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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1925
Page
4
Bride to be Morris Weiner’s daughter Carlene is to wed John Nemeth Sunday afternoon October 31 at Congregation Rudolph Sholam with Rev. H Kotler officiating at 394 James Street and 991 Hancock Avenue in attendance of family and friends.
Beatrice Bolles daughter of Mr and Mrs L R Bolles 482 Connecticut avenue will marry William H Gowle of New Haven Saturday at 4 pm Rev William H Jepson will perform the ceremony Yellow orchids and white chrysanthemums will decorate the church Miss Bolles wears honey canton crepe with white roses and tired of the valley her bridesmaid Miss Mabel Gowle will wear orchid georgette and pink roses Harold Gowle is best man A reception and supper follow for immediate families after which the couple will depart for a wedding trip They will reside in the city for the winter Bolles has taught in Stratford public schools Gowle works at Post Products in Battle Creek Mich
Mrs George Comstock announces the Bridgeport Protestant Widows society annual donation day and sale to be held Friday afternoon from 2 to 4 at the Sterling Widows home on Prospect 1 street. Mrs Walter B. Lashar is general chairman with Mrs Stiles E Goodsell overseeing the food table and several assistants. Volunteers will direct candy sales and donations to support the society's yearlong program.
In New Haven on October 26, the submarine N-1 under Lieutenant C T Bonney tied up at city docks amid heavy weather in Long Island Sound. The vessel, ordered to New Haven for Navy Day, faced head winds and rough seas during passage from New London. It will be open to the public tomorrow with a crew detail ready to guide visitors.
Mrs Ludmella Lupas was pleasantly surprised by a Thanksgiving Eve miscellaneous shower at her 1482 Last Main Street home hosted by Mrs Michael Sample and Mrs Lawrence Lucas. Attendees included many family and friends, dances were performed, and Miss Anna Lucas plans to wed Stephen Galla Jr. on Thanksgiving Day at Stratfield Road.
Washington October 26 AP Captain John Halligan Jr of Boston was named chief of the Navy bureau of engineering for a four year term with rear admiral rank. The vacancy followed Captain I K Robinsons term ending last month. Halligan, at Naval War College Newport RI, heads Detroit’s grounding unit duties and is engineered trained.
Assistant City Clerk Paul D Elia denounces Cornell as insulting Italians and asserts Italian voters follow him only if he is on the right side. D Elia condemns Cornell’s past remarks and defends Italian Americans as intelligent and proud, while accusing Cornell of petty campaign theatrics to rally their support.
Compensation Commissioner BT Buckingham orders Shelton worker Daniel J Bander to receive back pay and ongoing benefits for injuries from a December 26, 1924 fall while employed as a steamfitter and blacksmith at Premier Potter Preas in Shelton. The ruling covers underpayment, totals past due sums, and weekly rates through 1928 with disability allowances.
Rev Richard Moore pastor of Sacred Heart church shows improvement after illness since Sunday. He fell ill at the conclusion of the 9 o clock mass and was moved from the church to the rectory where Dr Joseph Boward had been in attendance.
Funeral mass for Mar Mary J Farrell was held at home and Sacred Heart with Rev Hugh Carrig as celebrant. Linus Paglia to be buried at St Michael's. Edith Elizabeth Blackert, 17, to be buried at Union Cemetery Stratford. Miss Josephine Kuhl's service at 204 Bronx Avenue with relatives listed.
The 75 year old George Fillmore Nichols died in New York Friday evening. Henry I D Bishop funeral parlor at 174 Fairfield Avenue hosted the rites with pallbearers Conrad G. Miller George F. Miller Hanford W. Lyon and Edward Banks. Eugene Harris death in this city Saturday led to a service at Y Banks mortuary chapel 314 Fairfield Avenue last evening at 7 30. Interment planned in Rockville Conn today. Harris survived by two nieces Mrs A R Newell of Rockville and Mrs J A Butcher of Lexington Mass one nephew George Harris of Birmingham N E and two grandchildren.
A reader testimonial extols McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets for malnourished children. The note claims a child invalid for nine years gained seven pounds after eight boxes, with the author urging readers to buy the original product and seek refunds if not satisfied.
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