Her Honor the Mayor to Be Presented By Priscilla Lodge
Middletown residents will witness a third presentation of Her Honor the Mayor by Priscilla Rebekah lodge members at Hemlock hall on Friday night under Hemlock Grange auspices. The comedy, already seen twice to packed houses, is praised as one of the era’s best amateur productions with a strong cast. After the show, dancing and refreshments will follow, with a large crowd anticipated.
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Priscilla Rebekah Lodge
Middletown
Hemlock Hall
Hemlock Grange
Farm Bureau Drive Total Reaches 338.50 with 218 Members
Final returns show Farm Bureau drive totaling 338.50 subscribed locally. F R Goodrich, chairman, turned the money over last evening. Emanuel Ostergren added 6.50 bringing his team total to 72.50.
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Farm Bureau
F. R. Goodrich
War Bureau
Emanuel Östergren
Community notes from Gildersleeve and area events
Sergeant William Olson enjoying furlough at his parents home in Gildersleeve. Visitors include Joseph Lewis of Hartford. Ruth Cramer returns to Hartford after visiting grandmother Mrs. Leonora Cramer. Clarence Ellsworth defeats Herbert Ashton 50 to 45 in Temple of Honor pool. Ashton long champion, Ferguson challenges him next. Temple initiations planned for Wednesday. Luther League meets first Tuesday monthly. Edmund Olizewski’s rifle team defeats John C. Barry’s team. rosters listed. Portland Fish Market advertises fresh oysters clams and steamers for Friday and Saturday. High school knitting continues with sweaters for soldiers and sailors. patriotic red white and blue socks in progress. Boys plan to enlist in U S Boy’s Working Reserve with a Hartford speaker expected. International Tailoring Co. showcases spring and summer styles. Easter suits available.
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William Olson
United States Army
Gildersleeve
Joseph Lewis
Hartford
Ruth Cramer
C. W. Cramer
Leonora Cramer
Waverly Avenue
Temple of Honor
Clarence Ellsworth
Herbert Ashton
Edmund Olizewski
John C. Barry
Olizewski
William Flood
Daniel B. Leahy
Garrett Barry
Timothy Callaghan
Barry
Garret McDonald
William Walsh
Joseph Glasheen
T. C. Flood
Portland
U. S
International. Tailoring Co
F. W. Nelson
Adv
Cromwell Social and Civic Notes March Event List
Miss Ruth Swanson is confined to her home. The Foresters meet at their hall on Main street this evening. William Frazer is appointed dog warden for Cromwell. Prayer meeting at the Baptist church Friday evening. Henry Dreher is ill with pneumonia. Bentley Ball to give a recital in Briggs hall Friday at 9 o clock. Children free due to generosity of townspeople. Adults 25 cents for Junior Red Cross. Co D C H G will host a whist party and dance at Briggs hall Monday evening March 18. Tickets 35 cents.
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Cromwell
Ruth Swanson
Foresters
William Frazer
Baptist Church
Henry Dreher
Bently Ball
Briggs’ Hall
Red Cross
N. M. Markett
Lulu Chapman
W. Wall
Grace Bevin
John Starr
W. M. Wall
James Reardon
T. K. O’connell
Katherine O’connell
Winnie Burns
Southmayd
Middletown
Siebert
Opera House
Red Cross Society
Chatham Hall
H. G. Hill
New York
Chatham Pharmacy
Vaughn Avery
Camp Merrick
N. J
O'Connell Hall
Richard Wall
D. D. Ryan
Portland
Deep River Couple Wed in County Romance
Harry Olsen son of Theodore and Mrs Olsen married Nellie Robertson of Barre Mass on March 9. They are honeymooning with Olsen’s parents. Olsen serves in the marine aviation corps. Mrs Sophie Bowman aged 63 died at her son Peter Bowman’s home after several months illness. Funeral and burial at Fountain Hill cemetery. Several locals ill with cold and grip amid spring.
