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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1919

Page

6

Fifth Victory Loan drive exceeds goal in Bellville area

Funeral procession honors Miss Katherine O Connell with flower bearers listed among Day Katherine O Connell Mae Stock Goff Helene Wall Elsie. committee reports raise 59600 with 15400 by Mrs A W Sexton and quotas over top on third day. Local residents praised drive effort as community supports Life Insurance options and public notices mention additional social events and neighborhood visits.

Day Katherine O'Connell Margaret Flynn Mae Stock Goff Helene Wall Elsie A. W. Sextonan STE

May social notes from Ivoryton and area

Arthur Anderson of Woodstock visited the Rev. and Mrs. J W Harold on Sunday while Harry M Desmond from Greenport was in town Saturday. Dorothy Dalton appeared in Quicksands at Co C hall Tuesday night. The Society of Church Workers plans a Thursday meeting in the Parish house and an entertainment session Wednesday night. Rev Edward Potter of New Haven preached at the Congregational church Sunday morning. Earl Stickney of Guilford spent Sunday with relatives. Anita Stewart stars in A Midnight Romance at Deep River Town hall Wednesday night.

Ivoryton Arthur Anderson Woodstock J. W. Harold Harry M. Desmond Greenport L. A Co. & C. Hall Dorothy Dalton Society of Church Workers Edward Potter New Haven Congregational Earl Stickney Guilford Sosociety of Anita Stewart Deep River Town Hall Adv

Deep River Social Roundup and Local Incidents

Deep River residents return from Waterbury and Hartford visits. A car crash near Kirtland and Main injured Morris J. Galvin lightly after skidding on trolley tracks. Ex Representative D Paul Duggan on sick list with pneumonia fears but improving. Local notables Dr Augustus M O Brien and Rev William O Brien visit family. promotions and travel planned. Theater and film ads note Anita Stewart and Private Peat showings in town.

Robert Rankin Martha Waterbury Harold W. Rankin Hartford Deep River Emma Sevigny New Haven Morris J. Galvin Kirtland Main Street T. R. Duggan Donald Harris Ethel Faith Philip Pratt Henry Friedel Middletown Middlesex Hospital Anita Stewart

Open sessions for treaty debate spark calls of restraint

The Springfield Republican notes supporters want open senate sessions when the peace treaty is discussed to please all, but criticizes the lingering speeches to posterity as a chiefly objectionable feature.

Springfield Republican Senate

Miss Kate Camp Visits Hartford Relative in Durham News

Durham May 19 report notes Miss Kate Camp of Hartford visiting at aunt Mrs. W. A. Parsons home. Mrs. D. L. Hickox and Mrs. C. G. Stone attend New Haven Home for the Aged directors meeting Friday. J. R. Smith returns home from Grace Hospital after six weeks post nerve trouble operation, improving though weak. Also mentions Miss Margorie Wright of Northford visiting Ellsworth Page, Sun ny, and local social visits. A. J. Smithlodge K of P to meet at O U A M hall Tuesday night. F. M. Alling leaves M. M. Co. job to run his newly opened store.

Durham Kate Camp Hartford Tere W. A. Parsons D. L. Hickox C. G. Stone Home For the Aged New Haven Margorie Wright Northford Ellsworth Page Sunny J. R Smith Grace Hospital Halsted Redfield May Petrie Fred Rees B. F. Page A. J. Smithlodge K. of P O. U. A M. Hall F. M. Alling M. M. Company

Local Notes From Cromwell May 19 193

Henry T McLean and son from Hartford visited Cromwell yesterday. Mr and Mrs W Peterson and son visited relatives in Bridgeport. Willing Workers Baptist church meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs A H Boardmans home. Grange meets this evening in Congregational church parlors. No Company D drill this week. Muster and inspection postponed to Tuesday May 27 with new uniforms to be worn. Green Mountain potatoes Essex fertilizer feeds available. Lawn mower sharpening service by Theodore Anderson phone 681-13.

David “Anna Mae O’connell Hart Alice’ Bevin New York Grace Bevin Elizabeth North Moodus Kenneth Wall Middletown M. W. Wall Mary Horan St. Francis Hospital Odd Fellows N. W. Purple H. G. Hills Adv Company C. C. S. G Gertrude Wall Hartford Eva Walton J. E. Walton Elsie Green M. H. Jahn Luther League of the Cromwell Henry. T. McLean

Salavini Week-end Visitor in Centerbrook

Centerbrook May 19 Joseph Salavini was a week-end visitor in town. Mr and Mrs R C Doane entertained their daughter Miss Charlotte Doane who is teaching in Terryville, and two of her friends Sunday.

Centerbrook Joseph Salavini R. C. Doane Charlotte Doane Terryville

Community notices from Rocky Hill May events and visits

A May 19 schedule notes a postponed mothers service at Congregational church, a missed Epworth League meeting at the Methodist church, and a stereopticon lecture by Stanley E. Graham on South America. The Congregational and Methodist churches combined for evening worship, while the Rocky Hill Grange plans a minstrel show in Wethersfield on May 23. Herbert Beaumont recently returned from France, and Mrs. Joseph Zeiser visited Hartford. The Hartford county Women’s Christian Temperance Union holds its 36th annual convention at Center Churchhouse in Hartford midweek, with library meetings winding down for the season. The Meade library’s summer schedule limits hours to exchange only. Governor Holcomb designates Friday, June 13 as Flag Day. The corner-stone of the Masonic Home main building at Wallingford was laid by Grand Lodge F and A M with Grand Master Wallace Moyle presiding. many Masons attended. Miss Hattie Sparks of Thompson visited town Sunday.

Rocky Hill Congregational Church Epworth League Methodist Church Stanley E. Graham South America Land of Opportunity Rocky Hill Grange Wethersfield Wethersfiel Grange Wallace Moyle New Haven Hattie Sparks Thompson

Smoking joke told by Cincinnati Enquirer cartoon caption

A lighthearted quip features a doctor questioning a husband about smoking between meals and the wife replying that he actually eats between smokes, delivering a witty punchline about habits.

the Cincinnati Enquirer

East Berlin Prom and Local Social Roundup

East Berlin residents report the May Junior Prom of New London s league and a Black and White Revue at Middletown High School Friday evening with 35 girls. Town taxes due this week. Dance night moved to Wednesday. A birthday surprise for Miss Sarah Cady occurred Saturday with games dancing and refreshments. H C Adams and L M Turner of New Jersey visiting town. Local Masons attended a Cromwell meeting Saturday night. Demand shifts from residences to small farms. inquiries for farms to rent or buy appeared Sunday.

East Berlin New London Middletown High School Athletic Hall Sarah Cady H. C. Adams L. M. Turner New Jersey Cromwell

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