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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1918
Page
7
A Polish fan, angered by vivid depictions of a ruler in a one act theater scene, drew a knife from his pocket and slashed lithograph posters for Adorno's machine. Manager Adorno chased the man toward Court street but rescued him without police intervention, deeming the act a momentary loss of responsibility.
The Widow's Might stars Talian Eltinge in his latest photoplay as a New Yorker who disguises as a woman to outwit criminals. The bill includes Current Events and The Eagle's Eye, plus vaudeville acts, at the Grand Theatre with Tom fix and Levee and Galvin among featured performers. Tuesday to Saturday showings highlight The Wine Girl and When A Man Sees Red with Farnum.
Saybrook Point May 14 social roundups note Mr and Mrs Lewis W Pratt of Hartford visiting with Mrs Pratt’s family. Miss Alice Wells of Hartford is in town for a few days. Robert Chapman recently visited Lyme. Mrs B H Chalker was in New London last week. Cypress Cemetery burial for Mrs Walter Schultz. Irene Cone, attending normal school in New Haven, spent Sunday at home.
Amston reports Mr and Mrs Brehant and family propelled to eie Conn where J Brehant will stay a week or two. Edward Bill and bride Miss Bessie Lamb of New York arrive after wedding on April 14. Mrs Gertine Frese shopped in Willimantic last Thursday. Bert Beebe and Lake residents welcomed a baby daughter Sunday. Mrs Beebe is daughter of Mrs Joseph Slater. Edmund Cooper and daughters visit Mr and Mrs C F J Rushman in Willimantic. Mollie Rushman helps father during absence.
In Colchester May events Abbie Elgart of New York visits her parents Mr and Mrs H Mintz. Polish society plans a picnic on the 30th. Van Horn and child visit the Remington family in Hebron. Mintz plans a mountain trip for health after remaining with his daughter a few days. Grange meeting upcoming.
The town reports strong patriotic support after a third liberty loan drive and a Red Cross rally at Briggs hall. Walter Briggs of the U S Navy visited, while Cromwell Chapter C E S plans a whist afternoon to fund Liberty bonds. Col Timothy Shailer Williams offers to fund a steel flagstaff for the Revolutionary monument as Boy Scouts coordinate town fundraising efforts.
On Wednesday evening May 15 at 7 30 the Mother Goose will visit the parlors of the First Congregational church where the Earnest Workers will entertain their friends Admission 20 cents adv 145
Clinton residents report visits from Orson Woodstock of Wallingford and other relatives. Mrs. Jesse Buell and Miss Edith Lane attended Connecticut Agricultural College commencement at Storrs. Ruth Buell accompanied them home for vacation. Several locals visit kin in New Haven Hartford and New York. Ronald Platt recovers from pneumonia at Levey hospital Brooklyn.
Francis Dean returned to work after a week’s sickness in Lyme. Mrs. A. M. Clark rents the front lot opposite the Peck farm to plant corn. Miss Martha Thomas of Boston visits Mrs. Lucy Caulkins. A Baptist Aid dinner at John Niles’s home drew many attendees. Miss Jennie Davison came back from New Haven. George William Davison, once in Old Lyme, moves to Lord Hill to help Richard Peck on the farm after years in Springfield carpet business. Dan Gauchet of Lynng Mass. was in town. elected general superintendent of Remington Arms Co. in Bridgeport. began as a freight clerk in the Old Lyme depot and married a Lyme girl.
East Berlin reports no school this afternoon due to a teachers meeting. P society meets this evening. Garden efforts expand with all space being plowed. Many local young men face the forthcoming draft. Charles Cobey recovers from pneumonia. Hay crop outlook favorable. Mrs William Brown visits daughter Mrs J Ryan in East Hartford. Sterling Woodward joins Hartford Home Guards. Mr and Mrs Walter McCrum visit to the homestead over Sunday. Mr Nose visits his mother in Sharon Connecticut.
Ivoryton dated May 14 reports Gordon Swift visiting Jewett City and notes a Parents' and Teachers' club meeting Wednesday evening in the school room with a cordial invitation for men to attend Bessie Webber will address the club. Portchester residents Mr and Mrs George Bonnell visited town over Sunday. Florence Doane of New York stayed with her parents Doane. George Martin Meyer left Comstock Cheney Co to join the U S aviation corps.
Essex items report Alexander Youngs of New Haven a weekend visitor with friends in town. The P. O. M. M. Literary club meets at Mrs. Walter Bliss’s home in Centerbrook. Word arrives of the death of E. S. Post, formerly of Essex, survived by wife and five children. Trolley service paused yesterday afternoon due to a broken wire near Lovers' Lane crossing. Mrs. Mary Dennison of Guilford visits her sister, Mrs. E. L. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. John Powers and Mrs. William Powers of Branford were Sunday visitors. O. F. Fordham of New London spent Sunday at his Saybrook Street home. Miss Ardis Gleason teaching in Miss Anderson's grammar school room.
Haddam residents report a weekend at a summer home before returning to Boston. Haddam Sunday school youths attended an afternoon institute in Higganum and called the meeting interesting. Mrs. R S Towle visits her father L T Treat for a few days while Mrs. R Hayden returns for the summer. Randolph Hayden leaves for Newport camp after a short visit. Samuel Kelsey returns from a Maine auto trip. Frederick and Fannie Kelsey were home over the weekend. Ladies spent the evening on Red Cross work. W B Odber of Hartford was in town Saturday. Mrs Ezekiel Shailer of Shailerville visited her parents. Home Guards answered a riot call for drill with about 45 reporting to the Middletown armory. The service flag at Mrs Brainard's place notes her son is serving as a soldier. Rev E B Lewis spoke on motherhood. offertory by Mrs Merchant, Mr Salmon and Miss Bitters was appreciated.
Higganum residents report on travel and visits including Mrs. Rogers from Stamford returning from Worcester to stay with Mrs. C B Carlson while Mrs. Elwyn Clark and others made Hartford calls. A Red Cross drive is planned next week with speakers from various towns.
George B. Stillman among the sick in Wethersfield while visiting his daughter. Red Cross members to parade in Hartford Saturday. Evelyn Tennyson visiting Middletown. Outdoor club sale on Mrs. Dexter’s Elm Street lawn draws good crowd with ice cream candy and lemonade. Mrs. Julius Griswold visiting out of town. K K auction bridge club hosts at Holmes and Bidwell homes. Hartford residents Thomas Martin buy Ferry Street property. Mrs. Ella Churchill hosts Mabel Plunkett from Meriden. Oil speculation noted among outsiders.
May 14 report from Old Saybrook covers semi monthly lodge meeting, visitors from Jersey City, illness of Mrs. Ralph P. Stillman, Captain Stuart Williams joining shad crews, rental of Hefflon house, Rose Gardner visiting East Hartford, Peter C. Lane's Hartford visit, town clerks ordered to perfect enlistment records, Major H. P. Leland's Middletown trip, Company G encampment prep, Coast Guardsman Burton Gardner visiting, and shad catch figures from Saybrook Point.
At Middlesex Wednesday Ella Hall, screen favorite, appears in the five part dramatic feature titled Beauty in Chains. The Son of Democracy, starring Benjamin Chapin, will also be shown. Proscrastination is the thief of time and the plunder can never be recovered.
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