Five graduates to receive diplomas at Easton School
Easton June 12 Special to the Telegram next Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock the graduation exercises of the schools in town will be held at Grange Hall Five pupils will graduate from the eighth grade four from Sport Hill and one from Center School Anna Dunhup will be from Center Will be shown the program includes Welcome Address by Mary Kent solo Santa Lucia by Mary Kolesar and other songs and readings from each school Diplomas will be presented at the end Details mention a Field Day that week with a fried lunch and afternoon athletics on the ball grounds at Boore Hill culminating in a general school celebration.
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Mery Ken Beng
Santa Lucia
Bomy
Mary Kolesar
Center School
Bessy
Mildred Kent
Baeay
Anna Dunhup Beng
Boore Hill
Oldest Redding resident Catherine Qualey dies at home
Catherine Qualey widow of Patrick Quiley died at her Redding Center residence after a lingering illness of old age. Born in County Clare Ireland she lived in Redding for forty five years in the same house. She leaves six daughters with three in Redding and two at the Bechet area. Funeral was at her home then St Marva church and burial at St Peter’s Catholic cemetery Danbury. Local notes report various summer plans and a recent loss by the Redding baseball team to Winnipank mine 18 to 12 in a windy game with walks and a late rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding
St. Marva Church
Bechet
St Peter's Catholicemetery
Danbury
Jobs McCollan
Sharon
New York
D. V. B. Hegemar
Fleasant Vasily
Driggs
Parmeles Clapp
Julia Sanford
Attempt on Life of Norwalk Man Tied to Labor Tensions
Pietro Gini was held on $15 008 bond pending trial for an assault indictment in New York. He allegedly attacked Herman Gabbe of Gabbe and Brothers furriers on Sixth Avenue last Friday. Gabbe, a Norwalk factory operator, linked the crime to labor troubles with the International Fur Workers Union. A private detective guarding Gabbe helped foil the attack after a chase began with a knife thrust at Gabbe’s throat.
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New York
Pietro Gini
Herman Gabbe
Brother
Furriers
Sixth Avenue
Gabbe
Norwalk
Conn
New Tork
International Fur Workers Union
United States
Canada
Giri
Ned
War Wages In Fairfield Circles Battle Between Firemen and Politics
Fairfield June 13 Special to Telegram after a month of conflict in Tunxin Hill between the fire company and Independence Political organization the breach widens the firemen refuse to speak and newspapers are warned not to publish their statements unless sensational. Political leaders give the fire company until Monday to answer charges and decide at Monday night’s meeting whether to renew the fire company or cooperate with the existing one in the town’s eastern end.
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Fairfield
Tunxin Hill
Fire Company
Independence Political Organicaction
Mre
Orginierten
All Fairfield Schools Unite for One Graduation
Fairfield June 13 special to the Telegram reports a single joint graduation event this year. Previously each school held its own commencement, but now all 145 graduates from the town’s gram mar schools will attend a communal ceremony at the Community theatre on Friday night June 22. Sherman School will graduate 34 students, the largest class locally.
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Fairfield
Sherman School
Stratford considers sidewalk sweeping law and town hall plan
Stratford officials discuss a sweeping sidewalk ordinance to compel property owners to install front walks, with the town able to lay walks at owners' expense if neglected. The council also eyes reclaiming the town hall’s top floor for offices to relieve overcrowding and provide space for meetings.
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Stratford
St Michael's Cemetery Association
Stratford Avenue
R H Hunter
Bruce's Brook
Honesspot School
Avon Park
Cemetery Association
Connecticut Company
Donald Sammis
Police
Dap Rtglent
Charity Department
Two June Weddings Promised at Lordship This Month
Lordship notes two upcoming weddings for Miss Amy Allen on June 16 and Miss Edna Calhoun as June bride. A strawberry short cake party drew good attendance despite misty chill. Fire Department tested hydrants and Chemical No 3. Fourth to sixth graders craft doll houses for a semester exhibit with prize for best. Community center dance and Country Club card party slated for Saturday night.
