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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1925
Page
15
Mrs Clarke M Baright, newly appointed temporary oil magistrate in New York, becomes the first woman to sit as chairman on a lunacy commission, marking a historic milestone in the state's judiciary.
verwijderen attorney Niin appointed to defend two cases in the general court martial. Also noted is the milestone of the second woman admitted to membership in the American Bar Association.
An advertisement fragment lists a drama titled The Counsel for the Defenge with Betty Compton and House Peters at Warners Cameo Theatre next Thurs Fri and Sat. It also references a variety of local shops and sales including Nookery coffee house 1208 Main St and Meigs & Company fashion items with prices and promotions.
John J. Maher son of Mr and Mrs W M Maher of 187 Tranistan avenue was chosen third marshal of the Harvard senior class on Wednesday. He is a former varsity football player and has served as president of the Harvard Choate club and secretary of the Philips Brooks House association Marion A Chesk of Berkeley is first marshal and Willard L Tibbatts of Boston is second.
John B Wynkoop financial secretary of the Board of Education and vice president of the National Association of School Business Officials leaves for Columbus Ohio to attend an international conference. He sits on the executive committee with ER H Milligan ER M Brown John S Mount and H W Huston as they plan an international U S Canada association and choose nominating and standing committees for the next meeting in Toronto.
An Evening program by Frederic Baer and George Price, harpist, presented by the Grace Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society. Miss Price will perform with selections by Hasselmans, Schubert, Rogers, Aria, and others, including pieces from L Ebree and The Opera. The event features piano and harp pieces alongside vocal arias.
Stratford reports a Catholic Daughters social at Knights of Columbus hall on December 15 with games and refreshments led by Mrs. Susan Lynch. Also announced is the engagement of Hilda MacDaniel to Harold E. Heisler, both Stratford residents. An Odd Fellows Christmas whist and pinochle party is planned for December 16 at the lodge hall, led by J. Tooth. Also noted is the marriage of Alice L. McComish from Scotland to Samuel Lindsay of Stratford, after a ceremony in Stratford conducted by Rev. R. C. Whitehead following their arrival in New York.
Birth notices list couples and newborns with dates in December and November. Entries include Carl and Elsie Craig at 105 Holmes Street a son. Charles and Mary Davenport at 61 Garden Street a daughter. William and Alice Parker at 746 East Main Street a daughter. George and Carly Beardaley at Big Wells Street a son. George and Christine Sheppard at 17 Howard Street a daughter. Allen and Agnes Lfahtle at 1022 Norman Street a daughter. Joseph and Helen Chisewik at 669 Beechwood Avenue a daughter. John and Anna Chulak at 25 Marvald Street a son. Anthony and Anna Mloura at 128 Chopsey Hill read a daughter. Leounardo and Giovannin Grasso at 170 Tranlett Street a daughter. Patrick and Anetta Maring at 463 Newfield Avenue a son. Richard and Caroline Caldwell at 1708 Broad Street Stratford a second son.
Dominick Simone fifty four of 46 Trailroad Hill Street leaped from his second floor veranda at about 530 this morning in Waterbury. He was found with facial and body wounds and transported to St. Mary’s Hospital where injuries were assessed as serious.
Soprano Jeannette Vreeland of New York will headline the Sunday night concert at First Presbyterian in a ninth edition of Miss Haskin’s musical series. Noted conductor Georgio Palacco lauds her voice as the finest from a young American singer. Vreeland, daughter of a Denver businessman and wife of Percy Stevens, has appeared with major orchestras and in many festivals, praised for a pure, beautiful soprano tone.
Holy Name choirs plan the year’s largest Communion at St. Augustine's church next Sunday 8 am with about 1509 parish men over sixteen expected. Entire seating reserved for men, confessions held Saturday evening, Holy Name senior and junior choirs debut with 24 boys in the junior group and listed senior singers.
The Butler Avenue Hebrew school will hold a Sunday evening program starting at 7 at 100 Butler Avenue. New York men will speak, with songs and folk dances by visiting entertainers Jacob Miller Henry Bresky and Mrs Sarah Fisenberg. the school board members supervise the event.
Edward A. Pierce paid 35000 dollars for the seat of John J. Healy at the New York curb market, setting a new high record. The previous high was 28000 dollars, paid a few weeks earlier.
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