Wedding of Kathryn Gipple and Baward DeWitt Today
Miss Kathryn Gipple of Alden New York and Baward N DeWitt of Bridgeport marry this afternoon at the Gipple home in Alden. Dr Fred Lent of Elmira College will perform the ceremony.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
16
Miss Kathryn Gipple of Alden New York and Baward N DeWitt of Bridgeport marry this afternoon at the Gipple home in Alden. Dr Fred Lent of Elmira College will perform the ceremony.
July hostess duties set at Black Rack Saecht club in Southport with Gerald Bryant handling hosting. Bridal party events unfold at Ye Olde Tide Mill Tavern and Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport as Beatrice Black plans her wedding to Lawrence K. Jennings of Fairfield.
A long column lists theater plans for Miss Staner and others, tours by Virginia St John, George Warren, and Helen Warren, and travels from Stratford to Europe. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs James Mecklroy and a daughter to Mr and Mrs James Curry. Local families host summer gatherings, anniversaries, and civic club activities, with multiple couples and individuals traveling or hosting events around Newtown and nearby towns.
Mrs Robert C. Black of The Dogwoods Pelham Manor presents the old Black homestead in Southport as a wedding gift to her granddaughter Miss Beatrice Black. The Westway road house near Pequot avenue has been occupied by the Ven Sehnick family for years and was once thought haunted. The declining structure has been transformed into a charming white frame home under new caretakers.
Mrs Dossald heads Brooklawn Country Club women golf events with a July lineup including Open Day at Weeburn July 16 Two ball women s match July 17 selective drive July 19 match July 22 18 hole handicap July 26 regular Tuesday match and July 28 mixed foursome Note the week includes a Monday event and a Thursday mix foursome with handicaps and prizes as applicable.
Troop 10 of First Presbyterian led by Scoutmaster William Rudd conducted the court of honor on Monday night. They secured 32 merit badges of 64 passed, while Troop 13 under John Cate leads with 233 total badges and Troop 10 second with 214. Twenty one first class, ten second class and others remain. Ray Watkins earned the bugling merit badge, one of three scouts to do so in the city. Eagle Scout Alex Bobalki passed the signaling badge by telegraph. Russell Tunes Jr. earned the life scout cadre for ten merit badges. George Maks and Walter B Decker of Troop 10 qualified for star scout. Scouts Farney and Olive of Troop 13 also achieved star scout.
Mrs Mary A OToole, principal of Franklin school, has left the public school system of her own accord. She did not return her signed contract for next year and informed Superintendent Carroll R Recet of her retirement from public school work. Reports say the vacancy may be filled by Mrs Mary Lynch, a Madison school teacher and Republican vice chairman in the BHighth district, with many candidates in the field.
The weekly list of drivers suspended for one year for driving while intoxicated was released by the State Motor Vehicle Department. It lists 42 names including Andrew Reed and Joseph Schoonmaker, with four appeals noted, and urges public alert to report suspended drivers operating vehicles.
A list shows births to numerous local couples with dates in June. Notable entries include Parker and Ethel Batick a son June 16 and Leo and Marion Hatch a son June 49. Additional names include Thomas and Katherine McGannon, Michael and Giulia Hiechochy, John and Theresa Perva, Antonio and Filomena Pinto, James and Lydia Curry, Fred and Nellie Zapperoli, Howard and Edith Rieckel, James and Elizabeth Cullen, James and Dorothy Wahtson, Tohn and Elizabeth Takacs, Harny and Rose Whitmim, George and Jean Minco, Jacob and Gertrude Levin, Frank and Pauling Stelmichns, William and Emma Klein, and Pos Platt with Ruth M Andersoun.
Roxbury Massachusetts man Joseph Wibgus, 22, drowned while bathing at Charlton Staten Island. Rescue efforts located his body at about 9 p.m. or three and a half hours after the accident occurred.
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