School children stage musical benefit for Red Cross
A seventh and eighth grade concert at the Middletown school hall featured a carefully chosen program directed by Miss Elizabeth Staples and teachers. Proceeds benefited the Red Cross with readings, hymns, and pieces from Bach to Godard. Church notices follow with Sunday services and education details for local congregations.
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Red Cross
Staples
Williams
Gungman
Keller
Wood Mmett
Mendelssohn
Keimann
Keimann.eeve School
Harold
Eart
Bach
Weber
Saratoga
Meyerbeer
Bobn Elsie Noxon
S. Pinsuit
Godard
White
Hichberg
Williams Mitchell
Dance and medal contests attract Portland crowds
Red Cross and local women organize a Friday dance to entertain Steel crowds, with limited space for dancers and special features. A WCTU silver medal contest is set for Thursday evening at 8 in the Methodist church with many participants and a strong musical program. The event ties to a Gold contest at the time of a county convention. Local attention focuses on Middletown Home Guard field day plans and visitors from Worcester Polytechnic and other figures.
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Red Cross
Sola ‘Vestas
Portland
Erscave
Ana Tors
Enmi Z
W. C. Sunty
Red Cross drive plans meet at town hall in Middletown
A Red Cross campaign meeting will be held this evening at the town hall to receive supplies for the drive beginning Monday. U S Hall chairs the local Red Cross, F R Goodrich leads the War Bureau, with campaign captains and lieutenants present after the Red Cross gathering at Stueck's. The Swedish Lutheran church mission festival has been postponed to 7:30 PM due to the parade in Middletown on Sunday.
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Whitsunday
Edist Episcopal
R. E
Aafi
Epworth
Venice
M. K. Thomson
Red Cross
U. S. Hall
F.R. Goodrich
War Bureau
Swedish Lutheran Church
Cromwell Community Notes and Church Services
Cromwell updates show a Grange meeting at Congregation church parlors, social visits from Hartford and Worcester, and moves on Main Street. Church services include Baptist, First Congregational with Hildreth, and Swedish Mission Church events. Boy Scout drive totals reach 7400 in bonds with thrift stamps over 2000. field day with sixth regiment thwarts evening service. Elmquist preaching and weekly choir and prayer meetings listed.
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Cromwell
Grange
Miss Delight Brown
Hartford
S. Lamb
Miss Parsons
Mrs. Barnhart
Anna Anderson
Worcester
Mass
C. Volk
Main Street
Louis Kabatznick
Baptist Church
Bartlett
First Congregational Church
Homer Wesley Hildreth
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Clarence Stetson
Connecticut Guards
Hildreth
Congress
Swedish Mission Church
J. Olson
A. E. Elmquist
A. Elmquist
Bristol
Higganum Delegates Named At Essex C EB Society Meeting
Harold Stone and John Lundgren were appointed delegates to Essex representing the C EB society and Sunday school. Whitney Brooks also served as a delegate from the Boys MCA. The meeting, held Friday, continues today with Rev Caldwell attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higganum
Harold Stone
John Lundgren
Essex
C. EB. Society
Whitney Brooks
M.C.A
Caldwell
Congregational Church
Harold Graves
Russell Company
Middletown
Frank White
Worcester
Mass
Middlefield
Cromwell
Killingworth
Portland
Local items from Madison and area in May notices
Miss Emma Redfield adds a sleeping porch to her Liberty street home in Madison. Mrs. John Scherer of Montclair N J will visit her cousin Miss Helen E De Mmorest at East Wharf Road for ten days. J H Derenthal began duties as Madison postmaster on Thursday. Mr and Mrs B H Scranton of Detroit are staying at their Middle Beach cottage for a few weeks. German Ladies society hosts a ball at Concordia hall this evening. Mrs Ethel Cummingham and Mrs Harry Merrills plan an auto trip to New York City. Fellow Workers society meets May 22 in the East River reading room with supper served. Mrs B Lillian Coe returned to Windsor after a week at her Middle Beach cottage. Lieut Dowd of Camp Deets enjoys a week’s furlough. New York area guests noted.