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Lordship
Thememberg
Derby Notes and Local Events Highlight June Day
Maurice Levy operator of a delivery truck crashed into a tree on Atwater avenue near the Malumphy residence the scene of earlier incidents and near the place where Joseph Volo of Ansonia died months ago investigators cite road grade as a factor. District Nurse Association plans a garden fete Friday at Mr and Mrs Nettleton's home while Franklin school pups perform a day tomorrow with exercises led by Miss Miriam Austin principal.
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Derby
Maurice Levy
Malumphy
Atwater Avenue
Joseph Volo
Ansonia
District Nurse Association
Nettleton
Mouthvenue
Franklin School
Mirlaim Austin
Nichols School Principal Changes and Field Day Results
Long Hill June 13 Special to the Telegram reports Nichols and White Plains teams named for the coming school year. Nichols gains Annie E Merritt as principal with Florence M Higging and others. resignation of Miss Bennett noted. Field Day at White Plains draws 300 children. White Plains wins meet 17 3, followed by Long Hill and Nichols. Community Club hosts Professional Night at the fire house.
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Long Hill
Nichols and White Plains
Ball
Nichols School
Annie E. Merritt
Florence M Higging
Alica Wilson
Mildred Wakeley
Lilian Jacy
May Curtiss
Madeleine Kilcoyne
Agnes C. Roche
White
Piaina
Sella A Hopkins
Ruth L. Blackman
Emma L. Linley
Chesnut
Trumbull
White Plains
Nichols
White Plains Abent
Long Hill School
Flag Day Observed by Milford D A R and G A R
Milford plans Flag Day program in Central Grammar School auditorium at eight o clock. Freslove Baldwin Stow chapter D A R joins Captain Charles Pond chapter G A R with Troops 1 2 and 3 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Rev Leslie Briggs to speak on The Visible Flag Emblem of the Invisible Spirit of the State. Committee: Mia Clin Bliss and Mrs Frank N Jatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Leslie Briggs
Mia. Clin LS Bliss
Frank N. Jatt
Examinations Begin at Staples High School
Westport notes report exams started at Staples High School today. Loren Sniffen of Massachusetts Agricultural College has returned to his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Sniffen on Clinton Avenue for the summer. The Staples High School Parent Teacher Association met at Riv ersole Avenue school. The August Mathias Post No 63 of the American Legion postponed its meeting to Wednesday June 20. Mrs EC Smith Jr entertained an informal bridge club at her Lincoln Street home yesterday.
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Westport
Staples High School
Loren Sniffen
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Joseph Sniffen
Clinton Avenue
Riversole Avenue
Mathias Post
Mra EC Smith Jr
Juincoln Street
Rain Should Have Won Pulitzer, Miss Crothers Says
Redding June 13 Special to Telegram Miss Rachel Crothers noted American dramatist says Rain deserved the Pulitzer over Icebound. She discusses playwriting, her views on critics, and describes Roadside, her summer home near Redding with colonial style architecture, sun parlors, and antique furniture.
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Redding
Telegram
Rachel Cro ‘Thers
Mary the Third
Miaz Crothers
Davis
Mies Crothers
New York
Uriggish
Pednantic
Jas Crothers
Rachel Crothers
Manson
Mins Crothers
Norwalk Calf Pasture Park Viewed as $100000 Lemon
Norwalk residents call the Calf Pasture park a $100,000 lemon as the money spent has produced little return. No bathhouses this year, and completing the project will cost more with unlikely further funds. Citizens question why the park was funded and regret the outlay as dredging and heavy equipment are the visible results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
National Guard Company Formed At Ansonia Meet
Ansonia June 13 Special to The Telegram inauguration of a new Connecticut National Guard company took place at the armory last night. Co I 170th Infantry NG formed with Col Haggerty presiding. The unit draws members from Ansonia Shelton Derby and Seymour and aims to be organized by July 1 and attend summer camp at Niantic Springfield. New Springfield rifles arrived and uniforms pending. Major Hurley urged young men to join.
