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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
6
Readable fragments recall a meeting at O Connell's hall with a Red Cross drive planning session and a flag dedication at a Methodist church. Mentions Florence Thatcher visiting, Helen Gates from New Britain, and local calls for Red Cross captains and a parade date. Also notes wartime pictures for the boys, church services, and a Holy Eucharist celebration with parish notices.
In East Berlin on May 11 demand for tenements for rent and purchase is rising while unoccupied units dwindle. Fruit trees show budding prospects for a good yield this year. Local brooks attract visitors for fishing with some large catches reported. Sunday activities include a Mother’s Day observance at the church with preaching by Pastor J. W. Ellsworth, choir special, Sunday school Epworth league meeting, and an evening service. Everyone is welcome.
Mrs John M Ing visiting friends in Spring and Mrs William H Kelsey making over a new granddaughter at their Waterbury home. Mr Clarke Jr and son left town for Hartford where they will be employed at a telegraph office. Miss Eve stays with her grandmother and ears cross at the church parish.
A Provi rt Equality visit leads to a special meeting on Monday night May 18 with all members urged to attend. Anna Pearson and Anna Stahle of New York City are guests of Mr and Mrs George Edwards. Mrs Samuel Huxley has returned from Middlesex hospital. Several church notices and local notices follow, including talks by C. M. Myers of Cleveland and Rev. C G Erickson at Swedish Mission church and other community items.
Old Saybrook notes report pay day on Valley Branch and New Haven divisions delayed after a safe containing payroll cash burned in a fire. Mrs. Joe A. Cone makes a New London business call. Charles Karman and wife depart for Camp Merritt to visit brother Reginald joining front-line brothers. Mothers Day planned at First Congregational church with a stereoptical lecture on Central Italy at 8 p.m. George Spooner writes from trenches 30 feet underground in good health. Catherine Connors attends her aunt’s funeral in New Haven. Frank Pomeroy moves from Valley local freight to early passenger run Saybrook Point to Hartford. Lt William E Coulter assigned to Texas encampment. may leave Atlanta. Red Cross spring dance a success. Home Guard to drill Monday. Ferdinand Ress returns to duty after illness. Cornfield Point contractors finish work and leave for New Haven.
Clinton residents report deaths and visits from relatives in Revere Massachusetts. A Cen terbrook couple welcomed a daughter recently, formerly Miss Freda Funk of Clinton. Lt Clayton Swain of the engineering corps visits his parents before returning to France. Mrs Hayes Jones and family move to Madison. Ronald Platt remains critically ill in New York. Mrs Fannie Spencer visits from Brattleboro. Wilbur Harrison couple visit their daughter in Milford. Mrs Clinton Weed seeks treatment in St Raphael’s hospital New Haven.aca Newson of the Norwich Jets visits Rev and Mrs John G.
Widespread local notices cover hospital visit keeps a patient comfortable. Massey, Wilcox plows in town. The M E Missionary Society meets at Mrs Wadsworth’s next Wednesday at 2 30 pm. Mrs Kelsey to teach final African Trail lesson. Angela Scary and family moved to Dublin. The Grange opened with music and readings led by Ida Cody and Clara Burr. Next Thursday Durham Grange hosts a joint meeting by auto invitation. John Knowles and Fred Brooks noted in town for recent visits and business. Methodist service at 10 am with Arrow of Deliverance as morning theme. no evening service.
Essex sees a string of local notes: Miss Nyrta Morgan returns from Mystic, Fred Clarke works at West avenue, a heavy thunder shower hits the area, and a parish cantata at the Baptist church is well attended. The first annual Boys Y M C A conference meets May 17 and 18. Local visits include Willis Hunt from Guilford High, Mrs. Elizabeth Finney returning from New York, and Deacon Edwin Pratt home for eye treatment. Nugent Scoville has electric wiring, E J Johnson leaves for Slocum, N. Y. to enlist. Milbrook Dairy ice cream will be sold at Riverview hall Tuesday with a rummage sale starting at 10 o clock. Church notes span St Johns Memorial, Congregational, and M E Church services with Mother's Day plans and a joint service at 7 30 p m.
Durham items list residents and visitors in New Haven Hartford and Norwalk, with Navy enlistments by Adolph de Macarty and Herman, illnesses of E P Gladwin Mrs Riche and Miss Atwell, a post office chase by runaway horses, church services at Methodist and Congregational sites, and a town hall social event in Middlefield with a dance after a drill.
Hadlyme reports Miss Phronie Holmes of Glastonbury visiting her old home, Miss Ruth Comstock staying with Rock Hall relatives, F. E. Banning and son in Norwich, Mrs Edward Daniels returning from Philadelphia, and Mrs Crary Brownell with her little son back in Moodus after a visit with her parents. Also a light remark about income tax not making a hero.
An aging advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a daily cure for backache. It claims the remedy, in use since 1696 by Holland’s government charter, relieves wrenching pain and promotes sturdiness among Dutch housewives and children.
Clarence Champ lin U S N visited Ivoryton from New London Friday as townspeople discuss forming a Y M C A. A well attended meeting in the Wheel club hall indicates strong support for the project. Eleanor Fletcher is in New Haven today. Mrs. Susan Buell of Clinton was in town Friday.
Centerbrook May 11 There will be no service at the Congregational church Sunday morning as the pastor is out of town. Sunday school at the usual hour. C E service will come. Several from here attended the CE. Friend of the pastor pleased to hear she is recovered from her illness. Mrs Stuart Prann visiting Mrs Fred Jeffers in Hartford for several weeks. There was a strong electric shower here last evening.
Alexander Munro of R.R. No. 1 Lorne Ontario writes of a rheumatism cure claim after three years bedridden. He reports dramatic improvement within half a box of Fruit-a-tives and says he can walk two miles and perform light chores. Product marketed by Fruit-A-Tives Limited.
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