The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-16
MINUTE WOMEN
ORGANIZE FOR
LIBERTY CHORUS
Parent Teachers Associa-
ton to Give Bridge on
Thursday.
MISS GEARING
GIVEN SHOWER
Widows Society to Have
Annual Apron and Food
Sale, May 8.

musical and club circles of this city, |
has organized under the auspices of |
the War Bureau chorus of Minute !
Women. 1t is composed of Bridge
ports most prominent musicians and
this chorus will sing at all the big
rallies and is to be the authorized
Liberty chorus of women. Mrs. |
Grannis will be the director and Mrs.
Frederick Hindsley the accompanist. !
It bids fair to be a source of great
inspiration at these meetings
A rehearsal is to be held at the
new home of the Y. w. G. A., on
Golden Hill street, on Wednesday
evening of this week, at 1880 o'clock
and an effort has been made to enlist
all the women singers of this city.
The time since the inception of this
idea has been short and it has not
been possible to reach everybody, but
all sopranos and altos are asked to
come to this first rehearsal.
1t is expected that a representative
of the War Bureau will be present to
see how the first rehearsal goes and
to outline plans. This chorus will
fill a long felt want and in Hartford
there is a Liberty chorus of $50,
Meriden, one of $50, and there is no
reason why Bridgeport should be be-
hind in this respect. Singers are ask
ed to bring copies of the popular war
songs of the day which they may
have.
Those who already signified their
intention of joining this chorus are:
Miss Anne Hartigan, Miss Alice Mac
Lellan, Mrs. Ada Tuck Whitaker,
Mrs. Judith Landberg Father, Mrs.
| Lewis Hall, Miss Katherine Richards,
Mrs. William J. Grippin, Miss Maude
Kimber, Mrs Clarence Hayes, Miss
| Bessie Harlow, Miss Eugene Phillips.
Mrs. Lucien T. Warner, Mrs. James
| T. Rourke, Mrs. Albert Darlington
Smith, Miss Flora Harlow, Miss Alice
| Sherman, Miss Lottie Weltner, Miss
Mabelle Matson, Miss Mary Matson,
Miss Grace Oefnger Miss Gertrude
Graham, Miss Martha Moore, Mrs. G.
E. Whitehead. Miss Ella Ecklund,
Miss Isobel Gregory, Miss Anna Troy,
| Miss Mary Mcnamara, Mrs. Thomas
Haines, Miss Alys ModdeIl, Mrs. Ed
ward Mora, Miss Ruth Kenyon, Miss
Alice Clark, Mrs Gerald Beard, Miss
Adella FftzRoy, Mrs. Carrie Richards,
Mrs. Florence Twiss, Mrs. Clifford
Hit, Mrs. William Graham, Miss Jes-
sic Berrian, Mrs. Howard Bishop,
Miss Helen Hannibal, Miss Fay Pres
ton, Miss Liela Mosher, Miss Edith
Taylor, Miss Anna Dixon, Miss Came
LA GerZain, Miss Anna Laing, Miss
| Elsie hobbs, Mrs. Arvin Hall, Mrs
Vida Bradley Blank, Miss Gertrude
Curnias, Mrs, Charlotte Williams,
Miss Edith Cogswell, Miss Edith La
Brecque, Mrs. Anna Grady, Miss
Fanny Norton, Miss Clara Tomasoni,
Miss Mabel Hallett, Miss Gladys
Fou1ds, Miss Sara Primrose, Miss
Margaret Hughes and Mrs. John
Richard Brown.
Arrangements are being completed
for the bridge that is to he given on
Thursday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock by
the Parent-Teachers' Association of
the Huntington Road school in the
rooms of the Ninth District Republi-
can Club at East Main and Arctic
streets. Mrs Gerard Neefus is the
, chairman of the committee and quite
a number of handsome prizes have
been given. From the present indi-
cations there is to be a large attend
, ance. Mothers and friends of the
children who attend this school
should go to this bridge whether or
, not they play bridge, as the proceeds
are to be devoted toward helping the
! Red Cross Auxiliary of the school to
raise it's quota Assisting Mrs Neefus
will he Mrs. Mark Holmes, Mrs.
Clarke Lane, Mrs Augustus Lie
, ebrum, Mrs. D. r. Whitney, Miss
ItMary A. Ford, Miss Loretta Walsh,
Miss Gertrude Curnias and Mrs. J. H.
EImmons.
Miss Ruth Gearing, who is to marry
= G1alph MaeKiel of Melrose, Mass, on
). MAY 9 in st. Charles church, was the
, guest of honor at a novelty shower
, given for her last evening at the
8 home of Miss Anna Kane on Orchard
l street. Miss Gearing WIS the recip-
+ lent of many useful gifts. Those who
y wer present were: Miss Frances Tau
. man, Miss Theresa Mcclure, Miss
Katherine King, Miss Anna Orleman,
+ Miss Julia, and Miss May Brannick,
r Miss Margaret Petit, Miss Helen Nc
3 CURE, Miss Ella MeQueeney Miss
Catherine Callahan and Miss Kane.
The Bridgeport Protestant Widows
/ Society has selected May as the
date for its annual Apron and Food
| Sale and it will also he donation day
| Gifts of any kind, money or food will
| be welcome. The sale is to be held
: on the afternoon of May at the
Y home Of Mrs. W. J. Nichols of Clinton
4 avenue.
j Members of the Nature Study Glass
= of the Bridgeport Art League viii
: meet tomorrow afternoon, if pleasant
: at $3.50 o'clock at Reads corner where
;. they will board trolley car and &c
e to the home of Miss Mary Curtis il
e Paradise Green. They are to take q
" box lunch and will study the birds in
a the early evening. If the day is I'M
. pleasant the class will meet in the
: Art League rooms at 10 O'Clock.
!. : SWEET PEAS. VIoLETS. TULIPS
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