Doings In Local Fraternal Bodies
Doings in local fraternal orders report officers being shifted at Bridgeport lodge NEO P and a Past Chancellors gathering hosted by Arthur Wilkes. Members receive gold badges for recruiting. various lodges including Joseph Dowdall and Catalina Circle conduct meetings with degrees shown and by-laws to be voted on, while circle merges are rejected and ritual work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Goebel Setter
Chancellers’ Association of
Park City
Knights of Pythias
Arthur Wilkes
Diene
Inanistan Avenue
Courtland School English Chum Dance Captivates Faculty and Guests
A Tuesday evening event at Courtland School featured a formal English chum dance with floral decorations, banners, and a display of patronesses and attendees. Notable names include Mire Miner Miss Hallock Miss Peck Miss Foster Miss Ruth Allins Miss Henrietta Atwater and many others among the staff and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland School
Courtland
Miey Haura Quinlan
Margaret Rodel
Alice Dorothy Stearns
Fioreney Stearns
Alice Sterling
Biles Chenthy Smith
Margaret Vimes
Katherine —Wakema
Miro Litts Wells
Frances Withers
Martra, Charlten
Harold Gercers
Thomas Conte
Dean Dana
Eluwerth Grumman
Eliett Curtis
Yunald Choete
Gerald
Mrs Davis Pupils Recital at The Stratfield Tonight
An annual event in the local musical circle features Mrs Susan Hawley Davis’s pupils. The program includes Miss Helen Wilson Miss Dorothy DeLess Miss Margaret Warner Mildred Tucker Grace Benham Agnes Johnson Esther Berg Ada Tuck Martha Hanson Edith Morgenstern Mary Kellogg Minnie Nichols Althea May A B Lake Hattie Murphy Helen Dreake Mrs L T Warner Marguerite Bishop along with Mesers Joseph Hayner William Seabridge and Benjamin Nebenzahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratfield
Susan Hawley Davis
Helen Wilson
Dorothy ‘DeLess
Margaret Warner
Hise Mildred Tucker
Grace Benham
Agnes Johnson
Esther Berg
Ada Tuck
Martha Hanson
Edith Morgenstern
Mary Kellogg
Minnie Nichols
Althea May
A.B. Lake
Hattie Murphy
Helen Dreake
L. T. Warner
Marguerite Bishop
Joseph Hayner
Willam Seabridge
Benjamin Nebenzahl
Public school regulations questioned by eighth grade patron
A reader asks the editor whether city public schools follow uniform rules on exams and commencement. He notes Barnum school holds ceremonies two weeks early and grants diplomas for grammar graduates, while other schools delay examination questions by a fortnight. He worries about exam integrity and vacations for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Barnum Choo
Sam
Social and Personal Notes From Fairfield County
Friends report Mrs. Bronson Warren’s fever lingers for two weeks. Mrs. Henry A. Mix hosted a sea for the Fresh Air Fund at 2150 Main Street. The Fidelity Sewing Circle marks its tenth anniversary at Mrs. John G. Gerbich’s Lafayette Street home. Prospect Street school hosted a silk flag presentation by the Women’s Relief Corps of the Grand Army, with Alderman Horace H. Jackson delivering a talk. Mrs. William Vollmer hosted a farewell reception before departing for Bridgeport. Mrs. L. M. Blanchard reports her husband, formerly Advent Christian pastor, was badly hurt in a Worcester trolley accident. Georges Draper of Rutherford, N J, spent days with George A. Wiesner at 165 Beach Street. Mrs. Dorothy Harpert of New York visited Mrs. John Wiesner at 15 Beach Street. George A. Wiesner celebrated his 41st birthday with friends and a generous check from his mother. A surprise party for D. & McNamara at 148% Trailfield Avenue featured a cut glass dish memento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Sewing Circle
John G. Gerbich
Lafayette Street
Prospect St. School
Women’s Relief Corps
Grand Army
L. M. Blanchard
Advent Christian Church
Worcester
George A. Wiesner
Beach Street
State appropriations and reductions outlined in 1911 pamphlet
The General Assembly committee on appropriation issued a pamphlet detailing recommended appropriations for the coming two years, totaling 8,860,000 09 in revenue with 4,988,080 00 yet to be acted upon and 1,825,908 75 in new appropriations. It lists numerous departments and offices, and notes reductions and unfavorable actions on various items including education, prison, veterans, and state services, with several specific projects and programs cited for cutbacks and postponements.
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Committee On
General Assembly
Beede Praises St Marys Class At Graduation
June 15 in New Haven Superintendent Beede praised St Marys School for its graduating class. Father Heenan and Sister Clementine received commendations for four years of diligent work. The article notes high aims and the motto Climb The Rocks be Rugged urging graduates to honor their Alma Mater and teachers. Albany Whist Club to meet Friday with hostess Mrs CH Seltenrich of Orchard Street.
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New Haven
Beede
St. Mary's School
Brassage
Sister @tementine
Father Heenan
Bin
Ian
Clementine
St. Mary’s
Albany Whist Club
CH. Seltenrich
Orchard Street
Train and boat fares for Yale-Harvard regatta travel
New Haven General Passenger Circular outlines proposed train and boat service and round trip fares for the Yale-Harbor yacht races at New London on June 30 1911. It details Freshman and University Four oared races with schedules from New York Boston Providence and New Haven and mentions parlor cars coaches and observation train options plus steamboat service and special round trip fares.
