Community Meeting and Red Cross Drive Planned
Portland hosts a public meeting with speakers H Russell Woodford An n Smith and Wil Hungerford discussing victory and servitude messages from the national scene. Red Cross rooms open for front supplies drive as demand rises. Liberty Loan committee leaders plan first reports tonight at town hall. Edward Anderson estate seeks land 65 acres near East Hampton Glastonbury line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jes’ Missionary Society of Exceational Church
Givatore Tassone
East Hampton
Amelia ‘Edward Anderson
Glastonbury
Im Ds T. A. B. Society
Emerald Hall
Local News Brief From Higganum and Surrounds
Higganum reports Miss Ursula Imard teaching in place of ill Miss ar of Middletown. Red Cross volunteers work on dressings as weekly goal. Lloyd Brainard of Providence visiting parents, now back home. Kate Burr substitutes for Ivanette Bailey at Union church. Many plan to attend Pomona Grange meeting in Amburg. Liberty loan rallyes held at Tylerville and Lerville. Schools resume after Easter. Charles Carlson offers homemade butter funds each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higganum
Ursula Imard
Middletown
Marble
Red Cross
Lloyd Brainard
Providence
R. J
A. L. Brainard
Kate Burr
Ivanette Bailey
Union
Society
Pomona Grange
Ambureg
John
Haddam
Congregational Church
Russell
Ike
Tylerville
Lerville
Grange Hall
Charles B Carlson
Furth
Moodus Social Notes Highlight East Hampton Visitors
Moodus reports a visit by Miss Fannie Arkham of East Hampton to Mrs G B Hall's home. Emma Francis, ill at daughter Mrs Fred Simpson Jr.’s, receives relatives from Hartford. H E Francis of New Haven visits Monday evening. Families from Middletown and Portland call on relatives. Alice Rogers returns from Hartford. Clarksson Brooks back from a week with parental home. McCain, Jones and others at Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moodus
Fannie Arkham
East Hampton
G. B. Hall
S. Ce Gorman
Emma Francis
Fred Simpson, Jr
E. P. Simpson
Hartford
Simpson
H. Edward Francis
New Haven
M. Bride
M. Cashman
Middletown
Sunbhn Kelleher
C. S
Kiley
Midstown
Portland
Alice Rogers
Wunch and Son
Clark
Red Cross Meeting Receives April 23 Donation
The Red Cross collected April 23 in Gratham Middle Haddam and Middle Haddam, with $2.30 at Saturday’s event. A meeting is planned for Wednesday at 2 30 at Mrs Parme will be served and a raffle will be held. Thompsonville residents F A Smith and others visited Chatham on Monday. The Red Cross set a Friday afternoon and evening gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Haddam
Red Cross
Haddam NECE and See Excuse Me Benefit
Haddam residents attend an April 1 Saturday evening benefit event for the Red Cross featuring the show Excuse Me. An advertisement invites community members to attend the program hosted locally with proceeds likely aiding relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddam
Red Cross
Adv
Deep River Local Notes and Social Roundup
Daily items from Deep River and nearby towns noting visits and movements. William Casey of New London visited, Miss Dorothy Looby in Branford, and A C Pratt of Montclair NJ was in town. The Liberty chorus under F L Fleetham to sing at a Chester war rally tomorrow evening. Mrs Johnson’s funeral in Fountain Hill Cemetery with Rev F R Luckey officiating. The town advertises William Fox’s The Honor System at the Princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
William Casey
New London
Leonard W. Baker
C. R. Marvin
Norwich
Herbert Rutty
H. G. Jones
Dorothy Looby
Branford
David Looby
Montclair
N. J
Liberty Chorus
F. L. Fleetham
Chester
Stuart Woodland
Camp Devens
Harold Stallsburg
Middletown
J. O. Stallsburg
Philathea Society
Baptist Chapel
Town Hall
Charles Richman
Anna L. Nilsson
George A. Wormwood
Boston
George Johnson
New Haven
Fountain Hill Cemetery
F. R. Luckey
Humphey Street Congregational
Elm City
Hayes & Pierce
Chapel Street
Johnson
Robert Adams
Richard Adams
New York City
Arvid Anderson
Pratt, Read & Co
West Factory
W. H. Kane
Hartford
William Fox
Ady
Whist and Dance at Deep River Hall in April
In Deep River town hall on Friday evening April 12 the Holy Name society hosts its fifth annual whist and dance with elegant prizes and good music for dancing. Tickets cost 5 cents in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River Town Hall
The
Holy Name Society
Hebron Notes On Roads Guests And Local Visits
