Commencement Exercises At B H S Set For Thursday
The B H S commencement program announced by Principal James C. Moore is to be held in the High School Auditorium on Thursday evening, June 22. The valedictory and salutatory will be delivered by honors pupils, with diplomas presented by Owen Burns, president of the Board of Education to 300 graduating students. The order features performances by the High School Orchestra, student choruses, Barnum Prize contests, and the presentation of prizes including the Fairchild, Hallen, Jeannette L. Mathias, and Somerset scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Moore
Barnum
Owen Burns
Board of Education
High School
Ochestra
John Howard Speer
Leo J. Daniels
Samuel E. Friedman
Irene F. Comer
Fairchild
Hallen
Jeannette L. Mathias
Margaret Faith Somerset
Dorothy K. Whitney
Bridgeport High School Graduation Sets Record Class
Bridgeport High plans commencement next week for the largest graduating class in its history about 308 students. Diplomas will be awarded by Board of Education members with the Barnum Prize essays and class hymn, as valedictory and salutatory speeches highlight the evening.
Stratford High School Commencement Set for June 22
Miss Mary Coughlin daughter of Judge Thomas M. Coughlin will deliver the address at the senior class commencement on Thursday evening June 22 in the Congregational church. Salutatory by Miss Ethel Carton with other speakers and prize events announced, as seniors prepare for exams and class day at Packard hall.
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Stratford
Mary Coughlin
Thomas M. Coughlin
Main Street
Stratford High School
Ethel Carton
Dorothy Hoffman
Jennie Willams
George Chase
Congregation Church Deginning
Merry June
Vincent
C. Clark Kennedy
Stratfons High School
Agnes Snyder
Packard Hall
Congregational Church
Rabbi Margolis Weds in Bridgeport Ceremony
A Bridgeport wedding on Thursday June 15 united Rabbi Margolis and Clare Brunner of Lima in a ceremony conducted by Dr. Storgen Stern of Hebrew Union College. The couple planned a Canada honeymoon and will reside in Dayton after August 16. Margolis has led Park Avenue temple pulpit for years, previously living at 1093 Park Avenue.
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Bridgeport
Lama
Clare Brunner
Lima
Harry Sterling Mar
Parx Avent Pple
Habpi Alargolie
Park Avenue Temple
Park Avenue
Katherine Daley New President Student League
Katherine Daley was elected president of the Girls Student League at Bridgeport High. A Junior known for athletic achievement, she previously served as class vice president for two years and starred on the basketball team. The retiring president is Kathleen Keyes. Other officers elected include Kathleen Oliver vice president Louise Moulton secretary and Eleanor O'Brien treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Student League of
Bridgeport High School
Katherine Daley
Miss Daley
Theigh School
Kathleen Keyes
Kathleen Oliver
Louise Moulton
Eleanor O'Brien
Miss O'Brien
Miss Moulton
Miss Oliver
Hilltop
Helen Clark
Devon School Graduation Exercises Highlight Ceremony
The Devon School eighth grade held its graduation in the Devon theatre with a large crowd present. The program featured an orchestra, choirs, piano solos, essays on Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt, recitations, dances, and the presentation of diplomas by Superintendent Matthewson, followed by the flag day march.
