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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1927
Page
6
Ansonia July 22. Miss Annie Hine resigns after a long career in Ansonia Wahite schools. The Associated Press notes her service spans five decades. Her departure marks the end of a lengthy teaching tenure in the district.
For the longest period with the exception of one woman teacher, the state has noted she has always taught in the grades.
Frank Williams 25 pleaded guilty in Meriden police court to a December 9 burglary at the home of Dr Cole B Gibson at Undercutiff. Jewelry and cash totaling about 200 were stolen. The case was continued to Monday for further police investigations.
Westport will enforce a new parking rule this Saturday at Compo Beach. Signs along the road from the pavilion to the cannons mark the resident 15 parking spaces and no signs on the opposite side designate nonresident spaces. Captain Dolan and Town Prosecutor Jennings stated enforcement and potential prosecutions for violations.
Specials report on a 4 H club fundraiser at Miss Benedict Beardsley home to aid two members, a surprise party for her, and visits by Albany and Los Angeles guests. Stepney carnival date delayed due to state road work while a Congregational church lawn party on July 27 features local and out of town talent.
A July Easton social page lists attendees at Pootatuck Grange Newtown events, a Boy Scout bridge game, and a novelty cafe supper planned by the Lee M E church Ladies Aid Society. Residents and visitors including the Gillette, Jennings, Wheeler, Ferris, Escott, Logan, Mellen, Stencek, Kay, Mills, Miter, Osborn, Sanford, Fanton, and Beers families share in tributes, meals, and outings with trips to Maine and Canada planned for a month away.
With beach traffic swelling Stratford imposes one way rules on First and Hillaide avenues. Northbound travel is confined to these streets and a police officer on duty from 6 to 10 pm will enforce the order. A Testimonial Banquet honoring Sid Mott at Mill River Country Club is planned for Saturday at 7 30 pm with motion pictures of matches, a stag affair, and a large presentation expected.
Ridgefield daily social and local remarks report the Republican Women’s Club meeting at Mrs R W Lowe’s home on Main Street with about twenty in attendance. An August 15 lecture by Mrs James Hazelhurst on Seventeenth Century costumes to feature photographic slides is planned for Congregational Church parlor.
Waterbury couple Mies Dorothy Jewell and Henry Parker were stopped near Danbury by State Police after Waterbury police information. They denied eloping and claimed the young woman wished to marry with parental permission. Miss Jewell, nineteen, was held at Danbury police HQ until her parents retrieved her.
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