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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1923
Page
11
A parent uses a blackboard in the playroom with pictures to guide Saturday morning tasks for a daughter. She erases completed pictures, such as a plant being watered, to show progress and keep the child engaged until the board is clean again.
The Black Rock Congregational church youth present Old Home Day in Plunket a one act comedy in Woodruff Hall directed by Mrs George Beabody to raise funds for furnishing the new building. A large cast lists Themis Reigea chair Mrs Herman Pardow and Mr and Mrs Frank Beardsworth among organizers.
The Girl Reserve club of the International Institute hosted a Mothers Day party at the Beach Street center on Saturday afternoon. Mothers toured the home, watched drills and dances, heard songs learned by the girls, and listened to Olga D Vaccola speak on Girl Reserves. Various folk dances and stories were presented for the visitors, highlighting cooperation and the club’s anti prejudice goals.
The wedding of Ruth Ratchford and Cecil McCabe occurred recently at a church. The bride wore blue poiret twill with a gray ostrich plume hat and carried pink roses and sweet peas. Bridesmaid Sarah Cull wore blue, best man was William McCabe, and the couple will live at 30 Cottage Street, Red Heart.
June 13 is the wedding date for Mrs Kate DeForest Prentice of New York City to Benjamin Brewster Jennings of New York and Fatfield. The ceremony will be at St Bartholomew's church with a reception at 23 East Sixty Ninth Street Bridgeport coverage notes multiple social happenings including Marguerite Hickey's activities and various temple and charity events across the area.
A damaged newspaper fragment offers partial readable items about a local action. Key names and specifics are unclear, leaving the main event and dates uncertain while hinting at a civic or community notice.
Delegates from many cities gather in Waterbury for the Connecticut Federation of Women's Clubs meeting at Second Congregational Church. Sessions begin Thursday at 10:30 with reports, committee appointments, and a keynote by Mrs. Jeaninette Emrich of New York. Friday features the president's address, department chair reports, and afternoon lectures by Grace Morrison Peyle and others.
Fairfield County association of congregational churches and ministers schedules its 25th annual meeting at Greens Farms Congregational Church. Events include a 10:15 a m start with reports and addresses, 12:30 lunch, and 2 p m ordination of a foreign missionary from Kambe Siniangi to represent the association in South Africa. Knights of Pythias plans a degree ceremony at 1025 Main Street Thursday night.
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