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Niantic
Springfield
Hurley
Milford Boy Shot in Chest by His comrade
Earl Emmons sixteen year old of 79 Buckingham Ave Milford was accidentally struck by a 22 caliber bullet fired by Joseph Nolan fourteen from Gulf aired during a target shooting. The bullet glanced off a tree, pierced his clothing, grazed his arm and entered his chest. He was treated at Milford hospital and expected to recover fully. No report of the incident was filed.
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Milford
Earl Emmons
Elijah Emmons
Buckingham Avenue
Joseph Nolan
Gulf
Emmons
Nelan
C. Carpenter
Hopital
Canadian Gold Rush Trails Open In Ontario Territory
In Toronto Ontario on June 13 a major gold rush unfolds east of Matheson in New Ontario. Mushers from Mooshero gather near Iroquois Falls and Matheson area as prospectors race to claim adjacent lands after two locals arrive with gold specimens. News of the rush spreads quickly.
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Toronto
Matheson
New Ontario
Muashera
Tirmmis
Iroquois Falls
Legion Post to Parade in Fourth of July Celebration
The George A. Smith Post of the American Legion will march in uniform in the town Fourth of July parade on the green. The Eunice Dennie Burr chapter of the AR is in charge of arrangements and program for the event, decided at Sherman hall meeting.
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Fairfield
George A. Smith
American Legion
Will
Sherman Hall
Eunice Dennie Burr
Glenn Collins First Wife Was Fairfield Girl
Extradition case of Charles Glenn Colling, former British army officer, recalls Fairfield romance with Amelia Wheeler of this town. They eloped, married, and later divorced in England. Colling, Boer War and World War I veteran, faced a long extradition fight with the United States Supreme Court involvement.
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Fairfield
Charles Glenn Colling
Bombay
Collins
Amelia Wheeler
H. H. Wheeler
England
Kitchener
Egypt
Antwerp
Gallipoli
France
Ha Han
U United States
New Orleans
Supreme Court of the
United States
Igca
Europe
Fairfield Notes on Beach Cottages and Local Events
Fairfield notes rental activity at Fairfield Beach with cottages Ingleside Mary B and Lawrence changed hands or undergoing work. Geraldine Olmstead becomes Baltimore hospital dietician. Women’s Guild prepares for strawberry festival on Center Street lawn plus a church bazaar and supper. A St Monica Court card party and a Strawberry Cratical by Mult Plain Improvement Society listed with times and locations.
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Fairfield
J DB. Philaon
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Fairfield Beach
Mary B
Mr. Davis
Newark
Lawrence
Joseph Marvin
Bridgeport
John Hudson
Danbury
Misa Geralding Olmstesd
The
Marine Hospital
Baltimore
Maryland
Women's Guild of the First Church of Christ
S. Burr
Center Street
St. Monica Court
Catholic Daughters of Amelia
St. Thomas’ School
Mult Plain Improvement Society
Mra
Walter Redfield
Sturges
Captain Cox Withdraws His Resignation Teammates Resolve Dispute
Milford June 18 special to the Telegram Captain Ernest C Cox withdrew his resignation as head of Chemical company No 4 of Devon after a Tuesday special meeting. The action followed internal controversy and a vote to reconsider. Firemen noted the matter is smoothed and adjusted, with Cox reinstated and the company functioning again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Chemical Company
No. 4
Devon
Ernest C Cox
Cox
Tuseday
Thirteen to get diplomas at Newtown School
Hawley High School holds its annual graduation in the Ha School auditorium. Salutatory by Catherine J Sheehan and valedictory by Richard L Botsford. Dr Arthur Twining Hadley of Yale to give address. List of graduates includes Catherine J Sheehan Agatha K Kennedy Richard J Botsford and others.
