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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1958
Page
16
In Newtown, the Association for Retarded Children established a Hawley school class for seven eligible students. The program, directed by Mrs. Neil D. MacKay, runs five days weekly with a curriculum including reading, vocabulary, and cooking. The project gained support from local boards, donors, and medical and educational representatives.
The Rev. Enoch Olsen, 41, pastor of the Pentecostal Tabernacle in Danbury, died at his home on Deer Hill Avenue after months of illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational church with Rev. George Flower officiating. Burial will follow in Wooster cemetery. He was born in Hoboken and had lived in Danbury seven years after leading the Gospel Tabernacle in Stamford. He studied at Eastern Bible Institute and was an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God. He is survived by his wife Katherine Lehto a mother Mrs. Annie Olsen a son Timothy Enoch Olsen a sister Miss Ethel Olson and other relatives.
Funeral services are scheduled for Ralph L. Carrano 56 of 1088 Sylvan Avenue who died of a heart ailment yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital. Mass will be at St. Raphael's with burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. Carrano, born in New York City, lived in Bridgeport 50 years and worked as a plant guard for Handy and Harman in Fairfield. He is survived by wife Lena, son John, mother Margaret, four brothers and two sisters with several nieces and nephews.
Martin J. Moraghan Sr. a 40 year public official dies after a long illness at his home. He served 34 years on the borough board including 25 years as warden and 35 years on the Board of Education, chairing it for over a decade. A former Waterbury baseball player in 1910 he leaves widow Katherine and three sons. Funeral set for Wednesday at St Anthony's Church.
Members of the Young Men's Industrial Forum will visit the United Illuminating plant for a tour at 7:30. Charles N Hall arranged the arrangement. Marines accompanied Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853 and 1854.
Judge Milton Reinhard and Louis Stein led two traffic court sessions collecting $457 in fines and bond forfeitures. The docket included Hipolito Lopez fined $200 for driving with a suspended license, later remitted to $352, and William Pundy fined $12 for failing to yield to a police officer, with Prosecutor William Lavery detailing near collision with a motorcycle cop.
Multiple notices report deaths and forthcoming services across Connecticut towns. Mrs Lenid Schwede of Oxford dies in Derby hospital with services in Bridgeport and Stamford. Irene Schwede listed as survivor. Mrs Julia Magyar Gadoci of Norwalk dies, services in Norwalk and Riverside burial. children and grandchildren named. Miss Ann Phelan of Milford dies in Grace New Haven hospital with services in Waterbury and a Mass at Immaculate Conception. Miss Mathryn Keating of Danbury dies at home. services planned in Danbury and Saint Peter’s Church with Mass of requiem. survived by nieces and nephews.
Hartford March 31 AP The State Highway Department opened bids on seven projects four on the Connecticut Turnpike planting trees shrubs vines and ground cover in four areas The bidders include Muir and Woodcock Ridgefield 114783 Pairfield Bridgeport Stratford and Milford Millane Nurseries and Trees 182135 East Haven and Branford Millane 453? 86 3 Trunk line jobs Isaacson Construction Middlefield 37692 Paul Bacco San Inc Stamford 117513 H J Turrisi Construction Westerly R 1 53039
A 32 person contingent of Walkers for Peace arrived at First Congregational Church in Darien after a day of rain. They plan a 9 am start to Greenwich for a day-long hike, with stops in Stamford for a 1 pm radio appearance, as they prepare to present petitions at the United Nations against nuclear tests.
Sheriff William F. Pollard of New Haven County announced he will seek re election. He disclosed his candidacy at a county Republican gathering in Orange. Pollard was elected in 1954 after a 23 year Waterbury police career and a term in the State Senate.
Police extended a manhunt after a bandit bound and gagged a workman at General Display, 396 Railroad Avenue, took $7, then fled yesterday at 2 AM. Joseph Roberto, who was alone in the shop, freed himself and summoned Dr. Kee. Detectives received the bandit description as investigators comb the South End.
Connecticut partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday with fair cool Tuesday night. Wednesday fair and mild. Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire clear and warmer Tuesday night fair and mild Wednesday. Vermont fair and warmer Tuesday then cooler Tuesday night Wednesday fair and mild. Maine cloudy with morning rain or drizzle and slow clearing. warmer Tuesday afternoon. colder Tuesday night. Wednesday fair and mild. Eastport to Block Island small craft warnings. NE to north winds 25 to 35 MPH on the south coast, 15 to 25 MPH on the north. Visibility sometimes poor in fog improving to good Tuesday.
March 31 AP reports Americans focus on fitness more than since World War I. Dr. Marjorie Phillips notes high interest amid trim efforts while Dr. Henry J. Montoye links fitness to world peace and social issues. Dr. Steinhaus criticizes sit down exercises and overlong bowlers' routines amid a 2000-member convention.
President Eisenhower nominates Walter Howe, a government foreign aid consultant, as ambassador to Chile succeeding Cecil B. Lyon in Santiago. Howe, 50, former Connecticut House Speaker and ex-president of the Litchfield Enquirer Publishing Co., would join the U.S. Embassy in Paris as Lyon moves to deputy chief of mission.
John Corbett, 60, faced town Court on a theft charge after a fire killed his common law wife Helen Tobin and friend James O Connor. He admitted taking a 55 cent can of meat and a jar of instant coffee from local stores. judge William Bongai suspended a 30 day jail term for six months.
Lt Gen James Gavin bows out of the Army at Fort Bragg amid salutes and handshakes. He reflects on living with a nuclear age and urges continued study to develop weapons that avoid planetary destruction. About 200 of his 82nd Airborne troopers participate in the review. Delegations attend as Gavin receives the Distinguished Service Medal from Gen Lemnitzer.
Milford Court, March 31, fined Clayton R. Cox 24 of 410 East Brndley 59 dollars for evading responsibility and driving without a license. Farnham Langell 31 of West Haven was fined 6 dollars for failure to keep right. Fairfield police investigate theft of two 1953 motorcycles from Christopher Richard Jr residence garage between 2 and 7 p.m.
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