Memorial Day Observances and Local War Efforts
Memorial Day events in Pelock featured a large crowd at the town hall with prayers, a Day address by John Hughes, and a procession to Rose Hill and Center cemeteries where volleys were fired and taps played. The piece notes four Civil War veterans living locally, ongoing U S war work, the Gildersleeve Company barge construction, and various community notices including school events, weightings of babies, and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hand
Pelock
Company K
State Guard
Martin
Drew
John Hughes
Grers
America
Eckson
Rose Hill
O. H
Rose Hill ‘Corps
Boy Scouts
Thomson
Center Cemetery
St. Mary’s
Martiners
Ceme
H. Pascall
Lewis E. Leigh
S. Ladd
Joseph Gleason
H. L. Ad Frank Pratt
Eather
Mi Bn
Riverview
Stephen Hall
Westbrook News Briefs Highlight Local Events May 31
Visitors from Waterbury bought a second hand auto from Oliver H. Chalker Co. M. Post visited New Haven. F R Ames leased Salt Island to store fishing gear. Adelaide Gilbert Spenser to Robert Driver Hughes wed May 25. Westbrook Drum Corps marched in Decoration Day events at Old Saybrook and Clinton. Red Cross unit joined Clinton parade. Local life noted with trips, purchases and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Waterbury
Oliver H
Old Saybrook
Clinton
Aliso
Red Cross
Chapman Post
J. J. Thompson
Franklin
Ewen
Rhode Island
John Duratka
Horse Hill
Ruddiman
Thomas Hopper and Son
Branford
Henry Bohling
Saybrook Point Social Notes Report Local Visits
Frederick G Fisk and son Clark return from Boston. Mrs Charles P Botsford of Hartford visits Oyster River with her parents. Mrs Frank P Knowles of Guilford visits her father George Co Ingham. Saybrook school will not meet Friday as it is a visiting day. Mrs Richard Dickinson visits New London Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Giles Ward Hayden and Miss Helen Hayden of New Haven visit Mrs Ralph S Tainter. William D Wars visits his sister in Westerly RI. Eleanor Bradley and Mrs Irwin Granniss visit New Haven Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J E Wilson and children of Hartford spend the summer at Fenwick with Mrs Wilsons mother Mrs J H Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nwa
New Haven
Carrie M. Read
Fairview Street
John B. Day
New York
Fannie Day
Gildersleeve
Day
Portland
New York Giants
Mary
Elizabeth Bransfield
May C. Austin
Massachusetts
Worcester
Camp Devens
D. W. Robertson
Brooklyn
N. Y
C. A. Sears
J. A. Links
Mary Whitby
Middlesex Hospital
Oscar Johnson
San Francisco
Andrew S. Johnson
Coe Avenue
St. Mary’s
C. G. Erickson
E. F. Daly
Gertrude Curran
Hartford
Joseph W. Walsh
Main Street
Milton Whitby
James Sarsfield
United States Naval Reserve
Pelham Bay Station
Edith Anderson
Springfield
Mass
Commerce Street
H. L. Fenner
Henry H. Weihe
Whitby’s Market
New London
U. S. Navy
J. Howard Leatherbee
Church Street
Saybrook Point
Frederick G. Fisk
Clark
Boston
Charles P. Botsford
Oyster River
Frank P. Knowles
Guilford
George Co. Ingham
Saybrook School
Richard Dickinson
Giles Ward Hayden
Helen Hayden
Ralph
Tainter
William D. Wars
Westerly
R. I
Eleanor Bradley
Irwin Granniss
J. E. Wilson
Fenwick
Memorial services for Ponsett in Burr cemetery
Memorial services will be held at Burr cemetery Sunday, June 2, at 3 p.m. Liberty chorus will sing, with sermons by Revs Knowles Caldwell Lawson and others. Recitations by the school and a reading by Mrs Chas kins. No service at the Methodist church. George Frick was in Turkey Hill.
