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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1919
Page
6
A jumble of notices reports Hemlock Grange food days and local events. Residents plan a big food fair, community gatherings and a Congregational midweek meeting. Sports mention Portland High School and Warren A F and A M events, with travel plans and highway work updates amid small-town notices.
April 22 report from Ponsett notes Mr and Mrs Brick and son attending the Congregational church Sunday morning. The entry mentions Higganum and Hilltop Farm visits by D Feegel and Mrs Wolf and Mighter from Meriden, with W E S Burr identified as uncle.
A brief note indicates there is material describing seeks to lead drug trials. The fragment mentions seeking leading drug candidates and related research steps. No dates, organizations, or named individuals are readable.
The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will meet at the church Wednesday afternoon for officer elections and fortion. The play The Fairy Minstrel of Glenmature and the Flower of Ages will be performed Friday at 8 o clock at the Congregational church with flower girl costumes under Mrs Albert E Homewood. Mrs Kramer has been taken to Hartford hospital with appendicitis. Mr and Mrs Charles Backus of Mystic visit Mr and Mrs Frank Churchill.
Colchester April news notes residents in Essex and town visitors. Annie Elgart of New York visits. Miss White on vacation. E Lyman spending days in town. Dancing classes end with a reception at Tip-Top hall. Regular Grange meeting tonight. Old Guard band concert and dance draws large crowd, adds to treasury. bandsmen William McDonald and Harold Forter direct. People from Fitchville, Lebanon, Hebron, Columbia, and Westchester attend. Henry Damm visits Middletown. E A Carrier trips to New York this morning.
East Berlin notes two or three residences all rented with upstairs occupancy and sale listings. A T A B society dance at Middletown drew attendees. Earl Hazen discharged from the army plans to help on the family farm. Mr and Mrs Derenthal of Springfield visited relatives. Mrs Medd returned to Shore, Long Island.
A funeral was held at St Patrick's Church with a 9 30 requiem high mass celebrated by Rev Patrick and assisted by the choir. Bearers listed include George Leary Ann Hyde Daniel Healy John Wall Edward Gillon and Martin Cavanaugh. Relatives and friends attended from Bridgeport Newtown Meriden Middletown and Port. The town saw several residents traveling for visits and attending the funeral of Richard Wall. Other notes mention families returning home from Hartford Bridgeport and New Haven. A Business Men's Association meeting is set for this evening at H G Hill's rooms to elect officers. Wallpaper painting and decorating ads appear, and a historic note on Waterloo ends the item.
The record lists church society meetings at the Congregational church and community plans in Hebron. It notes aid, suffrage, and Red Cross gatherings, visits by residents, and preparations for a Fourth Liberty Loan celebration. Local residents are mentioned visiting Hartford and Camp Devens, and a comment reveals a worker’s concern about affording such leisure.
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