Social bridge party by D A R chapter in Milford
The Mary Iman Chapter D A R hosts a sunny Sunday bridge party at the Sunparlors of the Reffield, with about forty tables reserved and many society members and friends planning to attend. Notables include Mrs. Frederick A. Strong Mrs. William Nichols Mrs. F. M. Patterson Mrs. J. J. Rose Miss Edith Shenwood and Miss Mary Peck, with Mrs. H. Wadam treasurer and Miss Lucile Godfrey secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Iman
Refield
Pler
Stivity
Ose
Frederick A. Strong
and T. Staples
William J.ichols
F. M. Patterson
Nathaniel Worthen
Walter Lashar
A. H. Bullard
Pimner
Hl. Havens
Morris Beardzle
Harvey Hubbell
Ira Charles H. Armstrong
Ohn M. Merwin
J. J. Rose
W.M. Richardson
Fredrick Sailer
Lilla W. Hills
F. A. Parane
W. A. Stagg
Mary Peck
F. M. Tukey
A. Beers
F. L. Cogill
H. Langzettel
Rudolph Laubher
Eugene Ober
Fredrick Hindsley
M. MM. Downer
Social dance at Brooklown Country Club ushering new year
Mrs Percy Andersen hosts an attractive dancing party at Brooklown Country Club from 6 to A o'clock for her daughter Mi Virginia. A long list of young guests from Miss Susan Burroness to Miss Katrina Hinels attend, with many local and New York residents invited. Mr and Mrs Albert T. Rody relocate to Wilson street Stratfield. Mario Petrncelli of Meriden visits relatives and plans to attend Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera with Rosa Ponselle. The Sisterhood of Park Avenue temple to hold a chicken pie supper and moving pictures on Tuesday June 13 with Mrs Fred H. Levy as general chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Andersen
Brooklown Country Club
Dan
Mi Virginia
Willnechide
Bullard
Susan Burroness
Louisa Huaviland
Susan Omnnings
Betty Wellhercenut
Aliss Elizabeth
Aliee Pullman
Elizabeth Ilagibbons
Jean’ Bullard
Sylvia
Agnes Warner
Mise Fmainye Tioil Hlavens
Ruth Slosson
Adele Pyle
Aliss Mabel Jennings
Virginia Travis
Wuthe Foster
Clara Ham
Susate Weeks
Katrina Hinels
Marion Macfarline
Teten l Wwllis
Henretta Brawl
Caroline Kirsten
Kather Parks
John Andersen
Paul Haviland
Robert Ellis
Marshall
Mario Petrncelli
Meriden
Metropolitan Opera’ House
New York
Rosa Ponselle
Lenin
Sisterhood
Park Avenue Temple
Fred H. Levy
Rome Bresky wedding a brilliant event for Jewish society
Miss Bessie Rome daughter of Mr and Mrs J Rome and Isaac Bresky son of Mr and Mrs H Bresky were married in the Colonial ballroom before about 3800 relatives and friends. Rabbi Wittenstein assisted by Rabbi Cutler performed the ceremony. The bridal party included Lillian Rome Jennie Reame Bessie Home Irene Bresky and Frances Daiz. David Bresky was best man. The ushers were Harry DeVorkin Morris Rome and M Rothenbete. A wedding supper followed and the couple will honeymoon in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Rome
J. Rome
Carroll Avenue
Isaac Brasky
Henry Bresky
Fairfield Avenue
Colonial Ball Room
William R. Wittenstein
Harry D. Cutler
Lillian Rome
Jennie Reame
Bessie Home
Mfiss
Irene Bresky
Mss
Frances Daiz
David Bresky
Harry DeVorkin
Morris Rome
M. ‘Rothenbete
New York City
Mrs. Bresky
Meriden Couple Wed In Greek Ceremony At Atlantic Hotel
Miss Evagelia Economon of Meriden and Same Lonzas of Meriden were married yesterday afternoon in the Atlantic hotel dining room by Rev. Gerasimos Elias. Best man Thomas Phillips. More than 200 guests attended as a dinner followed. The couple will reside at 438 Beechmont Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Hotel
Evagelia Economon
Meriden
Lonzas
Gerasimos Elias
Thomas Phillips
Lecture on Genesis by John Randall Dunn
