Grandmother C Drama Draws Big Crowd at Gildersleeve
At Gildersleeve School and Evening, the Red Cross hosted a Grandmother C drama with a full hall. The plot intertwined wartime entry humor and lively climaxes, featuring cast members Ezra Gibbs Harry Kit ty Clover Marie Corn Bud ge Jane Lawson and many others. A piano duet Eunice Brooks Jane Lawer and a vocal solo Lillian complemented the performance, selling 220 tickets and marking a financial success.
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The
Red Cross
Gildersleeve
Baines
Ezra Gibbs
Harry
Kitty Clover
Ships Built Here Put Up For Sale By Bids
United States Shipping Board and Fleet Corporation auction corn and partially completed hulls including two Gildersleeve yards. One vessel, Battahatchee, launched and at Provi R I, another 86 percent complete. Ferris type No 2 ships with 3500 deadweight tons. War’s end left government with surplus hulls.
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United States Shipping Board
Y Fleet Corporation
Gildersleeve Yards
Ship Construction Co
Battahatchee
Provi- R. I
Church notes outline multiple services and drive details
The item lists Sunday schedules for Lutheran and Episcopal churches with morning sermons at 10 30 a m and additional activities including Sunday school vesper services and organ recitals. It also notes Salvation Army fundraising drive led by local figures with Captain Leathers and John C Barry directing publicity and local leadership roles.
Ernst L North Dies at 22 in Main Street Home
Ernest L North son of Mr and Mrs L C North died last night at home on Main Street in his 23rd year. Besides his parents he leaves sisters Miss Addie at home and 5 L W Greaves of Cromwell. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 30 pm from his late home with M K Thomson pastor officiating and burial in Center cemetery. Organist Given Surprise. After choir rehearsal the Swedish church choir members hosted a surprise in honor of Mrs Arvid S Anderson recent marriage presenting a large cut glass gift. Refreshments followed.
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Ernest L. North
L. North
L. C. North
Main Street
Addie
L. W. Greaves
Cromwell
M. K. Thomson
Tional
Center Cemetery
Arvid S. Anderson
Taxes Due and Tax Day AdVERTISEMENT Note
Taxes due on the first half of property tax with a ten percent penalty after the due date. Personal tax is also due. Advertisement for Devereaux feature in the Tri theater, "A Successful Failure," with promotional copy and showtimes.
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Id Hall
Devereaux
Tri
Ther Good Pictures
Hose Co. No. 2 Meeting and Local Notices
Important meeting of Hose Co No 2 will be held Tuesday evening at 8 p m. Adv. 135 J Hurlburt and family moved from Waverly avenue to Hill Chittenden Wolcott avenue taken to Middlesex hospital for treatment. Mrs R E Bisbee guest at chapel service. Soldiers of the Methodist church attendance noted. Shoblein and son Lewis planning move to New Haven. Mary Doyle, teacher, spending a week at home in Thomaston. D Lynch U S S La visiting grand on Freestone avenue.
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Hose Co. No
Hose Co
J. Hurlburt
Waverly Avenue
Chittenden
Wolcott Avenue
Middlesex Hospital
Theodore Tessle
Main
R. E. Bisbee
Methodist
Mis Schablien
Lewis
Sting
New London
Shablein
New Ham
Mary Doyle
Thomaston
M D. Lynch
Freestone Avenue
Summit Street
H. G. Hills
Patrick Flynn
Virginia Messender
New York City
Virginia Burns
Colchester
Julia Burns
Edith Collins
Willimantic
Johanna Colbert
Ladies’ Auxiliary
O'Connell
New England
Ruth Beckwith
Cromwell
R. A. Beckwith
L. E. Baldwin
Middletown
Odd Fellows
Tempo
Hartford
Mary Spencer
Spencer
Harry Anderson
J. H. Conklin
Margaret Cavanaugh
Summit Thread Company
Deep River Community Notes and Local Events
A busy sequence from Deep River lists a running meeting in Essex tonight and social plans at Swed ish Lutheran church on Friday May 16. Mentions include a lost horse for W A Worthington, cottage sale at Kelsey Point to Charles Hubbard of Hartford, Pratt’s orchestra playing for junior promenade and Home Guard events, and sermons by Rev Harold S Winship in Hartford and a Mother's Day service at the Baptist church. Several townspeople are noted visiting, including Richard Morton of Middletown and Emory Sanford of Bridgeport, with others returning from travels and illness updates. The Dutch Detectives drama at the town hall drew full houses and high praise for acting and the high school orchestra’s music between acts. the performance earned strong financial reception.
