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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1927

Page

16

Huntington Notes and Local Funerals Roll Call

August 1 report from Huntington with church services by Rev Nestor Light and updates on residents, visitors, and local events including Millcroft guests, a Derby family motor tour, and a postponed Queen Esther chapter picnic at Log Cabin. Also mentions a farm sale bid, Grange meetings canceled, and local visits to Brooklyn and Waterbury.

Huntington Nestor Light Stratford Congregational Church George W. Judson Clement Wond New York Irene Penny Ghelton Frank Pitpatrick Huntington Street Kenneth Card Statford Edward A Boers Mohegan Street Samuel I Greenberg Pennsylvania Queen Esther Eastern Star of Derby Par Mill River Grange Gertrude Klotz Brooklyn John Arunadel Sunglass John Vanderberg Edith Dorothy Nicholas John Arundel Terence Rogers Bridgeport Henry Kempf Church Street Michael J. West William Loren Waterbury Midas Boulanger

Diphtheria Cases Rise in Connecticut Weekly Report

Hartford August 1 The Connecticut state health department reports a modest rise in diphtheria with 23 cases this week up from 16. Scarlet fever totals hold at 10, measles down to 10, whooping cough at 26, typhoid up to 3, while other communicable diseases total 20 against 37 last week.

Hartford Associated Press Connecticut State Department of Health

Mystery Fire Damages Stamford Bottling Works

Stamford police probe a blaze at the Isaac Silver bottling works causing about 15000 dollars in damage. The owner was ordered to vacate by New York merchant Henri Bendell. Fire crews battled two blazes late Saturday, with no arrests reported.

Stamford Isaac Silver Sliver Henri Bendell New York

Devons Busy Social Round Highlights Regional Notices

August 1 report notes Miss Sarah Fridey leaves for Camp Mohawk for two weeks. Miss Joanettte Plummer hosts Miss Dorothy Campbell from New Haven. Kenneth Han s and Donald Hans of Elm Street with William Guggenheim of Berkeley Terrace return from Lake Zoar. Devon Union Church Ushers set weekly meeting tomorrow. Bernice Mosher, a Springfield native guest of Evelyn Bergeron, heard WBZ radi broadcast from Springfield. Golden September Order outing at Walnut Beach Park drew 300 members from New England lodges with Prof Quilty of Bridgeport leading a musical program.

Devon Sarah Fridey William Fridey Colonial Heights Camp Mohawk Joanettte Plummer Naugatuck Ave Dorothy Campbell New Haven Kenneth Donald Han Elms Street William Guggenheim Berkley Terrace Lake Zoar Regula Devon Union Church Ushers Association Church Hall Bernice Mosher Springfield Mass Evelyn Bergeron Elite Street WBZ Springfeld Plonte Order of Golden Septer Walnut Beach Park New England Prof Quilty Bridgeport

College girl drowns thwarted rescue in Chesapeake Bay

Washington August 1 A young college girl Avril Stewart twenty of Chevy Case dived from a rowboat to save her college mate Arnold Thel pert Edwards twenty one formerly of Long Branch New Jersey from drowning in Chesapeake Bay. He grew exhausted in a swift current and despite her efforts she failed to locate his body and barely escaped the rough water herself after reaching the boat.

Washington Associated Press Arnold Thelpert Edwards Long Branch N. J Chesapeake Bay Avril Stewart Chevy Case Edwards

Abolition of Dog Days Discussion Prompts Trips and Furs

A social gathering jokes about ending Dog Days, while friends discuss fur sales at Meigs & Co and Rend's. The group plans a possible Canadian Rockies trip, reviews a D. M Read Company Fur Fashions offer, and debates home building plans in Stratfield and Fairfield County real estate.

Encyclopaedia Helen Tom Meigs & Co Little Tom Meigs Steiger-Poole Co Rend's Canadian Rockies Loewich & Co Niagara Falls Yellowstone Park Columbia River Highway Boston

Berkeley Move to New Haven Seeks Expanded Spiritual Education

Berkeley plans to relocate its Divinity School from Middletown to New Haven near Yale University to broaden access to university resources, extend training for clergy and laity, and create a mission hostel for missionaries. The move aims to raise enrollment, enhance music and art programs, and extend extension work, with a $1,000,000 goal for site and endowment.

Diiocese Berkeley Divinity School Middletown Yale University New Haven Connecticut Episcopal Church America United States Berkeley Americas England Scotland Oxford Edinburg Herkeley Pirat Waya Litchfield Yale Divinity School Church Uni Mary Fiick Page l University of Oxford Bampton Berkley School of Inquiry New York Philadelphia Wshington Boston Providence Percy Dearmer T. W. Pym G. A. Studdert-Kennedy Canon F. W. Dwelly A Duncan-Jones Aya C. Carpenter Thse Bpiecopal Day Missions Yale Divinity School

Fire Destroys Goodyear Mine Tipple near Adena

A Goodyear Mine tipple at Summers mine near Adena in Steubenville district burned early today. Loss estimated around 60 000 dollars. Foreman Charles Brown led the fight to control the blaze as the mine prepared for its upcoming reopening.

Steubenville Ohio Associated Press Summers Goodyear Tire [and Rubber Company Adena Ross Charles Brown

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