Reading Not a Lost Art in City Library Report
Bridgeport Public Library reports 62,510 volumes borrowed in the year, a 3.0 percent rise despite a summer $923 loss. The West End and Centers show growth in non fiction and reference rooms, with a North Branch expansion completed in September adding a reference and children’s room. Total circulations reach 1,296,859 across branches, including 361,964 juvenile and 1,934,? adults, reflecting ongoing Americanization and education efforts.
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Choral Society Plans Creation Program Sunday at Mu ir Theatre
The Catholic Choral Society of Bridgeport will perform on Sunday afternoon at the Muir theatre, presenting Haydn's Creation under Prof. M. Jo Crar com to aid the building fund. Featured soloists include Miss Bette Backe and Frederick Baer, with a large lineup of sopranos tenors and basses listed in full.
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Mary Kline
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Harley Luis Fenton
George Tush
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Alban Ibigor
Bart Conlon
Matthew Isinney
Hrobert McDonald
Thomas Callahan
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Frank Newall
Howard Lynch
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Yale University Sculpture Prize Won By Snowden
John Stathurn Snowden, son of Mr and Mrs George Snowden of 240 Market Street, awarded the Fannie B Pardee prize for excellence in sculpture and the Rex Ingram scholarship for free tuition at Yale University for the 1824 academic year His merit led benefactors to arrange his further education Snowden who entered Yale without high school prep showed notable sculpture skill and focus according to local observers Embezzlement charged Norwalk June 13 James Lynch of Wilford Street charged with embezzling $1000 from the gas company he works for He will be tried Saturday morning before Judge George H Vosburg Lynch remains in police custody unable to post a 2600 bond.
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