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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1918
Page
6
Portland moves to honor its World War I service members with a permanent memorial. Plans call for a bronze tablet embedded in a boulder near the town honor roll, listing sailors and locals who served overseas. The local War Bureau supports a lasting tribute to the townspeople who backed the war effort.
Private Richard Anderson of Company H, 102nd U S Infantry, writes his sister Mrs C O that he is safe and well. Dated November 27, he recalls early combat, earning the war cross for gallantry under fire, and notes the armistice was hard to believe. His unit is stationed in a French village with little left but cellars and a signpost.
The report notes a Sunday morning sermon on Christ's nature and the release from spiritual bondage through new freedom and world wide brotherhood. An evening service featured Christmas music with a male chorus performing Gounod Nazareth and solo vocal offerings by Thomas Barbour, with recitations from Henriette Spatcher and Mildred Ferguson.
John Hyde Norton Jr aged 14 died last evening at his parents home on Main Street from influenza. Born in Springfield Massachusetts October 14 1904 he is survived by his parents and one sister Katherine. He is a grandson of Mrs E Norton superintendent of the Middlesex County Home at Haddam funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The funeral for Christ Prianpifalo formerly with the Portland Candy Kitchen was held yesterday afternoon at 4 from A. J. Emmons Undertaking Rooms. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery with Rev. O. H. Raftery officiating.
Mrs David Laws colored aged 26 died at her Ready block home Sunday of pneumonia Funeral services were held this morning at 11 oclock at her late home A colored clergyman from Hartford officiated Burial was in Trinity cemetery Nearby tributes note residents sending holiday greetings and mixed family notices from Waverly Avenue and Spring Street include sailors in the U S Navy and local holiday visitors
Local items mention Miss Lillian Potter visiting from Smith College for holidays, Mr and Mrs H L Fenner visiting Christmas, Shirley Finkle recovering from influenza, Gunnar Nyman safe, and H William Ellsworth brothers on ten day naval furlough from Ireland. Also notes highway bridge replanking near trolley tracks, Christmas chocolate ads, and Leahy's Millbrook ice cream for Xmas.
Colchester reports from Friday include visits to Middletown and Wallingford, a Christmas concert at the Congregational church, and a health update on Rev. B D Remington. The Gillette children suffer from a cold epidemic, Helen Gilmore visits New Haven, and bands and Grange events are announced. Mrs. Battery marks a birthday with a telegram from Harris, Indiana.
In Rocky Hill on December 23, a Red Cross membership drive outline lists district chairs and routes from Wethersfield line to the center. Notable entries include Frank G. Sherwood as district 1 chair and Charles Emmons district 3 leader, with multiple streets covered under each district plan.
Centerbrook notes no service at the Congregational church last evening. Congregants were invited to attend the cantata in Essex. Evening Sunday school exercises and a Christmas tree will begin at 7 30. Mrs Bushnell and Eliza were in New London.
Ward Porter is the last Spanish influenza victim reported locally. Sergeant Winthrop Porter and Mrs Porter returned home last week after his France service and government work out west. Several Clinton Buck children are ill with measles. Center school held Christmas exercises and a cantata titled The Coming Conqueror will be performed at the Congregational church Christmas night. Private Robert Porter is home from Alabama and Corporal Dwight Tucker returns from the camp, staying with his mother Mrs Burnham. Private Clyde Coats also came home from Camp Devens. Mr and Mrs Lustig and Mrs Dingwell with her son Wilmer spent Thursday in New Haven.
The attempt to fly an Atlantic crossing in a navy aeroplane has been postponed until spring. Officials say the public will be informed when the venture reaches the next week stage of fulfilment.
An observer notes differences between old-time writers and criminals. The former use a pseudonym while the latter often use a plain alias. The remark hints at disguise and identity in historical reporting.
In East Berlin on December 23 the grip epidemic continues to take victims while the town keeps busy with Christmas preparations. Dancing classes and a Christmas tree event at the M E church mark the week as several residents plan gatherings at Athletic hall. A number of pigs await colder weather for butcher work and Miss Ethel Hazen remains seriously ill with pneumonia at home. James Manross visits his aunt Mrs W M Bunce, and dances are planned for Wednesday evening.
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