Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
TIMELY EVENTS PICTURED IN CARTOON BY THE LEADING ARTISTS OF THE COUNTRY / CHICAGO WEWS, * The Régeption Committee Grows [mpatient — = /KANSAS CITY_JO - == R BALTIMOBE_ AMERICAN® = Zoovr - CALIFORNIA=-THIS'LL_FOOL HIM!- H < 3 i & H MUReoA oy a7 Z NEWS FROM ONE HUNDRED LIVE CORRESPONDENTS EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. Who is Going and Coming—Incidents, Accident and Building in Three Counties. New wondon County NIANTIC Fred J. Howard Assisting in Post Office at Beach—Grove News Notes. —_— - Polsky of Boston is oper- traction engine on the Bond hamplin_hill. Stephen Dunstan are camp ground, Willi- was playing in a game last week and was hit in the J. Howard, who has concluded his stud at the Manual Training & in New London, is working in he post office at Crescent Beach which nder the management of D. L. Mrs. William Miller have riford. Chapman has had a number hts installed on the ve- * the Knickerbocker hotel Mrs. J at th nmer Tin and Simpson families ay for their homes in Plain- ord after spendinz the ph W. Lee of New cottage on Broad- week end heir cottage on Center street. Frank Matthews left Wednesday for a visit to his home in Hartford. Mr. Matthews came up from New York about two weeks ago on _the nch Crescent with Capt. F. K. Pat- nd wiil assist on the by again The Crescent makes daily London during the sum- W. B, this season trips to New mer months. r. and Mrs. cottage on Main and departed visit relatives. sent about a Alden closed street Wed- for Burchard, They intend vear. LIBERTY HILL Mrs. H. V. Oehlers and son, Homer, are guests of Mr. Oechler's mother, in New York, for a week. Call Accepted. Rev. Mr. Meade of Dekalb, I, preached last Sun After service a vote was taken which was unanimous to give Mr. Meade a call. He has ac cepted and will be here the middle of August 16 assume charge of the Lib- erty Hill and EXeter church, The Sunday school will have charge of the morning serv next Sunday, children’s day, amme entitled Flower Fred W. Eoomis of Saranac Lake is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lucinda Loomis. The C. E. society is planning an en- tertainment and suppef. A. W. Noves, traveling agent of the Great N. W. raiiroad, was the guest of his mother, Mrs. F. A. No: from Friday until®until Mon- aaY, th nesday Neb., to be to passenger | FITCHVILLE Lewis B. Brand, Jr., was in Bridge- port Sunday where he received the | fourth degree of the Knights of Co- lumbus. Mr, and Mrs. N. D. Sevin of Norwich spent Sunda with the former’'s sis- ter, Mrs. Josephine Allyn. Ir. and Mrs. A. B. Chapman and family were recent callers in Willi- mantic. Mrs. William Kelley and Miss Fran- Kelley were in Colchester Wednes- - attending the Bishop-Heinke wed- ce ding at which Miss Kelley was brides- maid. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Thompson and hter Arline were guests of friends | tford last w Florence McCart returned to New York after spending a week with his father, John N companied to Ne Misg Kathryn McCart ss Helen Murphy who will visit rel- atives, liss Edith Kinkead of Providence visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Fran- cis Kinkead Frederick Kingsley accompanied his son Jason to Boston Thursday, where the iatter will be employes and Mr: hn Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams of Norwich and Mr. and Mrs. George Eastland of New London were recent callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Eastland. Mrs. Thomas Sullivan and children, Jane and Thomas G., have been spend- ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Tim- othy Coughlin. CHESTEREIELD Summer Boarders Already Arriving— Guests at Salem Dance. Mrs. Ellen Dewolfe of Fast Lake's Pond was the guest of her daughter over Sunday. Misg Ethel Foote of Goshen is spend- ing the week with her sister, Mrs. Arthur_Chapman. pcAsa Walden of Salem spent Monday here. Arthur Chapman and Louis Chap- man were business callers in Colches- ter Monday. A party of voung folks from this place attended the dance in Salem Fri- day evening. Miss Ethel Champlin and Miss Emma Johnson of Oxoboxo were call- ers here Sunday. Harold Gunning has been employed as teamster for Louis Chapman. Miss Nora O'Brien of Colchester was the guest of Arthur Chapman Tuesday. John Treadway of Colchester was a caller here Tuesday. Miss Annie Mitchell