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THE EVENING SENTINEL—SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31 1926. .
OI’Wa
k and Vicinity. During 1 926
JANUARY
“January 1. Ambrose Edwards. of
op London. fiugman for tho New
~ alien railr ad. is stricken ill while
milling at the rear of "The Ever-
laden." a special train. while in the
nth Norwulk station this morning.
it as he falls dying’ between the
licks at the rear of "the train. he
:laces explosive warnings on the
oils, his last thought being for the
safety of passengers on his train and
. those that might be following it.
January 3. The new Everyman's
Bible Class opens with a large at-
tendance at the Regent theatre this
morning.
January 4. Max Levy. for 26
ears one of the best known shoe
orchants in the county dies.
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Dr. William J. Tracey.
. veteran member of the board of
rducation goes on record as opposed
" 3' dances in' the high
January ti. George 11. Bottles
“coeds Edward J. Quinlan as pres-
dent of the Norwalk Kiwanis club.
January 7 Mayor Thomas Ilob.
refuses to approve of blundey
ketbail in the armory.
nuary 8. Norwalk is in the
st of its first real snow storm of
. e seasOn. Miss LauraM. Com-
‘ k, weather observer for this diu—
ct, reports at noon that three in-
es of snow have fallen.
Sleigh balls are
The snowfall of Saturday
pts several old-timers.
nuary 11.Waiicr Beers. 24.
d George Cockefur. 16 both of
“ city are being held without
s in connection with the strip-
g of 300 feet of hire i am the
‘ at system of the Danbur branch
he railroad. putting five Nowell;
iug signal systems out of com-
ion. '
lluttry 12. Work on the audit of
, Tait Collector's books will be
‘ rted in the near future it is an-
nced at this evening's meeting of
Common Council.
uary 14. Carl Axel Harstrom.
tepublican mayor of consoli-
Norwalk and head Miller-
B school dies.
"uary 15. An unusual perigee
gods the banks of the harbor
e various local inlets along the
‘hnuury 19. “Not-walk .will soon
oration Counsel John J. Cun-
his morning. Judge Frederick
ford, of the Common Elm
flirt ordered all slot machines out
.
3‘ uary 20. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
“right who sloped following the
-McLachlan wedding in thls
last Thursday are honeymoon-
in Havana. Cuba. it is announc-
‘oday. ,'
January 21. Samuel Grosnstein
. Kriegor and Company in an
ess to the Norwdfk Kiwanis
this noon declares that church
state must be kept entirely apart
clerical. and that not even bible
ing should be pert...tted in, lilib.
choels.
uary 22. Blahurd II. Golden.
dent of the South Not-walk
company and Andrew J. Col.
wner of the Palace and Be-
oon when their text pearly
: off the Seavisw avenue bridae
he Benedict Farms section.
anuary 26. Trinity Episcopal
r‘ch’s 66m birthday.
urinary 28. , A fire in the
or Leipsiz Fur company factory.
ot place. East Norwolk this eye.
threatens for a time to wipe
that entire section of t a city.
blaze. thought to be of dosage
origin. is the sixth in that toe-v
in the, out six months.
FEBRUARY
rid of its slot machines." lays
Nerwalk within; two or three-
bruary 1. Colonel Albert G.
1:, Civil War veteran. prominent
. A. B. circles throughout Conn-
cut and New York, dles.
bruery 2. Dr. William J. Tracey
, one the advisability of caution.
e mid-year graduation in the
walk high school.
lower; 2. Local and Federal one
ittes seize a quantity of cocaine
1‘ breaking into a. flat at 41 M-
d sheet and arrest Joule- and
tie Jones on scheme of viollt-
the Harrison Narcotic not
i ebruary 3. The worst snow storm
1' -ree years hits Norwalk and the
is snowbound with business and
battalion, at a standstill.
. ‘ ruary 5. Henry a. Lockwood.
fetter of the Lockwood Manufac-
company dies.
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rum-y 8. Joshua Smith. pull.
of 21 Day street dies following
king bout in Stamford.
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binary" .. Mrs Harriet Taylor.
Who lived alone at I Quinton
us, missed by her neighbors for
1 days to found death: the
try of her home at 2 o'clock this
rnoon by John Newman.
bruary ll. Attorney Jesus '1'-
I' gives e. .vjvld 9mm mi
sol: Abraham Lincoln at the
of tho Kiwanis club, ‘
at the 39th annual Lincoln Day pan-
euet of the Norwslk Cothollo club.
February 13; Policeman Milton 1.
Lockwood, dies.
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February 16. Fire of unknown or-
igin breaks out on the second floor
of Irving’s store in the Leon Golden
building. Washington street at 1:50
o‘clock this morning.
February 12. Bush White Ad-
ums creates a furore at the
meeting of the Norwclk Chapter
D. A. It. when he denounce: the hat-
uralization process. ridicules the
“sob sister" social worker and speaks
bitterly against the alien in general.
