Easton notices and obituaries mix family updates
Mrs Charles Fisher is recovering and visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Allen. Mrs J Walker Sherwood entertained at their Sport Hill home. Eli Godfrey of Ontario and Trib Bull, Mr and Mrs Herbert Silliman of New York City, Mrs Efla Sherwood and Mrs Frances Sherwood Smith of Bridgeport attended. Ruth Wakeman visiting grandmother Mrs Sanford in Weston. Grandparents George Cornell of Mock House welcomed a daughter born to Albert and Mrs Cornell of New York. Alfred Stillson died at St Vincent's Hospital. funeral in Newtown and burial Huntington Cemetery. Clarence B Andrews of House repairing home. Christmas cantata rehearsals at Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fisher
Charles Allen
J. Walker Sherwood
Sport Hill
Eli Godfrey
Ontario
Trum Bull
Herbert Silliman
New York City
Efla Sherwood
Frances Sherwood Smith
Bridgeport
G. Clark Long
New York
Edward
Ruth Wakeman
Sanford
Weston
George Cornell
Mock House
Albert Cornell
Alfred Stillson
St Vincent's Hospital
Newtown
Cemete
Stilleon
Ho Feng
Clarence B. Andrews
The
Baptist Church
Fairfield Social Season and Club Preparations Highlight Yearend
Greenfield Country Club gears for a grand New Year reception with busy committees and high hopes for record attendance. Local firemen, church groups, and schools coordinate holiday events as Christmas programs and concerts unfold across Fairfield, with theater and youth activities planned and workers resuming bridge construction in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield Country Club
Fairfield Garage
Ters
Fairfeld Girls’ Club
St. Thomas’ Hall
Congregational Sunday School
Bacon. Witkeman
Howard IT
Livingston G. Mil
Cradle Roll
A Tendent
Mary
Feo
Eby
Saum
Marion Donham
Vv. B. Dunham
Pennsylvania
Louise Forsyth
Ethel Fiptonities
Aery Child
Arthur Deve
John Consideon
Stationk
Bach
Raybold
Marshall
Ruth and
Amund
Ruth Jennings
Sisie Jennings
Edna (Knight
Catherine) Burr
Aretta Burr
Josephine Conover
Ee Rer
Eos Ee Bora
Pete Ise
Mary Veteran
Ene Peterson
Annie Gfortenson
Mattie Mortensen
Grace Weet
Mary West
May Connelly
Low
Charles Bergen Joins UMC Co in Bridgeport
Charles Bergen was accepted a position with the UMC Company in Bridgeport, marking a step in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bergen
Bridgeport
Beardsley funeral and local society notes in Westport
The Westport item ledger records the funeral of Mrs Elizabeth A F Beardsley from Miss Catherine Wilcox's home with Rev Kenneth MacKenzie officiating and the body sent to Portland Maine. Hospital reports note Frank Ambronius recovering from prior injuries. A busy fire district meeting draws a large crowd while a reception for Mr and Mrs Cornelius Duffy at Maple Avenue venue features many neighbors. Additional notes mention visitors, vacation plans, a boxing of oranges from New Smyrna, Florida, school board and women’s groups events, and Pekinese show awards in New York tied to Westport residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth A. F. Beardsley
Catherine Wilcox
Compo Street
Kenneth MacKenzie
Charles Fable
Portland
Norwalk
Frank Ambronius
Fire District
Cornelius Duffy
Harry Kirk
Maple Avenue
David Mahoney
Damiel O Brien
Leslie Mills
James Mills
Clarence Alen
Oscar Lewis
Henry Avery
George Avery
Wellford Lewis
Howard Avery
Mamie Walsh
Susie Walsh
Lizzie Welsh
Rose Kinski
Hattie Baker
Jenie Baker
Fred Allen
Bertha Brotherton
Abbie Brotherton
Irene Curran
Helen Connors
Margaret Marroney
Martha Mills
Margaret Hanson
May Avery
Marion Jennings
Maggie Scuddy
Nellie Scuddy
Mabel Avery
James Dahoney
Frank Owen
Florda
Helen Staples
Dorothy ‘Taylor
Hillside Seminary
Horace Wakeman
California
Ellie Sherwood
Bridgeport
Jobson-Gifford Company
Saugatuck
George
G C.rowman
Staples High School
Walter Edmonds
Roseville
Women's Town Improvement Association
W. G. Staples
Statetreet
Neil R. Mitchell
Art League
Ridgewert
Whitelaw Reid
Ambasador
White Plains
Alphonso P. Jennings
William H. Brown
North Bridgeport
Greens Farms Congregational Church
Regina Williams
Virginia Park
Sammar Rippe
Isabele Rippe
George Rippe
Henry Rippe
Dingee
The Time the Place and the Girl at Poli Theatre
Poli managers present the merry musical whirl The Time the Place and the Girl at Fairfield Avenue Theatre during Christmas week. The LaSalle Chicago hit features the Poli stock company with twenty chorus girls and dancers, bright tunes, and star turns by Van Buren Fox Kent Williams Starr Bernard and others. A fully staged musical comedy with eye catching scenery and lively numbers aims to be a holiday crowd pleaser and contrasts with usual drama while offering a musical treat for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poli
