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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1958

Page

5

Boy of the Year honors mark Boys Club event

Orlando Hart receives the Boy of the Year award at a Boys Club dinner where leaders from local civic groups and education officials heard Mayor Tedesco stress youth leadership and responsibility. The event highlighted delinquency concerns and the need for recreation space in public housing.

Brinska Orlando Castas Middle Street Boys’ Club Joseph C. Kuhar Tedesco Orlando Hart Bridgeport Trauble Benjamin Sterber Yolanda Caramonica Woman's Auxiliary

Connecticut to add new post offices and upgrades

Purtell cited Summerfield estimating a $1,042,000 cost for a new post office in Gity and plans to replace facilities in 12 Connecticut communities if Congress approves extra postage for non local letters over three years. The communities include Bridgeport Bristol Greenwich Hartford Middletown Rockville Seymour Wallingford Waterbury Westville New Haven Willimantic Windsor. Existing buildings would be returned to the General Services Administration or sold as surplus.

Bridgeport Connecticut Congress Bristol Greenwich Hartford Middletown Rockville Seymour Wallingford Waterbury Westville New Haven Willimantic Windsor Purtell Summerfield General Service Administration

YMCA Course Closes With Dinner Speaker

The industrial supervision techniques course will end Thursday at 6 p.m. with a dinner at the YMCA. Herman K. Beach of Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing will speak. Certificates will be given to Francis F. Berkley James L. King Jr. Raymond Walter Anne Bergman Donald M. Hood Charles H. Meyer Edward P. Millette James Todd and W. Swindells. Sir Henry Clinton commanded the British Army at Yorktown.

YMCA Herman K. Beach Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing Company A.J. Methi Harvey R. Bowman Ymca Industrial Committee Francis F. Berkley James L. King, Jr Raymond Walter Anne Bergman Donald M. Hood Charles H. Meyer Edward P. Millette James Todd Day W. Swindells

Court Upholds Custody Decree in Yonkers Case

Probate court affirmed a custody decree after seven trial days from Aug. 5 to Aug. 21. Judge FitzGerald noted the long transcript and found the Hahn family untrustworthy while praising the Haines as morally solid. Judgment confirms the decree and dismisses the appeal.

FitzGerald Probate Court Jagoe Milton L. Cohn The Haines James J.o.connell Hahns

City Court Awaits Stolen Car Driver

Ralph Peterson, 21, of 93 Arch Street, arrested Saturday with a stolen car, faces arraignment in City court later this week. He is charged with reckless driving breach of the peace theft of a motor vehicle evading responsibility and driving without a license. Peterson is held on 25000 bail after the car rammed a utility pole on Stratford Avenue near the Yellow Mill bridge injuring five passengers. The vehicle, owned by Hyacinth Simpson of 346 Seaview Avenue, was taken from the Globe Parking Lot on Congress Street, not the Congress Parking Lot as earlier reported.

Ralph Peterson Arch Street Peterson Stratford Avenue Yellow Mill Bridge Hyacinth Simpson Seaview Avenue Globe Congress Street Congress

Mrs Peter Ridolfi Dies in Fairfield Area

Mrs. Sarah Ridolfi 58 wife of Peter Ridolfi of 52 Sunset Circle Fairfield died last night at St. Vincent's Hospital where admitted March 31 Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Sarah Ridolfi Peter Ridolfi Sunset Circle Fairfield St. Vincent’s Hospital

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