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February 20.—Bctter facilities for
the outlying districts of Not-walk to
be brought about by changes in the
charter. is one of aims of John F.
McMahon. member of the charter
revision committee, appointed by
the Mayor.
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February 21. The son and daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Robin-
Inn. 5 Wondwardravenue arc wede
within a halfehour of each other this
afternoon. Miss Minnie Tariov mar-
ries Emanuel 'l‘nrlou and Frank
Robinson! on as his bride Miss
Minnie Tress or of Stamford.
February 22. The sixth taxing dist
trict is legal and can function as a
district. according to the opinion
handed down by the Supreme Court
of Errors in New Haven.
February 24. That the City of Nor-
walk is in need of complete conooli~
, dation seems to be the concensus of
opinion of the charter revision com-
mittee at its first meeting held in
the Council Chambers.
February 25. Mrs. Lillian Stee‘ry
Abbott of Norwalk elected Demo-
cratic National Committeewomau at
the meeting of the Democratic state
central committee in Hartford.
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F‘ebvuary 27. The first caricud of
hard coal to arrive in Nouwalk for
several months. arrives at the Nor-
' walk Coal and Supply company.
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February 28. State police arrest 43
negroes and one white man in a raid
on the Silent Four Social‘Club. at
midnight.
March 22.—-—1“rodcrick 1!. Bowen
elected president. of the City Nation-
ul bank to succeed the late Henry
S. Lockwood.
March 24.—-—Alfred J. C. Bacillus,
Rowaytou. arrested in Dorian early
this morning charged with passing
fraudulent checks.
March 25.—-—'i‘ho Ku Klux Klan
make a. donation of two to the
building fund of the Knight Street
A. M. E. church. '
March 26.——-Andrew J. Bowman.
75 years old of Rowayton dies in the
Norwalk hospital this evening site!
being struck by an automobile driv.
on by Henry Wllk of Stamford
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March lit—«Denny e. Hull. elm
nect- real estate and insurance lllllll.
dies.
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March ‘JSr—lioruer M. Bytngton.
United States Consul General at
Naples. may, is the guest at priestl-
monlal dinner given by 50 prominent
local Italians at the Hotel Mehuck»
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March 28.——A beautiful memorial
chancel window is dedicated in
Trinity church. this morning in
memory of llobert B. lluroluy. The
window was given by his widow.
Mrs. Mary A. Barclay.
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March lid—Clara Jones. pride of
the Black Belt,con_fe"sii"ed this after—
noon to the murder of Fred Thonlpt
sou. lllidgeport negro. Sunday morn.
ing.
hieroh' lib-«Alfred J. C. Beckius
was sentenced to serve seven months
in the Bridgeport jail, by Judge
Freeman Light ill the oily court. this
morning. ‘
APRIL
J. Mrs. Bertha lieu and
her sister Mrs; Gunda Cul‘l‘utheri.
New Canaan avenue are injured
this afternoon when a lame Mercer
sedan driven by James Hulnphrleo. e.
drug addict. patient at unwound-
sauitarium Westport. crashed into
the rear end of a car. in which the
two ladies were sitting and which
was parked in Winfield ptrest.
April“
April‘s. The Bridge Commission
can start a. new dump in Movie“!
MARCH
March 1. Manuel '1‘. Hatch, vice
president and general manager of
the Hatch and Bailey Lumber com.
pany dies. '
March 2. Quite unexpectedly the
Norwalk board of education this
evening removes the limitation of
the number of high school dances
permitted during the school year.
March 3. John Oidenochla‘ger,
veteran cigar manufacturer, dies.
March 4. Great excitement sweeps
through Norwelk society and club
olrclco'when it becomes known that
state police have found and removed
whiskey valued at $7, 600 wholesale,
which had been stored in the Nor-
walk Country club boathouse.
March 6. Dr. Bryan D. Sheedy,
prominent New York physician.
medicine manufacturer and a native
of Norwaik dies. ..
March 8. The auditors who have
been working on~ the city's books
for the past several weeks are ex-
pected to make their first report at
the meeting- of the Common Council
tomorrow evening.
March 9. Detective Sergeant John
L. Roberts turns in his resignation
today and, according to present
plans. will be reappointed as a reg-
ular patrolman.
March 10. In a statement issued
, this morning street Commissioner
Joseph Demon demands a show-
down as to his powers as head of
the department, and the powers of
Councilman Stanley Tallmadge, the
street committeemon. ,
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Merci: 10 Commission. govern-
ment as a cure for Norwelk’s munici-
not this we: utensil: urged upon the
charter revision committee by Judze
John H Light at the public hear-
ing in the council chamber of the
city hall. last evening. .
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March 12. An overheated chim-
ney is thought to have caused the
“0, 000 fire which broke out at 7: 30
o 'clock this morning. destroying the
beautlful home on the saugatuek
chore road which E. E. Lewis. and,
recently purchased from J. J. Aache.
