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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1921
Page
9
Miss Euntce Avery delivered the final Current Events lecture of the year, guiding members through Washington conference questions, French and German conditions, and Pulitzer prize highlights. The course will resume Tuesday in January and meet the first and third Tuesdays each month thereafter.
Fragmentary instructional text outlines formal writing rules for polite correspondence. It mentions addressing ladies as Madam or Dear Madam and suggests using third person and certain phrases. The passage preserves archaic tone and partial guidance on social propriety.
St John Episcopal Church presents a Christmas Eve program by Alvin C and the choir with soloists Lawrence Sidebottom and Warren Mosmillin. The service includes carols, organ recital, Holy Communion, and traditional Advent and Christmas hymns conducted by the choir and accompanying orchestra.
Members of the Bridgeport Connecticut section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will attend an illustrated lecture by C M Lange manufacturing engineer of the General Electric Bridgeport Works. The program includes The Electrification of the Panama Canal and a two year film. Captain C Mazeau will read a paper on Low Temperature Coal Distillation. A E Keating of American Tube and Copper Company will chair. The committee invites all engineers in the area to attend.
Bridgeport ex service men in New York and hospital volunteers support a sale at the American Legion on Golden Hill Street. Disabled veterans craft beaded bags trays baskets and scarves to raise funds for wounded workers and their families. Proceeds go to the men in hospitals and several families in need.
Personal notes list Briceport girls home from Smuth college Northampton for holidays including Miss Carolin(e) Mays Eleanor Webster and Beatrice Ale Qhatman among others. Also mentions Mrs J Ives of Norah piens return from Holton Arms School and a Christmas dance hosted by Mrs J Verey Bartram Islani in Stamford. The Ailie Stowe Women of World War plan a meeting December 21 at 8 pm in Stowe hal. A bridge party for Maude Jennings planned at Brooklawn avenue home, and more local notices about Christmas events and meetings.
The ad lists letter openers and bookmarks of mother of pearl or bamboo priced 50 cents to 2 dollars, school boxes with pencils and accessories from 25 cents to 1 dollar, and funny face pencils for 25 cents. Braided New England rugs in several sizes range from 4 by 7 feet at 10 dollars to 36 by 60 inches at 6 dollars, with round and small rugs also offered. Red leather and red cloth items priced 45 cents and 15 cents respectively, all sold on the main floor.
A selection of tea wagons in oak walnut and mahogany on the fourth floor offers convenient options with broad leaves extendable to sizes for small luncheons or breakfasts. Many models include separate trays and some feature drawers for silver, reflecting the era’s attractive furnishings at Bilt Second.
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