Fairfield Junior College to Open in Bridgeport
Fairfield community notes report the Junior College of Connecticut will begin operation February 1 in Bridgeport serving southwestern Connecticut. Speaker E Everett Cortright discusses rising enrollments and the two year liberal arts path. Notes include local meetings, events, and administrative updates through September.
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Fairfield
Junior College of
Connecticut
Bridgeport
E Everett Cortright
Southport
Cortight
Achoola
Fairfield Club
Bacon Wakeman
College University
West
Middle West
New Pain Relief Claim Promises Quick Comfort
An advertisement touts Moones Faneral as a simple topical remedy for severe rheumatic pains. It claims easy use and rapid relief from the first application, urging readers to purchase from druggists.
Newtown Lecturer Reports At Grange Meeting In August
Raymond Hall, lecturer of Potatuck Grange, reviewed a Kingston event and year’s plans at the Newtown Grange gathering attended by 22 members. Miss Hoyt read from Americas America, Miss Luft sang, Mrs Bilakeman recited, and Miss Platt shared a California journey with illustrated notes. An original For Sale roll call ad drew laughs. an encore was requested for Mrs Coger's surprise number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
Raymond Hall
Pohtatuck Grange
Kingston R S
Hall
Lecter Hall
Willis F Arndt
Fairfield County
Pomona
May
Hoyt
America
Robert Welemann
Mildred Luft
Adam _ Bilakeman
May Platt
Los Angeles
California
West
Edith A Coger
City Court Continues Several Local Assault and Liquor Cases
Mike Smith 65 of Courtland Street and Nelson Perry 25 of Linen Avenue received continuances to August 26 in two assault and infliction cases. Charles Dougiello 88 of Main Street was granted a further delay to August 31 on a liquor law violation charge. Several individuals including Laurence Snow Frederick Adams Harry Jacobs Fred Rosen and Irving Polley were fined for parking ordinance violations.
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Mike Smith
Courtland Street
Arthur Greenwood
State Street
Nelson Perry
Linen Avenue
Mabel Perry Charles Dougiello
Main Street
Laurence Snow
North Ave Ie
Sanford Place
Frederick Adams
Mim Blain Yond
Harry Jacobs
Palisade Avenue
Philadelphia
Fred Rosen
Fairfield Avenue
Irving EK Polley
Norwalk
Sapitowiccz
Sapitowler
New York
New Hexen
Hartford
Jaiilie
Hanford Bigelow
Bigelow
Electilon
Mike Broderick
Arch Street
William Fischer
Barnum Avenue
Frank McDougall
Elm Street
New Haven
Octe Club meeting and Walnut Beach event notice
A special Devon day report notes the Octe Club gathering at Mrs Walsh of Myrtle Beach with two new members Mrs Dourlis Kahle and Mrs Charles Mann. Regular winter activities will resume after Labor Day with whist and dominoes at Mrs E Abbot Walnut Beach to benefit Walnut Beach Wulen chapel. guests include Mr and Mrs Frank Heppen and others from Hillside Park and Brooklyn.
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Devon
Walsh
Myrtle Beach
Dourlis Kahle
Charles Mann
Frank Heppen
Hillside Park
T MecColl
Kenneth
George
Brooklyn
Thomann Gilford
Brooklyn NY
Wilnut Beach
E Abbot
Walnut Beach
Wulen Chapel
Petresiimenta
Westport Firemen Respond to Wrong Address Alarm
A general fire alarm drew all Westport companies to the Nowak home on Davenport Avenue after an overheated oil stove lit the kitchen wall. The blaze was quelled by the Nowak family and neighbors. minor damage to the side wall and sidewalk occurred. Confusion at the scene misdirected responders to Captain Mulhalley’s house, revealing gaps in the town’s alarm system and prompting calls for new methods.
