Final figures show town subscription exceedances in loan campaign
Colonel A ene, chairman, reports total subscriptions reaching 122 550 against a 54 800 allotment. Teams and captains contributed large sums with awards to Baker and Burnham on the ladies and men’s sides. Out-of-town pledges totaled 4 400 as the campaign closes with strong townwide support and a later burial on Main Street Cen tery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aene
Showtown
Dinging
Baker
Burnham
Ing
Srald
Howard
Mitchell
Ren
Cornwall
F.kingsbury
Stittler
She Hale
Ghes
C. Walker
Taylor
K. Payne
Federal Reserve
Shepard
Hale
Portland notices and events in brief Tuesday meeting announced
Hose Co. No. 2 holds a meeting Tuesday at 8 p m with notices of other civic items. Mrs. Vanderbilt returns home after a ten day visit. E Leroy and Main street residents listed. AM Masonic work in progress. Rev Dr Raftery recovering well. Portland High senior class invites. Board of Trade directors meet weekly. sewer committee to report. Bronze memorial honor prep for Memorial Day. social hall dance and Heck's three piece entertainment discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vanderbilt
Fork City
E. Leroy
East Main Street
Herbert Gou- Ogden
Portland Farms
Goodrich
Warren A. F. & A. M
M Cedro
Up City
O. H. Raftery
Main
Portland High
Errs Agricultural College
May
G. Brainerd
New York City
Board of Trade
Sewer Committee
Portland ‘Co. Jotte Lodge
Order of Vasa
I Hall
Heck
Old Lyme Notes and Local Arrivals
Old Lyme reports a busy period with visitors from Massachusetts and New York, travel to New Haven and back, and conversations about summer plans. Families including the Gillette, Clark, O'Brien, Chadwick, Foote, and Foote relatives are mentioned with varying visits and temporary stays around town.
Surprise o was tendered to Harry R. Hick
May 13 in Rocky Hill. A social with games music and late refreshments honored Harry R. Hick just back from Ellington Field after a year’s service. Attendees came from New London Middletown Hartford and Rocky Hill including many Pierson Simmonds Hick and related families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
Harry R. Hick
Ellington Field
New London
Middletown
Hartford
Hilda Pierson
Esther Pierson
Anna Pierson
Estella Simmonds
Elizabeth Simmonds
Cora Holmes
Erys Bates
Alice Crystal
Lila Hick
Martha Hick
Marion Hick
Doris Hick
Stevens
Laura Furrey
Florence Butter
Willard E. Hick
W. J. Hick
F. C. Hick
John Shipmaker
Richard Hitchcock
Erwin Thompson
Arthu Lewis
Russell Canfield
Willian Phelps
Syracuse
N. Y
Devon
Colorado
H. H. Peck
Henry Buss
Charles Elliott
Leverett Spencer
Hattie Smith
Bertha Smith
Funeral of Mrs J H Conklin in East Hampton
Funeral services for Mrs J H Conklin will be held at her Sum mit t street home on Wednesday at 2 30 PM Rev F L Grant to officiate burial set for Lake View Cemetery in East Hampton with local rites in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest North
Main Street
Harry Brooks
Linton Iiles
Ray Whittles
Bengtson
Centery
J. H. Conklin
East Hampton
Summitt Street
F. L. Grant
Lakeview Cemetery
First Quarterly Conference at M. B. E. Church
The first quarterly conference of the M. BE church will meet Thursday evening at 7:30. Rev. William H. Bath, newly appointed district superintendent, will attend. After a 30 minute business session a reception for Rev. Bath will follow. The orchestra will perform and the Up Streamers present a drama titled The Wrong Baby. An enjoyable evening is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. BE. Church
William H. Bath
Bath
Anderson Spencer wedding and local society notices
Miss Mary E. Spencer and Harry T. Anderson wed at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Samuel Thatcher officiating. Reception at the groom’s parents’ home, couple leaves on the 3:48 train amid confetti. Also notices on W C T U meeting, East Hampton Grange, tax collection, M E church ladies, dining ads, visitors, refugee garment work, and a Jolly Boys dance at Moodus May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Anderson
Charles Carter
J. P. O’connell
John O’brien
Hartford
East Hampton Grange
Chatham Hall
David Stone Kelsey
West Springfield
Mass
N. W. Purple
H. G. Hills
Ladies’ Society
The
M. E. Church
C. W. Day
Edith Collins
Willimantic
Ladies’ Auxiliary
O’connell
Helen Gates
New Britain
Local notices and social notes from Clinton area
May 13 updates. Mr and Mrs John Eliot and son Leffingwell stay in Atlantic City for a few days. Several families relocate to Deep River. Morgan High pupils Robena Manwarring Elsie Goodwin Charlotte Wheeler Grace Harris Ruth Chittenden Paul Wren Whiting Maples Henry Spencer Avery Barnes David Swain named for prize rhetoricals at commence ment. A neighborhood dance at Raymond Doane’s home on Commerce Street Saturday. Mr and Mrs William Horan and son William Jr of Guilford visited Thomas E Lynch’s family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
John Eliot
Leffingwell
Atlantic City
A. H. McGee
Albert Dudley
Deep River
Morgan High School
Robena Manwarring
Elsie Goodwin
Charlotte Wheeler
Grace Harris
Ruth Chittenden
Madison
Paul Wren
Westbrook
Whiting Maples
Henry Spencer
Avery Barnes
David Swain
Raymond Doane
Commerce Street
William Horan
William, Jr
Guilford
Thomas E. Lynch
Colchester News Highlights May 13
A. F. Roper visits daughter Louise in Whitinsville while Frank Doane lies ill on Hayward Avenue. Miss Mary O Connell’s funeral set for St Andrew's Church Wednesday at 10. John Kramer Jr of Willimantic reports 19 trout caught nearby. J N Dauphnee party out of town. Rev Harry Fitzgerald of New York, son of the late Rev J H Fitzgerald, preached at the Episcopal chapel. Abbie Willard out of town. Samuel McDonald directs lumber loading at the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
A. F. Roper
Louise
Whitinsville
Mass
Frank Doane
Hayward Avenue
Mary O’connell
St. Andrew's Church
John Kramer, Jr
Willimantic
J. N. Dauphnee
Harry Fitzgerald
New York
J. H. Fitzgerald
Calvary Church
Episcopal Chapel
Fitzgerald
Bacon Academy
Abbie Willard
Samuel McDonald
After Marriage. Kansas City Star Theme
A brief humorous note from the Kansas City Star about domestic habits as wardrobes and routines blur after marriage. Subtle observations hint at changed personal space and growing familiarity within married life.
