Community campaign reports in Wedgwood hall gathering
Arthur chairs local committee as canvassers and workers prepare to share full reports at Wedgwood hall at 6:30 this evening. Officials hope to show campaign quotas met amid Polish Italian support and generous contributions. Frank Co. plans rallies at two plants to recruit employee subscriptions. booth activities at Liberty cottage and a volunteer roster led by Mrs. Robert Fife Jr. list a rotating schedule of workers this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Comili
Wedgwood Hall
Frank Co
Hartford
Liberty Cottage
Noms Committee
Robert Fife, Jr
Katherine Bacon
Natalie
N. E. Davis
Jackson
Mary Jones
Fife
Booth
T. M
James Lawton
Crawford
Corth
C. Floyd Haviland
C. L. Williams
R. H. Fife
D. J. Donahoe
Maudison
Henry Hant
Franler
Minn S. Cori, Jr
Robert Rice
Charles R. Yover
Margaret Crawford
Ses Nejako
C. E. Bas
Frances Miller
Anna Walevening
Arthur L. Allin
R. H. Fife, Jr
Red Cross Home Nursing Class Forming
A Red Cross home nursing class of limited twenty members will be formed under Miss Sheldon, graduate nurse, at Hamlin Electric Co. on Hamlin Street. Lessons start Monday April 22 at 8 oclock Monday and Thursday evenings in the hospital room. Fee is $1.50 covering textbooks and incidentals. Applicants should telephone Mrs. L Dow chairperson at 1240 before Thursday to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Wenty
L. Dow
St Aloysius T A B Holds Major Evening Meeting
St Aloysius notes a large gathering planned for this evening featuring a smoker, Liberty Loan drive, and installation of officers. County Director Frank God will lead, aided by William Kelly of Britain, as the Liberty Loan committee undertakes an extensive drive with speakers and selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aloysius
St. Aloysius T. A. B
Liberty Loan
Frank God
William Kelly
Britain
Men to Leave for Camp Upton Entrainment Set
A 66 percent gross quota was received for five and one tenth per cent toward the entrainment for Slocum New York during the five day period starting May 1. Only physically qualified men are inducted. An Exemption meeting will be held this afternoon to decide 26 men for Camp Upton who are to depart on the 26th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Upton
Slocum
N. Y
Yap- N. Y
Middletown Yacht Club Members Free To Use River Front
A rumor claimed all Middletown Yacht Club members would need permits to access the river front but that is false. Club members may come and go without permits, except for individuals whose business places them near the Transportation dock where permits are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per
Middletown
Odd O. F. Degree Postponed and Public Address Tonight
Central lodge of the Odd Fellows postpones degree work to next Thursday. Tonight a public meeting at the Town Hall after 8 o'clock will feature an address by Inspector of Arms 1, previously at a munition wagon front and later Hartford. Attending will be Herbert Knox and William North Rice of Wes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F
Central Lodge
Inspector of Arms 1
Hartford
Tisodore Rooeevelt
Herbert Knox
Connecticut Dome
William North Rice
Wes
Town Hall
Adv
Cradle Notes Birth Report in Middlesex District
Raymond Edward was born in the afternoon at Middlesex to Mr and Mrs Oscar Lar. The note mentions Loveland street and the Town Hall, with an emphasis on music and good speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Edward
the Middlesex
Oscar Lar
Loveland Street
Unique features at rally tonight at Liberty loan event
The Liberty loan rally at Town hall tonight features a college band outside from 7 30 to 8 and a program led by Bishop E C Acheson with speakers Professor William North Rice and Herbert Knox Smith. An act titled Obliterating the Kaiser and ushers by the Bond sisters are planned along with piano loan by Ly man Payne and 100 chairs loaned by Thomas E Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Town Hall
W. B. Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Theigh School
E. C. Acheson
William North Rice
Herbert Knox Smith
Farmington
Washington
Kaiser
Warren F. Sheldon
Wesleyan
Bond Sisters
E. P. Schaefer
Lyman Payne
John W. Rogers
Thomas E. Smith
Robert W. Rice
Uzziah and Wilhelm Compared in Stamford Sermon
Bishop Acheson drew parallels between King Uzziah of Judah and Kaiser Wilhelm II, noting both great ability and ambition and the danger of priestly overreach. He praised wartime spirit of service, urged honesty in profits, and recounted a London soldier’s sacrifice in a French field hospital as a pointed example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Advocate
Uzziah
Judah
Germany
Acheson
St. John’s
Solomon
Wilhelm
Emmanuel Chapel
Springdale
St. Andrew’s
St. Luke’s Chapel
Isaiah
London
France
Uncalled-For Letters at Middletown Bureau
The following names remain uncalled for at Middletown for the week ending April 13: Miss J. C. Johnson, Miss May Manly, Miss A. K. Thompson, Mrs. N. G. Wells, Henry H. Hollister, Hazen Gay, Edward W. Stebbins, Joseph Soucy, Miss Clara B. Taft, Mr. Berniego, Rev. D. M. Lewis, Mrs. G. E. Quinn, Alex Hawkins, Miss Barbara Barrett, Master Bunnie Barrett, Frank Brounlee, Joseph Delaney, John K. Conway, Mrs. D. Douglass, Olinda Creek, Vivian M. Durgin, Miss C. Fitzgibbon, Miss Laurza Fiimer, J. V. Blanchet, T. Howard Thompson Acting P. M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Joseph Delaney
