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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1921
Page
14
Stratford residents are notified that the 1920 grand list taxes are due. Tax collector John C Wilcoxson will be in the town hall from 3 am to 4 pm daily except Sundays to receive payments. After July 11 1921 interest at a late rate will be added to unpaid lanes with monthly postings thereafter.
The program lists numerous recitations and exercises by students including Evelyn French Arden Coop er and Elmore Wheeler, with titles such as The Children's Shepherd and Like the River. Pastor Judson le Cross plans to leave June 27 for Los Angeles to attend the National Council of Congregational Churches, returning in August with a Smith College graduate assistant.
The Walnut Beach School will close for the summer vacation on Friday. Catherine Neipal, principal, will supervise arrangements for the picnic and related activities at the beach park. Local families and residents gather for the summer season as community events resume at Laurel Beach and nearby areas.
Long Hill and Long Mill report a new housing push with Eliza Street and Griffin Bros converting a Toucer plant into a three family home. Frontage sales along Burntford road herald neighborhood growth, while a community fair, baptisms, and school events mark a busy local period.
Milford scene centers on Central Grammar School graduation exercises with 32 students to receive diplomas. The event features simple dress, class songs, orations, and a procession led by Principal Bucking ham. Highlights include top honors for Katherine Vanderhills, Dorothy Clark, and others, plus an evening reception and related civic notices.
The letter notes Brooklawn estates near Bridgeport as a prime home colony with grand plans from Mark C. Meagher and Co. Readers learn about a new Brooklawn Launtry building, nearby offices at First National Bank, and other celebrated developments in Garden City and Wheatley Hills. It highlights cost declines for building materials, estimates year-end livings costs, and mentions community surveys guiding future housing. The piece also touches on local family life, gardening, and household services such as laundry and Baldwin refrigerator sales.
A grand event titled Ve fetian Fete and Lung Park siren is planned on the grounds of the Greenewith estate in Greenwich for Friday afternoon and evening. The schedule features circuses at 2, 4, and 10, tea and dancing, supper, auctions, chess, and a dramatic performance of The Paral Cems, with booths and portraits by Joseph Cummings Chase and fortune telling by Mrs Borgtrafe and Madame Zenot, expected to draw many visitors from Bridgeport and beyond.
The advertisement proclaims a $100,000 sale with reduced prices and seven year lows on home goods. It promotes easy payment plans, emphasizing immediate delivery with a small cash deposit and weekly payments, aiming at young couples seeking a complete home outfit.
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