Fairfield Avenue Theatre
Harry Andrews
LaSalle Theatre
Chicago
Hough & Adams
Joseph Howard
van Buren
Fox
Kent
Williams
Miss Starr
Jonah
van Beuren
Mr. Fox
Dixie
Miss Bernard
Mr. van Beuren
Mr. Kent
Mr. Williams
Rip Van Winkle in final weeks at Lyric Theatre
The Eleanor Cleveland Stock Company presents Rip Van Winkle with Harry Ingram as Heinrich Vedder in the last act. Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Little Princess will also be staged with a holiday matinee Wednesday. New cast members join the Cleveland production, and scenic dressing by Karkunoff & Schroes aims for a higher standard as Bridgeport theatergoers are urged to attend. Seats are on sale now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ingram
Eleanor Cleveland
Cleveland
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Bridgeport
Karkunoff & Schroes
Sara
Carewe
Ambitious Christmas Matinee Promises The Little Princess
The week opens with rapid ticket uptake for the Christmas matinee. Evening prices attract many to the theatre, ensuring a featured delight as the production of The Little Princess unfolds for holiday audiences.
Park Theatre Burlesque and Belasco Play at Park
The Park Theatre offers The Midnight Maidens burlesque tonight tomorrow and Saturday at two dollars. The Honeymoon a large scale production plus Cupid a laugh filled knockabout. A Pullman sleeping car scene and a speedily staged journey to Australia promise realism and spectacle. David Belasco and William deMille present The Woman with Miss Nash and Miss Peyton in key roles at the Park Theatre on Monday Dec 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Phun
Phast
Phurious
Australia
Wm. S. Clark
The
David Belasco
William C. deMille
New York
Chicago
Mr. deMille
Jane Peyton
Mr. Belasco
Superfine Company
Mary Nash
Miss Nash
Wanda Kelly
Points of Interest and Fresh Fish Offerings at Local Market
Largest assortment of reliable fur scarfs and muffs offered by E. H. Dillon & Co at 1105 Main Street for Christmas gifts. Fresh seafood specials listed for Friday include haddock, frost fish, herring, smelts, yellow fin, steak pollock, Spanish mackerel, cod, salt mackerel, clams, oysters, mackerel varieties, blue points in shell, Long Island scallops, sea trout, halibut, and more. Bridgeport Public Market & Branch located at Public Market Building, State and Bank streets and East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Long Island
Bridgeport Public Market & Branch
State and Bank Streets
East Main Street
Fresh Fish and Santa Claus Arrive for Holiday Sales
W D Cook & Son announce a big fish arrival at 523 Water Street featuring harbor blues and many varieties at prices lower than other dealers. Santa Claus visits Thing's Shoe Store at 2153 Main Street tomorrow with a holiday sale on footwear and hosiery, store hours extended until Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.D. Cook & Son
Long Island
Blue Point
Water Street
Santa Claus
Thing
S. B. Thing & Co
Main Street
Petition for annexation to Bridgeport of Fairfield lands follows 1913 Hartford session
Robert Eb DeForest and Frank Staples Trustees of the Clapp Spooner estate bring a petition to Connecticut General Assembly for annexation to Bridgeport. The survey describes a parcel from Brooklawn Avenue through private roads and Brooklawn Company lands, ending at Villa Avenue and Rooster River. Judge H Holcomb dated Bridgeport December 17, 1912. Farmer Want Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert EB. Deforest
Frank T. Staples
Clapp
Spooner
General Assembly
State of
Connecticut
Hartford
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Brooklawn Avenue
Fairfield Land Records
Collingwood Avenue
Brooklawn Company
Jonathan Godfrey
Godfrey
Kepler Nichols
Villa Avenue
Brook
Rooster River
H. Holcomb
The
Superior Court
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Meigs & Co. Incorporated Outfitters
Bridgeport, Conn
Easton
Westport
Bridgeport Dogs
F. L. Schubert
Schubert
Wee Bruce
William Ke Mix
Ponto Bruce
San Moya
Poli’s Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Burr M. Coley & Co. Hatters
William Ellis
N. Buckingham & Co
State Stree
Joseph P. Coughlin CO
East San of
Stra’ RD Avenue
D. D. Smith
Fairfield Ave
Polt's
Sprague
Sprague Ice & Coal Co
Washington Avenue
IRA Gre
Gory & CO
SOAL
Icat
Stratford Avs
Wheeler & Howes
East End
Congress Street
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