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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
11
Community events fill a Bridgeport page with meetings, visits, entertainments, and notices. Local families travel to Europe, women groups host talks and sewing circles, students perform in school programs, and marriages and birthdays are reported amid club and church activities.
The Bridgeport art league hosts a fine exhibition featuring Bridgeport artists presenting landscape studies of Fairfield shores and Black Rock scenes. Vago displays refined miniature landscapes with moving animal figures. other works mix color and texture, echoing early modern pieces and factory studies.
The School of Business conducts non sectarian class work open to all held Wednesday evening March 3 under Miss Agnes RE Collins. Forty alinutés per period with several periods for specialization. Typewriting and other departments each accommodate about forty students. Courses include Business English shorthand typing bookkeeping commercial arithmetic and advanced shorthand. Consult Miss Collins about the program on Wednesday Friday and Saturday evenings at St Vincent’s and 109 Vinestreas Bethlehem.
Mrs Orville Teeler of the Connecticut D A R will address Harmony Lodge No 711 at the lodge rooms 183% tale street about Our Flag Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. She chairs the state anti desecration committee and will explain flag rules and Americanization efforts amid Bolshevik fears.
Women led polling in Washington with record turnout 72 1 3 percent while National Femin party held unofficial polling. Mrs KC Ponts, president of the American daughter of the War of 18 wil preside at a New Haven meeting March 13. Elizabeth Jennifer notes beauty ads.
Members of the Mareaaus committee host a masked party at a local venue to honor new officers including Maris Bulford as president Tavhd senning as vice president and Harry feid as financial keeper. Guests enjoyed a program with music readings and speeches.
Fragmentary report notes an initial state conference at Dale Pates and alternates to the Continental Congress if Washington heads the effort. Mentions Napwich and Mat with dates 2 and 24 and a game page for the Connecticut day seemed.
A cottage diary recounts shopping for Easter outfits and gifts, Edith trying on a navy elles dress with tricoting while Natalie notes Lane's candy shop displays. The narrative mentions Easter spirits, ribbons, and plans for a family gathering with Whitine’s fruit baskets and Master presents. The scene closes with a brief phone call and a sense of anticipation.
Bargains in hosiery offering 39 and 50 cent items. Burson's Hosiery in out sizes, seconds for men durable socks in the Miller make at 39 cents each or 3 pairs for a dollar. Stockings in all sizes in African Brown shade pairing with tan shoes on the main floor.
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