Deb or Waite Herold Weds Edmund Swigart in Southport
Miss Deborah Waite Herold, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Herold of Greens Farms, married Edmund Kearsley Swigart at Trinity Episcopal Church Southport yesterday afternoon. The ceremony featured candlelit aisles, violet and pink floral arrangements and music by John Alves. Attendants included Elizabeth Ann Herold, Andreae Richardson, Joyce Hornacki, Ann Jennings, and Sarah Nason. The couple plans a southern trip and will reside in New Haven after September 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Nicholas
Trinity Epicopal Church
Southport
Deborah Waite Herold
Edmund Kearsley Swigart
Miss Herold
Paul Jerome Herold
Parsell Lane
Greens Farms
John LeRoy Glover
Harbor Road
Milwaukee
Wisc
Harry Marshall Swigart
John H. Esauirol
Tor
John Alves
Lohengrin
Elizabeth Ann Herold
Andreae Richardson
Manhasset
N. Y
Joyce Hornacki
Ann Jennings
Sarah Nason
Fairfield
Mr. Bwigart
Waldo Emerson Noyes
John LeRoy Glover, Jr
Louisville, Ky
Horton Spitzer
William Radcliff
Pelham Manor
Cyril Moore
Grosse Pointe, Mich
Arthur Armitage
Niantic
Richard Heminway
Chappaqua
Mra. Herold
Mra. Glover
Cafe Au
Prospect Street
New Haven
Swigart
Junior League of
Bridgeport
Roger Ludlowe
Katharine Gibbs School
New York City
Hood College
Frederick
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Lucie Cunningham to Wed on Oct 2 in Greens Farms
Miss Lucie Bedford Cunningham daughter of Mr and Mrs Briggs Swift Cunningham of Greens Farms will wed Stewart Brett McKinney USAF son of Mrs James Polk McKinney of Southport. The ceremony at Trinity Episcopal Southport at 430 pm with reception at Frost Point hosted by Frederick T Bedford. Carolyn MacArthur born September 1 in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Bedford Cunningham
Briggs Swift Cunningham
Beachside Avenue
Greens Farma
Stewart Brett McKinney
USAF
James Polk McKinney
Willow Street
Southport
Mr. McKinney
Trinity Episcopal Church
John H. Esquirol
Frost Point
Frederick T. Bedford
Greens Farms
Cunningham announces birth of daughter in Panama Canal Zone
Mr and Mrs Briggs Swift Cunningham Jr of Panama Canal Zone announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday in Panama. The mother is Ann Merrifield daughter of Cecil C. Merrifield of Southport. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Cunningham Sr of Greene Farm Beachside Avenue. Frederick J Dixon and wife from Easton visited Shaker Heights. Ann Jennings plans to return to Wells College Aurora NY as senior and will serve as president of the outing club and secretary of the Sailing club. The Quaqua Garden club meets at Mrs Henry Downe Westport Road Wilton at noon Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus MacArthur
Mrs. MacArthur
el Paso
Texas
Carolyn
MacArthur
Fort Bliss
Henry S. Burr, Jr
Round Hill Road
Fairfield
Hugh MacArthur
Hamden
Briggs Swift Cunningham, Jr
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Cunningham
Ann Merrifield
Cecil C. Merrifield
Sasco Hill Road
Southport
Beachside Avenue
Greene Farma
Ann Jennings
Wells College
Aurora
N. Y
Wells Chorus
Sasqua Garden Club
Henry
Downe
Westport Road
Wilton
Mary Hetzel
Paul H. Hetzel
Old South Road
Barnard College
Janet
University of Connecticut
Sidney Steck Bride In Michigan Of Donald Hutchinson Choate Jr
Mr and Mrs Donald Hutchinson Choate of 58 Blackman Place Owosso Mich announce the wedding of their son Donald H Choate Jr to Miss Sidney Ann Steck daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Hayden Steck of Owosso The ceremony was at Christ Episcopal Church in Owosso at 4 pm officiated by Rev William Dean Davis The bride wore an ivory silk taffeta Empire gown with lace veil and a Belgian heirloom lace veil The couple planned two weeks at Sea Island Ga and will reside in Chicago after September 27 The bride is a University of Michigan graduate and member of Kappa Kappa Gamma The groom is a Taft School and Yale graduate who served in Korea and works for Northern Trust Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hutchinson Choate
Blackman Place
Owosso
Mich
Donald H. Choate, Jr
Sidney Ann Steck
Henry Hayden Steck
Christ Episcopal Church
William Dean Davis
Edward G. Kay
Steck
Stephanotis
Ivy
Ruth Sights
Paducah
A. Forrest Louks
Paul R. Bill
Fairfield
E. Richard Merryfield
Elkhart
Ind
Rufus P. Cushman, Jr
Mr. Choate
Edward A. Griggs
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Choate
Taft School
Watertown
Yale University
Korea
Northern Trust Company of
Chicago
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Frances Phillips
John Tyler Dominick Rich
Howard Vincent Phillips
Stillson Road
Dominic William Rich
Staten Island
N.Y
Oliver Carberry
