Portland Grocer to Sell Business After Fifty Years
Portland April 6 1 In business continuous fifty years at the land Charles H Bell veteran law of Portland is to retire. The establishment has been for sale. The fifty year anniversary was on April 1 marking the firm founded 1868 by C H Bell and E Bell. J Bell to retire and the store to close after decades of steady operation. The business center on Main Street Freestone q (text garbled) with storage and equipment. Mr Bell began in 1868 at oil etc. The notice notes valued service of D Condren for forty years and public reaction to Bell’s retirement as well as church notices.
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Portland
Charles H. Bell
Veteran Law of
Gale
Insitt
C. H. Bell
E. Bell
Rge C. Bell
H. Bell
Bell
Conbut
J. Bell
Ais
Main Street
Freestone Ue
Te Freestone Savings Bank
Mr. Bell
Belligeen
William Gleason
Record
James Condren D
Porson
Condren
Kr. Bell
Church Notes and Services for Congregational Church
First Sunday after Holy Communion features a 10 30 service with sermon. Sunday school earlier, evening worship at 7 2 Easter cantata by the choir. Congregational church public worship at 10 45 led by Rev M K Thomson. Sunday school 12 15 exam reading on Christian duty and privilege Ps 119 verse 9 16 Endeavor meeting 6 30.
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Daniel Wilkins
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. C. Hofer
Jerusalem
L. B. Hurlburt
Epworth League
Swedish Lutheran Church
T Congregational Church
M. K. Thomson
Flag Raising At Shipyard Honors WWI Entrance Anniversary
A flag raising at the Gildersleeve Ship Construction Company yard followed orders from Chairman Edward Hurley of the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation. Hartford Foot Guard band performed patriotic music as speakers included Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles Aubrey Maddock ex Governor Frank Weeks and Judge Frank D. Haines. Similar ceremonies occurred nationwide while the yard builds two large merchant steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hurley
United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
Gildersleeve Ship Construction Company
Governor's Foot Guard Band
Hartford
W. S. Cowles
Farmington
Aubrey L. Maddock
State Council of Defense
Frank B. Weeks
Middletown
Frank D. Haines
United States
Gildersleeve Yard
Red Cross Notes Encouraging Attendance at Meetings
Large turnout of Red Cross workers in rooms yesterday with hope for even larger crowds next week on Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 5 pm. A sewing machine donation adds to four already in use as workers sew surgical dressings for front line troops.
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Red Cross
Rally for Third Liberty Loan Drive in Portland
Sergeant Arthur Gibbons will headline a large rally at Emerald Hall this evening to kick off Portland's Third Liberty Loan drive. The Liberty chorus will sing and townspeople are expected to attend in large numbers on the anniversary of the United States entering the war. The canvass aims to oversubscribe Portland's quota, as in prior drives.
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Arthur Gibbons
Emerald Hall
Liberty Loan
Liberty Chorus
The
Mar
Sergeant Gibbons
Portland
Tax Notice for 1917 Taxes Payable By May 10
A tax collector advertises the regular end special property tax books for 1917 with the due date of April 10 and payable by May 10. M. J. Leahy, collector, announces readiness to receive said taxes. A sentence notes a surprise birthday party at Miss Agnes Bjorklund’s home on Coe's Avenue on Thursday.
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M. J. Leahy
Agnes Bjorklund
Coe’s Avenue
Thurs
Local social notes and personnel moves in Hartford area
Community pages report Miss Bjorklund’s pleasant birthday event with gifts and dancing at Siebert's hall in East Hampton. Portland Odd Fellows voted to buy two Liberty Bonds. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Burnham, Mrs. Shepard, and Nelson Shepard are mentioned with travel, enlistment, and job changes. Frederick Hayden joins Pratt and Whitney in Hartford. Edna Hansen and family visit New York and New Jersey. Darcy Lloyd resigns from Franklin Electric and plans to sail on the Brownstone.
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Bjorklund
Siebert’s Hall
East Hampton
Lne Orchestra
C. G. Erickson
Hartford
J. B. Hulteen
Portland Lodge of Odd Fellows
John L. Burnham
Philadelphia
Nelson A. Shepard
A. N. Shepard
United States Marine Corps
Paris Island
Fort Royal
S. C
Kent School
Trinity College
Frederick Hayden
Pickering Governor Co
Pratt and Whitney Co
Cornelius Hansen
Edna
New York
New Jersey
Darcy B. Lloyd
Franklin Electric Company
Lloyd
Brownstone
Colchester Social Notes and Liberty Day Events
Colchester April 6 residents hosted callers from Westchester and East Hartford while many prepared for spring cleaning. Liberty Day activities included a 2 PM park program with Liberty chorus and Home Guard in full uniform. Transactions featured moves on Norwich avenue and visits from Willimantic Normal and New London residents.
