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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1927

Page

17

Elks Honor Dead Members On Palace Theatre Stage

At the Palace Theatre B port Lodge Elks held a memorial ceremony naming twenty six or more deceased members. A large musical program featured local musicians and soloists with an array of choral and orchestral pieces. The service included readings by John P. McDonough and prayers from Horace Day.

ELKS William Horace Day Palace Theatre B Port Ubbesguus Olve Poli John J. Raynolds Qus Meyers, Jr Nainber Mendelssohn Christian Soldies Beethoven Lounsbury William Lounsbury James H. Brodeih Willam Edward F. Nevins John P. McDonough Charles H. Miller Ter George Poyter, Jr Equ Harris W. Couplain George L. Schnider Quaid John Jd. Raynoles Nevins James Devine John E. Colgan John Kelly Harry S. Bowman Thomas F. O'Brien John H. McMurray William W. Trinks Simon €Rehan William G. Doolan R. C. Pearson James W. Reardon J. T. Quinlan Frank J. Edgett Dr. J. D. S. Smith Albert Thierfelder Samuel Sussman Joseph J. Skelly Stephen P. Bullivan George E. Gannon John P. Lyons Arthur P. Rooney T. Bert Bartram Harry Levy Christopher Finnegan Edward H. Russell Patrick J. Dowling Beatrice Miller Tanahau- Pilgeric Chorus Wagner Anthony Bordes Evans Thomas Wall Dix Varleria Basticana Mascagni Lohengrin

All Work Can Be Made Play Says Forum Speaker

Professor Jay B Nash of New York University urged a Bridgeport Sunday forum to treat life as play from childhood onward. He argued play improves welfare, cited Edison, and noted costly playground setups can be inexpensive to install, urging communities to expand recreation and reduce youth crime.

Jay B. Nash New York University United Church Nash Ufe Thomas A. Edison Robert A. Leckie Board of Recreation Thhe Park Board Ife Broadwe Hong Elf Yooma Maying

Burglars Loot Toy Plant Office, Damage Delays Work

Burglars broke into L. Lindstrom Tool and Toy Co. plant at 60 Silliman Avenue yesterday between 8 AM and 5 PM. They forced a lavatory window, wrecked office equipment and a wall clock, opened tool boxes, damaged furniture, and stole an unfinished toy model while other items remained.

L. Lindstrom Tool and Toy Company Silliman Avenue

Baby Woll's Layette Pattern for Dolls

Telegram Daily Pattern Service offers Pattern No. 885 for a doll outfit set including shirt diaper slip kimono dress and Baby Bunting. Sized for dolls 48 22 26 and 90 inches high the simple clothes teach dressing and undressing. Attractively priced at 16 cents in stamps or coin with minimal material waste from remnants.

Baby Woll Layette Reai Dolly Papy

Pattern order fragment from Telegraph office misreads

A garbled request appears for pattern orders with names addresses and pattern numbers. The text shows repeated mis-spellings and unclear fields, making it hard to identify specific individuals orders or exact items. The readable bits reference pattern editor and town names but lack coherent order details.

Roslyn Police Dog Declared Grand Champion of 1927

Roslyn, Dec 4. Arko Von Sandowaberg of Jesroford, male dog owned by Mr and Mrs F C Mahoney of Roslyn New York, is named the grand International champion shepherd police dog for 1927.

Chicago Assoviated Press Arko von Sandowaberg Jesroford F. C. Mahoney Roslyn N. Y

Italian to be on Junior College of Connecticut language list

The Junior College of Connecticut will offer Italian as part of its language options and may allow entrance credit for Italian through high school certificates or, if absent, by proficiency exams. The bulletin outlines February 1 start, two major study tracks, and options for liberal arts, commerce, or professions, with women admitted on the same terms.

Junior College of Connecticut Lhe Bulletin General Assembly American Association of Junior Colleges College Dramatic Players Mary Gertrude Haseman Philip Eldon Henderson Clarency Dawes Luther Repp Helen Margeret Spurr Carl Ansley Wallace Pierre Silvie Zampiere Fairfield Avenue Department of Commerce and Business Department of Liberal Arts

Connecticut Junior College offers reduced cost two year path

The bulletin outlines admission rules for Liberal Arts and business oriented tracks in Hartford. It notes restricted entry for special students with business experience, a mandatory physical exam, and physician Dr. Stanton R. Smith. It argues two year college work at home reduces costs and provides professional general education within groups of thirty, aiming for 760 capacity and junior college status.

State Board of Education Hartford Stanton R. Smith Junior College of Connecticut American Association of Junior Colleges

Amundsen Reveals Reason for Sudden Departure

Captain Roald Amundsen explains his abrupt US lecture tour exit by stating a $10,000 debt owed by the American manager from the 1926 27 tour. He had planned to receive the Explorers Club medal in New York, but sailed for Norway on the Bergensfjord without comment, canceling the dinner presentation.

Osdo Norway Associated Press Roald Amundsen United States Amundsen Explorers’ Club New York Bergensfjord A. W. Greeley

William J Slack Dies Sudden Ill at 80

William J Slack aged eighty of 127 Gilbert street died suddenly in bed last night at 11 after a rapid heart attack. He had been ill through the day and declined medical aid despite requests. An ambulance and medical examiner attended and ruled death due to natural causes with no further inquiry.

William J. Slack Gilbert Street Medalcal Slack Son Chester EB. Haberlin H. R. DeLuce Ah Undertaker James Ramsey Detective Bureau J. J. Garrity Robert A. McCullough

Blood Tests To Solve Another Baby Mix Up

Madison, Dec 4. Mrs Paul Relidantz doubts the baby she nursed is hers. Blood tests will determine maternity after a mix up at Madison hospital where a newborn lost New Year’s Day. A nurse brought a second baby claiming it was hers, and the Relidantzes exchanged.

Madison Associated Press Paul Relidantz Ason Mrs. Rehdantz

Mayor Thompson speaks in Boston avoiding books

Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago, speaking in Mechanics Hall under the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, surprised a small audience by declining to discuss the Chicago schoolbook controversy and instead addressing the Irish question.

Boston Associated Press William Hale Thompson Chicago American Association For the Recognition Mechanics Hall

Falls Fractures Hip In Bridgeport Incident

Mrs Miller, weak from illness, slipped at 533 Wood Avenue yesterday afternoon and suffered a fracture of the right hip. Dr David Waron attended and the city ambulance took her to Bridgeport Hospital at 6 18 p m.

Miller Wood Avenue David Waron Bridgeport

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