Memorial Day Observances Draw East Hampton Crowd
East Hampton May 31 a large crowd gathered for Memorial day despite many away. A parade formed at 9 A M on Main Street proceeding to High and Lakeview streets then to the new cemetery. Marshal Bevin led the procession and a sobering ceremony followed with remarks, music, and the decoration of graves before gathering at the Congregational church for lemonade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Main Street
High Street
Lakeview Street
FE. H. Fife and
Samuel Whatcher
Lincoln
Gettysburg
William Chittenden
Social rounds and local visits during a holiday week
Sergeant Guy Empey and families visited New Haven and town residents while Hartford and New York guests enjoyed time with relatives. The Red Cross meets at Chatham hall at 2 30 this afternoon. Moodus Y M C A defeated Moodus 12 to 7 in a baseball game on the school grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Chatham Hall
Helen Gates
New Britain
Frederick Gates
Moses Cahill
Claudia
Manchester
Barton
O’connell
Adv
Malcom Brooks
East Haddam
Everard
Forestville
Moodus Y. M. C. A
Moodus
Louis Goff
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
James Maxwell
Hartford
N. M. Murkett
Memorial Day Observances In Rocky Hill
Memorial day activities in Rocky Hill included a large procession led by the State Guard with Lieutenant Kelly as marshal, decorated graves by the State Guard and Boy Scouts, and remarks by Rev. M E Alling. Veterans rode in autos, and schoolchildren sang while Taps was given by two buglers. The day featured visits by residents to Hartford and East Hartford and a largely attended observance at the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
Justus H. Churchill
Justine
Hartford
A. L. Peck
Hubbard
Middletown
Clayton Spencer
Evelyn Tennyson
Otto Myers
William
John Bache
State Guard
John Grover
Kelly
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
M. E. Alling
Samuel Ashwell
Wethersfield
America
Centerbrook Village Notes and Local Happenings
Centerbrook residents share social visits and town updates including Mrs H D Robinson entertaining friends from Waterbury and Mrs Southworth visiting Deep River. Isabelle Looby donated a flag pole set in the square by James Spencer’s store and a Liberty Loan flag was raised. Waltercox’s advertises tomato and cauliflower plants and The Cinderella Man play at Thelma theatre on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerbrook
H. D. Robinson
Waterbury
Isabelle Looby
James Spencer
Liberty Loan
U. S
Liberty
Herbert Rose
Southworth
Deep River
Henry Comstock
D.C. Stedman
Middletown
Waltercox
Thelma Theatre
Memorial Day in Cromwell Brings Local Observances
Cromwell notes Memorial day with visits from Middletown and Hartford residents. The day featured a parade led by Company D and local scouts, with Campfire girls, Red Cross, and school children. Music by Middletown drum corps and an address by Professor Winston of Wesleyan. Supper sales by Wangum Campfire girls and a post-event ice cream served by the Home club. A G A R service is planned for June 2 at Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyehurch
State Guards
Stone
Y Scouts
Earlareth
The
Red Cross
F. K. Hallock
War Bureau
Florence Smith
Middletown
Home Club
New Cemetery
H. W. Hildreth
Old Cemetery
Winston
Wesleyan
Memorial Exercises Held Despite Poor Weather in Middlefield
Middlefield observers attended Memorial Day events as a 9 a.m. parade formed led by Company M C S G followed by Civil War veterans and schoolchildren bearing geraniums and flowers. At the hall a program featured hymns, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, poems, vocal solos, and recitations by local students and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefield
Company M. C. S. G
L. A. Lehriver
Rockfall School
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Linus Strickland
Grace Bigelow
G. B. Hawkes
H. M. Torrey
Dorothy Greenbacker
Grafanola
Joan of Arc
the South School
L. O. Sehriver
Social notes on visitors and guests at a town event
Rev G B Hawkes entertains his Idaho parents. Miss Mildred Norton of Springfield Mass visits Miss Edna Jenkins. Clair Huse and family with Mrs George Wetherill depart for New York by car. Miss Maud Barbour of East Orange NJ visits relatives. Mrs Walter Nettleton and children of Meriden visit Mr and Mrs Edgar Nettleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Flowers
G. B. Hawkes
Idaho
Mildred Norton
Springfield
Mass
Edna Jenkins
Clair Huse
George Wetherill
New York
Maud Barbour
East Orange
N. J
Walter Nettleton
Meriden
Edgar, Nettleton
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Hardin in South Glastonbury
In South Glastonbury on Monday a son was welcomed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hardin. The Ladies Aid society of St. Luke's parish plans a Red Cross work meeting Friday at 2 p m hosted by Mrs. Ruth Saunders. Miss Davis a Sixth District teacher has resigned due to ill health and lives in Wallingford. Visiting US Army boys for over Sunday include Francis Soloman Francis Barnett and Joseph Goodrich from a southern camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Glastonbury
Raymond Hardin
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society of St. Luke’s Pariah
Ruth Saunders
Red Cross
Miss Davis
Wallingford
Francis Soloman
Francis Barnett
Joseph Goodrich
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William A. Hall
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Elliott Biliven
Per Gray
Gertrudeke
Doris Haddock
Margaret
Bessie Bengston
Ruthmier
Mary Wisnieska
Anna Mist
Loretta Reynolds
Dorothy Carlson
Hemlock Grange
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E. R. Hyde
Middle- FM
C. A
Texas
France
Congregational Eee
Peiet Peat
Grand Theater
Guy Empey
Ponsett
Robert Hodge
Hubert
John Hodge
John Barton
Grace Bevin
Cromwell
W. Ahlquist
Doris
Howard Warner
Yesteray
Ruth Briggs
West Street
Wangum
G. A. R. Mansfield
Belden Library
Canning
Gingham
Turer
Seeger