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General Passenger Department
New Haven
Conn
New London
Yale-Har~ Yard
Bridge Up
Navy Yard
University
New York
Pine Orchard
Guilford
Madison
Clinton
Saybrook Junction
Lyme
Crescent Beach
East Lyme
Bridgeport
Seare
Boston
Back Bay
Providence
Newton
Puntun
Fehon Ea Fem
Richard Peek
Belle Dock
Thames River
Ax Ponsthle
Joiene
Chester
Chapin
Chroush
Peck
State budget items propose two year appropriations totals
Estimated two year appropriations include highway commission 876,500. Conn Reformatory Cheshire 110,600. School for Rage Meriden 105,600. Industrial School Middletown 105,600. Conn Hospital Middleville 412,000. Norwich Hospital Insane 124,300. Conn Colony Epileptics 254,000. Naval militia 36,220. state armories repairs 125,000. total 4,988,080. Additional requests listed total 33,102,000 183,000 225,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
Cheshire
Conn
Meriden
Middletowni
Middleinwe
Orwich
Frederick Beach Urges Parcels Post Plan
Frederick C. Frisch of Stratford, editor of the Sci entide American, and Washington advocates urge adoption of a parcels post. Beach argues it would cut costs, allow small manufacturers to reach more customers, and let the Post Office lower third and fourth class rates while profiting. He cites rural delivery and mobile auto routes as modernization ideas.
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Washington
Frederick C. Frisch
Stratford
Scientide American
Ibe
T House
Post Ronda
Beach
Smail
American Express Company
United States
Jess
Mrr. Beach
Autas
E.W. Bloomingdale
New York
Reach
Hunreds
H. T. Lake
St. Louis
Retail Dealers’ Association
Lewis
Maryland
Closing Exercises at Miss Otstet's School
Cloudy weather did not interfere with the pretty closing exercises at Miss Otstet's private school on Elmwood Place yesterday afternoon. Most of the program was outdoors on the spacious front lawn where the children exhibited work from various classes and presented games and playlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Otstet
Elmwood Place
Centuri Arsentc Complexion Wafer Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement touts Dr James Campbells Sefe Arsenic Complexion Wafers as a safe arsenic tonic. It claims to restore complexion, brighten eyes, improve figure and strength, with guaranteed no harm and 40 day results. Over 100000 testimonials cited. Offer includes 2 large boxes for $1 mailed in plain cover from Richard Fink Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Campbell
Richard Fink CO
Dept. A
Broadway
New York
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Meles & Co
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KNOX
STAR
Zenith Shoes
Pieigs
Incorporated Outfitters
Chiildren
Bridgeport Lodge
H. M. Dawson
Progressive Circle
Lnst
Progress On Circle
Brotherhood of America
Catalpa
Catalina Crete
Ters
Lyreant Hall
Waldemere Council
U. A. Mt
U. A
Uncas Caunetti
William Fowler
Cunei
Milford
Henry A. Mix
Main St
Fresh Air Fund
William Vollmer
Fairfield ‘County
Norwalk
Georges Draper
Rutherford, NJ
Dorothy
Harpert of
Jonzs Wiesner
D. &. McNamara
Bcal
Trailfield Avenue
Mr. McNamara
Tis
Lincoln Morrison
Secretary's Department
Automobile Bureau
Treasurer's Department
Comptroller’s Department
Attorney-General's Department
Supreme Court
Courts of Common Pleas
Courts of
Supreme Court Court
Naval
Insurance Department
Bank Commission Commission On Fish and Game
Connecticut Agricultural College
Connecticut Prison Association
State Board of Charities
State geological and natural_history
Connecticut Humane Society
Connecticut —_ Historical Society
Fort Griswold Tract
Terael Putnam
Soldiers’ Hospital Board
Neaf and Dumb
Middletown
Norwich
Fissell's Ferry
Mitchelson
Institute For Blind
Board of Education
State Board of Health
State Board of Education
Waterford
Waterbury
Stife
Strymen’s Association Beds Society
Dairymen’s Association
Sheeepbreeder's Association
Harwinton
New Ferry
Glastonbury
Rocky Hill
Fitch
Apostolic Sisters New Haven Normal
Danbury
American Prison Congress
Auanta
Gen. Sedgwick
Armory
Rockville
Lincoln
Prudence Crandall
State Park
Beard
At Soldiers’ Home
Baex
Wilimantic
THE
NEW York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad CO
Lisgou
Jez Ann
B. Smith
Cohd
Pass
Ayer
Bea
Frederick Beach
Stratford Man
Scientific American
House
Mugen
Household Loan CO
Meigs Building
Sper
N. Buckingham & Co. Inc
Bay State Ranges
Ducchess
James van Dyk CO
Cor
Elm
Ann D. Driscoll
Met
Ord
Lehigh
Naugatuck Vé Valley Ice Co
Trtown
Fairfield Tmete
Housatonic Aves
IRA Gregory & CO
Main Street
Stratford Avenue
Sprague
Sprague Ice & Coal CO
East End
East Wash. Ave
Main
Wheeler & Howes
Congress Street Bridge
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