POND DRAINS BRIDGEPORT PARK POND BUZZES WITH FISH FROGS TURTLES
Beardsley park Bun nell pond was drained to repair Naugatuck Valley Ice Co runways leaving a small stream and pools where thousands of fish swim and frogs and turtles search warmer spots. Autoists say pools teem with fish while regulations prevent taking them.
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Bunnell's Pond
Beardsley Park
Bridgeport
Buzinell's
Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Gloucester
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co
Bunnell’s Pond
Newtown Clubs and School Event Noted in Brief
The Wail Knot Tree Hill club debuts at Miss Florence Gaffney’s home with weekly meetings. The High School Literary Association plans a Dec 22 hall program. Funeral pallbearers for Daniel F. Griffin were Michael F. Finnell, John W. Ryan, John P. Finnell, and W. A. Honan. John Cassidy visits from New Haven. Sandy Hook band hires a Waterbury instructor during Hobart Warner’s typhoid recovery. O N Gilbert leaves Gilbert Laundry Co and moves to New Britain as the Purchase district plant closes and relocates to the Newtown Woodbury road.
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Newtown
Daniel F. Griffin
Michael F. Finnell
John W. Ryan
John P. Finnell
Bridgeport
W. A. Honan
John Cassidy
New Haven
Edward Kilbride
Cemetery Avenue
Jack O'Neil
Sandy Hook
Waterbury
Hobart Warner
O N. Gilbert
Gilbert Laundry Co
New Britain
Purchase
Newtown-Woodbury
Newtown Area Residents and Visitors Noted in Local Notices
A roundup of social and community happenings includes Miss Rose Leavy visiting Walnut Tree Hill, Miss Kathryn Lang returning from Bridgeport, and Edward Talty with John C. Leavy at a Blue Ribbons vs Patersons game. Local officials and families attend events. longtime Newtown resident Richard J. Reilly retires from Bullard Machine Tool Co. with honors. state workers receive pay. Hawleyville Whist Club to meet. and Theodore Taylor recovers from illness with friends offering rides.
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Southbury
Woodbury
Newtown
Rose Leavy
Bridgeport
Thomas J. Teavy
Walnut Tree Hill
Kathryn Lang
Edward Talty
John C. Leavy
Blue Ribbons
Patersons
James Blake
New York
P. FE. Bradley
Brooklyn
Peter Bradley
Curtis Hill
W. C. Johnson
Johnson
E. L. Johnson
Frederick Foote Johnson
Loretta Hayes
Wesley F. Hayes
Miss Hayes
George Edward Nothnagle
Barnum , Avenue
Hayes
Newtown Society
Denis Carroll
Lucy B. Cavanaugh
North Main Street
Richard J. Reilly
Bullard Machine Tool Co
Remington Arms & Ammunition Co
Mr. Reilly
Thomas J. Reilly
Hawleyville Whist Club
Charles Jackson
Leyi C. Morrison
George Couch
Theodore Taylor
Married In Danbury Nov 30 Couples List
The list notes marriages in Danbury on November 30 including Robert H Heady of New Haven with Grace Veronica Paddock Albert Volpe with Mary Marasco George Flynn of Norwalk with Mary A Moore John M Lawlor with Lenora Stern Richard L Coyle with Sarah Cecelia Brennan Gerald Walsh with Mary A Gilhuly Rena M Donnelly with Howard C Wilson.
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Heady-Paddock
Danbury
Robert H. Heady
New Haven
Grace Veronica Paddock
Volpe-Marasco
Ea DiEy
Albert Volpe
Mary Marasco
Flynn-Moore
George Flynn
Norwalk
Mary A. Moore
Lawlor-Stern
John M. Lawlor
Lenora Stern
Coyle-Brennan
Zeppelins Aimed at Sea Raiders Show Harsh Life Aboard
A London Mail writer explains Zeppelins’ crew layout and harsh conditions. Only 22 crew in a craft that carries 3 engines and 3 dynamos, with space for nine top guns and machine guns in gondolas. Severe cold, isolation, limited heat, and dangers of fire or rapid descent make attacking at sea crucial to reduce German air threat.
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East Essex
London Mail
Great Britain
London
Mathy
Mercedes
Zeppelins and the folly of aerial bombardment
The article critiques Luftschiff craft, noting their crews may have fallen from upper gun platforms during wrecks, questions cooking and long‑range endurance, and asserts raids were haphazard with bombs dropped at great height unlikely to hit targets. It argues that bombers risked execution under war law.
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North Sea
Mathy
London
Meriden Firm Wins Stratford School Contract
Stratford news reports H. Wales Lines Co of Meriden won the four room addition contract to Franklin school at Barnum terrace with a bid of 13340, lowest among four bidders. Work to start immediately as other bids ranged above 14000. election expenses for local candidates listed. community events include the Dingbat club oyster supper and a Christ Episcopal church sale. Proceeds aid charity and parish house furnishing. Stratford fire department annual meeting postponed due to member absence.
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Stratford
H. Wales Lines Co
Meriden
Franklin School
Barnum Terrace
Center School
Meriden Concern
William Martin & Son
Bridgeport
Dowling & Bottom
Women of
Christ Episcopal Church
A. M. West
North Main Street
Stratford Fire Department
Art League to Sell Novelties for Xmas
The Bridgeport Art League presents its annual Christmas sale featuring hand made towels and table runners, bags, aprons, and baskets, plus hand painted china, calendars, post cards, Partridge berry bowls, a large Chinese embroidered lamp shade, and a braided rug. Opened yesterday and running Thursday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Bridgeport Art League
Art League
New Haven Weather Notice Dec 6 Forecast
Fair tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. Connecticut expects fair conditions, growing colder tonight and Thursday. West gales diminish by Thursday morning as a Lake Region disturbance moves through the St Lawrence valley. A high pressure ridge extends from Wisconsin to Florida. pleasant weather east of the Rockies, with a notable temperature drop in central regions. northern border readings range from 25 to 35 degrees.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Wisconsin
Florida
Rocky Mountains
President nominates Edwin 8 Sweet for Commerce post
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Edwin 8 Sweet of Michigan to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
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Senate
Edwin 8. Sweet
Michigan
Commerce
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Moohi
Boston Bluefish
Maryland
Hamburg
Himans
Gorton’s
Boston Eels
Beardsley Park Reservoir
New Stratford
THE
Dorsens
National
S & M System
Ing
Jersey
Dorsen’s
Kristmas Kontest
Waterman
Conklin
Moore
Chamberlin & Shropshire
Main Street
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