and mother, Mrs. Charles Mitchell of Saybrook are guests of the latter's mother, Mrs. Richard Clark % A number of summer boarders have arrived at Roey’s hotel, GLASGO Grave of Revolutionary Ancestor Dec- orated—Schools Close with Picnic. school childre | the eighth district, dists Miss Laura Young was at home for the week end, returning to Stratford Sunday afternoon. Revolutionary Soldier. afternoon in in adjoining also Mr. ‘and Mrs. H. Tift took an auto trip to Brooklyn Sunday. Stopping in | Plainfield they laid flowers on the | grave of an ancestor named Sabin whno was a Revolutionary soldier, their daughter Edith being the fourth gen- eration, School Meeting. | At the school meeting Tuesday eve- ning Sterry Kinney was elected com- | | mittee, Henry Yantier clerk and H. | Tift collector. Mrs, J. T. Wilbur was in Williman- first of the week. . John Thompson went to Nor- wich Tuesday to meet his daughters returning from college for their sum- mer vacation: 0ol in Boardman and Eighth dis- closed Friday. The teachers gave a picnic for the children, which | was highly appreciated by them. A Record Egg. Mrs. Albert Green has a Rhode Ts- land Red hen that beats the record in egg laying: the egg measures 3 1-2 inches from end to end, 9 inches in circumference and 7 inches around the middle. Friends of Mrs. Charles Drake were sorry to learn of her having to be taken to the sanatorium. John Lewis were re- I Mr. and Mr cent callers of Mrs. N. A party of young peop! Burdick a May basket The Glasgo mill clos night_for Memorial day Tuesday morning. last week. d Thursday and reopened Flowers Placed on Grave. Mrs. J. T. Wilbur, Mrs. E. Lague of Jewett City and R. A. Wilbur took an auto trip last Friday to Fast Thompson where Mr bur’'s mother is buried; purchasing flowers in Nor- wich with which to decorate the grave, PRESTON Mrs, Fred Harvey and granddaugh- ter Dorothy Harvey, were recent vis- itors at the home of M Harvey's brother, John H. Wilson. Miss Adelaide Burdick of Jewett City spent Sunday here. Mrs, William is visiting her Hall. Mrs. Berfah E. Burdick leaves tod: (Saturday) to visit her parent qnd Mrs. F. A. Holden of New it Children’s day exercises will be held | he Congregational church Sunday. The Ladies’ Ald society of the Con- gregational church will meet with Mrs. Edwin Benjamin Wednesday after- noon, rvin of sister, Mrs, Hamburg Nathan Il | at SALEMN Serious Chimney Fire—Graduating Class Organizes—Two Teachers Re- sign. A serious chimney fire at the home of Herbert Houston on Memorial day was extinguished with the timely aid of neighbors. T. Hunt Sterry of New London is spending some time with his family at_their summer home in town. Mrs. Mary home after spending two weeks at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Falquest in New London. Gilbert J. Murray was a visitor in New London last Friday. Enoch Crandall has refurned after spending a week with relatives in New London. Ernest Spencer spent Saturday in i Norwich. Mrs. Willlam B, Kingsley is spend- ing a few days in Norwich, Seriously Il Mrs. Millle Purdy of Maine is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Murray, called here by illness of Mr Thomas Murray. Miss Eva M. Standish spent the week end holidays at the home of her par- ents in Westchester. the serious Purdy’s mother, Mrs. Messrs. Heald and Brown of New London spent Memorial day at Mr. s cottage in town. and Mrs. Ewn, Rogers and son Gorton, of New London, spent the week end at Hillside, their county home. William Raymond of Norwich spent Meniorial day at the home of his sis- te rs. J. Raymond Douglass, Mrs. James Lane and Miss Josephin Hart passed Memorial d, London. Mrs. William Maynard, Mrs. Malona and Miss Jen Roge: visited Norwich Memorial d. the graves of their mothers Plain cemetery. and At Colchester Exercises. ood Miner and children, nd Master Charles, Mi Clyde Ray, Lawrence Mrs. Ivy Bailey and n attended the Memorial day in Colchester. H. T. Register of Milton spent sev- eral days of the week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bertha R. Williams, John Rogers and Miss Rogers, of Norwich Town, were Sunday guests of Mr, and Mrs. Carl Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Maynard and children, Henr and Evelyn, were Sunday ‘guests of J. Frank ana M Jennie Rogers. Spencer and Theodore exercises Grange Social. A social and dance was given un- der the