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Colchester
Fred Alger
Westchester
F. E. Baker
New Britain
Brink
East Hartford
Engineer Brink
Ida Wagner
David Elderkin
Charles Dawley
Norwich Avenue
L. S. Freeman
Eileen Sullivan
Willimantic Normal
Wooster Lodge
A. M
Masonic Hall
Willimantic Avenue
Knits While in Jury Box in New Castle
A. Riley, a draughtsman for Shel by Steel Tube Co., knitted a sweater for the Red Cross during his three days serving as grand juror in New Castle.
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New Castle
M. A. Riley
Shelby Steel Tube Co
Red Cross
Local Social Notes From Clinton April Arrivals and Weddings
Mrs D T Bridges of Binghampton visits her parents Mr and Mrs W H Stafford. Priscilla club meets April 8 with Mrs Minnie Merrill. Mrs Lydia Lane returns home from Centerbrook. Miss Clarissa Amelia Kelsey and Lt Leo E Miller wed in New York City and plan Texas trip. Miss Camilla Kozlick helps in millinery store. Mrs Harriet Langdon and Mrs Z A Dowd visit New Haven. William Ayer returns from Florida. Mrs Susan Stannard of Guilford visits sisters in town. Miss Jeanette Reed returns to Scranton after months with Uncle Joseph McCoy.
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Clinton
D. T. Bridges
Binghampton
N. Y
W. H. Stafford
Priscilla Club
Minnie Merrill
Lydia Lane
H. D. Robinson
Centerbrook
Liberty Street
Clarissa Amelia Kelsey
R. H. W. Kelsey
Leo E. Miller
Aviation Corps
St. Agnes Chapel
New York City
Miller
Kelsey
Texas
Camilla Kozlick
Addie A. Smith
Harriet Langdon
Z. A
Saybrook Point Social and School News in April
Mrs. Mary D. Clark visits Hartford while Mrs. J. D. Clark fills Miss Eleanor Bradley’s Red Cross post during her New York stay. Saybrook school closes for a short vacation. Principal Pease and wife visit Thomaston relatives. Miss Davies improves after illness. Mrs. Kenney opens a Saybrook Heights summer home. Congregational church to host a sterepoticon lecture on Plymouth history at 7:30.
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Saybrook Point
Mary D. Clark
Hartford
J. D. Clark
Eleanor Bradley
Red Cross
Stanley Davis
New Britain
Kenney
Saybrook Heights
Plymouth
Thurlow
Framyear
John Chase
Newton
Mass
Victory rally program and parade planned in Westbrook
Westbrook April 6 the town hall rally Tuesday evening will feature speakers T McDonough Russell Middletown Mrs Mitchell New Haven Rev Hatfield Deep River with Westbrook Drs Corps leading public school children in a 7 30 pm parade to the town hall where addresses will be made also Mrs John E Chatfield Milford is visiting the Misses Moore Henry Isaacs aged 42 a longtime resident died yesterday at his in laws home after a long illness
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Westbrook
Town Hall
T. McDonough Russell
Middletown
Mitchell
New Haven
Hatfield
Deep River
Westbrook Dr
John E. Chatfield
Milford
Moore
Henry Isaacs
Andrew Wagner
Westchester News Flows From Town Pages
Westchester notes April activities with visits from Mr. and Mrs. W K Raymond and family, and Colchester callers. Repairs at the Ledges anticipate summer guests from Hartford while residents prepare homes for newlyweds. Local trips include George Phelps’s return from Paris Island and tours by tourists amid mud hazards. A Woman's Board of Foreign Missions aid event, church pulpit duties by Rev. D E Jones, and interment of Mrs. Emily C conclude with Charles Loomis as church sexton after L M Carrier’s death.
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Westchester
W. K. Raymond
Colchester
Joseph Bailey
East Haddam
Asa Brainerd
Sive
George Phelps
Paris Island
S. C
Martha Smith
Hast Haddam
H. M. Rudge
D. E. Jones
Hartford
C. H. Skinner
Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions
Emily C
Charles Loomis
L. M. Carrier
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Goodrich
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B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
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Ohio
Ney
Baytrem Goodrich
Serge
Poplin
Batiste
Hamburg
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Men’s Athletic Union
Fering
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