Hebron April reports mention James Clinton and Marshall Clinton of Bridgeport visiting Hiram Clinton, Miss Eleanor P. Lord returning from Ellington, and plans for the Ladies Aid Society at the Congregational church. Traffic notes say many autos from surrounding towns in town, with road repairs underway and a plea for a state road between Columbia and East Hampton. Wallace Lord of Andover may move to Hebron. Ethel Rogers returned from Simsbury High after vacation. Mrs. Marietta Horton of Hartford visited. John Way of Hartford fished locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
James Clinton
New Haven
Hiram Clinton
Eleanor P. Lord
Ellington
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
Howard Hart
Columbia
Willimantic
Andover
East Hampton
Marshall Clinton
Bridgeport
Wallace Lord
Ethel Rogers
Simsbury
Miles Rogers
Marietta Horton
Hartford
John Way
East Hampton Liberty Loan total tops quota with over 50,000
East Hampton reports completion of its third Liberty Loan drive with bonds totaling over 50,000 despite a 48,000 quota. The town celebrates patriotic effort as Pine Brook school joins Red Cross with 100 percent 1918 membership. Community notices include births, visits, funerals, and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Liberty
Pine Brook
Mary Cavanaugh
Red Cross Society
Walcott Brown
Thomas Southmayd
New Haven
Madeline Wall
William Wall
Charles House
Philadelphia
Chatham Hall
Joseph Garvey
Hartford
John Garvey
D. W. Healy
C. F. Stoddard
Raymond House
Camp Dix
N. J
Mayo Purpie
A. O. H. Will
O’connell’s
Alva West
Camp Devens
Anna B. Cook
Butterick’s
Grangehall
Haddam Neck
Red Cross
Adv
George Bissell
Ruby Esidore
Theresa Telleth
Middletown
War rally and social notes from Clinton and area
A Clinton social column lists residents visiting relatives and returning home. A victory war rally is set for Morgan Hall on Friday April 12 at 8 p.m. Speakers include A E Lord and Mrs C G Morris with Walter A Towne addressing women’s role in victory. Captain James Chalker is visiting Waterside. נוספים
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Wellington Dudley
David Redfield
High Street
William Ward
Wilkesbarre
William Horan
Guilford
Thomas E. Lynch
A. M. Phillips
George Kilburne
New London
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Morgan Hall
A. E. Lord
Essex
C. G. Morris
New Haven
Walter A. Towne
James Chalker
Saybrook Point social notes and arrivals
Saybrook Point notes list visitors and residents including Mr and Mrs Howard W Pease visiting relatives in Thomaston and Mr and Mrs T L Cuyier opening their Saybrook Manor summer house. Mrs Fred Derby visiting Hartford. the Berrian place rented to New York parties. Mrs Berrian in town. Congregational Ladies Aid meets with Mrs W H Smith Wednesday. James H Day and Miss Helen Day of Hartford spent the weekend at their Saybrook summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saybrook Point
Howard W. Pease
Thomaston
T. L. Cuyier
Saybrook Manor
Fred Derby
Fred Stokes
Hartford
Berrian Place Hs
New York
W. H. Smith
James H. Day
Helen Day
Old Saybrook military, telegraph work, and Liberty Loan notes
Lieut Ralph N Clark and three officers move from Chanute Field to St Paul to reorganize the government signal corps aviation and mechanics training school. New Haven division telephones will link tower stations and sidings for dispatcher use. The Valley branch between Saybrook Point and Hartford shows good service. One more day of Liberty Loan collection passes with strong local support. Trask walks with cane but foregoes duty this week. Doyle remains at Camp Devens. Camp for 150 laborers is under construction near the river for meals and wash facilities. Bishop Olmsted ill in Buffalo. daughter Ruth travels to assist. consistory rites continue locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Saybrook
Ralph N. Clark
Henry Ives Clark
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ills
St. Paul, Minn
Overland
Signal Corps, Aviation and Mechanics’ Training School
New Haven
New London
Telegraph and Telephone Department
Saybrook Point
Hartford
William A. Trask
John Doyle
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
James H. Day
C. A. Olmsted
Buffalo
Ruth
Bishop Olmsted
New York
Centerbrook Notes and Local Happenings
