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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1919
Page
8
WEW postmaster McCarthy is praised by Middle town postal clerks and carriers for his calm leadership and support during the Christmas rush. A toast-filled dinner follows with remarks from Thomp son, Slavin, Kelsey, and others about office growth, harmony, and improved methods. The group pledges cooperation and courteous service.
Robert W. Rice named executor in estate of Oncar Davis. Thomas W. O Keefe files inventory for Mark Burns estate. J R pa and Peter report homestead in Cromwell and government securities. Lang Hill resident Ashton appointed administrator for Edward P. Merwin estate after fatal house fire. Probate court allows Mary G Savage will executors account. dispute over inventory and taxes yields over $900 to state. Frances E Hardy estate inventory filed. Conn portion mainly savings deposits around $11,000. Bridget Kelly seeks administrator for Eliza Connor estate with hearing set February 21 at 2 pm. T Howard Thompson reports inventory for Ann Eliza Thompson estate valued with house, burial lot, and farm assets. Ellen F English appointed guardian for Margaret Moran minor. Silas W Fowler files final conservatorship account for Marie Birdsey. fund exhausted.
A special Chamber of Commerce committee on Memorial meets at 7 30 pm to discuss plans for a permanent city memorial to World War participants. Mr Sanders from the State Highway department will attend to advise on the Memorial bridge over Sumner Creek and a boulevard from Main Street south to Crescent and Chapman Hill crossing Sumner Creek.
Mrs. Margaret Mc Allister of Cromwell and John Baker signed a compensation agreement after Mr Baker sustained a scalp wound while employed on November 5 1911. A second agreement for 25 weeks at 8.25 dollars weekly was made between C J Bates Son of Chester and Warren Church who injured the tip of his right index finger at the Bates factory on November 22 1918.
Middlesex County Historical Society will hold a 7 30 pm business meeting at its building corner Main and Union streets. At 8 pm Professor William North Rice will speak on Men of the Stone Age and is described as an interesting and instructive speaker.
Watchman Jeremiah Sullivan found two men inside the locked barn at 3 am with a pile of tools scattered on the floor. The burglars escaped, leaving the loot behind them.
On active duty personnel gave talks at a local postal employees event counted among the most successful. Dan McCarthy, the postmaster, has earned widespread support from staff and public alike for an administration described as businesslike, systematic, and just. The gathering ended with cheers for McCarthy.
Middletown Chamber of Commerce opens a February drive to recruit 500 members from February 9 to February 17, with teams competing for a post-drive supper. President Bunce urges peace-time work for housing, memorials, monument improvements, and Americanization, while General Edwards may attend the annual dinner pending his schedule.
Former Governor Frank B Weeks born January 20 1855 in Brooklyn New York. He has lived in Middletown since boyhood and is a trustee of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane. His leadership aided reconstruction after the south wing fire and wartime material shortages.
Cards announce the marriage of Alta McIntosh daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McIntosh of Winchester Massachusetts to Sergeant Franklin Whitney Young U S Marine Corps on Friday January 17 1919. Miss McIntosh is known in Middletown having been born there and her father was a partner in the Duncan and McIntosh firm on Main Street until about eleven years ago.
An all day Home Service meeting is postponed from Tuesday. Workers are asked to prepare refugee garments tomorrow as usual. More workers are needed on Thursdays and all who can are urged to attend.
The store at 644 St. will be open for business on Tuesday January 1 and deliveries resumed. Jacob Anenberg and Samuel Starr are named in this notice. The item appears from a local adv page with scattered OCR text indicating reopening and addresses.
City briefs report a 5 18 p m light vehicle lamps event, a big Friday dance at Odd Fellows hall with Russett Brooks six piece orchestra, and a string of notices on concerts, theatre programs, lectures, tax bills, military moves, and local civic happenings across Newport and surrounding towns.
An old newspaper ad extols Hood’s Pills and Hood’s Pepto as a comprehensive family remedy amid influenza and war, promising a complete treatment kit. It emphasizes reliable, doctorless care and urges households to keep these medicines on hand during hard times.
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