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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
8
The scene notes heavy street traffic surrounding the project area with observers seeking details while officials discuss funds. The treasurer reports $128 in the regular fund and mentions the lecture fund balance as part of ongoing financial updates.
The quarterly church conference will meet Thursday at 7 30 PM. District superintendent William H. Bath will preside after the business session. A reception for him will follow so all may meet the visiting leader. The program includes performances by the "Up Streamers" and their drama Wrong Baby. An evening of entertainment is anticipated.
Mrs J H Conklin wife of J Howell died at Hartford hospital last night at about 11 o clock. She was a mother and wife, John Conklin of this place her husband and son. She was born on Saturday. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2:30 from her late residence.
A meeting of the fire district will be held tonight at town hall to elect officers and to lay the tax for the ensuing year.
Bell Lodge meets tonight and confers degrees with a full report from the entertainment committee. Daughters of the Congrega hold Tuesday in the meeting house. W C T U meets Wednesday at 2:30 with Mrs Charles Carter hosting. Carl F Price recently elected president of the Methodist Union of New York City. Miss Mary O Connell mourned. Ruth Beckwith visits Cromwell. Burns returns to Colchester. Rev F L Grant officiates at a service with a mothers’ recognition and carnations. Goff returns to Bristol after a visit with Otis Goff family. Central Connecticut Telephone Co. ad. 125
Colchester reports that Dr Mary and Annie O’Brien spent the weekend at their aunt Mary’s in Norwich and that Annie’s sister Mrs Annie attended a meeting this evening with Miss Mary.
Rev L H Ruge preached in West Ville Sunday. Mr and Mrs Roy Bailey of West Simsbury were in town Sunday. The W C T U will meet with Mrs Ellen M Mathews on Wednesday at 8 PM. Thomas McCarthy unloading tinplate at Middlefield Station for M M Co. High school class dance at town hall netted $40. Durham Grange P H will meet Thursday May 15 with programs by A Ernest Otte and others. Sheep storm feared as May rains return.
Residents of Chatham and Middle Haddam are invited to gather at John H. Selden's home in Chatham on Tuesday evening May 13 at 7 30 for the decoration of soldiers graves at Union Hill cemetery. A separate line notes a local theater event and social visits, including a Liberty bond total of 23 350 in Middle Haddam and residents Ward Clark House and several visitors sharing weekend time.
John s0n suffered severe injuries while working at A N Pierson Inc coal dock. The note also corrects an honor roll listing: Edwin FE Carlson is killed and should bear a star. Stanley H Wyer is his full name. Harold T Clark and Earl W Hildreth were omitted. Notices invite public and soldiers to join the society for sacred memorials and nonmember costs.
New stock arrives including Green Mountain seed potatoes Essex fertilizer for gardens and potatoes yellow cracked corn chick feed cow feed Pillsbury and Red Wing flour at low price. Lawn mowers sharpened on short notice. Phone 681-13 Theodore Anderson adv. 125.
In a New York woman's club husbands night, men answered why women should marry and why men should marry. A prize went to the best man’s answer, “Because in that way a woman wins perfection,” while the woman’s prize read, “I know no reason why a man should marry.” Other replies included “Alimony” and “Because character not happiness is the object of life,” with a noted artist contributing a drawing of a pretty girl and another response proposing saving tax.
A steam trawler Walrus brings a so called rainbow bird to Boston fish pier. The exhausted survivor from Sable Island shows a black body red bill yellow legs and blue spotted head. Mariners and naturalists guess at its origin and nature.
A distressed sufferer reflects that health surpasses wealth as essential to happiness. The kidneys purify the blood and keep poisons in check. when they fail, waste accumulates causing backache rheumatic pains and sore muscles.
The saying comparing palm lines to life span hints that fortune telling predicts longevity while insurance firms lag in issuing new policies. The remark points to delays in coverage while people seek foresight about their future.
East Berlin residents anticipate dancing at Athletic hall this evening. A. A. North is away on business. Local farmers predict a large fruit year. Miss Georgia Kelsey returns from New Britain for the summer. Mr and Mrs Correll of Middletown visit relatives. Thomas Hazlewood of West Cromwell visits relatives. The Methdist Church Rifle Club held a prize shoot with Rudolph Abel 64 Lester Brotherton 62 Edward Cody 61 Fred Wetherell 59 Paul Turner 54 Clifford Nelson 52 Kees Colby 41 Hilbert Brotton 41.
A witty quip notes that the phrase settle down may be a play on settling up. The remark links adult life with financial responsibility, suggesting irony in the common expression about gay youth choosing stability. The line uses humor to question social expectations about relationships and maturity.
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