Amusements listing big film bill at Middlesex and Grand
The page details a slate of films and vaudeville at Middlesex and Grand. Lisza Ta p leads a dramatic wartime style feature with political intrigue, followed by The Square Vision and The House of Hate episodes. Wolves of the Rail stars William Hart in a reformer arc, while The Eagle's Eye exposes Imperial German activities in America. Grand Theatre promises Fox Kiddies and The Strong Way, plus other shorts. later Kimball Young in Shirley, La Tosca, and a travel feature. Continuous vaudeville and Bluebird Rough Lover highlight the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisza
Dusi
Oid Lockwood
Square Vision
Pearl White
Antonio Moreno
P Artcraft
William Hart
Thos. H. Ince
Middlesex
Hart
Buck
Ande
Colny
Urse
4Th Lawson
Smoky
Gap
Andrade
the Eagle
America
Grand Theatre
Ednesday
Grand
Fox- Kiddies
William Fox
Matt Jeff
Victor
Millange
Franklyn
Mm “Péreon
Miss Frederick
Edi Jose
Benjamin Chapin
Victor Moore Comend
Burton Holmes
Colchester News Highlights War Efforts and Social Notes
Colchester residents host or visit friends over the weekend with Putnam, Willimantic, and Middletown connections. War food sale planned in Grange hall as a Thursday afternoon event runs 3 to 5 PM led by the young Christian Endeavor group. A well attended Grange concert amid bad weather praised for its quality. Missionary and youth gatherings noted, with a reminder Colchester has contributed to the war effort and Home Guards drills set for Thursday. Hyde of Salem visited town friends while Hyde’s group prepares to depart for Palmer this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
Solchester
William A
Putnam
Jeremiah Shea
Katherine Shea
Willimantic
Henry Damm
Middletown
M. Damm
George Reynolds
East Hartis
Whristien Endeavor Society
Grange Hall
Mices
Grange
Ted
Hyde
Salem
Palmer
Vera
East Haddam locals enlistments and visits cited
East Haddam notes include Frank C. Tracy of Moodus enlisting in the U S Navy now living in Bloomfield, with Mel Brooks and E H Rose making a Middletown trip in Mr Books car. Several residents like Lester Hallock, Nellie Drown, Addie Halock, and Pearlane of Hartford are mentioned visiting or shopping. Raymond Ventres heads to Boston for government auto training. Clarence Spencer remains ill at Camp Devens base hospital. H A Smith returns to the Middletown steamer. Numerous local rides, visits, and service notes fill the fragmentary report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Tracy
Moodus
Bloomfield
U. S. Navy
Malcolm Brooks
E. H. Rose
Middletown
Warner
Westchester
M. Gelaton Bros
Lester Hallock
Newa
Nellie Drown
Hartford
Azro Drown
H. A. Smith
Saturnt Addie Halock
W. H. Hart
New Britain
A. E. Peck
Raymond Ventres
Boston
Clarence Spencer
Camp Devens
Mass
Harry L. Clark
F. C. H. Wendell
Grace Chapel
Hadlyme
Sarah Ackley
John Loucks
Pittsburg
W. C. Reynolds
Eugene Boardman
J. Hatstatt
John Brooks
Arthur Morse
A. Doe
Allen Willey
G. H. Ventres
East Haddam
John Gorman
William Russell
Highway Department
Community Notes From Higganum and Surrounding Towns
Higganum residents report frequent visits from relatives over the weekend. Local figures include Joe Baroni and Louis Malacarne visiting Essex, Fred Butler and William O’Connor home from Camp Devens, and Otto Carlson hosted by the Min dietown residents. Hilda Johnson Regina Miller and Ernest Grenman spent Saturday in Middletown. Miss Ketcham will speak on Balanced Meals at the reading room Wednesday with a hot frame demonstration. Miss A Scory has joined Sanders Frary and Clark in New Britain. Mrs I Burr to host the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society Tuesday at 2:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhigganum
Joe Baroni
Louis Malacarne
Essex
Fred Butler
William O’connor
Camp Devens
G. B. Carlson
Mindietown
Otto Carlson
Hilda Johnson
