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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1918
Page
8
The Liberty Loan speakers committee announces General Argapetian, famed for four minute talks in New York, will address Friday night audience on the Russian situation. Miss Katherine Bacon heads the Women's Committee overseeing campaigns with a large list of volunteers and organized teams across multiple districts to canvass the town for support.
Mr and Mrs Ezra N Bailey of Farm Hill celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family gathering at home from four to ten oclock. They were married September 23 1868 by Rev J M Gilbert. Bailey a Civil War veteran born February 3 1846 in Durham and Julia M Clark born January 8 1850 in Middletown are parents to two sons John C and Eugene E and a late daughter Agnes who married Robert H Johnson. They have five grandchildren. The couple received gifts and their home was decorated with golden red and asters. Bailey remains employed at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane for 35 years and continues daily.
Middletown Yacht Club members have not hauled powerboats this season hoping Sundays without gasoline will end before winter. No gas propelled boats have left the float since the request to cease gasoline on Sundays. The Gilder sleeve Ship Building Company launched its tenth fast deck lighter yesterday, after March work clearing a sand bank, and ten lighters have been built. Four remain anchored in the river, six are in canals in service.
Prof John P Marshall of Boston University and musical aide to the U S Army will speak at the Connecticut Music Teachers association meeting in Meriden on Wednesday Oct 2 at 1 30 in the Chamber of Commerce hall. His topic is Camp Music and a large attendance of teachers is urged.
On Sunday 149 machines were on the road in Middletown. Of the number 35 have been reported to Hartford, a greater number than here tofore. Of the number 28 refused to stop and seven others did not give satisfactory answers. The drill of the state guard at Lakeview had some thing to do with the extra number of machines.
The article lists defense and merchant teams with captains and lineups: No. 15 South Main Street district led by Captain John P. Bacon, includes Joseph Brazos and many others. No. 16 Italian residents led by Salvatore Adorno. No. 17 Polish residents led by Rev. Max Soltysek. No. 18 Jewish residents led by J. Mittleman. No. 19 Merchants led by Edward P. Schaefer. No. 20 Manufacturers led by F. Perry Hubbard.
Singing and dancing every evening at Arrigoni Hotel. Prayer meeting Wednesday at North Church with a boys camp and trench focus. New fall millinery at Andersons Millinery Shop 360 Main Upstairs. Harvest lunch counter supper at South Main Street church Thursday evening beginning at 6. Policeman A T Chapman visiting relatives in New and Groton then Newport. Mr and Mrs J B Young return to South Main Street home from Saybrook Manor cottage. James C Burr family back from Crescent Beach. Ruth Blydenburg leaves for Chatham Virginia school. Tow boats Sachem and Onrust bring five barges of coal to Middletown Cornwall and Hartford. Professor Caleb T Winchester to speak poetry talk September 28 at Highland Repetor Club. Independent Order of Foresters meeting at Mrs John Welch Spring Street. St Johns Aid sewing meeting at 2:30 Wednesday in K of C rooms with 4 oclock society meeting. First Methodist men invited to social evening at parsonage with Brotherhood. Prof J W Hewitt to recount Plattsburg summer. Thomas Dunn of Goodyear Ruber company visiting Detroit grandmother. Girls Friendly Society of Christ Church to meet for Red Cross work at Hubbard School. Mr and Mrs William Stanton of Ben Haven guest of Stanton sister Mrs Murphy.
A large crowd gathered last evening and this afternoon as General Crowder ordered rapid enrollment. Volunteers are urged to assist from 1 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM. E Kent Hubbard and Charles J Anderson head the list of aides with many others named as needed.
John Kelly state commander of the Knights of the Maccabees notified Middletown Tent that the late record keeper invited all six state officers to attend tonight s meeting. The Middletown committee arranged for entertaining the visiting officers and the session opens promptly at 10 o clock to accommodate travelers. The event aims to boost Liberty Loan drive efforts and attendance.
A brief note records a ceremonial event described amid broader gatherings and frequent meetings. The language conveys a sense of novelty and communal involvement during a period marked by numerous assemblies and public demonstrations. Names and locations are not specified in the fragments available.