More than 200 persons attended a Christian Science lecture by John Randall Dunn of New York City at the Church of Christ Scientist on Lafayette Street. Dunn explained Genesis chapters 1 and 2 from a Christian Science perspective, with William Bull acting as chair and introducer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Randall Dunn
New York City
Church of Christ Scientist
Lafayette Street
William BR. Bull
Dunn
Milford Red Cross film shown at Milford playhouse
A Milford party hosted by Mr and Mrs John Foehr and Mrs Frances Foehr welcomed Mrs Timothy ohan and daughter Catherine Bogan Edwards Barney and many others from Hartford and local families. After dinner guests attended the Colonial theatre to view a Red Cross film and a screen portrait of Capt McConnell returned from overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silown
Milford Playhouse
Milford
John Foehr
Frances Foehr
New Haven Avenue
Timothy Ohan
Catherine Bogan
Edwards Barney
Thomas ‘Boe bin
Betty
Hartford
Cragan
New Haven
McConnell
Catherine Barney
Albert Woehr
John Barney
Walter Barney
Holy Cross Seminary
Rey McConnell
Transfer of Grove lot sale faces legal delay for school site
Shelton December 28 The Water company to city transfer for a new high school site is delayed by an unforeseen legal question. The board of education voted to buy the property for 15000 dollars on advice of the corporation counsel. It is now asserted that under the city charter only the finance committee may purchase property for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Av Pus
Shelton
Grove Lot
Water Company
Ine Board of Education
Finance Committee
Ity
Twelfth Night festivities at Brooklawn Club begin year
Old English customs and New Year celebrations planned at Brooklawn Country Club with Mrs. Torviss Williams as chair. A New Year breakfast at 1 PM, a Twelfth Night event with greens burning and carols, music by an electric piano, and an evening bridge. Cabaret dinner dance January 17 features a New York ensemble and a violinist. Calendar runs January 1 to January 31 with teas, table d hijote dinners, and moving pictures each Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torviss Williams
Brooklawn Country Club
Che
Metropolis
Tay
William Haviland
Jonathan Godfrey
Williams
Trene Wren
Walter B. Gashar
Whursday
Haviland
Elsie Ferguson
Jarvis Williams, Jr
Moyina Pictures
Houdini
Jarvis Wiltne, Jr
Irene
Wren
Billie Burke
Walter B. Lashar
Mabel Norman
Red Cross in Serbia Letters from Aliss Gamby Field Nurse
Aliss Dorothy Gamby of United Church serving with the Red Cross in a Serbian orphanage writes of bath day logistics and stocking shortages. She notes a large donation of soldiers socks being repurposed for children, with knitters paid in socks. Harvest time brings primitive threshing and simple livelihoods, described with hopeful tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliss Dorothy Gamby
United Church
Red Cross
Red
Dempsey Hennessy Nuptials At Blessed Sacrament Church
Reverend Terrence Smith will officiate the wedding of Miss Clara Fiennessey and Charles Dempsey at Blessed Sacrament Church this morning. Miss Trena Hennessey of Boston serves as maid of honor and Frank O Neill of Boston is best man. A breakfast and reception follow at the bride’s home, then the couple will honeymoon in New York before settling in Johnston, Pennsylvania where his business is based.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrence Smith
Clara Fiennessey
M. J. MacIncrone
Charles Dempsey
Golden Hill Street
Blessed Sacrament Church
Trena Hennessey
Boston
Frank O'Neil
Connecticut Avenue
Dempsey
New York
Johnston
Penn
