May Meeting Notes and Local Social Highlights
The May meeting of the Congregational Missionary Society was held at Mrs Clarence B Norman's home with new president Mrs Rabe Osborne presiding. Social hour followed with refreshments served. The Girls Friendly Society at St Pauls church discussed plans for a play. Thomas Palmer is very ill with bronchial pneumonia. Dorothy Beers returned from a week with Mrs Benny Feery of Bethel. Mr and Mrs E stelffith of Bridgeport visited James Lee of Whisconter. The funeral of Mrs Sarah Knapp, aged eighty one, was held at Willem J Beehler funeral home. Burial in Baurel Cemetery. Surviving niece Mrs Thepon Pixon and five nephews. Rev Charlies B G Carpenter conducted services. Harmonie Club of Danbury recital at Concordia Well in Danbury featured Dorothy Beers of Brookfield. Ruth Beer and Benjamin Maynard enjoyed a motor trip to Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branchial Pneumoni
Dorothy Beers
Benny Feery
Bethel
E. Stelffith
Bridgeport
James Lee
Whisconter
Mira
Sarah Knapp
Ser
Theron Dixon
Abury
Undertaking Reams
Willem J. Beehler
Baurel
Cemeteria
Knapp
Southburr
Dansatur
Orson
Hetwey Korani
Brookilaldgerly
Danbury
Dixon
Robert Knapp
Thepon Pixon
Arthur Ella
Middletown
Robert Taylor
Aplewood
N. J
George Elis
Rooklyn
Vermont
Charlies
Carpenter
St. Paul's Church
Harmonie Club of
Jennie Cree Gregory
Concordia Well
Bevckfield
Harmonie Club
Ruth Beer
Benjamin Maynard
Hartford
Percy Card
Stratford
Mary Fisher
Wood Avenue
Edward A. Beers
Mohegan Street
Farmill Street
Schalk
Ansonia
William A. Beers
Charlotte Beers
Frieda Highland
Kenneth Gard
Sophie Nevernas
Hairfield
Julia
Social and church events mark Trumbull week
In Trumbull on Thursday evening a Congregational church social featured piano solos readings and songs by the choir plus a social hour. At the Town Hall the Volunteer Firemen planned a program with refreshments. Community notices include visits, entertainments, and a senior play at Bridgeport High School with local attendees.
Long Hill Club Notes and Local Updates
Long Hill May 235- Special reports a Stitch in Time meeting at the 4H Club rooms with Middy blouses cut out and a planned May 29 session. Miss Mason from Storry Dee College to teach dressmaking. Ladies Aid plans Missionary Club at the new parsonage with committee led by Mrs. Pandrick. Mention of Grace Episcopal parishioners, Rev. Leroy Lightfoot’s sermons, and local social visits amid illness and church activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Hill
Mason
Storry Dee College
Ladies Aid Society
Charles Pandrick
Linn H. Abbott
Clarice Radcliffe
Isabelle Randall
Bridgeport
Howard Randall
Easton
L Ward Randall Charles Kadric
Frank Kadelc
Robert Sheffield
Grace Lipiscopal Thureh
Windsor
Pneumoiis
Leroy Lightfoot
India
Sun
Sol
Beardsley
Local Social News Highlights From Bridgeport Area
Miss Viola Randal entertains nurses at Bridgeport hospital and at Lake Zoar cottage. Miss Viola Sutherland ill under Dr. Adams care. Mrs Henry Hintz visiting son Paul Hintz. Church men plan parsonage lawn grading. PTA executive meeting in June. Miss Dorothy Reach visits Long Hill. Huntley family hosted by Seeleys. Randall relapse improves, Isaace family trips to New Britain, Mallett weekend at Tashua, Botsford family moves to Park Lane bungalow. Keuhn family to relocate, Frank Holde visits from Bridgeport, Chester Jackson visits Lorenzo Jackson, Kent and other trips noted. Turne Northrop and Kraemer visiting Mrs Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Randal
Bridgeport Hospital
Lake Zoar
Randall
Viola Sutherland
Paul Hintz
Elizabeth Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Dorothy Reach
Farmington
Long Hill
Ban
