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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1957

Page

14

Church Auxiliary Of Fairfield Plans Program and Tea

The Woman's auxiliary of St. Paul's Episcopal church Fairfield meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the parish house on Old Post road. President Mrs. Richard Moore leads a brief meeting followed by a program on Church Arrangements by Southport’s Mrs. Arthur Jennings, a national council judge and greens club winner. Tea hosts are Mrs. John Walters, Mrs. Arthur Conley, Mrs. Carl Van Etten, and Mrs. Timothy Fallon. Altar Guild members invited.

St. Paul's. Episcopal Church Fairfield Old Post Road Richard Moore Arthur O. Jennings Southport

Diana Carlisle Engaged to Pvt Edward Schweidtle

Diana Carlisle of 208 Willow Street Southport plans an early summer wedding to Pvt Edward Sterling Schweidtle second Army at Spring Hill Road Monroe. Her parents Mr and Mrs E Grafton Carlisle of South Burlington Vt announce the engagement. She is a Pequot school teacher and a June graduate of Middlebury College.

L. Diana Carlisle Willow Street Southport E. Grafton Carlisle South Burlington Pvt Edward Sterling Schweidtle Army Hubert Hart Schwerdtle Spring Hill Road Monroe Pequot School Middlebury College Acucu Samcln Tuy Avipaca Schweidtle Wilbraham Academy Bury College Chi Psi Blue Key Waubanakee Anne Adams Fort Wadsworth Staten Island N. Y Schwerd Reiseepers Telegram vEkstle Stamp Company Schwerdtle Edward Sterling Schwerdtle Arcadia Avenue John Burn Bridgeport

Printed Pattern Ad and Birth Announcement Fragments

Shapely sheath printed pattern offers versatile wardrobe solution with sizes 12 through 40, detailing fabric types and mailing instructions. Also notes the birth of Virginia Riker to Mr and Mrs Hoyt QO Perry Jr of Southport with lineage from Norwalk and New Canaan.

Easton Girl Crowned Bridgeport Voice of Democracy Winner

Martha McCauley 16 of Easton wins Bridgeport city finals of the Voice of Democracy contest and will represent Bridgeport in the state finals in Danbury Saturday. She receives a winner’s plaque. A travelling trophy goes to Bassick High School for having the winning contestant.

Martha McCauley Easton Bridgeport Danbury McCauley Bassick Milton W. McCauley Stepney Road Bridgeport Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycees Bassick High School Voice of Democracy Jay James Fairfield Avenue Yen’s Columbia Records, Inc Barnum Avenue Spears Sears Roebuck and Company University of Bridgeport

China Doll Weds Hong Kong Actor in Formosa Honeymoon

Li Li-Hua, Chinese film star, marries Yien Tsui today at Hong Kong and departs for a Formosa honeymoon. The star, soon to appear in an American film China Doll with Victor Mature, has long been a Southeast Asia box office favorite and now runs her own motion picture company. She has made Hong Kong her home since leaving the Chinese mainland in 1948.

Hong Kong Li Li-Hua Yien Tsui Formosa Miss Li Victor Mature Southeast Asia Motto Picture Company China Mainland

Bridge hand summary from East openings and bids

East player opens at 2 diamonds or not, South West North East vary with Pass and doubles. Final play shows opening lead from West to six, with vulnerable distribution noted. No clear contract concluded due to fragmented notation.

Education and work for distressed youths urged in country schools

The piece argues that students unable or unwilling to fit standard secondary schooling cannot be cast aside. It calls for specialized schools near home communities offering real work, disciplined training, and leadership to transform troubled youths into useful, responsible adults. It cites labor’s demands and stresses humane, practical education over abandonment.

Oswald Jacoby Ren Jacoby

Bridge Puzzle: Responding to partner rebid two spades

The prompt presents a bridge bidding dilemma from North East South West with a Pass by West. South must decide after partner rebids two spades. The scenario notes two clubs as an opening overcall and questions two no trump as unsuitable due to unbalanced distribution. The problem references a historical Navy start with eight ships carrying 110 guns 182 years ago.

