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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1927

Page

3

Church club banquet showcases Liberty and the Law talk

The Church club of the Ppopal diocese of Connecticut hosted a quarterly banquet at the Stratfield hotel ballroom drawing nearly 200 attendees. U S district judge Edwin B. Thomas spoke on liberty and the law, tracing constitutional development and urging that liberty is not license, with amendments a topic of shared interest.

Church Club Ppopal Diocese of Connecticut Stratfield Hotel Thomas United States Sam R. Hardy Diocese of New York National Federation of Church Clubs George Lush A. Clifton Flather Charles Keeseli, Jr Stanley Beans Bruce Young Artstant Eperts

Bridgeport called pioneer city in religious school debate

Dr Weigle urged weekday church schools to complement public education, arguing religion is missing from schools today and warning against undermining moral education. He cited personal experience with his children and contrasted Sunday school with public schooling, prompting an open forum afterward. Father Henry Keily delivered the benediction.

Board of Emivation Bridgeport Tdi Weigle Weigle de Weigle Dr. Weigle Weigler Henry E. Keily St. George's Episcopal Church

Hawley Elected Again Head of Bridgeport Manufacturers

George Hawley, vice president of Bridgeport Gas Light, was re elected president of the Bridgeport Manufacturers Association at the annual meeting and dinner at Brooklawn Country Club. Officers named include Sumner Simpson as first vice president A V Bodie as second vice president and Dwight C Wheeler as treasurer. After dinner Dr Thomas Trevis spoke with moving pictures showing Newfoundland wildlife and moose riding. Committees for 1927-1928 were announced with extensive lists of names from local firms and factories.

George Hawley Bridgeport Gas Light Company Hudgeport Manufacturers’ Association Brooklawn Country Club Sumner Simpson Raybestos Company A V Bodie Dictaphone Company Dwight C. Wheeler Acme Sheaf Company Newfoundland Thomas Trevis Bureau of Commercial Economics Washington, DC North Woods Thomas Forest and Stream Lfe Catalina Dr. Travis Travis H. Bullard Bullard Machine Tool Company W. C. Bryant Bryant Electric Company L A Nothnngle International Silver Company Herman K. Beach Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing Company L R. Edwards Harvey Hubbell Wills F. Hobbs Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Corporation H. B. Houghton Bridgeport Casting Company HOC. Ives Ives Manufacturing Company H D Strong American Chain Company J. R. Wrigley Bridgeport Paper Hox Company K. Becker U 5 Aluminum Company Gerald C Bryant Head Chain Company Malcolm Fame Amenean Tube and Stamping Company J. P Frisme Frisble Pie Company George C. Gensh Handy and Hayman Company C. H. Graesser Manning American Fab Ies Company M. L Waterman Singer Manufacturing Company W. Stewart Clark General Electric Company Harry G Specht Cc F Dieto Clarman W. F Hobbe Sumner Simpson A E MacDonald George M Baines WH Pease R W, Milla A J Porter JC Hunting H. J. Benzie W. B. Webster H Cother W . Clark George Warren L. A Nothvagle

Scoutmasters Hold Monthly Meeting at Boy Scout Headquarters

The regular monthly meeting of scoutmasters was held last night at Boy Scout headquarters, QOL Breadstreet. Members discussed program actions and committee tasks as part of the year’s agenda, with reports on projects and upcoming events.

Boy Scout Qol Breadstreet

Obituary notices of several residents and relatives

Funeral services were held for Mary Egan wife of John P Lynch of 55 Kanistan avenue at Sacred Heart church after a wake at her home. Buried at St. Michael's cemetery. Also listed are services for Ignacy Samorijczyk, Josephine E Brennan, five year old Thomas J O'Donnell, Anthony Seanzi, Anna Davies, and William Soumthingwell. The notes include burial details, pallbearers, and church locations. Other deaths include Timothy Carthy and Samuel W Fairchild Sr with synopses of service times, churches, and burial plans.

Ay Dern Mary Egan Wfe John P Lynch Kanistan Avenue Sacred Heart Church Martin Flynn William Hartnett A. Condon Philip Oakey Jeremiah Burke Thomas McCarthy St. Michael's Cemetery Afrs Josephine E. Brennan Josephine E William J. Brennan Center Street St. Augustines Thomas J. O'Donnel Thomas J. O'Donnell Hugh A Elizabeth O'Donnell Beach Street Walnut Beach Milford Father Curran St. Anne's Church Devon St. Mary's Cemetery Timothy.Carthy Timothy McCarths South End Crane Valve Company Hillside Home Crane Company Relief Association Lieberum& Heaphy Lafayette Street Church of the Sacred Heart Bintal

Two More Bodies Raise Death Toll After Blast

City Council approved a 100000 emergency fund to repair shattered dwellings in the desolate wallet area after a deadly blast. Mayor Kline warned at least 15 buildings must be torn down to prevent further fatalities as demolition began. Relief agencies fed and clothed the homeless while investigators continued to seek the blast’s cause with few clues.

Charles H Kline

Funeral services for Samuel William Fairchild held in New York

Prominent physician chemist and banker Samuel William Fairchild of Stratford died Sunday at 3001 Sedgwick Avenue Bronx. His funeral was conducted at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and 3rd Street with Bishop Finest M. Stites officiating. Survivors include three daughters Mrs William Kirkland Mrs Henry Butler Mrs Byron Long and two sons Benjamin and Samuel William Fairchild.