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Devon Public School
Devon Theatre
America's Finest
Hark
Siena
Dwyer
Avraham Feet
Dorland
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert Good
Albert Flood
Theodore Roosevelt
Arthur Eiso
Kerry
William Im
Matthewson
America
Franklin Valimon
Speer Named Salutatorian of Bridgeport High Class
John Howard Speer, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Speer of 128 Wells Street, earns second honors with highest scholastic standing and is chosen Salutatorian for the graduating class. He will deliver the Salutatory address on Commencement night at the high school auditorium. Speer is active in tennis and debating, lauded as an orator, and closely rivals Valedictorian Irene Comer, with both graduates living near Sheridan School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Howard Speer
Howard Speer
Wel's Street
Bridgeport High School
Speer
New Haven High School
John
Wiliam Horace Day
Preenee
Irene Comer
Tat
Sherton School
Irene Comer Valedictorian for Class of 1922 at Hilltop High
Irene Comer daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Comer of 232 Welly street is named valedictorian for the class of 1922. She maintained an average above 90 across four years and earned 100 in three subjects. An accomplished singer and artist she plans to pursue interpretive dancing as a vocation and will deliver the valedictory at commencement next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Comer
George F. Comer
Welly Street
Miss Comer
Cora
Clarence
Auperb
Irene
Benita V. Slocum
Gradu
Ion
Maplewood Alumni To Entertain On Friday
Maplewood alumni will entertain friends at a delightful June party and dances on Friday evening June 23 in the Lornship Manor Pavilion. Larry Shalet and Robert Johnson, both class of 1919, organize arrangements for a varied program with a special orchestra. The event, expected to be popular and well attended, will run until 12 o'clock with novelties between dances.
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Maplewood
Lornship Manor
Larry Shalet
Robert Johnson
Intensive Work At Naturalization Class At Bridgeport Y M C A
The Bridgeport Y M C A reports a large naturalization class enrollment for the summer term. Reading and writing will be expanded with more individual coaching. W N Northcutt, new general secretary, spoke on his work with the Chicago Immigration Commission. William Tes will direct next season starting June 23 at 7:30 o'clock.
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Bridgeport Y. M. C. A
W. SN. Northcutt
Association
Northcutt
Immigration Commission of Chicago
William Tes
O'Slock
Fairfield High Students Stage One Act Plays at Victory Hall
Fairfield High students presented four one act plays Friday at Victory Hall Southport. A medieval England tale Beau of Bath led the program with a large cast including Beau of Bath Marshall Lovegrove Jepson George Voorhees Lady of Portrait Beth Perry Avis Linley Gertrude Ross Maria Linley Elna Ziroll Thomas Linley James Sharkey Jan ny Burney Priscila Clark Richard Burney William Sherwood Cephas Horace Walpole Thomas Gleason Roxana Marian Sherwood Phillis Hutchinson.
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Victory Hall
Southport
Fairfeld High School
Beau of Bath
Marshall Lovegrove
Jepson
George Voorhees
Lady of Portrait
Beth Perry
Avis Linley
Gertrude Ross
Maria Lintey
Elna Ziroll
Thomas Linley
James Sharkey
Janny Burney
Priscila Clark
Richard Burney
Wiliam Sherwood
Cephas
Horace Walpole
Thomas Gleason
Roxana
Marian Sherwood
Phillis
Frances’ Hutchinson
Fairfield News: Reckless driving arrest and local notices
John W Pressley of Hackensack N J faced reckless driving charges after a chase with Motorcycle Policeman Arthur Bennett on the Post road. Bennett won the race and Pressley’s case is set for Monday before Judge Grout. Also, the Eunice Deane Burr Chapter D A R hosts a card and warden party June 27 at Miss An Me Jennings. The death of M Glover is noted with survivor Deborah Glover and reference to late Judge William B Glover and funeral at St FP Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Pressley
Hackensack
N. J
Arthur Bennett
Post Road
Bennett
Pressley
Judes Grout
Eunice Deane Burr
An- Me B. Jennings
M Glover
Fairfield
Deborah Glover
William B. Glover
St. FP
Emily H
Glover
Commencement Issue Of Criterion Sold Out
The Criterion commencement issue, a 160 page high school publication, sold out quickly with 1200 copies distributed among students, friends, and relatives. Seniors purchased their own cuts and the class contributed $860 toward printing, yielding a lasting memento of four years of senior activities bound in green leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criterion
Popular Magazine
Mrs. Bilton Elected Maplewood Parent Teacher Leader
At the Maplewood school district meeting Mrs. C. Bilton was chosen president of the Maplewood Parent Teachers Association. She plans to present a protest to the Board of Education against extending the school day and year. The protest was supported by both teachers and mothers. The program featured seventh and eighth grade pupils including The March of the Volunteers and An Old Fashioned Girl, with costumes of daisies. The group honored Miss Alice Richardson with a gold fountain pen for her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplewood Parent-Teachers’ Association
C. 12. Bilton
Bilton
Maplewood
Board of Education
Eleanor Langham
Frances Kranz
Beatrice Piedman
Stara and Stripes Forever
Alica Richardson
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Maplewood School
Richardson
Framingham
Mass
Two Schools To Graduate Together In June 1922
Two high schools Columbus and Grand street unite for graduation exercises in the high school auditorium. February graduates and eighth grade class of June participate. Miss Euphrosyne Bown presides. Howard Speer speaks and presents diplomas. Seventeen seniors listed with a large 1922 graduating class audio program and performances accompany the ceremony.
