Ribbon Wrap For Evening Street Or Travel Wear
A dress wrap of dark blue satin with contrasting color trim showcases economy and versatility for evening, street, and motor trips. The cape style fully covers dresses while remaining fashionable, suitable for a woman’s wardrobe as trends favor practical yet elegant garments. Miss Curtis named soprano at First Presbyterian church in New York. Miss Helen Wheeler, daughter of Justice Wheeler, was Bridgeport’s sole senior from Vassar at commencement in Poughkeepsie, active in college athletics and social events before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Street
Miss Curtis
First Presbyterian Church
New York
Helen Wheeler
George W. Wheeler
Bridgeport
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
Wheeler
Miss Wheeler
Vermont Baptists Aim At $1200 Min Paid To Ministers
Vermont Baptist churches increasingly pay preachers about $1000 a year with house rent and seek to raise the minimum to 1200, matching the national standard cited from John D Rockefeller Jr. A movement at the Vermont Baptist State Convention last September targets higher compensation to ease family budgets amid broader profiteering concerns. The article notes churches boosting pastor pay and supporting families, alongside a casual mention of draft dodgers and pension expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Vermont
Vermont Baptist State Convention
Miss Clarkes Pupils Recital at The Stratfield Ballroom
Grace Dalrymple Clarke will present her junior pupils tomorrow night at 8 in The Stratfield ballroom. The program includes interludes by the Wednesday class featuring The Bone of Contention and The Heart of Pierratt, with Sleeping Beauty closing the program. The Senior recital follows Thursday evening June 17 at 8 with four plays: Everybodys Husband For Distinguished Service The Slave With Two Faces and The Pipers Pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Dalrymple Clarke
Stratfield
Waterloo
Iowa
Community Drama League
Waterloo Community Theatre
Cs Mayish Hallock Morris
Celia Eckler
Pearl Talmadge
Marian Beuchler
Irene Minty
Florence Goldman
Billy Belknap
Barnet Shapiro
Eleanor Binouh
Marjorie Birnbaum
Dillan Stein
Heart of Pierratt
Selma Eckler
Elizabeth Cox
Ethel Mosley
Ludwig Karlovsky
Helen Kelly
Bella Ilovsky
Helen Cushman
Eisine Pratt
Mix Kasher Arm
Women Seal Hunters Triumph in Tilt Cove
In Bay of Exploits Newfoundland on June 9 the Tilt Cove women, led by the Gull Island lightkeeper's wife, caught and killed ten seals as men failed to find the herd. They organized a sealing crew, rowed out, fought the pack with clubs, and secured their pelts before nightfall, while the exhausted men returned to finish processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of Exploits
N. F
Tilt Cove
Sim
E Jee
Gull Island
Women Officials Make Big Plans in Jewett
In Jewett Texas on June 9 women who won power in spring elections organized an energetic agenda led by Mayor Hattie Adkisson and five sister aldermen. The lone male marshal shifts to salary pay. They aim to clean up, pursue street improvements, back taxes, revised traffic laws, and stock-law enforcement. The women gained office by narrow majorities, sometimes about 20 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewett
Tex
Hattie Adkisson
New Styles Spark Debate Over Fashion Waste and Prices
Nebraska price commissioner urges women to skip purchases if fall styles are drastically different or prices high. Trade notes temporary hardship for retailers as fashion cycles force frequent, costly replacements. The public faces social pressure to keep up with costly novelties while many resist being dictated by style trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Ryan
Nebraska
June Weddings in Bridgeport and Milford
A series of June wedding notices from Bridgeport and Milford detail Irene L Hurd marrying Howard W Macy at the Hurd home, with a large guest list and the couple’s plans after a Niagara Falls honeymoon. Other ceremonies include Hazel Louise Griswold Pulver wed to Leigh John Pulver at Milford with family attendance, and Miss Blackrances Brennan marrying Arthur Francis Luddy at Sacred Heart church. Kathryn Dorothy Bennett and Alfred Porter wed at St Mary’s rectory Milford with attendants Virginia Parks and De Witt Cole.