March 14. Eight- porlons injured
in automobile accidents near Nor.
walk last night and today. two of
them seriously.
March, is: The Rowaytou Green.
houses. with e. display in chem of
Superintendent Charles Joeger, take
all alhonors at the Opening session of
the Flower Illuw in New York to.-
day.
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March 18. William L. Home, 19-
year-old High School student. dice.
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March Meant. Francis I. But.
sell. lint mayor of the consolidated
city of Non-walk. family physician
and one of the bestnllked residents of
the city dies.
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Marsh now—Charles H. Dllworth.
re-nomed president of the Norwoik
club.
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March tie-who new William
Bherwood Pennington Memorial
Walnmt dedicated with impressive
ceremonies in Trinity church. this
morning
was
limit 21.-"yroblbltlou he! had
ill trlol and has been convicted,"
cried be. more mnemonic. a»
mung; fnmus superintendent of
arch persons sect air of.
e mucous church mm ll: ,W
on of Grace sh, this a reform
mor‘provtdinrt‘hcy-dump only
clean soil and factory ashes there ac»
cording to a. decision handed down
.by Judge John W. Banks of the flu.
perlor court in the local council
chambers thls morning.
April 4. Despite the cold and
breezy Easter given by the weather-
man. the usual gay display of new
spring attire appeared on the streets
of Norwaik yesterday. The churches
were filled at all services.
April ti. A special committee was
appointed at the meeting of the
board of Education to confer with
local ciergymen in regard to roll-
gious education. ,
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April 6. The fact that the board
of estimate and taxation has no con-
trol over the school budget caused
considerable discussion at the meet-
ing of the charter revision commit-
tee. .
April ii. Police were called to a
meeting of the official board of the
Mt. Zion Baptist church this eve-
ning. The trouble de’velopa that
Re.. Henry Cooper a farmer pastor
desires to return here as pastor.
Part of the congregation wants him
and rest wish to retain. Rev. B. B.
. Harris. the present pester.
April 10. Irving Byelea. proprietor
of the store in the Golden building.
which was gutted by fire February
16 is bound over to the May term of
the April Superior court by Judge
Freeman Light in city court this
morning. Byeias was arrested fol-
lowing investigation into the causes
of the fire and the previous removal
of stock. .
April 11. Rev. Chauncey B. Brew-
ster. I). D. Bishop of Connecticut vi-
sited Grace, Trinity and Christ
church today and confirmed 34 per-
sons.
April 12. At their meeting this '
afternoon members of the Better
Films association decided that un-
less the management of the l’eiace
theatre lets the association assist in
running children’ s matinees, they
will have the managers of the thea-
tres arrested for allowing minors un-
escorted in the theatre.
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April ‘13. Rev. Andrew F. Chen»
berloln accepts a call to the Dutch
ate of the Hamden Plain! Methodllt
church. New Haven. Ho bu been
pastor of the South, Harwell; Moths»
dist church for the past three years.
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April 14. There were 1.200 persons
at the First annual Grand Ball for
the benefit of the Norwallt Fireman’s
Relief Fund at the Armory thin
Levening.
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April 16. A highway man sticks a
gun into the face of Hugo Kuhn. sue
perintendent of the doubts Mole
Works. at 2:10 this afternoon and
got away with $7.800. the Pilot's
payroll for the week.
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April 17. Three deacon: of the
Mt. Zion Bartlet church are dilatio-
nod for neglect of duty according to
a written statement issued today by
Rev. it. 3. Harris. poster and M. H.
Gently. church clerk. .
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April 18.’1‘wo cutters of the
United states Coast Guard aromas
lo the local harbor and caused the
fantastic report to be circulated that
a large two-inested ”schooner loaded
with llouor has been selspd lust
outside the local harbor.
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April :0. Governor John H. Trum-
bull. Mt!- Trutnbull' and the govern.
more staff heard ”Marthe.” the
,1 13 spring concert of the People's chow
unmet tincture than I: but
reception following. at the Royal
James. .
April 2. A resolution. ‘whlch
Judge Nehemiah Candce presented
to the charter revision committee
meeting this, evening. provides for a
reel consolidation of the city.
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April 23. After a long search. the
will of the late Josephine Crew of
Crew avenue, Rowuyton is found.
No details have all yet been made
public. Mrs. Crew was one of the
oldest and most prominent residents
of Itowayton.
April 24. Andrew Bondy. z: llnvr-
lend street. popular young man is
instantly killed when an automobile
in which he was riding skids into a
telegraph role in Newton.
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April 25. Charles 0. Helg, 8 Cres-
cent terrace, is in the Norwalk hos.
pltol suffering from serious lnlllrica
us a result of on auto accident on
Mill Hill this morning.
