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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1919

Page

6

Hawaii chapter head and town events preview

Hawaii is busy with licensing updates and a Saturday high school game. Wallingford team plans a return match, while carnival preparations and minstrels show open the evening. John Nelson recently arrived from Camp Devens and receives honorable discharge. He was wounded in action. France-bound Lanley F. Jorczak expects deployment June 12. Mrs Rob to visit in Fairview Thursday at 2 PM. Sper from here attended the 102nd regiment. East Hampton, Saturday 35.

Hawaii Wallingford Britain T. A. B. Minstrels John Nelson Camp Devené U.S. Army Lanley F. Jorczak France Zak U.S Bordeaux Hech Rob Fairview Street Sper She 102Nd Regiment Hart Sei East Hampton

Local Social Notices From Middlefield ZLD

APRIL 30 A D I returned from a trip and a church supper planned for Thursday at the parsonage hall. Several townspeople hosted a private party with twenty couples from Wesleyan. music by students, white birch decor, and refreshments served.

Egg Fowler Tesex Hospitalers Club Par- E Watrous Ruth Dorothy Em Mabel Andrews Barbour Mousch H. M Sparrow

Memorial exercises mark school visit and club meeting

April 30 report from Mericgeport notes local school groups gathering for memorial exercises this morning. The Garden Club held a setting out event last evening conducted by Harry New York. Number 158, P. of H., plans to convene Thursday evening for a regular meeting.

Josie Ped Mericgeport M Garden Club Harry New York Umber Will Euaver

April 39 meeting announced by Three Dame of Mr

A fragmentary notice indicates an April meeting involving Three Dame of Mr, with unclear context and missing details. The readable words suggest a civic or organizational gathering, but key names and exact date are not discernible from the text.

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Local Social Notes and Meetings Across Town

Bridgeport visits and social rounds fill the week with gatherings at Jewell Brookline and River view Hill. New members were welcomed into Congregational church. Wallace H. Peck resumed work after illness. farmers institute led by Earle Brown of Hartford County Farm Bureau drew a large crowd. Mrs. Andrew Twaddle and daughter Betty toured New York. others visited Glastonbury and family homes in Derby and Rocky Hill.

Bridgeport Ris Kelly Verview Hill J. A. Humphries Jewell Brookline Mass Frank Motherhood Club Ey Hall Frank H. Robbins Ethel Morton Constance Gilbert Margaret Griswold Anna Pearson Millicent Sommers George Andrews Lee Sherwood Fred Whitman William Griswold Congregational Church Wallace H. Peck Riverview Hill Newton Warner Fred Belden Charles H. Stevens

Funeral for Timothy O'Neil in Old Saybrook

Old Saybrook notices report the funeral procession for Timothy O'Neil arriving from New London at 10 45 am. Services at St John’s cemetery were led by Rev M F O'Brien with Rev Thomas H Tiernan assisting. Elks Eagles and others joined relatives for the procession and floral tributes were noted.

Old Saybrook Timothy O’neil New London St. John’s Cemetery M. F. O’brien Thomas H. Tiernan St. Bridget’s Church Moodus Conn St. Mary’s Church Elks, Eagles Joel M. Beard Trinity College Hartford Frank B. Wiliams New Haven Frank Champion Middletown Round House Charles E. Pease Jere E. Tryon 102Nd Regiment Camp Devens M. K. Baley New York

Higganum Field Day of Visitors and Returnees

Higganum reports a steady stream of visitors from Filton New York Hartford and Candlewood Hill. Mrs Brandi and Mrs Lundgren hosted and hosted guests while Rev Caldwell visited the Candlewood Hill school. Anthony Lundgren has returned home after overseas service and discharge.

Higganum Herbert Johnson Filton Middletown Brandi New York Lundgren Adolph Stone Fred Brooks Candlewood Hill Ella Smith Frank Emmons Mazie Clark Hartford R. 5. Caldwell

Town Hall Friday Night Screenings Feature at Artcraft

Mary Pickford stars in the Artcraft feature M’ligs adapted from Bret Marie with an all star cast, plus Mack Sennett comedy Those Athletic Girls. Showings start 8 p m with admission 17c and 22c. Also note a report estimating $3,000,000 worth of whiskey seized by Michigan officials since prohibition began.

Town Hall Mary Pickford Artcraft M'ligs Bret Marie Mack Sennett Michigan

Community Notes From Middletown and Nearby Towns

Miss Johnson returns home from a visit with the Bevins in Middletown while Tracy is ill. Confessions and first Friday masses are planned at St Patrick’s church with May devotions. Mrs. Thatcher visits from Hartford and others travel between New Haven and Hartford. A dance, local visits, and registration evenings are listed with mail for Mrs Saxton and William Morrison. Sergeant Jones returns from Camp Devens and Lieut Hitchcock arrives from the Kroonland awaiting furlough.

New Haven Forrest Thatcher Hartford Lysander Franklin D. C. Phelps Harold Tracy Haddam Leon Tracy Continental Hall Moodus R. M. Sarlés Adv East Hampton Katherine Saxton William Morrison William H. Wall Sergeant Jones

Missionary Meeting and Society Activities in Ivoryton

Ivoryton reports a missionary from China will speak at the Swedish Mission church tonight at 8 p m. The Home Missionary society gathers Thursday afternoon in the parish house. The Bethany Circle of the King's Daughters met in Centerbrook. A social is planned at the Ivoryton hotel Saturday evening under All Saints church auspices with the boys' orchestra. Local men from New Haven arrived yesterday. Edward Hillery and A. S. Miller return from trips. Charles Salzegaber leaves Pratt, Reged & Co.

Ivoryton Stine Lottie ‘Nordin China Meeet Swedish Mission Church Home Missionary Society Bethany Circle King’s Daughters Centerbrook A. S. Miller Garden City L. I Edward Hillery Meriden Ivoryton Hotel All Saints’ Church New Haven Charles Salzegaber Pratt, Reged & Co Deep River

Saybrook Point Recent Social Roundup

SAYBROOK POINT April 30. Mrs A W Gessner was a guest of Mrs J L Libby in Waterbury. Grace Hill left for a Philadelphia stay. J Brink and daughters returned from Boston. E C Spencer visited sister in New York. Sarah Reed visited New Haven. Myrtlene Gessner returned after holidays in New Haven. Mr and Mrs D A Kellogg spent two weeks in Boston and returned home. Mr and Mrs Wesley Ingham visited Simon R Shailer in Ivoryton. Stanley Davis of New Haven visited friends earlier in the week.

Saybrook Point A. W. Gessner J. L. Libby Waterbury Grace Hill Philadelphia Do. J. Brink Boston E. C. Spencer Wood New York Sarah Reed New Haven Myrtlene Gessner D. A. Kellogg Wesley Ingham Simon R. Shailer Ivoryton Stanley Davis

Mary Pickford Stars in Bret Harte Tale at Haddam Hall

Haddam town hall in Higganum hosts a Friday night adv showing Mary Pickford in Bret Harte's M liss a stirring tale of the gold rush.

Higganum Mary Pickford Bret Harte

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