Portland lighter launched at Gildersleeve Ship Co yard
The Portland lighter was launched yesterday by the Gildersleeve Ship Co yard with high water officials in attendance. The lighter sits in water after her hitch, with bulkheads built on the first three sections and two cabins completed. Six more remain. completion is expected in weeks. The yard may receive more contracts, possibly from war departments or government control, as work remains steady. A war bureau note from Miss Annie Foster in France thanks locals for help and hopes for a transfer to American forces. Officers' training at Camp Lee, Va., and related movements of locals are reported, with various visits and town news. Foresters will meet. the War Bureau head attended a conference on reorganizing town bureaus’ efforts.
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Gildersleeve Ship Co
France
Portland War Bureau
Annie 8 Ter
Presbym
Somere
Miss Foster
Americ
Sant Oliver B. Ellsworth
H.E
Elisth
Camp Lee
Sergeantsworth
Ambulance Corps
Fort Ethan Allen
Vert
Madison Barracks
Bark Room
Mrs. St. John Morgan
Boston
John H. Sage
Marlgh Street
Watrous
Chester
F. R. Goodrich
Ortland War Bureau
Hart
Scheon
Capitol
Cork
Ork
T. A. B. Society
Carl Trott
Hartford
Richard O’brien
Frank Klusek
Tony Kolodziey
Peter Sulyk
Weissian Place
Dorothy
Mildred Iguson
Main Street
Bridgeport
Summer visits and seaside travel across East Haddam area
July weekend notes show Mr and Mrs Edward Smith visiting relatives in Westchester. Miss Julia Ballek stayed with Mrs Hoff mann in Middletown. Alicia Bruton arrived in Middletown to spend the summer with Mrs Binet Brooks. J S Lindsay from New York spent the weekend with family at their summer home. Mrs Julia Price returned to New York after weeks with her daughter Mrs E E Smith. Master Edward Riley visited Stuart Lindsay after a motorcycle trip to Saykir. Mr and Mrs Barton and the Misses Markham of Hampton visited Walter M Gillette on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Street
Edward Smith
Westchester
Julia Ballek
Hoffmann
Middletown
Alicia Bruton
New Haven
Thas
Binet Brooks
J.S. Lindsay
New York
Julia Price
E. E. Smith
Edward Riley
Stuart Lindsay
Saykir
Barton
Mark
Markham
Hampton
Walter M. Gillette
Hadlyme Vaude Star Giacoma Co Show Friday Night
In Hadlyme Town the Giacoma company of vaudeville stars presents a Friday evening show starring Neil Patterson a second Harry Lauder. Dancing after the show with Springfield street. Come see this popular attraction and enjoy the voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadlyme Town
Giacoma Company
Vaudelie Stars
Niel Patterson
Harry Lauder
Voices
Adv
Deep River Activities Include Baseball Trip and Dances
Deep River residents plan visits and trips with Lillian Carsten and Olga Nelson staying two days at Sound View, while Tony Hamilton and John Comstock camp at Gibraltar opposite Saybrook. Morton and Phelps family to Maine for a three week automobile tour. Manager Daniels to take nine to Madison for opening game. large fan turnout expected. Local field practices Friday night followed by Baptist picnic at Grove Beach. Louis R. Ziegra, in a German prison camp, writes May 6 describing hospital recovery and hopeful June release. Giacoma company to perform Thursday at Comstock Cheney hall Ivoryton with a new program, followed by dancing.
