Democratic Ticket and Town Meeting Highlights
The town faces an annual meeting after a town hall voting day with several issues to decide. The town ticket includes Assessor Charles Taylor. selectmen K Payne, Frederick W Good, George E Stocking. agent of deposit fund John H Sage. tax officials Michael J Leahy, George E Pierce. registrars John J Hjalmar Bostrom, John Bransfield, Charles F Walker. library directors David A arison and John Bransfield. Funeral services were held for Mrs John H Hall at a Hartford residence with burial at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Trinity parish issued resolutions expressing sorrow and gratitude for the donor of the Hall Memorial Parish House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Taylor
George Dunham
K. Payne
Frederick W. Good
George E. Stocking
John J. Hjalmar Bostrom
John Bransfield
Frank E
Charles F. Walker
Emanuel
David A
Arison
John H. Hall
Eld Avenue
Hartford
T. Linsley
the of the Good Shepherd
O. H
Cedar Hit Cemetery
Trinity Church
Trinity Parish
Memory of Mrs Hall Cherished for Kindly Witness
The text honors Mrs. Hall for her kind witness steadfast friendship and unwavering sympathy, noting that her memory will be long cherished.
Eldery Bee Dies at 90 in Lodersleeve Home
Ellery Bee, one of the town's eldest residents, died yesterday at noon at his home in Lodersleeve in his 91st year. He leaves two sons and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 8 o'clock at his late home, with the Rev. M. K. Thomson of the First Congregational Church officiating, and burial in Trinity Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellery Bee
Lodersleeve
Sone
Arthur
M. K. Thomson
Conmal
Trinity Cemetery
School Enumeration Shows Enrollment Increase
Tax collector M. J. Leahy completed the enumeration of children ages 4 to 16. Total enrolled at home last year was 847, with a slight rise this year. Of those attending school 46 are engaged in labor. During the year 320 attended Parcchia school, 24 in private, trade and business schools, and the remainder in town schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Leahy
Parcchia
Property Tax Due and Local Notices in Middletown
The last half of the 1918 property tax is due the 10th of this month and payable before the 10th of November. M. J. Leahy, collector-adv. 109. Miss Lillian Anderson, of Freestone avenue, is ill with pneumonia. A party was given in honor of Sidney W. McAlpine at his home on De Saree, by Hartford and Middletown friends. McAlpine’s camp plans were cancelled due to influenza. Carlyle Bell returned to Franklin Mass. to resume studies after attending the Bat tahatchee launch. Warren Haines is seriously ill with pneumonia. John Delay, U. S. N., R. F., ill with bronchial pneumonia at Pelham Bay. The war relic train will be in Middletown tomorrow morning 9 to 11 at the railroad siding between Washington and Ferry streets. The exhibit is interesting and open to visitors. H. G. Hills, superintendent-adv. 1210.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Anderson
Freestone Avenue
Sidney W. McAlpine
de Saree
Hartford
Middletown
McAlpine
Carlyle Bell
Franklin
Mass
Dean Academy
Battahatchee
Warren Haines
Main Street
John Delay
High Street
R. F
Naval Training
Pelham Bay
Washington
Ferry Streets
H. G. Hills
Rockfall Ladies to Meet for Red Cross Sewing
The Ladies Aid of the M. B. church will gather in church parlors on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Walter Haddock and her son Walter of Hartford visited Mr and Mrs F C Rodowic over the weekend. Rockfall ladies will also meet in the chapel on Wednesday to sew Red Cross work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockfall
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. B. Church
Walter Haddock
Walter
Hartford
F. C. Rodowic
Ladies of
Rocky Hill caucus for slate in Rocky Hill town meeting
The Democratic electors of Rocky Hill are called to a caucus at Grange hall on Saturday October 12 at 8 PM to nominate a candidate for representative and for justice of the peace and to conduct other necessary business. A Liberty loan rally occurred Monday at West Rocky Hill school with Frank G. Pratt as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
Lawrence Kett
Grange Hall
West Rocky Hill
Frank G. Pratt
Royal Navy
Myrtle Howard
William Kernode
Valentine Kramer
Philadelphia
Charlies Arden Whaples
Deep River
Anna Kummel
Rockville
Ephraim Goodrich
Thomas Hosmer
Hartford
Lottie Kierstead Moser
Orin A. Moser
Elm Street
M. E. Alling
Congregational Church
Rocky Hill Cemetery
Marcus H. Hills
Honeywell-Sheffield
Amston News: War Letters Funeral and Local Happenings
Mrs Earl Tucker reports from England rest camp letters as Walter Roubleday recovers from illness. Funeral held for Private Merle Jones at Hebron Congregational Church with burial in churchyard. Jake Greenberg visits New Haven. Fred Burnham’s colt runs away injuring him slightly. School roof being re shingled. Dr M Ames visits home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amston
Fred Burnham
Earl Tucker
England
Walter Roubleday
Merle Jones
Hebron
Church Yard
Jake Greenberg
New Haven
Mr. Burnham
Dr. M. Ames
Haddam Social Notices From October Visit and Departures
In Haddam on October 8 Mrs Cephas Brain erd of Binghampton visits Mrs F H Arnold. Rev E E Lewis leaves town for his annual vacation. Miss Agnes Otis remains ill at home. Mrs Elizabeth Brenan closes her summer home and returns to Hartford. Miss Miranda Parmelee takes a Hartford position. Red Cross linen shower contributions extend a few days, with bed linen donations sought by Mrs Bert Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddam Haddam
Cephas Brainerd
Binghampton
F. H. Arnold
E. E. Lewis
Agnes Otis
Elizabeth Brenan
Hartford
Miranda Parmelee
Red Cross
Bert Thompson
War relic train site aids Liberty Bond drive in Middlefield
At Middlefield Centre the war relic train drew crowds Saturday afternoon from 3 to 6 o clock as about three thousand dollars in Liberty Bonds were sold toward a town goal of twenty one thousand. Other notes record local social visits, and the annual town election results listing selectmen, town officers, grand jurors, tax collector, constables, registrar, and the school board. The town voted to lay a fifteen mill tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefield
Middlefield Centre
Midfield
Raymond Fowler
Marjorie Thayer
Durham
Anna Strickland
Cherry Hill
Walter Nettleton
Meriden
Baileyville
Earle Munson
Waterbury
D. W. Peckham
E. T. Birdsey
D. H. Wallace
HB. A. Nettleton
G. W. Trishhman
B. BD. Lawton
EB. Nettleton
Alfred Augur
H. G. Burnham
G. 8. Goodrich
D. W. Wallace
Moses Terrill
James Cronin
F. W. Miller
A. D. Emmons
A. D. Coe
C. J. Donahue
Harry Lindquist
Frank Collins
John Brown
G. S. Goodrich
Olive Morgan
G. B. Hawkes
Almond Emmons
C. N. Burnham
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Parksdale
P. Berry & Sons Inc
New England
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Barton Clothing Co
Custom Tailors
Liberty Loan Campaign
Bond
Europe
Liberty
Libert
Ome Manufacturing Co
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