John K. Conway
D. Douglass
Olinda Creek
Vivian M. Durgin
C. Fitzgibbon
Laurza Fiimer
J. V. Blanchet
T. Howard Thompson
P. M
Williams Concert Postponed to April 22 at 8:15
The Middlesex Musical Association has arranged with Evan Williams for a postponed concert next Monday evening April 22 at 8 15 Tickets go on sale Friday morning at 9 in the Middlesex theatre box office Orders for seats purchased for the original date remain valid without extra action by purchasers
Middlesex Red Cross Reports Large Belgian Garment Gift
The special committee for clothing collection reports three and a half tons of garments sent to New York last week. Middlesex chapter and most branches responded generously to the urgent appeal from Red Cross headquarters. East Hampton branch deserves note for contributing 1605 garments packed and sent to New York direct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Red Cross
New York
Middletown
East
Lampton
Famous Artist to Lecture at Middletown College Club
Middletown College club plans a Wednesday afternoon meeting in Mt. Vernon school hall. Charles P. Davis, noted American landscape painter, will present a talk on Miller with Bishop Acheson introducing him. The club will present its annual theatricals in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown College Club
Mt. Vernon School
Charles P. Davis
Miller
Bishop Acheson
Help at Town Hall to oppose the Kaiser event announced
Caller urges attendance at a Town Hall gathering tonight to back anti Kaiser sentiment with remarks and music promised by a local ensemble. Unclear lines reference Lagee and a speal cellent, but the core invitation stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Non Orchestra
Adv. A
Letter From Man Wounded In Frange
Private Severino Magnano of Company 102nd U S Infantry was reported slightly wounded on March 17. He sent a letter dated March 16 noting he had not been captured, then a war office telegram confirmed his injury the next day. He recalls first fire, rockets, and planes, asks friends to write, and remembers his days as a Press newsboy in his hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severino Magnano
War Office
Washington
Magnano
Community notices and events fade into a busy town schedule
Middlesex County hots of events fill the town with lectures, concerts, theater, dances and sales as the historical society meets, the Kaiser is to be obliterated at hall, and several civic groups promote concerts and relief drives. Local residents attend parades, gatherings, and birthday housewarmings while Rexall sales and fund drives keep the town buzzing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex County Historical Society
I Hall
B. B. Doolittle
Brainerd Avenue
Essex
America
St Francis Mission Draws Large Crowds at Local Church
Large crowds attend St Francis church mission with seating near capacity. Father Stanton O. M. I. praises turnout and urges mission spirit to spread through the parish. He stresses loyalty to God and country as vital, with children’s morning masses and daily confessions in progress. Congregational singing of Onward Christian Soldiers is well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis’ Church
Stanton O. M. I
Correction on sweet heart allusion in Syme case Hartford
A correction clarifies that the term sweetheart used in connection with Ian Neville Syme and Miss Ruth Wooster was erroneous. Wooster from Chester is only a friend and member of the International Bi Students Association, of which Syme is an ordained minister. She traveled to Hartford as a member of the organization, not as an alleged disloyalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Neville Syme
U. S
Hartford
Ruth Wooster
Chester
Refe
Syme
International Bi Students’ Association
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Mansfield Post
Chatham
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Connecticut
Buell & Blatchley
Rexall
Albert Gustafson
Ayer
Billy” Davis
Pythian Hall
Pythian Sisters
St. John’s Aid
K. of C
William North
Central Bank Building
Emerald Hall
Portland
Smileage Fund
Witty
Calvary
High
Liberty Streets
Middlesex Theater
Eagle’s Eye
America’s Supreme Serial
William J. Flynn
U. S. Secret Service
W. S. Hart
Grand Theatre
the Kaiser
Clara Kimball Young
Shirley Kaye
William Howard
South Farms
Washington Street
General Assembly
Rebekah
Winsted
Priscilla
Rebekah No. 12
Grand Assembly
William J. Kieft
J. Gordon Baldwin
Arthur A. Roberts
Fred A. Clarke
Harry F. Briggs
Rex Walter
Omega Phi
House
Spear Brothers
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
Abraham Lincoln
England
Main Street
Keith
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Walter Blau
The
Connecticut Power Co
Main St
ST. Francis’ Mission
Prt
Potsdam
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Servia
Russia
Armenia
Italy
Liberty
Liberty Loan of
Caulkins & Post Co
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