War Savings Drive Exceeds Plymouth Quota With 1929 Pledges
The town reports 1929 war savings pledges totaling about $50 000 with $30 000 pledged yesterday. Eight teams in charge of local captains reported strong participation across districts. Churches note services and memorial events follow the drive as local campaigns continue.
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Prtland’s
Stion
John C. Barry
Rir
Ted
Gildersleeve
J. Olszewki
Iain J. O’brien
E. Magnuson
Hedgtrom
O. Brooks
Organist Resigns at Swed Lutheran Church
Middletown organist Kjellerstedt resigns after serving since last October. Miss Millie Hanson secured to fill the post temporarily. a Sunday morning service benefit will honor Kjellerstedt. Note: Brooklyn move contemplated. church regrets departure and thanks him for years of service.
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A. Kjellerstedt
Middletown
Kjellerstedt
Arch
Brooklyn
Millie Hanson
Bs Avenue
Sub Treasury Report From York June 29
Sub Treasury report from York dated June 29 notes 4506,000 to banks on Friday.
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Sub-Treasury
York
Town activities and school exercises in Old Saybrook
Long article notes visitors, summer guests, and community events in Old Saybrook. Highlights include juvenile canning demonstrations, a Hoover food sale, graduating exercises for grammar pupils, the new service flag with 27 stars honoring local service members, and remarks on war era activities at Congregational and town venues.
Moodus Notes On Visits And Farm Help
Moodus June 29 updates with Mr and Mrs Edgar Smith guests in Saybrook to Mrs U S Cook. East Hampton visitors include Mrs H W Goff and Mrs Royal Goff. Lewis Hall of Middletown to help Grandpa Hall on the farm. Co H 8 G to depart East Haddam for Saybrook regimental field day. Mrs Albro Bell and children plan to travel to East Hampton. Thomas and Alice Markett spend days with Miss Gladys Cone at North Salem.
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Moodus
Edgar Smith
Saybrook
U.S. Cook
H. W. Goff
Royal Goff
East Hampton
Lewis Hall
Middletown
Grandpa Hall
Co. H. C
East Haddam
Albro Bell
Thomas
Alice
Markett
Gladys Cone
North Sai Snoerdabente
Essex June News Briefs and Local Notices
In Essex on June 29 Charles Bushnell of Merigen visits the Tucker home while J Floyd Johnstone of New Rochelle is a recent town visitor. Mrs Anna Bowen and daughter Miss Margaret Bowen of Jersey City stay at their Main street summer residence. Mrs Charles E Tucker and son Jesse visit relatives in Westbrook. Miss Frances Fordham and Miss Angeline Fordham visit grandmother Mrs J O Fordham at City Island. Money for June papers due. Piretti brothers perform concrete work on Hill street at Niles Gladding’s residence. Edward Perry of Malden Mass visits L A Behrens on North Main street. J Frank Hall paints the Beebe block on Main street. Mrs Eliza Parker stays at the Babcock home on West avenue. Congregational service at 10:30 with sermon The Saints Inheritance. 7:30 patriotic praise service with special choir and address before the W C T U by Rev R D Trick. Baptist church morning subject The Seeing Eye and a 6:30 Christian Endeavor. A debate between Methodist and Baptist on Muhammadism vs Christianity. Evening service at Congregational on Present Day Patriotism. Mass at 9 o clock at Roman Catholic church.
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Ile
Vrydia Hayward
Bronxville
N.Y
C. O. Meacham
Marvega
Lawrence Wilson
Chicago
Ill
Quotonset Beach
Thomas Hooker, Jr
New Haven
Quetonset Beach
Brundage
New London
Scudder Lewis
Long Island
Thomas B. Bloomfield
Elsie
Maspeth
L. I
Sarah Wright
Eva Wright
Aggawam
Mass
Hoover
G. D. E. Post
Congregational Sunday School
Herbert O. Clough
Rockville
C. D. Allen
North Haven
H. E. Kelsey
Clough
Gatchell
Springfield
Old Saybrook
George Eastland
Santa Lucia
Eric Lettergren
Chapman School
Ellsworth
Horse Hill
Irene Fox
Pond Meadow
Kenneth Morgan
Louise Chapman
Renee Neidlinger
Katchell
Horace E. Kelsey
Westbrook
America
Anna Theis
Sylvia Habisreittinger
Nferman Martin
Jessie Martin
Ellsworth Swanson
Marey Holbrook
Alfred Caboni
Helen Jerman
Chapman
Marion A. Edwards
Elinor Buell
Edmund Gotfred Anderson
France
B. W. Bacon
Yale University
Tomorow
C. R. Watkins
Fort Zach
Essex
Charles Bushnell
Merigen
Charles Tucker
New J
J. O. Fordham
City Island
Piretti Brothers
Niles Gladding
Hill Street
Edward Perry
Malden
L. A. Behrens
North Main Street
J. Frank Hall
Beebe
Main Street
Eliza Parker
Babcock
West Avenue
Congregational Church
Charles Peck
R. D. Trick
Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Ivoryton Obs Weekend Notices and Community Updates
Ivoryton June 29 community brief notes church services are planned with Rev Herrick of New Milford preaching at the Congregational church. Arvid Modeen, in France, has been confirmed safe by his mother Mrs Andrew Olsen. A Dodge driver lost control near Comstock Cheney factory and had to be rescued. Sunbeam Chapter plans a Blue Cross benefit at Laurel hall Tuesday. no Red Cross work next week due to July 4. Beacons Circle meeting set for 2:30 PM Wednesday. Charles Gollon visited from New Britain. Swedish Mission Church to hold service Sunday at 10:30 AM. War Saving certificate drive ends. registration at school led by Dr E E Shannon, with assistants. Ivoryton pledged total of 8000 dollars. A playground notice bans ball playing to prevent broken windows from balls and a bat.