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Deep River
Harry Olsen
Theodore Olsen
Nellie Robertson
Barre
Mass
Olsen
United States
Marine Aviation Corps
W. F. Smith
Hartford
Felix Starkey
Middletown
Charles Sc
Fountain Hill Cemetery
Rose Gleddill
Bridgeport
Mary Looby
Oliver Markham
C. F. Sisson
Waterbury
J. Turner Beckwith
Edward Chandler
St. Joseph’s Church
Gilbert Eagan
Old Saybrook News Highlights Local Visits and Weather
Old Saybrook reports Mrs. Richard M. Doyle and daughter Dorothy visiting in New Haven, and Mrs. William R. Havens there today. Michael Wrenn’s funeral will be held in St. John's cemetery with a 10:45 mass followed by burial. National Army members are expected this weekend to quarters at Cornfield Point proving grounds, from Fort Meade. George H. Gates shows improvement after a hayload fall. Saybrook Point residents Miss Lucy Dickinson and Miss Lulu Folk visited New Haven. Driving winds snow rain and hail plus fog owned the night and morning. The steamer Middletown made season debut to Saybrook Point dock. Charles F. Dennison remains frail but mobile. Fishermen head to Lyme and South Lyme flats for clams with good hauls in Four Mile river. Light rain and fog drew frost from the ground, roughening macadam. Boys hunt musk rats after school and fetch good prices. Critics urge a law against catching small skins in falls. Lyman Post and others from Westbrook attend wreck building hearing in Middletown where injuries occurred last month.
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Old Saybrook
Richard M. Doyle
Dorothy
William R. Havens
New Haven
Michael Wrenn
Westbrook
St. John’s Cemetery
National Army
Cornfield Point Proving Grounds
Fort Meade
George H. Gates
Lucy Dickinson
Lulu Folk
Saybrook Point
Middletown
Charles F. Dennison
Lyme
South Lyme
Four Mile River
Lyman Post
Saybrook Point Chronicle: March 14 Local Updates
The steeple clock at First Congregational church now strikes hourly after repairs by F. S. Pratt. Workers persist at Cornfield Point government proving ground and a soldiers’ arrival is anticipated. Beachfront repairs continue at Fenwick. Locals report visits, illness, and letters from abroad including Harold White in France and Julian Aronson from Camp Jackson. Donald Day returns to Yale after visits.
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Seybrook Point
First Congregational Church
F. S. Pratt
Government Proving Ground
Cornfield Point
Fenwick
F. G. Fish
Essex
Myron Lane
Charles P. Botsford
Hartford
Harold B. Ward
LeRoy
N. Y
Robert Chapman
Harold White
W. F. White
France
Julian Aronson
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S.C
Donald Day
Yale
East Hampton Meeting Largely Attended
East Hampton town hall hosted a Farm Bureau event with lantern slides guided by Mrs. Robert Hall. Mrs. N N Hill urged civic duty to support boys in the war and hinted at a Junior league formation to engage youth.
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East Hampton
Town Hall
Farm Bureau
Robert Hall
N. N. Hill
Colchester town notes and events brief in March
Colchester reports social calls from Salem and Lebanon visitors, Baptist church services, a Westchester funeral, and a public supper and C Y P S meeting. Tip Top hall screened Connecticut war pictures with 50 year vault plan, local cinema visits, and road walk repairs on Lebanon avenue and Mill street. Dr Holmes vacation in North Adams with Pendleton aiding. Samuel Gellert in Willimantic.
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Colchester
Carl Rogers
Salem
George A. Mills
Lebanon
Baptist Church
Belle Allen
Bristol
Richard Spellacy
Frank Reynolds
J. N. Strone
Richard
Grange Hall
Luther Carrier
Westchester
Mary Day
New Rochelle
N. Y
Frie Ss
Jennie Mintz
B. D. Remington
Tip Top Hall
Hartford
Holmes
North Adams
Mass
Cyrus Pendleton
Hebron
Shailerville Gossip Notes and Local Visitors
Local items from Shailerville dated March 14 note John E. Shailer in Hartford and Nehemiah Bates visiting from Hartford. Hazel Bailey returned to Hartford, Henry Spencer of Moodus called on friends, and wedding attendance noted in Turkey Hill. Mrs. Young and Mrs. Louke from the County Home visited Saturday. Charles Bailey of Middletown was home over Sunday.
