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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1919
Page
6
Village church programs outline a busy Sunday with junior and missionary divisions led by Cora Downs Stevens and C. F. Savage, and a general educational focus on religious instruction. A Memorial observance and Ascension schedule are noted, with services at 9:30 and 10:45 plus a 11:45 Sunday school.
The town saw a dance disturbance as out of town youths turned off lights and attacked the manager. Memorial Day events are planned with services at Congregational, M E, and union programs led by Judge Culver. Salvation Army drive launches next week led by Captain Leathers and H C Parsons with a $15 million goal nationwide and a Durham target of 19960.
Madison residents report visits and moves with Mr and Mrs John Scherer of Lakehurst NJ spending days with Mrs W H Demorest on East Wharf road. Mr and Mrs F L Coe return to Wall Street Springfield after years in Springfield. Mr and Mrs J F Vinal relocate to Essex to reside. Arthur Avery buys a new Maxwell touring car. Hammonassett Literary and Thimble Club to hold annual outing next Wednesday at Mrs C H Meigs summer cottage with one guest invited per member. Madison seniors Ruth Elwell Ella Nielson Emmet Coughlin Leon Lewendowsk i Vernon Willard attended senior meet at Connecticut Agricultural College. Miss Griswold chaperoned.
May 24 in East Berlin the G T C girls held a private dance at Miss Grace Holligan’s home with green and white colors. Refreshments were served and dancing continued late. Memorial day services and veterans’ grave decorations are planned Sunday with a parade from Athletic hall to the cemetery. R G Warren of South Norwalk is visiting relatives.
Mrs J A Carrier and Mrs H M Brainerd returned home after a few days in Providence Rhode Island. Mr and Mrs Fred Carrier and family are spending Sunday with his parents. Harriet Hyde and family join for the summer. Congregational Endeavor service at 7 p m announced.
May 24 report notes local support for the Salvation Army drive with a $240 quota and expectations to surpass it to aid the national goal. W H Leathers of New Haven named H C Hodge as drive chairman. A meeting is set for Saturday at 8 15 and the drive runs from Monday to the 29th with the Liberty Loan committee urged to attend. Odd Fellows entertainment at Congregational church drew a large crowd. Tempo quartet from Hartford and Johnson Brothers vaudeville acts delighted attendees, followed by a Siebert’s opera house dance.
Memorial services Sunday evening at the Congregational church with singing, scripture, solos, a sermon by Rev. Frederick L. Grant, and the union program. Church notes list services at Congregational, Methodist, and St. Patrick's. a boys’ Memorial Day planning meeting. local notices include bakery ads and social items.
The entry notes heavy rains damaging roads in places and residents traveling to Colchester for a movie. Mrs. George A. Little visited Willimantic on Thursday. Rev Howard Champe of Hartford will preach at the Congregational church Sunday. Mrs. Charles J. Douglass of Boston is visiting her mother Mrs Horace F Porter. Howard Porter went to Willimantic for a day. A church meeting will be held in the Congregational church parlors this week.
A columnist warns that aging politicians treat national welfare as political leverage. He accuses newspapers like the Boston Transcript and Senator Lodge of turning the peace treaty into partisan theater and compares the situation to handling dynamite, urging caution before further mischief.
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