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Ivoryton
Mr. Herrick
New Milford
Congregational
Andrew Olsen
Arvid Modeen
France
Comstock
Cheney Company
Behrens
Bushgell
Swedish Mission
E. E. Shannon
Robert Johnson
Nellie Comstock
Corrine Shailer
Laura Rockwell
Centerbrook Funeral for Alexander Ingraham
Alexander Ingraham's funeral was held at the Congregational church in Centerbrook on Thursday evening at 6. The remains were laid to rest in Nott cemetery. Mrs. Iverson Ward and two daughters are visiting Mrs. Ward's parents in Bashan. War Savings canvassers reported good success. Northam Wright and family depart for Westbrook for summer at West Beach cottage. Some farmers begin harvesting hay. Alfred Ingraham hosts his father from Middletown.
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Centerbrook
Odd Fellows and Home Guards
Alexander Ingraham
Congregational Church
Nott Cemetery
Iverson Ward
Haddam Village Notes and Social Roundup
Haddam reports Louis Mosher traveling to Hartford for a weekend with his brother. Mr and Mrs Charles Spencer of Springfield Mass visited Thursday. Red Cross work slows as the group awaits new supplies from headquarters. Mrs Eggleston of Hartford, a nurse, cares for Mrs P C Arnold. Miss Latshaw is ill under New York nurse care. Mrs Batholomew of Hartford visited Miss Clara Spencer Thursday.
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New York
Batholomew
Hartford
Clara Spencer
Chester Plans Drill and Society Meeting
Chester July 29 The Chester company of C S G will assemble at the Savings bank Sunday at 8 am to go to Saybrook for battalion drill. The sixths regiment is expected to be there all day. A directors meeting of the Chester Agricultural and Mechanical society is set for Monday at 8 pm at W P Holden's office. H L Danvers of Holyoke was a visitor yesterday. Baptist services Sunday at 10:30 am and 7:30 pm with sermons Did Adam Know Where He Was and Anxious All Too Low.
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Chester
Chester Company
Savings Bank
Saybrook
Sixths
Chester Agricultural and Mechanical Society
W. P. Holden
H. L. Danvers
Holyoke
Mass
Baptist Church
Adam
Local church and community notices from town district
Activities include a church service after mass at St Joseph's Catholic Church and a Baptist service headed by Rev B A Hatfield. Local social updates list residents visiting Boston Groton Portland and New London. A town hall entertainment by the State Guard drew strong patronage with Miss Ola B Rankin praised for singing and Alli son of East Haddon noted. The Guard boys expect to raise about fifty dollars.
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Ereby Mes
Nf Bia
Tee
Holy Name
St. .Joseph’s Catholic Church
Morris & Miller
Kandy
J. N. Wells
Southington
Ella Edmonds
Sarah Mitchell
Groton
Rath Porter
Milfred Myer
Boston
Philip Johnson
Portland
State Sunday School Association
Enen
Congress Church
State Guard
Ola B. Rankin
Allison
East Hadda
Guard
Louis R Ziegra In Prison Camp
Word reached Richard Ziegra that his son Louie R Ziegra previously listed as missing in a letter of April 15 is held in a prison camp at Hammerschburg Germany. The news came via the Red Cross along with a letter from Harry Marvin of the 102nd regiment describing his capture and escape efforts.
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Louis R Ziegra
Richard Ziegra
Louie R. Ziegra
Hammersburg
Germany
Red Cross
Harry Marvin
102Nd Regiment
Card Of Thanks From Skinner Family
Card of thanks from Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Skinner expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy, assistance, and flowers during the illness and death of their beloved son and brother.
Wounded Tommy Treated by French Doctor Beside Ambulance
An American stands behind a wounded Tommy as a French doctor dresses his wound during an ambulance scene. The image captures the tense moment of medical aid in a war setting with onlookers nearby.
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Ense
Tommy
Haddam Neck Air Raid on Paris Report
German airmen raided Paris for the third night in a row. Anti aircraft guns thundered for about 20 minutes as bombs fell but no casualties were reported.
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Paris
Host of Friends of Louie Rally After Battle
The group expresses elation over dispatches noting belief that after a stiff fight the Huns would seek vengeance. The report highlights local sentiment and wartime mood among Louie supporters.
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Louie
Elattle
Dispatch
Huns
Austrian German alliance report from Salzburg source
A Copenhagen patch cites the Salzburger Volksblatt as the authority for a recent Austrian German conference at German headquarters. It reports a new Austro German alliance of a binding character has been drawn up, with Salzburg origins suggesting the pact.
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Copenhagen
Salzburger Volksblatt
Salzburg
Austro German Military Alliance to Resume July 6
London radio dispatch says the Austro German military and commercial alliance will be resumed on July 6. The report cites an Exchange Telegraph dispatch and notes the timing as announced from London on June 29.
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London
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