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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1919
Page
6
Fragmentary text concerns the Salvation Army fund in France and a committee with chairman John C. Carlson and Harry How fled to Mr. Goodrich. The readable portion hints at accountability or handling of funds and involvement of committee members in a dispute.
A large gathering at the M E Church last evening celebrated Mrs R E Bisbee with a social and reception for returned soldiers and sailors. The chapel was festively decorated in red and blue with evergreen and flowers. Speakers and music included Dr F E, Judge M Culver, and Rev. A social hour followed with refreshments, and a town meeting on sewer work and other local notices was discussed by Port of Trade members and Hose Co 2 officers.
In Higganum on May 14 Mrs Arthur iddietown visits her father while Miss Spencer and her son stay in Middletown. A town meeting at the poll today had all Higganum town schools represented with the new supervisor. The community welcomes Mr Kelsey and family back to Higganum. L Cody sent yesterday out ambich.
Tuesday events at the Wilcox and local households are noted along with hospital returnees and visits. Epworth League officers are listed with names including Benjamin I. Tennyson and Miss Alice Tennyson. Meetings and parties from Center Church Guild Y W company vacation house are announced for May 17 and 18 at Rocky Hill. Royal Arch Masons hold 121st convocation at Hartford Masonic Temple. Connecticut King’s Daughters and Sons hold their 23rd annual convention in Center Church Hartford today and tomorrow. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Frank Morton, Elm Street hosts a girls meeting at Mrs Edward Carroll’s home on Elm Street. Community Service Club membership drive informs girls about the club. The American Federation of Arts holds its tenth annual convention in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mr and Mrs Russell Dart returned to New York after a weekend at their summer home in Chatham Middle Haddam. Mr and Mrs Lewis Pitt spent a few days in Middletown visiting relatives. Fisk Brainerd shows daily health improvement. Mr Bouvier improved his residence in Cobalt with fresh paint verandas and graded grounds. Memorial Day planning met at Mr Selden’s to organize fundraising and activities.
East Hampton reports the death of Lillian Johnson 36 wife of J Howell Conklin at Hartford hospital. Funeral at 2 30 pm burial Lakeview cemetery. Also notes Fire District annual meeting elects officers and discusses two mill tax for cement walks Main street Miller's Hill plans refugee garment work and a wedding of Miss Mae E Spencer and Harry T Anderson.
Various town items include a short wedding ceremony at 4 o clock and an anniversary mass for John Cronin in Middlefield. A public East Hampton Grange meeting, with speaker David Stone Kelsey on Community Betterment, is planned for Wednesday at Chatham hall.
Ivoryton residents share news of visitors and health, including Mrs William Tibballs of New Haven visiting town, Mrs Ralph Clark of New York visiting her father A L Miller, and Mrs Jabez Bushnell confined at home by illness. C A Antinson learned through the Salvation Army that son Theodore has returned from France after months with the A E F, while several Ivoryton boys remain with Pershing's army awaiting return.
Cromwell Chapter No 66 O E S plans a regular meeting this evening. The Dorcas society of the Lutheran church meets Thursday afternoon at Mrs Peter Andersons home on Main Street. Lawrence Pierson and family have moved into a house on the plains.
The community notes celebrate Mr and Mrs Joseph Barcal's golden wedding with decorations by Elizabeth Schweiker and gifts from Red Cross Agri cultural Association and Grange. Also reported are visits from Brooklyn Mrs MacVeagh, a local Y M C A play being staged by Haddam Neck, and family news including a New Haven hospital release and a New York birth.
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