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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
9
A lively report notes a laughable drama titled The Detective lauded as among the best ever by a graduating class. The evening featured a high school orchestra, a dance by the Sixty-seven Club, and a jazz-filled town hall, with patrons and several local residents attending events through the night. Advances include funeral notices and local social updates.
In Rocky Hill on May 9 Miss Lottie of Meriden called in town. James Bernardins has a sore foot. Harry Spencer is ill on High street. W R Griswold and Mrs Fred Woodward visited Thursday. Library open today. Public discounts offered on meats. A Library hall meeting will be held at 8 o clock this evening for the Community Service club. Mrs Marcus Hills Jr and son Warren visited East Hartford Thursday. Chandler Shorthand sixteenth annual convention to be held in Boston Saturday with over 1200 students from New England high schools and colleges expected. Mrs Emil Yeager shopped in Hartford Friday.
William H. Kelsey aged 62 of Comstock avenue Ivoryton died early Thursday after a stroke. Born in Clinton June 26 1857 he worked for Comstock Cheney and Co in Ivoryton most of his life in the organ department. Survived by widow Mary M Kelsey brother Gilbert I Kelsey of Wessex two daughters Dela Whiton of New Haven Winnie Kelsey Ivoryton. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm from his home burial in Clinton. State convention of the King's Daughters and Sons meets next Wednesday and Thursday at Center church.
Chester bends to hear the town meeting while Mrs L M McCallum returns home after visiting her mother in War Town. Clerk Bates conducts business in Hartford. Company H meets at the Town hall. H C Brooks and Miss Hall of Newark join local activities. Victory bond sales lag quota. Ruth Wilcox visits New York. Wallace Reid stars in The Source at northern lumber camps with House of Hate installments. Coming May 15 and 16 Mickey.
Mr and Mrs Russell Dait enjoy a few days at their summer home in Chatham Haddam. Mr Courtenay Hyde and Mr Hamilton of New York spend the weekend at summer homes here. I G Crocker was in Berlin on business Wednesday. Mrs Frances Smith returns from New York after attending her parents golden wedding in Haddam Neck. Final rehearsal of Men Maids and Matchmakers held at Evergreen hall last evening. Sixth grade pupils attended a Portland baseball game Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Hazel Hoskins rendered eighteen gallons of lard from the pigs the Hoskinses slew last week. The note records a rural kitchen activity reflecting homestead sustenance and local farming routines.
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