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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1920

Page

8

Peck Johnson home wedding in Stratford ceremony

At 4 pm Thursday at 60 Park Street Stratford, Misa Mariel Johnson married Oxnald Peck with Rev. William Nichols officiating. The bride wore white crepe de chine and carried white roses. sister Mrs. William Bilamey was matron of honor. Best man was M. Trokistow of Bridgeport. Guests hailed from Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Stratford. A reception followed and the couple will reside at 27 Nichols Avenue after a secret honeymoon.

Times Stratford Charles Johnson Park Street Misa Mariel Johnson Oxnald Peck William Nichols Bethany Church Miss Philadelphi Boston New Haven Bridgeport Nichols Avenue

Unusual vaudeville and photoplay at local theaters

Theaters offer Blind Youth from Tellegen and Mack with a strong cast and scenic range from Fifth Avenue drawing rooms to Paris garrets plus Plaza visualizations of A Fool and His Money with Eugene O'Brien. Sunday shows feature Ward Sisters acts, Mulien and Francis, Decker and Co, Ziska and King, Kuhn duo, Pathe News, music by Prof. Larsen, and Monday vaudeville Johnny Clark.

Lou Tellegen Willard Mack Fifth Avenue Greenwich Village Paris Montmarte Ward Sisters Dolley Behrend Mulien Francis Paul Decker & Co and Son Ziska King Kurt Edith Kuhn Pathe News Pathe Review George Barr McCutcheon Plaza Eugene O’brien Eugene Swiss Tyrol MclCutcheon Geod Leo Ditrichstein Shubert New Haven Ditrichstein Booth Theatre New York le Chevalier Au Paul Armont Jean Manoussi Matheson Lang London Armand Lily Cahill Albert Brown Florence Carpenter Orlando Daly Walter Howe Barry Caruth Boots Wooster Margaret Sutherland Josephine Hammer

Empire Theatre offerings mix drama and comedy in week lineup

The program features The Blood Barrier with Sylvia Breamer and Robert Gordon at the Empire Theatre, plus Blind Husbands directed by Eric Stroheim and starring himself. Lyric showcases She Walked In Her Sleep and Have a Heart as the finale, with Clara Kimball Young in The Common Law. West End screens Brand of Lopez with Sessue Hayakawa, Daredevil Jack starring Jack Dempsey, and a Sunny lineup including Snub Pollard and News Reel.

Epy Robert Trevor J. Stuart Blackton Deine Empire Theatre Eric Stroheim Stroheim von Steuben Francella Billington Universal Sam DeGrasse H. Glhson-Gowland Valerie Germonprez Jack Perrin LYRIC Hubby Lyric Theatre Tomorro Clara Kimbanl Young Sennett Pathe News Lyric Orchestra West End Sessue Hayakawa Lopez Jack Dempsey Jack Pollard Matt and Jeff June Caprice Mary Liza Ann Hilly Robert Armstrong MATT

Little Bennys Note Book Park Ave News

A light community item notes Benny Simkins being slightly disposed after a wagon incident on skates last Wednesday. The squashed tomato jab to the ear sparked the accident tale, with local chatter about the fracas. Lew Davis held a birthday party with music and impersonations, a piano duo, and a playful dime trick. A humorous poem closes the page, along with light verse and club gossip. Ed Wernick Sports section mentions a persistent nose issue after an insult to a stranger kid last Friday.

Park Ave Simikins Simkins Sissiety Lew Davis Lemminade Benny Potts Napoleon George Washington Caruso Puts Simkins Sam Cross Leroy Shooster Lew Mr. Shooster

Britain acts to curb vaudeville pay for turns

London reports a reform drive by the theatrical profession to block offers of high pay for vaudeville acts from notoriety. A missing girl case spurred front page campaigns and later revealed elopement with a Frenchman. Agents offered $400 a week for a ten minute act, but actors' associations banned participation and the offer was withdrawn.

London Great Britain

Quiet Reigns In Anatolia Amid Turkish Nationalist Actions

Constantinople April 30 Quiet is reigning as Turkish Nationalist troops under Mustapha Kemal are under arms fighting on three fronts Armenia Cilicia and the Marmora shore but temporarily quiet on the Aidin front Greeks hold Aidin line Relations with Italians are cordial and the latter reportedly supply ammunition to Mustapha Kemal

Constantinople Anatolia Mustapha Kemal Armenia Cilicia Sea of Marmora Aidin

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Stratford Methodist Episcopal Church A. F. Chamberlain EB. B. Floyd Franklin School Stratford Nursing Service Beatrice Olsen Eliott W. Peck Epworth League Alice Meloy Ladies’ Aid Society William H. Kidd New York East Conference High School Athletic Association H. I. Bartram Hethany Church George Lamphear East Broadway Harold Brown Lamphear King Street Brown Fins Horace King Hartford Willam Beard Ferry Boulevard Frances Beantniey Linden Avenue Wheeler Terrace Hev. W. H. Nichols Phaeton Salf Peter Gleason Mainst Cortez ¢. Rockwell Corner Main and Hillside Avenue Biratiors Dioise Wil Wit B.johnstone Fred Hillebrand Douglas Leavitt Flo Morrison James Dyrenforth Alice Hills Harry Burnham William Balfour Ruth Leavitt Zoe] Barnett Gardiner Trevor Martin Artie Alexander The Good Spoarts Chub Ed Wernick Will Rogers Will Payne Talk of Herbert Brooks Rube Town Follies O’brien Cuticura Sun Exon v/ eguEM MR. Lee Shubert Oliver Morosco Leo Carrillo Tito Lombardi Lombardi Grace Valentine Nese Sylvia Breamer Robert Gordon E Cyrus Townsend Brady Eric von Stroheim Wonder Bela Fraternal Order of Eagles Hials Madison Avenue Mays, Inc Big Tom MIX Adventures OF Ruth Sunshine Marie Doro al Laden Sunshine T Pathe Falc Ronan Goosen White Hussars Mattyue,lippard Joan G.sparks Necsons Baley Conton Bemond A America Broadway Jos. M. Gaites Clara Kimball Young Comedy Pathe News Lion Man Matinee Main ST Kearns U Zs Brooklawn McCormack & Barry Mers the United Church Horace Day American Legion L. A. Veron Lena Mason Barnsley Elmer Beardsley Col Richard G. Cholmeley-Jones Bureau the Legion and the Community
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