NEW SOCIAL CLUB GIVES FIRST PUBLIC AFFAIR AT ST VINCENT'S
The Social club of St. Vincent's community house will hold its first public affair Thursday night June 17 at Seaside Institute. About 40 girls are members with expectant growth by fall. A program of social and educational activities includes songs by Madelyn Farley and Thomas Nash, dances by the Palmer children and Ruth Judd, and dancing to Murray's orchestra. The hall will be decorates with wild daisies and ferns. Club members will usher in organdic dresses. Patronesses include Mrs Henry Lee Mrs Mabel Godman Mrs Anna Sullivan Mrs Michael Flannigan Mrs Julia Delafont Miss Victoria Larmour Miss Jane Githuly Miss Nellie Dunn Miss Abbie Clark and Miss Agnes Collins. Committee chairmen are Mae Hickey Hazel Molyneaux Josephine Kiley and Eileen O'Connor. Officers are Charlotte White president Gertrude Troy vice president Anna Hickey treasurer and Helen Wachschmidt secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent's Community House
Seaside Institute
Madelyn Farley
Thomas Nash
Palmer
Jane Githuly
Nellie Dunn
Abbie Clark
Agnes Collins
Mae Hickey
Hazel Molyneaux
Josephine Kiley
Eileen O'Connor
Charlotte White
Gertrude Troy
Anna Hickey
Helen Wachschmidt
PUPILS PREPARE FOUR PLAYS IN STRATFIELD BALLROOM
Miss Grace D Clarke will present senior pupils in Stratfield ballroom tomorrow night in four plays Everybody s Husband For Distinguished Service The Slave with Two Faces and The Piper s Pay Cast includes Florence Davidson Lilian C Jones Daniel Ambrose and Grace Bouton Miss Mollie Jubb and other students also acted in last week s charming program at Stratfield ballroom The student group from Province town Players at Smith College recently produced The Slave with Two Faces with cast names listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace D. Clarke
Stratfield Ballroom
Miss Clarke
Gilbert Canman
Florence Davidson
Theresa Heggeman
Elizabeth Cox
Lilian C. Jones
Hilda Peterson
Isabel Pillans
Fannie Rogers
Wiliam H. Frederic
Leslie Harrington
Ya M. Purdy
Helen Cushman
Helen Kelly
Ethel Mosley
Jennie Walkdey
Natalie Arnold
Celia Eckler
Beatrice Freedman
Gerituide Lang
Julia Adams
Cthel Beach
Catherine Brown
Josephine Conklin
Grace Bouton
Concert to Aid Salvation Army by New York Band
The Salvation Army National Staff Band and male chorus of New York City will appear Saturday night, June 19, at the High School auditorium, under the Bridgeport Lodge of Elks No. 26. Proceeds go to the Bridgeport Salvation Army drive. The group consists of officers at Salvation Army HQ, serving without pay, with critics noting their versatility and high vocal and instrumental skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army National
New York City
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
Salvation Army
the Elks
Bridgeport
Band Concert Schedule at Seaside and Beardsley Parks
The Wheeler and Wilson band plans two concerts at Beardsley park this Sunday between 3 and 6 PM. Upcoming schedule lists Coast Artillery at Beaside park June 24 6 10 PM Seaside park June 27 Wheeler Wilson 7 9 PM Seaside park July 3 Coast Artillery 7 20 9 30 PM Seaside park July 4 Wheeler Wilson Beardsley park 3 8 PM July 5 Coast Artillery Seaside park 7 30 9 20 PM July 5 Wheeler Wilson Beardsley park to 5 PM Dancing is planned at Seaside park during the June 24 and July 3 concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler & Wilson
Beardsley Park
Coast Artillery Band
Beaside Park
Seaside Park
Coast Artery
June Weddings Bring Local Nuptial News Across Listings
Several weddings and showers are noted from nearby families with brides and grooms including Emma Reid and Parmley Scofield Clapp in Redding, Gertrude Oxeley and Harry Bach in New Brunswick, Jennie Krawetz and Irving Seigel in New York, with receptions at homes on Norman Street and at Fort Trumbull. Additional notices include Ella Murphy to Edward Smith, May Weed to William Muirhead, Bessie O'Brien and Violet Stiff engagement plans, and Cora Abercrombie with John Banks. The notices also cover Rose Beatrice Reinstien and Mark Reinstien’s ceremony at home, with travel plans to the Catskills and a future address on Parrott Avenue, plus honors bestowed on Mrs. Sylvester Z Poli for wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clapp
Reid
Emma
Annie Reid
Samuel C. Shaw
Parmley Scofield Clapp
New York City
Episcopal Church
Redding
Piemont
Shaw
Annie R. Banks
Colorado
Avenue
Bach—Oxeley
Gertrude Oxeley
Mary Holmes
Norman St
Harry G. Bach
New Brunswick
Sacred Heart Church
Richard L. Moore
B. M. Baumann
Norman Street
Bach
Niagara Falls
Trixie Bernation
Louis Dorkin
City
Parrott Avenue
Mr. Reinstien
Bridgeport High School
Ordinance Department
Lyric Millinery
Pupils Give Fine Recital at Universalist Church
Mrs Susan Hawley Davis presented a pupil recital last night with the First Methodist Church quartet from New Haven aiding. Performers included Mrs B F Reynolds and others with Miss Edna Northrop and Miss Anna Sides, plus various singers. The program featured operatic excerpts and pieces from Two Sundays in the Year, closing with songs by many local students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Hawley Davis
Universalist Church
First Methodist Church of
New Haven
B. F. Reynolds
H F. Sweet
J. R Colvin
Thomas Calder
Calder
Edna Northrop
Anna Sides
Summer Dress Stock Sale on Second Floor
A group taken from regular stock must be disposed of to make room for summer dresses. Navy garments predominate with a few black items, some with a colored vestee or embroidery. Distinctive models offered at much reduced prices on the second floor.
