Portland School Board Meets on Disrupted Term
A Portland school board meeting last evening addressed student complaints about recent disruptions blamed on staffing illness. Detailing suspensions and progress, the board decided no action beyond principal and superintendent handling issues. They approved a two session schedule and voted to start a free night school for foreign residents to learn English under the Americanization plan.
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War Savings Stamps Drive Seeks Faster Town Participation
Reports from the war savings drive indicate slow progress as Chairman Jonn C. urges captains to report promptly. To fill the quota, townspeople must buy more stamps and redeem pledges, with ten Liberty bonds suggested per person. Courons may be for stamps at the post office. Trinity Church notes list Daughters of the King, Girls' Friendly Society and Boy Scouts meetings, and a Holy Communion service at St. Thomas' chapel. Community events include a public meeting at Portland school with Charles D. Hine speaking, a prize contest among Junior Four-minute men, and the annual Port land High School alumni meeting. Carl Hatch is ill, Harry Cohen has a furlough from Camp Meade. Don’t stop buying war savings. they fund service and future security. The third Fourth Liberty Loan installment is due December 18 at First National Bank.
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Girls’ Friendly Society
Boy Scouts
St. Thomas
Thomas
Daniel Sullivan
Cenislip
N. Y
Freestone
Temple of Honor
Folloy
Portland
Hartford
Secrecf
State Board of Education
High School Library Society
Red Cross
al Johnson
Mary Lewis
Mildredson
Valdemar Johnson
Portfland
United States
Raton
Liberty
First National Bank
Middletown
T Portland Nts
Brige
Mida
Keeper of the Workshop Plays Local Roles in Gazette Times
A fragment notes a handy keeper skilled with a saw who handles mahogany and runs the antique furniture business, signaling a small town craftsman scene amid local Gazette Times coverage.
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Tteburg Gazette Times
Cut This Out It Worth Money Miss This
Advertisement style notice offering a mail reply to Foley & Sheffield Ave Chicago in exchange for a package containing a honey and cedar compound claimed to cure kidney bladder disorders and constipation and promising Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing bowels.
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Haddam Nece Christmas program and local notices
Haddam Nece school plans Christmas exercises with a tree on Friday at 1 30 PM and a church program Monday at 7 30 PM by Sunday school members. Red Cross supper Thursday in Grange hall followed by an entertainment and roll call. Seaview Pomona met in Chester. Leonard Selden elected overseer. Mrs. Clark in charge of Red Cross roll call with assistants. Ohn Carlson of Brooklyn and John A Olson vised area families. B A Williams, longtime New York stone businessman and native of the area, died in New York at 67, sister Miss M G Williams present. Grange meets Friday evening.
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William D. Brainerd
Ladies of the Red Cross
Grange Hall
E. G. Clark
E P. Chapman
Miss Venter
Bareal
Robert S. Bailey
Leonard Selden
Seaview Pomona
Chester
Red Cross
Bloomquist
Barcal
New York
M. G. Williams
Grange
Higganum Community Notes and Local Elections
Carl Lindquist visited his parents in town yesterday Ed ward Cody is reported improving Co B Carlson was in New Haven on business Red Cross meets Thursday in the schoolhouse More sewing urged Seaview Pomona Chester Grange officers elected for two years W P Skinner loses a horse to ice Missionary Society to meet December 2 30 Yellows entertain Blues Valdemar lodge meeting set for December 1918 Jacob Johnson chairman adv
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Higganum
Carl Lindquist
Edward Cody
Co. B. Carlson
New Haven
Red Cross
Seaview Pomona
Chester Grange
J. Warrer Stark
L. J. Selden
Annie Smith
Frank D. Sypher
Albert Buell
Franklin Countryman
E. E. Smith
M. G. Skinner
George W. Spicer
G. K
Rosena Nettleton
George Spicer
F. E. Caulkins
Middlesex County Farm Bureau
W. P. Skinner
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Many Bitten By Dogs in Akron During October
Akron health department records show at least 160 residents bitten by dogs in October. All bites were feared to involve hydrophobia, prompting rabies examinations of many dogs.
