Local social notes point to visits and arrivals in Bridgeport
A flurry of short items records guests and returns around Bridgeport: Wren Cronin reports return from U-boat service to Brooklyn Navy Yard after leave with parents on Milne Street. Mrs N W Hart plans to return from the South. numerous gatherings at the Mellitz and Keating homes with dances, music, and lists of attendees. Ruth Gearting to wed Rand MacKeil with gifts at a Stevenson Street shower. James Pastime on leave from Camp Devens. Clifford Meaney recovering from grip. Charles Downey visiting from Navy. Victoria Lubik hosts a surprise party with many friends. Joseph Mullins returns from Army/Navy Prep School. Eastern Star meeting tonight with Stamford and Westport chapters as guests. Howard W Curtiss recovering from grip. Marlon Quint to Washington for government work. Miss Elizabeth Angel to demonstrate uses of cerafe. Mildred Hinsley visiting Waterbury. James Peterson safe arrival in France. Tailey anniversary celebrated. New York Congress trip underway.
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Sherman School
Fairfield
Otebeck
Elizabeth Angel
Mildred Hinsley
Garni, Avenue
James , Powers
Waterbury
Side Talks on The Gift of Gab and Limelight
The author defends brilliant conversationalists against reproach for hogging the limelight. They argue that those with wit or adventurous experience deserve larger speaking shares, likening it to sports chances and noting a monologist can be preferable to dull chatter.
Social notes from recent Bridgeport area gathering
Miss Anna Stagle hosted a Saturday night party with dancing and supper. Attendees included many named guests, families, and guests from Fairfield and New York. Local clubs held luncheons and Red Cross work, while Prom and college events filled the social calendar with students and servicemen home on leave.
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Anna Stagle
Miss Stagle
iFference Sharron
May Masterson
Margaret Fay
Alica Cleary
Irene Cleary
Rose Williams
Lillian ‘Frenzel
Catherine Canela
Albert Brisley
Edward Bray
Thomas Bracken
James Mullens
Revelations of a Wife and a Dancer's Offer
In a tense drawing room scene Lillian Underwood watches Grace Draper with cold suspicion while Harry Underwood praises the dancer's skill. Draper hints at a major career offer from Graydon, prompting doubts about Dicky and a potential scheme to advance Draper’s career. The narrator senses a web of jealousy, ambition, and unreadable motives as plans for a motor trip gathering unfold.
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Lillian
Dicky
Grace Draper
Harry Underwood
Mr. Underwood Sprane
Metropolitan
Harnest’s Nest
Graydon
Tomorro
Miss Draner
Lili
Smi
Ivo
Thirl
Grace Drper
Patriotic Exhibit Is Most Successful
The patriotic food exhibition closed Saturday night with record attendance over three days. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Owen Kildare, executive secretary of the Woman's Branch of the National Industrial Conservation Movement, spoke quoting President Wilson. Frederick Keough spoke in the evening, introduced by Samuel C. Shaw. Mrs. Samuel Shaw and Home Economics committee, aided by Minute Women and local clubs, organized the event. State council members praised it as the finest exhibit in the state.
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Owen Kildare
Woman's
National Industrial Conservation Movement
Kildare
President Wilson
Frederick Keough
Conservation Movement
Samuel C. Shaw
Samuel Shaw
Yosenh W. Alsop
J. B. Wilbur
State Council of Defence
Connecticut Nurses Ready for War Emergency
Hartford April 22 A report on the military census of nurses in Connecticut was submitted to Governor Marcus Holcomb. The state lists nearly 2000 nurses ready for emergencies, with 2280 graduate nurses and 1277 practical nurses enrolled for possible service. Red Cross nursing enrollment also expanded with 229 registered nurses and 125 new applications. First state to conduct a statewide nursing census, with special thanks to Richard A. Perry and R. Inde Albaugh for their volunteer efforts.
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Ger
Hartford
Connecticut
Marcus H. Holcomb
George 8. Goddard
Red Cross Nursing Service
Holcomb
Goddard
Richard A. Perry
R. Inde Albaugh
S. N
Connecticut State Board of Examination and Registration of
Nursea
Lieutenant Kuschkke Injured in Air Raid
Lieutenant Kuschke of the Royal Air Force was injured in London during a German raid and reports to his parents at 232 Lafayette Street that he is on the road to recovery. He was injured the night of January 51 and previously worked at Remington Arms in the Russian receiver department before enlisting in March 1917.
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William Kuschke
Royal Air Force
London
William EF. Kuschke
Lafayette Street
Royal Flying Corps
Kuschke
Remington Arms Plant
Diary entry on Lucille shopping for an afternoon gown
The narrator notes Lucille bought an afternoon gown after planning only to shop. The dark blue satin dress features a light skirt with a back bustle, plain bodice with a double panel, and brown cerepea georgette details. Sashes and headwinds embroidery finish the look, with pearl georgette sleeves.
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Lucille
Read Co Plans Liberty Bond Week Tribute
The Read Company Store will devote April 22 to 26 receipts to Liberty Bond purchases. It notes the April anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride from Boston warning Lexington and Concord, framing liberty as a cherished, hard won privilege and urging readers to safeguard American freedom by contributing cash or settling charge purchases.
