Reunion and reception honors Sheridan and Madison graduates
Tuesday at 8 p.m. a reunion and reception gathered graduates from Sheridan and Madison schools from 1937 onward to honor Miss Anna Dorser who soon tours the West. Faculty from both schools attended, with James Watt as chair. Gifts were presented by each class, and an evening of entertainment followed, ending with dancing to the Rubber Band led by Leo Penny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Madison
Anna Dorser
Mary Reilly
Mary Boland
Katherine Beardslee
Katherine Caragan
Agnes Dorsey
Katherine Conway
Margaret Whelan Bennett
Walker
Madson School
Margaret Dorsey
Columbus
James Watt
Hazel Cunningham
Miss Dorsey
Edward Kahs
Ternice Cunningham
John Lyons
Dorothy Lutz
Evelin Kahn
Dorothy Jones
George Dana
Ruth Steinway
Itesa Pugilo
Margaret Gilmour
Bernice Cunningham
Carolyn Laws
Theresa Widstrom
Henjamin Friedman
Leo Penny
John Cunningham
Gallagher to Attend Elks Grand Lodge Meeting
Lawrence T. Gallagher Exalted Ruler of Bridgeport lodge No 36 Elks will depart June 23 for the national convention in Los Angeles July 11 to 15 accompanied by his wife. The trip includes stops in Chicago Cleveland Denver Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City as he represents Bridgeport among 75 Connecticut delegates. The main issue is selecting a site for a new 3 million dollar national headquarters Elks plan large delegations from Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Atlantic City and other cities and expect substantial funds for vocational work for wounded and disabled soldiers. Gallagher plans a Bridgeport float and after the convention the couple will visit San Francisco Seattle Vancouver and other western cities before returning home around September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence T. Gallagher
Courtland Street
Bridgeport Lodge
Convention of Elks
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cleveland
den- Xar
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
Mr. Gallagher
Delpesate
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Tes
Gallacher
The
Elk
Selecy
Virginia
Chico
Cincinnati
Detroit
Atlantic
Connecticut Elks
al Ungtown
New Haven
Grand Lodge
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Gallagher
Park City
San Francisco
William M. Abbott
Benemian Club
Abbott
the Elks
Seattle
Vancouver
Canadian Rockies
Winnipeg
Montreal
Portland
Bar Harbor
Talented Pianist to Assist at Annual Recital Tonight
Miss Mary Maraill of 744 Mancock Avenue will assist at the annual closing recital of advanced pupils of Prof. EA Parsong at Center Church in New Haven tonight. She debuted last season and will perform Chopin in G minor, Rachmaninoff variations, a duet with Mr. Par, and several musical selections. several music lovers from this area plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Maraill
Mancock Avenue
Center Church
New Haven
Marat
Mr. Par ‘Everal
Miss Feinstein Guest at Luncheon Shower
A luncheon and miscellaneous shower was hosted yesterday at the Westport Turnpike Tea Room by Miss Bessie Flamm and Miss Lilian Cedarbaum for Miss Anna Feinstein daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Feinstein of Lorraine Street. The color scheme orchid and yellow featured. Guests included Miss Helen Rosenthal Miss Edna Weingarten Miss Sarah Romm Miss Mollie Hyman Miss Rosalie Cedarbaum Miss Estelle Beretein Miss Letilan Cedarbaum and several mothers and attendees. A porcelain doll favor with Bo peep attire was given at each place. The date June 25th noted for the wedding to William Herman of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport Turnpike
Bessie Flamm
Lillian Cedarbaum
Anna Instein
Samuel Feinstein
Lorraine Street
Wiliam Merman
Amgt
Minstrel Show Affords Comedy for Audience
Betsy Ross Council No 13 Sons and Daughters of Liberty presented a well balanced program at Walter Institute with character songs, clever dances, and jokes. Rector Harmony Four Orchestra provided music. Participants included Helen Beck iman Helen Saunders Anne Freyer Edith Harvey Anna Neville Edna Flynn May Vows Lela Barnum Grace Besser Emma Selleck Hanson Kilpatrick Weimer Landowsky H Barnum Seltsam Sullivan Harvey and Ondeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Ross Council
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Walter Institute
Rector Harmony Four Orchestra
M Sic
Helen Beckiman
Helen Saunders
Anne Freyer
Edith Harvey
Anna Neville
Bridal dinner and wedding party at United Congregational
Miss Neithercut hosts a bridal dinner for Miss Eleanor Bartram and G Sherman Windsor at Yellow Bowl on Sport Hill followed by a church wedding. Attendants include Miss Neithercut as maid of honor, Miss Bartram, Miss Windsor, and John Windsor best man. Guests and ushers listed. several related socials noted.