April 27. Proposed religious train-
ing in the Norwnlk schools is vehe.
mently opposed by Judge John 1!.
flight and Judge Nehemiah Can-
deo at a public meeting.
April 28. Frederick J. Moran euc-
ceads Churis’o E. Hoyt no president
of the Nprwelk Board of Trade.
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April 20.11 téfnporerv i tlnction
signed by Judge Samuel Y ung of
Stamford late this afternoon has
sloppod‘lhe City of Norwalk from
enforcing the “no parking" sections
of its new traffic ordinance.
MAY |
May 1. William W. Lester, for-
mer treasurer of the tlrofut and
Knappllat company, (lies in liar-
hour hospital. Ncw York. this morn.
ing.
May 1 Mrs. Eva Thelen. former
Rowayton resident is shot the times
and killed in Port Chester.
May 8. Work will be started this
week for the new $250,000 theatre
for Harry Goodwin to be located in
West Washington street. .
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May 4. Milton Elwood, shoe
merchant, 122 Washington street. is
raised to the rank of E. 0. General-
ieelmo at the Knights Templar con-
cleve in Bridgeport today.
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May Is. The brilliant rays of the
sun brought to a focus by a window,
. ignitcdthe hay in the born of John
A. Hamilton. 291 Flax Hill Road.
early this afternoon. causing dam-
age estimated at about 88,000. The
firemen were greatly hampered
when thousands of bees smoked out
of their hives by the tire took venge-
ance on them.
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May 5. ‘Mrs, Albert C. Hall died
in the Tuxedo hospital. ’i‘uxedo. N
Y.. following injuries received Sun-
day in an automobile accident.
May 7. The Mary A. Redford
Home for Nurses. the new unit of
the Norwalk hospital for which Nor-
walkers subscribed 885.0011 formal-
ly opened.
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May 8. Joseph Josem robbed of
$40 at point of a. gun by two mask-
‘ed men in his grocery store in Flux
Hill Road at Elm Grove street.
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May 9. The annual state con.
vention of the Knights of Columbus
opens in St. Joseph's Hall here with
1.100 members witnessing the initia-
tion of 50 candidates.
‘ May 10. More than 1,000 persons
attend the annual charity bail spon-
sored by the Knights of Columbus
in the Armory this evening.
May it. The board of education
votes a budget of "18.767.07 rep-
resenting abet increase of $51,426
over the expenditures of 1925-26.
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May“. After remaking eight
homes in South Not-walk early this
morning a. pair of New York bur-
glars“ overoome a. Stamford traffic
officer. handcuff him to a telephone
pole, and make their getaway. with-
p‘ttlt leaving any trace of their iden-
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May 14.
who last week captured first honors
in the state finals in a country-
wide oratorical contest. wins second
place in the semlrflnals held in
Louisville. Kentucky.
May 17. The Norwalk Republi-
can Women's Association decides at
its meeting in the Royal..James Inn
to ask the city council for a, police-v
women, at a salary not to exceed
Shoot}.
May 13. Philip Wohle, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Wehle. 4 MapleN
street. is notified of his appointment
as a cadet at West Point.
May 19. Joseph W. Rooney. for-
mer saloon keeper. dies suddenly
from the effects of a heart attack at
his home. 117 Washington street.
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Mei’ 20. Bonlolnln Goldsmith and
Louis scheelferg, New York. arrested
in Albany for frsudulent sale of
”lo. 000 of stock of the- insolvent
. Dreyor Hat Compani-
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May 22. Funeral services held“
for Joseph Anxious. fl-yeer-old mo-
rino. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Angion‘g of this city. who died last
Wednesday at Boris Island, 8.- (3..
from a gun shot wound.
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May It. 'Williom‘ A.
named to succeed Carlton e. Gould
a. manager of the local exchange
of the Southern New England Tole.
phone company.
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May as Jane- J Desmond. who
redraw as superintendent of the
straw hat department of the ore.
fut ulna Knob; listwomrntil'
open e own my but tools in
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Miss Eleanor Kieine;'
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J ordail ,
May 25. The necessity of bus
service between Norwulk and Barton
is stressed at a meeting of the board
of trade.
May 1'8. Dr. I. Iloseulhul and
llurvy Mayor of the Rubber com»
puny purchase the large business
block at 47 West avenue from Wilo
llniu Nichols and Adolph Sherman
of lllrldgoport for $20,000.
Maid”. Reginald Cash, a direc-
tor of J. ‘& .1. Cash, 1110.. who has
been visiting the local factory. sailed
this morning for his home in Co-
ventry, England,
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May 81.. Howard Boon. eight-
year'voltl son of M . and Mrs. How-
ard been, 203 osiport avenue,
crosses the post read in front of
a car driven by Max Duhin. Provi-
dence. is struck and dies at the Nor-
wulk hospital.
