Church Notes Fill August with Services and Talks
The week lists Episcopal and Congregational church activities. At Edwardine church a 10:45 a.m. service features Rev. R. E. pastor preaching, Epworth League Sunday school, and an August 4 organ recital. First Congregational plans 10:45 a.m. sermon by Rev. M. K. Thomson on Jesus vacation. August program includes Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. Lessons From Proverbs led by Mrs. Fred G. During. no August services at month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedish Imtheran
Episcopal Church
R. E
Epworth League
America
First Congregational Church
M. K. Thomson
Jesus
Christian Endeavor
Fred G
Congregational Church
Frederick L. Grant
Grant
Methods Church
Samuel Thatcher
the Marlboro
M. E
St. Patrick’s Church
Patrick Fox
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Samuel Rees
St. John’s Mission
J. A
Lake Pocotopaug
Rees
Everard Day
Bees Swarm Tied Safe After Tree Incident
A swarm of honey bees from Coe avenue owner Bostrom caused a tree injury when it swarmed into an apple tree. He cut and tied the hive to the ground to prevent further danger and the bees were eventually settled safely in the hive. Other notes mention Misses Beatrice Howard Helen Trom and others camping at Lake Poco East Hampton under supervision. Navy man Griffin on furlough visits his mother Mrs. Hickey in Maine planning to return. Red Cross meeting moved to the hall due to attendance. Connecticut Company workers cleaned tracks and cleared earth and stone piles to ensure safe traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iaim Bostrom
Coe Avenue
Mr. Bostrom
Jt Keser
Beatrice Howard
Helen Trom
Minerva Bell
Marion Pen
Nancy
Grace Abbotson
Lake Poco
East Hampton
M Griffin
U. S. Navy
Bridget Elizabeth Hickey
Maine
Red Cross
Connecticut Company
Chester July 27 Social Notes and Church Services
Miss Rose Papa guest of Mrs Herman Braunstetter returns to New Jersey next month. Van Brunt, in New Haven, visits this week with family. August library hours 4 to 9 p m daily. Mrs Fred Strong returns to Hartford after weeks here. Winfield Spencer visiting relatives in Middletown. Baptist church holds Sunday services with sermons on The Resurrection and the Life in the morning and The Soft Answer in the evening. Monthly gospel concert August 4 titled The Anchor of the Soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Rose Papa
Herman Braunstetter
New Jersey
van Brunt
New Haven
Fred Strong
Hartford
Winfield Spencer
Middletown
Baptist Church
Westchester notices and visitors in July
Westchester July 27 items report Miss Flor Adams visiting East Hamp. Mr and Mrs C H Skinner spent the weekend in Willimantic. Mrs Alvin Carter of Colchester guests of Mrs Asa Brainerd. Rev George Reynolds of Hartford will preach Sunday. Catherine Carver hosted by Mr and Mrs E T Peck. The Stevens family of Thompsonville and Mr and Mrs G Markham of Hartford are using The Ledges for the August event. Brainard second lieutenant has arrived overseas and was transferred from Camp Mn Ga to Camp McArthur Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Flor Adams
East Hamp
C. H. Skinner
Willimantic
Alvin Carter
Colchester
Asa Brainerd
George Reynolds
Hartford
Catherine Carver
E. T. Peck
Stevens
Thompville
Colchester Midweek Visit and Weekend Games Spotlight
Colchester notes Mrs F J returns from Exeter and Etta Gilmore and Helen Gilmore come home from a two week visit. Attorney David S Day of Bridge visits and Hon E S Day is seen. A 3:30 game between home and Baston teams is anticipated after each side won once this season. Firemen host a meeting at the Hart es rooms. E E Brink visits the Baptist church for morning and evening services preached by B D Remington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
F. J
Exeter
Etta
Helen Gilmore
David S. Day
Bridge
E. S
Bastion
Fire Company
E. E. Brink
Hartes
Baptist Church
B. D. Remington
Rocky Hill News Highlights Local Events and Births
Local church services are announced for Sunday with the evening union meeting at Wangum lodge featuring Warden McClaughry. Home Guard volunteers from Rocky Hill aid Hartford rubber works. Several residents change jobs in Hartford firms. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Alfred Hubbard of Middletown at Middlesex hospital. Mrs Hubbard formerly Mildred Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
Lily
Wangum Lodge
McClaughry
Home Guard
