Milford Public Health report expanding work highlights year
Milford July 15 Special The Milford Public Health Association shows expanding activities with June reports and annual review presented by Mrs M Christine Wappe public health nurse The year ending June 30 saw more work and services than any previous year including maternity child welfare and social service efforts with total monthly collections and hundreds of patient contacts reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Milford Public Health Association
M. Christine Wappe
Swarth Association
Fur
Wmiinae
Wayne
Asc
Yneedleworky Guild
San- Rieti
Toga Towel Co to Open Bethel Plant Aug 1
Bethel prepares for a new Bethel towel factory as the Toga Towel Co Inc recent buyer of the Judson Hat property on Greenwood Ave will commence operations around August 1. Joseph Treadwell leads the firm as vice president with officers including Robert Hayne and Ernst Jones. The plant will replace the old factory on Greenwood and serve as a major European connected producer with offices in London Paris Milan Brussels Berlin Cairo Melbourne and Montreal. A lawn party and carnival hosted by Bethel Grange is planned Thursday in front of the Town Hall with chair Mrs H Judd coordinating cake ice cream and other activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Bethel
London
Paris
Milan
Brussels
Berlin
Cairo
iMelbourne
Montreal
Joseph Treadwell
Grand Atreat
Toga Towell Co., Inc
Joe Rig
Carnal
Bethel Grange
Cornelus Judd
Grange
Henry Stalb
James O’brien
John J. Wixted
John Wixted
Charles Suba
AM Hota
Stamford Park Police Commended for Halloween Park Crowd Control
The Stamford Board of Park Commissioners adopted a resolution praising the police for enforcing Halloween park rules and beach use. Seven policemen under Captain John Brennan handled a large crowd with few minor arrests and a survey of park bridges was ordered for safety and possible abandonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Board of Park Commissioners
Police Department
Halloween Park
Thg
John Brennan
Common Council
Hirst Lea
Community notices mix vacation visits and local concerns
Local notices report residents hosting relatives from Boston and New Britain while Arctic Enclave's baseball team heads to Ansonia for a Sunday game. Regulators warn of a hazardous debris dump near Naugatuck Avenue, urging owner action or drastic steps. Lucia Sewing Circle plans a Friday outing at Mrs. Chores Wilcox's home with a noon potluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Phalen
Guilt Streets
Mize Fannie Johnson
Boston
Louise Holcomb
New Britain
Milas Miriam Take
Kinlock Terrace
ET Street
Cofford
S. M. Forte
Wilton
Misa Turtel Skinner
A. W. iSkinner
Carnem
Liberman
Erhigeport
Naugatuck Avenue
Walnut Beach
Lucia Sewing Circle
O. 5
Chores Wilcox
Ansonia Aldermen OK Sunday Baseball Permit
Ansonia city council voted to permit Sunday professional baseball and football, with two aldermen detesting the measure. Mayor Mead supported the resolution, Alderman Pratt introduced it, and Alderman Adamson and Seaberg urged delay pending state law familiarity. The meeting also addressed supplying box company members with booze and rubber coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
Angonla
Bunda Sports
Permis Sabie
Adamson
Seaberg
Pratt
Third Ward
Mead
Briantol
Maynor Mead
Boxe
Eagle Company
Stamford Bans Street Garages and Street Parking
Stamford enacts traffic rules prohibiting street use for car storage or repair and outlawing street advertising by parked vehicles. The southerly side of Park Place between River and Main will become a taxi stand, Atlantic Street from the square to Park Row designated for parking, and space in front of Town Hall reserved for buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Park Place
River
Main Streets
Atlantic Street
Park Row
Town Hall
Social Life Features Bridge and Garden Parties at Ridgewold Inn
Redding hosts bridge parties and dinners with guests from New Haven Fairfield and beyond. Prizes awarded to Mrs Charles Shelton and others. A brides party at Ridgewold Inn, luncheon gatherings, and visits by Mr John Sullivan and Rev Raymond Cunningham noted. Baseball game on Ridge, barn dance at Sunset Hill attracts about 299 attendees with Al Bevana orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Laughlin
New Haven
HS. Barnes
John Sullivan
Bridgeport
Isabelle
Jennie McDonald