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JUNE
Juno 1:. The Century Underwear
company closed down within an
houl'uud it hull after it opened this
morning’ because Mrs. Hattie Au-
drews. an expert examiner in the
shop, dropped dead of upopiexy as
she stood at the coupler waiting to
receive her work for tile day. The
resulting excitement alllcng the
girls luutle further work for the day
impossible.
Juno ii. Mayor Thomas l'l'obius rc-
luued to sign the ordinance placing
the playgrounds of the city under
supervision of the board of chari-
tics.
Julie 4. Speaking at the luncheon
of tho ll‘uirfield County Republican
Women's Association at the Dorian
houso Philip Jcssup. authority on
international law, urged the women
to staunchly support the World
Court.
June 5. General Russell Frost 01'
this city is elected governor of the
Connecticut State Society, lions of
Colonial Ware. at the annual meet-
ing in daybreak.
Juno 6. Morris Bate of this city
married to Miss Rose Wagner, pro-
minent Bridgeport girl. in the
Pyramid Mosque, Bridgeport.
June 7, Fire, believed to have
originated in the wiring system of
the building. swept the Alamo Speo
ciaity Shop at 17 With street early
this evening. '
June 8. Edward '1‘. Bedford of.
fern an annual gift of 810.000 to—
wards tho upkeep of the Mary A.
Redford Home for Nurses and a
like sum for the Norwalk General
hospital.
,June 9. Antonio George and
Manuel Fernandez. rooming at 21
, Concord street. were killed late yes»
terday afternoon on the Boston Post
road near the Woo Burn golf links
in Dar-ion when the motorcycle and
oidecnr in which they were riding
hurtled into a. telegraph pole and
upset in a ditch.
'June 10. Harry Lentils, Charles
T. Smith and Arthur G. Kelly nar-
rowly escaped drowning today when
the boat in which. they are fishing
six miles out in the sound is swamp-
ed by heavy seas.
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June 12. Funeral services held
today for Anna Polaer. 13 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Palmer, 12 Franklin street. who died
Wednesday in the Norwalk hospital
after a brave fight for life. Miss
Poizer was paralyzed from the waist
down following a fallen May 4.
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June 12. The fashionable wed.
- ding of Miss Lillian Twombley.
formerly of Norwalk, and Howard
B. Abel of Brooklyn takes place in
St. James church, Danbury. Many
Norwalkers attend.
' June 15. Edward Meyers. River-
side avenuo, Westport. narrowly
escaped electrocution this noon in
Rowsytcn when he struck a high
tension wire ed a pole. carrying 4.-
600 volts through his body.
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_ June 15. Sorro lug friends and
relatives fill St. Joseph's church this
moraine“ for the funeral of Timothy
J. Muller. popular young bank
clerk, son of Mr. and Mrs. '1‘. J.
Matter; Golden Hill street. who died
Saturday after a long illness.
June 16. Norwalk Lodge No. 700
B. P. O. 1:}. celebrates its 25th an-
nlveraary.
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June 17 Clifford A. Bette, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. ‘Bettl. 55
Newtewn. venue. il a passenger on
the Cincinnati Limited. bound for
New York, when it crashes into the
Washington express early this morn-
lug.
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June 19.—Fnenk Harding and .
Ernest Axon of this city, both fore-
men of the Crofut and Knapp Hat
company, seriously injured when
the automobile in which they are
riding leaves the pavement in New
Milford and rolls down an embank-
merit, ‘
Juno 19.~A class of 48 students
"graduated yesterday from It.
Mar-yin parochial school.
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June 23.-—Dr. Samuel 1!. Hunting.
ion. for 36 years medical examiner
for Normlk disc. A
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June 28.--A class of 96 students
is [redacted this evening from Nor-
“well: filth school.
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.Jnno ,25.--The body of Winfield
‘ Scott. to. 10 Webster street is taken
fromvtbe Nomaik rivar at Wilton
avenue shortly before 9 o'clock thin
events after both: found by Wil-
Hum Modem floating in a deep pool
but below the dam
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"‘ Denmark. N. J-.
Jacobs. minister of the South Nor-
wullt Congregational church t'or the
pawl eight and a hull“ years. an-
uounccs his resignation from the
church. He has accepted n. roll to
the Il‘li‘ut ti‘ongremrtiouul church of
Huntington, w. \‘u.
June flit—«William Finch. ‘Jl years
old, of Westport. suffers the loss of
his left leg as the result of a crush
between a motorcycle operated by
him and an untomnlvilc operated by
Mrs. Atlll. Sheldon. ii llcynmuv street,
ln' West avenue. early this evening.
June nth—1.. Waiter i..tssberger.
capitalist and 01110141] of the Key-
stone Rubber company announces
today that a chemical laboratory
for research work will be built, on
the grounds of his estate in (.‘run-
bury.
JULY
July 1.———Garulent uni-kerb in
Norwulk responded to theuull of
the International Latlivs‘ Uni-input
Workcru' union and went on strike
shortly before noon today.