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Madison
Emma Redfield
Liberty Street
John Scherer
Montclair
N. J
Helen E. de Mmorest
East Wharf Road
J. H.derenthal
Madison Post Office
B. H. Scranton
Detroit
Mich
Middle Beach
German Ladies’ Society
Concordia Hall
Ethel Cummingham
Harry Merrills
Clinton
New York City
Fellow Workers’ Society
Iddle Beach
Lieut. Dowd
Bis
York
Vbeen
East Haddam Two at Hadlyme Public S Entertainment
An odd item notes 60 cents and a Bresx Want Ad service at Hadlyme Public, with brief reference to East Haddam 2 and entertainment offerings. The fragmentary notice hints at a local classifieds or public entertainment listing with a price and ad detail.
Town Guests and Local News From Essex
Essex residents share updates on callers and visitors in town last evening. Morrison W. Johnson of Mart visits his sister, Ellen Raymond, on New Street. Frank McCordell of the American Junior Naval Marine Se visits his aunt, Mrs. William Brooks, and plans to sail for France with a hospital corps brother. Mrs. Estella Post returns home from Westbrook beach after a two week stay. John Morisey’s pneumonia illness at Camp Upton shows improved reports. Sergeant Edward Hyatt of Fort Terry spends days at his New Street home. Kenneth Hayden of the tug Comet rests at Main Street home. Mrs. Martha E. B. Church and children weekend with Deep River friends.
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Essex
George Post
Bertha Gollow
Morrison W. Johnson
Mart
Ellen Raymond
New Street
Frank McCordell
American Junior Naval Marine Se
William Brooks
Brlyn
3Rd Hospital Corps
France
Thomas Whittelsey
Ivoryton
J.P. Brooks
Grove Street
Estella Post
West Avenue
Westbrook Beach
John Morrisey
Camp Upton
Edward Hyatt
Fort Terry
Kenneth Hayden
Comet
Martha EB. Church
Deep River
Church Notes Whit Sunday Services and Mass Times
St John's church observes Whit Sunday with Holy Communion at 8 a m Sunday school at 10 a m Holy eucharist at 11 a m and evening prayer at 5 p m Monday and Tuesday in Whit Sunday week Holy eucharist at 7 30 a m Ember days Wednesday Friday and Saturday Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic church offers Mass at 10 a m
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St. John’s
Emberays
Our Lady of Sorrows
Red Cross rally to be held in Old Saybrook town hall
Old Saybrook residents prepare for a Red Cross drive with a Sunday town hall rally featuring speaker Frank Hough who served six months in the trenches. A house to house canvass begins Monday to raise 1510 for the Red Cross fund as cold nights and frost delay home garden seeding.
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Old Saybrook
Frank Hough
Red Cross
Town Hall
Joel A. Beard
William A. Trask
New London
Red Cross Fund
Thomas P. Davis
Saybrook Point
Springfield
Harlem
Justin B. Holman
Hartford County
Daniel Wadsworth
Hartford
John D. Keating
Fairview Hotel
Middletown
George A. Dowell
Lucia
Essex
Deep River
Chester
Hast Haddam
Haddam
Thomas Reed
New London Hospital
Valley Branch
Colchester Notes Include Jobs Games Parades and Visits
Miss Katherine Ray is in New London working as Mohican hotel cashier. Mrs Norah Boyle of Norwich visits sister Miss Jennie Naughton. Colchester Hebron game at 3 30 this afternoon. Dance this evening in Tip-Top hall. Bailey family of Amston visited last night for the movies. Sunday parade at 3. Exercises at St Andrews church. Clayton Miller sprained wrist. Grange members help plant and sow his crops. Max Siegel returns from New Haven after seeing son Abe hurt but improving. Samuel McDonald loaded lumber at the station. Wooster lodge F A M met in Masonic hall. Eugene Furcell discharged from two weeks illness. Baptist services on Sunday.
