Bird Imitator Leads Bridgeport Junior Audubon Clubs
Bridgeport public schools under Mrs Frances A Hurd of South Norwalk expand Junior Audubon clubs across Connecticut aiding National Audubon Society education. Clubs meet monthly, study birds, collect nests, build nesting boxes, and wear red headed woodpecker badges while teachers supervise field walks and nest projects. Endorsed by US Commissioner of Education P P Clexton. As of June 1 1921 enrollment neared two million youth members nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Frances A. Hurd
South Norwalk
Connecticut
National Association of Audubon Societies
Hurd
Audubon Societies
P. P. Clexton
United States Commissioner of Education
Saciety
Nummer
Longer Hours Not Popular With Local Teaching Staff
Teachers oppose the staggered system and a 20 day rise in the school year. They warn an extra half hour daily and after hours work strain health. Protests plan to meet the Board of Education, arguing the present physical instruction level suffices and summer vacations should remain intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Association
Board of Education
United States
Bridgeport
Staples School Children Display Fine Art Work
Staples school hosts a wide exhibition of pupil-made art and craft pieces reflecting advanced instruction. Primarily work from lower grades includes crayon and water color scenes, posters on foods and air, lamp shades from silhouettes, and practical crafts like furniture, sewing, and home planning.
First Victim of Terrific Heat Dies
The first victim of the heat of the summer was Andrew Ilkye, 45, of 324 Willard Street. He died of heat prostration at Bridgeport Hospital after collapsing at work at Bridgeport Brass. An emergency ambulance and Dr Walsh rushed him to hospital where he died shortly after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Ilkye
Willard Street
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Brass Company
3. F. Walsh
Jikyo
150 Hotel Men Guests at Stratfield
The New England Hotel Association held its spring meeting at the Stratfield with about 150 members attending. Guests included Arthur L. Race of Copley Plaza Boston president and William Draper of Northampton secretary, as well as Mayor Atwater who delivered the welcome address and Edmund S Wolfe president of Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce at the dinner dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Hotel Association
Stratfield
Frank A. Cantwell
New England
Arthur L. Race
Copley Plaza
Boston
William Draper
Northampton
Atwater
Edmund S Wolfe
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Howell Leads Scout Play At Stratford Redmen’s
Mrs Howell captain of Scouts along with Troop No 1 staged a three act comedy Aboard a Lion Train Thru Missouri at Redmen's Stratford. The production featured a railroad day coach on the P D Q railroad Ecsema Missouri and a trip from Slab Side Corners to Rolla and Vinegar Creek to Stratford. Directed by Mrs Richard Howell with first lieutenant S Degigs Bombers listed among cast members Elizabeth Johnson Jeannette DeLorme Waterhouse Florence Carey porter Helen Propeon Raura Brie Hep Beulah Morgan Irene Bur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mizzoury
Redmen's
Stratford
Stratford Girl Scouts
Ecsema
Missouri
Slab Side Corners
Rolla
Vinegar Creek
Richard Howell
Edward Simpson
Elizabeth Johnson
Jeannette DeLorme
Aye Waterhouse
Florence Carey Porter
Helen Propeon
Raura Brie Hep Beulah “Morgan
Irene Bur
Famous Organist to Appear Here Sunday
Prof. Dezider D'Antalfty, famed organist hailed by European and American musicians, performs Sunday at 7 o clock in the city church on Spruce Street. A child prodigy who needed a special stool at seven and became a professor by 23, his career spans royal and major concert stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dezider D'Antalfty
