Bethel AME and Calhoun Family Honor Local Graduates and War Hero
Bethel AME Church congratulates three high school graduates Minnie Durant Miriam Raiford and Helen Hatten with diplomas this month and a reception at the church. The Calhoun family story recalls Jimmy Calhoun a Bridgeport athlete and WWII pilot missing in action in Italy while his wife Eva and extended family raise funds for his children's education through an Educational Fund in Fairfield County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Ame Church
Bethel
Minnie V. Durant
Harding High School
Miriam Raiford
Helen Hatten
Central High School
Seeeneeseen Messiah Baptist Church
Marie Clark
Messiah Baptist Church
Bridgport
Connecticut
Calhoun
Eva Calhoun
Minnesota
Jimmy
Central High
Roger Ludlowe High
Pairfield
Grace Carlson
James Calhoun
Bullard Company
Bridge'port
United States
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
553Rd
Italy
Jean
Raymond
Grace Calhoun
Jimmie
Tuskegee
James Powell
Bridgeport
Raymond Caldwell
Atlanta
Fairfield County
United States Air Forces
America
Beaconview Drive
Fairfield
Local social news highlights from Bridgeport and surrounding towns
Hamilton B. Lee notes Bridgeport figures in higher education and social life. Frankie Jacobs returns from Hampton University with a BS in sociology and aims for a Columbia Masters. Marie Jacobs becomes the first Black student to earn a Master’s in Sociology at the University of Connecticut. Engagements, visits, and scholarship honors feature several families and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Wilhelmena Jacobs
F. W. Jacobs
Bridgeport
Hampton University
Virginia
Miss Jacobs
Hampton
Columbia University
Marie C. Jacobs
University of Connecticut
Storrs
Jacobs
Nutmeg University
Albert Jones
White Plains
N. Y
Lewis Gibsons
YWCA Outings Series Booked
YWCA outlines weekly outings with meals, transport, and reservations. Upcoming events include a Roof Supper on June 20 at the IW, a June 27 visit to Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens, a Beachland swimming party on the 11th, and a hot dog roast at Millwoods Park with swimming on July 18. Reservations via Miss Alice Shorey or the YWCA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Elizabeth Park
Veterans Hospital
Quaker Lane
Beachland
Millwoods Park
Wethersfield
Griswoldville
Main St
Alice Shorey
Household Hints on Ink Spot Removal and Cleaning Woodwork
A note advises soaking ink spots in kerosene before boiling to remove them. It also suggests adding a little kerosene to water to ease cleaning of woodwork.
Middletown News and Church Notes Highlight Local Speakings
Middletown residents host Idal Gray of New York City and recall Navy veteran Peter Hamlin from Cromwell. Rev Z A Hart preaches at Little Zion Baptist Church on suffering and faith, while Dr Walter L Lovell speaks at Cross Street A M E Zion Church. Awards include a baby contest winner Inez Myers and Joyce Weston. Rev Joseph Greene’s passing noted with services in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B . Hurt
Walters Ame Zion
New England
Providence
Hart
Little Zion Baptist Church
Z. A. Hart
God
Cross Street A. M. E
Zion Church
Star of Zion
AME
Walter L. Lovell
Dr. Lovell
Cross Street Church
Little Inez Myers
Buster Myers
Joyce Marie Weston
Albert Weston
Riddick
New England Ame
R. I
Lovell
Middletown
Joseph Greene
New Haven
Green
Cross Street
Plain Observations of an Average Reader of the Negro Press
Lucy Baskerville discusses the Negro Press in Bridgeport as a living textbook shaping progress or retrogression. She notes journalism’s three dimensions, praises balanced reporting, and cites advertising debates with Westbrook Pegler. The piece emphasizes education, discipline, and the duty of press to guide youths toward productive roles in American democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Hartford Chronicle
UNO
Westbrook i Pegler
Negro Press
Loadstone
Carter Patriotic and Civic Association
Pegler
Mr. Pegler
Army
Cipline
Garvey
Fortune
Interracial Pack 14 Scouts Earn Legion Flag in Marina
The Marina Apartments Pack 14 cubs received a flag from Charles Young Post 140 American Legion. Chartered in February from United Church, the group grew to twenty two members across three dens under Den Mother Mrs. Charles Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marina Apartments
Charles Young
American Legion
United Church
State Street
Park Ave
Charles Gibson
Gibson
Harding School
Howard Morris
Clarence Hiltz
Anthony Fernandez
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Bridgeport and
Lower Connecticut
Florida State Teachers College
The
Chronicle
R. N. Doss
S. S
BTU
Chicago
Midwest
New England Baptist Missionary Convention
Baltimore
Maryland
Elks
Eeneven
the Chronicle
Hamilton B. Lee
A. J. Cuffee
Episcopal Bishops
Cuffee
New York
By Hamilton B. Lee
Sarah Klein
Miss Durant
John W. Blackwell
Harry Blackwell
Pattie Dause
Alberta
Thomas Blackwell
Daisy Lewis
Salena Moore
Montgomery
Jannett
Rutherford
New Jersey
Mr. Jennett
A. Harriston
L. Butler
Washington,d. C
Clarence Turner
Stratford Avenue
Ansonia
Miss Hatten
Lucy Baskerville
Carter Patriotic and Ci Association
Katz
Music Store, Inc
Asylum Street
Hartford, Conn
Middletown, Conn
Charles C. Garvin
Conn
Idal Gray
New York City
Andrew Richardson
Navy
Peter Hamlin
Cromwell
Pete
Middletown High School
Carter Patriotic and Civic Association, Inc
L. B
Barnes
Hartford
L. B. Barnes
Gert
Gert’s
North End Real Estate Co
Canton St
Tel
Albany Avenue
Elijah L. Lomon
WM. M. Bergen
Battery Sales and Service
Mather St
Miller’s Market
Mather
Dan Miller
Chez-Marie
Newfield Ave
Bridgeport, Conn
Madame Marie D. C. Ford
Model Beauty Studio
Annie Wade Blanks
Helen Meadows
Kathryn L. Paul
Harlem Smoke Shop
Windsor St
Hartford, Cons
A. Webb, Prop
Albert Mathis
Joe
Complete Car Service
Richfield Products
Thomson & West
MAIN
Windsor Avenue Pharmacy, Inc
Main & Capen
Hartford 5
Clarkies
Russell Street
Main Street
Highland Court Pharmacy
N. Temkin
TELS
Paramount Package Store
Hartford. Conn
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