Jackie Begin Montreal North South Jackie West la Pass U. S. Navy

Ten Churches To Lift 1957 United Canvass

Ten Bridgeport area churches will evaluate the 1957 United Stewardship Canvass and plan follow up procedures at a meeting tomorrow. The canvass began in September with the theme To Give Is to Live. Participating churches include First Baptist Newfield Methodist Washington Park Methodist Park Street Congregational Bridgeport Lordship Community First Methodist Stratford Long Hill Methodist The Church of Christ Congregational Trumbull Jesse Lee Methodist Easton and Monroe Congregational.

Bridgeport United Stewardship First Baptist Newfield Washington Park Park Street Lordship Community First Methodist Stratford Long Hill Church of Christ, Congregational Trumbull Jesse Lee Easton Monroe

Look Your Bes by Colette forms for the queen

Designers present spring formal fashions with full skirts and waistlines that appear smaller. Styles range from floating chiffon to dramatic prints, promoting confidence in the waistline while keeping elegance.

Colette Cakaro Sun-Times Spaduale

Holy Name to Meet at St Raphael Church

The St Raphael Holy Name society will hold a business meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the church hall on Center Street. Anthony Veccerelli will preside. Inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary recently built a shiny pink sports car from junk in the prison auto repair shop as part of the rehabilitation program.

St. Raphael’s Holy Name Society Center Street Anthony Veccerelli Iowa State Penitentiary

Warning signs of skin cancer and mole care

Dr. Herman Rundensen explains that skin cancer is often curable if treated promptly. He cautions on changes in size or color of moles or melanotic freckles, distinguishes seborrheic keratosis, and urges prompt removal when lesions change, bleed, ulcerate, or appear under nails.

Answers and curiosities from a question and answer page

A reader asks about the Iroquois Five Nations Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Cayuga and Seneca tribes and receives a brief geographic and historical reply. Other Q A items cover origins of April Fool’s Day the UN flag display rule the Great Star of Africa diamond naturalized citizens rights the presidential oath and Soviet land area. The article also quotes Emmanuel Zacchini the human cannonball noting a seven year athletic career.

L. A New York State Brazil al Sao Salvador Bahia

Miss Carol Kerr to Become Bride

Engagement announced by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Kerr of Bedford Village New York for their daughter Miss Carol Hayward Kerr to B Rodman Tuttle son of Mr. and Mrs. C Horace Tuttle of Bibbins Road Easton and New York City Plans call for a June wedding Miss Kerr is a Wheaton College senior and granddaughter of Mrs Charles D Hayward Englewood New Jersey and Mr and Mrs John C Kerr of Englewood Mr Tuttle a Lafayette College student and Marine Corps veteran is a grandson of Rev and Mrs B F Rodman of Du Quoin Illinois and Mr and Mrs Clifford H Tuttle of Englewood New Jersey

Thomas B. Kerr Bedford Village N. Y Kerr Carol Hayward Kerr B. Rodman Tuttle C. Horace Tuttle Bibbins Road Easton New York City Miss Kerr Wheaton College Norton Mass St. Mary's-In-The-Mountains B. F. Rodman du Quoin Clifford H. Tuttle Englewood, N. J

Marilyn Steeves Engaged to Marry Donald Stacey Jr

Miss Marilyn Louise Steeves plans a February wedding to Donald Stockdale Stacey Jr. Parents are Mr and Mrs Arnold J Steeves of Fairfield. Stacey is the son of the Rev Donald S Stacey and Mrs Stacey of Fairfield. Steeves is a Beaver College alum and UConn student. Stacey is a UConn student and Air Force veteran.