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Westport
Herbert Nowak
Davenport Avenue
Central Fire Station
John Mulhaley
Riverside Avenue
Saugatuck Hose Company
Compo
Post Road
MCA
United States Military Academy
West Point
Achejdule
Thomas Leonard
YMCA
H. E Allen
Borys Department
Callendar
Boy Scouts
Staples High School
Town Road
Bridge Street
Shore Road
State Highway Department
Compa Road
Sound View Avenue
Walter Brown
Compa Beach
New Canaan
Danbury
Ridgefield
Thomas C Stearns
Bishop and Lynes Incorporated
Norwalk
George F Smith
Stamford
Westport Bank and Trust Company
Nana
Keough
Connecticut Mortgage and Title Guarantee Company
Stearns
State Street
Burr Avenue
Christchurch
Judson Creen
Baybury Lane
Town Clair
Creen
Sound View Drive
Schinet 5
Jessus Mae
Rachel Her
Elis F High
Iowa Man Heads Coin Collectors
Davenport resident Charles Markus elected president of the American Numismatic Association at a session in Hartford. New officers include Aiden Scott Boyer as vice president and L A Renaud as second vice president. Convention set for Rochester in 1928 and funds approved to expand the Rochester museum collection loaned to the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Associated Press
Chales Markus
Davenport
American Numismatic Association
Supreme Court
State Library
Markus
Harry Hanger
Indiana
Penn
Aiden Scott Boyer
Chicago
L A Renaud
Montreal
Canada
Harry T Wilson
George H Blake
Jersey City
N . Abrarten
Paul M Lange
Rochester
Harry W Rapp
Detroit
Michigan
Association
Municipal Museum
Robert F King
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, DC
National Museum
London
Paris
Philadelphia
Legislative Committee
Washington
J M Henderson
Wiliam A Ashbrook
Roy G Fitzgerald
Final Plans Arranged for Connecticut Game Club Outing
Hartford Aug 24 By Associated Press Members of the state board of fisheries and game held a daylong meeting at Lake Compounce to finalize details for the annual outing and field day of Connecticut ish and game clubs to be held Saturday Sept 3 under the board’s auspices Prizes totaling four figures will be awarded for the numerous events Any resident of the state can enter the contests and obtain event lists and entry blanks through any fish and game club The board also held its regular morning meeting
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Hartford
Associated Press
State Board of Fisheries and Game
Lake
Southington
Connecticut
State Board
Middletown Man Dies After Auto Skids Off Road
August 24. Hearold C Pistol a Middletown buyer died in Meriden from injuries after an automobile wreck on Willow Hill Saturday night. Edward J McDerractt of Woonsocket Row is held on suspicion of causing the death.
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Meriden
Hearold C
Russell Manufacturing Company
Middletown
Willow Hill
Edward J McDerractt
Woonsocket Row
Moman Marks 1015t Birthday in Westfield Mass
Mrs Mary Wilcox Clary, Westfield’s oldest resident, celebrated her 161st birthday at relatives’ home. She is a Payinand native and from a longevity noted family, with good health. The report notes low coin costs and mining worker dynamics influencing fuel and mine accessibility, reflecting broader economic themes.
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Westfield Mass
Associated Press
Mary Wilcox Clary
Payinand
Milford Teacher Held Over Brakes Faulted Car
A Bridgeport school teacher Carrie Gerald, 20s, of 629 Hawley Avenue, was arrested for driving without proper brakes after police stopped her car for a faulty headlight. She failed a brake test and could not demonstrate braking control. Other items note a small fire, a possible wedding license issue, a large bluefish catch, a birth, a death, and various local incidents including arrests for driving with lights out and without licenses.