Boy Scouts will work during the last week of the Liberty Loan drive as per plan two. Every troop must be registered to earn medals, even if they meet bond quotas. Scouts should not seek credit for bonds sold by others. medals require their own hard work. Consult your Scout leader or the commission for details on conduct of the drive. Raydon Greely, commander.
Middlesex Real Estate Investment Co. sells to John and Ella Colbert a 45 foot frontage lot with improvements on the southerly side of Catherine Street near St. John’s Cemetery. Alice M. Thayer and George Thayer sell to George H. Warmsley and Jah E. Warmsley a parcel on igh Street Farm Hill, comprising whole Lot No. 13 and three fifths of Lot No. 16 from the Joseph By Sears plot.
Police were notified at 11:45 a.m. of an escape involving Nell from C. H. The incomplete item notes a morning escape event and the authorities alerted promptly. The fragment preserves the key details of time, location, and person.
Registrants are invited to volunteer for the Coast Artillery as heavy guns and howitzers are sent to France. The Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound at Fort H. G. Wright in New York provide details on procedure and contact through the adjutant to avoid delays in forming artillery regiments along the Atlantic coast.
The Republican Town Committee schedules caucuses on October 4 and October 11 to nominate delegates for senatorial probate conventions and two representatives. Prominent figures William W Wilcox and C Marsden Bacon are urged for the ticket, with Judge Curtiss S Bacon likely endorsed for probate judge. Cromwell Republicans expect an agreeable senatorial candidate.
The Belgian Relief Committee led by Mrs. William C. Fisher will collect clothing at Philip Stueck’s store, 76 Washington Street, Wednesday to Wednesday from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. Donations can be called for by notifying the chairman at phone 863. The drive supports aid for occupied France and Belgium this winter.
Robin Hood Camp Modern Woodmen of America invites the public to an open meeting on Thursday evening September 26 at Sons of Herman hall Court street. An interesting program is planned with an address by Judge John F Harris of Chicago. All are invited including the ladies.
The Red Cross room at Hubbard school South Farms will reopen on Wednesday September 25 for afternoon and evening work. A good attendance of community ladies is requested. Evening plans will include activities for girls busy during the day.
Tuesday marks the annual meeting of the Middlesex Association of Ministers and Churches in Higganum with sessions starting at 10 a.m. All churches are invited to send delegates. On Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the North church chapel there will be a special remembrance in prayer for the boys in camps and at the front.
A tonic and builder claims to rid persistent coughs and throat or lung troubles. Calcerbs, containing calcium, are said to strengthen illness resistance and be easily absorbed. 50c a box. Available at druggists or from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia makers of Eckman’s Alterative.
The Hartford School of Music says Mrs. Anna Bray Voight, successor to Mr. Benson now in the U S army, will be at the Mt Vernon school Mt Vernon street Middletown Wednesday September 25 from 3 to 5 PM to arrange piano lessons for the coming season. adv. Repair Your Furnace funds 269 Main St ad.
An exceptionally attractive assortment of designs that will make up into dainty nice quilts. Includes a variety of patterns and color ideas to inspire home sewing projects and decorative quilts.
A large shipment of genuine inlaid cork linoleum arrives offering floor covering for kitchen dining room bath room or hall at 1.90 dollars per square yard. This affordable option promises durable easy care and versatile use for multiple rooms.
Floor covering with felt base linoleum is offered as a superior replacement for the vanished floor oil cloth. It is priced at 75 cents per square yard and features the regular linoleum pattern.
Pure White interior enamel by B. P. & Co promises a beautiful enamel finish. Full color line with Gal lona at 4.50 a gallon, half gallons 2.35, quarts 1.20, pints 65c.
Colorful ad lists Boino Paint options for inside and outside use with several colors including Cobra White Steel Grey Buff Brick Tobacco Brown and Dark Green. Galion price 2.35 for a half gallon 1.80 for a quart 1.00 for a pint.
Quick drying hard finish floor paint offered in light brown maroon yellow. Available in quarts at 1.00, half gallons 1.95, and gallons 3.50.
A jet black enamel for stove pipes promises a finish that looks as good as new. It instructs applying like varnish and offers 1 to 2 pint cans at price 35 cents.
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