Raymond Cunningham
Trinity Church
Hartford
Julia H. Sanford
Sport Hill
Stephen Sherwood
Mr. Lewis
Ritdeeport
Retho
Fairfield
Redding
al Bevana Orchestra
Doddingtown
Dantes
Picnicers Scattered as Car Veers in and Out
Jethro Tredwell of this place was fined seven dollars and costs after Borough court arraigned him for breach of peace and intoxication. He and friends hired a taxi to Mort Chester for Yale tank ride through Bruce Park where a passenger grabbed the wheel causing chaos and near collisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenwich
Specelal
Jethro Tredwell
Tredwell
Mort Chester
Yalor Tank
Bruce Park
County Agent Visits Useful Club New Fairfield
The July meeting of the New Fairfield Useful club met in the Town hall with members and visitors. Miss Mildred Clark demonstrated button holes and set in pockets. The club plans future work with Miss Clark and will camp two weeks at Lake Waramaug. A poverty social, to raise funds, was postponed. each girl to contribute expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Fairfield
New
Lake Waramaug
A. H. Chase
John Bloom
New York City
Bloom
Violet Slate
Isabelle Wallace
Betsy Hatch
Charlea Watch
Great Plain
Jeffrey
Hrewster
Emily Wallace
Nelson Smith
Bethel
Smith
J. M. Treadwell
Ruth Treadwell
Emm. Treadwell
Washington
Alfred Williams
John Swanson
New Britain
Carl Amstrom
Laylae Rogers
Mary Brady Culhane
Danbury
Marshall Treadwell
Ralph Ware
Misa Grasaler
Mis
Martha Post
Henry Treadwell
Witton
Theodore Post
Hall Taken to State Institution in Brookfield
William Hall, about 89, was sent to the state hospital at Middletown after Selectman Edgar H. Beers notified the superintendent of Brookfield that the town would no longer keep him at the Town Farm. The move follows a years long care by Brookfield and ties to his late mother, Mrs. Winifred Hall, once an inmate of the Middletown facility. Nearby residents visited relatives and travelers from Bridgeport and New Haven were noted among asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
First Selectman
Edgar H. Beers
William Hall
Middletown
Hall
Danbury
Beers
Tonger
Winifred Hall
State Institution
Stephen Meaney
Bridgeport
Victor Peterson
Mimira
N. Y
Clara Peterson
John Smith
Shelton School Outing and Legion Guests Highlight Beach Day
Shelton July 18 Special reports a Baptist Bible school outing at Lighthouse Point with about 296 attendees enjoying swimming and noon basket launches. The Fairfield County American Legion and auxiliaries then visited Charles J. Sutter post with a post and auxiliary supper, plus Kinwana club meetings and a talk on judiciary conditions by Col. A. A. Shell of Ansonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
The
Baptist Bible School
Lighthouse Point
Fairfield County Organization
American Legion and
Auxilaries
Charles J. Suther
American Leston
Auxliary
Post Organization
Legion
Surper
Sutter Post
State Auxiliary Association
Mise Mary Coyle
Cella — Leventhal
J. Mid
Ansopin
John Retler
Bridgeport
J. Stirling
Mawards
Shelton Kiwanta Club
Chamber of Commerce
Adhe
A. T W. Lavieten
Coonel A. A
Shell
Ansonia
Daring Mid Day Hold Up Ties Bootleggers To Denatured Alcohol
Police and Ludwig Bauar warn that 2 500 gallons of denatured alcohol from the W H Long company Denaturing plant are in bootlegger hands after a midday hijack in Port Chester. A Long company driver was seized from a truck and discarded from a sedan during the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Post Road
Ludwig Bauar
W. H. Long Company
Long Company
Port Chester
Mquor
Darien Firemen Clambake Plans Set For July 26
Darien July 15 Special The Darien Fire department entertainment committee finalizes plans for its annual clambake and outing on Sunday July 26 in the Grace street lot. A Married vs Single Men baseball game and a Fat Man's Race highlight the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darien
Grace Street
Arthur L. Raymond
Frederick H. Smith
Carl Schmidt
Joseph Strehle
Frank Standing
Carl Brenner
Pin Oak Coon Club
New Canaan
Lake Kitchenan
Vista
Oakland
California
Kitchener
Ontario
Stanley Philcox
George N. Philcox
Post Road
Maine
Masonic Club
Boyle School
Stratfield Club Plans Outing and Picnic Schedule
