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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1926

Page

14

Miss Elsa V Lawson Heads Bridgeport High Card Party

The Girls Students League of Bridgeport High plans a gymcard party Friday May 7 at 8 pm to bring parents and faculty closer. Elsa Lawson leads committees including Mrs Beers Reed and Cros with Marjorie Grant guiding the students under supervision for a successful event. Ky and Mrs Richardson travel to New Canaan today for April events.

Girls Students League Bridge- Port High School Elsa Lawson Gertrude Sehaf Esther Brewer Ruth Tread Josephine Bell Elizabeth Langards Barbara Lord Doris Pinney Marjorie Shallue Katherine Stone Rose Schmidt Anne Fox Marion Lynch Martha Poneleit Marjorie Grant Girls Student League John Richardson Stratford New Canaan Girls’ Student League

London Letters on a Bridgeport Weekend Feast and Fashion

Edits and reflections from a Bridgeport reader on social events, shopping, and home planning. Notes include upcoming tea at Westport Manor House, hat fashions at Road's, Mother’s Day greetings, travel dreams, and household improvements with Cretonne draperies and Sant-Onyx bath fixtures.

Fairfield County women meet as Voters, Reed to speak

A Fairfield County League of Women Voters meeting will be led by Mrs. Samuel C Shaw with principal speech by Carroll F Reed superintendent of schools in the city The Thursday Thimble club hosts a meeting at Brooklawn Park and many charity and social events fill a busy week in the area including a piano benefit in New York City and various card parties and exhibitions by local organizations.

Mother Bab Eve Louise Faxon Knapp Fairfield County League of Women Voters Samuel C. Shaw Carroll FR. Reed Scloula Frank Hunt Brooklawn Park Marell Dart John Adam Dingo New York City William H. @riffith Lieatnent British American Social Society St. George's Hall Sona and Daughters of Hebrew Ladies Aid Society The Daughters of Israel Hebrew Daughters Aid Society A. M. Katz A. Adelman H. Bresley J. Greenspun 4. Honick L. Cohen Ars. Cleban Misa Rose B. Houses Newfield P. T. Association C. M. Botsford C. Weigand Ladies of Germania

Busy local clubs host breakfast and parties this May

Members of the Business and Professional Women's club plan a Sunday breakfast from 9 to 10 o'clock with aprons quilts and craft items on display. May events include Mothers Day musicale dinner and club nights with hostesses Daisy Waldman and M E Shepard and a card party at Stratfield hostel. The Ladies Aid Society of Scummerfield M H church held a social with music dancing and ice cream.

Trinity Church Washington Avenue Wmen's Club Sunda Jane C. Wright Daisy Waldman M. E. Shepard Stratfield Hostel Emma F. Eames J. W. Bhallenberger W. D. Minsch F. A. Hawley Ladies Guild St. Andrew's Church Brewster Street

Twelfth District Democratic Club Meets on Stratford Avenue

The Twelfth District Democratic Club holds a gathering in rooms on Stratford Avenue and Union Avenue, inviting local members to discuss party affairs and upcoming elections.

Democratic Club Stratford Avanue Union Avenus

Three Drivers Here Lose Auto Licenses

The weekly list of Connecticut drivers suspended for one year for driving while intoxicated was released by the state motor vehicle department as part of highway safety efforts. The list includes John Fitzpatrick Lewis A. Humphrey and George J. Kuhlke of this city. one case was appealed.

Connecticut Lst John Fitzpatrick Lewia A. Humphrey George J. Kuhlke

Delaware Town Seethes After Church Fire Rampage

Hartly Delaware April 28 AP A suspected incendiary struck the Methodist Episcopal church amplifying a series of fires in three weeks. Police and armed patrols guarded townsfolk as a prior arrestee in the fires was held in Hartly jail. The church burned sixteen minutes after guards patrolled the building amid lanterns in trees and dim street lights.

