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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
6
Portland Red Cross notes urge more workers and supplies and call for Friday gathering at two o clock. Members urged to attend, prepared with needs and to discuss meeting frequency. Mant Gibbons to speak at Emerald Hall Saturday evening for Red Cross members.
Despite rainy weather a good sized audience attended the illustrated Sweden lecture by Rev. J. B. Hulteen at the Swedish Lutheran church. Hulteen offered vivid views of scenery and landmarks of Scandinavia and the meeting, hosted by the Luther League, featured refreshments afterward.
A rally is planned at the old hall Saturday night to support the third Liberty loan. Sergeant Arthur Gibbons, a leading war speaker, will address the gathering. The Liberty chorus will sing and admission is free.
A fragmented page notes tax collection dates April 10 and May 10 and mentions local social orders, a resigned official, and community shifting to a new time. It records individuals such as M. J. Leahy and Theodore Foster, a Hartford automobile event, and farmers delaying clock changes amid time realignment.
An important W. C. T. U. meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon led by Mrs Henry France of Main Street. The union plans to buy a Liberty bond and hold a food sale to fund it. The next meeting, with Mrs H C Bell, is set for April 24. River levels rise with no abatement yet. Dancing at Siebert's hall in East Hampton featuring Burdick's orchestra Saturday night. Holy Communion at the Chapel of St John the Baptist at 9, prayer at 10, Sunday School at 11. Mrs William H. Robinson is ill at home on East Main Street. Troop 1, Boy Scouts meets Friday evening at the Methodist church.
Colchester reports weather disruptions causing a cancelled Liberty chorus meeting and low school attendance due to a Jewish holiday. A Home Guard drill, a factory shut down for holidays, and routine local business movements are noted along with plowing, travel by the Rogers Laundry auto, and various town updates.
East Haddam resident Mons has returned to town after a long water absence. Mr and Mrs H M Wind motored to South Manchester Tuesday. The infant son of Mr and Mrs A R Doe, once seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia, is better and out of danger. Captain F Wal with is testing alewife runs with a seine around East Haddam in April with no big results yet. A Riverside garage motor truck hauled a load of potatoes to New Haven on Wednesday.
Haddam residents hear talks at Brainerd's hall on Sheep and Beef and Pork with speakers from Storrs Agricultural College. Red Cross urged for gauze dressings. Tax collection hours set for Monday. Haddam H. G. defeats Deep River H. G. in rifle contest by 26 points with teams named.
Mrs George Wilkins and her Massachusetts niece visit Cromwell as Mrs Hiram Warner goes to Middlesex hospital for an operation. The girls choir meets for rehearsals at the Congregational church as the ladies minstrels debut next Monday. Prayer meeting at the Baptist church Friday evening. Luther league gathers at West street home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ahlauist. Eight hundred dressings completed by the weekly surgical dressing group. Tic show admission 35c offers a chance to see the performance at Brige's hall Monday April 8 at 8 o clock for the Red Cross.
Shailerville notes list Mrs. Frank Cook from Richmond Hill visiting her father George W. Snyder this week. Mrs. Nora Duncan from Middletown Connecticut is spending a week at home. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dittman were in Middletown on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dickinson of Middletown visited Ezekiel Shailer on Sunday. Mrs. Robert C. Bailey and son Kenneth visited friends in New London over the weekend. Miss Clara Rosa of Brooklyn spent her Eastern vacation at Shady Nook.
The town reports spring signs with shad, turtle songs, and cautions about early planting. Red Cross appeals seek gauze workers and clothing for Belgian relief, with sessions on Tuesdays and Saturdays and evening hours. Local residents make trips, join war rally plans, and two men buy a fishing outfit to establish a shad pond.
The early service at Emanuel church will be held next Sunday at 11 a.m. A handsome service flag will be presented by church members during the event. The annual parish meeting will follow immediately after the service.
Hadlyme representatives will visit Hay lyme on Saturday to call on prospective house wiring customers and explain any doubts. Central Conn., Power and Light Co. advertisement.
An old health ad claims backache signals kidney or bladder trouble and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. It advises regular kidney function for overall health and urges readers to consult a druggist and buy the imported brand with a money back guarantee.
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