The Stratfield Men's club plans an outing at Godfrey's grove with games and refreshments. The Baptist Sunday school holds its annual Beardley park picnic on August 1 led by Mrs. Homer Sturges with helpers. A club committee advances membership and programs for the year. Pins for perfect Sunday school attendance are awarded to numerous members, with notes on visitors and local families in Greenfield Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratfield
Godfrey's Grove
The
Baptist Church
Beardley Park
Homer Sturges
Dorothy Merritt
Seabury Lyons
Dani Drew
Eugene Trotter
Bap- Het
Marian Armstrong
Marian Beers
Ruth Beers
A. Baker
Marian Clarke
Elizabeth Clarke
Eric Clarke
Harold Clarke
Walter Davis
Andrew Fritz
Doris Fritz
Robert Fritz
J. Gilbert Havens
Jack Havens
Edward Havens
Dorothy Havens
Donald McGregor
Doris MacGregor
Ruth Merritt
Kimball Merritt
Leola Lyons
Mildred Moore
Robert Naramore
Burling Naramore
Edward Pease
Darla Pease
Lorena Pease
Deacon Homer Sturges
Alice Sturges
Eleanor Trivelt
Bensamin Wright
Lawrence Wilella
Danbury Guards Enjoying Camp at Penna Site
Letters from Battery D West Artillery, Danbury, describe National Guardsmen at a Pennsylvania camp near Toihyhanna. The Danbury battery, led by Captain George J Schoeney, fields 110 enlisted men and four officers and has fired 185 mm howitzers at a ten mile distant target with some excellent hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanbury
West Artillery
Thin City
Tohyhanna
Penneytrania
Danbury
George J. Schoeney
Republican Women Meet for Summer Outing in Westport
About 200 Fairfield County Republican Women gathered at the Stranahan estate on Saugatuck Road in Westport for a summer meeting. Speakers including Mrs. John Pratt and Mrs. Joseph Alsop urged women to engage in politics, understand bills before backing them, and recruit more women to participate in caucuses and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Fairfield County
Republican Women's Association
Robert Stranahan
Saugatuck Road
Connecticut
New York States
Long Island
John T Pratt
New York City
Woman's National Republican Club
New York
Alders
Tammany ! Ucket
Joseph Alsup
Avon
John Busy
Shelton
Our
America
Alsop
Spence Resigns Post at Norwalk Tire Company
Norwalk July 14 The resignation of Dr David Spense as vice president and director of Norwalk Tire & Rubber Co was accepted at a directors meeting. Spense had led the three month reorganization resigning as general superintendent earlier. William C Hoover, longtime production manager, was elected to succeed as director. No new vice president has been chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
David Spense
Norwalk Tire & Rubber Co
Spense
Wiliam C. Hoover
Stamford Autos Stolen In Riverside And Guernsey Street
An automobile owned by J A Crunchhahn of Riverside avenue and the Fast road Riverside was stolen last night in Atlanticwirret while the owner attended a moving picture theatre. Another car owned by Joan T Keon of Larchmont New York was taken on Guernsey street.last sent where he had parked it. Police suspect joy riders. A London woman, a leading beauty prep inventor, started with capital under five dale cars and now heads a firm doing about 500000 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
J. A. Crunchhahn
Riverside Avenue
Riverside
Alolen
Atantic Wirret
Moving Picture Theatre
Joan T. Keon
Larchmont
N. Y
Atolen
Guernsey Street
Aent
Ridgefield Stove Ignites Home in Early Morning Blaze
Firefighters were summoned to the Main Street home of Mrs. D. Lielie Lockwood after her four burner oil stove burst into flames. She and her daughter moved the stove outdoors before the crew arrived, preventing serious damage to the old Hawley homestead filled with antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgefield
D. Lieile Lockwood
Main Street
Hart
Townsend
Keeler
Ralph Folsom
New York
The
I. A. Society of the Congresstional Church
Grace Crofoot
Barry Avenue
Sarah Stone
Elizabeth Morehouse
Hartford
Jessie Gilbert
New Jersey
Elizabeth More
Kirkpatrick
Flat Rock
Brooklyn
Brothers Furnish Grange Program In Easton
Easton Grange held Brothers night with stories called by each brother during the lecturer hour. After an interesting evening the brothers served cantaloupe sundaes and watermelon. The Junior League of the Sea Methodist church meets Friday at 2 30 in the church hall to distribute candy for league funds. Local attendees at a recent Redding vs Sport Hill game included C E Dickerson and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Easton Grange
Junior League of the Sea Methodist Church