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Shailerville
John E. Shailer
Hartford
Nehemiah Bates
Hazel Bailey
Henry Spencer
Moodus
Local notices from Chatham and Middle Haddam
Lenten services set for March 14 at 3 PM at Mrs. Irvin Tibball home. Campfire Girls meet Friday evening. Patrick Cavanaugh safely arrives in France. First tug boat of the season arrives up the river today.
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Chatham
Middle Haddam
Irvin Tibball
Patrick Cavanaugh
France
Middlesex Theatre Promises Fairbanks Comedy Night
Amusements brief previews a Monday and Tuesday program at the Middlesex theatre featuring Douglas Fairbanks in Down to Earth and The Voice of Conscience at the Grand theatre. The double bill includes The Girl Without A Soul with Viola Dana and local plantation scenes shot near Savannah with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne.
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Metro
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Grand Theatre
Edwin Carewe
Savannah
Georgia
Pauline Dempsey
Aunt Jenny
Walter Broussard
Crazy Pete
Anthony Byrd
Uncle Mose
Girl Without A
Dainty
Viola Dana
Vaudeville and film lineup features four acts headed by Mc Kay's Scotch Revue
Tonight and tomorrow show four top vaudeville acts led by Mc Kay's Scotch Revue a seven person musical comedy. Also a Bluebird feature Broadway Love with Dorothy Phillips and a Sidney Drew comedy. Tomorrow Bes sie Love stars in Cheerful Givers a Triangle picture. Saturday Eddie Polo stars in The Bull's Eye second episode a Universal serial with other pictures including A Sea Serpent's Desire.
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McKay
Dorothy Phillips
Sidney Drew
Bessie Love
Eddie Polo
Stella Maris at Middlesex Theatre Tonight and More
Middlesex Theatre screens Mary Pickford in Stella Maris tonight along with an Artcraft travel film and a Burton Holmes travel feature. Friday and Saturday vaudeville returns with Jack Pickford in The Spirit of 17 and Mack Sennett’s An International Sneak. Monday and Tuesday Douglas Fairbanks appears in Down to Earth amid the stage program. The less experience a man has the easier it is for him to fall in love and the harder he falls.
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Middlesex Theatre
Engle
Douglas Fairbanks
Artcraft Pictures
Douglas
Fairbanks
John Emerson
Mary Pickford
Burton Holmes
Jack Pickford
Haddam Neck Grange to discuss community aims and potato uses
Haddam Neck notes three topics for Friday Grange meeting Extending the Uses of the Potato The Last Book I Read What I Would Like to See the Community Accomplish This Year Mrs S T Sandin returns from New York Verner Brooks safely arrived in France Brooks Bros buy registered Guernsey bull from Falcons Flight farm Litchfield Mr and Mrs Kruger visit Mr and Mrs F A House weekend
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Haddam Neck
Chauncey B
Daniel S. Brooks
Middletown
Grange
S. T. Sandin
New York
France
Verner
Brooks Bros
Falcon
Litchfield
Kruger
F. A. House
Danderine Promises Hair Growth and Dandruff Elimination
An advertisement extols Danderine as a hair treatment that removes dandruff and itching within ten minutes and claims weeks of use yield new fine hair all over the scalp. It likens results to rain and sunshine, promising light fluffy hair with lustre, softness, and abundance.
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Knowlton’s
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Scotch Revue
Sidney
Keystone Comedy and Others
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William J. Locke
Frances Marlon
Marshall Neilan
Artgraft
Jesse L. Lasky
Judge Willisee
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Mack Sennett
Douglas Fairbanks III
Louis mM. Schmidt
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