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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1957

Page

3

Council to Name Three To School Site Group

Town Council to select three members for the school site committee tonight in the town court room with two council representatives and one ATM. nominees include Patrick Lovett John Northrup and Mrs Florence Bradman and five ATM candidates Joseph Mosey Joseph Mager Francis Guyott Bernard Joy and Walter Cable.

Patrick J. Lovett John Northrup Florence Bradman Joseph Mosey Joseph Mager Francis R. Guyott Bernard Joy Walter Cable Planning and Zoning Board Sidney Bradman John F. Healey Donald Spengler Fowler Memorial Commission Frank Punyko Milford Housing Authority Robert D. Burns Town Town Council Town Court Room Women of the Moose Moose Hall Broadway

Court Lauralton Bazaar Planned for Saturday

Court Lauralton CDA committees finalize a Christmas bazaar set for Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Fowler Memorial building with Mrs. Leonard Chapelle as grand regent and Mrs. Joseph Chernock as general chairman.

Court Raymond Anderson Edward Flanders Alexander Mackin John Debrocke Albert Brown Giovanna Barbieri James Jones Raymond Donahue Mildred Pienkosky Burritt Jacobs Edward O’brien John O'Connor Harold Cadieux Arnold Ballou Arthur Baggs Stephen Filakosky Clarence Morrison John Noonan Joseph Lombardo Henry Ulrich Priscilla Lesko Mation Philbin Leon Siekiersky David Gallagher Anchorage

Newtown High School Orchestral Program Winter Show

William B. Jones supervises music in Newtown schools presenting senior string orchestra of 25 and 40 member high school concert band in a Christmas program at the PTA meeting in the high school gym at 8 p m. Bach Berlin Walters and other composers featured and audience invited to sing carols. Jones, Norwhich-born, leads a growing program begun 1948 and expanded to 250 band and orchestra members with 1 000 proficient musicians.

William B. Jones Newtown Parent-Teacher Association Bach Berlin Walters Jones PTA Norwich Newtown Lions Club Julius Hartt College of Music Hartford Danbury Symphony Orchestra

Wolcott Man Shot as Wife Is Accused

Walter Grohs a 36 year old Wolcott resident was shot in the chest as he started to climb cellar stairs and his wife Shirley 33 was charged with assault with intent to kill. Police say the couple had a domestic quarrel and the weapon was a .22 caliber rifle.

Wolcott Walter Grohs Waterbury Shirley Grois

Onsager Wins Lorentz Medal For Theoretical Chemistry

Yale professor Lars Onsager is selected as the seventh Lorentz medal recipient since 1927. The prize will be presented in Amsterdam on May 7 during the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science anniversary jubilee. Onsager, a native of Oslo, earned a chemical engineering degree in 1925 and taught at Johns Hopkins and Brown before joining Yale in 1935. He has been J William Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry since 1945.

New Haven Yale Lars Onsager Royal Netherlands Academy of Science Amsterdam Holland Academy Onsager Oslo Norway

Huntington Dog Adapts Points In Weekend Shows

Milton Milton a 24 year old smooth haired dachshund owned by Mrs. Dorothy Pickett gained five points toward a championship at weekend shows. He won at Queensboro Kennel Club in Jamaica and placed in Hound group at another event. Two women pedestrians were injured when a car struck a tree while a driver’s lesson was given. both were hospitalized with fractures and hip injuries. Police investigate.

Huntington Herthwood Milton Milton Dorthy Pickett Mohegan Road Queensboro Kennel Club Jamaica L.L Monroe Brooklyn N. Y Hattertown Road

Sheik Seeks Mrs Roosevelt for His 40th Wife

James Roosevelt joked at a State of Israel bond rally about an Arab sheik in Israel who asked to marry his mother, Eleanor Roosevelt, as his 40th wife. He noted the sheik already has 39 wives and quipped that Israel would need a law to prevent more wives before any meeting.