Local Woman Weds Godfrey Day in Hartford Home
In Hartford Tuesday Mrs France Eugene Denison daughter of Mr and Mrs Prager of South Whitney Street Hartford married Godfrey Malbone Day son of Mrs George H Day of Marshall Street Hartford. Day a Choate Yale alumnus who served overseas with the 1st Machine Battalion and now works for American Tube and Stamping Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pice
Wartford
France
Eugene Denison
South Whitney Sret
Hartford
Godfrey Malbone Day
George H Day
Marshall Street
Hartford Public Schools
Hartford Art School
Mr. Day
Choate School
Wallingford
Yale University
Ridgeport
American Tube & Stamping Co
Avenue
Pretty Wedding At Sacred Heart This Morning
The wedding of Miss Katherine McPhail and Ames Reynolds took place at Sacred Heart Church on Myrtle Avenue at 7 AM. Rev. Thomas Mooney officiated with music directed by Mrs John S Kennelly. The couple plan a honeymoon to Hudson River destinations and will reside at 6 Myrtle Court after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine McPhail
James McPhail
Myrtle Court
Andames Reynolds
Orchard Street
James Reynolds
New York City
Sacred Heart Jurchy
Myrtle Avenue
Homas Mooney
John S. Kennelly
Ith
Bay Palma
Sadie tePhail
William tePhail
Tra
Hudson
Albany
Myrtle Courte
Reynolds
Columbia Graphophone Company
Bill Urges Better Maternal Care Nationwide
A Johns Hopkins paper by Dr. William Travis Howard warns of high US maternal mortality from childbirth, with 1918 birth deaths at 12,496 and a rate of 8.45 per 10,000. He compares US rates to Sweden and England Wales, notes puerperal fever as a leading killer, and calls for expanded public health nursing, maternity care centers, and skilled obstetric care, endorsing the Sheppard-Towner bill for federal state cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
School of Hysiene
Aenrth
John Hopkins University
William ‘Travis Howard
England
Wales
Sweden
Howard
Congress
Sheppard-Towner
Alumnae of Mount Holyoke Endowment Drive Reach Target
Bridgeport alumnae of Mount Holyoke College celebrate their city joining sixty others in the endowment drive. Eighty one Bridgeport alumnae were asked to raise 205 each, contributing to a 19,473 total against a 9,455 local quota. The campaign supports a 2 million teachers salaries increase and a new science building, with overall aim 3 million by January 1, 1922. spring efforts yield 1,516,000 with 600,000 contingent from the General Education Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Holyoke College
Bridgeport
Mount Holyoke
South Hadley
Mass
Henry S. Bmlles
Mary Emma Woolley
Woolley
General Education Board
Clever Acting Displayed By Senior Players
Soft chimes opened three plays in the Stratfield ballroom staged by Grace Dalyrmple Clarke's Senior players. The program included The Three Sisters, The Person In the Chair, and Helena's Husband with strong solo turns by Flizibeth Cox, Maylah Hallock Morris, and Hilda Beterson, praised for polished performances and careful casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratfield
Grace Dalyrmple Clarke
Flizibeth Cox
Maylah Hallock Morris
Hilda Beterson
Josephine Conklin
Beatrice
Geserve
Misa Clarke
Helena
Lillian Jones
Mary Brittin
Mary Downey
Shepherd
Alvin Hearse
R. Huntles Goss
Dinner Hosts Honor Soon to Be Bride Dorothy Averill
Miss Elizabeth Hamilton hosted a dinner at her Noble Avenue home in honor of Miss Dorothy Averill of Stratford Avenue who is soon to marry John Miles. Nearby, Arthur Fenno’s sister Arlene Fenno suffers a minor injury after a fall, while Mr and Mrs Robert Perry and daughter Gertrude of Fairfield depart for a coastal summer trip. John Cristy of Stratford returns from Providence R I where he served as usher at a wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hamilton
Noble Avenue
Dorothy Averill
Stratford Avenue
John Miles
Arlene Fenno
Iouch Avenue
Robert Perry
Gertrude
Fairfield
Fairfield High Graduation Big Evening Ceremony
Fairfield holds a large commencement in Pequot School with Superintendent Smith directing and Miss Townsend overseeing. The program includes invocations, songs, salutatories, essays by Elizabeth Coates and Elizabeth Perry, piano and chorus pieces, prize and diploma presentations, and a benediction by Rev. B S Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Miss Townsend
Hici
Pequot
B.S. Winchester
Rose Dardant
Pauine Winchester
Power
Elizabeth Coates
May Higgins nuptials held in Derby