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Harold S. Winship
Hartford
Congregational
Richard Morton
Middletown
Emory Sanford
Bridgeport
Ernest A. Jennings
Simon R. LaPlace
Jamestown
N. Y
Florence Gill
Claire Zeeb
R. T. R. Trick
Harry Tyler
Nelson Tyler
James A. Jones
Cromwell Church Services and Combined Middletown Event
Cromwell May 10 church notices list Baptist and Lutheran services with times 10 30 am 2 45 pm and 7 30 pm. First Congregational Church led by Rev Homer Wesley Hildreth holds 10 30 am worship with Bible school at noon and notes on choir and Endeavor topics. Swedish Mission Church also has 10 30 am service with Rev A N Nordlund preaching and 12 m Sunday school. no evening service due to a joint Cromwell Middletown Bethel gathering.
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Cromwell
Baptist Church
F. D. Luddington
Lutheran Church
Society of Middletown
Chapin
First Congregational Church
Homer Wesley Hildreth
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Ahlberg
Kingdom of God
Swedish Mission Church
A. N. Nordlund
Georgetown
John Olson
Cromwell Church
Bethel Church
Middletown
New Seed Potatoes and Garden Supplies On Sale
A new lot of Green Mountain seed potatoes and Essex fertilizer for gardens and potatoes arrive. Also available yellow cracked corn chick feed cow feed Pillsbury and Red Wing flour at low prices. Lawn mowers sharpened on short notice. Phone 681-13 Theodore Anderson adv. 125.
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Green Mountain
Essex
Pillsbury
Theodore Anderson
Funeral services for Charles E. Pease set Sunday
Old Saybrook May 10 funeral services for Charles E. Pease will be held at his home at 1 p m and at St Johns church at 2 p m Burial will follow in Cypress cemetery Saybrook Point A mass of requiem will be offered at St Johns Monday at 9 a m A Middletown Elks delegation will attend Sunday Rev Melville K Bailey left for New York to attend pastoral duties over Sunday
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Old Saybrook
Charles E. Pease
St. John’s Church
Cypress Cemetery
Saybrook Point
Middletown Elks
Melville K. Bailey
New York
Mr. Gibbons
Saybrook Briefs and Local Notes Rise Up in May
Saybrook Point reports several residents visiting nearby towns including Ware and Deep River while Mrs. William F. White returns from Massachusetts. Edith Pratt visited Deep River and Mary Clark spent Monday in New Haven. Church services slated at usual hours tomorrow. Mrs. N K Bill of Hamburg visits sister Miss Belle Pratt. F S Spencer, once of Saybrook and ill in Philadelphia, shows slight improvement. Charlies E Pease, Pease House proprietor, long ill, dies in Hartford. He leaves a wife and son Willie.
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Saybrook
Point
William F. White
Ware
Mass
Edith Pratt
Deep River
Mary Clark
New Haven
N. K. Bill
Hamburg
Belle Pratt
F.S. Spencer
Philadelphia
Charlies E. Pease
Pease House
Hartford
Willie
East Hampton News Highlights And Local Notices
East Hampton residents report driveway improvements on Summit street improving safety and curb appeal. Local real estate transfer sees Patrick Flynn property sold to Virginia Mes sender of New York City. Community notices include church services, anniversaries, hospital stays, engagements and social visits among residents and visitors from Colchester Cromwell Middletown Willimantic Hartford and Hartford area institutions.
