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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1920

Page

7

Stratford, New York City Social Notes

Stratford and New York City social happenings fill this column with visits, house guests, camping trips, and social club lunches. Local residents attend dances, préparer summer plans, and welcome friends from Boston, Jersey City, and Kansas City while returning from trips to Lake George and the Berkshires.

Summer School Picnic At Fairfield Beach

The Daily Vacation Bible school of United Congregational church held a picnic at Fairfield Beach on Saturday with athletic games and a beach supper. Open since July 6, the six week program is led by Yale student H W Gaylord and four college women heading music kindergarten training industry sewing and manual training divisions for ages 12 to 14 with 75 pupils already registered.

United Congregational Church Fairfield Beach H. W. Gaylord Yale University Manuel

Miss Bates Appointed New Office Manager

Miss Maria Wentworth Bates of Lynn Massachusetts is named the Visiting Nurses Association office manager. A Lynn High School and Simmons College Boston graduate in secretarial work she will be aided by two clerks who have served in the office for three years. The association has increased staff due to a large workload this year.

Maria Wentworth Bates Lynn Mass Visiting Nurses’ Association Miss Bates Lynn High School Simmons College Boston

Jolly Picnic at Camp Omans by Girls’ Club

At Camp Omans the girls club of the Associated Charities held a July picnic featuring athletic contests such as races broad jumps high jumps obstacle races and relays with prizes awarded to Helen Belton Emily Lilla Mary Sayer Grace Noonan Grace Nordaby and Nellie Tarsavich. Miss E Stodler organized the program and Evelyn Shea arranged the luncheon for younger children.

Camp Omans Associated Charities Helen Belton Emily Lilla Mary Sayer Grace Noonan Grace Nordaby Nellie Tarsavich

Family Companions and Duties for a Happy Home

A column urges family unity through shared duties and respectful behavior. It argues both men and women contribute to domestic happiness, warns against quarrels and lingering resentments, and stresses temper control. It highlights the woman’s privilege in shaping harmony and the need to conquer personal disabilities for mutual contentment.

Sunset Window Exchange Between Bridget And Mistress

A brief domestic vignette shows Bridget urging a look at the sunset from the kitchen. Mistress brushes it off noting the sunrise is more impressive each morning, highlighting a simple contrast in their viewpoints.

Bridget

Suiting The Word to the Action and The Theda Para Remark

A fragmented quotation from Brown ing's Magazine features Willie and his mother an exchange about stopping noise and a playful misstatement by Theda Para claiming not to be a vampire or an ogress but an inoffensive Jewish earl.

Willie Horsan Browning's Magazine Theda Para

Delegates Return From Industrial Camp Enthusiastic

Twenty one Bridgeport girls and two YWCA secretaries came home Saturday from Camp Makonkey Martha's Vineyard Mass where the yearly industrial conference drew delegates from New England New Jersey and New York. Morning talks featured Anna Freedman Gutchless Jackson and Rev Dr Robertson. Afternoon round tables discussed club work and industrial welfare with Bridgeport locals Eleanor Emerson Mildred Wood contributing. Outdoor recreation included boating swimming tennis golf reading and hiking with excursions to nearby spots.

Bridgeport Camp Makonskey Martha’s Vineyard Mass New England New Jersey New York Anna Freedman National Board of the Gutchless National Board Jackson Dr. Robertson Holyoke Eleanor Emerson Mildred Wood Martha's Vineyard

Fashion Trends Preview for Fall Suits and Evening Wear

A fashion note describes fall suit models with revers and plaid girdles, favored colors rust, flame, and green, while Paris styles lean black, navy, and white. High collars on afternoon frocks and pink turquoise mauve and jade for evening wear are noted. Fur trims grow, including dyed squirrel as a lighter mink substitute. A pongee sports suit features a short coat, matching scarf, tassels, and a box-pleated short skirt.

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