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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1919

Page

15

Dinners and dances mark social season at Brooklawn club

Mrs. Samuel C Shaw hosts a dinner party at Sanford place before a dance for Miss Wheeler and Miss Julia Wheeler at Brooklawn Country club with guests including Elizabeth Oster Elizabeth Smith Betty Leeds Sally Lavery Katherine Siemon Julia Wheeler George Foster and others. Conrad Lashar hosts a party at Brooklawn preceding the Service club dance. Mrs. George W Hatfield and others plan a large dinner at Brooklawn before the Black and White ball.

Samuel C. Shaw Sanord Place Sanford Place Lance Julia Oris Wheeler D. Fairchild Wheeler Ayetie Street Brookawn Country Club Shaw Pierpont Ad Kempton Adams Elizabeth Oster Pllizabeth Smith Misa Betty Leeds Sally Lavery Misa Katherine Siemon Misa Doris Wheeler George Foster Giwood Stanley Arthur Warner Nathaniel Bishop Conrad Lashar Fairfield Ginner Brocklawn Country Club Rosamond Mallory Harriet Windsor Ethel Kinner Betty Havens Sra Arner Henry Bishop Thomas Sher, Jr George W. Hatfey North Avenue Brooklawn Country Club Davids Day Norman Leeds Robert .E. Wheeler Charles E. Weeks Edward A. Jennings Sanford Stoddard Stiles E. Goodsell Henry W. Hincks F. Winthrop Pyle Richard I. Neithercut Arthur M. Marsh Henry FE. Kelly Jacqueline Rusling Trosalind Kenneth Grippin Hetty Shaw Jarvis Williams Barbara Stiles Goodsell David Stoddard Murray Nancy Hawley Charlotte Cornelia Wawley Frederick Bovbie Wheeler Foggy Patricia Hubbard Jack Field Wallace Lineburgh John Wright Stanley Bullard Dicky Leeds Nathaniel John Reyburn John Lashar Marjorie Louise Wheelear James Forgis Marshall Bassiett Cordelia Hansick Betty Hames de Ver Warner Gregory Wohlmaier Richard Bristol James Weber Jack Clark Dorothy Charlotte Warren Marshall Cornwall Nelson Russell Wallace Downs Pelham NW Oy Henry Andrew Wanning Derby Phyllia Eleanor Benedict Waterbury William Benedict Frank C. Hunt Frederick, Rhodes Nobie Avenue G. R. Adams New York City

Historic candle to be returned to Warsaw ceremony

Cardinal Kakowski archbishop of Warsaw and Cardinal Blabor archbishop of Posen plan a January 11 return ceremony in Warsaw with a candle linked to Saint Glasafat canonization. The relic, kept fifty years at the Polish ecclesiastical college by Pope Pius IX order, will be accompanied by a papal document from Benedict praising Poland’s liberation and blessing the nation.

Poland Benedict

Japan’s Okuma Favors Renewal of Anglo Japanese Pact

Maggai Shigenobu Okuma, venerable Japanese statesman, says renewal of the Anglo Japanese alliance due to expire in 1921 is desirable. He urges revision of provisions to fit new world conditions while preserving the core aim of maintaining peace in the Far East and India and protecting mutual interests.

Rio Maggais Shiegenobu Okuma Japan England India

Stefansson Opens Exhibit and Lecture Series at Bridgeport High

Bridgeport high school begins a series featuring Stefansson with an Arctic explorations lecture on January 8 and a display of crafts by foreign born women. Other speakers include John Drinkwater on Abraham Lincoln February 2 and Admiral Bacon on The War Patrol February 19. The exhibition, under Bridgeport Art League, showcases lacework and crafts from local foreign born women, chaired by Mrs. Albert I. MacDonald, with support from various civic groups and churches across the city. Stefansson recounts his 1912 Canadian expedition traits, survival, and polar journeys, highlighting the journey that added miles to Arctic charts and yielded scientific observations.

