Party fete for Esther Gerrishs friends in Laurelave
Miss Esther Gerrish tied a five hundred party at her Laurel Avenue home with a guest list including Maude Jennings Elizabeth Havens Harriet Windsor Virginia Ives Cordelia Ford Katherine Ford Charlotte Light Margaret Best Glen Bullard Catherine Miller Elizabeth Foster Dorothy Arthrop Julia Foster Doris Wheeler Eleanor Webster Livia Nicholson Eleanor Baram Anna Swinnerton Lorraine Armstrong Charles Armstrong and others spending Christmas recess with their parents. A Brooklawn weekend plans abetted by a charity dance for the Protestant Orphan Asylum and Bridgeport Hospital.
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Esther Gerrish
Aunding Sullins College
Bristol
Laurelavere
Iss Maude Jennings
Eilizath Havens
Harriet Windsor
Virginia Ives
Cordelia
Iss Katherine Ford
Charlotte Light
Margaret Best
Glen Bullard
Catherine
Iss Mary Miller
Martha Shar
Eunice Newman
Travie Armstrong
Margaret Eithercut
Julia
Misslizabeth Foster
Dorothy Arthrop
Doris ‘Heeler
Eleanor Webster
Livia Nicholson
Eleanor Baram
Anna Swinnerton
Dorothy Chapin
Miss Newman Christmas Party Charms Local Teens
Miss Newman's Christmas fete brought the younger set together at 825 Laurel Avenue. Jewel lights, red carnations, and poinsettias lit the room while Christmas snappers and gay bonnets added festive flair. Spelder's orchestra provided music from early evening, with a guest list featuring Cora Anderson Dorothy Hartwell Lovwise Crawford Elsie Clark Elizabeth Rosters Sally Travers Catherine Slenion Catherine Logan Catherine Miller Jusia Wheeler Beatrice Clark Elizabeth Smith Warner Hunter Alice Fitzgibbons Doris Cale Kempton Pierpont Adams plus many others.
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Miss Newman
Cora Anderson
Dorothy Hartwell
Lovwise Crawford
Elsie Clark
Elizabeth Rosters
Sally Travers
Catherine Slenion
Russ Betty Leeds
Catherine Logan
Catherine Miller
Jusia Wheeler
Beatrice “Clark
Elizabeth Smith
Warrier Hunter
Alice Fitzgibbons
Doris Booth
Move to oust Mrs Theodore Shonts from Park Avenue home
New York December 23 Proceedings to oust Mrs Theodore P Shonts widow of New York citys largest traction system head from her exclusive Park Avenue apartment were instituted today A dispossess notice was served on her on behalf of the property owners Mrs Shonts is contesting her husbands will which left most of his property to Mrs Amanda C Thomas who lived in the same building as he at another Park Avenue address Legacy for Widow Mrs Shonts was left 6000 and a portrait of herself Mrs Thomas was bequeathed the residue of the estate estimated at 475000 The will however acknowledged a debt of 100000 to Mrs Shonts payable a year after her husbands death Legal permission to sublet the apartment which Shonts himself occupied was sought today by the administrators of his estate The Shonts apartment has been due since death and the lease has two years to run Shonts paid 4500 a year and the administrator expects the apartment can be sub let for 4500 Mrs Shoals appealed today from a decision removing her as administratrix in favour of a trust company
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
New York City
Park Avenue
Shonts
Amanda C. Thomas
Shants
Thomas
Shants Palabte
Rs.aie Apiirtment
Jdue
Elias Howe Carolers Proclaim Maplewood Visit
Elias Flowe School carolers will sing in the Maplewood district tonight under the leadership of Miss Wilma Makataky and Miss Arsella Clabbhy. Forty children will sing with six other teachers including Missthel Beach, Miss Helen Osborne, Miss Gertrude DeVoy, Miss Marion Forstelle, Miss Anna Doehrr, and Miss Julia Fenton.
