Fairfield Red Cross Drive To Exceed Last Year Mark
Fairfield awaits the Red Cross roll call as the Pair igle Chapter aims to top last year’s $1,100. Chairman Mac B Winchester reports broad town support and a full meeting at the Memorial Library to review the past year, elect officers, and plan the annual drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Red Cross
Red Cross
Pairigle
American Red Cross
Mac. B
Avinichester
Greenfield Hill
Winchester
Red ‘Cross
George ‘Alfrad Smith
Ameriifan Legion and Auxiliary
Henry S. Glover
Waitfield
Southsport
Direens Farms
Black Rock
Wirst
Church of Christ
MacDowell
Ida Casale
Plain Road
M. Potkin
Meadow Brook Road
Mary Kovacs
France Street
Paca
Clara M. Mint
Joseph
Stephen
Nellie Smetchkowsky
Brentwood Avenue
Duzabeth
Martin
Mary Oplatt
Beach Road
Jean
John Polk
John
Georgie
Mary Harriet Mcinalg
Longview Avenue
Eliza
Sandon
Theresa Barangai
State Street
River of Doubt Discovery Aided by Monkey Stew
Greenwich reports Travel club meeting with about 190 members at the YWCA. George Cherrie of New York spoke on Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt's expedition to the River of Doubt in Brazil. They faced 85 days of rations exhausted by rapids and cataracts, surviving on monkey stew. Roosevelt fell ill but recovered. Cherrie showed stereoscopic views. Ruth Jaycox performed dances and music. Next meeting set at Mrs Edward Stabler’s Dublin Road home November 28 with Judge Frederick A. Huield lecturing on his South America trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Travel Club
Y. AW
George’ Cherrie
New York
Brazisian
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
River of Doubt
Col. Roosevelt
Cherrie
Dogs your new clerk seer to be my steady fellow
A Wraterbury American line reports a playful exchange at a drug store. The proprietor names the new clerk as steady, prompting a pun on steadiness. The snippet captures local humor and dialogue between customer and shopkeeper.
Partner of Sunlight in Child Health
Cod liver oil has aptly been called the partner of sunlight. Both from Nature's storehouse of energy are of supreme importance to a child with rickets.
Scott's Emulsion Promotes Growth and Sunlight Health
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a daily aid for malnourished children and adults. It links bone strength to the product and sunlight, urging regular use with each feeding for youths to stay healthy.
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Scott
Keatl & Bowne
Biormfista
Anti-Saloon Speaker To Conduct Services In Easton
Rev. Harry F. Olcott of the Anti-Saloon League will lead Sunday services at Lee Methodist Church Sports Hill and West Side Methodist Church Aspetuck. Local events include Epworth League at M E L Church about being a Christian. Funerals for Charles Northrop noted.
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Elmer Andrews
i.Andrews
Charles Northrop
Pound Ridge
Svt
Epworth League
M.el
Mas.hur E. Wheeler
Bridgeport High
Chester Tall
George HE
Gregory
Natalia Marsh
Lorintha Hull
Plorence Broddbin
Bridgeport
Ambrose Marsh Arthur Bherwood
Victor Gustaffson
James Gordon
Monroe
Sport Hill
Willard Gillette
Benefit Dance in Devon for Two Injured Players
A Nov 20 telegram notes a benefit dance at 4 C Hall Lenox Ave to aid two injured Devon A team players. Also a Masonic lodge meeting, a birth at Milford hospital, and several local health updates and social events.
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Devon
Devon A
Everett Walker
Concord Avenue
H. J. Wheeler
Berwyn Street
Percy Rogers
Judith
Russell Thornwaith
Milford Point Road
Heilmore
Walnet Beach
Warrants Issued For Nonpayment Of Personal Tax
Milford reports the first batch of warrants issued by Judge Omar W. Platt at the request of Tax Collector Noyes Bailey to enforce the 1923 personal tax. Service begins immediately. some delinquents have settled. The 1923 levy was due February 1, 1924 with a 30 day grace period. The previous year’s approach yielded sizable returns.
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Milford
Omar ‘W. Platt
Noyes KR. Bailey
Police Department
Greenwich School Committee Raises Mandatory Seventh Grade Rule
Greenwich Nov 20 Telegram Service The Town School committee voted that no pupil aged fourteen to sixteen within town jurisdiction shall leave school unless they have completed the seventh grade. exceptions may apply by committee action. The change shifts the minimum from sixth to seventh grade, aligning with state trends toward higher requirements.
