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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
12
The piece argues for cutting pointless office book systems and daily tasks to improve efficiency. It urges employers and individuals to review their methods, discard unused processes, and streamline operations, noting time and money saved from eliminating unnecessary steps and stock.
A delightful birthday party was held Sunday at 1070 Pem broke street for Joseph F. Amrich with a Jack Horner pie, buffet luncheon at 11 30, dancing and socializing. Attendees included Miss May Hrie Miss Julia Hrie Miss May Dzur enda Miss May Simons Miss Helen Mrazik Miss Frances Mrazik Miss Helen Ocko and others.
A large crowd filled the Strathfield ballroom as Miss Mannheimer read pen pictures of patriotism and royalty. Nils Mannheimer substituted for Frank Speight in a program featuring an allegory, immigration portrait, a one act play, poems and historical scenes with a hunting box near Dublin setting.
Mildred’s nursing course ends sooner than expected as she and fellow graduates prepare to sail for France on a set date. The hurried departure reflects wartime needs and the urgency of medical personnel joining overseas service.
A group from the American Tube and Stamping company office plus friends rode a bus to Newtown for a farewell style evening before martial service. At Newtown Inn they enjoyed dancing, music, and a plentiful supper before returning home. The party included Lillian Mohr, Bessie Lane, Madeline Giblin, Lauretta Rowe, Mildred Crowley, Bessie Hunt, Fane Callahan, Anna Ryberg, Lenore Ryan, Florence Cooper, Eleanor Church, Ruth Dunlap, and Edgar McLean, John Hallen, William Griffin, Harold Johnson, Nicholas Malone, Ernest Dunlap, William Daren, John Burton, William Zielinfeldt, Malcolm Peterson, John Zielfeldt, David Heffernan, and Frank Linehan. Three Bridgeport youths enlist in Navy this week and head to New Haven for DA 8 Navy recruitment.
Washington Feb 4 Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt head of the educational propaganda department of the councils national defense appeals to American women to educate women speakers to bring the war necessity message to all communities. She calls for a few good speakers in each state for large meetings and effective campaigns in smaller towns. Up to Jan 15 twenty five states had such bureaus with others planning and four minute men utilized as speakers bureau.
A wartime family letter cheerfully reports Harold's safe arrival in France and a joyful homecoming. Natalie describes fruit baskets, a Lyric Theatre visit with Harold Kennedy in Charley's Aunt, a repeat barn dance, and plans to shop at Leverty's for film services as Tar old faces danger at sea.
In a library luncheon talk with Mrs Lilian Underwood, a wife receives candid counsel about her turbulent husband Dicky. Underwood warns that two Greek minds clash, urges laughter over tantrums, and says the wife holds all the cards, to steer their fragile marriage.
In a theatre dressing room an actress warns Mrs Underwood that she has offered Dicky only three kisses in a lifetime. The speaker urges caution, saying the younger woman should respond to his caresses but refrain from any advances herself. The scene ends with a promise to continue.
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