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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1920

Page

14

Miss Barbara Waldo to wed at St John’s Saturday

Miss Barbara Waldo daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Gilbert Waldo of Brooklawn Park will wed Herbert Wakefield of London Saturday afternoon January 24 at 430 o'clock in St John’s Episcopal church Rev Stephens Fish Sherman Jr rector will officiate Miss Waldo will be attended by Mrs Eugene Barnhart Evanston IL and Mary Louise Colburny Asheville NC maid of honor Gilbert Waldo Detroit brother of the bride will be best man. Ushers include John Field Martin B Waldo Ralph Blackburn Edward Hubbard and Eugene Barnhart.

Charles Gilbert Waldo Brooklawn Park Barbara Emido Herbert Wakefield London St. John’s Episecopel Church Stephens Fish Sherman, Jr

Smith College Drive Opens With War-Era Achievements

Smith College clubs in the city plan a luncheon drive fueled by postwar accomplishments of Smith graduates. Miss Ruth Everett leads as president with Miss Margaret Keane and Miss Victoria Amour as captains. Volunteers include Mrs Russell Whitcomb and Mrs Catherine Sullivan as vice chairwoman. The campaign seeks 34 009 000 to fund facilities and postwar programs, with donors from Danbury New Canaan Stratford and Greenwich. Elizabeth Newhall of New Haven will share wartime experiences.

Smith College Lagneon Salmagundi Ruth Everett Margaret Keane Victoria Amour Russell Lillian Whitcomb Torella Rurag Frances Pickford Sally Wilmot Stratford Avenué Smith Cn Yen Wihnath Smith Wom Smith Danbury New Canaan Greenwich Elizabeth Newhall New Haven

Ex-Suitor Sues for Presents in Modiste’s Affair

Wealthy exporter John A. Post Van Derburg sues Lucile Martiniere for $15,000 in presents after she promised marriage in 1913 and later wed British officer William Purdy. She faces a divorce suit by Henry P. Cahill. she contends the gifts were her property as purchases she made, even if he paid. A fifth annual masque ball at Municipal Hall by Fort Trumbull Beach Fire Co. funds may buy a heating apparatus for the firehouse.

Universal Service New York John A. Post van Derburg Mme, Lucile Martiniere Hutth Avenue van Derburg Mime Martiniere Fort Trumbull Beach

Delphian Society Met at Milford Branch Meeting

The Milford Delphian Society branch will meet at Mrs. H. Vera's home, 28 North Street, Monday afternoon at 2 29 o'clock, with members urged to attend. Mrs. Alice M. Herthal and Mrs. I. F. Steenberg will travel to New Toronto tomorrow to participate in forming a new court of Argarthy.

Chary Smith Delphian Society George T. Hatheway Clinton Avenue Mra. Simpson A. H. Bullard METS Milford Mra G. Vera North Street Alice M. Herthal Steenberg Nery Toritain Amargarthy

Bryn Mawr Leader Urges Professors to Strike Jointly

New York Jan 15 Miss Helen H Taft acting president of Bryn Mawr College called for professors to strike in a body for higher pay rather than individually She warned that many colleges face shutdowns as salaries lag and radicals appear among teachers She compared salaries with athletes and urged union action though she said the remark about a strike was not wholly serious

New York Helen H. Taft Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr Club Boston Maine Pha Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey Western Collees

Sophie Instructs At City Food Hut

Sophie demonstrates at the City Food Hut sharing old world recipes and economy tips for housewives. Recipes include dehydrated spinach cream soup pork ragout and an economy cake made with molasses shortening and cinnamon. Miss Green has scheduled demonstrations next week with cooking economies on Thursday.

SorHia Sophie Sophie Gava Ile Hut Nyas India Misa Green

Playwright Addresses Student Players Club in Hotel Stratfield

Clayton Hamilton of New York, playwright and lecturer, spoke to Grace Dalrymple Clark’s Student players club at the Hotel Stratfield sun parlor on The Actor and the Dramatist. He urged actor dramatist collaboration, noted Shakespeare’s limited acting, and praised Hamlet plus ghost and old man roles.

Clayton Hamilton New York Grace Dalrymple Clark Hotel Stratfield Hamilton Shakespeare

Snowy Baker Claims Discovery of Second Les Darcy

Snowy Baker reports finding a second Les Darcy in Sydney. The youth Jim Hanley, a teenage heavyweight, is described as a faster worker and more varied than the champion, with a resemblance to Jack Dempsey.

Snowy Bakicr Les Darcy Sydney Australia Snowy Baker Jim Hanley Jack Dempsey Arly

American Women Receive New French Honors

New York reports Prance honors over sixty American women for war relief work with seven Americas committee directors among recipients. Decorations include Legion of Honor, Medaille de Reconnaissance, Croix de Guerre, and gold silver bronze medals awarded to many women across New York Philadelphia Baltimore Charlottesville Columbus Ann Arbor and other cities for efforts aiding devastated France and food production.

New York The Americas Committee Anne Morgan Anne Dire Elizabeth Scarborough Hertford Conn Lewis Gaprielle Gour Robert Lovett Boston Mass Medaille de Reconnaisance French Department of Agriculture Academic Agriculture Aisne Barbara Allen Rose Dolan Philadelphia Marie Lehr Virginia Latrobe Baltimore Arthur Taylor Charlottsville McGee Stone Miss Atcherson Columbus Ohio Gouard Jessie Carson Gertrude Folks Lovett Mary M. Needham Michigan Margaret Alice Parsons Margaret Stevenson Susan Watson Stockley West Virginia Esther Braley Ann Arbor Mich Isabella Deming Lucy Hewitt Isse ‘Wilcox Virginia Mary Turner Minneapolis American Committee American Women's Hospitals

Mahan Says He Was Framed In Camp Scandal

New York January 1 Lieutenant Leonard O Mahan, a witness at Captain Karl W Detzer court martial over cruel treatment at the Lee Mans American prison camp, testified he too was framed. Detzer had described his own case similarly, and Mahan's trial is set to begin after Detzer's. Both officers blamed each other for the trouble at the camp where Detzer commanded.

Karl W Detzer LeeMans Detzer Mahan Detser

Cocoanut Oil Makes A Splendid Shampoo

An old promotional note touts mal­sified coconut oil shampoo as a gentler, greaseless option for hair care. It cautions against alkali in soaps and commercial shampoos, claims the coconut oil formula produces rich lather that cleanses scalp and dust, leaves hair silky and manageable, and is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.

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