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Colchester
Katherine Ray
New London
Mohican
Norah Boyle
Norwich
Jennie Naughton
Hebron
Bailey
Child
Amston
St. Andrew’s Church
Clayton Miller
The
Grange
Max Siegel
New Haven
Abe
Samuel McDonald
Wooster Lodge
Masonic Hall
Eugene Furcell
Baptist Church
Centerbrook Notices and Local Movements
Centerbrook moves note Mr Banta and family left the Platt place on Main for Essex Services will be at the Congregational tomorrow at usual hours. Mr Andrews of New Haven was in town Friday on business. W J Prann quiet carer for railroad this week Mrs Julius Bellfinger is casing for Mrs Charles Wright Saybrook street. Mr and Mrs C Lee were in New London Friday. Senora Balt 16 visiting at her Main street. Nott school held a session to day to make up one English death
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Centerbrook
New London
Res Senora Balt
Main Street
Nthe Nott School
Engl Deat
Memorial day events and church notices in Durham area
Long report of Memorial Day plans for Durham including church services at Methodist Episcopal and Congregational churches, a May 21 play at Durham High School to raise funds for an orchestra, plus Grange meetings, social events, and parades. Attendees from Wallingford Meriden Middlefield Higganum Cromwell Killingworth and other towns noted. Also details for Home Guard and Liberty chorus activities.
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Navacarbtry
Breent . Taylor
Ife
M. Co. Factory
F. _ Hubbard
Wallingford
Meriden
Westfield
Middletown
Cromwell
Rocky Hill
East Hampton
Higganum
Ellingworth
O. U. A. M. Hall
Mill Bridge
M. E
Durham
R. Thachey
Epworth League
W. H. Lamphere
Hartford
Durham High School
Walter E. Lamphere
Gaylord Newton
Hattie Newton
Durham Grange
Mattabesett
Hemlock
Helen ™ Parsons
Grange
Wall
Killingworth
Abbot Davis
C.T . Davis
Connecticut State Grange
Guilford Grenze
Moodus Weekend Sunday School Institute Planned
Moodus reports a district Sunday school institute to be held in the Congregational church parish house on May 18 and 19 with sessions at 3 PM and 7 30 PM. Dr U S and Mrs Cook left for a cottage in Westbrook. A Red Cross benefit at Continental hall drew a large crowd, netting 93 63. Miss Emma Wippert will oversee a canning department in Wallingford. W W Davis, ill in a French hospital with typhoid, is slowly recovering and sends regards.
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Moodus
Congregational Church
U.S
Continental Hall
Emma Wippert
Wallingford
W. W. Davis
France
Deep River Benefit Draws Town Hall Crowd
Deep River May 18 The benefit entertainment last evening to raise funds for the soldier boys was a grand success. The fancy dancing by pupils of A Giacopia Springfield was a feature and the program high in merit. A snug sum was realized.
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Neep River
Soldier Boys
A. Giacopia
Springfield
F. M. Howard
Howard A. Morton
Middletown
Dee River
Chester
P. Larson
Central Row
Main Street
L. C. Russell
New London
Russell
George F. Johnson
Boston
Larson
F. S. Smith
Baptist Church
Byron Hatfield
W.F. White
Bible
Christian Endeavor Society
C. B. Society
Agnes Drude
Fruit Liver Tablets Claim Kidney Trouble Cure
From Cape Cod to California praise for Fruit-a-tives. Henry Dater of Troy NY reports kidney trouble and constipation improved after about a month using Fruit-a-tives. Price 50c a box, 6 for 2.50, trial 25c, from Fruit-A-Tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Golden Gate
California
Henry Dater
First Avenue
Troy
New York
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
Haddam Notes and Social Gatherings Report
Haddam posts May 18 updates as Mrs William Taylor visits from Meriden while Mrs Arnold seeks treatment in Cromwell. Miss Miriam Mosher returns from Middlesex Hospital. E W Hazen takes a Canada trip. Agnes Otis to represent Haddam Red Cross in Middletown parade. Puritan Chapter O E S to entertain Worthy Grand Matron. other social events listed at Dickinsons Ingersolls Arnolds and Clark homes.
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Haddam
William Taylor
Meriden
P. C. Arnold’s
Red Cross
Middletown
Attorney Reynolds
Hartford
Yeate Puritan
E. S
Lady Washington
Areedletown
Start Dickinson
Mrs. Ingersoll
H. Arnold
A. M. Clark
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Lord P.penfield
Mr. and
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Worcester Polytechnic
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Waverly Ave
Hadlyme Publics Entertainment
M Moodus
Hadlyme Public Hall
Red Cross Entertainment
Aes
MR. Henry Dater
Cros
American Red Cross
James H. Bunce Co
Mits
the Red Cross
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