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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1919
Page
6
In January there are few ducks in the Niantic river as winter slows hunting. A stream of residents and visitors are seen around the Grove with trips to New York, Hartford, and Groton. People like Arthur Reed, James Metcalf, and Elias Manwarring are mentioned among comings and goings, while home repairs, cottage moves, and furloughs shape daily life.
Portland opens a free night school at the high school to teach English to all, backed by the Americanization movement and state support. three weekly sessions 7 30 to 9 pm, with classes for those under Sagtak and for other eager learners. Miss May Lown and Miss Eleanor Bride lead, employers asked to inform workers of the opportunity. welcoming men and women.
Durham January 6 1919 local notices report Mrs H G Newton visiting relatives Bishop Atwell returning to New London and Howard Bailey recovering from grip. Red Cross and WCTU meetings planned. funeral for Edward P Merwin held. fire debris and cremation details noted. E E Dickinson Co opens birch mill. company must muster out next week. thanks to neighbors for fire aid.
After three days of rain residents welcomed clear weather and light snow. Town battles a 60 strong influenza epidemic that closed schools and amusements. Social events continue, with Grange meetings, auxiliary gatherings, and church groups planning activities amid illness.
Centerbrook is to host the annual meeting of the ecclesiastical society this evening in the conference house. Mr and Mrs Ralph Swan and daughter of Hartford visited their parents, Mr and Mrs Robert Doane, on Sunday. Mrs Albert Ely will host the King's Daughters meeting Tuesday afternoon at Main Street home. Alfred Spencer spent the weekend with Miss Emma Looby. Mr and Mrs C L Jones and daughter visited aunt Mrs L B Leete in Madison on Sunday. Miss Winnifred Hubbard of West Haven is staying at the parsonage for a few weeks. William Magee has been on the sick list for two days.
Mrs. David Clark is sick with bronchitis. Schools reopened after a two week vacation. The American Italian Mutual Aid society plans its annual ball in Town hall next month. A band meeting is set for 7:30 tonight in the selectmen's room. Children enjoy light snow that remains on shaded ground. Miss Anna Lawton visits town. Princess Tuesday Night features Elsie Ferguson in The Rise of Jennie Cushing plus war review and Paramount Mack Sennett comedy The Kitchen Lady.
East Berlin reports schools reopen today after the holidays. A dancing class scheduled for tonight was postponed a week. Grip cases are decreasing townwide while residents attend visits with relatives and church events continue through the week.
Deep River notes list visitors and local movements across towns including Eric Ahistrin in Middletown, R Mather in Hartford, Mrs Edith Button in Meriden, A A Foote in West Haven, L Henry in Lebanon, and funeral attendance for Rep P J Adams. Also mentions Daphne Selden headed to France for Red Cross teen work, Carroll Conklin arriving in the states with 900 wounded, and Major Morgan Buckley Jr returning to Hartford. Funeral notices for Mrs Edward Keay and Patrick J Adams, mass by Rev John O Shea, and local society gatherings noted along with a cinema blurb for Elsie Ferguson in The Rise of Jennie Cushing.
The town notes a state guard drill this evening. Bridgeport visitors include Mrs. Edward A. Peck and daughters Edna and Margaret Peck visiting ill relatives. Miss Frances Webster’s funeral drew many relatives at Congregational Church with Rev. Alling presiding and burial at Rocky Hill cemetery. J. H. Churchill and family left for Miami. Mrs. Burr hosted a Hartford visit. Thomas Yeager, formerly of this town, joins New Haven Railroad as brakeman between East Hartford and Danbury. H. H. Peck secures a glazing contract with Ellison Construction Co. Camp Devens resident William Quinn spent Sunday with kin.
Miss Elizabeth Burke of New Britain spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs John Bradbury in Ivoryton. James Chrystal also visited the Bradburys while staying with Eugene Chrystal in New Britain. Lois Leotard continues to slowly improve from a serious illness as a cold wave coats ponds with thick ice suitable for skating.
Lieutenant Porter to report to Fort Worth Texas tomorrow. Mrs Miller of Lake avenue returns from Middletown visit. Cleveland Clark takes post at Granite Rock Spring. William O Connor, home from overseas, expected today. wounded October 10. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and aid after Charles A Lamson death.
Mrs. George Wetherill returns from Middlesex hospital. Miss Lily May Terrill returns from Hartford visit. Miss Mabel Trishhman receives cap after completing three months probation at Middlesex hospital. Congress to consider a resolution authorizing bronze medals for all great war servicemen.
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