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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
6
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie G wife of C Larson were held at the Swedish Lutheran church yesterday at 2 pm with Rev C G officiating. Burial followed at Swedish Hall Waterbury.
Lenten services were held at 7 30 PM at the Swedish Lutheran church followed by a church board meeting. The Children's society planned a Saturday work meeting. A grass and bushes fire on East Main Street hill lit up the area last evening around 8 with no alarm or property damage.
East Haddam residents share family visits and recoveries as Mrs. Fannie Tracy returns home from East Hartford. A Red Cross sewing meeting led by Mrs. Arthur Alexander is noted. Miss Louise Carroll vacationing in Boston. Marshal Miner uses a plaster cast to aid mobility, and Senior Lieut. Thomas Carroll visits home. Mrs. Carroll recoveries enable crutch-assisted movement. Harry Powers visits family. Deep River high resumes after spring break. Harry Greenburg buys Anton Peck household furniture. Thirty friends surprise Mrs. Reed Bartman on anniversary.
Miss Catherine Grieder visited New Haven with her aunt Mrs. Percy Willard. George W. Lee bought one heavy work horse from John Sellars. Ferris Johnson and Bernard Olsen started work for Ellison Construction on the Player Piano Co addition. Mrs. William Murphy joined Pratt Read Company in their keyboard factory. The State Guard beat East Hampton again at East Hampton by a similar score to the prior game. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierson died of measles. funeral held today. Mrs. Clarence E. Lamb and Miss Phylis Arnold visited Mr. and Mrs. Francis Arnold in Hartford. Mrs. E. C. Chandler and two children returned from Wood Haven Long Island and Hartford. Mary Pratt is on the sick list. N. Burdette Pratt visited Harry L. Pratt.
Durham thrives on Friday evening dances powered by Helen's popular orchestra. The city keeps a lively pace with biweekly events that dispel dullness and draw locals seeking music and merriment.
Funeral services for John Rudolph Spellman son of Mr and Mrs John Spellman were held at Sweilsn Lutheran church after services at his home the Rev C E Anderson of Middletown officiated praising his ambition and future. Burial followed at Lake View cemetery. Rifle shoot results show Deep River State Guard defeating East Hampton State Guard at Siebert's opera house with refreshments served. Armenian relief drive reports total 1113 27 with East Hampton contributing 945 46 and Cobalt and Middle Haddam 167 81 led by Albert Starr. Red Cross meeting scheduled at Chatnam hall this afternoon.
Fragmented notices report appendicitis at St Francis Hospital Hartford with patient resting well. George T. Cavanaugh visited New Haven yesterday on business. Private Seymour West, back from overseas, discharged and home. Kenneth Wall of Middletown visited with parents. Gladys Cone returned from New York visit. D D Ryan visiting Portland and Middletown on business. Chief Petty Officer Edward Wall from Pelham Bay on furlough with family. Advertisement notes wallpaper, painting and decorating services. Swed ish Lutheran church service Friday at 7 30 followed by Dorcas society refreshments. Siebert's hall hosts dancing Saturday night admission 25 cents.
Moodus reports a busy week with Frank Mance of Deep River as a caller, Clifford Brooks returning to Hortford, Rev. Herbert Gurnee appointed Methodist pastor, Thadeus Ward in town from Boston, and Charles B. Brooks visiting Hartford. Miss Mary Gorman helps at Mrs. Harry Cross's home. Minnie Mietzner ill. William Davis finishing mill duties and visiting out of town. Francis Gardner visiting parents. Mrs. Klapper family to reside in Brownell tenements after a recent fire.
In Rocky Hill on April 3 the town clock at the Congregational church was repaired and now rings hourly. A large Grange night drew many, with Earl A. Brown Hartford County farm bureau agent as principal speaker. Residents attended a Wethersfield Grange dance and midweek prayer meeting. Several visitors were seen in Griswoldville and Hartford, while Mrs. Maynard sought treatment at Hartford hospital.
Essex notices detail the Deese household move from F. J. Mack’s to Norwich on Wednesday while Annie Scanion from New Haven visits on Novelty avenue. Leman Babcock of New London visits Cross street. New York state renters take Nott's Island farm and furniture arrives for the island. Elizabeth Clute dies in Westbrook at 89, former Eagle Hotel manager. Edward Hyatt, back from overseas, to join Essex Light and Power. Reginald Wilcox and John Dickinson near home from Florida. Louis Tucker arrives at Camp Lejeune for overseas service.
Middlefield April 3 On Sunday Sept Sherrod Soule of the Missionary Society of Connecticut will occupy the pulpit in the aggregational church. His subject will be The Redemption of Our Inheritance. In the evening at 7 30 he will give a stereoptical lecture on The Contribution of Connecticut to the Civil War. Mrs Ernest Goodrich, who recently returned from Virginia, is a guest at G and Goodrichs.
Charles Cerresa of Co H C S G was shot by a 22 long rifle at the company indoor range. The bullet tore through his big toe and into the heel of the other foot. He was taken home and a doctor summoned. It is hoped he will recover quickly with no lasting ill effects. Miss Phoebe Demming has left M S Brooks and Sons and returned home. Mrs Dexter Phelps of Hartford visits her father CG Bates. A crane night entertainment is announced as a drawing card.
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