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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1922
Page
14
The Thursday Thimble club signs tickets for a Brooklawn donation bridge party to be held Thursday afternoon June 8. Proceeds aid the club's philanthropic work including layette donations to city charities.
Milford May 25 Details for the Memorial Day parade have been announced by Command er George Weed of the Milford Post American Legion grand mar shall. The procession forms at the Municipal Green at 9 20 a m and moves at 10 o clock. The route goes West River to the Concrete bridge North street Kerry street Milford Cemetery Gulf street New Haven avenues and back to the Green with services at the cemetery and a visit to St Marys cemetery. After services the parade returns to the Memorial Bridge for a five minute halt while school children place flowers on unknown sailor dead waters. Short exercises will be held at the Soldiers monument on the Green and the parade ends there. Formation order lists police platoon Chief James M Maker Grand Marshal George Weed aides Harold W Smith William Shanley Elmer Holbeck Arthur Perry Milford Military Band Milford Post American Legion James Toocker commanding George Van Horn camp of W R A and W R C in automobiles second division Akongesh tribe L O RM Boy Scouts F C Hill command three Girl Scouts Mrs Arthur Dowis captain Echooy Children under A Nichols.
The memory contest led by Miss Cara Purviance will run next Wednesday night at 7 o clock in Bridgeport High School. Only eighth grade entrants are eligible for pins. score cards will be color coded for contestants and the general public. A portion of the auditorium will serve as the testing area for recalling composer names and nationalities. The public interest has grown in the memory test across schools.
A mixed audience hosted at 294 Black Rock Avenue honored Miss Grace Margarich with a pink and white shower. Music, dancing, a ballet luncheon and socializing followed the event. Miss Grace Margarich becomes engaged to John Alha. guests included numerous Barrows, Shells, Jacobs and Dempsey relatives and friends from the community. Rhubarb wine queries arise as Revenue collectors question its intoxicating status and permit needs.
A surprise party and shower was held for Miss Vivian Mathewson at Miss Mariah Furdee’s home in Stratford area, honoring her upcoming marriage to Reginald Graves next month. Guests included Winifred Cowles and several Stratford residents. The event featured games, dancing, a mock marriage, and refreshments, with Miss Mathewson in attendance amid later notes of local incidents and policy chatter.
Birth notices list several newborns with parent names and addresses including Halorsk, Pembroke street May 28. George W and Catherine Selig Stratford East Broadway May 25. Michael and Nora Rinko Ogdep street May 25. Harold N and Minnie Simpson Central avenue May 23. Co H and Amelia als Alfred street May 21. Marriage notice records William B Robinson 34 Hurd avenue and Nettie E Harris 2% same address.
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