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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1924

Page

14

Noted Author to Speak at Alumnae Meeting Saturday

The Fannie A Smith Alumnae Association will hold its annual luncheon at the Business and Professional Woman's club in the Liberty building on Saturday with Hugh Lofting the celebrated author and lecturer known for Doctor Dolittle as speaker. The luncheon starts at 1 pm, while the 12 pm business meeting will elect officers and hear Kin dergarten Union convention reports. Numerous committees are named, and out of town guests are expected.

Fannie A. Smith Alumnae Association Newberry Lofting International Kindergarten Union Minneapolis Fannie A. Smith Marion Chapin John Keenan Madeline Lacourcieri Louise Hoyt Patterson J. Shapiro Missy Bertha Cale Florence Persiant Harold Sturges Catherine Milas Cordelia Ford John W. Kearns R. H. Patterson

HUSBAND SAID WHY NOT TRY

Mrs Wick of Vermont testifies that help wires eased her backache and pains, with 93 of 100 reporting benefit. She urges others to try the remedy as sold by druggists nationwide.

Mrawiek Vermont

Icebound in Bridgeport High senior play tonight and tomorrow

First presentation of Icebound by Owen Davis selected by Bridgeport High School seniors. The production, directed by Mrs. Sherman Pryor, features a challenging cast including Estelle McElroy, Kenneth Moore, Harold Connelly, and Clara Josephson with student set construction and stage crew guiding the show after four weeks of rehearsal.

Owen Davis Bridgeport High School Auditoridum Sara Sherman Pryor Estelle McElroy Jane Crosby Kenneth Moore Ben Jordan Harold Connelly Henry Jordan Clara Josephson Emma Jordan Ruth MacDowell Nettie Jordan Jessie Larsen Ella Jordan Rose Levine Sadie Fellows Harold Dowdney Grnn Loring Eitehfield Judge Bradford Fred Taylor Doctor Curtis Aterril Sheperd Hannah George Berns Jim Ja Clarence Alma K. Becker Fred Weindork Stage 6 John Alexander David Mengelman Mellor Jones Norman Dertin Carl Peterson Thomas Connolly Sidney Beck Ernest Braum William Polatt

Bridgeport Women Meet and Club Notices In Town

Local society pages report professor A R McKech nie returning from Tokyo with Mrs Melvern mother of Mrs McKechnie in New York. Various clubs schedule whist and pinochle events, tea at 26 Brooklawn, and a radio of meetings including Republican Women and Daughters of America initiations. Attendance spans Bridgeport and surrounding towns with invitations to public events and lectures at Christ Church, University Club, and local churches.

A. R. McKechnie Tokyo University Japan Republican Women's Club Alfred Street Marie Nichola Marion Newtown Independent Order of Foresters Cannon Street T. Creamer M. Sullivan

The Letters of Natalie and Local Craft and Homes

An assorted column mixes fashion notes on washable dresses and a Crawford Laundry claim with praise for bread production at a Boreck bakery and remarks on a Colonial Fair Acres development. The piece weaves fashion care, baking quality, and nearby housing projects through dated observations and neighborhood detail.

Crawford Laundry the &S Boreck New England Massa Colonial Fair Acres Fairfield Rowland Road Lesley Histon

Maplewood Orchestra at P T Meeting Delights Attendees

Maplewood Parent Teacher Association held its monthly meeting in the Maplewood Junior High auditorium with fathers and mothers present. Mrs John J. O'Rourke led the session and introduced the Maplewood orchestra conducted by Leslie Vaughn which performed The Four Jacks My Lady Love Ocean to Ocean. Frangea McCoombs danced The Water Nymph and The Song of the Lark.

Maplé Parent-Teacher Association Maplewood Junior High School John J. O'Rourke C. BE. Bilton Z. F. Rutledge Beale Park Street Congregational Church Maplewood Orchestra Leslie Vaughn Lady Love Ocean Frangea McCoombs

Plano concert features Mrs Wheeler and Mrs Kohlmaler

Plano presented a recital with Mrs Vaughn B Wheeler singing three selections Violets I Bring My Rose and A Song of Adjur ation as Mrs J Kohlmaler accompanied.

Plano Vaughn B. Wheeler

Miss Jennie Casey To Become Bride In June

Blue and gold decorations framed a personal shower Tuesday evening for Miss Jennie Casey hosted by Mrs. M. Z. Ken ney and Miss Helen M. Devitt of Park avenue. Casey, who will marry Thomas Doyle in early June, received many beautiful and useful gifts. Attendees included Miss Margaret Spaine, Miss Filizabeth Devitt, Miss Edna O'Brien, and several Mrs. Casey relatives.

Jennie Casey M. Z. Kenney Helen M. Devitt Park Avenue Miss Casey Thomas Doyle Margaret Spaine Filizabeth Devitt Edna O’brien Nelle Houlihan Herman Leveen Casey

Etiquette by Mrs Cornelius Beeckman shows the ring

A reader asks whether a fiancé’s sister should be shown the ring by the fiancé’s family and how to handle a gift after a broken engagement. Mrs Beeckman advises courtesy and clear communication to avoid offense.

Cornelius Beeckman Mark

Question prompts readers about Mrs Beeckman answers

The fragment hints at readers asking questions to Mrs Beeckman and her responses. It suggests a column where the hostess or figure answers inquiries, inviting reader participation and clarifications. The exact event or context remains unclear but involves a reader Q and A setting.

Teachers to Hear Talk on Near East Relief Drive

A meeting of school teachers is set for this afternoon in the High School auditorium. Superintendent B Everett Cortright will welcome attendees while Mrs J Emerich national director of Near East Relief will speak. The session aims to gather funds for milk aid and support the Near East relief drive.

B. Everett Cortright J Emerich F Near East Relief

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