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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1926

Page

9

Two Heads For School System Favored By Reed

Superintendent Carmell R Reed returned from Toronto claiming support for a two headed administration of the Bridgeport school system. He argued the superintendent leads educational policy while business matters are managed by a separate official to allow focus on teaching. He cited duties of the superintendent and business manager, stressing cooperation and prudent budgeting.

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Reconsidering City School Administration Roles and Budgets

The superintendent should focus on policy and professional study, freed from routine operations. Boards should delegate operations to a business executive, aligning budget, procurement, and finance with educational goals, while resolving human-relationship friction and ensuring strict, bidder based purchasing.

Mrs Gallagher Named President of Universalist Women’s Club

Mrs Margaret Gallagher was chosen president of the Universalist Women’s club at the annual meeting in the Pewter Bowl. New officers for the coming year include Mrs Frank Bishop as vice president Miss Natalie Middlebrook secretary and Mrs Frank Hughes treasurer. Executive committee members named were Mrs Aeoorge Jackman Mrs Fred Tracy and Mrs Percy Litchfield. Past president Mrs Frederick presided as reports were presented. A luncheon followed with Rev Charles Kramer the pastor as guest of honor.

Margaret Gallagher Universalist Women's Club Frank Bishop Natalie Middlebrook Brrs Frank Hughes Aeoorge Jackman Fred Tracy Percy Litchfield Frederick Charles Kramer

Six Departments Fight Blaze at Auburndale Wood Plant

Newton Massachusetts May 19 Six fire departments joined to battle a fire destroying the wood working plant of Ferguson and company at Auburndale with a loss of thirty thousand dollars. Fireboats and additional crews from Waltham Watertown and Newton prevented spread to nearby plants while Whitesley Brookline and Brighton districts supported. The blaze drew thousands of motorists along Commonwealth Avenue. Cause not determined.

Newton Mass W. Ferguson & Company Auburndale Fie Waltham Watertown Terra Wes Whitesley Brookline Brighton Boston Atwater Curtain Burnham Soluble Iodine Company Commonwealth Avenue

Floods on the Volga Drown Hundreds and Hit Cities

Moscow May 19 reports say Volga floods, worst in history, devastate Nijamovgorod and Kazan, reach lower reaches submerging parts of Sumuara. Rail communications threatened as the river swells from about three miles to as much as 36 miles wide. Ten cities damaged. loss in Ifeta unestimated but likely hundreds.

Moscow Volga Foods Nijamovgorod Kazan Sumuara Volga

Willie-Father and the Egotist Tale in Stray Stories

A brief excerpt poses a rhetorical question about self-description. The father character mocks his son’s invented persona, prompting reflection on ego and honesty in storytelling within Stray Stories.

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