Portland Population Estimates in Penfield Hill District
Census work in Portland reports population totals near 3,800 with Penfield Hill district likely undercounted by about 100 names. Judge T. C. Flood chaired the census effort, with many registrants providing detailed data while a few refused or withheld ages. Community notes include local appointments, military family movements, and Boy Scout activities reflecting a town mobilized for summer.
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Penfield Hill
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Portland
United States
T. C. Flood
Mothers in Centerbrook Asked to Bring Children for Weighing
Centerbrook residents are urged to bring children who have not been measured to Mrs. Albert Bushnell's on Tuesday 10 to 12 or Saturday 2 to 5. H D Robinson was hit by a locomotive Sunday morning near the railroad crossing, demolishing his car but leaving him with only minor injuries. Camp Upton youths returned home for the weekend. Joseph Cutone and daughter Louise visited Clinton on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Whipple and children of Amherst stayed with Ellsworth Norton yesterday. William Griffin visited his sister in Middletown Sunday. A proverb notes a dollar may be recognized by sight yet its value remains unknown.
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Centerbrook
Albert Bushnell
H. D. Robinson
Robinson
Camp Upton
Joseph Cutone
Louise
Clinton
Frank Whipple
Amherst
Mass
Ellsworth Norton
William Griffin
Middletown
Local Guests And Visits In Middlefield And Branford
Middlefield residents report visits and guests from Branford Greenfield South Hadley and Chicago including Gladys Warner Bever y Fowler Fred Andrews and family George Wetherill family and Wetherill reunion attendees Mrs Edward Thompson and Mrs A J Woodward visiting relatives in town Various reunions and Sunday visits noted with local hosts and travelers through regional ties.
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Middlefield
Gladys Warner
Bevery Fowler
Branford
Fred Andrews
Greenfield
William Gray
Winfield Hawkes
South Hadley
G. B. Hawkes
James Lyman
Chicago
C. E. Lyman
William
New Haven
C. N. Burnham
Paul Terrill
Esther Lyman
Fairfield
Sarah Lyman
Boston
Organ Recital Delights East Hampton at Congregational Church
Edward Austin Warren Jr. led an East Hampton organ recital with Bach, Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky and his own songs. Mrs. Julia Burnham and Thomas Denman assisted. various local residents and visitors noted. Highlights included church devotions at St. Patrick's and updates on neighbors and guests.
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East Hampton
Edward Austin Warren, Jr
Wesleyan University
Bach
Mendelssohn
Tehaikowsky
Warren
Julia Denman Burnham
Thomas C. Denman
Margaret Ivers
Hartford
James Ivers
Mary Donnellan
New Haven
M. W. Wall
Red Cross Society
Chatham Hall
Marion Hitchcock
Haptford
A. S. Hitchcock
Gertrude Krotky
Middlesex Hospital
Harold Tracy
Noank
Leon Tracy
Margaret Collins
Norwalk
Conn
Lakeside Cottage
Clinton Gould
Springfield
Mass
Edwin Barton
Anna May O’connell
Eva Walton
Jane
Pauline Quigg
Senator
William Quigg
St. Patrick’s Church
Clifford Abrams
New York
the Lake
William Anderson
Victor Anderson
Nan and
Linda Rust
Brooklyn, N. Y
Lakeview House
Westbrook War Savings Ad Promises Return With Interest
A Westbrook advertisement explains that money loaned to the government via war savings stamps funds wartime needs such as food clothing and soldiers pay. It emphasizes lenders will be repaid with interest in four and a half years and frames the program as borrowing rather than giving.
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Democratic caucus in Rocky Hill names local delegates
Rocky Hill June 17 The Democratic caucus at Grange hall approved delegates to the state convent and congressional tickets. Officers include sheriff probate and town committee members, with Yeager Quinn Whalen Whitford Dowling among those chosen. The meeting drew the largest attendance yet. Also noted are Hartford visitors and State Guard drill, plus plans for a war savings drive and a Liberty Loan meeting at Library hall this evening.
