Village Improvement Society 1919-1935

Name/Title

Village Improvement Society 1919-1935

Entry/Object ID

2018.273.019

Scope and Content

A ledger book from the Village Improvement Society of Stonington for the years 1919 to 1935. Receipts and expenditures include appropriations from the Boro, proceeds from Fair, care of the parks, lighthouse and trees, rent collected from the Railroad for right of way, tree experts and tree care, cost of labor and dues. It also mentions the events they sponsored; rummage sales, bake sales and lawn fetes. Names mentioned include: H. A. Dunning C.M. Williams New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad C.N. Wayland Louise Trumbull Laura T. Wood Lester E. Gavitt Willie Williams Thomas Glover Anne A. Dodge Eugene Atwood Mr. Fairbrother Jean C. Palmer Anna Culbert Bonsa Brothers S. T. MacDowell Charles Ide Chesebro Grocery D. W. Williams Lagone James P. Gilmore John E. Wayland Mrs. F. Jones Samuel Nardone Franklin C. Williams C.W. Willard Vargas Brothers Mrs. Fred Taylor H. A. Muller A. L. Mason Benjamin H. Hewitt Mrs. Courtland Babcock Mr. H.R. Palmer W. Herman William P. Bindloss Mrs. F. T. Dodge T. W. Garrity Leon Piver Kupidlowski Robert Burtch Miss Sheffield E. F. Darrell Constance Holmes Jerome S. Anderson Jr. Mrs. Ben Cutler Miss Hakes Mrs. Brown E.E. Bradley Mrs. Simmons Mrs. Streeter Helen O'Dell Mrs. Robey Mrs. York Mrs. Mason Mrs. Doughty Mrs. Stiles Stanton Mrs. O. Pendleton Miss Maria Trumbull Louis Leone Eugene A. Perkins H.W. Babcock Margaret D. W. Williams Elias F. Clay Gustav Hauschild Edyth Durgin Marietta Durgin Miss Barbara Muller E.P. Edwards E. H. Peirce Fannie D. Pendleton George H. Robinson C.H. Simmons Mrs. Ed Stanton W.F. Smith Mrs. Caddo Mrs. Gales P. Moore Mr. Kopp H.B. Barnes Mrs. Johanna Stanton Charles O. Ryon Mrs. Pike Mrs. B.B. Holmes Mrs. George Spalding Emil Schmitz Pauline Chesebro R. R. Cooning Mrs. Ludlow Mrs. Culbert Palmer Mrs. Paffard Winthrop Davis William S. Johnson P.W. Back Mary Lou Williams S. Jerome Hoxie Mrs. Winifred O'Dell Alice Fitch Smith Walter P. Cole

Collection

Manuscript