Wesleyan Wins After Ten Inning Battle At Home
Wesleyan defeated an opponent in a ten inning baseball game at Andrus Field. Wesleyan led into the ninth when Tomlinson misplayed a ball, allowing two runs to score and force a 4-4 tie. Final line score shows Wesleyan prevailing with strong batting and base running as Beetges, Tomlinson, Bateman and others contributed. Umpire Rorty officiated. next game set for 4 PM.
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Wesleyan
Or Wesleyan
Tomlinson
Bateman
Wat_ Jacobs
Powers
Johnson
Pritch- King
Foster
Iteh
Watson
Non
Lawler
Bobs
Hite
Hall
Pease
Baumler
Woodif
Middletown Woman Appeals Probate Case Over Rocky Hill Estate
Mary Conroy of Middletown appeals to the Hartford Superior Court from a probate order in the Rocky Hill estate of Mrs. Mary Daley. The action names J Daley as administrator. Conroy contends Alice Daley’s service as guardian was gratuitous, that compensation was improper, and that the probate court’s compromise order was not in the estate’s best interest.
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Middletown
Rocky Hill
Mary Conroy
Hartford
Mary 'Y
Howard J. Curtis
Suror
J. Daley
Alice Daley
C. Flood
Portland
Aptor
T. C. Bill
Daley
Poy
Y M C A Reception for Mr and Mrs Lester Schriver
A large crowd attended a reception at the Y M C A honoring Lester O Schriver recent secretary of the association. Guests included Frank H Smith president of the Ladies Auxiliary and Mrs E A Inglis. The event featured dancing and light refreshments in the upper hall.
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Lester O. Schriver
Lester
Schriver
Associat
Wdeér
Friends of the Associas
Frank H. Smith
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Associa
E. A. Inglis
Ver
Ralph J. Atwell
The Blue Cross Fund Enlists Pets In War Support
Owners of horses dogs and cats may enroll treasured pets as members of The Blue Cross Fund to wear a badge and silently show support for service members overseas. Under Scout supervision the Boy Scouts will run the event with daily fundraising reports in The Evening Press. Membership costs one dollar per year and helps the fund through pet participation locally.
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Blue Cross Fund
Power S. H. Rees
S Evening Press
Leeroy
Charity drive announcement seeks candy box donations
An appeal asks for donations to the candy committee, with notices to Mrs A C Arm at 166 High Street. The effort aims to collect empty boxes and provide assistance through the committee. Also mentions an April 20 dispatch about Carranza joining the Allies reported in La Defensa.
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A. C. Arm
High Street
Carranza
Tex
Carranzato
la Defensa
City Official Serves as Prosecutor in Milk Case and Court Fine
In a unusual morning session in city court Dr Arthur M McHugh the city milk inspector acted as prosecutor in the case of Howard Brainerd a milkman charged with selling milk without a license Brainerd claimed his license issued last June covered a year though it expired in February The clerk noted the expiration and publication in The Penny Press Judge Edlin fined Brainerd 1 and costs 10 70 total 11 70 Dr McHugh also faced a charge for driving past a trolley car not stopping to discharge passengers Deputy inspector Daniel E Smith testified the incident occurred Wednesday near South Green at about 3 pm McHugh admitted passing the trolley but said he was rushing to Cromwell to attend an urgent call He was fined 10 and costs.
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Arthur M. McHugh
Howard Brainerd
Brainerd
James P. Stow
Edlin
McHugh
Daniel E. Smith
South Green
Elks To Stage Patriot Rally In Middletown Town Hall
Middletown lodge of Elks will hold a patriotic war rally Tuesday evening in the Town hall with Yale professor William Lyon Phelps and Rev. Patrick L. Dolan as speakers. Exalted ruler Ernest Umba will preside. the event promises wartime facts and public interest.
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Middletown Lodge of Elks
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Patrick L. Dolan
St. John’s Church
Ernest Umba
Middletown Lodge
The
Elks
Charities Conference Opens at New Britain
Opening session of the state conference of charities will be held in the Russwin Lyceum in New Britain on Sunday afternoon, April 21. W. Frank Persons will discuss The Home Service of the Red Cross and a state defense speaker will address Americanism. The program includes sections on mental hygiene, children, families, and delinquency with noted speakers from the Red Cross, Ohio, Boston, and Connecticut health groups. Luncheons are planned for out of town attendees, with Middletown participants asked to notify Miss Hall.
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State Conference of Charities
New Britain
Russwin Lyceum
Home Service of the Red Cross
W. Frank Persons
Civilian Relief of the American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
State Council of Defense
Cyrus Stimson
War Department Commission On War Activities
Valeria Parker
Women’s Committee
Frankwood E.williams
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
C. V. Williams
Child Welfare
Ohio
J. Prentice Murphy
Boston Children’s Aid Society
John M. Glenn
Home Service
American Red Cross
New York City
Walter H. Brown
Connecticut Health Council
William Hammersley
Hartford Red Cross
Alexander Wilson
Atlantic Division
Red Cross
Herbert W. Parsons
Massachusetts Probation Commission
Middletown
Miss Hall
Liberty Loan Speakers Arrive For Evening Talks At Cottage
The Liberty loan publicity committee plans another talk series at the Liberty cottage tonight following last Saturday’s event. E B Sellen will speak on Whats Your Share and William Arnold Shanklin Jr. will discuss Over There with a steel helmet and gas mask from his French service. Warren F Sheldon, Wesleyan alumni secretary, speaks on What a Bond Will Do and will exhibit a rechambered Enfield rifle. The T M Russell flute band plays outside the cottage before the program which starts about 7 oclock with talks beginning at 730. Each speaker will deliver several short addresses.