Social Activities Highlight Weddings and Showers
Miss Nicholine Bruce will marry J J Seims Jr June 30 and was honored at a luncheon and shower hosted by Mrs Frederick Betz of New Haven. Bridge and party events follow, with many local names and organizations noted among attendees and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholine Bruce
J. J. Seims, Jr
Honora Ty
Frederick Betz
New Haven
Community notices from Bridgeport and area events
Herst College to return to Amherst home on Friday. Mrs. Clarence Payne hosts Bridgeport Delphian chapter Thursday at 3 15 at her mother’s home with a box supper. Miss Fiste Mildred Lakinan and Walter L Thayer Jr. wed May 26 in Universalist church parlor. Leona Betancourt and William Mac Kennan attended. Thayer couple departed for Providence and Boston after their wedding. Bridgeport Jewish Women Council to mark fifth anniversary with lawn party at Dr. Charlotte Dorkin’s home. Women’s Liberty chorus rehearses for High School Memorial Tablet dedication at King's Highway church. Ladies’ Aid of German Reformed church meets Thursday at 2 20 in Chapel Street entrance. hostesses named. Gladys B. Green to demonstrate canning arts at 2 20 in State Street Food Hut, highlighting sugarless methods. Rev Fannie E. Austin to speak June 11 at 8 p.m. on Sunday school parents night. Children’s Week runs June 6–13. Maplewood P T A elects C E Bilton president. new officers include F Pietsche, R E Clark, J Kohlmaier, K Flanagan. Lecky from Board of Recreation addressed mothers. entertainment planned. American Legion women’s auxiliary met at 2 80 at Golden Hill legion rooms. Vera Curtis, NY Metropolitan Opera singer, visiting mother Mrs. J C Curtis at 154.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiste Mildred Lakinan
Beach Street
Walter Leonard Thayer, Jr
Wood Avenue
Universalist Church
Hal T. Kearns
Leona Betancourt
William MacKennan
Thayer
Providence
Boston
C. E. Bilton
Maplewood
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Frederick Pietsche
Roy E Clark
Julius Kohlmaier
Katherine Flanagan
Lecky
Board of Recreation
Harriet Lambert
Danderine Hair Treatment Claim Ad
A vintage advertisement proclaims Danderine stops hair loss and dandruff after use. It promises every hair shows new life vigor brightness color and thickness for a few cents.
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Miss Clarke
Annie E Hurd
Jarvis W. Hurd
Susan Middlebrook
Stratford
Arthur Macy
Robert Macy
Pauline J. Osterberg
Elizabeth M. Teasdale
Mendelssohn
Menard L. G. Proper
Ver—Griswold
M. E. Griswold
Seaside Avenue
Milford
Hazel Louise
Leigh John Pulver
Meriden
Edgar Collins Tuliar
Brooklyn
Myrtie I. Griswold
Jesse Banks
Charles E. Budgen
Elizabeth Smith
N. Y
Naugatuck
Pulver
Sea[side Avenue
Luddy
Brennan
Blackrances Brennan
James J. Brennan
Burnham Street
Arthur Francis Luddy
William B. Luddy
Gregory Street
Sacred Heart Church
Thomas J. Mooney
Mr. Luddy
Thomas Luddy
Crane Co
Elizabeth Havens
Clinton Avenue
Eunice Newman
Robert Weed
Margaret Neithercut
Eleanor Bartram
Eleanor Webster
Maude Jennings
Christine N: Man
Doris Booth
Mary Miller
Catherine Miller
Charlotte Blight
Anna Swinnerton
Julis
Elizabeth Foster
Ethel Skinny
Doris Wheeler
Esther Gerrish
Cordelia
Catherine Ford
Dorothy Chapin
Dorothy Northrop
Virginia Ives
Caroline Graves
A. A. Corwin
M. Newman
Bridgeport Art League
Anne Hathaway Cottage
Beardsley Park
F. Merton Hammond
Harriet Windsor
Manlewood Avenue
Bradford
Mass
Bradford Academy
Annapolis, Md
Laurel Avenue
Susie Keating
North Avenue
Louis
Kelly
Fairfield Avenue
Alton Rose
Catholic Charitable Bureau
Knights of Columbus
Washington Avenue
E. H. Dillon
William P. Kirk
Anna Mae Hamm
Albert Hamm
Newfield Avenue
Allan Herbert Jack
Smith Street
Jas
American Chain Company
Jack
N. H. & H. RR. Company
Patrick Kearns
Beechwood Avenue
Veronica
William John Elliot
John Elliot
North Brookfield
St. Augustine's Church
Glendon Good
Laurel Beach
Miss Bennett
Mr. Porter
Bridgeport High School
Porter
University of Pennsylvania
Hoppenstall Forge Company
Black Rock Country Club
Herst College
Amherst
Clarence Payne
The
Delphian Society
W. A. Winter
Seaview Avenue
A. H. Bullard
Council of Jewish Women
Charlotte Dorkin
Howard Avenue
Women’s Liberty Chorus
King’s Highway Church
Spring Street
Noble Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
German Reformed Church
Chapel Street
Rudolph Baumann
Minnie Meervach
Louisa Whlert
Fred. Fhlert
Gladys B. Green
State Street
Fannie E. Austin
Stamford
Conn
Universalist
Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion
Legion Rooms
Golden Hill Street
Vera Curtis
Metropolitan Opera Singer
John C. Curtis
Mollan’s
Mollan
W. K. Mollan
Main ST
Sec
Reid & Todd's
Noble
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