auspices of the local grange in_ their hall last Friday evening Bimer M. Chadwick 1s spending a few days in town The graduating cl; of the Salem schools met in the Central school Mon- day afternoon for the purpose of or- ganizing. Isidore Eisenstein was ch en moderator and the following offl r w clected: President, Miss Cel Rathbone; secr , Miss Jennie Gro- densky; committee on decorating, Clyde Ray, LeRoy Bailey and Nathan Buchalter; class colors, blue and white; flower, rose; class motto, Strive and Succeed. Two Teachers to Leave. in West | Chadwick has returned | | hool Monday evening. State Supervisor J. A. Young of Colchester Wwas present, Arrangements were com- pleted for exhibition day, June 12. Miss Eva Mae Standish and Miss Josephine Hart will finish their work as teach- ers In the Central and White Birch districts with the present term. They are most efficlent teachers and the school board as well as parents and pupils are reluctant to let them go. The Grange met in their hall on Tuesday evening and initiated Mrs. Thomas Day, Ira Gifford, Earl De Wolf ang Harris Morgan in the first and second degrees. BREWSTER’S NECK Dinner Party at Mrs. George H. Pa- tridge’s—Close of School Year. ‘Willlam day v The Goerivitz was a Memorial tor at E. J. Day’s. Ladies” Aid soclety met with | Mrs. George H. Patridge Wednesday afternoon to arrange for another so- cial Two schooners are discharging lum- ber at the H. F. Dawley dock. Memorial day was observed by dec- orating the graves of civil war sol- diers with a flag and flowers. Clarence Day of Springfleld is visit- ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Day. James Fowler, employed by H. F. Dawley, escaped serious Injuries on Tuesday when a chain gave way on one of the large derricks. Dinner Party. Mrs, George H. Patridge entertain- ed a dinner party of fifteen at her home in the Pines, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perkins spent Sunday with relatives at Noank. Friends of Miss Lena Dawley are glad to learn that she is on the road to recover: Neck school, Mis; cher, closed Frida The Brewster's ELL’S MILLS Miss Marion Blakeslee, who has taught the school the past vear, has been engaged to teach the same school at an increasel salary. s Charles H. Barber made a business trip to Norwich Tuesday. C. Whitman has moved from the Chapman farm to the village. Miss R. Campbell, who died in Prov- idence, R. I, was brought here weel and buried in the family lot in the Kennedy cemeter: GRISWOLD Friends of Bertha Montzomery were pleased to welcome her back to Gris- wold Monda ed ¥dmond returned Tuesday ght from a few days’ visit with his brother in Hartford. Albert S. CGeer of Three Rivers, Mass., was @ visitor with his brother, eer, one day last weelk. m Wheeler of Canterbury was a caller in town Monday. W. Truesdell of New York was at his place in Griswold over Sunda: MOHEGAN Services were held In this church Sunday, both morning and evening. Roger Dolbeare dn Fle has been for several months, Deacon E. A Mrs. Will in East Haddam Miss Trumbull of New London was The town school board met in the in Mohegan the first of the week. Charles “Sargent, who is employed | at the Norwich state hospital, has| moved into the temement of C. H. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McFarland spent Sunday with M Henry Lighter of Poquetanuck. last | is home for a_few | UNCASVILLE Memorial Day Exercises Well Carried Out, Yet Balance Remains—Band Plays on the Lawn. George Gilberts, a student at Trin- ity college, was at the home of his mother over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson enter- tained over Memorial day and the week end Mrs. Jeneva Kaull and Miss Hazel Kaull of Providence, Palmer Bros. mill started up on Monday morning after a shut down from Thursday night. Herbert Clark, after an illness which confineq him to the house, is able to be out. George Hentz of Providence was a week end guest at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Frank Miner. Balance in Bank. A large crowd assembled at Com- stock’s cemetery Memorial day. A com- mittee had coilected from the public nearly ninety dollars, which was used to purchase flags for teams to convey veterans to the cemetery and for mu- sic. As about seventy-two dollars was expended the balance was placed in the bank, Robert C. Burchard being appointed treasurer. This sum will be held for