Portland Three Man For Camp and Draft Registration Notes
Portland notices report three townsmen Henry M. and Edward Quirk and S Griffin leaving for camps aboard the 8 26 train to Haven and Greenleaf Lytle Georgia and Camp Upton L L. Registrar Harry Howard announces assistant registrars and expects about 500 to enroll under the draft with 20 questions per registrant. Also covered are Senior Class Elections at Portland High School and War Savings Sales with August certificates exceeding the target and Portland ranking seventh in the state for July totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M
Edward Quirk
Harry Howard
Sphereden
Goodrich
John C. Barry
D. A. On
T. C. Flood
H. C. Floyd S. Lewis
William E
George E. Pascall
Frank J
John L. Burnham
F.nelson
Edmund Sxlt
Hare
York City
Brook
Town Hall
Portland High School
Esident
James R. Lynch
Marion Penfield
P. Butler
The
Gypsy
Philip Butler
U @ss
Alfred Johnson
Lassistant
Edwin Ostergren
Mary Dean
Lucy Cornwall
Charles Stocking
Edna Flood
Gertrude Whitby
Mabel Hanson
Nora Gallagher
Esther Strickland
Portland
Funeral for Joseph Gleason at Indian Hill Home
Funeral services for Joseph Gleason will be held Friday at 2 PM at his Indian Hill Avenue home, with Rev. Dr. O H Raftery officiating. Interment in Indian Hill Cemetery at 3:30 PM led by Ansfield Post No 53 G A R, of which Gleason was a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gleason
Joseph Gleaon
Indian Hill Avenue
Gildersleeve
O. H. Raftery
Indian Hill Cemetery
Middletown
Ansfield
Visitors and locals in Shailerville and surrounding towns
Mr and Mrs Fischer who visited for a week left for Thomaston on Monday. Mrs William E Preston and party spent vacation at Riverlet and returned to Newark New Jersey. Ventres of Hartford and Ventres of Deep River were seen visiting over the weekend. Walter S Ventres of Deep River returned from a trip to Eee Carolit or Grenet of eriden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shailerville
Fischer
Reto
Grange meeting and town visit notes from Rocky Hill
A large crowd attended the Grange event on Wednesday evening featuring a current events program and a pantomime. Town residents report students entering Middletown High School and Hartford High School this week. Visitors include Herbert A. Viele of Mt Vernon and Mrs. Sidney Lassell of Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky ~Hill
Grange
Frederick Belden
Middletown High School
Hartford High School
Herbert A. Viele
Mt. Vernon
Frederick Morton
Sidney Lassell
Bridgeport
Joseph Kelly
Adrian Tyler
Hartford
Equal Franchise League
Griswoldville
Wolsing and
Canning
Charter Oak Fair
Eva Adams
North Canton
George O. Andrews
Riverside Hill
M.E. Alling
Albert Warner
Camp Devens
Sidney Card
Springfield
Mass
Albert Homewood
High Street
Percy Bidwell
Haddam Neck
Robert Murray
Deep River Social Changes and Local Travel News
Deep River notes list visiting guests from New Jersey and Hartford and returning residents. Edward Eagan and Rose mary Lowe wed in Bridgeport with Deep River attendees Gilbert and Annie Eagan present. Local moves include Annie and Jeanie Brown relocating on High street and Grace Carstens hosting Edwin Ehlers of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
Russell Westover
New Jersey
Arthur M. Pratt
Iva Parmelee
Hartford
Lillian Parmelee
New Haven
Felix Starkey
Thomas PD. Flaherty
Niantic
Francis Arnold
C. E Lamb
Annie
Jeanie Brown
D. R. Kane
High Street
Alida B. Jennings
H. O. Clough
C. E. Lamb
Edward Eagan
Maria Eagan
Rosemary Lowe
Bridgeport
Gilbert Eagan
Annie Eagan
Jessie Hatfield
State Normal School
Willimantic
Mather School For Girls
Beaufort
S.C
Margaret Bangs
Waterbury
Edwin Ehlers
New York City
Grace Carstens
Junior Food Army Exhibit Opens with Picnic in Middlefield
In Middlefield on Saturday the Junior Food Army event hosts a 2:30 opening with group games, then athletic events at 3:30 and an indoor program at 4:30 followed by a basket lunch at 5:30. Community attendance is urged to show patriotism. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mousch of Meriden visited Middlefield relatives. Arthur Fowler sprained his ankle when a wagon tipped on Meriden road after a horse slip. Leo Terrill and James Norton assisted, and a now-fallen horse was involved. nearby E. P. Camp also had a horse fall earlier. Mizpak Circle of King’s Daughters meets with Mrs. Imogene Camp Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Howard
Estelle Walsh
New Britain
Charles Harms
New
John C. Barry
Sound View
Edward Erickson
Rose Hill
John Sandstrom
Arvid Johnson
Commerce Street
Arthur Kingsbury
Westbrook
Ruth Broomquist
New York City
John Bransfield
Portland
Olga Army Exhibt
Theatre School
Ladies of the Red Cross
Sewge
A. N. Shepard
Cornelius Hansen
York
New Jersey
Middlefield
Junior Food Army
Leonard Mousch
Meriden
Albert Mousch
Arthur Fowler
Leo Terrill
Mr. Fowler
Mizpak Circle of
King’s Daughters
Imogene Camp
Memorial service for John Alexander in Chester
