events at Morningside including music readings and guest lists from New York Darien Tennessee and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmetta Cronk Ia
Long Island
Rachael Farra
Stratford
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor
Shore Drive
Curtis
Morningside Association
William T. Yale
Yale
Dexter
Morningside
New York
Jamaica Flushing
Assembly Hall
Abell
Margaret Eldredge
Tennessee
Lucy Oldrin
Darien
Jeannette Robinson
Milford
W. V. Abell
H. B. Fowler
Dorothy Vernon
Owen Carey
Waterbury
Heve
Bridgeport
Charles Bissell
Henry F. Johnson
W V, Abell
Hartford
Robert Hall
Peter Danley
Chicago
Anne Matthews
Naomi Rinn
Anne McElroy
E. Bissell
Jamaica
L. I
Tia A. May
Connecticut Company
Max
Frank P. Hyde
Stratford Mourns Isaac Batterson Former Rail Agent Dies
Stratford July 11 Special Isaac Batterson longtime Stratford resident and former Norfolk and Western Railway agent died yesterday at 4 30 pm at his son in law Judge Charles Peck's home He was 53 and lived in Stratford over 80 years He was a key figure in the oyster industry and is survived by a daughter Mrs Charles H Peck and a sister Mrs Nathan Middlebrooks Funeral services will be held at his late home with Rev R C Whitehead officiating and burial in Union Cemetery Pallbearers named David L Rhoades Clayton K Blakeslee William B Bristol Samuel Dickinson Walter Hanford and William H Crawford.
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Stratford
Isaac Batterson
Charles Ti. Peck
Nathan Welles
Batterson
N. Xy, NS. H. and
Broadstreet
Peck
Stratford Oyster Company
Charles H. Peck
Nathan Middlebrooks
West Broad Street
Thin Town
R. C. Whitehead
Union Cemetery
David L. Rhoades
Clayton K. Blakeslee
William B. Bristol
Samuel Dickinson
Walter Hanford
William H. Crawford
Catmain
Sterra Agricultural College
Miss Dorsch
George CG. Penhallow
Long Brook Avenue
Connecticut
New York
Main Street
Weatogue Country Club
Stiles Judson
Great Garrington
Mass
Walter Wilcoxson
Main ‘Street
Sidney S. Mills
Huntington Road
Stamford
Bertha Hincksey
Congregational Church
William Lewis
New Haven
Hibernian Dance
Stratford Lodge
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Church Street
Lodge
Ridgefield
Edith Hastings
Richard Howell
Fairfield County Suffrage Association
Vincent
Twles
Nichols Avenue
Park Cemetery
Kaneas
C. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Kansas
Finist
Samuel &. Innes
Sachs Street
Fort Slocum
Ross C. Comfort
Houston Street
Merchant Marine
William H. St. John
Iocal
Acer
Merritt Palmer
Orville Palmer
King Street
Laurel Beach
Major Fessenden Returns From France Discharged
Major c. Milton Messenden, nephew of Samuel Fessenden, comes home from abroad as an officer in the advocate general's department. He has been discharged due to physical disability. The vessel convoy near Covington recently sunk by torpedo. Kaiser Bill would be reminded of American resolve as Croix de Guerre is awarded to our Lieut. dleyer.
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Stamsport
C. Milton Messenden
Samuel Fessenden
Mudge Advocate General's Department
Dha
Covington
Kaiser Bill
America
Dleyer
Railroad Voltage Throws Highway Worker to Ground
WESTPORT July 11 A State Highway department worker Andrew Bukadeski 29 Cliffside N J was shocked touching an overhead electric wire while unloading tarvia at the Saugatuck freight yard and hurled from a car top. He suffered extensive facial neck and body burns and doctors at Norwalk hospital said he had about one chance in a hundred of surviving. Fellow workers witnessed a bright flash as the current passed through him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Tarvia
Saugatuck
Andrew Bukadeski
Cliffside
N. Wey
Norwalk
State Highway Department
Bukodekki
Deserter Poses as War Hero Held in City Jail
Robert Davis of Troy New York posed as Sergeant Henry Johnson a famed 369th Infantry hero. He was arrested by detectives after a false claim to deserter status and a planned court session mugging at Lieutenant Haux studio in Fairfield. He wished to return to the army and be sent to France before being jailed until military officials claim him.
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Robert Davis
Troy
N. Y
Henry Johnson
369Th Infantry
North Avenue
Gay
Robert
Haux
Fairfield
Davis
United States Army
Leutenant
France
North Avenue Jil
Beery
Derrick
Charles H. Suckley
Camp Dix
Pupil Miss Davis Recital At Congregational Church
Pupils of Miss Charlotte Davis presented a piano recital at the Ridgefield Congregational church with many numbers performed by students including Elsie Rux Isabelle Mullen and Mabel Allan. Scholarships were awarded to Anne Neth Irene Haight and Scathryne Bryan.