Mian Hennessey
United Fchiotinating Company
Connecticut Company
Liberty Chorus Program Lights Hillside Home Concert
Liberty Chorus presented a Christmas program yesterday at Hillside Home with Mrs W. Dungan as pianist. Quartet members included Mrs Johnson Miss Brust and Miss Cole while Miss Fanny Kusnitz performed violin numbers accompanied by Miss Hether Weiner and Miss Weiner on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Chorus
Hillside
W. 2. Dungan
Johnson
Brust
Cole
Fanny Kusnitz
Hether Weiner
Misa Weiner
Two Holiday Dances At Brooklawn For Wheeler Family
Mr and Mrs Wheeler host two holiday dances at Brooklawn Country Club for the younger set and their daughters with a guest list of numerous Wells Fargo attendees and out of town friends. Decorations include trimmed Christmas trees pine wreaths laurel garlands and bells as families gather from New York Philadelphia New Haven and several states for afternoon and evening events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklawn Country Club
D. Fairchild Wheeler
D. Fairchild Wheeler, Jr
Doris
Julia Wheeler
Henrietta Drew
Ruth
Delia Soster
Katrina Hlincks
Clara Ham
Helen Surer
Jimmy Lou Havens
Esther Hindle
Louisa Haviland
Peggy Hall
New York
Katherine Hunt
Susan
Mabel Jannings
Henrietta Kent
Louise Moulton
Betty Neitherent
Elizabeth
Alice Pullman
Petsey Pyle
Muriel Read
Burr and Hamilton Feud Ends By Union Of Their Banks
Recollections of the Hamilton Burr duel era return as the Manhattan Company merges with Merchants' National Bank to form a unified site at Wall Street. The charter once masked Burrs plan to control New Yorks water supply and finance Republican interests leading to a rival bank. The water works saw a 25 foot well sunk and water piped to a few customers in downtown New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Company
Burr
Hamilton
Charter
New York
Alexander Hamilton
Agron Burr
Weehawken
M. J
Manhattan Companys
Merchants’ National Banks
Wall Street
Bank of the United States
New York City
Water Works” Company
United States
Senate
House
Merchants' National
Burr Institution
Armory Work to Start in Ansonia January
Ansonia expects early January start on the new state armory after M A Dier Schmidt of Derby secured the contract. A large labor force will dig and build, with work advancing as quickly as possible. Banks of Rhine flood Paris region with highest levels in thirty years causing major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
M.A. Dierschmidt
Derby
Paris
Rhine
Petit Parisien
Fancy Novelties Cretonne Covered Boxes Sale
A sale notice lists cretonne covered boxes for candies or crackers at 1.25 and 1.50 dollars, plus 0.75 and 1.00 dollars for related items. A jet item at 0.75 and 0.50 dollars is offered, along with wood candy pails with hand painted designs at half price in the Art Section on the Main floor.
Mahogany and Oak Tobacco Furnishings on Sale
Numerous mahogany finish items with picket trimmings tobacco jars trays and humidor were reduced from 14.00 to 11.00 and 24.00 to 19.00. A mahogany stand with stock patent drawer pipes jars and blue glass. fumed oak with ash tray holders and small front drawer reduced from 6.75 to 5.00 and 10.50 11.00 to 8.50 8.75.
Dainty Accessories for Evening Wear in Rich Colors
Holiday fashion highlights feature embroidered net flouncings in white blue rose taupe gray and black with silver thread, silk embroidered bodice bands and tulles in evening shades. Black satin pumps with long slender vamps and Louis heels pair with pink coral red turquoise blue and white fans on ivory or amber sticks and peacock feathers on shell sticks.