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Deep River
Lillian Carsten
Olga Nelson
Sound View
Tony Hamilton
John Comstock
Gibraltar
Saybrook
William Morton
Annie Phelps
Maine
Daniels
Madison
Madison Boys
Madison Green
Winthrop Baptist Sunday School
Simons’ Grove
Grove Beach
Rocky Hill Community Notes July News Snippets
Grover John son of East Hartford to Camp Devens July 25. New baby born July 22 to Mr and Mrs Fred Tully on Main street. Wallace H. Peck visited Hartford Monday. Tug Mabel to Hartford with coal. Red Cross meets Thursday at Library hall. Julius Bulkeley Jr and daughter visit Elm street. Methodist Sunday school picnic at Elizabeth Park Hartford. Library open Monday for Red Cross work. Mrs B N Hedges visits Anna Wright. Mrs Kate Graves and Melvedy with son visit Ezra Adams Riverview Hill. Boy Scouts to entertain Girls Outdoor Club at Library hall Wednesday. R D Dexter and G Picard chaperone. Third nnno meeting next Sunday at Wangum lodge Y W Co. Vacation house at 7 30 pm. Warden McClaughry to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
Grover Johnson
East Hartford
Camp Devens
Fred Tully
Main Street
Wallace H. Peck
Hartford
Tug Mabel
Red Cross
Library Hall
Julius Bulkeley
Elm Street
Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School
Elizabeth Park
B. N. Hedges
Middletown
Anna Wright
Ferry Street
Kate Graves
Melvedy
New York
Ezra Adams
Riverview Hill
R. D. Dexter
George Picard
Wangum Lodge
Y. W. Co
McClaughry
State Prison
East Hampton News Briefs and Local Visits
East Hampton notes visitors and residents with social calls. Mrs Axel Cedarholm was in Middletown Monday. Charles Hyde of New Haven visits his mother Mrs David Hyde. Local trips include boat launch spectators and several callers at town hall and homes. Cross society meets at Chatham hall Thursday at 12 30 pm.
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East Hampton
Axel Cedarholm
Middletown
Charles Hyde
New Haven
David Hyde
Gildersleeve
Margaret Flynn
Katherine O'Neill
Carl Anderson
Red’ Cross Society
Chatham Hall
Ellis Hughes
Hartford Hospital
B. H. Olsen
Pawtucket
J. F. Emerson
Leonard Siebert
Grove Beach
Frank Congdon
Cromwell
Hast
Hampton’ Grange
Elgnar A. Jackson
Portland
P. P. O'Connell
Nancyette Day
Bos+ ‘ton
Blight Hits Potato Crop and Local Travel Warnings
In Ivoryton July 24 blight severely damages potatoes in the area. Postmaster Griswold is aided by Miss May Jones during Mrs. Prescott’s illness. Visits from Clarence Champlin of New London and Frank Martin from Hartford noted. Miss Mary E. Fitch of Bridgeport staying at Westbrook Beach. Complaints arise over motormen not blowing whistles at Bull’s Crossing a dangerous blind crossing. Several near misses involve headlights and lights on meetups with automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyoryton
May Jones
Griswold
Prescott
Clarence Champlin
New London
Frank Martin
Hartford
Mary E. Fitch
Bridgeport
Fitch
Westbrook Beach
Bull's Crossing
Cromwell War Bureau notes July Fourth film and flag pole progress
The War Bureau acted on Communications from the State Council of Defense. The July Fourth celebration film is now town property and will be expanded. A new steel flag pole nears completion. A descriptive account of the Fourth will be mailed to service members, and a nurse recruitment drive for 25,000 more nurses is planned for July 29 nationwide. Thomas W. Beaumont named registrar at the town clerk’s office for enrollments. Girl Scouts meet with Mrs. E W Johnson at 8'clock Thursday afternoon.
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Cromwell
War Bureau
Selectmen’s
State Council of Defense
Thomas W. Beaumont
Make Him Enlist. Detroit Free Press
A fragmented Free Press item hints at a poetic or humorous verse about romance and duty. The readable lines reference a maiden and a resolve not to let the heart grow warm, indicating a playful or satirical published snippet.
