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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1925

Page

18

Mission School 70 Opens at Fairfield Church Wednesday

Fairfield April 14 Mission School 70 opens Wednesday night at First Church of Christ with a lecture and stereopticon show from China’s Real Revelation by Paul Hutchinson. Program features travelogue from the text, a three act play Mire Li Remembers by Eunoia club, and other local activities in Fairfield including PTA meetings and fundraising events.

Fairfield Speal Sheet of Missions China Church of Christ Paul Hutchinson Ttg Mire Eunoia Club Go Hother Fairfield Parent-Teacher Association Sherimman Gal Sy Charles cd Grasmere Parent-Teachie Association St. Thomas’ Hall Convent Building Fund Sam Titting Elad Hill Mes OH. B. Spelman Greenfald Abm Smith College Cement Fund Second ‘District Republican Club DuPont Club Eve‘wing Unquowa Tribe No First Church of Christ Y. D Legon Hall Im Attersoon

Raw Sugar Drops to New Low as Prices Slump

Raw sugar prices hit a yearly low in New York as 4000 tons of Porto product are sold to an outrefiner at 4.49 cents. The decline follows favorable crop and rate reports predicting a 1935 yield up to 4.75 million tons. Futures reflect weak spot demand, pushing the market to new lows around 12.9 cents.

New York Marsh

Bridgeport Notes on Safety Cars Courts and Spring

A Bridgeport report cites a one man safety cart capable of stopping within three to four feet at 15 mph. Judge Newell Jennings opens the Superior Court session amid routine cases while Judge Marble prepares to serve on the Fair field County bench. May and June bring motoring season, boat season approaches, and yardwork fixes. The Lordship road meadow road project aims to finish before opening. Yellow Mill bridge area sees traffic and a sunken boat near Yellow Mill creek. Broad Street traffic plans await building completion, with 6300 adults paying theatre admissions on weekdays and 12000 on Sundays. Ex-Alderman John P. Behrens’s card receipts arrive for city officials.

Connecticut Paul Mead Bridgeport Superior Court

Officers to Be Chosen at Social Agencies Meet

Dr George J Fisher deputy Chief Scout Executive will speak on Health and Recreation Camps for a City of 150000 at the annual meeting of the Council of Social Agencies after luncheon at the University club at 12 15 Thursday noon. Yas report of the nominating committee will be made by Thomas M Cullman chairman and the election of officers will follow. Representatives from every member agency will be present.

George J. Fisher Boy Scouts Council of Social Agencies University Club Yas Thomas M. Cullman

Main Street Day Nursery Seeks Furniture Donations

Due to crowding the Main Street Day Nursery turns away applicants daily while operating at 53 capacity. Daily care has averaged nearly five children fewer than demand. Renovations and spring cleaning underway, including yard garden plans and a new sand play area. Chair donations requested to update dining room seating.

Harvey Hubball Main Street Day Nursery

Baxter Resigns Alderman Post for South American Trip

Baxter of the Second district has resigned as alderman to take a two year business tour for Crane Valve Co in South American countries, recently leaving office and traveling to Caracas, Venezuela. Signs of Spring bring tighter parking along Barnum boulevard in Seaside Park after 10 pm. A well-groomed man asked an usher for programs at a Bridgeport cinema. she said none were available, and he replied he would not read any.

Baxter Caracas Venezuela Crane Valve Company Barnum Boulevard Seaside Park Bridgeport

Obituaries for Swords Wiles Smith Cornwall and relatives

The day’s funerals include John Swords at St Charles with Mass of requiem and burial in St Michaels cemetery. Lydia O Wiles of Division Street to be buried at Lakeview. Elliott Daniel Smith 18 to be laid to rest at Lakeview after Mass at St Charles. Charles Frederick Cornwall to be buried at Mountain Grove after St Augustine’s Mass. Surviving relatives noted.

Lydia O. Wiles Edward WL Division Street Lieberum and Heaphy State Street Lakeview

Funeral Notices for Wilma Knott and Others in Port Chester

Multiple obituaries follow in Port Chester and surrounding towns. Wilma Carolyn Knott, daughter of Wilmer Knott, to be laid to rest at Putnam cemetery with Rev. Burig officiating. John Joseph Asseler Jr. to have high mass at St. Charles Church after services at home. Marie Beatrice Pratt’s funeral at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament with burial in St. Michael's cemetery. Catherine A. Donahue Keating’s funeral from her Parsonage with Sacred Heart mass and pallbearers named. Martin B. Simpson infant funeral at 2:30 p.m. from 3267 Main Street, burial at St. Michael's. Aileen Pendleton and Abbie M. Norman deaths noted with burial details in Norwich and Park cemeteries. William Francis Deastel remembered with mass at Church of the Holy Trinity in Wallingford. Carelius Jackevictus to mass at St George's Church after services at 42 Summer Street. Names include Knott, Asseler, Pratt, Donahue Keating, Simpson, Pendleton, Norman, Deastel, Jackevictus.

Charles Frederick Cornwall Catherine Street St. Augustine's Church A. F. Sinseall Mountain Grove Cemetery Robert Campbell George Saltagiver Charles Pepm4z Jacob Marshall Wilma Carolyn Knott Wilmer Knott Marathon Place Port Chester Everett Burig Te Summerfield M. E. Church Burngs Putnam Cemetery John Joseph Asseler, Jr John Asseler Autumn Street St. Charles Church Crate Club Men's League of Baseball Club Durial Lakeview Cemetery Marie Beatrice Pratt Frederick Ellia Pratt Cowles Street Church of the Blessed Sacrament St. Michael's Cemetery Catherine A. Donahue Keating Bernard Keating Church of the Sacred Heart R F. Moore James Killian Hubert Craig Theresa O’brien Molly Daly Ogren William Chew St. Michael’s Cemetery Thomas and John J. Cullinan James McNamara Robert Hurley Wiliam J. Melaughlin Thomas Keating New York Martin B. Simpson George Treadwell Main Street Wiliam Francis Deastel William Francia Deastel Bridgeport Martin and Mary Deastel Waillingford Conn Calvin Avenue Wallingford Church of the Holy Trinity South Colony Street Elzabeth Hazel Rita Bernadette Carelius Jackevictus Carelius Jackeyt.aiua Summer Street St. George’s R. C

Senate passes bill creating Bird Sanctuary at Egg Rock Island

Boston April 14 The State Senate unanimously rejected an adverse committee report and passed to engross a bill designating Egg Rock Island off Nahant near the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge as a refuge for wild birds to be known as the Lodge Bird Sanctuary.

Boston State Senate Committee On Egg Rock Island Henry Cabot

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