expenses next year. Delegate Reported. Miss Katherine Rogers entertained the members of the Good Cheer Sun- | shine society at her home at Hill Top Thursday afternoon. Miss Laura Woodworth, the delegate to the state convention held recently in New York gave a report of that meeting. The churches are making arrange- ments for observance of Children’s day Sunday. Mrs. Thomas Church entertained the | Woman's Home Missionary soclety at her home Wednesday afternoon. Lounis Peters returned to his home in New Haven after spending the week end with friends in town Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller tained Mrs. Sarah Kenarq tucket, R. I, over Sunday James E. Murphy visited [home in Dover, N. H., over idays. Mrs. George Rathbun and_children were guests of Deacon and Mrs. Ed- win Henry Saturday. Defeated at Colchester. | The AN Stars baseball nine went to | Colchester Memorial day and was de- feated, 14 to 5. A large autotruck conveyed the party to and from Col- chester, all enjoving the trip. Mr. and | Mrs. Roscoe Dart, Mr. and Mrs. Le | Mr. and Mrs. Del.ong were among the party attending the game, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hart are spend- ing a few days with relatives in town. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andett, Armel Andett, with the Misses Moran of Fall River were guests of relatives in Pe- quot, making the trip by automobile. Band Concert. The concert given by Walden’s band on the lawn in front of the band room Wednesday evening was largely at- tended. The sale of ice cream and strawberries was well patronized. Miss Minnie McArdle after a visty with relatives in Fitchbyrg has re- turned home, OAKDALE his hol- at the { | At the day the preached ational church Sun- . Rev. C. L. French, from II. Corinthians 12: 10, last clause. Mr. French conducted the C. . moeting: topic, The Ideal Chris- tlan—His Bible Study—Deut. 6, 1-9. fiss Natalie F. Allen and Miss Ce- celia Hale of Norwich Town were guests over the week end of Mr. and Mrs. . F. Comstock. Walter Auwood and daughter, May, of New London, were recent visitors at the home eof Mr, and Mrs. Paul Glagbrenner. ASHWILLETT Mr. and Mrs A. A. Morgan enter- tained their sons, Willlam, Arthur, John and Otis Sunday. Mrs, Julla A. Crumb and C. F. Hay- ward entertained callers from Jewett City, Westerly and New York Memo~ rial 'day. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar H. Clark wers in Norwich on business Saturdaw Mrs. George Brand and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Brand of Preston City spent Sunday with relatives in Rix- town. Mr. Brand is showing a very pretty litter of young gray foxes that he captured the past week. Mrs. Julia A. Crumb was in Volun- town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Perkins of Camp- bells Mill were callers at K. Clark’s and R. Young’s Monday. Miss Annie Wieseman spent the wesk with friends in Attauwagan. Men are working on the roads in this section that were in very ~peor condition. Charlle Ahlberg who is employed in New York clty visited over Memorial day with his parents here. LEONARD BRIDGE June Box for Miss Kneeland on Birth. day—Sermon by lilinois' Preacher, Mrs. Ida T. Cummings returned Thursday after spending several weeks with her daughter-in-law, Mrs, Bur- neite W. Cummings in South Man- chester. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Watrous of ‘Willimantic spent Saturday with the former’s brother, George D. Watrous. Miss Lavinia Kneeland was at Chest- nut Hill Saturday. Mrs. Clinton Porter of Hebron spent ‘Monday afternoon and Tuesday with her mother, Mrs. Elisabeth Strong. Rev. Mr. Mead of ThMnols prefched at the Exeter church Sunday afternmoon as a candidate. Miss Mary Clifford of Willtmantic is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs., John Clifford. Miss Nellle Clifford, a timekeeper at No. 4 mill, Willimantic, spent Me- morial day and the week end with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Clifford Mrs. Ernest Bland, and son, of Sey mour, are vieiting M Bland's fath- er, Clarke Sullard Mrs. Ida E. Cummings went to Bridgeport Friday to visit her daugh ter, Mrs. L. H. Corbit. Mrs. J. Zatorensky of New York Iz visiting her daughter, Mrs. Louis Him- melstein. Louis Himmelsteln was in Norwich Tuesday. Eleven young people hung Miss La- vinia Kneeland a Jume box June 4th, in honor of her birthday.