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Liberty Loan
Liberty Cottage
E. B. Sellen
William Arnold Shanklin, Jr
France
Warren F. Sheldon
Wesleyan
Lieutenant Cannon on Furlough From France Return
Lieutenant George D. Cannon of Company C who went to the border, joined Company B, then served with Connecticut troops in France, is expected home on furlough tonight. His wife in Manchester sent the news to his parents, pleasing his many friends and providing first information from the front.
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George D. Cannon
Connecticut
France
Lieutenant Cannon
Manchester
Thrift Stamp Drive at Draper & Hall Factory
George A. Tierney chaired a thrift stamp meeting at the Draper and Hall factory, urging 100 percent factory participation. An employee pledged full support, and Tierney offered help to other manufacturers forming 100 percent clubs.
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Thrift
George A. Tierney
Thrift Stamp Committee
Draper & Hall
Tierney
Erney
City brief notices mix of meetings sales and delays
Local notices report a Carpenters Union meeting at 7:80 tonight, a St Andrews Guild rum mage sale Tuesday in Stueck's store from 10 to 5, Salvation Army meeting Sunday at 7, and Victoria lodge No 26 voting to purchase a $500 Liberty Bond. Also updates on pneumonia cases, naval reserve training, property sales, a dance at Tales with Ford’s orchestra, and various civic notices and theater listings.
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Carpenters’ Union
St. Andrew’s Guild
Stueck
Washington St
Salvation Army
Memors
Victoria Lodge
O. of V
Emil Johnson
Lakeside Avenue
Israel Mittelman
Sumner Street
Pelham Bay
Naval Reserve
Angelo Caiazza
Katherine Maria Cooper
New York
Court Street
Guiseppina Russo
Ford’s
William J. Kieft
Middlesex County
Home Guard News
W. S. M. Edlin
Brooklyn
James R. Edlin
Henry C. Ward
Hartford
America
A. M. Smith
Saybrook
St. Aloysius
Howard
Adolph Streichert
Hubbard Street
Augusta Appel
Knowles Avenue
Toggery
Hartford Times
Russell Co
Carpenters
St. Loysius
L. A
St. Aloysius Hall
Red Cross
Allison Brothers, Inc
Middlesex Theater
Billie Burke
Land of Promise
Enid Bennett
Billy West
Apollo Lodge
Knights of Pyhias
S. M. Bacon Co
Apollo
Ae Ae
Baptist Church
Daisy Miller Chapman
Russell Company
Bidwell
Woman Benefit Society of the Maccabees
Forest City Review
Middletown Review
Silver City Review of Meriden
Clara W. Larken
Union Service to feature Rabbi Ettelson in Middletown
Rabbi Ettelson of Hartford will speak at the Union Service at North Church in Middletown Sunday night at 7 30 p m on From Prosecution through Toleration to Fellowship in Religion. The morning sermon will be by Mr Horton with a war theme The Lawsuit of the Almighty. May and June union services will use two auditoriums and continue through summer.
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Middletown
Rabbi Ettelson
Hartford
North Church
Connecticut
Horton
Joint Committee of the Churches
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Closing Reception Honors Pupils Of Christensen And Deming
The annual closing reception and exhibition of Christensen and Deming dancing classes was held at Orpheus Hall with large attendance. Dances featured calisthenics Port de Bra and Plastique, Highland Fling, Dragon Fly, China Gavotte, Papillon d Amour, Skating Waltze, and Valse Caprice, all praised for grace and precision. Professors Christensen and Jo Mae Ford led the music. attendees included Mrs H C Bell, Mrs C O Hedstrom, and Mrs Louis Tuttle.
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Eeesen
Deming
Orphéus ‘Hall
Nice
Port de Bra
B L. Demingerford
Kidney
Ceschini
Facuty Babs Erforey Cock
Klopstein
Mary Cecchini
Helen Klopstein
Ruby Comerford
Cecchini
Hurlburt
Laura Tuttle
Tuttle
Ethel Babcock
Diana
Marie Vareon
Stanley Clark
Mary Kidney
Christensen
Jo Mae Ford
H. C. Bell
C. O. Hedstrom
Portland
Louis Tuttle
Potash Factory and Track Work Begin at Maromas
The New England Potash Company at Maromas will start excavating Monday for a new factory behind the old Alfred Brainerd house to manufacture potash cement and super-phosphates from feldspar. The plant will be a unite plant with John Bourne Jr. as president, and a switch from the Valley railroad will supply grading material. Baroness Huard to speak on May at Central school hall to benefit the Villiers fund. her books will be sold at local stores and tickets available there and at the Wesleyan Book store.
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Maromas
New England Potash Company
Hartford
The
International Co
Excava
Eldspar
Alfred Brainerd
Lv Unite
Baroness Huard
Frances Wilson Huard
Francis Wilson
Villiers Fund
Owees Hospital Prio
Central School
Madame Huard
Broatch’s A Hazen’s
Wesleyan Book Store
Town Dog Registration Notice
Dog registration with the Town Clerk is required by May. The fee is 1 for male dogs and 10.25 for female dogs. The notice outlines owner responsibilities and registration timing.
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Wier
Prof. Phelps
YALE
Charities Conference
Essex
Treasury
Apo
Stamford
American Synthetic Color Company
John F. W. Throckmorton
Thomas
Sraneey
Iene
Spear Bros
Middletown’s
China
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Ward Twichell
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