Enen
Spruce Street
D'Antalfty
Royal dl
Mildred Simko Legen
Barnum Girls Glee Club Delights Barnum Students
Barnum school seventh and eighth grade girls form the glee club directed by Grace Lang. The group performs at assemblies and an annual public program. Members include Edith Abercrombie Ruth Baker Lois Bilton Alice Caldwell Anna Carroll Margaret Carroll Olga Chevinak Hazel Dolan Margaret Drysdale Olga Dzinnala Bertha Furman Mimi Greene Esther Grillo Elizabeth Gulash Catherine Hungerford Mary Hyra Isabel Irving Mabel Johnston Betty Josephson Frances Kahn Virginia Klein Anna Knight Rose Massey Stevyn Miller Lilian Novakoski Dorothy Pitt Vera Radachowsky Eileen Renz Ruth Ritter Anna Robstock Mildred Schopick Anna Schultz Clara Smith Mary Soltis Helen Litkin Ethel Tiffany Esther Unger Mary Verefni Mildred Wellington Gladys Young Gertrude Zubkott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum School
Glee Club
Mias Grace Lang
Edith Abercrombie
Helen Avery
Ruth Baker
Lois Bilton
Alice Caldwell
Anna Carroll
Margaret Carroll
Olga Chevinak
Hazel Dolan
Margaret Drysdale
Olga Dzinnala
Bertha Furman
Mi m Greene
Esther Grillo
Elizabeth Gulash
Catherine Hungerford
Mary Hyra
Isabel Irving
Mabel Johnston
Betty Josephson
Frances Kahn
Virginia Klein
Anna Knight
Rose Massey
Stevyn Miller
Lilian Novakoski
Dorothy Pitt
Vera Radachowsky
Eileen Renz
Ruth Ritter
Anna Robstock
Mildred Schopick
Anna Schultz
Clara Smith
Mary Soltis
Helen Litkin
Ethel Tiffany
Esther Unger
Mary Verefni
Mildred Welington
Gladys Young
Gertrude Zubkott
Trade School Director Urges Youth To Learn A Trade
Bridgeport Trade School director Herbert J Hanson urges public school pupils to learn a trade at the free state school at 332 John Street. He lists trades from electrical, carpentry and printing to dressmaking and machine work, noting that two years of study can lead to apprenticeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J Hanson
Bridgeport Trade School
Free Trade School
Johnson
Schwab
Steel Morgan
Edison
Harding
Atwater
Bridgeport State Trade School
John Street
State Board of Education
Columbus School Children Display Fine Art Work
Columbus school pupils showcase a range of handmade items from kindergarten through fifth grade. Sewers and seamstresses created gingham dresses and practical textiles while manual training students built toys, racks, tables, and rockers. Many pieces attractively displayed and some sold to parents. meanwhile, a traffic accident involving Emma Marcina and H. M. Ellsworth cut through the busy exhibition day. Dr. F. J. O'Brien treated the victim at St. Vincent's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus School
Columbus
Dorothy
Merrill
Eugene Trotter
Wheeler
Films Will Rival School Readers Says Will Hays
Will Hays told 300 Band Club of New York members at the Bankers' Club that moving picture machines will be common in public schools for education once the association completes plans and ideals. He noted the aim is educational use akin to the Second Reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will H. Hays
Band Club of
New York
Bankers’ Club
Broadway
Yesterda
Two Local Boys Graduate From West Point
Two Bridgeport High School graduates complete four years at the United States Military Academy at West Point this June. Albert Siirha and Harold Molloy, class of 1915, will receive commissions and may be assigned to forts or posts, possibly Hawaii or the Philippines. Harold’s brother Francis Molloy, class of 1921, will begin at West Point July 25 after passing entrance, physical, and mental tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport High School
United States Military Academy
West Point
Albert Siirha
Harold Molloy
Siiha
Molloy
Hawaii
Philippines
Francis Molloy
U.S. Military Academy
Francis
Milford High School Commencement Tonight With Class Night
