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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1918

Page

6

Portland Red Cross Drive and Local Notes for 1919

Portland residents urged universal one dollar per household to boost Red Cross membership aiming for 1 600 members. town officials, captains, and treasurer F S Lewis coordinate reports from captains, with a flag display and 1919 service in the window. Also covered are lectures, choir rehearsals, influenza illness updates, local visits, and Memorial Navy veteran notices.

Toby Margaret Colbert O’brien Timothy John Murnane Michael Ahern Harry Howeytenants James Kingsis Oscar Wemsler Annie Anna Cohen Emma Colbert Miss Taylor Mary Lynch Lillian R. Cohen W. H. Baer H. Leatherby John .Frank Magnuson Francis Id Emanuel Ostergren C. F. Walk Harry Pratt S. D Stewart Strick George E Leutenants Ralph Marie Cornwall George E. Stocking D. A. Oster Catherine George E. Payne Elmer Ellen Martinson Port Red Cross F. S. Lewis

Methodist Church Notes Preaches The New World

In the morning the pastor preached The New World showing the world will become new nationally and spiritually Old creeds pass and real Christ is coming into His own.

Methodist Church Jon Christ

Complete Xmas Gift Line at F W Nelson Adv

The Swedish church with the same good effect as before notes a full line of useful gifts for all family members. Call and see them this season. They will solve many of the Xmas shopping problems. Adv.

F. W. Nelson Adv

Durham Briefs Include Auto Crash and Education Meeting

Bishop Atwell returns from New London as Mrs. Camp remains ill at home. John Wolfe, in France, reports good health and possible continued overseas service next summer. C G Stone’s Ford collides head on with a Guilford driver in fog. both cars damaged but drivers uninjured. A town hall education meeting is set for Thursday at 8 pm. War savings pledges urging immediate attention as two weeks remain.

Durham Bishop Atwell United States Navy New London W. P. Camp M. P. Hull Hartford F. P. Hull Clemen E. Burr Rhode Island Walter Wilcox John Wolfe France C. G. Stone Durham Center Middletown Rosconi Guilford Adv

Colchester Socials and Local Notes

Colchester residents note visits from Willimantic Norwich and Hartford visitors. Mrs Hattie Reynolds of Norwich stays with her mother Mrs W E Strong. Miss Mary Shugrue returns from Hartford. John N Strong serves on the Norwich jury again. A Fire Company band meeting is set for 8 pm. furoras of Mrs Eunice Hunt attract visitors from Columbia. Market ads offer round steak at 20c per lb and soup meat at 15c.

Colchester Max Siegel Willimantic Hattie Reynolds Norwich W. E. Strong John N. Strong Champlain Dennis Bigelow Mary Shugrue Hartford Belle Strong J. W. Reynolds Columbia Eunice Hunt Sam Kawonitz Lebanon Avennue Garade

About Nuts and a Bountiful Orchard Yield

The passage lists that one acre of walnut trees yields in one year food equal to fourteen thousand pounds of red bass, fifteen thousand pounds of lobsters, sixty thousand eggs, two hundred fifty thousand frogs, or one ton of mutton from thirteen sheep. It concludes with a proverb about ignorance.

Influenza Concerns Rise in East Hampton Area

Influenza cases surge with warnings to avoid crowds and practice hygiene. Local residents Miss Phylis White and Mrs. Fitch listed among those ill while John Fitzgerald mourns five year old Margaret’s diphtheria death. Community notices include military drill, discharges, social events, and local business ads.

Amston Notes Include Visitors and Local Health Updates

Amston reports Alfred Blumi visiting Willimantic on Saturday. Mrs Leon Rathbone shows marked improvement and expects to return home this week. Fred Burnham learned from Earl Tucker that he is back from England and is hospitalized in Hempstead. Corporal Dwight Tuckettd is en route to Camp Devens from Watertown and near discharge. Rufus Rathbun sick after Rockville jury duty but recovering. Colin MacPhail on sick list. A group from Rothville toured Willimantic last Wednesday. Walter Gillis acts as station relief agent for a few days. Ward received word from Teleo Florian that he was wounded and he is in hospital. Ned Raymond and the Porter boys with William Brehant visited Willimantic Saturday afternoon.

Amston Alfred Blumi Willimantic Leon Rathbone Fred Burnham Ser Earl Tucker England Hempstead Dwight Tuckedt Camp Devens Watertown Mass Rufus Rathbun Rockville Colin MacPhail Howard Porter John Miner J. Ward Porter F. Bailey Rothville Walter Gillis Ward Teleo Florian Ned Rayomnd Porter Boys William Brehant

Infant Christened. House Rented for Winter in Hartford

The infant child of Mr and Mrs Joseph Caruso was christened at St James church on Sunday. A family dinner followed at their home. Carl Petersen and family have rented a house on Washington Street Hartford and will spend the winter there. Mrs Laurence Brooks entertained guests at home in Rocky Hill.

Parker Leigh Dagnall Hale Orzgan J. B. Hurlburt Freestone Avenue Rocky Hill Joseph Caruso St. James Church Carl Petersen Washington Street Hartford Will Laurence Brooks

Local Social Notes and Post Office Unclaimed Letters

A party of friends gathered at a Windsor home while Miss Faith Harney visits her sister Mrs. W. A. Collins Jr. of Main Street. Unclaimed letters list Mrs Emery Stone Mr and Mrs C Hanney and Miss Emily Mears. Private Clifford Wright from Camp Upton Yaphank L I has been honorably discharged. John Shipmaker formerly of this town died in Hartford. Miss Ella Bailey granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur H Hale ill with influenza in East Hampton. Walter N Doolittle of Springfield weekend guest of Mr and Mrs E A Peck.

Frank J. Brainerd Arthur J. Foley New York Emerald Hall Blodgett’s Robert Larson Springfield Mass Commerce Street Frederick Dahlberg John Dahlberg Main Street Timothy J. McDonald William J. O’brien Marlborough Street William B. Keser United States Navy Portland Alfred Gildersleeve Cotter Place High Street William Ahrens John Robinson Freestone Avenue First National Bank Ruth Edwards Charles H. Edwards Camp Upton Yaphank L. I Frank C. Barker U.S. Army J. H. Leahy John N. Ahlberg Children’s Society Hampton Phylis White Hartford G. K. White F. T. Fitch Frederick Helen Fitch John Fitgerald Margaret Fitzgerald Annie Cook Sarah O'Connell R. Youngs Co. L. Sixth Infantry Siebert Opera House Jane Quigg William Quigg George T. Cavanaugh U.S. S. Salem Ralph Thatcher Samuel Thatcher Luther League of the Swedish Lutheran Church Joseph Walsh John Walsh Cecelia Reardon New Haven James Reardon Bart Cavanaugh Carrier’s Department Store Quincy Kenneth Wall Middletown M. W. Wall John McCormac St. Patrick’s Church Harry Benton Leonard Siebert J. W. Perkins Faith Harney Windsor W. A. Collins Jr Emery Stone C. Hanney Emily Mears Clifford Wright L. L United States Army John Shipmaker Ella Bailey Wilbur H. Hale East Hampton Walter N. Doolittle E. A. Peck

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