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Rocky Hill
Grange Hall
Henry B. Whitford
William F. Gr Weld
Joe W. Crane
Martin D. Whalen
Charles H. Yeager
William F. Quinn
Frederick Spencer
Joseph Conlin
Lawrence Kelly
Henry B
Trinity College
Library J Hall
Liberty Loan and War Savings Committees
F. A. Thompson
Hartford
Ivoryton Town Social and Government Health Drive
In Ivoryton on SundayMiss Helen Starling spent time with friends in New London and Frank Bump U S A stationed at oe Upton was home over the weekend. The State Guard battalion drill in Deep River drew local attention. The government through the Children s Bureau requests height and weight data for children up to five years old and mothers are asked to bring their children to Ivoryton Grammar School 2 to 4 PM Wednesday through Friday. If illness is present notify Mrs E W Dickinson at 31 23.
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Ivoryton
Helen Starling
New London
Frank Bump
U.S. A
Oe Upton
Suny
Mary Potter
Nellie Burkhardt
Margaret Stannard
Deep River
Harry Rawson
Hartford
State Guard
United States
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Ivoryton Grammar School
E. W. Dickinson
Show and Dance at Comstock Cheney Hall This Saturday
Vaudeville and exhibition dancing by Giacoma and Co. with a second Harry Lauder in Neil Patterson, the Scotch comedian. Admission 27 cents for ladies, 35 cents for gents, children 1 cent advance. Also The Thelma Tuesday night Pauline Frederick in Mrs Dane's Defense.
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Comstock-Cheney Hall
of. Giacoma and Co
Harry Lauder
Neil Patterson
Thelma
Pauline Frederick
Mrs. Dane
Colchester News Roundup Sees Rallies, Roster and Baseball
Colchester reports a Sunday of visits as residents return from brief trips and guests gather at homes on Hayward Avenue and South Main Street. A war rally in Grange hall features speaker Miss Anna L. Smith amid many local social visits. The Colchester baseball team loses 3 to 2 at East Hampton as caucus picks party delegates and K of P lodge plans seven new members.
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Colchester
Francis Brown
William Baker
George Baker
Newage
F. E. Baker
Hayward Avenue
William Ruser
Middletown
Harry Davenport
South Main Street
Charles Russell
New Britain
Frank Gillette
Henry Clark
William Hinkley
South Windam
James O’brien
Camp Upton
Mary
Annie O’brien
New Haven
Mary Wade
Frank Doane
Patrick O’brien
Grange Hall
Anna L. Smith
Liberty Chorus
C. G. Bowers
Hartford
Max Seigall
Louie
Willimantic
John F. O’connell
George Strong
Exeter
W. E. Strong
William F. Cavanaugh
Beacon Falls
David B. Murray
New York
Oliver Woodhouse Lodge
K. of P
Grand Lodge
Daniel Sullivan
Jeremiah O’connor
War savings rally set for June 18 in Killingworth Grange hall
Killingworth town council schedules a war savings rally for Tuesday evening June 18 at 8 15 in Grange hall. The event features speakers Miss E T Whitney of New Haven and Elwyn T Clark of Higganum, with music by Mr Kaplan and daughter and the Liberty chorus performing patriotic songs.
East Berlin Circulation Sparks War Savings Drive T
East Berlin residents gather for Sunday visits and preparations as town divides into four districts for the war savings stamp campaign. Captains named for Kensington Beckley East Berlin and surrounding area coordinate neighborhood collections to ensure every house and individual is reached. Raymond Carnes departs for New York en route to France.
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East Berlin
H. Hulbert
New Britin
Schaefer
Emma
Louis Schaefer
New Britain
Meriden
Momier
Clark
New Brittain
Frank Clark
Ssemas Billi F Southington
Omas Holligan
Dan
Joseph Holligan
Bridgeport
Raymond Carnes
New York
France
Berlin
Kensington
Charles F. Lewis
Beckley
Middletown
Frank N. Bacon
Robert O. Clark
Berlin Street
Francis Deming
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Ann Brains
Main Street
Ikapaug
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N. J
Henry Porteous, Jr
Arthur Evans
Camp Devens
Virginia
Williams Hill
Thomas Cronin
U.S. Navy
Harold Hodge
Dudley Lewis
Gunnar Nyman
Boy Scouts
Methodist Chapel
Oliver B. Ellsworth
Medical Department
U. S. Army
Madeline
Irene Walsh
Marlborough Street
Westbrook
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Clarence H. Norton
Leslie Leffingwell
David Shea
Bennie Mintz
C. H. Skinner
A. F. Roper
William H. Blacker
Charles Shailer
Charles H. Strong
Leon Broder
Asa B. Taylor
F. J. Hudson
Timothy Kelly
R. R. Carrier
H. O. Sorrell
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