Town Hall Flag Day Dedication and Emeralds Night
The event will open with a Hill Fife and Drum Corps music parade and a Home Guards march followed by a patriotic address by Professor On of Wesleyan. Exercises begin at 7 30 oclock. Closing Night Of Fair features Emeralds performances and six vaudeville acts from Neil O Briens and others with some changes due to popular demand. Dancing to Ford's band will follow after the parade and flag dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Home Guards
Wesleyan
Emerald Hall
Val
Ford
C. ‘W. Cramer
Amily Riford
Carlers
Ond Olson
New -York
C. Daly
Daniel Keane
Nyman
Elijah Ackley
D Hall
Bostrom Accepts Sweden Canada Pastorate Call
Harlan Bostrom son of Mr and Mrs Bostrom of Portland accepts a call to serve a Swedish church in Kinistina and Manitoba Canada. He will graduate from Augustana Seminary Rock Island Illinois in May and be ordained at the Augustana Synod meeting in Minneapolis in June. He plans a Portland stay of one month before leaving in July to assume the pastorate. His family and Hjalmar Bostrom will attend the Hartford Synod as delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bostrom
Ani Imar Bostrom
Kinistina
Mutchewan
Augustana Semin
Rock Island
Illinois
Augustani i
Minneapolis
Minn
Portland
Portland High School
Upsala College
Kenil J
Stanz Hjalmar Bostrom
Hartford
Red Cross Rally Talk Promises Insight and Aid
Red Cross notes announce a Tuesday rally led by Leonard D. Hough who has served in France and will relay battlefront messages to show how to best provide relief and defeat the common enemy. J Hough from the State Roll of Defense has drawn audiences. Prof George Ker of Wesleyan will explain the Red Cross work and its meaning. The event aims to prepare a free people for continued aid and resilience, scheduled Tuesday evening May 14 at Emerald Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Leonard D. Hough
France
J. Hough
George Ker
Wesleyan University
Ily
Cock Prompt
Emerald Hall
Surprise Party for Edna Hansen at Home
Edna Hansen was surprised at her street home on Friday night by friends. The evening featured games and dancing with piano solos by Loretta Reynolds and Naomi Anderson. Guests came from Hartford New Britain East Hampton and other towns. refreshments were served and all departed praising Miss Hansen as a gracious hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Hansen
Loretta Reynolds
Naomi Anderson
East
Town
Hartford
New Britain
East Hampton
Miss Hansen
Charles Ahlberg Ill With Mastoiditis From Portsmouth Telegram
telegrams report Muss Charles R. Ahlberg of the U S is seriously ill in Portsmouth Va with mastoiditis. messages indicate his condition worsened Saturday and then improved by Sunday night. the family in Brainerd and nearby towns are being notified as health updates come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ahlberg
Portsmouth
Muss
Charles R. Ahlberg
U. S
John Ahlberg
Avenue
Luther League concert delights Meriden crowd
A pleasing program by the Luther League of Meriden at the Swedish Lutheran church drew a large attendance yesterday afternoon. The item notes workers to the oger and a new eating place boosting business, with early vegetable plants advertised at Keser's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oger
Keser’s
Adv
Luther League of Meriden
Swedish Lutheran Church
Cromwell Social Notes and Red Cross Drive Details
Cromwell residents visit relatives across Hartford New Haven and Middletown as many homecomings and calls fill the weekend. A Red Cross rally at Briggs hall features Liberty chorus with a campaign to raise 2500 during May 20 to 27 as town captains organize districts and lieutenants for the drive led by E. W. Johnson and Dorothy Bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
Agnes 1
Hartford
Carl Ek
Daniel Carroll
Merispent
D. Carroll
George Brewer
Waterbury
Boardman Homestead
Arthur Taylor
Glastonbury
B. Emsley
Agnes Cadger
Chas. Lincoln
Joseph Stovall
New Haven
C. Stovall
New Lane
Sylvester Butler
Camp Devens
Georgy Butler
Charles Watrous
Alden
New London
George Abel
Storrs
Sumer
Catherine Donahue
Bessie Anderson
New Britain
Middletown
Lesley Darling
Howard Boardman
George Miller
Herbert Taylor
Essex
Maine
Theo. Anderson
Red Cross
Briggs’ Hall
Liberty Chorus
Cromwell Branch
Red Cross Society
South District
Arthur Frazier
Center District
East Side
Wm. Stroud
West Side
Wm. Bugzie
Pierson
A. J. Cummings
North Center District
James McNeil
Plains District
Sadie Noble
West District
Rev. C. A. Mortenson
West Cromwell
Katherine Petrofsky
Thomas Hazelwood
Nooks District
Arthur Filmore
Northwest District
Edward Bauman
E. W. Johnson
Dorothy Bush
Mother Goose Visit at First Congregational Church
On Wednesday evening May 15 at 7 30 the Mother Goose visit the parlors of the First Congregational church where the Earnest Workers will entertain their friends Admission 20 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Illnesses and sympathy in Hebron community news