Robert Whitney
John C. Shaivey
Mary Rich
Patricia Vollmer
St. Louis
William Alexander Rich
Peter Gilbert Rich
Carl Tolf, Jr
Elgin, Ill
Dean Giddings Abercrombie
Buffato
James White Sayre
Boston
Mass
Pequot Juniors elects new commodore at season finale
The Pequot Junior yacht club closed its 1954 season with a dinner in the clubhouse and elected Christopher Toby Smith as commodore. Also named were Peter Montague as vice commodore, Arthur Donovan as rear commodore, Gwendolyn Yates as secretary, and Lee Lonsdale as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pequot Junior Yacht Club
Christopher “Toby” Smith
Peter Montague
Arthur Donovan
Gwendolyn Yates
Lee Lonsdale
Miss Joyce Stanley to Wed Charles K Fletcher Jr October 9
Miss Joyce Louise Stanley daughter of Mr and Mrs Elwood C Stanley of White Plains Road Trumbull selects Saturday October 9 for her marriage to Charles Kimball Fletcher Jr son of Mr and Mrs Fletcher of San Diego California The ceremony will be at 430 PM in St Johns Episcopal Church with Rev J Warren Hutchens officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Louise Stanley
Elwood C. Stanley
White Plains Road
Trumbull
Charles Kimball Fletcher, Jr
Fletcher
San Diego
Calif
St. John’s Episcopal Church
J. Warren Hutchens
Miss Stanley
William E. Handy
Long Hill
Dale Fletcher
Edward S. Hill
Waltham
Mass
John Marin
Irene McCallum
New York City
Anne F. Legare
Washington, D. C
Peter T. Fletcher
Army
Elwood Cr Stanley
U. S. Army
William Jaeger
Chevy Chase
Charles Rollins
del Mar
Theodore LeVine
Schenectady
N. Y
Richard MacDonald
Great Barrington
Clarence Fleming
Julian Ganz
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Phillips Weds John Tyler Dominick Rich in Fairfield
Miss Elizabeth Frances Phillips married John Tyler Dominick Rich at St. Pauls Episcopal Fairfield in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Oliver Carberry. The Harvard alumnus and Kent school graduate, a U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, will reside in Stamford after a Florida Nassau trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Phillips
John T. Rich
Harvard
Junior League Lists Provisionals For Presentation Thursday
Twenty provisional members will be presented at the Junior League of Bridgeport fall meeting on Thursday September 16 at Brooklawn Country Club Luncheon at 12 45 with business session to follow led by President Mrs Marshall M Bassick Guest speaker John Osman an authority on education will discuss The American City in Transition. Provisional introductions and the community education course details are announced with co sponsorship by the Adult Education Council of Greater Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League of Bridgeport, Inc
Brooklawn Country Club
Marshall M. Bassick
John Osman
W. Stuart Rodis, Jr
Lookout Drive
Alpheus Winter, Jr
Edward Bancroft
Victor Borg
Ernest J. Cathcart
William A. Coulter, Jr
David Cunningham
Richard L. Cooper
Misa
Barbara C. Furrer
Thomas K. Hall
Willis E. Hartshorn
Edmund K. Swigart
Sally Mason
Walter McKinney
David Taylor
J. Scott Howard
Willard Y. Emerson, Jr
Robert Wandell
Adult Education Council of
Greater Bridgeport
Greater
Bridgeport
Yacht Club cocktail party precedes closing dance night
Mr and Mrs Sherman E Whit ing hosted a pre event cocktail gathering at their Easton home before the Black Rock Yacht club closing dinner dance. Numerous guests from Fairfield, Brook lawn Park, Southport and nearby areas attended including Commodore J Kenneth Bradley and Dr Maximilian Crispin. Ted Jennings on two weeks leave from Norfolk Naval Base joined his parents at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman E. Whiting
Sport Hill Road
Easton
Black Rock Yacht Club
Louis J. Baudis
H. Wilson Bennett
J. Kenneth Bradley
Richards
Bristol
Joseph Carleton
J. Barton Chapman
Maximilian Crispin
Richard A. Demarest, Jr
Harold S. Dunn
Paul Goldbecker
William A. Haist, Jr
George Hubbard
Fred Kauer
John C A. Kendall
Austin D. Lucas
Charles A Lucas
Fairfield
Walter F. H. Mattlage
John S. Barton
Cuthbert Strauss
Charles Dudley
R. Stanley Moss
Elwood K. Jones
Arthur O. Jennings
Harbor Road
Southport
Canada
Ted Jennings
Waval
Norfolk
Stratford Couple Wed In Family Home Ceremony
Miss Evelyn Elizabeth Bullock married Richard Charles Watt at 2 pm in the Bullock home Stratford in the presence of immediate family Evangelist William Benham officiated The couple will reside in Stratford after a New England trip The bride is a Stratford High School graduate and Storrs Physical Therapy alumna The groom is a Stratford High School alum and a University of Bridgeport law student
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Bullock
Woodcrest Avenue
