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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1927
Page
16
A design described as a purplish jumper dress features shoulder tucks for decoration and a two piece skirt with inverted plaits attached to a cam isole. Materials include silk crepe velvet satin and wool jersey. Pattern No 667 is available in sizes 10 years and busts 36 to 44 inches, with 36 inch needing 36 98 yards of 40 inch material. pattern price 15 cents.
Southern smilux lit the rooms for the University club winter dinner dance. 120 dined and 200 danced. Judges and Mrs John S Pullman led the largest party with 63 guests. Mr and Mrs Paul Blackburn entertained 26. Herbert Barlow hosted 19. An orchestra played through the evening, buffet at 12 30, then dancing late. W Gerald Bryant chaired entertainment. Fesse Beans and Ralph Mount completed arrangements during his absence.
In a tense first day scene Miss Lavinia handles young David’s resistance to entering school. His mother leaves him sobbing at the door while Lavinia consoles and guides him through the class routine, promising care and eventual calm.
The Holy Name Society of St. Stephen's Church plans an English speaking junior division tonight at St Stephens Hall. The existing group includes about 180 members. Speakers include Father J Ganley, Senator William Redden, and County Clerk Michael Flanagan. The new branch will serve American born adults of Hungarian Catholic descent and is expected to organize several sports clubs. Father Stephen F. Chernitsky leads the society.
Members of the Black Rock Parent-Teacher Association marked the 30th anniversary with a large meeting in the assembly hall. The program featured Grade B orchestral music, a third grade poem Mother, a Lincoln Washington memorial, and an original composition Mother by Mary Laura Broadbrook.
The first annual prize masquerade of the Eighth District Republican club will be held at the new club house on Capitol avenue and Hudson street tomorrow. The entertainment committee has completed arrangements to make this the biggest event of the season for North Bridgeport with prizes for best costumes and a snappy orchestra. The committee includes Herman Gerster as chairman and John Terriciano as secretary among others.
A compact listing of births and birthparents. Names and addresses appear with lines for a son or daughter and birth dates in February. Several entries include mixed or garbled street names and ages for parents or relatives.
Mrs Beale will supervise a grab bag for the annual Fair of the Fannie A Smith Alumnae at First M E church on Saturday March 5. The note lists many social gatherings and upcoming parties by local hostesses to benefit Capitol Avenue PTA and other groups.
The Bridgeport Chapter American Institute of Banking Women’s committee hosted a dinner at the Business and Professional Women's club on Tuesday evening. Miss Marjorie Todd, national Eastern Division chair, spoke on the institute’s benefits while Mrs. Hilda Trainor led the program with help from Elizabeth Browne and others.
About 1,500 attendees filled Colonial Hall last night for the St Augustine Holy Name society dance and entertainment. Performers included Mr and Mrs Thomas Shenton of Hartford radio favorites, Mrs Harold Youd, John Hanley, Walter Locke, and John Sulivan. A Father Coleman council K of C Fairfield radio sketch featured William Schmidt, Mary Kirk, Earl Christie, Charles Scanlon, James Frangis, John Leanyn, Raymond Granville, and Harold Watson. Music by two local orchestras continued late, with Thomas M. McNamara as general committee chair.
Rt Rev Monsignor Patrick J Mc Givney pastor of St Charles East Main and Ogden streets and supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus sails Monday on the Mauretania for Rome on official visit to Pope Pius XI He will present a cheque for 1000000 Lire for the Mexican Relief Fund on behalf of Knights of Columbus in the United States Also traveling are Rev John J McGloney Rev Thomas J Sullivan Dr and Mrs William J A O Hara and Mr and Mrs Frank J Brennan The fund supports Catholics in Mexico deprived of churches and worship places while in Rome Monsignor will introduce his friends to the Pope at the Vatican
Harvard College library received the Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather, published in London in 1702. The volume, donated by Miss Louisa Loring Diesel, is noted for its excellent condition, a preserved map, and errata, making it particularly valuable. Mather, born 1663 in Boston, was son of Increase Mather and educated early before serving as pastor.
William Taice son of Mr and Mrs R W Luce of Catherine Street Stratford entertained friends at a Valentine party for his third birthday anniversary Those attending included Erma Sturmer Ellen Evitts Mildred McKimmie Carol Mancine Junior Mancine and William Luce
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