Hebron residents report Miss Lorena Lord of Hartford is seriously ill with pneumonia while in hospital training as a nurse. Edward Alling of New Britain dies after a long illness, survived by his wife Belle Allyn and relatives. Local visits by Hedstroms and the Roosevelts noted, with schoolteacher Miss Mary Lord assisting. A newborn Liberty bond for Clifford Ralph Wright born April 29. Hebron teachers from Middletown take a Mount Lamentation excursion enjoying the view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Lorena Lord
Hartford
Ll. M. Lord
Hartford Hospital
Edward Alling
New Britain
Belle Allyn
George L. Allyn
Ladies’ Aid Society
Carrie Kellogg
Clifford Ralph Wright
Ralph D. Wright
Gardner
Mary Kelly
Middletown
Florence E. Smith
Red Cross Meeting Scheduled at Library May 13
The Chatham-Middle Haddam area notes a Red Cross gathering planned for Tuesday afternoon and evening at the Library. Social updates mention visiting relatives in Hartford and a birthday celebration hosted by Miss Gertrude Wall with Philip Butler. A local decoration project for Union Hill soldiers’ graves seeks volunteers meeting May 13 at 8 p.m. at John H. Selden’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Middle Haddam
The
Red Cross
Griggs
Edwin Hellberg
Beatrice
Hartford
Gertrude Wall
Philip Butler
Syl Place
East Hampton Service Flag Dedication and Deaths
A large audience gathered at the Methodist Episcopal church to dedicate the service flag honoring twelve church members in the armed forces. After readings, the flag was unveiled by George K White. A honey roll listed members with several serving in various units. Thomas Keating O Connell died at 58 after a cerebral hemorrhage. Memorial Day plans and Veterans meetings were outlined, with a Home Base committee formed to correspond with service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hon
Methodist Episcopal Church
George K. White
Carl F. Price
Worthington White
Ruth Simonson
Howard Clark
New Mexico
Archie Cook
Co. C
U. S. S. Madawaska
Harry Cook
Russell Metcalf
Arnold Simonson
Alva West
Seymour West
Earl Barton
Forrest Thatcher
Signal Corps
Marshall Rich
Pelham
U. S. Naval Reserve Force
Clarence Coe
Samuel Thatcher
Edith Day
Carl Price
New York
Colchester Grange Meeting and May Church Celebration
Colchester notes a regular Grange meeting on Tuesday evening at 8 p m and a grand St Andrew s Catholic church celebration next Sunday with a 35 star U S service flag hoisted The Home Guards will join the parade and a brass band is expected Several societies including visitors from New London and Norwich plan to attend Also reports include Walter Lombard of Hartford visiting, Mother's Day observances, and an entertainment at Tip Top hall by Dublin school grades Last Saturday two teams played and local residents noted absences and returns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. O'Connell
Thomas Keating O'Connell
the Majestic
Middletown
Hartford Hospital
Katherine O’connell
Paul O’connell
J. D. Shea
Annie O’connell
Moodus
John O’brien
John P
P. J. O'Connell
Gong Bell Mfg. Co
Tom
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Selectman
H.G. Hills
Sons of Veterans
Henry T. Sellew
Veterans’ Association
M. W. Wall
Sellew
Wall
Congregational Church
East Hampton
Colchester
Fegular Grange
St. Andrew’ S Catholic Church
U. S
Home Guards
New London
Norwich
Walter Lombard
Hartford
Margaret Bunyan
Chester
Buell Porter
Hebron
Tip Top Hall
Dublin
James R. Case
James Randall
Goshen
T. P. Kinney
D. B. Murray
TTW Eagles Edge Opponent 13 to 12 in Thriller
TTW defeated their opponent 13 to 12 with a ninth inning rally after a 1 to 0 lead for TTW until the fifth. Pitcher Rey Lewis, nursing an arm injury, contributed despite the late score surge aided by errors. Batteries Elster and Lewis for TTW. Demper, Spencer and Lazinsk for the foe. Next Saturday TTW faces Chesterfield. Local notes include Madeline Brown’s return to Cromwell and a kitchen party in Hebron. Largest pork export for 1917 was January at 199,505,465 pounds, with February 1916 second-highest at 162,376,306 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giorers
Rey Lewis
T. T
Elster and Lewis
Demper
Spencer
Lazinsk
Chesterfield
Madeline Brown
Cromwell
James Sherlock
Hadlyme
Charles F. Brown
Hebron
Regie McDonald
Hartford
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Johnson & Srg
Jen
Si—Adviss
Rose L. Hickey
Willimantic
Bransfield
Main Fee Brainerd
Main Street
O. H. Raftery
Atlantic City
N. J
Gillespie
Frank i
Edward Buffum
D. Mass
Commerce Street
Chatham—Middle
Haddam
Jamars Son
Jetas Geet
Siebert
N. Erickson
Leesville
Philadelphia
Frank Barton
Michael Wall
Florence Thatcher
Ralph Thatcher
Malcolm Barton
Priscilla
Wesley
William Belcher
Annie O'Connell
T. A O’connell
Charles Reardon
George Nichols
William Cahill
Underwood Typewriter Co
Michael Cahill
N. B. A. Carrier
Co. L. Home Guards
Opera House
Arthur Johnson
Marie Forand
Howard L. Siebert
F. W. Grant
Taloum B
Besten
Gurney
Satshekaee
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