Arthur Bush
Chester Main
Ivan Blackwood
George Crown
L. L. Crown
Cora Beach
Allerton Brothwell
Gould Brothwall
Francis Royce
Evelyn Royce
Edith Royce
Francis Royce, Jr
Stratford
Charles Keller
John Ross
Patchogue
Long Island
W. C. Beale
Erwin Edwards
Pine Creek
Howard Gray
Fairfield
James Meloy
John Morehouse
John Connora
Robert Galvin
New Milford
Walter Briggs
Alfred Dolan
Robert Howell
Boys' Choir Heads to Camp Mohawk for Two-Week Outing
Twenty members of St James Episcopal church choir depart Danbury for a two weeks outing at Camp Mohawk in Litchfield County. Expenses are covered by funds saved over the last summer. Rev A C Cohurs serves as camp rector with assistants George W Green Gilbert Horner and Ralph Griffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Stedal
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Camp Mohawk
Mohawk
Litchfrcta County
A.C Cohurs
George W. Green
Gilbert Horner
Ralph Griffing
Huntington Telephone elects officers at annual meeting
Huntington July 15 By the Huntington Telephone company annual meeting at the home of Olin C Shelton Nichols avenue officers were elected President John West Vice President Charles H E Webb Millard secretary treasurer Olin C Shelton auditors Clarence M Webb Frederick C Nicholas directors George B Nichols Frederick C Nicholas Charles H Mullard John Wat Olin C Shelton William Jones Clarence M Webb Mrs Olin C Shelton and Mrs John West The financial condition improved with a balance in the treasury A White Hills renewal question was unresolved with a White Hills committee present About 12 members attended John West of Huntington Ice company attended a dinner at Hoiles Inn Oromoque with local businessmen Also present George Boehm showed skill in trap shooting A German Methodist church used a Huntington street home for a piends event and a surprise party honored A William Cawthra on Shelton avenue with several relatives present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Huuntington Telephone Company
Olin C. Shelton
Nichols Avenue
John West
Charles HE. Webb Millard
Clarence M. Webb
Frederick C. Nicholas
George B. Nichols
Frederick C. Nichola
Charles H. Mullard
John Wat
Olin
Huntington Company
Huntington Ice Company
Trinity City Ice Delivery Company
Hole Es Inn
Oromoque
Seymour, Ansonia, Derby and
Stelton
George Boehm
German Methodist Church of
Bridgeport
Anna Ziegler
Huntington Street
William Cawthra
Shelton Avenue
Frederick Cawthra
Alice Louise
Bercy Cawthra
Doris
Joseph Edwards
Port Cheste
George Crale
Stamford
Ethel Beardsley
Theodore Krueger
Wells H Illow
Congregational Sunday School
A. Russ
Geenwich
John B. Russ
Millcroft
John B. Ruass
Herbert Batchelor
Janet Winn
Waterbury
Lilian
Leonard Labonte
Phillip Latorle
Frank I. Nettleton
Shetton
Harry Whiting
Howard Coombs
East Bridgewater
Mass
C. Ed
Perley
Lane Street
J. Frank Wales
Mise Ass Miriam Wales
Monroe
Dwide, Clarke
Mohegan Atreet
Red Men Entertain in Derby Lodge Derby
The annual meeting of Wepawaug tribe Improved Order of Red Men was held in Moosehause Tuesday night with a large attendance of local and visiting members. Officers were elected and the group voted to join the Wester Funeral Benefit association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Mooseha
Ridgeport
New Haven
Wepawing
Wester Funeral Benefit Association
Joseph Leschynski
Bridgeport Avenue
Joseph Bregan
Long Jl] Avenue
Herbert Witherspoon
Dechy
New York City
Hero Musical College
Witherspoon
Mildred McLean
Shelton
M. Witherspoon
8Th Street
Central Park
West
New York
Chicago
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Mn Juan
Warren Bros
Frank
Cape Can
Glavius
T. W. Evans
Bridgeport Ave
Aneae Devon
Stuart White
Statford
Evans
Milford Fish School
Ilasa
Gramfemar School
White
Faird Machine Company
Irene Klane
Harrison
N.Y
Russell Thornthwait
Four Corners
Klane
Re‘Qeecea Goulich
Anna Gornm
Fort Trumbull Beach
Sisterhood
William
Arison
Shell Gireet
Ft. Trumbill
Gouncillora
Redmen'a Hall
Lncal Council
Hneme Mo 1
Mechanic
Ehon
Court Lauralton
Cathetic Daughters of America
Charlie Fhalen
River Street
Haginnies
Adams-Roth Baking Co
Stamford Police
Ansonia Aldermen
AT Redding
Shelton School
Stratfield Club
Ers
Spence
Tire Company
Gerhardt Hartman
Arnold Nash
Canada
Grace Hibbart
Ellen Crane
Charles S. Nash
Peach Lake
Brothers Furnish
Derby Lodge
Dr. Scholl
Dr Scholl
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