July 2.——-i.ouis and Tony Mola
found guilty of breach of the, pm’lt‘t:
and resisting an unit-er this after-
uoon by Judge Freeman 11. Light in
the downtown city court.
July i.-——;\ fire that destroyed the
rider will of Stephen Reynolds on
the Post road early this morninp,r nt-
tructetl a crowd of several hundred
people. The loss wps $5,000.
July {1."'JUS(‘.D‘| .i. I..iilx\\‘f‘iit‘l‘, at?-
ilve for' many years in the it-lzitl, po-
litical and fraternal orders «lies.
\July 9.-—~’i‘hc historical pageant
and outdoor bazaar given under the
auspices of the Noruulk Republican
Women‘s ussooiation uppnn this aft.
«moon on Sunset Hill East avenue.
In the melting tiu.r:t is u. historiml
pageant under the direction of Mrs.
George Scott llubbcll and Lclloy 1).
Downs.
July lO.———John lt‘. Burrows and
Charles 11. Nason of this city dis-
tinguished themselves in relief work
following the destruction of the
navel ammunition depot at Lake
today.
July 12 .——1tliss Anna 'Jcrnudt-itt
l’helun, daughter of bits. l'atlitk
i’helan of Blidgeport. and Dr. Wilt
liam W. Tracey. son of Dr. and Mrs.
W. J. Tracey of this city are mar-
riod.
July 14. w'l‘lle first annual outing
of the Toreador club, members sail-
ing to Oyster Bay on the Ellen J.
July 17. —-llichard 11. Golden.
president of the South Norwalk
Trust company and of the Taylor
and Golden company. celebrates his
76th birthday with the advice, "In-
crease the pace when you pass 50.
if you want to keep in trim; don't
decrease it."
July 18. ——'1‘he home of W. J. Saa-
bye. 61 Quintard avenue narrowly
misses destruction when struck by
lishtniug during a thunderstorm to-
day. Miss Ethel Baabyo and her
aunt, Miss Annie Brown. cutter
frgm shock.
July 21. Mr. and Mrs. Montague
Gogol. New york today lent the
beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Bray in Sasqua Hills.
July 21. All beet records in Nor-
walk for the past 25 years broken.
According to Miss Laura Comstock,
the temperature was Just 100 degrees
at 4 o'clock. Many factories close
because of the heat.
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Juli? M. covered with a. heavy coat
of tap and radiant with good health
and cheer. Norwaik's Combat Train
and Second Battery return home af-
ter their two weeks' of military life
at Camp Tobyhanna Pa.
July 26. Willie Noble. 3 years,
Dorlon’s Point, is alive today due to
the courage of Miss Mina Pugh and
Miss Ruth Uhle of‘ Marvin Beach.
who pull him out of eight feet of
water off Dorlon's Point.
July 28. Mrs. Annie Anthony,
known to hundreds as "Old Ann"
passes away early this morning.
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July 29. The fast diminishing
ranks of Civil War veterans lose
two more members today when
George, '1‘. Rose. 7 Delaware avenue
and Charles N. Silver, 200 Gregory
boulevard pass to their rest.
AUGUST
August 2. Coroner John J. Phelau
announces appointment of Dr. Wii.
lieu: W. Tracey as medical examin-
e;- for Norwalk to succeed the late
Dr. Samuel H. Huntington.
August 6. Deputy Fire Chief Wil-
ii'am J. Powell elected official dele-
gate of the first district fire com-
panies. to the Connecticut State Fire.
men's association convention.
August 0. "Ali ‘Norwalk is today
talking of the wonderful feat Miss
Gertrude Edorio accomplished in
swimming the Englic...“ Channel.
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August 8~ Robert Fluherty. three
year old ten or Mr. and Mrs. no.
word Flaherty. 5 Geidsteln place
slrangles to death this morning
when a small flint pebble which
stuck ‘to a. piece of toast he had
dropped to the Kround, became lodg-
ed in his throat.
\August a. Genuaro Clemenll. so a
laborer of 5 Kossuth street. is shot
and killed by Antonio Padula :1 of
Davis place.
August 11.. Lightning strikes the.
heitry of at. Ladislsue' Hungarian
, Catholic church during the thunder
storm this anal-hp n.
August 12. A lrouk blast of lightn-
ing strikes it true on the farm of J.
\l’uilucu Marvin in Pine Hill uvcuuo
this afternoon and tin-n jumps to an
immense old burn close by, starting
a tire that rugetl for four hours.
August iii. Over new people ga-
ther ut Cult i’usturc today to witness
the Water meet Htugt-tl by the Gulf
l'ztsture llt‘c guards and sponsored by
the Evening Sentinel.
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August iii. Antonio l’utlulu. tiling.
td lliur‘tieicr of (it nuul'loi lmnentiui-
rested in identical by liotecllve Set-
gaunt Mai-tin Longyel this morning.