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Essex Christmas Events and Local Notices
Essex area notes describe Miss Rose Gar diner visiting family in Saybrook and plans for a Deep River peace dance. The town reports witch hazel brush deliveries to a distillery, Christmas rehearsals by Sunday school children, and several residents visiting or ill. A church society meeting, club gatherings, and post war updates accompany ads for Markham’s jewelry and B L Wilson’s hardware with a Christmas assortment.
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Essex
Rose Gardiner
Saybrook
B. S. Platt
Roscoe Doane
Middletown
Joseph P. Brooks
E. M. Hilley
Ivoryton
Bethany
King’s Daughters
Mary P. Champion
West Avenue
Mary J. Brockway
Middlesex Hospital
Abbie M. Pratt
Thomas Whittlesey
Harry Reynolds
Congregational Church Society
Markham
Deep River
Killingworth Death of Camille Malacarne in New Jersey
Camille Malacarne, about 25, son of Mrs. Silveno Malacarne, died Saturday at Base Hospital New Jersey where he was in camp after weeks of pneumonia. He leaves his mother eight brothers and three sisters. His body was brought home by armiter LaPlace of Deep River. Funeral will be at the Catholic church in Chester with burial in the cemetery near the church. His death will mark Killingworth’s first gold star on the service flag. Also noted are illnesses of Miss Martha Barker and Mrs. Herman Heser, a Christmas concert, and a forthcoming Sea View Pomgma Grange meeting in Clinton Grange next February.
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Martha Barker
Congregational Church
G. S. Kukki
Syria
Herman Heser
Hadlyme Notices Move and Winter Visit
Mrs Charles Hart and family plan a move to Saybrook and Mr and Mrs N M Morgan have gone to Mrs Carrie Hawthorne's for the winter. A Deep River hardware store advertises stoves and jack knives and related goods.
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Hadlyme
Charles Hart
Saybrook
N. M. Morgan
Carrie Hawthorne
Deep River Community Notices and Local Trials
Henry Carstens plans to move to Union street with his family after selling property in Winthrop. The state v Victor Budney auto case will be heard in Haddam Thursday after a postponement for legal counsel. Miss Marion Murray has moved to Taunton, Mass for a stenography job. Senior Keep River High holds a town hall dance Friday with Pratt's orchestra. Funeral services for Mary E. Ames held at Lafayette Avenue. burial planned in Montville. Various club meetings, holiday events, and local ads noted. influenza affecting Ella Bangs and family.
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Winthrop
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Victor Budney
Haddam
Budney
Middlesex
Marion Murray
Taunton
Mass
Keep River High School
Pratt
B. L. Wilson
Norwich
W. H. Wilson
Hamburg
Hi-Y Club
Baldwin Chapter
Ethel Wood Latham
Noank
Mary E. Ames
Ella Bangs
Town Hall
Willian Desmond
Hell’s End
Vitagraph
William Duncan
Adv
Saybrook Community Notices And Appointments
Old Saybrook December reports illness at Saybrook junction restaurant. Mrs J Carney resting. Mr and Mrs George Watson Beach visiting from New York. Mrs J H Devries visiting parents at Clarke home. Conductor J L Sullivan covers Saybrook Point Waterbury run during Frederick Lincoln illness. Thomas J Curran ordered to oversee Saybrook Point round house amid Frederick Faulk’s illness. Saybrook Point Whist Club to meet at Mrs Sarah Reids. B B Warren of Shore Line hotel visited New Haven. Siloam Lodge holds semi monthly meeting at Masonic hall Wednesday evening. County Commissioner William H ...
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Saybrook
John Carney
Saybrook Junction
George Watson Beach
New York
Hartlands
J. H. Devries
Cantoh
Mass
J. L. Sullivan
Saybrook Point
Salk and Seeding 6 Mods of the Board Today in Midletown
Miss Ella Newton visits relatives in Hartford today. Mrs. Frank B. Williams and daughter are in New Haven calling on friends. A girl in love is hurried only between meals.
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New Haven
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