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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
20
Closing exercises were held in the Black Rock district with about 100 graduates from the high and grammar schools receiving diplomas. The ceremony occurred Monday morning, marking the end of the grammar school exercises and the commencement for the high school students.
James Grealey, a street car conductor in Stratford, was brushed from the running board by a motor truck late Tuesday night and picked up unconscious. He is reported much improved at Bridgeport hospital. no bones were broken and recovery is underway.
The American Labor Party will appoint committees at rooms 22 and 24 Can non street tonight at 9 o'clock to nominate candidates for the coming city elections including mayor city clerk aldermen and the rest of the ticket.
In Paris the arrival of the German peace delegation triggered strained etiquette as French soldiers refused to salute the Germans. Rantzau’S continued seated address to the congress was viewed as an insult by the French, though illness is offered as the reason.
Mrs. Anna Drew of Bridgeport Connecticut credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with rebuilding her thin blood, easing stomach trouble and restoring sleep after months of weakness headaches and pallor. She reports renewed strength and sound sleep after following directions and purchasing the remedy.
Milford awaits the Chautauqua week edition with D Thomas Curtin billed for Behind the Scenes in Germany a wartime seeker of truth. Curtin a former London Times secret service operative will recount six wartime visits to Germany at a Milford lecture on Friday night July 4. Also on the program Melrose Jordan Company concert and a Salvation Army drive reported at 1430.97 with 840.03 from Tag Day. Personal notes mention Dr DeWitt Nettleton of Sewickley and Mrs Charlotte Nettleton. Col Putney and family to attend conferences at Fort Monroe and Rennsalaer. field day for Troop A. a strawberry festival at Methodist church. Arctic Engine Company fire. new cars among locals including a Buick sedan for C L Wilcox and a Red Cross motor corps member daughter. Miss Janet Cheney and Miss Isabelle Roberts to manage the open air home for children at Newtown.
In Devon on June 25 a Milford town court jury returned two verdicts in the first trial of this kind in the annals. Snyder vs. Davin involved evicting tenant Julian Davin for non payment of rent. Judge J D Brown Jr presided after a daylong session. Jury deliberation lasted about thirty minutes.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Devon Hose Company elected officers for the next six months at the last meeting. President Mrs. Alex Pyre, Vice President Mrs. Ralph Shoemaker, Secretary Mrs. Clarence Douglass, and Treasurer Mrs. Frank Douglas were chosen. They also accepted an invitation to a card party and dance at Port Trumbull Beach fire house next Tuesday, July 1, and planned to attend a Myrtle Beach Hose company carnival at Palisades Harrison Park on June 26 to 28.
Devon June 25 special report states the town has awarded the paving contract for Nauge vuck avenue to Connecticut and Rhode Island Cement Road Building company. Work will start promptly after a $62 000 town meeting authorization. The new pavement costs about $3.05 per square yard and the trolley tracks will be relocated only to Four Corners, with road construction possibly needed from there to the beach on one side of the thoroughfare.
Bridgeport conducted a successful test of its new combination pumping engine and hose wagon at the city docks on Water Street. The unit pumped over 45,000 gallons per hour with a nozzle pressure of 92 pounds, meeting dumping and pressure requirements.
The Universalist church Sunday school and parish hold their annual picnic at Compo Beach today with many adults attending. Autos depart from the church at 9 o clock and Supt Guertin has arranged a games program with prizes. Ladies of the parish serve dinner at the beach.
Massachusetts completed ratification of the woman suffrage amendment to the federal constitution. The House approved by 185 to 47 after an anti suffrage move to refer the matter to the people failed. The Senate had voted 34 to 5 a week earlier.
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