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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1952

Page

2

George Boland Elected Student First Selectman For Day

George Boland a Roger Ludlowe High School senior topped a field of five to win the White party ticket as First Selectman for a day after about 1,000 students voted in the school gym. His running mate Nicholas Pelin won second selectman. Frances Herold was third selectman. Joseph Stanousky led the race for town clerk, with Joseph Ambrose elected treasurer and multiple Black party candidates sweeping other offices. The elected students will serve May 14. a separate civic notice details local house purchases and neighborhood attendees.

George Boland Roger Ludlowe George E. Boland Cry Court First Selectman’s Boland John Hubbard Orange Party Richard Gribko Black Party Albert Kanawall Blue Robert Thompson Independent Party Nicholas Pelin Frances Herold Third Selectman Second Selectman Clifton Moore Orange George Gross Bille Party Joseph Stanousky Sandra Pellet Scott Smith Board of Education Marjorie Mitzel Bruce Seaburg Blue Party Joan Sweiger Donna Pearson Board of Finance Norman Wargo Ann Curlee Robert Gillette Russell Moore John Bergmark Lois Vasgur Town Plan and Zoning Commission Cynthia Dillman Wayne Gynesis Richard Felner Alex Gribko First Selectman Dimitl L. Kinnie Bay House Alfred C. Barton Judson Road Clifford B. Anderson

Workers Announced For Cancer Fund Drive

Additional workers for tomorrow's Lights On cancer fund drive were announced yesterday. Notable names include Mrs. Howard Morris Jr. as chair man and Mrs. Robert O. Reilly as captain for the Southport area. Other workers listed are Mrs. Floyd Angevine Mrs. Smith Richardson and Miss Anne Cur-

Southport Howard Morris Jr Robert O. Reilly Floyd Angevine Smith Richardson Anne Cur

Ban on Fishing Lifted as Woods Reopen

Governor John Lodge lifted the inland angling ban and reopened the woods, citing a Weather Bureau forecast of rain through Saturday. The fishing season, opened last Saturday, had been halted after brush and woods fires across the state.

Hartford John Lodge Lodge U. S. Weather Bureau Fish and Game

Bullard Plans $50,000 Foundry Addition

A permit issued by building inspector Herbert M. Smith enables Edwin Moss and Sons to add a 150 by 10 foot extension to Bullard's foundry on Black Rock turnpike. The addition is valued at $50,000.

Herbert M. Smith Black Rock Turnpike Edwin Moss and Sons

Bone Board aids bone identification at Colorado A and M

Colorado A and M college has created a bone board to identify animal skeletons. Enlarged photos will be sent to wildlife technicians in the Rocky Mountain region. The board features bones from cow sheep mule deer antelope elk and mountain sheep and took two years to compile. The teaching original remains on campus. The unit seeks bones of moose Rocky Mountain goat caribou and grizzly bear for further study.

Rocky Mountain Lee Yeager College Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

Forum at Fairfield U to broadcast live on WICC

The Connecticut Forum of the Air will be broadcast live from Fairfield University Monday night from 9 to 10 p.m. over WICC. The Berchmans hall event invites the public to attend as the panel discusses Are Private and Parochial Schools Democratic. Participants include Rev. Gabriel Ryan S.J. sociology professor and Rev. Laurence Langguth S.J. dean Arthur Riel and John Land.

Connecticut Forum Fairfield University WICC Berchmans Gabriel Ryan Laurence Langguth College of Arts and Sciences Arthur Riel John Land Hamden High School

British Army Surgeon Wrote Yankee Doodle March

A British army surgeon authored Yankee Doodle, later adopted as a marching song by American colonists during the Revolutionary War.

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