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Columbus
Grand Street
Euphrosyne Bown
Howard Speer Oard
Hickory
Dickory
Dock
Margaret Smith
A. B.C
Tanner
Howard Speer
Ginda Castaldi
Irving Dalton
Elsie Delbiondo
Nisholaa Delbiondo
Walter Dewasn
Florence Diamond
Charles Grant
Arthur Heid
John’ Hogan
Jennie Julien
Ruth’ Levitin
Louis Lief
William Meade
Anna ‘Montabana
Mery Mortarity
Prancte Mulling
Theresa Nurai
Felecia Piccolo
Grace Pilgost
Christian Reuss
Lena Scinto
Louis Spievack
George Stillwell
Anna Ventriguta
Thet Ier
Michael Rocco
Calabross
Mary
Ick Cesero
Celina Dagostna
Lang
Anna Lancia
Rose Leone
Abraham Lunt Sanemin
Moscovite
Edward Tony
den Simmon
Oseph Smith
Semmans Jems Fomacoris
Chester
Ralph Veechions
Verelll
Fire consumes Roosevelt rest barn storage facility
A fire yesterday afternoon damaged a Roosevelt rest barn used for storage. Firefighters battled the blaze as flames engulfed the wooden structure, with extent of damage limited to the barn and its contents unknown pending inspection. No injuries reported.
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Roosevelt Rest
Senior Class Officers and Festive Senior Week
Senior class officers guiding the class of 1922 prepare for graduation eve as senior week ends with dances, prom, and a grand commencement. The gym is decorated in black and white. Miss Caroline Hitch leads decorations. Milton Vreeland presides at Class Day with a full program of music recitations dances and the Class Prophesy. Junior class takes over the flag and a new scholarship fund aims to raise 10000 dollars for need-based college aid.
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High Schoo
Shiryland
Ufe
James C. Moore
Margaret Kiely
Caroline Hitch
Milton Vreeland
Gertrude “Ang
Floyd All
Irene Comer
Glee Club
Charles Denny
Colere
Bridgeport Youth Serves as Radio Operator Aboard Dallas
Paul Morales former Bridgeport High School student and son of John Morales of 32nd Street serves as a Tadler radio operator on the S S Dallas en route from Halifax toward Copenhagen and Norway. He details ship operations and iceberg encounters while reporting a rapid rise from Marconi Institute training to maritime service.
