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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1928

Page

13

Charity workers hear reports at Associated Charities meeting

At Hall Home settlement 715 Main street the Associated Charities held a luncheon meeting led by Mrs. William H. Griffith. Reports were presented by Mrs. Carl Foster and Mrs. Richard Oppel on finances and nurseries, with Miss Jeanette MacFarquhar reporting Hall Home settlement. Ronwell Arright of Family Welfare spoke on helping people help themselves and the social worker’s role in assessing needs and providing targeted aid.

Associated Charities Hall Home Settlement Main Street William H. Griffith Carl Foster Richard Oppel Donald Choate A. M. Wooster Jeanette MacFarquhar Ronwell Arright Family Welfare Society

Newtown Library Drive Urged Amid Tight Finances

Owing to the library’s strained finances a fundraising drive is under way to cover running costs for the rest of the year. A mock trial fundraiser is proposed as a popular event, with finance committee members Mrs. Franklin H. Johnston and Mrs. George M. Stuart handling donations, and Charles F. Cavanaugh serving as treasurer. The town also notes local social news including Florence M. Sheehan’s visit to New York and other community items.

Newtown Newtown Library Association Town Hall Franklin H. Johnston George M. Stuart Charles F. Cavanaugh Association Florence M. Sheehan West Street New York City Tsaklyn Friends

Junior Guild Plans Benefit Card Party

Five members of the Junior Guild hostesses at a card party to be given under guild auspices Thursday evening at the Catholic Community house. The event benefits the fund for Catholic orphans. Those in charge are Agnes Mc Murray Frances Carroll Muriel Schread Genieve Flynn and Mrs James Sharson. Refreshments will be served.

Fund For Agnes McMurray Frances Carroll Muriel Schread Genieve Flynn

New Haven Yale Junior Prom Under Way At Yale Dining Hall

At 10 30 p m tonight an orchestra leader tapped the program as the 1928 junior prom opened at Yale The Yale girl with sisters from across the United States prepared to dance until daybreak in the Yale dining hall and at a fraternity house after prom dances led by John Kennedy Beeson of Pittsburgh and Miss Carol McDonald of St Louis Mo Dances continue tomorrow then the prom ends and juniors return to their studies

New Haven Associated Press Yale United States Fraternity House John Kennedy Beeson Pittsburgh Carol McDonald St. Louis

Socials Span Hillside School Visit and Engagement News

Redding reports Hillside school visitors from Norwalk over the weekend. A Danbury Women's League tea at The Homestead honors Mrs Mary Hincke of Bridgeport and the engagement of Miss Hincks to floormondon Dusosait of New York. Guests include numerous local families and friends. leaving town next week, Lemoel Sanford will move to Marlboro, Massachusetts for a Farm School position.

Mary Hineke Gridgeport William T. Ilincke John Hincks Kempton Adams Miss Minor Yonkers Frederick Sanford Shaw Gerald Bryant Tracy Dizon Wepp Lemoel Sanford Marlboro Musa Sanford 2. H. Whiting Bridgeport Mire Randolph Bradley

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