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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1927

Page

4

Honors List Sparks High Competition At School Training

The feature notes the top ten averages in each department, with many students above 90 percent but only ten make the honor roll. It cites Bookkeeping and Secretariat departments where the spread from first to last is tiny, highlighting the prestige of appearing on the list and the fairness of marking based on actual student achievement. It also promotes the business training program and placement services.

Catherine Sikora Elvira Vegh Fies Secretariat Ae

Training opens path to confidential positions as Private Secre t

A beginner friendly course offers secretarial training with emphasis on rapid placement into confidential roles. The program promotes rapid skill building to qualify for entry level positions and advanced training opportunities.

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Service League plans 1927 28 program at Stratford church

The Women’s Service League of the First Congregational Church of Stratford unveils its 1927 1928 program with lectures meetings and hostesses listed from October to June including topics “The Call of the Occasion” and “Americanization” and affiliations with Stratford Red Cross and community groups. Committees named cover church aid exchange finance flower remembrance hospitality membership missionary and program roles with many Stratford residents and local organizations contributing.

Women's Service League First Congregational Church of Stratford Putney Chapel Charlotte M. Packard Ernest J. Craft C. Henry Pardee Gordon Z. Smith National Council Herbert &. Brown Far East William F. Atherton McLaren Stevens Charles K. Stagg Stratford Red Cross Nursing Service Children’s Community Center of New Haven Helen 3 Beach Helen S. Beardsley Edmund H. Judson The Pioneer Aurelia Wenderoth Americes Luther W. Strayer Edward N. Sampson F. Stanley Selleck Allen C. Judson Stanley G. Holmes James A. Wales Helen B. Beach Church Aid Committee Irving J. Stinson Elmer D. Treadwell Elnora Wilcoxson Arthur T. Horton Herbert W. Pardy C. M. Waklee Farnum G. Fox H. Horton Elsworth Alfred W. Stacey Carl A. Swanson Rexford Nettleton Raymond G. Kennedy Ruth W. Barr Julius G. Hart Sherman B. Mallett Arthur Horton William A. Schiller Howard J. Sanborn Henry G.crosby Burton J. Calkins Thomas B. Taylor B. Blakeman Alice L. Dean Mary N. Barker Leslie M. Palmer Arlene Curtis Helen H. Barker Roy Young Arthur P. Smith Harry ©. Hubbell Anna P. Burton Newton J. Reed James A. Mallett F. W. Viner Arthur Irving J. Webb Frank L. Roundtree Wade &. Gooke Sidney 4. Colburn Hiram C. Smith Ernest J. Hisey Parochial Society of Christchurch

Assembly drives students to join athletic association

Friday morning meeting urged all students to join the Athletic Association. Plans target 100 percent membership with a room banner for first to reach it. Principal Rugers spoke on support for the team. Superintendent Ireland urged sportsmanship.

Athletic Association A. A W. W. Rugers E. Ward Ireland E. G. Schieffer Doc” Adams Thomas PF. Andrews Ira Gregory Robert Trevetham Robert Munro Yale Place Rye WN. Y Margaret Wells Wood American Social Hygiene Association Stratford Methodist North End Parent-Teacher Association

Capital Red Cross Officer to Speak at Local Meeting

William M. Harris, staff assistant to the vice chairman of the American Red Cross in Washington, D C, will be the main speaker at the Red Cross reception and moving picture event at Mrs Walter B Ashar's home Bridgeport Round Hill Fairfield this afternoon for the Bridgeport roll call of September 24 to a September 30. Harris recently returned from Mississippi flood duties directing the Greenville area and 43 000 refugees He aids Red Cross work across New England and New York He organized the first national first aid and lifesaving institute in Plymouth MA in 1922 He organized the New England colleges roll call in 1920 and has long engaged in educational and employment work He is a Bowdoin graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member with extensive resuscitation study and lectures on gas and electrical injuries

Wiliam, M. Harris American National Red Cross Washington, D. C Red Cross Walter Bashar Bridgeport Hearthstone Round ‘Hill Fairfield Roll ‘Gall Mgr Harrig Greenville Miss Washington County Mississippi Leland Arcola Hollandale Harris Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusettes Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey New England Plymouth Massachusetts Colleges of Hartis Boston Willett-Senna and Company East Bowdoin Colllege Phi Beta Kappa Maine Medical School

106 Infantile Paralysis Cases Reported in Week

Boston Sept 14 Sixteen new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the State department of public health yesterday. The week total reaches 106 the highest weekly count this year. Dr. Clarence L Beaman deputy health commissioner released figures show 213 Massachusetts cases this month and a yearly total of 444 compared with 164 at the same point in 1922 and 245 for all of last year.

Boston Associated Press State Department of Public Health Clarence L. Beaman Massachusetts

Man Found Guilty in Philadelphia Murder Case

Marian Elliott was found guilty of first degree murder in the 1920 killing of Henry T. Palrce in Philadelphia. The jury recommended life imprisonment.

Philadelphia Marian Elliott Henry T. Palrce

Farm Opportunity Equal Ten Others CAC Head Says

President Charles Lewis Beach of Connecticut Agricultural College asserts farming offers a future for intelligent, technically trained youths. He notes road and radio developments reduce farm isolation, that many graduates enter allied industries or state and government service, with salaries comparable to other technical fields.

Jugular Vein Cut Fatality Near New York State Line

Greenwich reports two accidents early today over the state line in New York. Lester Greenwood, 25, of Larchmont died after his car hit a parked truck, glass severing his jugular vein. Truck driver Joseph Taylor of Tarrytown held for inquest. An unidentified man on North Main Street in Port Chester was struck by Rooney Farson, 17, and remained unconscious at United Hospital. Farson held pending injuries outcome.

Greenwich Associated Press State Line New York Lester Greenwood Woodland Avenue Larchmont Joseph Taylor Worth Tarrytown N. Y North Main Street Port Chester Rooney Farson United

Six Hurt in Meriden Crash Injuries Reported

Meriden, Sept. 18. Six persons were injured in a head-on collision on the Meriden Middletown highway at 12 36 this morning. One is in critical condition. Victims include Leo Renkiewicz 25 of 102 Willow Street Meriden and George and Mrs L T Herring of East Orange. Police will file reckless driving charges against Robert Baldwin 21 of 74 Reservoir Avenue Meriden.

Meriden Associated Press Meriden-Middletown Meriden Hospital Leo Renklewics Willow Street George LaPoint Lenox Avenue East Orange EL. J. Herring Hest Orange L. T. Herring Robert Baldwin Reservoir Avenue Baldwin LaPoint Renkiewicz Eset Herring

Drouhin to Fly Mystery Plane Paris to New York

Maurice Drouhin, once left waiting at the church by Charles A. Levine, is believed to be retained to pilot a new mystery plane from Paris to New York and back. Descriptions say the monoplane has a 6000 mile range, French design, and Junkers-like wings. Trials may begin in two weeks with a route via Case Blanca and Pernambuco to Newfoundland.

Paris Associated Press Maurice Drouhin Charles A. Levine New York Drouhin Case Blanca Pernambuco Newfoundland

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