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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
6
Portland notes warn autoists to refrain from using gasoline powered machines on Sunday per a state defense request. Calls to report riders, count machines, and file reasons for travel. Church notices list services across congregations with times and pastors, plus funeral for Harold Sandstrom and local civic notices.
Westbrook calls a Monday evening meeting on the 16th to elect a representative active Board of persons for a local war bureau. Next Thursday all men under 46 must register at the town hall under the National Selective Draft Law, and minors over 18 too. The local registrars will be in session. Public schools reopen on the 9th. Capt H E Kelsey, back from Long Island waters, chairs the State Shellfish Mission and urges reseeding of Westbrook fisheries amid low yields. W B Sherrat of New Haven will preach Sunday at the Cougl.
Miss Sarah Bi 82 is surprised by a party of eight relatives from Cromwell and Saybrook. Visitors include Mrs Waterhouse and Mrs Mott, plus Mrs Burrs and others. Epworth League met at the M E church. Regular church services and a patriotic evening are planned with letters from servicemen read.
Mrs Ida Fost visited her daughter in Haddam while residents reported busy August canning in aid of the Red Cross with 1026 pieces sent to Middletown HQ including 450 dressings and 469 garments. The Center school will open Monday with Miss Hills of Torrington and Miss Nichols of Maine taking charge.
Chester reports Roswell Cone has left the Russell Jennings Mfg Co to join Pratt Read. James Cone departs for Boston to attend electrical school. John J. Bole moves to Fort Slocum New York. Funeral of Daniel W. Bradley held at Garret Macdonald home with burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Church services planned Sunday at Congregational and Baptist churches. Women’s Home Foreign Missionary meeting set for Thursday at Mrs. George Bogart’s home.
Saybrook Point residents note visits with Hartford guests including Mr and Mrs Fred G Fish and Mrs Jerry Daniels. J B Holman attended a State Board of Charities meeting in Hartford. Loretta Coulter returned from Hartford relatives. Frances Shepard and Ruth Granniss visited East Haddam. An illustrated church lecture is slated Sunday evening. Mrs Nelson Beebe spent Thursday in Middletown.
Moodus reports include Miss Carrie Kirtland returning to Hartford after a two week stay with Mr. and Mrs. Radcliffe at the Methodist parsonage. Miss Gertrude Brainard of East Orange, N J, is at her Moodus residence for a few weeks vacation. Mrs Lois Kimball returns from Worcester and Charles H Emily administrator sells property from Wilhelmina Sage estate to Isidore Gottfried. The line about theories causing more worries than facts closes the note.
East Hampton news lists residents traveling and visiting relatives in Michigan Portland Cromwell Rocky Hill and New Haven. Advertised mail at East Hampton post office includes many names and warrants prompt handling. Local church services cover Congregational Methodist St Patrick and St John’s with sermons on peace question and keeping the pace. Liberty loan bond conversions offered at the East Hampton Bank & Trust Co with prompt action requested.
Mr Custis returns to New York after summer in the area. William Comstock of Longmeadow stays with sister Mrs Elizabeth Peckham. Miss Frances Crosby of East Hamp ton visits friends. Mr and Mrs David Dickinson attend Charter Oak fair in Hartford. Miss Ida Johnson visits Gloucester. Sunday services at both churches tomorrow. J F Connolly, supervisor of schools, was here on business yesterday.
The Bridgeport Post argues that government departments waste massive paper stock despite citizens and firms seeking efficiency. It notes halts on book printing and current waste of hundreds of tons in useless documents, circulars, and political campaigning.
Elmira resident C F Reynolds reports kidney trouble kept him in bed with severe backache. After starting Foley Kidney Pills he recovered quickly and returned to work. He credits the treatment with stopping backaches and kidney-related issues.
Sept 7 Rocky Hill report of church services and local visits. Four minute men led by Rev FE M Alling spoke at Highland Country club session with Meriden guests including Hon George B Chandler. Sept 12 registration day urged for men 18 to 45. Severs family from Hartford moved into Brainerd house. Middletown lineal descendants reunion at Masonic hall with 25 guests and officers elected William A Collins president Olive Wells secretary. Rocky Hill Grange to visit Wethersfield Grange next week. Newington Grange invitation declined in favor of first-extended visit.
Essex residents share travels and visits from New ark to New York. Miss Anne Benson stays with her brother Edward Benson in West Haven. Miss Hazel Walden returns from New York. Abbie Katz returns to New Jersey after two weeks here. Charles Post begins school child enumeration. Helen and Josephine Baroni visit Higganum. Claude Banta visits New Haven. George Stillman returns from Springfield visit to his daughter Mrs Harold Sisson in Massachusetts. St John s church holds Holy Communion at 8 am and Sunday school at 10 am with evening prayer at 5 pm. Roman Catholic church Mass at 9 am. Miss Mabel Brewerton, formerly of town, spends a few days here. Edie family returns to Yonkers after summer on Saybrook Street.
Sunday notes list services across multiple churches. First Methodist Episcopal details morning worship with Communion and Epworth League. First Church of Christ Scientist morning service and reading room hours. Swedish Lutheran and Bethel churches with Sunday schools and sermons. Baptist church notes leave for war work, with Baraca classes and B Y P U topics. Associated Bible Students to meet with study on The Atonement. Holy Trinity and All Saints schools resume sessions on Sept. 15.
Walter L. Main's railroad circus arrives in Middletown on Sunday and pitches tents on Silver Street. A noon parade Monday precedes two matinees, an afternoon and an evening show, featuring old fashioned acts from elephants to bareback riders, touted as a clean all around circus for the season's start.
At 7:30 a.m. Holy Communion and 9:30 a.m. opening Sunday school. At 10:45 a.m. sung Eucharist and sermon using Merbecke's Mass in G. Post Communion hymn: O Most Merciful. Sermon subject: God or Mammon.
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