Centerbrook reports returnees from Holyoke and West Haven including Mrs. Alfred Wright and Walter, Mrs. James Burnett tending the ill Mrs. Frank Fox, Winifred Hubbard back at the parsonage, and the Ladies' Friendly Society set to meet with Mrs. Albert Ely on Main Street. Edward Bushnell relocates a building from Main Street to Deep River Street. Also, a hospital wedding in Taston where Henry R Bowlby, though gravely injured with a broken neck, marries Alice Faulks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerbrook
Alfred Wright
Walter
Main Street
Carl Davis
Edward Bushnell
Deep River Street
Women Braver Than Men In Daily Tasks And Kidney Relief
A reader from Montgomery, Ind describes women handling chores at home and work despite suffering symptoms like dizziness. The ad claims kidney tonics ease pain, asserting eight bottles cured a reader and praising Safe as harmless with reliable results, sold nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ind
Westbrook News Recaps Society Meetings and War Drive
The Westbrook column lists church and society events including the Ladies' regational and Ladies' Aid meetings, W C T U activity, and a victory rally at the town hall. It notes funeral services for Henry Isaacs, local moves, Red Cross dressings made from gauze, and patriotic Liberty Loan sermons led by Rev C R Watkins, with emphasis on community patriotism and wartime support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Ladies’ Regational Society
Henry Isaacs
Cornelia Walker
Waterbury
J. H. Stannard
Edward Newton
Hartford
Crawford Cheney
Bessex
Malcolm DeWolf
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Raymond Kelsey
E. L. Kelsey
Golden Rule Club
Pheebe Deming
Ladies’ Aid Society
A. L. Burdick
C. R. Watkins
Eddie Davis
Middletown
Stannard Beach
Mary Wilson
Robert Wilson
J. H. Cook
E. A. Pease
Boston
Edward Allen Pease, Jr
Southboro
Liberty
Congregational Church
Miss Knowles
Irving Bailey
United States Coast Guards
Charles Menney
Washington
Essex Men Pass Draft Exam and News From Deep River
Essex reports Frederick W. Brown Turey Ferranti J Urban Antoni Barrslaci and Clarence E Wallace passing the draft examination before the local board at Deep River on Saturday. Others slated for Middletown advisory board include Hilding Olson William Davis John W Dean Donald Myers. Battery B troops stationed at Fort Terry reach France. Isaac W Wer shingles Frederick Bannester’s Saybrook Street residence. A victory war loan rally is set for Wednesday at Public Hall. Also notes short Evening Press delivery, local visits by Joseph Brooks Eva Morgan Charles Sisson William Blair and Dr F B Bradeen preparing for duty at Camp Oglethorpe Ga April 10. Congregational midweek missionary rally planned for Thursday at 7 30 p m to support the victory loan effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Frederick W. Brown
Turey Ferranti
J. Urban
Antoni Barrslaci
Clarence E. Wallace
Deep River
Middletown
Hilding Olson
William Davis
John W. Dean
Donald Myers
Battery B
Fort Terry
France
Isaac W. Wer
Frederick Bannester
Saybrook Street
Joseph Brooks
Edwin Pratt
West Avenue
Eva Morgan
Branford
Charles C. Sisson
Deere River
William Blair
Camp Devens
F. B. Bradeen
New York
Camp Oglethorpe
Congregational Church
Flower decorations grace pulpit as visitors gather
The pulpit was adorned with bouquets of roses and cut flowers. C. M Ingersol of Haddam visited J. R. Ripley's home over Sunday. Mrs Ingersol and her mother Mrs G D E Post plan to return from Florida by the week's end. The W V I A will hold its April meeting at the town hall tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M Ingersol
Haddam
J. R. Ripley
Green's August Flower: a stomach and liver remedy
Green's August Flower is described as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion in the stomach and intestines, aids bile secretion, and cleanses the alimentary canal. It is marketed as treating ailments from sour stomach to nervous indigestion and is sold by Woodward Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward Drug Co
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H. Russell Woodford
Miss Ann Smith
Wil Hungerford
New Britain
Bry
United States
Svernor
Connecticut
C. Barry
Eeting
Mpany K
Acrom
Com
Gratham—Middle
OLD
Saybrook
Taston
Henry R. Bowlby
Alice Faulks
New Jersey
Arrigo
Middletown War Bureau
Central National Bank Building
America
Home Gardens
Farm Bureau
the Bureau Publicity Committee
Liberty Loan
Spirit
Germany
Uncle Sam’s
Soldier Boys
Bunce’s
James H. Bunce Co
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