Hadam Observes Centennial Sunday School Event
Randolph Hayden spent Sunday in Haddam as the centennial Sunday school committee praised the program. Miss Hazen and Miss Bitters led ten children in costumes reciting the 1819 catechism. Attendees came from East Haddam Middletown and Higganum. families from New London Hartford Saybrook Chester and Bridgeport attended Pauline Knowles Bailey’s funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddam
Randolph Hayden
Frank S. Kelsey
East Haddam
Middletown
Higganum
Louis Mosher
Harold Tracy
Forrest ‘Thatcher
Hartford
R. S. Towle
New London
L. T. Treat’s
Charles A. Dickinson
S. G. Knowles
Wethersfield
Sumner Knowles
Douglas Knowles
Bridgeport
Floyd Knowles
Burr District
Saybrook
Chester
Pauline Knowles Bailey
Saybrook Point News Highlights May 13
May 13 items note Charles F Williams visiting parents Captain and Mrs Stewart Williams. Dr and Mrs Charles P Botsford of Hartford stayed with Mr and Mrs Robert Chapman. Rev Mr Peck of Essex preached with Rev W F White. F A Fletcher moved into rental owned by Nelton Bowes. Harry Pierce sick list. Dr Henry Clark of Glen Falls visited his mother Mrs E Y Clark. Miss Alice Wheeler from Bridgeport visited home. Hon Morgan G Bulkeley of Hartford in town. J B Holman attended state board of charities meeting in Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saybrook Point
Chas. F. Williams
Stewart Williams
Charles P. Botsford
Hartford
Robert Chapman
Mr. Peck
Essex
W. F. White
F. A. Fletcher
Nelton Bowes
Harry Pierce
Henry Clark
Glen Falls
N. Y
E. Y. Clark
Alice Wheeler
Bridgeport
Morgan G. Bulkeley
J. B. Holman
State Board of Charities
Spurious Education in Charleston Editorial
A Charleston News and Courier opinion labels some educated supporters of Bolshevism as having failed to properly educate themselves, suggesting that true education would counter such beliefs. The piece critiques certain educated individuals as not fully understanding political ideology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston News and Courier
Hartford area notices and visits and funeral plans
PSSEX May 13 news items record George Fenn seeking treatment at Hartford Hospital Frederick Trevail a U S Navy visitor with relatives in town The funeral of Lewis Mack set for Thursday at 2 PM A town Memorial Association dance planned at Essex town hall May 29 John Sewall of New York visiting Dauntless club Lady Fenwick Rebekah Lodge met in Odd Fellows Hall Recent visitors include Mr and Mrs H Elmer Buckingham and daughter Stoney Creek Saybrook visitors L J Arnold Robert Havens short Rocky Hill stay Mather bound for Montauk fishing grounds Navy man Samuel Fenn on short furlough in West avenue Body of unidentified river victim remains. to be placed in vault at Riverview cemetery today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Mack
Memorial Association
Essex Town Hall
John Sewall
New York
Dauntless Club
M. E. Buckingham
Railroad Avenue
L. J. Arnold
Saybrook
Robert Havens
Rocky Hill
William Mather
Montauk
Samuel Fenn
U. S. Navy
West Avenue
Riverview
State reports 31 new flu cases in week ending May 13
Hartford records show 31 influenza cases in the past week, the smallest total since the week of March 23 when 29 were reported. The figures come from the state health department records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
State Department of Health
Eeee ee Watcher Acing Steals Ride Rhetoric
Fragmentary OCR style text mentions political crime labels and a pitch for Foley Kidney Pills. It notes restoring health and urging immediate dosing, claiming kidneys stay active. No clear event or people beyond generic references.
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Hose Co. No
Hose Co
Old Lyme
D Lyme
Joan
Vison
New Haven
Clark
Gillette
Thomas
Bernice Morgan
MassachuwDy
George E. Clark
David O’brien
James O'Brien
Andit
Silitown
Pusiness
William Chadwick
Foote
C Wicks
Centerbrook
Kansas City Star
Cutiura
Fort Kent
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, i
George Fenn
Hartford Hospital
Frederick Trevail
U.S. Navy
Kentry
Hazen
Ambassador
Sarah
James H. Bunce Co
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