Clinton News Highlights and Local Arrivals
Clinton July 27 report notes Harry Hurd family moving from Liberty street to G F Russ place in Mill district. Obituary for Elizabeth Bell aged 78 with funeral at M E church and Indian Hill Cemetery. Visitor Edna Bushnell from New York on Commerce street. Public notices include Reynal family visits to Fort Slo cum and Ocean City trip by Mivarts and Evarts. Various locals suffer injuries, visitors from New Haven and Winchester arrive, Camp Upton soldier Raymond Bissell visits home, brother Walter Denslow hosts Georgiana Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Harry Hurd
Liberty Street
G. F. Russ
Mill District
Elizabeth Bell
John Abrams
Henry Jacobson
M. E. Church
Indian Hill Cemetery
Edna Bushnell
New York
Commerce Street
J. C. V. Reynal
Virginia Reynal
Victor Reynal
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Frank Fowler
West Main Street
Harry Frost
New Haven
Eldridge Kelsey
Clifford Mivarts
Leroy Evarts
Providence
Ocean City
N. J
Hannah Kelsey
Winchester
Mass
H.S. Reynolds
Raymond Bissell
Camp Upton
Abbie Post
Georgiana Bradley
Walter Denslow
Ansonia
Relatives and visitors noted in Middlefield notices
Middlefield July 27 news lists Mrs J L Watrous entertaining relatives from the south. Joseph Goodrich and Hartford guests with Center relatives. Alma Lyman visiting Maine. Ida Hall of Wallingford with sister Mrs Edwin C Strickland in Cherry Hill. Irene Gray of Greenfield Mass with local friends. Mrs Toogood and two granddaughters return to New York after weeks with Mr and Mrs Dwight Putnam. Esther Lyman of Fairfield at home briefly. A D Emmons Ruth Emmons and Mrs Herbert Hawley spend a week at Plainville. Truck to Plainville Camp Grounds leaves Rockfall at 7:45 and Middlefield at 8 next Sunday morning July 28. Everyone invited. adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefield
J. L. Watrous
South
Joseph Goodrich
Hartford
Alma Lyman
Maine
Ida Hall
Wallingford
Edwin C. Strickland
Cherry Hill
Irene Gray
Greenfield
Mass
Toogood
New York
Madison Local Notes and Family Visits Round Town
July report from Madison notes Mrs Ella Scranton recovering from surgery. Mrs A M Dowd and Miss Rachel Dowd visited Kenwood New York. Fred Coe and daughters Emily and Frances stay with Mrs Elias Coe at Horse Pond. Mrs William Hollingsworth visits Sharon with daughter. Mrs Ralph Burr hosts daughter in law and infant from Hartford. Chautauqua programs circulated with growing interest. Harrison WD enlists in the naval reserves and awaits orders at his parents’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwyn Buell
Hartford
Harrison Wd
United Sta Naval Reserves
F. C. Dowd
Ivoryton Births and Local Updates
A son was born Thursday to Mr and Mrs John Peterson on Chestnut Street Ivoryton. Mrs Florence Barnes is visiting at her Killingworth home for a few days. Mr and Mrs George Walkley were in Middletown Friday. The Comstock Cheney Co. aid coal supply with cord wood. A K Jones of Westbrook was in town Friday. Mr and Mrs Herman Mooz of Ivoryton and Mr and Mrs Adolph Mooz of New York are in Newport today. J Valdemar Harold pastor Swed Mission Church 10 30 Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivoryton
John Peterson
Chestnut Street
Florence Barnes
Killingworth
George M. Walkley
Middletown
Friacy
Comstock, Cheney Cov
A. K. Jones
Westbrook
Herman Mooz
Adolph Mooz
New York
Newport
Swedish Mission Church
J. Valdemar Harold
du . Eer
Jesse Rich
James F. Rich
Lewis J. Francis
Deep River
Kenneth Clark
John Wolfe
Fred Thody
France
H. B. Booth
Francis McCabe
Naval School
New London
E. M. Hubbard
Elmer Crowell
Johnson Lane
Eliza Severance
M. M. Co
United States
New Haven
Meriden
Thomas McCarthy
Middlefield
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Roy Thawley
Josephine Mathidle Ruge
Smith College
Cynic Defined as One Who Says Hate Ful to Gain Attention
A cynic is described as someone who speaks hatefully to attract notice, using hostility as a social tactic rather than genuine conviction.
East Hampton social notes and church services update
East Hampton reports visiting Hartford guests Miss Jessie Hutton and Miss Margaret Flynn with Mrs P O Connell and family recent Bristol trips. Dances at Carrier's pavilion and local huckleberry picking amid summer events. Church notes list services across Congregational, Methods, St Patrick, and St John's, plus a Lake Pocotopaug picnic and a farewell for Rev. Samuel Rees.