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Greenwock
Town School Committee
Ity
Greenwich
1000 No Trespass Signs Ordered for Huntington People
The White Improvement Society met at the Baptist church and admitted many new members. Over 50 attended as plans were made to order 1,900 cloth posters bearing No Trespass signs with signatories to be obtained from James Curtiss. A committee of Herman Ritter, Herbert Ledger, and Annie Brooks was appointed to plan corner signs naming neighboring towns. Other items note Blue Ribbon Sewing Club activities, guests visiting Huntington residents, church events, and upcoming meetings including Coolidge club amendments to reduce dues and quarterly meetings.
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Volney
Matthews
Art Trumbull Beach
AuTi
Emma Bartlet
Wiliams
Mrobert. Hutchinson
Herbert Fox
John Anderson
Weighthorn
Chicago
Emma Jarrlett
H. Sanborn
W. Sathorn
Village Improvement Association
Simon Lake
Elbert L. Ford
Helene Y. Putney
Board
Milford Dramatic Club
Wilcox Memorial Belon
Dramatic Club
Wilcox Memorial Hall
Huntington
White Improvement Society
Baptist Church
Society
James Curtiss
Herman Ritter
Herbert Ledger
S Annie Brooks
Michael J. Weselowski
Annie Kilick
Ansonia
Blue Ribbon Sewing Club
Huntington School
Stephen Tucker
Higgallum
J. Edward Stovens
Edith Wills
Harry ‘Browi
Coolidge Hall
Congregational Church
Patriotic Program Attracted Parents In Trumbull
Trumbull May 20 In recognition of National Education Week teachers from White Plains and Daniela Farms Schools presented a patriotic program at the Congregational church. The event featured recitations songs and dances by pupils in rooms 1 2 and 3 with performers including Doris Foster Agnes Portell Irene La Braccue Lillian Zisman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumbull
Hetegram Service
White Plains
Daniela Farms
Congregational Church
America
Galute
Knight
Agnes Portell
Irene la Braccue
Anna Michalka
Jennie Tonal
Daniel Galen
Irene A Breoque
Lillian Zisman
Dorothy Grovesh
Trimbull Grange
Greenfield Hill Grange
Worthy
Gilbert
Georges IL
Denman
Foster Burch
Edger IL. Druck
Albert
Tinley
Ernest
Ward
Bridge
Beach
Grange Hall
Commit~tee
Grange
Douglas Ginley
Maurles Astons
Clos House
Port
Milford and Bridgeport Alumni Connections Noted in Obituary
James Loons aged 78 died at his Prospect Street home after a two year illness. Funeral from his home Friday at 9:30 a.m. to St Mary’s Church Milford burial at St Mats Cemetery. He was a lifelong Milford resident survived by wife Eliza Bain Lyons and brother John of Milford.
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Clara M. Mint
Dimill L. Kinnie
Post Road
Hilvira Paulson
Grasmere Avenas
Henry John Savags
Fairefield and
Corrinne
Greenfield and
Congregational Church
Garlars
M.¥. B. Denham
Gheney
Milford
Fannie Smith
Bridgeport
Roberts
Yale
SheMerd
Jehny Hopkins
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Jdaimin Roberts
James Loons
Prospect Street
St. Mary's
Eliza Bain Lyons
John of
State police inspect brakes as arrests rise in town
Westport reports a brake inspection campaign by a state police flying squad stopping all pleasure and commercial vehicles. Several motorists face fines in interim court with judges imposing penalties for violations including missing registrations and missing brakes. Transfers and property deeds also noted with local real estate filings. Arthur Suyon and Tarnest Anderson are listed with service and business updates.
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Westport
Telearim Gervics
Tha ‘State Police
Ying Squadron
Motorista Ampedea
Joseph Adams
Edward J. Comer
Spring 'Strest
Bridgeport
Scribner Avenue
Norwalk
David Bronstein
Boston Avenue
Aimilar
John Klement
Pembroke Street
Compo Beach
Broderick P. Young
Hag Gold
Norman Wigglesworth
Bradley Street
Danbury Avenue
Bradley Stret
Ni Avenue
Wimblesof
Francie Feeney
Roseville Road
Arthur
Suyon
U. & Army
Haseen
Dulf
Highth Corps
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Tarnest Anderson
Canada
A. B. Dokye Company
Greenwich Lions Plan Thanksgiving Dinner for Kids
Greenwich Nov 20 The Lions Club voted unanimously to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for children at the Emily Bruce Shelter on Thanksgiving Day. A committee of Isaac M Hubbard George T Spragun and W Taylor will arrange the meal. The club also pledged funds for Braille magazines for the Institution of the Blind in Hartford. Fred J Horton and Paul Dahlgreen entertained with a duet at the luncheon.
