The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-20
PERSONALS

Mrs. Grace C. Plat of this city, was
elected secretary Of the Loyal Legion
temperance work of the w. C. T. u,
at the state convention of that body
held on Thursday in Middletown.
Henry Herbert Parmelee of Pater-
son, N. j., president of the Paterson
bank, and Mrs. Parmelee, are to be
weekend guests of Mrs. Thotas P.
Taylor at her home on Washington
avenue, arriving today.
Mrs. William S. Teel of Myrtle ave-
nue., is soon to go to Washington, D.
c., where she will visit her daughter,
who entered the National Park Sem
mary this fall.
General and Mrs. Henry A. Bishop
and Miss Henrietta Bishop of Wash
ington avenue, are to leave the latter
part of this month for their camp in
the Maine woods and will remain
there according to their custom dur
ing the month of November.
Miss Susan M. Andrews of this city
was elected literature secretary at the
biennial session of the Womens Ma
tional Missionary Association, held
Thursday afternoon in Worcester
Mass.
G. Isle Forman, formerly of this
| city, but now of Hartford, was one
of the ushers this afternoon at the
wedding in that city of Miss Elizabeth
| Goodwin Beach, daughter of Mr.. an6
Mrs. G. C. Beach of Hartford and
Llewellyn Powell of Schenectady, N
! Y, in Christ church in that city.
| Miss Edna Wyllie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. c. w. WyIlie. was entertain
ed recently at the home of Mr.. and
| Mrs Wayne 8. Stoddard with (
shower of linen and silver in hono
of Danbury, that was announced re
Gently.
Miss Mary Haskell, Miss Margare
Strong, Miss Gertrude Hoyt, Mis-
Ruth Riker of New York and Mis-
Gladys Connell of : Scranton, Pa
who attended Miss Riker at her wed
ding this afternoon to heutenan
i Bertram Ainsworth in st. Paul.
church in Fairfield, have been hous
guests at the Roker home for severa
days.
i Mr.. and Mrs Michael French o
100 Porter street, announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Mis-
Frieda French, ito Frank ArmbrIa.
ter of % Sanford avenue. A humble
| of friends had been invited in for tn
evening and a luncheon was serve
the color scheme being yellow an
white. The guests included Mis-
Margaret Horschler, Miss Edith I
Moon, Miss Minnie Eckel, Miss Emm
Klein, Miss Julia Boehm. Miss Louis
!Raab, ISIS Pauline Kost, Miss Fried
| Weihing, Miss French Messrs. Arm
bruster, Howard Warnecke, Lou
I Raab,. Chris Kost, George Frencl
Miss M l. Haggeman is chairmal
Miss Martha Schade and Miss Hele
Torrey her assistants. on a committe
q to organize the young women in tn
|. employ of the New Haven road in tn
city into a branch of the Special al
Society for American Preparednei
| that was started by the New Have
employees last summer. The meetir
to organize the Bridgeport Branc
| was held on Wednesday evening an
25 of the girls from this city wei
! present, Miss Clara Hegwald, pres
dent of the New Haven society ar
Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, its vice pre-
9 ident, attended the local meetin
y There are 360 OF the New Haven ros
men in France doing railroad servi'
y in the 14th regiment engineers ar
: the object of the Aid society is to kee
: these men supplied with comfor
such as sweaters, socks and other a
ticles.
e The friends of Charles S. McKeow
4 who leaves Sunday for Canada to r
port for the Black Watch, tendere
2 him farewell banquet at the Hot
y Lorraine Thursday evening,
: Over. fifty were seated in the dill
ing room to pledge their friendsh
for the last time before he starts f
4 active service with the famous reg
) ment, and it was after midnight b
fore the final strains of AUD Lal
Syne' closed the happy gathering. T.
diners were capped with Highlal
Scotch bonnets. and when Mr., M
Keown entered with the toastmast
= and the committee he was salut
and greeted with cheers.
is Those present were C. S. McKeow
ae E. F, Ryan. H. J. Smith, F E. Coole
s. Frank Kren, Frank Smart, Jam
r. Hill, H. T, Olson, George Smith, w.
ne Evarts, j. F. Evarts, J. F. Menu, A
in Easton, A. N. Bradley. T. H. Cart
IL L. Wright, F. L. Jackman, g
We Davis, D.. A Massey, David MeKen
lie rick. F. E. Waterman, Walter Ware
lgst D. Heacox, Charles Fogg, M. H. Ber
r. dict, A. Barrett. Harry Croft, T. N
SO Donough, B w. Wheeer, S. La1
x Leo Breunig, T. Mckee, Capt. F.
ng Allgrunn, Donald Mcdonald, M. vi
is E. P. Perrin, T. MCGEE, j. F.. N
Carren. P. T. Stewart, ] Holig;
he'd Charles Harding, w. Beckett, G.
nd Smith, William Barrett, p. j. McN
mara, E. House, L. H. Evans,
:. Button and w. Fletcher
of FLORAL BOUQUETS
sr AND DESIGNS.