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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
6
Local column reports on a welfare campaign with 380 registrations and 75 weighed, Italian parish involvement, and praise for physicians and town committees. It also lists Episcopal and Methodist services, a Baptism candidate meeting, birth registrations, Red Cross notes, and several townspeople arrivals and family updates.
Mrs F P Hull has returned after months in New York. Miss Marion Bantais works at M M Company. John Southmayd, 82, longtime Durham resident, died after seven months illness. funeral Sunday at 4 pm, son Herbert Southmayd, Rev Louis Ruge to officiate. Durham High School commencement this Friday at the art church, large turnout, program to continue. Knights of Pythias mark Memorial Day with 2 pm gathering at O U A M hall and cemetery graveside decoration. Democrats hold caucus at town hall Tuesday 8 pm. Epiphany Church hosts 2 pm prayers and 3:45 pm children's service. Congregational Church children’s Day at 10:30 am. Christian Endeavor 7:15 pm. services 8 pm.
Amston notes reveal Charles Smith travels to New York returning Sunday. Mr and Mrs E W Bill visit in a Rolls Royce from New York. An aeroplane sighting from New York to Boston draws townsfolk. Fred Burnham buys quality cows. Charles M Ams stays through the week. Mrs C Trubenbach and daughter near midmonth visit. Farmers Cooperative Dairy meets in Amston Hall with speeches in Hebrew and English. Karas boys buy Ratbun s Oakland automobile. Mr and Mrs Fitch Jones and daughter visit Willimantic. Sates and Mrs Albert Hilding greet a newborn son on June 4. Phillip Clark visits with parents.
Madison reports the birth of an eight pound son June 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Mor timer Smith of New Haven. Thaddeus C. Smith is the paternal grandfather, a former resident. Other notes include Rev. A. T. Steele preparing to sail for France after June 17 for Y M C A work, and local visits and movements among residents.
Saybrook Point June notes report Mr and Mrs D A Kellogg visiting Guilford friends. Ernest Schults leaves for Storrs college to join the boys working reserve for two weeks. Goodrich B Pratt returns from camp and will work Arrowhead farm for the summer. Mrs Irwin Granniss and Misses Eleanor Bradley and Sarah Granniss were out of town visitors. Mrs H C Chapman and daughter spent Wednesday in New Haven. Mrs M K Bailey has been ill. Mr and Mrs B W Estler hire the John Jobson place for the summer and will return from Brooklyn soon.
In Candlewood Hill yesterday Smith Spencer and oon Carlson visited town for a Red Cross meeting held Wednesday with sixteen ladies attending. The town hosted a Day event planned by Miss Sarah and music planned for Children’s Day. Free C.A. youth group met to discuss Sunday events as the community gathers for concerts and services.
Rain yesterday forced postponement of the East Hampton flag raising at the school grounds until Wednesday. The Sixth grade was dismissed early for the thrift stamp sale. Various church services and events are listed, including morning and evening services at Congregational and Methodist churches, parish masses at St. Patrick’s, lodge memorial ceremonies, hospital day plans, and local visits and social notes.
The report notes that famine and food scarcities strained both the military and the populace, contributing to the gradual unraveling of Russia. Officials and civilians faced hunger, worsening morale and logistical challenges across fronts and cities.
Brief Westchester column lists social visits and duties. Mrs A A Newell returns from Norwich while Mrs Seth Carver hosts Ruth Brainerd. Miss Sylvina Norton and Miss Lilian Williams motor to Camp Devens. Rev Irving Burnap of Ivoryton preaches. families from Norwich Hartford Greenwich and New York are pictured in a week of callers and guests.
Aeroplanes passed over Hebron on Thursday heard by many though unseen due to height. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Albert Hilding in Hartford hospital this week. Norman and wife welcomed a daughter recently. No service in Congregational church this Sunday. Hebron Andover Bolton invited to spring meeting of Tolland County Sunday School Association in Columbia Sunday at 2 30. Rev Deetel absent at Yale graduation. Letters from David Strong Fred Brehaut Harold Gray arrive this week. Fitch Jones visited Hartford Thursday. Eugene Smith visiting Norwich parents. Mrs Dickel of New York summering with sister Mrs Wright. About 2 000 military hospitals in the United Kingdom.
Former Health Commissioner Kerr endorses NOTE-Nuxated Iron as a well known, easily assimilated remedy. It does not injure teeth or upset the stomach, unlike older iron products. Manufacturers guarantee satisfaction or refund. Hartman Drug Co. dispenses it locally along with other druggists.
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