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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1927
Page
5
The article outlines a business meeting and a program of entertainment planned by the Executive Board of Gre Age sovition. It notes a chapel gathering at noon, altar activities, and elections. Various social and weekly safety meetings are listed, along with speakers and hosts for upcoming Sundays and evenings.
The text reads as garbled OCR from a historical page with scattered names and terms. It mentions associations, places, and people in a jumbled sequence, lacking coherent events or outcomes to summarize into a clear news item.
A Westport man was fined $25 and costs for letting a truck coast down Past Road Hill in gear on the morning of January 21. His brother fined $10 and costs for disobeying an officer. both men were jailed briefly until fines were paid. John Carter pleaded guilty to two charges related to reckless driving and improper lights, with the truck found out of central wear. A girl scout rally planned for late February at Bedford Junior High School and related events were announced, including a pageant titled The Girl Scout Hope Chest and a local troop activities and leadership notes.
The Greens Farms summer resident Kya James Dunn had a break in with the back door forced but nothing taken. Mr and Mrs Webb Waldron of Lyons Plains Weston plan a winter in Spain and share literary ties. Frank DiMand and Adnerta Jennings make winter plans. Legion convention, Lylons auxiliary secret role. F and A M lodge hosted Fellowcraft degree for new candidates. Woman's Town Improvement Association holds a special meeting. Basketball schedule includes Staple Hbra team at Setondum and multiple February and March games with Fairfield Ridgefield Danbury and Bridgeport institutions.
Monroe January meeting details the installation of officers for several local granges led by Mrs Tucker with Magar er as marshal and David Wakeley as regalia bearer. Guests from Trumbull Grange and others attended as new officers were installed and a supper followed.
Nichols town notes report Miss Elizabeth Christie hosting over weekend with Miss Athel Heed and Mr Stuart Howe, and Mr Timer Leegee. A Universalist Young People’s Society play at Tinsh evening drew crowds, raising about 40 pounds. Also listed are visitors Jane Miller Cape Cod, Mr and Mrs Harry Miller, Curtiss family, and local social mentions. Banking day at school shows deposits across rooms 6.7, 1.05, and 3.
Navy veterans of the American Legion chapter in New Haven plan a meeting next Monday to organize and discuss chartering a new veterans group. The effort aims to unite local former service members and lend support to community projects.
Long Hill social calendar features Hazel Wright hosting a friends party with Wrights, Doyles, Maclaxleys, and Randall families amid music and cards. Other gatherings include Mrs. Caroline Pulte hosting a group with the Sherwood and Gabor families, and Church events at Long Hill Methodist tied to revamp of the Kingman home and move of Lower Long Hill schoolhouses. Local officials and missionaries attend dinners and talks while Harold Wright returns to New Britain for work and the Stitch-in-Time Club holds a Thursday meeting with community members from Long Hill and nearby towns.
Fairfield County notes an unusual event at Fairlaw's Hall in Bridgeport with unusual exhibits and local interest attracting residents on a midweek day. Local organizers promote a quirky display featuring oddities and community engagement opportunities in the downtown venue.
In Ansonia on January 23 AP reports Ralphi Gilli, driver of the car, died in hospital. The vehicle carrying Misa Dons Slavin of New York, who was killed January 15, collided with a box truck on the New Haven Turnpike near Clark's Corners, Orange.
Kipling and wife as steamer Andes passengers in Southampton England. Report notes the ship waited 175 days for Ro Delaneiro and sketched an encounter with newspapermen aboard.
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