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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1921
Page
9
Connecticut league of Women Voters executive board endorses jury duty for women equal to men. Bulletin cites Senator Candee’s bill to make all qualified women electors eligible for jury service under existing male conditions.
The article notes mixed views on extending jury service to women. Miss Sugan C. O'Neill of Waterbury and Harrison D. B. Freeman of Hartford advocate, saying passage would extend service opportunities to women and the state. Judge Ford of the New York supreme court and Florence Allen of Cleveland are cited in support.
Miss Mildred Krause of 415 Park Street wed Miles Gelber yesterday at noon in New Haven with Rabbi Levinders presiding. The couple’s families, friends, and members of the Hebrew Children's Aid Society attended a dinner and congratulations at Taft notes following the ceremony. Gelber formerly lived in Poughkeepsie and now works with the railroad express in this city as a clerk.
Bridgeport's orchestra, led by Giovanni E Canterna tor and Conterno, wowed a full high school auditorium with performances of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and operatic selections. The reformed ensemble includes players from Boston and New York, plans spring rehearsals and two popular concerts next season to boost civic culture.
Shelly, famed American composer, will give a Lenten organ recital at United Church at 4 PM with Clark Morrell of Central Congregational Church Brooklyn singing tenor solos. The program includes Bach, Hofmann, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Debussy and more with Mrs. Elmer Beardsley directing.
An informal musicale at the Business and Professional Women's club Sunday afternoon featured Miss Belle Lyford assisting Miss Dmima Dundas in hosting. Performances included Miss Gladys Kavanih singing Where My Caravan Rested, Hilda Schreiber on piano with Chopin and Romance in G, and Miss Gears trading Paradise with Miss Gerin singing Joy of the Morning, plus Julia Carten performing Rose in the Bud with Virginia Carten on piano.
Paris reports California asked the foreign ministry to supply French wives for thousands of bachelors. The offer to marry French women to settle in California was rejected. France declined to engage in the proposal or involve itself in the plea.
Phyllis Wheatley Y W opens a branch at 60 Beach Street with a management committee of branch members. The program offers educational opportunities, a girls' reserve, corps and open house on Thursdays from 4 to 10. Dorothynn is branch secretary. Classes include millinery, dressmaking, cookery, dramatics, music, first aid, typewriting and piano.
In Tokyo on the 26th, the House of Representatives adopted a bill granting women the right to attend political meetings, an important advance toward emancipation amid wartime Japan.
World famed baritone Ricardo Stracciari impressed a Poli's Theatre audience yesterday afternoon under the Ganaral Tulian committee. He sang Massenet and Tosti pieces with brilliant diction, earning thunderous applause and calls for encores from a receptive crowd.
Personal notes record Mrs. Joseph Henry visiting her sister in Wood Avenue and Lenten events planned at Christchurch Surlel House with a 2 to 4 30 PM cake sale. Mrs Byrns and Mrs Windsor welcome a newborn daughter at Bridgeport Hospital, as local women join the Daughters of Farmers and Patriots in Mayen.
Your Spring House-Cleaning Time now to plan for spring house cleaning and putting your home in order for the new season. Send us your rugs and car pets, lace curtains and blankets and the rest will be easy for you. Then when your home is clean and fresh and attractive, you won't be all tired out and ready to call it the doctor. This modern laundry performs many duties to lighten the housekeeper's burden. We'll be glad to have you call upon us that any time.
Wellesley committee reports progress on a $2,790,900 semi penton fund to support salary endowment and building needs at Wellesley College. The drive, led by Mary A Brenneman, includes national figures and local supporters, with plans tied to commencement day. The project aims to replace losses from the 1914 fire and strengthen the college.
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