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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1928

Page

3

Lake 10 Exhibit Improves Concrete House Type

Simon Lake, inventor, has repurchased the Grove street property adjoining the Standard Oil station at Grove street and Fairfield avenue to exhibit an improved concrete house design. The project aims to showcase a sectioned model claimed to be a significant upgrade over earlier builders. Lake plans to focus sales on small structures for gas stations and similar sites, with a Stratford-style house possibly shown in Florida this winter.

Simon Lake Grove Street Samuel Carp Standard Oil Company Fairfield Avenue Kin Mr Lake Stratford Florida

Milk Dealers In Bridgeport Notified Of Hearing

Ten milk dealers in the Bridgeport district were notified this week that a Dairy Commission hearing in Hartford has determined their milk to be of low grade unfit for consumption. Dairy Commissioner Thomas Holt refused to release names but said individual hearings will be held and court action is expected starting next week with names published then.

Bridgeport Dairy Commission Hartford Thomas Holt Commission

Hold Up Man Careful While Robbing Clerk

AP report from Boston details a hold up at an Atlantic and Pacific grocery store on Summersill e where manager Charles Per rault was gagged and tied in a back room. The robber hung a closed sign, took 150 dollars, and escaped after locking the door. Per rault later freed himself and alarmed authorities. The incident is described with a mix of unrelated quotes about courtesy and citizenship.

Boston Charles Perrault Atlantic and Pacific Summersille Perrault

Harding High Pupils to Return for Fall Term

Instructions issued by the Board of Education set Monday morning start for Warren Harding High pupils. Boys in Classes 6 6 and 7 report at 9 o clock in the boys gym and are assigned to classrooms. Girls in the same classes report at 9 in the girls gym. About 455 juniors and seniors begin the fall term.

Warren Harding High School Board of Education

Spanish War Day at Soldiers' Home to Welcome Vets

Next Sunday visitors from across Connecticut will flock to the Boroton Soldiers' Home for Spanish War Day. Veterans and their families will bring small gifts and treats while youths perform, and the Ladies Auxiliary of United Spanish War Veterans will organize the celebration with several hundred attendees expected from Lieut N W Bishop Camp and Major Charles H Bonesteel Auxiliary.

Boroton Ladies’ Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans Department of Connecticut Veterans Famiilies N W Bishop Camp Charles H Bonesteel Auxilary United Spanish War Veterans Bridgeport Shere

Constable Uhl Case Continues in New Haven Court

In New Haven on September 18 AP reports constable Gustave C Uhl of North Haven faced three motorists accusing him of taking $10 as a speeding fine. The City court continued the case to September 26 as prosecutors seek clearer charges, currently listed as idle conduct. The motorists provided a registry number matching Uhl, and the petition to drop the case has been filed, leaving the charge indefinite.

New Haven Gustave C Uh North Haven Uhl

Community Chest Benefits Highlighted By Secretary Clarence King

Clarence King secretary of the Community Chest urges the public to recognize the Chest's value beyond a single annual drive. He notes most subscribers pay under 1.75 and 34,000 of 36,000 give, yet total donations from 23 drives could surpass previous efforts, now adding 23 beneficiaries including Pd Cross and Mental Hygiene.

Clarence King Community Chest

Long Hill Chicken Dinner for Women at Mt and Church

The Ladies Ald Society of Mt and church hosted a chicken dinner at Edna Tripp’s home in Long Hill with Rev W H Macher and many members and guests from Tashua, Stepney, Brooklyn, and nearby towns enjoying the event. Several notices follow including births, visits, and a Tufts trip as community life continues with upcoming meeting Oct 7.

Long Hill Spenal Ladies Ald Society Mt & Church Mig Edna Tripp Addiiton W H Macher Fred Ives Irene Heggs Joan Treadwell Arthur Jones Samuel Seeley Tashua George Sweezey Brooklyn Wilbur French Edward Lee Stepney Theodore Anton Dorothy Haston Banford Beach Leo Gabler Kellar Briggs Sabries Downs George Grifan Lows Hoyt Harry Lea Bessie Emil Jackman Arthur Hull Richard Schmidt Maple Fop Farm Frickle Oklahoma Margaret Abbott Doris Mahoney Tufts College Medford John McDowell Charley Downs Carl Kaechele Robert Otto Walter George Harold Walter Besar Mountain Ruth Jones Bridgeport

Ex Judge Clemons Takes Life in Hawaii

Honolulu, Sept 18 AP Charles F Clemons a fifty four year old former United States district judge in the territory of Hawaii died by suicide Thursday night. Letters left to his wife indicate ill health prompted the act. Clemons once practiced in Connecticut and Montana and served on Yale publications earlier in his career. He resigned as a federal judge in 1917 and was born in Manchester Vermont.

Honolulu Charles F Clemons United States Territory of Hawaii Clemnans Connecticut Butte Mont Yale News Yale Law Journal Manchester Vermont

Three Bridgeport youths jailed for improper relations with girls

Three Bridgeport youths were given jail terms by Judge George B. Hinman in Criminal Superior Court yesterday. Paul Arpie, seventeen, received nine months while John Pinto, twenty two, and Frank Marcell, eighteen, were each sentenced to six months for improper relations with two girls aged thirteen and fifteen.

Bridgeport George B. Hinman Criminal Superior Court Paul Arpie John Pinto Frank Marcell

Bristol Man Discovers New Tribe of Indians

Bristol man Major William Jo Malone reports from New Haven that after crossing Labrador for the first time in history he found the true source of George river and a new tribe of Mascapee Indians. He returned with Dr Grenfe down the coast.

New Haven Curling N Fo Associated Press William Jo Malone Bristol Labrador George River Grenfe

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