The Milford High School class of 1922 holds Class Night Saturday in Central Grammar School auditorium with senior pages and readings by Virginia Flumb Marie Maher LeRoy Lusk and others The Baccalaureate sermon by Rev Charles F At kin at Plymouth Congregational Church Sunday June 11 The graduation is Thursday June 15 followed by the Junior Prom Music by Wittlins New Haven orchestra and a large social event list of committee members and participants included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Milford High School
Plymouth Congregational Church
Charles F. Atkins
Central Grammar School
Marie Maher
Virginia Plumb
Gustave Langner
Virginia Flumb
LeRoy Lusk
Helen Buckholz
Jeanette Boyle
Katherine Broderick
Mary Neylan
Frances Armstrong
Edythe Schumann
Geraldine Smith
Wittlstein
Orchestra of
New Haven
Aenar
Gertrude Broadwell
Helen Gould
Martha Hotchkiss
Ray Malpass
Percy Whitford
Donald Anderson
Toll Line Calls Surge At Southern New England Telco
The local central exchange reports about 2,200 outgoing long distance calls daily and a May peak unseen in two years with June prospects. Over six weeks local calls averaged around 90,000 daily as toll service expands to Fairfield Stratford Milford. officials plan a Monday visit to Hillside Home Margaret Ford cottage and Town Farm to view charity work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern New England Telephone Company
Fairfeld
Stratford
Milford
Hillside
Margaret Ford
Town Farm
Board of Charities
Music Memory Contest Aims to Be Annual Event
About two hundred badges marked perfect scores on the Music Memory Test as Columbus school won the banner from the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music. C M Tremaine noted Bridgeport’s high rate of perfect papers and plans for the contest to become an annual event. The Musical Club intends to duplicate the program to educate children in appreciating great composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus School
National Bureau For the Advancement of Music
C. M. Tremaine
Fred Grannin
Bridgeport
Siube
Board of Education
Seven Bridgeport Trade School graduates receive diplomas
Seven students from Bridgeport Trade School earned diplomas this week after completing 4,800 hours of classroom and shop work. The group, including Edward Dolyak and John Reno, covers trades from painting to electrician work. Diplomas were signed by F J Trinder and H J Hanson, with Governor Lake's secretary also named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Trade School
State Board of Education
F. J. Trinder
Governor Lake
H. J. Hanson
Edward Dolyak
Joseph Bruchinsk
Walter Bruknus
Howard Quilty
John Johnson
Miller Christensen
John Reno
Minstrel Show Performed by Bethany Chapel Camp Fire Girls
The Camp Fire Girls at Bethany Chapel presented a minstrel show in the chapel parlors last evening. Senior and Junior troops, with helpers Frank Raymond and Louie Dnecker, showcased songs and dances plus readings. Directors were Mrs Joseph Hafner and Mrs Grace M Penny accompanied by Miss Grace Penny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Chapel
Joseph Hafner
Maurice B. Dunsisles
Frank Raymond
Louie Dnecker
Park Theatre
Raymond
Della Eccles to Be Committed After Release
Della Eccles who attempted suicide by drinking lysol will likely be committed to Trenton Asylum after release from Hillside Home. She was paroled from the Trenton Institution months ago and came to eigenport as a visitor while awaiting marriage to Daniel Foley of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Eccles
Trenton
Hillside
Eigeport
Ashe
Deen
Daniel Foley
Brunswiex
Senior Class Day Plans Spark Hilltop Seniors Week
Long Kansas Connecticut style senior events fill the week at Hilltop School from June 12. Class Day, a banquet, picnic and prom anchor a schedule led by class president Mon Vreeland with committees handling stage events, gift selection, and decorations.