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Greenwich
Lions Club
Miler's
Emily Bruce
Isaac M. Hubbard
George T. Spragun
W. Taylor
Institution of the Blind 14
Hartford
Fred J. Horton
Paul Dahlgreen
Newtown Society Plans Food Sale and Social
The Girls Friendly Society at St. John’s Church Sandy Hook hosts a Saturday afternoon sale and tea at the church rectory with a Christ mas card table, candy and extract tables, and tea service by local members. Proceeds support the society’s social and charitable aims as Hawley and Woodbury teams prepare for a Housatonic Inter scholastic league opener.
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Newtown
Charles
Cole
Girl's Friendly Society of
St. John’s Church
Sandy Hook
John O. Pituachler
Tillian Bell
Dorothy Dintler
Welen Cosey
Isabelle Parsons
Honico Curtis
Muriel Kiernan
Dorothy Cole
Luella Sperry
Whoise Knapp
Welen Jennings
Florence Lockwood
Woodbury High School
Hawley School
Woodbury
Stratford Faces Widespread Part Time Classes Amid Overcrowding
Stratford officials report 69 percent of students attend on irregular or part time schedules, with 33 percent on regular hours. The board discusses a one story high school addition and funding to convert Center school into a grammar facility, plus a December referendum and new attendance regulation plans.
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Stratford
C. C. Thompson
Thompson
Whitney Bay Garden
Washington
Nichols
Patterson
Franklin
Sedgwick
Lordship
Sean
Washington School
de Ruyler-Howland
Senor
T.J. Pardy Construction Company
Stratford High School
Firma
Donald Sammis
Convention Opens Tonight at Wilmot Avenue Church
A Wheek end convention of Seventh Day Adventist churches opens tonight at 7 43 in the English Seventh Day Adventist church on Wilmot avenue near Stratford. Speakers include Rev G W Well Atlantic Union Home Missionary Secretary Rev K E Cardey president Southern New England Conference and other church leaders. The opening service is held this evening with sessions tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday featuring sermons by Cardey, Wells, and others. Public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Sterling Memorial Hall
Sterling Hall
Itratford
Nap Relica
Wilmot Avenue
Stratford Avenue
Seventh Day Advent
G. W. Well
Atlantic Union Conference
Southern New England
KE. L. Cardey
Bob Preston
Sypher
Home
Mise Louisa Isleuser
Dormitory project urged for Danbury State Normal School
A Danbury school boosters meeting led by principal Lothrop D gins urged funding for a dormitory at Danbury State Normal School. Reasons include locating suitable student housing, long commutes under current schedules, and many students coming from farming districts who return to the country rather than stay in town. A special committee to study rural school reopenings, including Pembroke and Starry Plain, will report after investigating transportation and housing needs.
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Gram
Danbury
Higgins
Sion
Danbury School
Pembroke / Starrs Plain
Philip N. Sunderland
Shee Bruce Thomas A. Keating
Harry Mi Dachlan
Pembroke
Starry Plainjsiwer
É Wahoo
Schoo Board
Acho
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B.S. Winchester
Charles Weterhouss
Southport
South
Howard Gray
Coral Gables
Miami
Florida
Gray
Patrfield Builders
Helen Gray
Bridgeport Hospital
Wsirfield
Grasmere
Parent- Teacher Association
Brooklawn Country Club
River OF Doubt Discovery
Monkey Stew
Town Hall
Mitford Four
James M. Maher
New Haven
Regar
Atl
Corb
Maher
Arve 2& Habbit
Janet Cheney
Manley J. Cheney
Green Street
Janet
Frederick William
Ty New
Greenwich Lions
Newtown Society
Pardy Company
Tupan
United States
Frank B. Brandegee
Ford Town Court
Committee On
Committee On Permanent Organization
Lindquist Hardware Company of
Boosters Club
Broad St
Fairfield Ave
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