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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1927
Page
15
Camp Wahkoneya of the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA formally opened on Sunday July 10. Enthusiasm remained high despite stormy weather as the Bluebird club took over, with grade school occupying late July and high school during the first week of August. Entre-Nous club will visit on weekends while secretary Miss Harris and Miss McIntosh attend camp at Silver Bay. Maizie Stephens handles all registrations.
The W 8 E class of Peoples Presbyterian Church will give a roast beef supper at 5 o clock. Congregation and friends are invited. Mrs Rockwell Larrabee chairs the committee with a planned menu including peach shortcake for dessert. Proceeds fund a bulletin board at the Park Avenue frontage of the church property.
Vital statistics record multiple births from July with pairs listing parents and addresses. Included are several birth announcements for daughters and sons across streets such as Car dling, Alanson, Hancock, Richardson, Hallett, Beachwood, French, Stratfod, Cedar, Dewey, and Holly. A marriage between David Jeferles and Lucy Pulle is noted along with a political notice about the Twelfth District Women’s Republican outing at Savin Rock July 14.
Funds and books pour in for the reconstrution of Louvain library after 1914 fire. American gifts totaling about 650000 to 1500000 support the new building and collections to relieve local congestion and house rare volumes in a worldwide, multilingual, international library complex.
The page lists multiple obituaries and funeral notices including Yegini Haussheis widow of Wilhelm Haussherr who died at her daughter Mrs Charles T Mann’s home in Devon. Also mentioned are Michael Moutinsia, Charles E Wilson, Mrs Wadd Renstrom, Seeley, Julia Moriarty, Mary Margaret Cunningham, and others with details of birthplaces, relatives, funeral times, and burial sites in local cemeteries such as Luthelay, St Augustine’s, St James, Lakeview, and St Michael’s. The notices describe survivors, service times, and interment locations, highlighting community mourning and city officials in attendance.
The Yellow Mill pond bridge project expands the span and lanes while crews lay piles and install protections. A schooner load of spiles is due at the City Dock, delayed by weather and a long overdue pilot boat. multiple vessels and local lumber shipments are described, with crews and officials monitoring progress and coastal activity.
The Park bond approves funding for a two contract Black Rock boulevard project. Bids for seawall repair and widening total about 1800000 planned with invites to firms including Bridgeport Dredge and Dock and others. Bid due by July 20 with paving funds authorized later.
New Haven July 12 1947 associated press Thomas McPound forty seven was found guilty of keeping a gaming house after a raid on the Sportsmen club led to 42 men arrested and fined. He received 30 days in jail with no immediate arrest until several days after the raid.
Montreal July 12 Canadians urge recall of Baron Devinclles consul general in Canada. A petition addressed to the federal government accuses him of meddling in Canadian politics by recommending French decorations for members of the Lischerei and other officials, signaling protest from notable migratures.
James McQuaney and Walter McKeematy were honored by the New York Women’s League for Animals for rescuing a seized air dog from the Connecticut river. They saved the dog from a cake of rotten ice while spectators watched, risking their lives.
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