Hartly Del Delaware

Milford Tea Room Owner Divorced After Custody Ruling

Inez Melville Boettcher, Milford tea room owner, was granted a divorce from Fleury P. Boettcher of Jersey City by Judge Alfred A. Baldwin in Superior Court yesterday. She won custody of their two daughters after detailing cruel treatment including a choking incident and disputes over finances. marriage dated June 26, 1911.

Inez Melville Boettcher Milford Dev Cree Fleury P. Boettcher Jersey City Alfred A. Baldwin

Damages Sought After Moontowess Auto Crash

In New Haven on April 28 AP report says Carl Mueller of Meriden sues New York Massachusetts Motor Service for $15,000 for loss of use of his left arm from a fall crash in Moontowess last fall. W C Mueller seeks $2,000 for the wrecked car. Both suits cite a new state law allowing residents to sue non residents in auto crashes by serving the state motor vehicles commissioner. Both actions returnable at the May term of civil superior court.

New Haven Moontowess Carl Mueller Meriden Motor Service Inn W.C. Muever Menu

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Elsa V. Lawson Ralph T. Beers Walter Loewith Currall Reed Robert A. Cros Tetephons Noble Natalie Frvelyn Brice Simonds Handel Hlaydn Bruce Westport Helen Westport 216 Milter Work Chamberlin Shropshire’s Cinnen Street Edith Csuese Ward& Point Motier Happiness Gift Shop Broad Street Rosuet Max Felk Melgs & Co Anatter Charming & Ft Pasamaa Tost Crawford Bridgeport Trust Company Mother Pah Hubert Art Glass John Stref Bath Hubert Shames Mother Sith St. Moe Dielon Phyllis Tomlinson Girl Yeouts of America St. Louis H. Ej Women's Committee Herbert Strout Te Burroughs Widows Maurfield Avenue Sterling Widows Hem C. Fitzpatrick Louissimeneger Margaret Barker Third District Republican Club Alfred Street St. John’s Church Jeane G. Gregali F. Gregorio Thore Anna Altieri Lucy Gregorio Catherine Tuozzola Betty Gregali Jean Damiani Josephine Damiani I. A. Cavaliere Nettie Facello Emma Facello Dorothy Bacon Marton Gregorio Babe Avillo Jeanette Fasanello Marie Fasanelo Mra. M. Pitotth Margaret Facello Miss Forte Mra. F. Gregorio Daniel Gregorio Mothers’ Club Halldlome Settlement J. H. Ryan A. Jackson H. Tompkins E. C. Smith Mary A. Jordan Broadstreet Jamaica L. 1 Scout Headquarters State Armory Catherine Lennon Warrfield Avenue Englewood N. J Calanthe Temple Pythian Sisters State Street Catherine Hanley Patrick Leahy St. Paul's Church Emily W. Wagner S. Wagner Concord Street Roy F. Crosson E. Crosson West Haven H. G. Weimer Howley Avenue Thomas A. Kirkham Courtland Bill English Literary Club Misa Freeda Bernstein Norman Street Philadelphia Penn Earle J. Brown Maplewood Avenue Elwood Butler Ridgeport Hospital Brown Ethel Elwood Fidelity Odd Fellows Hall Fancy George Bimmonda George Stewart Howard Sanborn Mara Hurd George Lee Rose Lockwood Lillian Barmore Anna Bowen Fannie Leonard Ladies Aid Society Scummerfield M. H Kitchen Band Herman Massey Cornfield Willam Coonfoot Case H. Gould Harold Clemans John Cruthers Worth Street Thurstay Anne Harvey Poplar Street Anne and Eleanore Harvey Alice Washburn Dorothy Truesdell Pearl Preuas Arthur Bachman Lyman Cortoran Laurence Portell Ned Leary Loring Chapel Evening Star Sewing Circle Edward Mullaney Howland Dry Goode Ca Rockwell and Co Smith Murray Co Hindle Phoy AI Leverty Drug Stores America New York Los Angeles Mobile Minneapolis Maxwell House Coffee Cheek-Neal Coffee Company Nashville Houston Jacksonville Richmond
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