In Chester on Sunday at 3 p.m. a memorial service will honor John Alexander son of Mrs Hannah Alexander who died July 25 from wounds in action. The Chester C S G company will attend in a body with Rev F L Garfield and Rev H S Scarborough officiating and the male quartet singing. Also noted is the death of Daniel W Bradley age 5 of this place after a short illness at the home of Garrett Macdonald. He leaves an adopted son Leslie and sister Mrs Mary Webb. Dora Abbey has returned from Hartford visit with her sister Mrs Wilbur Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
John Alexander
Hannah Alexander
Congregational Church
Chester Company
F. L. Garfield
H. S. Scarborough
South Park M. E
Hartford
Daniel W. Bradley
Garrett Macdonald
Bradley
Leslie
Mary Webb
Dora Abbey
Wilbur Butler
East Berlin Briefs Report Local Happenings
Miss Isabelle Lawrence and Marguerite Pollard have returned from Momauquin. J B Perry of Beckley raised a fine tomato crop this year. four picked Wednesday weighed six pounds six ounces. Regular weekly prayer meeting at the M E church. Mr and Mrs William Nye spent Wednesday at the seashore. Last unoccupied residence on Wilcox avenue was occupied Wednesday as rents rise to a premium. Miss N A Dowd, visiting relatives, returned to Saratoga Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Isabelle Lawrence
Marguerite Pollard
Momauquin
J. B. Perry
Beckley
M. E. Church
William Nye
Wilcox Avenue
N. A. Dowd
Saratoga
Iceman's Ice Share Beats a Newsboy's Request
On a scorching day a kind iceman gives a girl ice and a newsboy asks for it. She refuses. The boy offers to pay back the ice but only wants the juice, highlighting a playful moment in urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Local notices and campus updates at East Hampton hall
A community banquet honored boys headed to Camp Greenleaf and Camp Upton. Students resumed at Middletown High with many freshmen. Local residents and visitors noted, including Sieberts from New Haven and a trip roster from Maine to Massachusetts. John R. Rich appointed chief registrar seeking six volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Chatham Hall
Albert Royce
Leo Strong
Camp Greenleaf
Fritg Carlson
William Sampson
Camp Upton
Jennie Selden
New Hampshire
Middletown High School
Frederick Siebert
New Haven
Leonard Siebert
Frank Anderson
Yonkers
N. Y
Harold Wall
Wrman Worthington
Maine
Massachusetts
Serena Markett
The
Cove
John R.ricn
Ethel Dunne
Meriden
William Leahy
Alice Lynch
Middletown Business College
Blanche Kane
New York
Lakeview House
Nelson Tucker
Hartford
Westbrook News Items From September Meeting And Local News
The September meeting of the W. V. I. A. has been posted for the coming year. Oliver H. Chalker of this place and Benjamin Allen of Saybrook returned from Illinois last Tuesday after being away since June. State Supervisor Meader of Hartford will be the new local schools supervisor for the year and will meet the teaching corps during the week. Mrs. E. N. Bushnell reports her husband resting comfortably in the hospital after returning from New Haven. Mrs. W. A. Wilcox and children are in New Haven for the week visiting Mrs. Herbert Seward. Miss Alma Neidlinger and Miss Renee Neidlinger spent today in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Oliver H. Chalker
Benjamin Allen
Saybrook
Illinois
Meader
Hartford
E. N. Bushnell
New Haven
W. A. Wilcox
Herbert Seward
Alma
Renee Neidlinger
Colchester Area Fair Plans and Local Notes
Colchester residents note upcoming Colchester school Agricultural fair at Grange hall on September 13 and 14 with free entries. Reverend Frederick Raymond and Russel F. Lund headline September 13 program. entertainment by local school children on the 14th. Also reports of Meigs hen egg size, residents returning from visits, and a regular band rehearsal at Tip Top hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
John Condren
Mary Condren
Grange Hall
Frederick Raymond
Amp Meade
Russel F. Lund
Robert Meigs
Julia Burns
East Hampton
F. J. Slater
Mollie Slater
Julia Smith
New York
Josephine Wallis
New Jersey
Tip Top Hall
Roy Clark
Gussie Freidman
Annie Burman
Joseph Denber
Norwich Fair
Community Notes and Local Gatherings in Chatham
In Chatham and Middle Haddam residents report visitors returning to New York and ongoing Red Cross work at Library hall and Evergreen hall for surgical dressings. Local church activities include the Congregational roll call and officer elections at the parsonage. Austro-Hungarian actions at Lubin are cited as a regional crackdown on bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Middle Haddam
Gerard
Harrison Brainard
New York
The
Red Cross
Library Hall
Evergreen Hall
Louis Pitt
J. H. Selden
Nellie Parmelee
Pitt
Ruth Taylor
Bevin Bros
Congregational Church
Louis Hurd
Provincetown
Mass
F. G. Palmer
Ethel Shepard
Doris Arnold
New Britain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rocky Hill
Chatham—Middle
Haddam
Lubin
Warsaw
Nujol Laboratories Standard Oil CO
Children’s Rain Capes
Dry, Goods Alliance
War Department
James H. Bunce Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!