August 10. Double nodding in St. ’
Mary“ 5 cllutt'h at in o'e-imk. Miss
Elizabeth Mahmu- -y became the bride
or John il. Motion-lo and Mary Alice
Mulroney is wed to Charles A. (lull-
nor. The brides are consuls.
August 17. The people of Norwalk
have in the past ten years more than
doubled their bank (it-posits.
August 19. Frank (Tarts. aged 27
of Middleton“ who fractured his
spinal opium in a dive at Gulf i'us-
lure bench, August 3. tiles.
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Annual 21. Miss .‘iilllt'i A. Mil-
ler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Miller. 2‘.) Elmwood avenue,
and Leifoy D. Dmvns married at
the home of the bride.
August 21. Antonio I’utluiit
ohm-god with the murder of (tenure
Clement]. August 8, on .l.t~xim;ton
avenue, and Joseph Fratino and Pat—
sy I‘miuln ullt-ged illi‘t‘SRtlllt‘S after
til.- fmf. .ilc hound me; to the stl~
llt‘llOl t.‘()llli.
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August 1... Perry Dunn. 15 Stuart
avenue and Althur Sterling, employ-
ed in the second taxing district
commission's oiiieo arrested this
morning {or di'flilll‘iliioil of funds 01'
the department.
August ‘31:. Three hundred Nor-
walk business tut-n assembled at Ro~
ton Point. yesterday for the first an-
nual Norwaik Men's outing.
August 27. All serene tonight in
”10 city's live wards when I'lcpub.
licnn adherents gather to elect
members of the town committee and
delegates to the party convention.
with the exception of the third
ward, \Vht’ii‘n after some excitement.
thelngham-Keeue faction trim the
lioward-llcgrman ticket.
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August 27. Mrs. Lee Seiden Par—
tridge Harsirom,‘widow of the late
Curl Axel Ilarstrom, dies.
:August 30. -—Miss Elsie Williams.
popular South Norwalk young wo-
man and a talented eliiuteur actress,
dies.
SEPTEMBER
' September. 1. The Norwnlk
Lions' baseball sharks beat the
Bridgeport Lions by the score of 11-
2 at Seaside Park.
September a. Miss Mildred Hor-
ner, Who has been confined to the
Norwaik hospital for five months
and shelf with a broken leg. is able
go return to her home. .
September 3. Giacomo Bertino,
33, of 20 Wood street, died in the
Norwalk hospital at 10 o'clock this
evening, his body riddled with buiw
lets alleged to how; some from his
own gun in the hands of Rocco Bir—
giovanni.
September 4. Mr. and Mrs. Jere-
miah Little celebrate their ilst
wedding anniversary and Mr. Little
his 70th birthday.
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September 5. Burglarg break into
the Ely avenue store of the Modern
Grocery company and carry off the,
safe containing about $500. ’
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September 10. Captain and Mrs.
Gurrctt Corsou. 9 Crescent Terrace.
arc in New York to gleet their
niece. Mrs. Clemington Cotson,
channel swimmer, returning from
abroad. J. Walter Llssberger. New-
town avenue, Mrs. Corson'a finan-
cial backer. is also in the city.
September 11. Frederick Fuhr-
lnann, 68-year-old resident of Per-
ry avenue. was found at 8 o'clock
hanging from the lower branches
of anlspplerrtree in the back yard
of his home.‘ -
September 11. Thousands of vis-
itors are in this city for the second
annual Grotto outing sponsored by
Monker Grotto. .
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September 15. Herbert R. Smith,
town clerk of Norwalk for nearly
35 years, dies. 1
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September 15. Gibson Jennings.
71, of Wilton. and Walter Norman.
39, of Broad street, receive fatal
injuries when the car they are rid-
ing in crashes into a. trolley at Nash’s
corner.
September 17. Captain Joseph w.
Lockbart tenders his resignation as
commanding oilloer of the Second
Battalion Combat Train, 1". A. C. N.
G. and onlcer in charge of the Nor»
walk armory.
September 2.1 Nearly 100 mem-
bers of the Connecticut Spciety of
Engineers who met here today at
the Royal James Inn make an in.
spootion of the Nash Engineering
company plant.
September 2:. James H. O'Hara,
(\lv‘ell known South Norwaik resident
es.
September 23. Paul J. Bartok. 67.
Bil Lexington avenue, is instantly
killed when struck by the Boston
Limited near the Raymond street
trestle in Darlen.
Septeuier 25. Miss Helen Stacey
blacharen, Marvin Beach and Ger,
aid Taylor, 33 ll‘airfield avenue ore
September 27. John 11. Millw, Hu.
pubiicuu town chairman I‘tltttilvon mt.
unanimous vote of the rum scum ..
iul diuli'ict llepubileuu iii'lt‘lfiilvh 2..
candidate for state somttor.
