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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
9
Milford Sept 14 Special The Board of Fire Commissioners will meet in the Municipal building Tuesday evening. New member Frank W Hunter appointed by Selectman M J Cheney will attend for the first time as the board discusses department matters of town importance.
Milford will hold its annual town meeting on October 6 and September 20 for registration. The board of registration will be in session from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on those dates to register voters in the town.
Aug 22 report notes Germany must surrender excess arms under Article 169. Despite this, vast stores of wagons guns and other matériel remain at military posts across Germany awaiting disposal. Authorities struggle to liquidate millions of marks worth of war assets.
A Myrtle Beach couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson of Maple Avenue, were surprised Friday evening on their fifth wedding anniversary. Friends, mostly telephone operators from the Milford exchange where Mrs. Anderson works, gathered for music and indoor games. Jerry Kiley sang, and Mrs. Thomas Marinus and Lavina Coliopy performed dances. The couple received a salad set from the office as a gift, and refreshments were served. Attendees included Mrs. Charles Selleck, Mrs. Thomas J. Marinus, Mrs. Gates, Miss Pearl Smith, Miss Moina Wilson, Mildred Taindvim, Miss Miriam Buijs, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, and Jerry Tkiley.
Seoul dispatch reports that the Korean government has requested 1,500 police reinforcements from Japan following a bombing targeting Baron Saito, governor of Skyrea. Casualties were linked to the blast and a missile incident, with details still unfolding.
Factory foremen representing 12 Bridgeport plants gathered on State street Saturday night, 75 attending, to appoint a committee for a Bridgeport foremen's club. Speeches were delivered, Y M C A Overseas quartet provided entertainment, a Dr. Roberts English teaching film was shown, and a bullet lunch was served.
A Liberian missionary Rev James Lewis in Los Angeles harbor builds a large vessel unaided save for his wife. He has raised an eighty five by thirty foot wall frame on Terminal Island using scrap lumber and simple tools, aiming to launch a conecrete ship called The Ark of the Living God within a year despite skepticism from naval builders.
Devon Sept 14 Special Plans for a large drum corps field day at Le Chateau under the Devon Boss Wife Drum and Bugle Corps with First Bridgeport City Title Drum Corps and Devon Improvement Association. Invitations extended to corps from New York New Jersey Massachusetts. parade expected 500 plus participants. dance at Le Chateau with twelve silver cups and fifteen medals awarded. Committee members Mathews Mathews Smith Thomas Hacks push to ensure success. Devon Boys Fife Drum and Bugle corps to attend Edgewood Drum Corps field day at Westville Saturday.
Milford on September 14 reports rapid land and property transfers. Edwin S. Munson sold the William Ty Apgar place on Maple Street to F. H. Keefer of Bridgeport, who worked with Burritt Lumber. Annya Lockwood cottage sold to Jacob Kleinberger of Bridgeport. Laurel Beach properties change hands including W. I. Steinkamp and C. B. Frisbie places to Sevring and Steinkamp, and other recent sales to residents of Waterbury Derby and Bridgeport.
Arctic Engine Co. No. 1 firemen at Charles Merwin's Pond Point farm held an outdoor sports and bake day with about thirty members. The event featured a large bake and was praised as one of the most enjoyable outings. Lieut Ceylon Porter and Brarry Bradley led the organizing committee while the fire board planned for mutual aid if an alarm arose during the excursion.
John W. Hessian, world champion rifle shot, arrives home in this city from Caldwell New Jersey where he competed in the National Rifle Association event. He won the Wimbledon cup valued at 41000 with 45 points of a possible 100 at 1000 yards on August 18. Hessian also holds the Marine Corps medal won in 1913 and has about 190 other medals and trophies.
A cryptic notice reports Cardinal Mercier will not visit Bridgeport. Mayer A Wilson received a negative reply to his invitation to the famous city. An American visit by Tebpe Scothenay was planned but impossible to attend. A Milford meeting on September 4 was postponed. The group will meet on September 9 with Pusscay as the program.
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