Remnant Sale Offers Percales with High Quality Patterns
A remnant sale lists fifteen hundred yards of checks dots rings and light figures on white grounds suitable for shirts dresses and aprons. Width 35 inches lengths from 114 to 10 yards. Also a Little Gold Ring for the baby set with colored stones. Free with a $2 purchase or more. No exchanges except size or department merchandise.
Porto Rican Lingerie Impresses with Handcrafted Detail
Observers praise the exquisite material and dainty workmanship. Each piece is sewn by hand featuring hemstitching drawnwork and fine seams.
Community events and notices in Bridgeport area
Numerous local items describe church programs, reunions, picture show attendance, and social visits. Activities include a People's Presbyterian church program on Laurel Avenue led by Miss Mary Brittin and C. J. Lavey, a High School tablet dedication on June 17, and a Liberty chorus performance. Also noted are reunions at Oberlin College, weddings and anniversaries, and gatherings at Greenfield Hill, Fairfield beach picnics, and visits from New York guests. The calendar lists musicales, dinners, dances, and club events with local families and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Church
Mary Brittin
C. J. Lavey
People’s Presbyterian Church
Laurel Averdue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lever Act Enforcement Continues in Connecticut
Hartford June 16 Willam F Whitmore federal fair price commissioner said the Lever act remains in full effect in Connecticut despite a Pennsylvania district court ruling It will be strictly enforced until repeal or until the Supreme Court rules unconstitutional The court recess delays final decision until October and the act governs at least until reconvening Also mentions a local entertainment event hosted by Mrs Blanche Snsver at 352 Wilmot Louis Oneker avenue planned tonight with Iliary and Ladies Auxillary participation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Willam F. Whitmore
Fair Price Commissioner
Yestrday
United States District Court
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Mr. Whitmore
Supreme Court
Blanche Snsver
Wilmot Louis Oneker
Iliary
Danderine Promise Stops Hair Loss and Dandruff
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as preventing hair shedding and dandruff. It claims each strand regains life with more color, brightness, and thickness after use, and promotes the product as affordable for a few cents.
Graduation Dresses Line of Simple Girlish Fashions
An excellent line in Georgette Organdie or Voile offers simple girlish graduation dresses. Fashionable looks are attractively planned and reasonably priced for graduates.
Class Day Colored Orndies Voice Combos
Charming combi nations of colored or gandies made up with white ruffles, tucks and folds, fichus and sashes, 19 50 up and will do for Sunday all summer.
Summer Shoes and Organdie Sale Prompted by Weather
Weather slowed spring sales delaying summer shoe deals. Two lots of Pumps and Oxfords in black kid and patent, formerly 9 to 13.50, now 10.00. Organdie fabrics return for hot weather with colors Bermuda pink blue canary peach lavender at 1.39 a yard on third floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Bermuda
Gingham junior dresses with plaid designs described
A description of junior department dresses in gingham with plaid patterns in old blue brown yellow green pink and white and black bars. Dresses feature sashes or belts and white collars and cuffs. Available for ages 6 8 10 12 to 14 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline
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Muirhead
Nathan Wells
Putney
Stratford
May Weed
William Muirhead
Perereane
Bessie O'Brien
Poplar Street
Violet Stiff
Oliver Osborne
Ferris Goodsell
Betty Brady
Ethel Stiff
Lillian Stiff
Mabel Rasmussen
Banks—Abercrombie
Cora Abercrombie
Hayes Street
John H. Banks
C. van Horn
Bethel
Mrs. Poli
Sylvester Z Poli
Order of Foreign Wars
United States
Che
F. ©. Granniss
America
Liberty Chorus
Kethel Poli
Hubbell
New York
Black Rock Country Club
Lucien T. Warner
61 Broadstreet
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
Edward Lewis
D. M. Lewis
Newfield M. E. Church
Philathea
Edna Trinder
Yonkers, N
Jana Vicinity
G. C. Fulmer
Greenfield Hill
H. Highland
T. Harrison
A. McPherson
Charles W. Bly
Aurelia Berger
Long Hill
Robert Campbell
Cottage Street
Miss Berger
Hazel Walsh of
DeForest Avenue
Philadelphia
Raymond Evans
Central Avenue
New York State
Marion Knabin
Fairfield Avenue
Kathryn Keene
Fairfield Beach
Ingebore Johnson
Coleman Street
Bridgeport Hospital
T. A. T. Club
John Flick
North End
P. T. Brennan
Westchester Kennel Club
Gedney
Farms
White
Plains
Mra
Stanley Bullard
Fairfield
Irene
Muriel Read
Louise Haviland
Emmy Lou Havens
Frances Bullard
Pickwick Inn
J. Walker
Dewey Street
Hill
Aline Paige
Col
Himer H. Havens
Canton Avenue
Chilcago
Norma Weber
Westport
Westport Choral Society
Cowan
Fullerton Circle
Park Street
First
Connecticut Heavy Artillery
Savin Rock
Robert Blakeslee
High School Alumni Association
Edward L. Smith
A. S
Harris B. Starr
Frederick B. Grannis
Harry Tighe
Norfolk
Trulock Hatheway
George T. Hatheway
Clinton Avenue
Grail School
Hemlock
Visiting Nurse Association
Celia Barbarossa
Connecticut
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