Hebron Community Notes and Local Events
East Hartford guest James Martin and his son visit Mrs Martin’s parents Mr and Mrs George A Little. Clergymen Rev John H Fitzgerald of New York and Rev M Champ of Hartford preach in St Peter's and Congregational churches. Norwich’s Gilbert P Coates guests relatives. A daylight robbery in the western town ends with $20 missing. description limited and no suspect found. Liberty and Victory loan drives surpass targets with local support. Decoration Day plans call for sailors soldiers and teachers to lead parades. students to bring flowers for graves. One hundredth anniversary of the General Assembly observed in Hartford May 7 1919. Hebron residents noted. George Long sells farm and moves.
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James Martin
East Hartford
Little Son
Willimantic
Colchester
Westchester
Hebron
Eleanor P. Lad
General Assembly
Capitol
Hartford
Edwin T. Smeitt
William J. Warner
Clayton Hills
Frank R. Post
Clarence Rathbun
Charles Burt
Mr. Bunyan
W. C. Robinson
Columbia
Alvin Collins
Cobalt
Hart E. Bu
Body Found In River Near Essex Mouth
The body of an underfed man was found floating in the river near the Little River mouth by shad fisherman Miller around 5 pm. The deceased wore no identifying marks aside from a Hartford steamboat ticket and a stopped watch. Dr. Davis viewed the body and Hunt's undertaking rooms prepared it for burial. Local notices mention church services, visitors, and Liberty loan subscriptions alongside various village happenings.
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Essex
Little River
Miller
Hartford
Davis
Hunt
Memorial events and town notes from Colchester
Colchester updates describe F E Baker in Norwich on business, band and church meetings, bazaar for St John’s church, Baptist services, G A R gathering in Grange hall, memorial Sunday on May 25, and residents visiting from New Britain Columbia Amston Hebron. Also a crime item reports Herbert Wright arraigned for murder of Lt. James Reese Europe after a stabbing at Mechanics Hall.
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Colchester
F. E. Baker
Norwich
Fitchville
St. John’s Church
The
Baptist Church
M. A. Taintor Post
Grange Hall
S. H. Kellogg
New Britain
A. E. Lyman
Columbia
Harry Jennings
Mr. Slater
Amston
David Strong
Hebron
Boston
James Reese
Europe
Hell Fighters
U. S. Infantry
Herbert Wright
Mechanics’ Hall
Haddam Notes From Haddam May 10
Haddam residents report several local movements Charles A Dickinson traveled to Middle town for unknown reasons Randolph Hay den of New London visited his Haddam home The Haddam Congregational church plans a Sunday morning Bible collection for the church centennial and an evening offering for Sunday school extension Mrs O S Bailey Jr died at her brother S home funeral set for Monday at 2 pm Rev W C Knowles to officiate Burial is in Haddam cemetery The vital statistics registry shows no Haddam deaths in March and April an unusual record
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Haddam
Randolph Hayden
New London
Charles A. Dickinson
Middletown
Congregational Church
Haddam Bible Society
Sedgewick G. Knowles
Wethersfield
O. S. Bailey
Mothers Day Sermons At M E Church To Be Held
Mrs Niantic visits Lewellyn Mack and family. At the M E church Sunday morning Rev Fred T Main will preach The Eleventh Commandment. A union rally service of the town young peoples societies follows with an address What of Your Life. Everyone welcome. The Thelma shows Mabel Normand in Mickey with matinee daily.
Obeying Orders and a Coded Passage in Washington
A fragmented anecdote from Charlestown and Washington recounts a tense exchange over a passphrase. A Black worker challenges a suggested password while the line names Cambridge and a "Want Ad" press prompt. The text hints at authority, racial dynamics, and communication hurdles in a historical setting.
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Washington
Charlestown
Cambridge
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Patrick Fox
St. John’s Mission
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Georgia Pratt
Alamson Pratt
Eva Morgan
West Avenue
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Victory Liberty Loan
F. F. H. Nason
Newport
Niles Gladding
Pearl Clampit
Allan Hayden
Mr. White
Parke, Davis & CO
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Mickey
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