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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1947
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Hollis L Bragdon of North Wasselboro announce the engagement of their daughter Esther to Stanley G Taylor son of Mr and Mrs James E Taylor of 445 Hooker Road The wedding is set for November 15.
The Alpha chapter of Nu Phi Mu will hold a formal pledges installation tonight at 8 o'clock in the Warren Institute lounge. Miss Frances Vitko, registrar of the sorority, will lead the candlelight ceremony aided by members of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
Mrs Raymond E Baldwin wife of the senator spoke at the Mary Silliman chapter D A R opening meeting on duties of a senator's wife after luncheon in the Stratfield hotel. Over 100 members attended. She described Washington parties she attended alone and urged women to engage in national state and local government. She noted the senator's five full time jobs and the value of contributors' reasons. The next meeting will be November 10 at 2 pm in the Stratfield hotel with joint session with Eunice Dennie Burr chapter.
Miss Margaret H Holmes announces the hostesses for the Civic program Your Community Little Known Big Activities to be held at 8 pm in the club house. Constance C Baker and Eleanor P Mann will preside at the coffee table. Door hostesses are Mrs Samuel Senior Jr and Mrs Charles H Merritt. Additional hostesses include Mrs Charles Averill Viola Almone y Helen C Anderson Clara Barnum Ruth Barnum Edith Bell Virginia Bennett Ulrika E Benson Elizabeth Carter and Bette Carroll. Mr and Mrs Lewis Palinkas announce the birth of a son Thomas Lewis October 6 at Bridgeport hospital. the mother is the former Helene Hayes.
Miss Winifred Lee Sellick daughter of Rev F Stanley Sellick of 956 Broad Street Stratford will wed William Allan Ingram son of Mr and Mrs Harold F Ingram of Cheese Spring Road Wilton on Saturday at 3 PM in the First Congregational Church Stratford The Rev Mr Sellick will officiate Invitations are not issued A family reception will follow at the bride's home and the couple will motor to the South for their honeymoon They will reside in Schenectady New York Miss Sellick is a Stratford High School and Butler University graduate Mr Ingram attended New York Military Academy King School and Yale and works for General Electric in Schenectady The couple plan a Schenectady home
Miss Harriet Elizabeth Robertson daughter of Mrs. Christopher Comins and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Root of Milford wed to Thomas W. Tranberg son of Mrs. Algot Frisk of Baltimore Md in Milford Church of Christ Congregational on Saturday at 2 pm. Grandfather gave bride. matron of honor Mrs. Robert Tuttle. best man Sigurd Tranberg. ushers Louis Robertson and Carl Fisk. They plan a two week motor trip to Virginia and reside in Baltimore after.
A schedule of meetings and activities for multiple groups including Woman's Guilds, Garden clubs, YWCA, Home Economics, ORT, Rainbow for Girls, Nursing school alumnae and college civics, with times from 1 to 8:15 p.m. across venues in Fairfield Bridgeport Westport and surrounding areas.
New York Wellesley club hosts opening dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in honor of Wellesley president Mrs Mildred McAfee Houston and trustee Mrs Ruth Pratt. Guests include speakers Mrs Horton and Miss Nancy E Bartram with a Round Table led by Bruce Barton. Attendees include Herbert Hoover James A Farley Norborne Berkeley Richard Rodgers and Henry Luce.
Our Lady's Guild of St Augustine's opens the fall season with a meeting at 8:30 p.m. in the school hall. Rev James J McLaughlin new St Augustine's assistant will speak. He previously served at St Joseph's Danbury and St Margaret's Waterbury. Mrs Lillian McCoy-Ferron will entertain with accordion and songs. Refreshments served. hostesses listed.
Purity Shrine No 1 White Shrine of Jerusalem organizes an October 24 fair at the Masonic temple on Broad Street Edna M Benn is chair with Muriel D Burr co chair assisted by a long list of local volunteers for dinner evening card party booths and games Reservations for dinner are with Isabelle Divine or Alice Litchfield The Little Club art classes met last night at Roger Ludlowe High School Fairfield Oil painting class to be held at 974 Broad Street Stratford today and tomorrow A desert bridge event at Calvary Episcopal Church was postponed due to Mrs Nellie Schmidt’s death.
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