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Ridgefield
Charlotte
Davis
Elsie Ruxe
Mabel Allan
Josephine Davis
Isabelle Mullen
Anna Ferguson
Margaret Baldi
Ala Turea
Madaline Coleman
Mark Stone
Anne Neth
Phe Swan
Saint Saens
George Kirk
Anna Rux
Joel Davis
Margaret Kilcoyne
Ademar Bryon
Elsie Tuy
Liszt
Katherine Bryon
Schubert
Elsie Rux
Miss Allen
Miss Davis
Durne
Irene Haight
Scathryne Bryan
Leona Redient
Isi Hele Barning
WHS
Danbury
Fairfield County
Bueless
Mise Caroline Ruuta-Reas
Luycheon Wis
Fairfield Social Pages Highlight Local Gathering
Fairfield residents host a family gathering at the Boston Post Road home. Attendees include Mrs. Joseph V. Smith and other relatives. daughters-in-law present, with Danville relatives mentioned but no children listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Smith
Boston Post Road
Joseph V. Smith
Danville
Bonfires of Old Spires at Polls theatre in Bridgeport
Theatre review notes Marion Craig Wentworth's Bonfires of Old Spires staged in Bridgeport with George Webb and a four person cast. It centers on revolution under oppression, ending in tragedy and featuring allied wartime urgency. Also reviews The Dancing Carnival, A Soul for Late, and other vaudeville acts at Polls theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Craig Wentworth
Poll's Theatre
Porathy Phillips
Billy McDermott
Better Brothers
Rose
Bell
Canada
Scotland
Hearst Pathe News
Bridgeport
Trench Fever Brigade
Columbia
Peoria
Ills
New Milford Fire Remains a Mystery
New Milford July 11. The fire last night destroyed the barn of W. G. Barton on East Street and four autos stored inside. Authorities seek the cause as gasoline tanks in two automobiles exploded, wrecking a Oakland sedan, a secondhand Chevrolet, a Chalmers runabout, and a five passenger Oakland touring car. Homes of families listed, occupants moved to a new home on Whitlesey Avenue.
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New Milford
Spawkll
W. G. Barton
Ast Street
Typcal
Oaaklland
Chevrolet
Thomis
Oakland
Chalmers
Bethel Boy Writes from Rest Camp Behind Lines
Bethel, July 11. James Trowbridge, a marine in the machine gun battalion, sends word he is behind the lines in a French rest camp and met fellow marine R. Scott Osward after a frontline stretch. He reports good health and enjoyment of camp life. Other locals, including Edward Miller taking a Chase Metal Works post in Waterbury, travel to New York to see the Mets game, and several residents visit kin or make home improvements or run errands in Bridgeport, Stamford, Paterson, and Waterbury.
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Bethel
Myron Trowbridge
James
Elo
France
R. Scott Osward
Trowbridge
Edward Miller
South Atreat
Chase Metal Works
Waterbury
William Hanna
Frank Robinson
Charles Gilmartin
William Inglish
New York
Charles Griffin
Margaret Lynch
Mansfield Street
Nelson Collings
Bridgeport
Nellie Gilmartin
Marguerite Gilmartin
William Dauchy
Lela
Stamford
Sare
Frank Dauchy
High Street
Pioneer Camp Initiates Members and Plans Social Night
At a regular W. O. W. meeting, Pioneer Camp raised a service flag honoring members serving in the war for liberty. One application was received and three candidates were initiated into the order. The camp will host a social at the last meeting in August.
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Pioneer Camp
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Parbate
Nso
Solomon
Huntington Camp Fire Girls
Big Lawn
Illing
R. R
Fessenden
Camera
Cannon
Theatre News
Livery Stable
Grindell
Esters
Shane
Hale Norcross and Company
Constance Talmadge
Miss Talmadge
Empire
Jack Pickford
Paramount
Sandy
Empire Theatre
Kentucky
Ruth Nelson
Alicea Hogan Rice
Edith M. Kennedy
George Melford
West End Theatre
William Hart
Scotish Yates
West End
Staite Streek
Clinton Avenue
Harold Lloyd
Mary Miles Minter
Lve
Keltonsi
Hale Norcross
Housekeeping
Wood Sisters
Grindell & Esters
Fairfield Beach
Jenve Corner
Farrtth
Broad Street
LE Chateau
Marion Craig Wentwor
GEO, Webb and‘ Company
Dorothy Phillips
Better Bros
Rose & Bell
Billy McDermott Hearst
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Neal Hart
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Near
Print OR
Ave
Artcraft Pictures
Selfish Yates
Sted Life
Mary Ailes
Minter
Lordship
Murrows Orchestra
Gollen Tih
Strand the Theatre of Quality
Fox
Peggy Hyland
Adhister
Gladys Brock
West
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