Fashions: Silk Stockings In Favor This Season
White and dainty pinks and blues complement evening frocks as black or white embroidered silk stockings and lace open-work stockings gain favor this season.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rocklawn Country Club
Ening
Rooklawn Country Club
Keneth W. McNeil
Jonathan Grout
Ronald Page
Texas
Wy. A. Wilcox
Thairside Drive
Wilcox Park
Thomas Ridgeway
United States Army
Edward J. Madigan
Othor
Johnny Joneshow
Mise Elsie Wheeler
Walter Wheeler
Stratd
Summit
Rachel McGrath
Charlotte Marsh
Colors“avenue
Beatrice: Marsh
Capen School
Northampton
T. R. Goode
H. Craig, Jr
Johnichardson
Earle and Vendow Oode
Margaret Morgan
Mra. C. F. Lanner
Frackville, Enn
KR. Whitney
Crown Street
Ner
Ami
Monroe J. Blackman
J. M. Blackman
Ruitland Park
Lake County
Fla
Charles Powell
P Owell
Marguerite Powell
M. Blanchard
Kossuth
Worcester
China
Powell
Harry Worley
New Milford
Women’s Societies of the United Furch
Carolina Hamilton
Aintab 1
Barbara Dana
M. Blanard
Kossuth Street
Stephen Lewis
Rooklyn
Lewis
Park Avenue
Max Cedarbaum
Miss Tillage
Joseph H. Small
Frederick Burdett
Derick Burdett, Jr
Woburn
Asa
Eorge Haselton
Burdett
Haselton
Newark
Charles H. Armstrong, Jr
Rooklawn Avenue
Black and White
Brooklawn
Antoinette and
Lowville
N. J
Hel Skinner
Margaret Simada
XN. J
Phillinerrell
Robert Kuischer
Alfred
Albert Tr. Rody
Ellsworth Street
Wilson Street
Stratfield
Rome
Lonzas of
Ths City
Genesis
First Church of Christ
Brooklawn Club
Serbia
Miss Gamby
Dempsey-Hennessy
Mrs. Wheeler
Julia
Wheeler
Warrier Allen
Lorraine Amstrong
Louise Atwater
Margaret Beach
Roberta Bennett
Dorothy Babcock
Pittsburgh
Eleanor Bartram
Doris Booth
Eleanor Burnstead
Antoinette Boshart
Doris Bryant
Elizabeth Bassick
Elizabeth Barber
Mast Maud: Chunk
Elizabeth Bunnell
Dorothy Chapin
Alice In
Curtis
George Callender
Kansas City
Philo Calhoun
John Calhoun
Bronson Davis
George M. James
George Foster
Robert Fay
John Irier
Raywood
Stuart Frazier
Seattle
Joan Hincks
Hubbell Fitzgibbon
C. Hempstead
Stamford
J. Walkie
Fill
Tevis Hubn
Philadelphia
Glover
Erwin Jennings
Louis
Robert Kutacher
Gilbert L. Klang
Thomas
Conrad Lashar
Norman Leeds
Walter Morgan
Wilkes-Barre
Morris McNair
S. Roy Osborne
Arthur McAlpin
Jauv
Bard Lynch
Victor Moulton
Pierpont Prentice
Nyack
Herring Phelps
Bennett Preston
Austin Roche
Burton
Newell Smith
George Sherrill
Donald Smith
Jiwood Stanley
Charles Skinner
Palmer
Carl M. Siennan
Russell Spalding
Champagne
Ill
Stephen Sherman
I. W. Smith
Robert Seeley
Robert H. Smythe
John Sturges
Douglas Severn
Frederick Stead
Evan Mce Cord
Edward Sturges
Austin Taylor
Little Rock
Ark
Maurice Trimble, Jr
Henry
Dwight
Fidavaird Spargo
Thomas Taylor, Jr
Phillip Terrell
Ross Van.Gleson
Frank
Edwin
Wilmot
Robert Weed
Syracuse
Tra Wasner
John Wheeler
G. Macy Wheeler
Arthur W. Warner
Bradford Warner
John
Sherman Windsor
Sherwood
Anrion
Willmot
W. G Bryant
Andrew Smith
John LeRoy Glover
Ralpho
Hindle
Elizabeth Fenner
Abaplutea
la Yeara
Bridzaport
Bank Bldg
Cat Edward
Court ST
Lafayette ST
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