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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1926
Page
14
WoC O A offers weekend Camp Oak Knoll sessions for members with reservations due by July 29. An advanced life saving swimming class begins July 21 at Fairfield Beach at 6 30 p m. Participants must register at 233 Golden VIU Street before the start.
Easton July 20 Special. The Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational church will hold a minet Ig at the home of Miss Alice Niethofs of Greenfield on Wednesday after noon July 28. Various local residents were visitors and callers across Easton and nearby towns. An auction at the late Mary Todd’s home drew attendees from Stratford, Westport, Fairfield and Easton. another sale will follow for the remaining farm tools and hay.
A committee led by Mrs R Mantier organizes a Wednesday July 28 bridge and card party at Fort Trumbull beach to raise funds for the Council of Jewish Women and the Park Avenue Temple Sisterhood. Reservations are noted, with hostesses Mrs R Gottlieb and Mrs A Gorman at Fort Trumbull beach.
In 1819 two notable women were born, one in England and one in New England. Queen Victoria’s long reign and Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound shaped public life and household health. Letters from Marshall Illinois and Chicago show endorsements of the remedy aiding women after childbirth and during the Change of Life.
The report lists Mrs. George P Parley of 160 Lewis Street leaving for Newark to visit friends and families from Hartford visiting Maple Street for parents Thomas Marilre. Marion Wing travels to Isles for vacation. Stratford Historical society exhibit hosts at Judson house with Jay Smith and Lucy Eduard as guests of the American Legion Auxiliary in Norwalk. A dollar garden party at Mrs. Weldheh’s Stratford home supports the Stratford League of Women Voters pledge to the state organization. Pepila from Hancart Janeing School scheduled to appear. refreshments served. many Stratford residents to greet guests assisted by a large reception committee including Mrs. Wedtiech and numerous named attendees.
Miss Blanche Catherine Corbett of 302 Atlantic street will marry Dr William Sengstacken of Naugatuck at 9:30 this morning in Sacred Heart rectory. Rev Richard S Moore will officiate. The couple plans a family breakfast at the Corbett home and a motor trip afterward. Dr Sengstacken is a Georgetown graduate and local dentist.
Pups of the Lovenberg New School of dancing under Misses Esteile nd Adelaide Lovenberg and Sime Neary present their first annual exhibition of stage and fancy dancing in Arcadia ballroom Main street. Neary and vaudeville partner Fred Miller reprise their first bit of stage dancing. Numerous named performers from Katherine Harding Noren Warding to Mary Danley and Julia Wiehlek join the program with solo and ensemble numbers.
Mie Ladies guild of the Posty Church of Christ in Batefield will stage its 13th annual summer bazaar this afternoon. Events are planned on the Gould homestead lawn with an arrangement committee led by Emme Wakeman and several guild members assisting.
Soloist Bris Lundberg baritone will sing between tableaux representing centuries and countries at the Tableaux Vivant event hosted by Mrs. J. DeVer Warner in Fairfield. The Fairfield Family Welfare benefit aims to draw Fairfield and Bridgeport society crowds to the charity entertainment.
Eighteen men took examinations for electrician licenses last night. Alderman William J Ard of the Eighth district was not present despite notice. The board may suspend its rule after three months. Ard seeks mandamus to force license grant. List of examinees includes John Mesaros and Edward J Wasky among others.
The Ad Club met at the Stratfield with few members present. Discussion focused on feasibility of an outing, no speaker, and plans likely postponed until after mid August with Vedder of ER Merritt and Co as Bridgeport reps for a New York meeting on national chapters and the 1917 convention in Denver.
United States Senator Bingham of Connecticut began a tour of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. After a stop in San Juan he traveled by naval tug to St Thomas to study issues tied to the islands’ status and potential future legislation.
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