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House of Read
Paul Revere
Boston
Lexington
Concord
All Wool French Serge Bargain at $1.79 Yard
A scarce wool serge offer with colors Light Navy Dark Navy Old Blue Burgundy Gray Belgian Blue African Brown Plum Taupe Tan Forty two inches wide priced at $1.79 a yard. Located on third floor. Also items include Gerard's Face to Face with Kaiserism Justin two dollar book and various linen and doily sets plus Nainsook Dresses and bath sets. Remember Smileage Books for soldiers.
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James Linehan
Rochester
Wren Cronin
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U- 8 Navy
Stephen Cronin
Milne Street
N. W W. Hart
Samuel Mellitz
Pairfield Avenue
Julian IG. Silverman
Sophia Thalin
Dina Rowe
Ethel Creighton
Niss Emn Mandeville
Efden Bowen
Helen Gay
Ruth Zelameter
Helen Joyce
Allen Cartman
Mildred Bentley
Marjorie ‘Layer
Julia Silverman
Samuel Mellitt
Frank Dawson
Read Street
Newar
N. O
Ruth M. Gearthng
Rand MacKeil
Melrose
Mass
Anna M. King
Orchard Street
Elia McQuesney
Anna Orlemen
Catherine King
Helen McGuire
Catherine Callahan
Julia Brannick
Mae Brannick
Teresa MacCube
Frances Lauman
Margaret Petit
Anna King
James Pastime
Camp Devens
A. C. Pastime
Noble Avenue
Clifford Meaney
Stephen Meaney
Catholic University
Charles Downey
Boston Avenue
Remington Arms Company
U. S Navy
Victoria E. Lubik
Union Avenue
Florence Suttie
Mary Sabik
May Kostiken
Marion Lesneski
Alice Lavery
Hilla Fowler
Ethel Pitman
Bessie O'Leary
Anna Rosenfeld
Mildred Meyer
Grace Badam
Agnes Hauser
Helen
Joseph Mullins
Millicon Avenue
Army and Navy Preparatory School
Washington, DB. C
Orient
Order [of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Howard W. Curtiss
Judge
Howard J. Curtiss
Stratford
Curtiss
804Th Infantry
Marlon Quint
Joseph Quint
Wood Avenue
Washington, D
Miss Quint
James V4
Peterson
Ramington Arms Company
France
Tieutenant
Mre
William Tailey
Crand Street
Miere
Springfield
Meriden
New York
Ti. A. Barnes
Washington Parly
Behureh
New
Ruth Cameron
Or. Patterson
Carl A. Schneider
Frank Novotny
Green Street
Mary H. McGrath
Norman Street
Arthur Sanderson
James B. Nihill
St. Augustine's . C. Church
Charles Edwards
Brooklane Avenue
Atlantic City
Bridgeport Fart League
State Street
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Red Cross
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Natalie Tait
Louise Atwater
Fred Atwater
Smith College
Yale
Woollsey Hall
New Haven
Evelyn Davis
The
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Svendsen Tune
Emms Franze
Clifford B. Wilson
Walter Wayte
Marlborough
Blenheim
William P. Kirk
Washington Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Brooklawn Country Club
D. Fairchild Wheeler
C. G. Waldo
Ralph Blackburn
W. Percy Allen
Henrietta Bishop
Waldo ©. Bryant
Murray H. Chapin
Laurence . Cornwall
David S. Day
John Yield
George
Gerrish
Tanathan Grout
Nathan H. Heft
Harvey Hubbell
Frank C. Hunt
Walter B. Lashar
Augustus
May
Guy P. Miller
K. W. McNeil
B. I. Neithercut
Charles Sanford
William H. Seeley
Samuel P. Senior
Frederick Strong
J. Munson Tomlinson
J. M. Trecartin
DeVer Warner
John W. ‘Wheeler
Jarvis Williams
Harry Denny
Jeremiah Denny
Wil
Ham Street
David Bernstein
Misa Bessie Bernstein
John Bernstein
Frederick BE. Lalley
Pelham Bay Park
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Naval Reserve
Fairfield Avenue
Dorothy Stafford
Stratfield Road
Catherine Leary
Barbara Smith
Acnes Twllypatrick
Crrace Cummings
Irene Jennings
Marion Gibbons
Helen Rider
Florence Miller
Mae Kelly
Alice Peterson
Evelyn Hutchinson
Clifford Meyers
Joseph Keating
John McNamara
Jamey Colles
Robert Engleman
Frank Fharlburt
Thomas Keene
Richard Kelly
Yreddyn
N. Y
Paul Kingston
Harry Smith
Donald O'Brien
U. S. Navy
John Grant
Yule Street
Bridgeport Steam Dyeing and Cleaning Co
H. Dworken & Son
Elizabeth Penner
Bridgeport
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Barnum
Radford B. Smith Fairfinid
Princess Mary
Mary
England
Queen
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Adele Garrison
Marvin
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Nanyone
Broadway
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Madge
Lillian Tinderwood
Gra Draper
Lilli
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Harvey-Lewis Co
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Main Street
Kaiserism
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