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Kennedy
Ct Astoran
Rey M J. Rowan
Caherins J Sheehan
Quartette
Clans
Agatha JL. Kennedy
Richard J. Botsford
Arthur Twining Hadley
Prealment Enteritus
Yale
Benediction
TL. Lasher
Richard K. Botsford
Catherine J. Sheehan
Agatha K. Kennedy
Hrlan Ll. Joy
Gentrude M Crowe
Milered Lif
Ethel M. Peck
Isabel A. ‘Ciemann
John W Ray
Benjamin Shaffer
Francia T. Heynolds
Cornelius K Houlihan
Arthur W,armody
Baston couple enjoy 700 mile auto trip
Mr and Mrs Arthur F Wheeler and guests Irwin Edwards and family completed a three day 700 mile automobile journey celebrating Wheeler and wife’s tenth wedding anniversary. They traveled Adirondacks Lake Champlain Green Mountains and Berkshire Hills, noting Ausable Chasm near Lake Champlain as a highlight. Local Grange meetings featured debates on rural service and farm life, plus readings and music. Attendees also mourned Helmn Peck of Newtown and visited Henry Duncan in a Shelton sanatorium, with preparations for a Children's Day concert at the Methodist church next Sunday.
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Lake Champlain
Tee
Ace Burr
Meters
Clifford Gillette
Benjamin Turney
Mina Andrews
Dra Hattie Mellen
Arthur Sherwood
Edward 9Erman
Charles Nichola
Willard Gillette
Andrew Piccia
Myre
J. Arthur Sherwood
Mina Andrewa
Martin Steucek
George Beers
Mikred Werris
Arthur Wheeler
Erwin Edwards
Helmn Peck
Newtown
Stratfield Yeaterday
Hartford Concern Gets Ansonia Bonds for City
Ansonia June 13 A Hartford firm Thompson Finn & Co. is likely to receive a $200000 bond issue as approved by an act of the Legislature bids opened by the board of aldermen show Hartford bid at 102.61 while Ansonia Savings Bank offered 101.09 both above par reflecting Ansonia’s financial standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
Thompson Finn & Co
Hartford
Board of Aldermen
Ansonia Savinga Bank Wich
Fairfield High School Class Day Banquet Recaps May 13 Event
Fairfield June 13. Spearheaded by Fairfield High School seniors the Class Day banquet at the Farm Street facility drew many attendees including teachers and guests. President Fred Waldron presided as toastmaster with readings of the class will history and characteristics sparking laughter and reminiscence among classmates and faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Speaigt
Fairfield High School
Farm St
T Wistem
Smith
Ruth B. Hall
Fred C. Waldron
Be- George Kiss
Cyaungey Debornes Sorge
Tookte
Bath
Mtn
Mise Eloise ¥Ibbard
Chaancey Osborne
Fred Waldron
Escape Pleasees Mrs S Fairy Near Breakpoint
Mrs S Fairy, 47, of Pasket RR, credits Tanlae for a near breakdown recovery. She describes severe hyerepsia causing stomach pain, weakness, and insomnia, then reports improved health, strength, appetite, digestion, and sleep after using Tanlae Vegetable Pills. The ad claims 87 million bottles sold and promotes Tanlae as the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlae
Iadle B
Pasket
Joint-Ease Advertisement Promises Quick Relief
A local ad touts Joint-Ease as a miracle cure for stiff swollen inflamed joints. It claims daily use with a gentle massage and cites pharmacists as exclusive distributors. The pitch highlights a low price of 60 cents per tube and brands the product as a major discovery for joint pain.
Hair Vanishing Treatment Promises Quick Results
An advertisement touts plain delatene mixed with water as a skin safe hair remover. A thigh paste of mizine and delatone is spread on the skin for three minutes, then rubbed off to leave no hair trace. The copy cautions to use real tone and mix fresh for best results.
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Teller
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Sport Hill School
Easton
Harriet Hubbard
Frances Heiser
May Allen
Bennett
A. E. Merritt
Milford D. AR
Rain
Miss Crothers
National Guard
Shelton High School
Elizabeth Curtis
W. W. Curtiss
Myrtle Street
Shelton
Glenn Collins
Cplomas
Dr. Hadley
Baston
Fairfeld Hig
F. C. Waldron
Mrs. S. Fairy
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