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Detroit Free Press
Ice cream firm sold to Fred M Alling in Middletown
In Durham on July 24 Mrs Emma P Roberts visits relatives in Middletown. A M Tucker & Co sell their ice cream business to Fred M Alling. Edna Stannard visits relatives in East Haven. Kenneth Roberts starts work at Colt's factory in Meriden. Middletown District Deputy A E Church installs Coginchaug council 0 U A M officers with State Councilor C D Schultze present. After meeting, attendees socialize at Alling's ice cream parlors. Potatoes show blight with leaves yellowing and several fields drying up. crop outlook is discouraging.
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Durham
Emma P. Roberts
Middletown
A. M. Tucker & Co
Fred M. Alling
Edna Stannard
East Haven
Kenneth Roberts
Colt’s
Meriden
A. E. Church
Coginchaug Council
Colchester Social Round Hosts Weekly Visits and Departures
Colchester residents welcomed visitors from Marlborough New Haven and Ohio and hosted local guests at homes of Mrs Erwin Rogers Miss Grace Beebe and Mrs W H Purcell. Dr R J Ryan left for Camp Devens to train Lieut Dr Raymond W Lewis of the navy visited town while M Klingon shipped two carloads of steers. Mrs A H Reed of Groton departed for a visit in Wallingford after two weeks with her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
Marion Champlin
Minnie Gates
Erwin Rogers
Jennie Hall
Ferdinand ‘Estrind
New Haven
Grate Beebe
C. A. Ryan
Marlborough
R. J. Ryan
State Prison
Forest. Magis
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Charleston Navy Yard
Boston
Mass
U. S
S. Savanah
Grace Beebe
W. H. Purcell
U.s.,navy
A.H. Reed
Groton
W.H. Purcell
Wallingford
Saybrook Point News Briefs From July Weekend
Mr and Mrs D A Kellogg attended church in Madison Sunday morning. Congregational women held their annual sale in the chapel yesterday afternoon. Food pledge signers to deliver to newsboys for the chairman. A patriotic food exchange opens Wednesdays in a school room to buy or sell with thrift stamps. H E Friend and wife Harvey H Friend and J A Edeel and wife of New Haven visited J B Holman Sunday. Mrs Jerome Bates and daughter of New York staying in Guilford called on friends Tuesday.
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Saybrook
Point
D. A. Kellogg
Madison
Congregational Church
Food Conservation
H._E. Friend
Harvey H. Friend
J. A. Edeel
New Haven
J. B. Holman
Jerome Bates
New York
Guilford
Heat Helps Corn Growth as East Berlin Nears Tenement Bust
East Berlin July 24. Heat boosts vegetable yield and sweet corn is being harvested this week. Miss Mabel Barnes of Boston visits her mother here. Miss Edith Woodward of Middletown and a friend spent Tuesday in town. Village Improvement Society plans a social soon. Farm labor is scarce causing expected crop reductions. Mrs. Mildrum has her residence repainted. New Britain visitors seek tenements as town nears capacity.
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East Berlin
Mabel Barnes
Boston
Edith Woodward
Middletown
Village Improvement Society
W. W.mildrum
New Britain
Truck to Plainville camp grounds departs Sunday
The truck for the Plainville camp grounds will leave Rockfall at 7 45 and Middlefield at 8 next Sunday morning July 28. Everyone invited.
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Plainville Camp Grounds
Rockfall
Middlefield
Adv
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Iran
Laglways
Ziegra
Richard Ziegra
Louis R. Ziegra
Louie
Comstock-Cheney Hall
Ivoryton
Annie Cahill
Michael Cahill
P. Ivers
St. Albans
James Ivers
Eva Perovsky
Iron.Co
J. M. McCarthy
A. B. House
Margaret FE. Smith
G. A. Hobart
W. H. Wall
Henry Costello
Willimantic
Joseph Costello
Ivyoryton
Saybrook Point
Resinol
Baltimore
Fabrice
Son
Batiste
Gray
Navy
Bunce’s
Crepe de Chine Foundation
Balbriggan
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