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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1920
Page
11
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The sixth High School Alumni lecture will occur on April 22 with Frances Wilson as speaker. Wilson, a renowned actor and father of author Ess, will headline the event where tickets are sold as usual. season passes for five lectures will cover the coming talk. The memorial tablet work advances and should be ready by commencement.
Two Belgian women Madame Clement and Mile Marie D'Hare receive awards for giving details of the first German gas mask to the Belgian general staff. Their father Theophile D'Hare is honored posthumously as his pro-German disguise and repeated frontier crossings endangered him. A crowd later threatened his house after the armistice.
A long study of cameo artistry traces the laborious craft from ancient Egyptian and Greek engravers to modern masters like Tonnellier and Lemaire. It highlights the Saint Chapelle great cameo once pledged by Baldwin II and its journey through Caesars and Byzantine emperors to relic status, while noting how fashion has diminished cameo engraving.
Felix M. Warburg was awarded the ancient rabbinical degree Haber or Chover at his Fifth Avenue home on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage. Delegates presented the parchment as rabbinical leaders praised his humanitarian work and Jewish leadership, noting this is the first such American conferment since 1848.
The State Child Welfare Commission reports progress in child welfare investigations ahead of the 1921 legislative session. It outlines the commission’s executive staff, including Rev. Im P. Ladd as chairman and Angus P. Thorne as secretary, with a broad roster of professionals from Hartford to New London.
Homer S. Cummings former Democratic National Committee chairman will speak at Lamp son Lyceum Monday at 7 PM for about an hour on Party Leadership and the Development of the “Hoss” . The lecture is part of Practical Politics series open to undergraduates faculty and the public.
A distinguished guest list features Kurt Schindler and the Schola Cantorum at a Saturday night concert in the high school auditorium. Alexander Pogrebriak directs a program of select music for the American central committee for Russian Relief aiding Russian orphans.
At a Community Service meeting held in the Common Council chamber, it was voted to form a council uniting social agencies started by local charitable groups. Plans include entertaining expected visitors for General Electric Co. work and establishing an advisory executive committee led by Lavery and Von Wettberg, with Flecié and Wilson.
Miss Dorothy Gelbman received many gifts at a St Patrick themed shower hosted by friends Tuesday night. Entertainment included vocal selections and dances while a green rosette room and high hat display framed the gifts. A dainty lunch followed as numerous friends and relatives honored her with cherished tokens.
Dr Frederick Martin of New York public schools explains that tongue tied speech can hinder courtship but aid in certain fields. He notes 6000 acute stammering cases in elementary schools and recounts a soldier improving after training. The program aims at Americanization and reducing foreign accents, while praising clear speech for employment and social confidence.
A B H S school committee selects an early spring vaudeville program by Miss Wyland’s junior commercial English class to showcase club program benefits. Baroness Huard's father Francis Wilson will lecture April 22 on The Humorous Side of An Actor's Life. Glee club rehearsals push Captain Crossbones with Vaughan Abercrombie in the title role and Lona Konophy leading female parts. senior play casting includes John McDonald Catherine Shelton Amelle Jackman and others.
The Army Recruiting Station at 925 Main Street Bridgeport announces a limited number of radio and telegraph operator positions in the Signal Corps for duties on the Washington Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System. Alaska pay exceeds 110 dollars monthly with promotion possible. Recruits from the Eastern U.S. go to Camp Alfred Wall New Jersey for training before assignment to Alaska in early summer. Sergt O'Brien will provide full information on how to obtain this special duty.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Harry A Welch of 252 West avenue has been appointed a deputy prohibition enforcement officer by Thomas F McAuliffe, state prohibition enforcement officer. The appointment follows his prior government service. A separate note recounts a Columbia University student’s near suicide over speech difficulties, and Dr. Martin’s program with twenty eight public school assistants teaching teachers methods to prevent speech defects among children.
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