Marilyn Louise Steeves Arnold J. Steeves Palomar Drive Fairfield Donald Stockdale Stacey, Jr Donald S. Stacey Fairfield Methodist Church Stacey Fairfield Woods Road Steeves Roger Ludlowe Beaver College University of Connecticut U. S. Air Force Uconn

Dorothy Hill Engaged to John H Birdseye of Stratford

Mr and Mrs Kingsley B Hill announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy to John H Birdseye son of Mr and Mrs Garner K Birdseye Both are graduates of the University of Connecticut The bride elect works for Southern New England Telephone Co The groom is a development engineer with Manning Maxwell and Moore Inc in Stratford

Kingsley B. Hill Riverview Place Stratford Dorothy John. H. Birdseye Garner K. Birdseye Garden Street East Miss Hill Mr. Birdseye Thee University of Connecticut Southern New England Telephone Company Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc

Debutantes and Engagements Highlight Fairfield and West Coast News

Fairfield resident Miss Meriwether Lewis Cowgill engages to George F. Schmid Jr son of Bridgehampton New York and Montclair New Jersey with plans for December wedding. Her background spans Miss Porter’s School Debutante Cotillion Junior League Life magazine and notable Crocker and DeGrauw affiliations. Alexandra K Nash of Brentwood Los Angeles debuts at a Baltimore cotillion after Chapin New York and Westlake Beverly Hills education and University of California enrollment.

William W. Cowgill Congress Street Greenfield Hill Fairfield Meriwether Lewis Cowgill George F. Schmid, Jr Schmid Bridgehampton N. Y Montclair N. J Miss Cowgill Cowgill New York Life Magazine Charles T. Crocker Fitchburg Mass Pawling School Williams College DeGrauw, Aymar and Company Varick Miller Cawgill Paducah, Ky William Fos Brown Brooklyn George Beauty Frederick Schmid Bridgeport Telegram Needlecraft Dept P.O Old Chelsea Station New@ York Laura Wheeler Alexandra Katherina Nash F. Aubrey Nash Brentwood Los Angeles Westport Baltimore Chapin School Westlake School For Girls Beverly Hills Calif University of California

Birth of Jeffrey Stewart in New York Hospital

Mr and Mrs Paul W Hush Jr of New York announce the birth of their first child a son Jeffrey Stewart on November 26 at New York Lying In hospital Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs James Stewart 70 Housatonic drive Devon paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Hush of Cincinnati Ohio

Paul W. Hush, Jr New York City Jeffrey Stewart New York Lying In Hospital James Stewart Housatonic Drive Devon Mrs. Hush Cincinnati

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Church Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Episcopal Group TRUTH Diana Carlisle Faille Drintead Catmen Arcarataaas Tern Dept West 17Th St N.Y Hoyt QO. Perry, Jr Harbor Road Virginia Riker Norwalk Hospital Perry Northrop Dawson New Canaan Richard Holsten Turnpike Huntington Nature Food Centres Bank Street City China Sisterhood Shaare Torah Group Congregation Shaare Torah Leon Gordon William Smackey David Fisher Mark A. Block Marilyn Gordon Gary Heyum Judy Landesman Danny Kantrowitz Marshal Rosenberg Harriet Stark Leslie A. Stollman William E. Sussman Richard Oppenheim Fred Grossfeld Susan Nadelman Martin Lefkowitch Wil Mrs. Josteph Goby Thedore Tenzer Max. Domue Isidore Krentzman Lillian Shapiro Israel Berelson Jacobyon South West North East Hayduk Patterson Club Dick Haydu Pat Thorpe Charity Bishop Richard Medoe William Bansak Gail Treszi Ace-Jack-Small of Tromne MA Manapron South United Canvass Herman Rundensen, M.D Settee Ariley France United Nations Africa Great Britain United States Soviet Union Emmanual Zacchini Carol Kerr Marilyn L. Steeves Dorothy Hill Tillie Majezek Meriwether Cowgill Carre Nonder Weavers Main Street Loring Edison Doyle & Martin Furniture William PRP Dept Nk Hon Sta Boston Cmr. Naim Tami
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