Ford Beach
Ralph Huntley
Gladys
Albert
G. Seeley
Clarence Randall
Samuel Isaace
New Britain
Jennie Mallett
Tashua
John N. Wheeler
Kent
Turne
Northrop
Kraemer
Stepney
John H. Wheeler
Anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Charles Maillard
A May 25 reception at the Maillards home celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Guests included Winter Everest Edward and Esther Eberle and many others from New Haven Derby Shelton Stratford Bridgeport and New York. Gifts ranged from silverware to a 25 snapdragon bouquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Specelal
Charles Maillard
Hotor
Winter Wiverest
Edward
New Haven
Antone Eberle
Esther
Charles Oberle
Geor Hecox
Justin Er Hecox
Derby
Robert Shelton
Shelton
Waldo Booth
Stanley
James Nicholas
Henry S. Wells
Plorence Lattin
George Bradbury
Bernice Perley
Esther Hecox
Samuel T. Buckingam
Shelton Avenue
Winter Everest
Charles
Mitard
Earl Street
John Arundel
Nsizglasa Street
Francis I. Nettleton
Womens Exchange to Host Food Safe and Exhibition at Ridgewood Inn
Redding May 25 Special. The Womens Exchange will hold a food safe and exhibition at the Ridgewood Inn on Saturday May 29 at 2:30 PM. Community activities included a successful program at the Mark Twain Library, led by Mrs. Harry Lounsbury and Mrs. Charlies Hill, with Girl Friendly Society members presenting a one act play under Mrs. Gilbert Hornie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Hornie
H. Sanford Osborn
Norwalk
Branchville
Frank Malone
Bridgeport
Gertrude M. Crowe
Newtown Way
Mary McCollam
Frederick Shaw
Ridgefield School
Samuel
Shaw
M’collam
Margaret
John M’collan
Schenectady
N. Y
P. R. Bradley
George Pickett
Berlin
P. S. Clapp
New York City
Raymond Cunningham
A. G. Barnett
Middletown
Heading
Middletown Hospital
Harry Bracken
Norwall
M. J. Sullivan
Setton Sullivan
West Point
Gear Mountain Bridge
Bethel Weekend Visits and Memorial Day Plans
Bethel residents reported weekend visits from relatives in Derby Oakville Brooklyn and New York City. Memorial Day exercises are set for Sunday May 30 at Center Cemetery with Reverend Waren I Bowman delivering the address. Yohn H Clarke purchased the Comstock homestead at 94 Milwaukee Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
George Donahue
Derby
Katherine McManus
Brooklyn
Michael Mannion
Elizabeth Street
W. Simmons
New York City
Plumtreen
Martha McManus
Bridgeport
J. McManus
South Street
Center Cemetery
Welock
Waren I. Bowman
South Norwalk
Bowman
Yohn H. Clarke
Division Street
Comstock Homestead
Milwaukee Avenue
George A. Smith
Nichols School Eighth Grade Present Play Let
Nichols eighth grade students will stage a playlet entitled When they Built the D and RG Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the school home. Five girls from the Methodist church attended the Older Girls conference in Stamford Friday and Saturday. The Trinity guild meets Wednesday at 2 30. Miss Mildred Hubbs local dancer in Maid in Bridgeport at Polis Palace theatre Monday Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols School
Methodist Church
Stamford
Trinity Guild
Misa Mildred Hubbs
Bridgeport
Polis Palace Theatre
Easton notes Epworth League meeting and appointments
At Lee M. E. church the Epworth League business session elected Mrs Arthur Bush fourth vice president to fill the vacancy from Mrs George Hitchcock. Cyril Kendall and Calvin Drown named delegates to the Epworth League Institute at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Also announced are Ladies' Aid meeting at Mrs Leroy Turney's home May 26 and Grange attendance plans for Norfield Grange May 28. Several members assist Freé Candee in planting while he heals from a broken leg.