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Elias Flowe
Maplewood
Wilma Makataky
Arsella Clabbhy
Thel Beach
Helen Osborne
Gertrude DeVoy
Marion Forstelle
Anna Doehrr
Julia Fenton
Six Men With Pistols Rob Store In Tuckahoe
Six gunmen armed with revolvers entered the New York department store distributing station in Tuckahoe and forced four clerks against a wall before the superintendent opened the gate. They escaped in a taxi with about 2000 dollars in cash. Police details unavailable in this brief.
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Tuckahoe
Mt. Virnon
New York
Evening wrap of gold and flame color
Long beads of gold and the sole ornament on this wrap highlight the gold cloth design. Velvet trim drapes from one shoulder and forms a deep collar, edging the cloth of gold throughout for a singular, elegant evening garment.
Treaty Adoption Urged On Senate
London dispatch reports the American Chamber of Commerce urging U S Senators to ratify the peace treaty and accept Allied arrangements. It warns against misrepresentation of reconstruction plans and stresses the need for international working arrangements to restore business, industry, and agriculture amid European famine and disarray.
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London
American Chamber of Commerce of London
United States
America
Europe
Children as guests aboard battleships at San Pedro
Admiral Ting would have the battleships in the harbor at San Pedro entertain 800 children on Christmas Day with a dinner and presents. The plan mirrors a custom he began on the Atlantic coast and North Sea.
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San Pedilo
Cal
Ting Fodman
Pacifustreet
Atlantic
North Sea
San Pedro
High School Has Real Christmas Spirit This Year
Bly students at Bridgepark High School exceed prior contributions with a Christmas drive. Over half a ton of coal, 700 canned vegetables, 200 preserves, 60 cans of soup, 200 fruit cans, 18 bushels of potatoes, sugar, flour, clothing and toys filled the auditorium stage. Twenty five dinners will be prepared for needy families on Christmas afternoon, with Salvation Army distribution coordinated by faculty and students.
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Rbridgepark High School
Ttig
Lin
Salvation Army
Proclamation Repeals Bank Notes Act of 1914
A royal proclamation issued in London on December 20 revokes from January 1 the bank notes act of 1914. It ends legal tender status for Scottish and Irish issuing banks notes, restoring prewar conditions while allowing repayment of Bank of England notes in currency rather than gold.
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London
Scotland
Ireland
Bank of England
Tank Steamer J. A. Bostwick Ashore Off Sandy Hook
The tank steamer J. A. Bostwick, owned by the United States Shipping Board and of 13,499 tons, ran ashore eight miles northeast of Sandy Hook. She was en route to New York from Texas and was commanded by a captain identified in the report.
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New York
J. A. Bostwick
Sandy Hook
United States Shipping Board
Texas
Miss Bullard I School Hosts Merry Christmas Play
Miss Howe principals Elias ene school presents a festive celebration with Miss Alice Bullard as Santa Claus. Teachers and friends raise funds to aid needy families, distributing garments, sweaters, and shoes this evening. The program features carols, dramatizations, and readings from The Best Gift and The Christmas Dollies, with several students named in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Ene School
Howe
Alice Bullard
Tia
Athel Bailou
America
Autogists Must Have New Markers By Jan 1
Automobile owners must obtain new license markers by January first with no grace period. An order from the emotor vehicle department states all cars require the updated markers by that date, ending the prior practice of a few days after year’s end.
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Custon
Accident Probe On Canadian R R Causes 238 Deaths
Inspectors from the Interstate Commerce Commission opened an inquiry into the Canadian Pacific rail collision near here last Saturday. The wreck killed 238 and injured 50, with questions directed at crew including headbrakeman Earle Austin conductor Teane Manuel and immigrant special member Bagiey En ght.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Earle Austin
Chich
Teane Manuel
Imrillian
Bagiey
Tapestry chairs and knitted sets for Christmas buyers
Fourth floor stock arrives belatedly for Christmas. Tapestry chairs for living rooms with substantial frames, plus knitted four piece sets including sweater, jam, leggings and mittens in Copenhagen blue rose brown and white. Accessories feature Oriental chains with beads and stones, Cameo brooches, casque combs with rhinestones, bracelets, lorgnettes, pendants and sautoirs in two complete assortments.
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Copenhagen
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