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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
11
Telegram Woman's Page notes readers may contribute items signed with sender address to ensure appearance. Submissions encouraged via phone at Barnum 6100.
Bridgeport items report illnesses of A. E. Ludlum and Irene Comer, births at Bridgeport Hospital, and many social visits. Army and navy personnel Andrew, O'Brien, Hatheway, Shavoir, and others spend holidays with families. Meetings postponed, New Year visits planned, and a variety of 1919 era local engagements and travel noted.
Miss Rose Koznuts was the guest of honor at a pleasant surprise party hosted by Miss Marion Josephson at 83 Randall Avenue on Sunday night. Music came from Miss Koznuts on violin and Sidney Riebach at the piano as guests sang and danced. An elaborate supper followed and guests expressed high praise for their charming hosts, with attendees including Miss Ida Velenichick Miss Cecil Brown of New York Miss Yetta Jones of Florida Ray Salmon Miss Emma Borsah of New York Miss Fanny H Koznuts Miss Dora Zoliten Philip Bernstein Isadore Culter Sidney Rieback Henry Nelson of Derby Murray Cohen Ernest Coe Louis Sherman from Florida and Joseph Miller of Chicago.
The wedding of Miss Madeline Scheidhoff of Philadelphia to Walter Menchen of 1625 Stratford Avenue will be held at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament on Union Avenue on January 29. Harold Maguire and Miss Helen Keenan will attend. The couple plan a honeymoon to Niagara Falls. Mr Menchen is the son of Mr and Mrs Menchen of Stratford Avenue and employed at the Cauldwell and Windgate Company.
The Presbyterian church and Sunday school hosted Phi Gamma Girls club entertainment with two parts a minstrel show and a tableau about America from Indians to the present. Thirty girls in army navy uniforms performed while Miss Helen Heckert and Mrs. Phillips spoke and Miss Eunice Woods led songs. The second act featured tableaux led by Miss Zell Schwab and Miss Betty Payne with colonial and Civil War era scenes. many club members participated, including Ruth Welie and Anna Greene among others.
The Golden Hill YWCA will host open house all day tomorrow with a 4 PM musical program featuring Beatrice Brown R Robson and Mary Britton recitations. Refreshments at 6 to 7 PM, bowling at 5 PM, and a New Year’s evening of games and singing. A skating party is planned for New Year’s morning at Bruce's pond if weather allows.
Bridgeport Girls' Club members plan a Thursday evening dance at 715 Main Street with invites to boy friends. They will decorate the hall in season colors, serve light refreshments, and emphasize a successful first undertaking in a lively social event.
A diarist describes feeling ashamed to shop as owl gifts are mailed and recalls a letter from Peter in Trance requesting gifts for relatives. She praises Francis for help, noting a matinee outing and a striking mole velvet hat with mole skin trim and blue gardenias.
Letters from the boys of the 102nd Ambulance Company express hope of soon returning home. They report all are well and eager for homecoming. Major General Howards will speak at Woolsey Hall New Haven Saturday night about the 102nd’s brave role in the war.
A New Year theme notes wartime happiness ending a hard year and urges readers to avoid empty resolutions. It questions the value of making changes tomorrow if today’s habits continue and cautions against following peers into baseless pledges.
Gypsy reflects on Blake’s infidelity while she pursues control over him through Soto. She plans espionage to keep him away from rival women and admits she acts from jealousy and self interest, convinced her love justifies manipulation. Blythe’s mistress mindset drives the plot forward toward further deception.
Classified listing describes a satin crown with a feathered brim and a solid mahogany sewing table with two front drawers and two deep side pockets. Includes small mahogany hall table, oval decorated top, pedestal pieces in mahogany and golden oak, plus assorted Latin finished brass calendars, blotters, ink wells, paper cutters, file holders, and stationery items at various prices.
EM Gledhill president of Mystic Manufacturing and Robert H Nichols were fined 2000 dollars each and ordered to refund 27000 dollars to the government in a United States court. They were charged with defrauding the government by supplying underweight material for uniforms.
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