Westbrook church notes and local visits on July 27
Lieut chaplain U S A C R Watkins on furlough will preach at 10 am Sunday with Sunday school an hour earlier. Mrs Mary DeBarth of Wethersfield and grandson Horace Grant recent guests of sister Mrs John B Knox. Mrs Elizabeth Stannard of New Haven visiting her mother Mrs George McNamee. Several residents attended a cheese making demonstration by Miss Moss of Connecticut Agricultural College and home economist Miss Ketcham for Middlesex Farm Bureau. Demonstration on canning meats and vegetables set for Wednesday the 31st at Mrs John Swanson’s Horse Hill home. Mrs Palmer Willard and daughter of Wethersfield visiting Stannard Beach with Mrs John B Knox next week. Arthur Hill dislocated his ankle recently after leaping from a wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
C. R. Watkins
Mary DeBarth
Wethersfield
Horace Grant
John B. Knox
Elizabeth Stannard
New Haven
George
Hebron Social Notes and Local Happenings
Hebron hosts and guests are listed including Mrs Alice Palmer and her children Carrie and Charles Palmer. Third lectures in Amston delight locals. Notables seen in Willimantic include Mrs Fred Burnham and Mrs Roger Porter. Potatoes are sprayed as a daily task and Red Cross events are planned with entertainment in the town hall to aid the Red Cross. Dwight Tucker returned home and Clyde Coates traveled to Rockville and then Camp Devens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Alice Palmer
Columbia
Carrie Palmer
Charles Palmer
Edward A. Smith
Amston
Willimantic
Fred Burnham
Roger F. Porter
Clarkson Bailey
William Chamberlain
Edson Strickland
Arthur Barrows
New London
E. T. Smith
Red Cross
James Dingwell
New Haven
Town Hall
Dwight Tucker
Clyde Coates
Rockville
Camp Devens
Durham Notes and Local Happenings Chronicle
Community updates from Durham include residents visiting relatives in New York and Deep River officials on visit, with World War I era references to soldiers in France and local shop activity turning out tin boxes for government use. Church services and a Smith College acceptance for Josephine Mathilde Ruge are noted among social gatherings and religious lectures.
Haddam Notes: Local Visits and Home Projects
Mrs Arthur M Clarke spends days at Saybrook Manor while Mr Clarke visits for the weekend. Miss Carrie Shailer visits Middle Town with Mrs S H Baer. W H Kelsey builds a new ell, Charles Church handles the work. William Kelsey Jr enjoys a vacation with parents. Mrs Ezekiel Shailer of Shailerville visits sister Mrs J C Russell. Miss Lillian Myers, former Haddam resident, is at Mrs Renker s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddam
Arthur M. Clarke
Saybrook Manor
Clark
Carrie Shailer
Middletown
S. H.,baer
W. H. Kelsey
Charles Church
William Kelsey, Jr
Ezekiel Shailer
Shailerville
J. C. Russell
Lillian Myers
Central Alabama Raises More Stock Reported
Reports from a central Alabama district, covering ten counties, show the past year shipped 681 cars of cattle and 873 cars of hogs. The shipments come from a region that was once mostly cotton, now producing livestock for feeding and sale. Counties cited include Elmore, Hale, Lowndes, Lee, Montgomery, Macon, Marengo, and Bullock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
South
Elmore
Hale
Lowndes
Lee
Montgomery
Macon
Marengo
Bullock
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Beecham
Hartford Rubber Works
Justin Strate
Greene Electrical Supply and Contracting Co
Laura Batchelder
Connecticut College
Hartford Club
Alfred Hubbard
Middlesex Hospital
Main Street
Nathaniel Baruch
Madison
Mayo
Purple
Boston
Jessie Hutton
Jane
Pauline Quigg
William Quigg
Carrier’s Pavilion
Ford
P. O’connell
Margaret
Bristol
Margaret Flynn
Phyllis White
G.K. White
Florence Thatcher
Murray
Margaret Lynch
Louis Francis
Mary Walsh
Annie Daley
Katherine Cavanaugh
Annie Colbert
Elizabeth Cahill
Dorothy Cahill
Annie
Katherine Cahill
Helen Gates
New Britain
F. G. Gates
Durham
U.S
Continental Congress
Army
Goodrich
Silvertown
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