Conley Jr Receives Appointment to U S Naval Academy
Thomas F. Conley Jr son of Mr and Mrs Thomas F Conley of 985 Grand Street will enter the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis on June 11 after passing the strongest entrance examination with flying colors He graduates from the local high school this June where he has maintained a high standard of scholarship and is a popular leader in his class
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Conley, Jr
U. S. Naval Academy
Thomas F. Conley
Grand Street
United States Military Academy
Annapolis
Ton
Conley
Hilltop
Heritage High School Pageant Showcases Health Message
H S Students stage the Health Pageant Heritage despite postponement and bad weather drawing a record crowd. The production told of a child seeking health, aided by Education Good Food Sunshine and Exercise. Leading roles include Youth played by Miss Comer and Education by Elsie Anderson with direction by Mrs Sara Sherman Pryor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kiely
Sara Sherman Pryor
Jesse R. Beans
Perte
Miss Comer
Jeanieght
Catherine Hgbert
Elsie Anderson
Hanna Slossher
Catherine Daly
Gladys Murphy
Ray Worestelle
Bessie Sachs
Veronica Brennan
David Greenberg
William’ Allen
Dorothy Dean
Benita Belden
Miriam Katz
Myrtle Sherman
Julia Monehan
William Butterfiel
Genevieve Stone
Anna Seigal
Helen O'Neil
Helen O'Neil. the Paseant Committee Includes Miss Kelly, Mrs. Pryor
Jane
Anderdon
Mary Jackson
Lucy Curtiss
Jessie Beans
Harvey Went
Clayton B. Stevens
Miss Judd
Hungary resumes post office money orders service
The Hungary post office will resume money orders on June 15 after five years of discontinuation. Postmasters are instructed to accept orders for Hungary by application, and avoid sending funds by letter or registered mail as the Hungarian government will not be responsible. International postal money orders are advised for sending funds to Hungary. Inventory filings report estates of John H. McAuliffe and Delphine Norris with modest assets and named appraisers and administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Hungary
Hungarian Post Office Department
Divorce Granted on Grounds of Desertion
Martin W. Nolan told his wife Katherine C. Nolan in Seattle that he was going to Alaska and she would be in his way. Mrs Nolan, daughter of West Port, said she had not heard from him since 1915 and believed he was continually traveling between Seattle and Alaska. She stated he told her one occasion that he would not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Martin W. Nolan
Katherine C. Nolan
Seattle
Nolan
Westport
Colleges In Contest To Find Oldest Grad
Middletown Connecticut June 10 The Wesleyan authorities announce Cornelius Cole 47 Los Angeles oldest living alumnus will cross the continent to represent at Wesleyan Universitys ninetieth commencement This starts a contest among colleges to name the oldest living alumnus University of Vermont Rev Dr George Gaby Rice class of 4 will be 103 years old Sept 22 He is in good health though wheelchair bound and lives with his daughter Mrs O W Otis 805 East Pierce street Council Bluffs He is three years older than Cole Union College has Rev A P Botsford class of 46 aged 86 Brown claims Rev John Hunt class of 42 now approaching 100 If substantiated Vermont would have the oldest living alumnus while Brown would have the oldest graduated from college the longest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan
Cornelius Cole
Los Angeles
Cal
Psi Upsilon
Wesleyan University
University of Vermont
George Gaby Rice
Rice
O. W. Otis
East Pierce Street
Council Bluffs
Cole
Union College
A. P. Botsford
Woodbury
N. J
Brown
John Hunt
American Teachers to Aid Philippine Schools
Manila reports the Department of Public Instruction, with Gov. Wood's approval, will import sixty American teachers to staff provincial anchors. Under Secretary Albert expects these educators to arrive before next June and serve a two year contract to boost English use across the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Department of Public Instruction
Wood
Albert
Schoos
Philippines
Rods Reels Hooks and Minnows Abound At Store
A local shop showcases a wide selection of fishing gear including rods reels hooks and minnows. Shoppers browse aisles filled with tackle suitable for freshwater trout bass and panfish fishing.
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Staples School
Rochester
New York City
Gridgeport
Miss Jackson
Columbuia
New York School of Art
Pennsylvania
Staples
Barnum Girls’ Glee Club
Merry Melody Makers
Emma Marcina
Hall ‘Street
H. M. Ellsworth
East Wi
Efington Avenue
Housatonic_avenue
F. J. O'Brien
St. Vincent's Hospital
Milford H. S
The
Times
Camp Fire Girls of
Vicnic
Alpha and Omega
Mon Vreeland
Betty Christie
Dorothy Whitney
H. S
Austria-Hungary
John McAuliffe
John H. McAuliffe
Louie E. Lovell
David Greenbaum
Emily L. McAuliffe
Delphine &. Norris
Fieipinos
American Hardware Stores, Incorporated
Fairfield Ave
Middle St
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