Announcement of the Derby wedding of Miss Helen Hiseins and Charles L May at St Marys church on June 14. Bride wore pearl gray Canton crepe, sister attendant wore jade green, best man was M J May of Philadelphia. They planned an extended trip and will reside at 682 Beechwood Avenue after July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hiseins
Derby
Charles L May
Beechwood Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Father Fitzgerald
Margaret Dolai
M. J. May
Philadelphia
Mr. May
Dinner Party Marked Flag Day By Local Host Couple
Mr and Mrs Frank Granson hosted a small dinner party at the Homestead Tearoom on Clinton avenue with twelve guests. Red white and blue decorations reflected Flag Day. Invitations listed Mr and Mrs C F Miller Mr and Mrs Fred Schribner Mr and Mrs Fred W Tracy Mrs SE Vincent Mrs Sophie Roraback Marion Hahn and others. plans hinted for a moonlight sailing party aboard their yacht on Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Granson
Clinton Avenue
Homestead
C. DF. Miller
Fred Schribner
Fred W. ‘Tracy
SE. Vincent
Sophie Roraback
Marion Hahn
Brooklyn, N
Granson
Fred. Tracy
Fairfield Avenue
Miss Averill To Be Popular June Bride
Miss Dorothy Averill daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles K Averill of 406 Stratford avenue will wed John Dwisht Mills son of Mr and Mrs W Fy Mills of Nichols on Saturday in St Johns Episcopal Church Miss Averill a petite blonde has been at Vassar College for two years Her sister Esther at Vassar will be maid of honor Other bridesmaids include Eleanor Mills Elizabeth Hazilton Marion Johnson Dorothy Fox Best man Clarence Cooper Ushers Raymond Hall Maxwell Griffith Frederick Schell Sidney Miner Miss Averill has been feted with several bridal showers by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Averi
Charles K. Averill
Stratford Avenue
John Dwisht Mills
W. Fy. Mills
Nichola
St John’s Episcopal
Averill
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
New York
Sidney Miner
New London
Miss Averill
Marriags
Protest Against Sex Equality In High Government Posts
Washington June 15 Miss Mary G Kilbreth president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage filed a formal protest with the Congressional committee on reorganiza tion opposing reapportionment of public offices on an equal sex basis Her statement says the nineteenth amendment not yet adjudicated and that feminism seeks government service equality for women while charging the League of Women Voters with subverting both parties to make an invincible women voters league Also noted are attendees from Stratford and New Haven including Mrs Fred Tracy and Miss Helen Stiles among others in Center Church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Committee On Reorganization
Mary G. Kilbreth
National Association
Miss Kilbreth
League of Women Voters
National Woman's Party
New Haven
Harriet Allen
Center Church
Fred. Tracy
Helen Stiles
Margaret Adams
Susan
Mabel Andrews
Margaret
Alice Richardson
Hazel Howe
Katherine Hehir
Stratford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Irene Coleman
Ann Murdock
Alf Hayman
Miss Coleman
Willam Raymord Johnson
Doris Bennett
Ernest R Bennett
Montclair, NJ
Elks Grand Lodge
Park City Antlers
Miss Feinstein
Margaret Neithercut
Creeklown Avenue
Eleanor Bartram
G. Sherman Windsor
Yellow Bowl
Sport Hill
United Congregational Church
Margaret Nelthercut
Mizabeth
Mauch Chunck
Dorothy Northrop
Harriet Windsor
Elizabeth
Helen Thomas
Greenwich
John Windsor
Bradford Warner
Charles Armstrong Jr
Frank Wilmot
Louisa van Orden
Jersey City
Burr Bartram
Norman Leeds
Miss Neithercut
George Windsor
R. Neithercut
Grace Lockwood
Edith Hawker
Julia Dungan
Embassy
Charles Cyrus
Pacific Street
Fileanor Bartram
Sherman Windsor
J. Percy Bartram
Caritas Island
Stamford
William Frederick
Stillman Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Frederick
Fitz Roy
Theodore Brown
White Plains
N. Y
Herbert Brown
North Avenue
T. Brown
Providence
Brown University
Business Administration
Columbia College
Jackson, X. H
Parochial Society of Christchurch
Wil
Putnam Park
the Sun
Holden Memorial Missionary Society
Montgomery Missionary Society of
Armenian-American Relief Society of
O. H. Adams
Monsatenic Avenue
Universalist Church
Wan
Sacred Heart
Holyoke
John Cristy
R. L
Fairfield High
Higgins
Richard Howell
Elm Street
Marie Garner
Marguerite Norton
St Charles' School
Mount St Joseph's Seminary
Che
Anney
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