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Shelton and Bridgeport residents spend Sundays visiting relatives and friends across towns. Guests include Jack Lindsay of Bridgeport, Wesly Norton host, and extended visits by the Wheeler, Gillette, Wade, Randall, Briggs, and Northrop families. A choir rehearsal, a Grotto ceremony, and a 16th wedding anniversary surprise enliven the week end social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Mary Lanphear
Shelton
Jack Lindsay
Bridgeport
Wesley Norton
Willard S. Gillette
Farmill River Grange
Bételle Wicks
Stephen Barmore F Greenfield
Fred Canfield
Stratford
Leroy Wheeler
Alan
Jesse Wheeler
Edward Johnson
Wright
Nichola
Frank Wade
Greenfield
Frank G. Smith
Eugene Fisher
Hamden
Arthur Sherman
Detroit
Mich
Stephen Tingley
Millard Randall
Robert
William Randall
George
Andrewa
Elliot
Bethel
Harold Wright
Long Hill
John Patterson
Robert Davia
Belle Randall
Walter Bilash
Charles Kelier
Theodore Anton
Lev! French
Robert Randall
Lewis Andrews
Robert Davis
H. W. Wright
Fred Kachele
Margaret Eitn
Daniel Klein
Robert Bevan
Harry Powell
Julian Precott
Olivier Briggs
Eyvelyn
Gladys
Portchester
New York
Walter Briggs
E. E. Norton
Willam Nortin
Robert Rowell
Archia Northrop
Gems and treasures headline sesqui centennial expo
Philadelphia May 25 AP priceless gems industrial arts and royal possessions from two continents will be displayed at the sesqui centennial international exposition opening next Monday. Britain will show uncut rubies valued at 16 million dollars along with factory and farm products. Japan allocates about 1 million dollars for participation with exhibits of silk ceramics prints and paintings. Government funds amount to 600 thousand dollars with 400 thousand from industrial firms. Other nations France Spain Holland Denmark Cuba Egypt Persia Bulgaria China Haiti Hungary Austria Poland Turkey Panama and Italy also plan exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Continents
Great Britain
Japan
France
Spain
Holland
Denmark
Cuba
Egypt
Persia
Bulgaria
China
Haiti
Hungary
Austria
Poland
Turkey
Panama
Italy
U S Ambassador Told of Japan Plans
Charles MacVeagh met with Baron Shidehara in Tokyo to discuss Geneva naval talk rumors and Japan’s stance on the Geneva Preparatory Disarmament Commission and the ongoing Beijing customs conference. Shidehara affirmed the reports do not reveal Japan’s true aims and that Tokyo supports resuming the customs conference when China forms a stable government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Charles MacVeagh
Baron Shidehara
Geneve
MacVeagh
Foreign Office
Geneva
Japan
Peking
Baron Shidehard
China
Letter of Krim Not Impressively Resolves Rif Conflict
Paris May 26 AP French cabinet says Abl Mi Krim’s letter from the Rif shows no change in the Moroccan situation. The letter offers no definite authority or proof and is viewed as a maneuver to buy time while Krim fortifies his position. War Minister Painiere says Krim is finished and seeks refuge after fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Briandon
Painiere
Krim
Ife
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Frank Wells
Wells
Tittle Bliss
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Walter Hazard
Monroe
Prank Wells
Edward Broch
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W. S. Brown
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Mias L. Prindis
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Charles Shephard
Martha Miller
Jotn West
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Sound View Avenus
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Maltby Street
Torrington
Tremaston
James Smith
Lola Smith
Litchfield
White Hills
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Mira Ethel M. Beardsley
Nichols
Easton Grange
Norfield Grange
Willard Gillete
Song
Sterling
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Fairfield
Henry DeHondt
Jas DeHondt
Bayside
Long Island
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Sesqui-Centennial
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