Regina Miller
Ernest Grenman
A. Scory
Sanders, Frary and Clark
New Britain
I. Burr
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Essex Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Births
Lloyd Babcock of the U S S Delaware visits Essex on Cross street. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Leander J Dupree of North Main street. Miss Louise Bailey to host Literary club at Greenlawn Tuesday evening. Various residents return from Hartford New Haven Brooklyn and New Rochelle. Middle sex Hospital Aid Society to hold annual meeting April 16 at Bendley Memorial Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Lloyd Babcock
U. S. S. Delaware
Cross Street
Literary Club
Louise Bailey
North Main Street
Arthur Lovell
Hartford
Griswold House Inn
Floyd Johnstone
New Rochelle
James L. Pratt
Charles Young
New York City
Middlesex Hospital Aid Society
Bendley Memorial Home
Adv
Markhams and visitors host weekend gathering in Durham
Oliver I Markham of Deep River spent Sunday with parents Mr and Mrs E A Markham. Weldon Becroft and a Wallingford friend visited Franklin F Bailey. R C Markham of Middletown called on Dr E A Markham. Bailey held a surprise party with friends, music, games, and supper. Various local notices follow including church changes and O U A M hall meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Oliver I. Markham
Deep River
E. A. Markham
Weldon Becroft
Wallingford
Franklin F. Bailey
Luzerne
Camp
Lester Wilcox
Waterbury
A. M. Camp
R. C. Markham
Middletown
Florida
Knights of Pythias
O. U. A. M. Hall
Middlefield
St. Stephen’s Church
R. A. Olcott
Ww. Co. U. U
Hattie Newton
Young people present play in Haddam Neck
April 15 report notes a local youth group performing the play Excuse Me in Haddam Neck Saturday evening. The Red Cross plans gauze work sessions at the Library on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and evening. A number of people went after ar putus yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham and
Middle Haddam
Haddam Neck
the Red Cross
Arputus
Deep River High selects Reype O Leary for class will
Deep River April 15 senior class chose Reype O Leary to deliver the class will. Miss Josephine Wilson, a Union School teacher, spent Sunday in Hartford. Rev Howard A Morton to speak at a war rally in Killingworth Wednesday evening. William Cant of New London visited the L W Baker family Sunday. Several local residents, including Misses Hatfield and Christiansen, were home from college. Multiple small notices of visitors, ships, and local events follow. Mary Pickford in The Little American at Princess Tuesday Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
Deep River High School
Ype O’leary
Josephine Wilson
Union School
Hartford
Harold W. Rankin
Howard A. Morton
Killingworth
William Cant
New London
L. W. Baker
Jessie Hatfield
Lillian Christensen
Irene Howard
Wimovsky
Ernest L. Prann
Gordon Smith
May Smith
Edith Standish
Old Saybrook
W. C. Standish
Lois Mason
McCullensburg
Heather
Arthur Berdensey
John Kurze
Gus Johnson
U. S. Navy
Philip Pratt
Bentley Stevens
Yale
M. C. Howard
New Haven
Elma Tyler
Bridgeport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Higganum
Chatham—Middle
Haddam
Princess
Mary Pickford
The
Aiiv
Jackson Co
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
Herbert Knox Smith
OF Blood
Harold Lockwood
the Fox Kiddies
Matt and
Jeff
Findlay
Clara Kimball Young
Shirley Kaye
Wrigleys
Brown Bros
Crown Liberty Loan Committee
France
Barton’s
Hata
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Wraw
Thomas H. Ince
W. S. Hart
Wolves of the Rail
Eagle’s
Germany
William J. Flynn
U. 8
Secret Service
King Baggot
Marguerite Snow
Lusitania
Matinee
Pauline Frederick
Victor Moore
Burton Holmea
Middletown Coal CO
OLD Company
Leigh
Fuel Administration
Kabatznick
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