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Paul Morales
Bridgeport
John Morales
United States
Merchant Marine
Young Morales
Radio Institute of America
The
Marconi Institute
New York
Morales
Halifax
Old World
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Moore
Clara Alvord
Harry Amsel
Dufford Anderson
Hary Anderson
Lydia Anderson
Oliver Andrus
Gertrude Barmore
Dorothy Larrow
Vivian Beach
Rose Beck
Arbetta Bers
Ruth Berman
Eugene Bullin
Goldie Bleich
Buritt Blinn
Tiliian Bostrom
Dorothy Moyraon
Faith Braidwood
Catherine Brannick
Pierce Breen
Veronica Brennan
Gertrude Brooks
Warren Bruce
James Buckley, Jr
John Buckley
Joseph Burros
Walter Dean
Marion D. Delmar
Evelyn Dennison
William Dick
Elizabeth Didriksen
Margaret Donahue
Mergaret Drake
Mildred Drew
Duhton
William Dunn
Louise Basen
Carl Eckhart
Catherine Egbert
Anna Ellsworth
Nora English
Ruth Ericsen
Joseph Frederico
Rebecca Feldstein
Helen Fennell
Ike Ferren
Sylvia Flamm
Louise
Victoria Grillo
Pheofore Grenbere
Frank Habanasky
Beatrice Hart
Floyd Mall
Mildred Stall
Esther Haimmer
Ethel Hanley
May Harrigan
Mildred Hayes
Joseph Healy
Anna Hearne
Kathryn Heffernan
Veronica Heearty
Retta Hickey
Joseph Hines
Robert Hirech
Cariine Hitch
Vera Hitt
Cecil Houghind
Catherine Honnecker
Gordon Howes
Edmund Hoyt
Leo “Rdina
Laura Huenerberg
Marjorie Jacobs
Katherine Jennings
Marjorie Jennings
Sylvia Johnson
Gladys Jubb
Louise Kaechele
Grace Kane
Hannah Kaplan
Pauline Kearney
Helen Kearns
Helen Keenan
Mildred Kelly
Evelyn Kent
Raymond Kent
Erelyn Kileen
Harry Kirby
Magnuson
Mary Maguire
Maurice Maline
Katherine Maroney
Helicon Marsh
Helene Marsh
Richard Mathewson
John Mayer
Louis Meisel
Gertrude Mendel
Dorothy Mendelson
Simon Mendelson
Marceux Mickiewics
Joseph Mihaly
Hannah Milikowsky
John Millo
David Monahan
Mary Monahan
Frieda Mooney
Bertha Moors
Horace Moorey
Gladys Morehouse
Hazel Morris
Sydney Moscoyvitz
Sophie Moskovitz
Olive Niraz
Marguerite Munsic
Katherine Murphy
Helena Nadel
James Neary
Herbert Nelson
John Neubauer
Kramer Nicholau
Jajorie Nicol
Edith Noltnis
O'Brien
James O'Brien
Catherine O'Connor
Henry Olson
Iielen O Il
James Ostrofsky
Mary Owens
Winifred Owens
Margueree
Matthew Skane
Hannah Sloshers
Joseph Smith
Marjoria Smith
John Speer
William Staptes
Walter Stein
Virginia Stecking
James Stevens
Rivelyn Stohl
Genevieve Stone
Frank Suchy
Catherine Sullivan
John Tanner
Ola Tarring
Jeanette Thelin
Aleine Thompson
Cecilia Tobin
Bernard Traser
Thomas Tuft
Marion Turhart
Raymond Wadell
Agnes Wall
Hubert Walsh
Marie
Edwin Mall
Dwight Hendrick
Dagmar Kronbers
Geof Leaser
Edward Lieberman
Lee Molloy
Mae O'Connell
Mary O'Rourke
James Warm
Hilda Johnson
Clifton Flather
Mary Hannigan
Dorothy Hartwell
Rose Hearne
Helen Hughes
C. C. Thompson
Fred G. Taylor
W. W. Rogers
Clarence Slootmaker
Katherin Peterson
Ren Pnediction
B.C. White
Rabbi Margolis
Devon
John H. Speer
Intatorian
Fairfield High
Asso
Dorothy Whitney
Jessie Wight
Beverly Gerbichs
Betty Christie
Macbeth
Rayey Panquet
S. S. Dallas
Coopenhaven
Nore Way
Boston Harbor
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Malifax
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Denmark
Dallas
Halifex
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