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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1927
Page
6
Jack Dempsey of 75 Colorado describes injuring his hand while arranging a mirror at home. He says the cut occurred as the mirror moved and he was handling tyres and posing, with reports noting the incident during practice.
Miss Katherine Finnegan of New Haven will address Huntington’s Parent Teacher Association Monday in the Huntington school auditorium on Americanization. The event will feature a school children’s musical number and is part of a busy local schedule including church groups and Grange activities.
Diners at famed clubs from Toronto to St Moritz would see an old friend listed on crested menus. The passage highlights a renowned name gracing international dining venues including the Royal Canadian Yacht Club Quebec clubs and Paris hotels, evoking a sense of prestige and tradition.
Dayton dispatch reports Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis predicting an 1800 aircraft air force by 1932. He spoke at the Wright field dedication noting the field as world’s largest and a milestone for the army air corps. Weather caused the afternoon stunt flying and races to be canceled.
Tristam Tupper of Bethel Connecticut is bequeathed ten thousand dollars in the will of his father Rev Henry Allen Tupper Baptist clergyman who died September 29 in Washington. The will filed today also leaves bequests to two daughters and a son-in-law with the remainder divided equally among Tristam and his two sisters after grandchildren shares. Total estate value not disclosed.
Miss Martha Post and John Fairchild wed at Theodore Post’s house in New Fairfield with Rev John M. Deys officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Nortis Ballard. The bride, a Danbury Normal School graduate, taught in Cornwall. groom works in Danbury.
Shelton Baptist church completes a week of events for its forty fifth anniversary. The observance included a picnic at The Pines home of Mr and Mrs Nichols Wakelee, a morning sermon by Rev B E Gates, and an evening cantata The Eternal Message. The church, self supporting, plans a future home at Coram avenue and Elm street with a parsonage on site and a larger edifice may follow.
Parity among members in a commercial town with about 300 likely members. 212 joined during the current pastorate, many youths. Week began with communion and choir resuming after vacation. Covenant testimonies, rally day in Sunday school, eight cradle roll pupils promoted. Pageant rehearsals, a Columbia cantata, and a Keepsake history talk marked the anniversary week with sermons and addresses by Rev Nathan B. Prindle and Herbert W. Hicks.
Nearly 80 Grangers attended Neighbors Night with Pohtatuck Grange hosting. The program featured readings, talks on agricultural fairs, music, and a village supper. Attendance included Pohtatuck 28, Menchewan 27, Ridgefield 17, with five visitors. Future Pohtatuck meetings are planned for October 25 with varied programs. Apple blossoms signaled late winter, while Newtown reports show 366 dogs registered, six kennel licenses issued, and total dog receipts of 27.63. Pheasants remain hunters’ favorite game bird amid scarce other woods birds and several small animals killed by cars, including a skunk near Church Hill.
The American Legion Auxiliary James B. Whipple post in Wilton held a meeting at Town hall to greet president Mrs John Richdale and Miss Edith Richdale returning from the Paris Legion convention. They toured Verdun and St Mihiel battlefields and cemeteries, and reports were given by Mrs Ernest Tito and Mrs Conrad Weltzel from the Danbury convention. Plans were made for a Halloween masquerade and barn dance on October 28 with refreshments by Mrs Weltzel. Mr and Mrs Grover Bradley and family moved to a new home on Wolfpit road.
William H. Egan hosts a late morning parade as a Shetland pony and a goat from Camp Egan on Walnut Tree Hill wander toward Newtown. Constable Beets and George Fatool stop and secure the pair, then guides them to safety by a tree. The scene draws laughs from Main Street onlookers and visitors. Town auditors begin annual book auditing for local officials with reports due in November. town meeting set for November 12. Franklin Gerow Corregan Jr born in Baltimore. Marguerite Gesner remembered. Local trips, highway repairs, and hunting season noted.
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