W. Fairchid Samuel W. Fairchild Kingsbridge O'Lock 8Th Thomas New York Ernest Matttes Long Island R. H Brooks Fairchild Thomas Feirchild Stratford Stratford Academy Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Union League Club St. Thomas Churen Fifth Avenue Fifty-third Street Emily Justine Tappen Thomas Myrtle Fairhild Broadstreet William R. Kirkland Hey W Butler Byron A A. Long Captain Long U. N Benjamin T Samuel Wiliam Fairchild St. Thomas’ Church Fifth Avenue New York City Finest M. Stites Fanchid Myitis Virginia Fairchild West Broad Street Sedgwick Avenue Bronx Pharmacy College College of Pharmacy City College of Fairchild Brothers and Foster Bowery Cavings Bank Belgium France Greece Legion of Honor Leopold II St. Louis New York Ciy Metropolitan Museum Caruy Trade Board of Trade and Transportation Chamber of Commerce of Botanical Gardens Metropolitan Museum of Art Franco-American Society Wce French Institute of America Sevelia Home For Children Permanent Blind Relief War Fund Polyclinic Medical School Princess Anne of Virginia Society Sons of Revolution New England Society Pilgrim Society Metropolitan Bankers Club of New York Metropolitan Club of Washington Devonshire of England Club Travelers and L’union Society of Paris Anne Fairchild Thomas Fairchild Emily Justin Tappen Supreme Court Abraham B. Tappen Manhattan Airs Wiliam B Kirkland Henry W. Butler Byron A. Long Benjamin Tappen Fairchild Samuel William Fairchild Benjamin T. Fairchild Greenwich Myrtis Virgin Fairehuld

Fog Ends Summery Day as Dense Mist Envelops City

Bridgeport reports a sunny day with temperatures near 70 degrees Fahrenheit followed by night fog and mist. Traffic slowed briefly as fog cleared after midnight, with Leonard Taft of the New Haven Weather Bureau predicting clearing skies and possible rain in the early afternoon and much colder temperatures tonight and Thursday. The fog resulted from southerly air from the Atlantic bringing moisture that formed mist but not precipitation.

Weber Bridgeport Bop. m

Burge Arrest Report From 385 Mason Street Scene

In a colored man’s room, a struggle occurred as a burglary was attempted yesterday. The unnamed resident fought back a intruder who gained entry through a window. A weapon was shown and the assailant fled, leaving the room in disarray amid the rapid escape.

Wanda

Glass Faces Prohibition Seizure in Senatorial Speech

Senator Glass denounces efforts to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment and critiques calls to nullify it. He contrasts resistance to Prohibition with historical Southern resistance to the Fifteenth Amendment, arguing the latter was war driven and aimed at white civilization, while current defiance undermines constitutional law. He notes lack of enforcement statutes for the Fifteenth Amendment and defends Virginia’s record against racial disenfranchisement.

Glass Gsenfling Jhia Fetter Mquor Virginia Virginian Union

P. T. Congress Holds Danbury Meeting in November

Danbury hosts the executive board of the Congress of Connecticut Parent-Teacher associations as fifty delegates meet at the Swedish Congregational Church. President Mrs Elizabeth L Watson of West Haven presides. reports on education and child hygiene are heard. a courtly PT association is formed in Hartford county. seven county associations exist statewide.

Danbury The Congress of Connecticut Parent- Teacher Associations Swedish Congregational Church Elizabeth L. Watson West Haven Congress R. Case Bridgeport Mary Potters State Board of Education A. G. Ireland Connecticut Gertrude Dexter Hartford Fink Porter New Haven Ralph Torrington Waterbury Hartford County

Hospital treatment refused by elderly woman in care

Mrs. Hilda Milley, 77, of 723 Ogden Street, refused ambulance care and hospital transfer for a second time despite visiting nurses and Dr. Jacob Lerman in charge. Her son, who cared for her, was arrested for intoxication as police were summoned to the home. The woman insisted she would die at home, not in a hospital.

Rnk Hilda Milley Ogden Street Jacob Lerman

Bruno heads St Marys committee for church fundraiser

Robert Bruno chairs the St Marys committee arranging entertainment at the Rite Bellroom on Monday November 21 for the rebuilding fund. The group met last night for final plans. Another social event to raise funds will be held tomorrow at the Catholic Community house with alumni of SS Josepha sponsoring a card party.

Robert Bruno Rite St Mary's Church SS Josepha Ance Emy Rey Wilsaq Seledy

How Can Women Keep Well for Singing?

Mrs Belle Thompson of East Lake Tennessee recounts recovery from years of weak health aided by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She credits renewed sleep and energy to the remedies, noting they helped her care for her three children and perform daily work.

Belle Thompson 44Th ST. Halt Lake Tenn Georgia East Lake Lydia E. Pinkham Saya A

Happy Woman Credits Lydia Pinkham Remedy Note

A woman from Union City New Jersey writes that Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health after several bottles, helping her appetite headaches and well being. She keeps a bottle handy and offers to answer letters, noting the medicine has been used for over fifty years.

Lydia B. Pinkham Jennik Bornraman Union City N. J

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