September till. ll‘lllltll'lli Ht'i'vitv‘
are held in Christ church. (2r...
Wil'il for Charles 0. Lyon who do.
Sui urdny.‘
September 20. Clayton I“.
cry is elccted'icwn Clerk by
council at a special meeting
evening, to fill the unexpired
ot‘ the late Herbert it. Smith.
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ici‘ii.
OCTOBER
October 1.-Afli3|‘ tumbling down
an clnbt‘tukmeut ut the Mtllit‘r Glow
Mills and rolling into the ashes of ..
dump tire, and escaping unburntxi
Stanley Cituk. four years old, dit‘
from suffocation, an hour later.
(‘nyioher 4:~—Edwurd J. Splint in ii
Miss iieien A. iiynan are married iii
St. Joseph's church.
October 5.~~1n honor of his 82H.
birthday and in appreciation in
llf'ui’ly int) years of faithful Hel'liw
to the. Nuru'ulk Methodist church.
ll. Warren Fitch. 28 West uvonuu
is tendered it testimonial banquet in.
the oillciui board of the church at.
Shadow Lawn Inn.
October Sr-vl'tlllt'EIllilll tilluu'lt n
ilnuton in chasing a. youthful dis.
iurbur plunges ten feet over the
riwr bank at the foot of Clark
street.
(it'luht'l‘ 9:4: on s t it i) I e Jam: :4
\\‘ithuil it is announced will tender
his resignation from that office einl
will leave for Milwaukee where he
will have a new position it is I'v—
put-ted; Withull was questioned lam
evening by slain police. concermw
several recent ilpl'lrolletlsiolw he had
made. >
October 12.-~—Nor\va1k oystermwi
today start about their business ll:
l‘t‘ul earnest for long delayed pm
mils have arrived.
October 12.»Columlms Day 1.
celebrated with a street parade, and
beauty contest. in Elks' hull.
October li.—~Johu Cavunagh hits
a strong blow for the Y. M. if. A.
campaign today when at the Ki-
wanis club he [pledges his summer
to the $400,000 drive in a. stirring
ilddreSs.
October 15.—-—George L. Woe:
ward, local bauket, elected \iu
plcsidunt of the Savings division m
the American Bankcls association,
at the convention hold in Les A1:-
geles, returns from the coast.
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October 16.-—~'1‘0\vn Clerk Cialti a
Gregory and the selectlnen main: A
total of 481 new voters in the three
sessions held in the first and second
districts, 18:1 new names being add-
ed at the final session today.
October law-Miss Kathleen Agnes
Tracey. daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
William J. Tracey is married to At~
torney John Thomas Dwyer.
October 20. A definite shortage
of between $38,000 and $60,000 in
the accounts of former Tax Collcc~
tor Robert G. Mitchell is announced
by the accountants now engaged in
making an audit of the 'books of
the tax office.
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October 21. General [Russell
Frost is a guest with Queen Marie,
of Rumania at a luncheon in her
honor in New York.
October 22. Ralph T. Gaeto‘, '1
Neptunestreet. proprietor of the
Gaeto agency in South Main street,
accused of obtaining money under
false pretenses, has disappeared.
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October 23. Mrs. A. Hyde Cole
and daughter, Marioara of Basque
Hills. are granted a. fifteen minute
private audience with Queen Mario
01' Romania at her hotel in New
York.
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October 24. A class of tilt boys
and girls is confirmed in St. Joseph
church.
October ‘25. The $400. 000 Y... hi.
C. A. campaign opens with pledges
totaling $185,997. _
October .27. Action finally clone
yesterday in the Mitchellcasawheu
property of the former to: collec-
ior was seized in a civil. action by
Special Attorney Leo Bil-VII ill be-
half of the city to recover Jilin
000 from Mitchell.
October 28. A reduction in elec-
tric rates by the South‘ Namath
Electric Light Works is announced
by superintendent William Dietin-
ger. It will total $30,000 yearly.
October 29. Mics Marlon Wads-
worth. dcughter of Dr. and Mrs. M-
vin DeWitt Wadsworth. is 11121711811
to Anson S. Brown of Westport.
October 31. Edison '1‘. Harris.
prominent figure in Masonic circles.
dies.
NOVEMBER
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married. I
November 1. Louis Hooker. 60
missing since Wednesday. ll found
in a pool of blood on the bedroom
floor with a bullet through his head.
at his home in Meeker Court. R0-
wai’lon. it is believed that be com.
mlttod suicide.
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November 2. Nortvalk gobs Re-
publican by a plurality of over 2.-
500 votes in the state election today. ,
November 3. Norwalk's 3400.000
1211!. C. A building fund compels"
winds up in a blaze of slory lesl
33111111: being oloraubscribed ”L-
00
,(Contiuued 0n Opposite, 113th).
Norwalk Chronicler