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Milford
Carrie, Gerald
Hawley Avenue
Bridgeport
Gerold
Clarence Douglass
Earl Fowler
William Beebe
Grange
River and
Broad Streets
Beebe
Randolph Bubenicek
Woodmont
Catherine Wilson
Darina Place
New York
John Anderson
Franklyn Smith
Farr View Beach
Milford Hospital
Smith
Mildred Clark
High Street
Paula Strauss
Fort Trumbull Beach
New Haven Hospital
Miss Strauss
Joseph Strauss
New York City
Elm Street
Huntington Social Notes Reflect Busy Week Travel
Huntington column records visitors and frequent travel receipts from August. John West of Huntington spent Tuesday in Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs Scenttergodd of New York and their son Vincent were feted Sunday. Donald Kerrns returned with guests. Mrs Kitt Zeigler entertained Mrs Wilson of Pot Chest, NY. Mr and Mrs Charles BE Millard and family visited George Quick, with further names listed in the week’s social notes.
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Huntington
John West
Huntington Street
Massachusetts
Scenttergodd
New York
Vincent Wee Fuetts
Philip Laborle
Truntington
Donald Kerrns
Kitt Zeigler
Wilson
WEDDING AND LOCAL NEWS IN TRUMBULL AREA
Aug 24 notices in Trumbull detail the wedding of Laura Beach to Arthur Emerson at St Pauls Norwalk. Also reported are visits by Brush family, travels of Henry Landau, and several Bridgeport and Torrington guests. Community events include Trumbull Volunteer Fire Co carnival planning and local social updates amid a note on women’s rights and optimism.
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Trumbull
Bull Besch
Cora Beach
Howard Beach
Harold Beach
Laura Beach
Arthur Cecil Emerson
St Pauls Church
Norwalk
Foster Bushy
Ethel
Flora
Bushysr
Torrington
Ene Osterberg
Myre
Daniel Hughes
Margaret
Poughkeepsie
Frank Wells
Hughes
Japan
Edward Broch
Alfred
Daniel Guion
Billie Kallsten
Robert Gitlin
Eugene Rakowski
Nickie Sinchuck
Edward
Byé King Broch
Bile Nelson
Bridgeport
William Lee
Betty
New Yorks
E Fowler
Heve
North Main Street
Park Street
Henry B Landau
Flushing
Gunteve Kutcher
W L Nelson
Billie
Lordship Apent
W L Brown
William Ehrencronn
Harold Peterson
Trumbull Volunteer Fire Co
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Cortright
New England
Charles Wheeler
American Legion Post
Pequot Yacht Club
Misa Virginia Anderson
Westway Road
Red Mes Hall
Court St Mon
Ica
Catholic Daughters of America
Father Coleman
Falfield Town School
Roger Ludiowe High School
Court St Monica Catholic Daughters of America
Mary Knoll Seminary
Board of Assessors
Nine & m
Clampett's Drug Store
Fairfield Center
Switzers Drug Store
Washington School House
Villa Avenue
Rudolph Nemecsky & Store
Stratfield Fire House
Grange Hall
Grange Fair Day
Moone
Othine
Gisinus
Seaper Archive
Raymond F. Hall
Rhode Island
Way
Marion Rhoades
Wilmington
Delaware
Frank Wahgner
Ludlow Road
Westport Country Club
M Fitzpatrick
EL Reed
Gerome -Paul
Robert Ropes
Misa Josephinge Godillot
Pery Cosgrove
Elsie Frazee
P R Reed
William Adkins
Henry Wright
W Correilli
Albert Holman
Laura Snyder
Iarry Dickerson
Willian Tuttle
Stratford
Mary Palmer
Canal Street
Gerard Chatfield
Cross Highway
Pacific Coast
Weston
Ann Wood
Compo Road
Greenwood Lake
M R Lester
Bedford Junior High
Clyde Crosby
Evergreen Avenue
Alice Gerard
Greenwich
Merchants
Flimbers
Athletic Field
Shirley L Ames
Boston
Westport Manor House
Iowa
MAN Heads
Charles Markus
MOMAN
J Smith
Eric Peterson
Viola Christianson
James Shaw
White Street
Misa Rosella Hopkins
Booth
White Plains Street
Madson
Conn
Miss Hopkins
White Plains School
H Streichner
New
H A. Beil
Pease
Studebaker
Tident
Regal
Erskine
B. Festery
THE
F. L. Mills Company
Barnum
Troyes
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