Bridgepark High School Steffanson John Drinkwater New Haven Abraham Lincoln Drinkwater Lfe Licoln New York Jondon Admiral Bacon J. Barnes Wells Anna Louise David Mme Sarah Bernhardt Raymond Dillar Vilhjalmir Stefansson Stefansson Thesloss Bridgeport Art League Our City F Federation of Arts Washington MacDonald Bridgeport War Charities Albert I. MacDonald Frank D. Beers Arthur M. Comley Bradley George W Wheeeler Slovietz Gutheran Karlovsky St. John's Slovak R. C Komara St. George's Paulkovsk St. Michaels Tfiglewski B. Smykowski St. Joseph's Dahme R. Co Crescent Avenue Church Street Panik Wiemer Holy Cross Goteb Venianinoff R. CL Chernitzsky Lurman Cchurch Kovalehok Mrs. Bahadarian J. Boamero

Mayor Hylan Predicts Strike On Car Line

New York reports Mayor Hylan writing to Public Service Commissioner Nixon claiming a conspiracy by Interborough employers and president Hedley to strike the T R F lines. He asks for a list of potential strike-breakers. Nixon replies he cannot provide such names as he is not an employment agency.

Public Service Commissioner New York Mylan Public Service Nixon Connolly Interborough Employer’ Association Frank Hedley Interborough T. R.F

Seventeen Cent Sugar Promise In Three Weeks

Sugar is to fall to about 7 cents per pound within two to three weeks as large Porto Rican cargoes arrive. Western Food Administrator Arthur Williams said retailers will pay about 14 cents for the cargo and consumers should see 17 cents.

Universal Service Nww York Dee Wesern Arthur Williams Avsar Willimis

American Legion posts total 6561 nationwide and abroad

American Legion posts in the United States and foreign countries total 6561. France England Canada Alaska Hawaii Cuba Panama Mexico and the Philippines each have one or more posts. New York leads with 777 posts followed by Pennsylvania 497 and Illinois 869.

Indianapolis Ind American Legion United States France England Canada Alaska Hawaii Cuba Panama Mexico Philippine Islands New York Pennsylvania Mlinois Town Ohio Jas Massachusetts New Jersey Missouri Connecticut Matisse New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont

Babcock and Hall Tie the Knot in Newfield Methodist Parsonage

Abram Babcock Jr. of Devon and Misa Frances J. Hall of this city united in marriage at the Newfield Methodist parsonage by Rev. Daniel M. Lewis. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beatty. The couple will reside in a new home in Devon.

Anna Levy Buffalo N. Y Jules Rosenbloom Morningside Drive Miss Levy Mrs. Rosenbloom Babcock-Hall Abram Babcock, Jr Devon Misa Frances J. Hall Nicholsstraat Newfield Methodist Parsonage Daniel M. Lewis Walter Beatty Babcock

Service Club Dance Aids Charity Drive

The Junior Red Cross auxiliary in Bridgeport held a ball at Rocklawn Country Club to raise over 400 for Bridgeport Hospital Ward and the Protestant Orphan Asylum. Members wore elegant gowns and the event featured Christmas trees, decorations, and social gatherings among attendees.

Red Cross Therooklawn Country Club Onundeen Bridgeport Hospital Donia Wheeler Mims Maude Jennings Harriet Windsor Funice Newman Betty Havens Anna Swinnarton Club Hizabeth Poster Dorthy Northrop Charlotte Blight Eleanor Webster Virginia Ives Irrances Jennings Seven Club Mary Katherine Mibter Katherine Gordellin Ford Eather Gerrish Julia Foster Dorthy Chapin Dorothy Smith Cora Anderson

Radicals Said to Be Invading Oil Fields

Northwest Texas oil field camps report spread of Red propaganda with organized discontent among workers. Justice officials say plans to invade Waggoner City prompted heavy guards and multiple arrests near Northwest Texas installations.

Wichitta Twwalls Tex Texas Department of Justice Waggoner City Here Storea

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