Stratford
Evelyn Elizabeth Bullock
Richard Charles Watt
Raymond Watt
Rocky Hill
William Benham
Church of Christ
William and Stillman Streets
Bullock
Carolyn L. Bullock
Sandy Hook
Mr. Bullock
Mrs. Watt
New England
Stratford High School
Dinner Party to Fete Miss Betsy Waltman and Lt Peter Day
Mrs Harold Briggs Day of Rocky Ridge drive Nichols hosts a bridal dinner at Werner's Westport for Betsy Waltman and Peter Harold Day USMC. Several Fairfield hosts planned showers luncheons ahead of the wedding with friends from Stonybrook Fairfield and Southport. Julia Evans leaves for Miami University after Boston Country Day School graduation. Deborah Graves heads to Smith College after summer with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Waltman
Peter H. Day
Harold Briggs Day
Rocky Ridge Drive
Nichols
Werner's
Westport
John Richard Waltman
Stonybrook Road
Fairfield
Peter Harold Day
USMC
John O. Carlton
Glenarden Drive
Miss Waltman
Charles Garland Roper
Greenacre Lane
Lista Lincoln
Tailsome Hill Road
Bernard A. Gilhuly
Miss Ann Gilhuly
Wakeman Road
Julia Evans
Richard E. Evans
Mill Hill Lane
Southport
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Evans
Boston Country Day School
Deborah Graves
Eben Graves
Sasco Point
Smith College
Dear Frances Dewey wed Gordon Dewey in Washington
Frances Brook Dear daughter of Brigadier General William Dear married Gordon Chipman Dewey son of Mr and Mrs Frederick A Dewey at Walter Reed Memorial Chapel Washington D C The ceremony was by Army Chaplain Albert Shoe maker and followed by a reception at Fort Lesley J McNair Attendants included Mrs Edwin D Etherington and Miss Joanna Dewey The couple will reside in New York City after a wedding trip to Europe and Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reed
Washington, D. C
Frances Brook Dear
William Richard Dear
U.S. Army
Washington
Gordon Chipman Dewey
Frederick A. Dewey
Willow Street
Southport
New York City
Albert M. Shoemaker
Fort Leslie J
Dear
Richard Dear, Jr
Edwin D. Etherington
MacDonald Goodwin
James F. C Hyde, Jr
Ethel van Devanter
Joanna Dewey
Greta Joan Dear
Peter Eustis
Portsmouth
Carl Brandauer
Alexander A. Cameron, Jr
New York
Braley Cameron
Concord
Mass
John Eyre
Dillard Crinkley
St. Catherine's
Richmond
University of Alabama
George Washington University
Washington Junior League
Washington Assembly
Foreign Operations Administration
Dewey
John Dewey
Fountain Valley School
Harvard University
Graduate School
New York Yacht Club
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Harvard Club of
Europe
Turkey
Turkey, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Garden Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Cavanaugh in Greens Farms
Mrs Cavanaugh of Hulls Farms Road Southport will host a Greens Farms garden club meeting Tuesday afternoon. Members will bring flower arrangements judged by three qualified judges and luncheon will be at Fairfield County Hunt Club hosted by Mrs Donald T Aikenhead. Assisting hostesses are Mrs Stewart M Seymour Mrs Thomas Coggeshall and Mrs H Herbert Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H T Cavanaugh
Hulls Farms Road
Southport
Greens Farms Garden Club
Fairfield County Hunt Club
Donald T. Aikenhead
Stewart M. Seymour
Thomas Coggeshall
H. Herbert Williamson
Mrs. Brooks to Address Bridgeport Garden Club
Mrs. Myra Brooks of Westfield New Jersey will discuss Flower Arrangements the title of her recent book at a Bridgeport Garden club meeting Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock in the Art League club house Clinton avenue Halford B Kneale and Mr Lewis Hall will attend A board resting at 1 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Brooks
Westfield
N. J
Bridgeport Garden Club
Art League
Clinton Avenue
Halford B. Kneale
Lewis ¥. Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Elmo
Yale Conservation School
Lucie Cunningham
Briggs Cunninghams, Jr
Frederick J. Dixon
Manorlane, Easton
Shaker Heights
William Engel
Sidney Steck Bride
Michigan
Donald Hutchinson Choate, Jr
Sea Island
Webster A. Walker
Collingwood Road
Brooklawn Park
Robert Thurston
Honolulu
Nancy Day
Lawrence Day
Hickory Lane
Wellesley College
Carol
Wheelock College
Bentley Studio
Toby’ Smith
Pequot Juniors
Joyce Stanley
C. K. Fletcher, Jr
Samuel A. Gilliland
Cambridge, Mass
Peggy
Thomas Barry
Forest Hills
L. 7
Charles D. H. Kellogg
Euclid Avenue
Russell Kuhner
Richard Charles WA
Ewton Studio
St. Paul’s Church
Thomas School
Rowayton
Goucher College
Baltimore
Rich
Kent School
Stanford University
J.g
U.S. Naval Reserve
American Brake Shoe Company
Yacht Club
Frances Dear Bride of
Gordon C. Dewey
Garden Club
Mrs. Brooks
Rome
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