Springfield Mass James Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Israel Roosevelt Sheik of Israel

Handbags Snatched From Two Women

Police investigated two handbag thefts reported last night. Bertha Sherwood of 336 Dover Street said a man grabbed her neck and stole $7 and papers after meeting the pair in a restaurant and accepting a ride to a lot on Water Street near the Connecticut National Bank. Minutes later Mary McNamara of 687 Warren Street reported her purse pulled away by a young man near her home.

Bertha Sherwood Dover Street Francis Glancy Miss Sherwood Water Street Connecticut National Bank Mary McNamara Warren Street

Man Cut in Crash at Stratford Light

Fred A. Downey, 65, of Stratford, received a nose cut and a court summons after his car hit the rear of a second car waiting for a green light at Main Street and Huntington Road. The accident occurred at 5:40 p.m. The Brittingham car was pushed into the following car driven by Fred Platt. Downey was treated at Bridgeport hospital and ordered to appear in Stratford Town Court on November 16.

Fred A. Downey Elm Street Stratford Main Street Huntington Road Mr. Downey Douglas E. Brittingham Huntington Turnpike Trum Bull Fred Platt Clayton Street Devon Downey Bridgeport Hospital Stratford Town Court

Intruders Force Open Meters on Warren and Liberty Streets

Police hunt burglars who pried open a dozen parking meters along Warren Street and Liberty Street and escaped with the collected coins. The article note adds a historical reference about Queen Victoria exchanging letters with sharpshooter Annie Oakley after their first London meeting.

Warren Street Liberty Street Queen Victoria Annie Oakley London

Woman Driver Held After Monroe Crash

Mrs Elea nor E Sherwood 47 of Purdy Hill Estates was arrested on evading responsibility for a Friday night collision at Purdy Hill road and Route 25. Police traced her car by paint marks and glass fragments after she failed to stop following the impact with Nicholas R Sea craft 47 of 8 River Street South bury.

Monroe Eleanor E. Sherwood Purdy Hill Estates Purdy Hill Road Route 25 William Nielson Sherwood Nicholas R. Seacraft River Street Southbury

RTM Slated to Choose Moderator Tomorrow

The Representative Town Meeting will elect a moderator at its first meeting of the new board at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Bedford Junior High. Leading candidates are Howland H. Pell Jr Allen A. Raymond and Robert Anstett. First Selectman Herbert Baldwin cannot run. The RTM will also act on recent Board of Finance appropriations totaling 94 000 for school bond interest 4560 to remove topsoil at Burr Farms School site 4709 for October primary election expenses 1830 legal fees for the town 576 deficiency for the Town Clerk election expenses and 500 for a Tax Study Committee consultant. An interim report from the house numbering committee and a regular meeting date for the current RTM are to be decided.

Representative Town Meeting Bedford Junior High School Howland H. Pell, Jr Allen A. Raymond Robert Anstett First Burr Farms Little League Taylor Place

Danbury Woman Found Dead in Home

Mrs Mary cielisz Kniffen 43 of Forest Park was found dead in her home tonight by visiting couple. Medical examiner says natural causes, death likely two days prior. Last seen Thanksgiving by sister Eve Kubisek. Survives husband Adriance Kniffen father John Evanko and a son in Michigan. Services arranged by Cornelius Delury Memorial.

Danbury Mary Cielisz Kniffen Forest Park Nome Frank M. Goldys Eveyn Kubisek Kniffen

Moroccan King Mohammed V Arrives in Los Angeles

King Mohammed V landed at Los Angeles International Airport aboard a Military Air Transport Service flight with about 30 accompanying officials and staff. A 50 student UCLA Arab group greeted him with Arabic banners and chants, as he and his party headed to the Ambassador hotel for a two day visit including a Lockheed plant tour and a Disneyland visit with Walt Disney.

Los Angeles Morocco Mohammed V UCLA International Airport Kingsville Tex Mohammed Military Air Transport Service State Department Ambassador Hotel Lockheed Aircraft Plant Burbank Los Angeles Council On World Affairs Disneyland Walt Disney

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