Blood Drive Seeks 150 Pint Goal At Lenox School
Danbury officials report only about 35 donors have signed up for the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit next Monday at United Jewish Center 1441 Deer Hill Avenue from 12 45 to 5 30 p m. The drive, sponsored by 15 area churches and the Jewish Center, aims for 150 pints and urges donors to arrange appointments through their church readers.
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Danbury Blood Program
Red Cross
United Jewish Center
Deer Hill Avenue
Jewish Center
Alyoah H. Miller
Blood Program
Miller
Patricia A. Tallman
Pauline Tallman
Beaver Street
St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing
Bridgeport
Danbury High School
Future Nurses Club
New Hope Baptist Church
Golden Agers Hold Yule Party for Forty
The Golden Age club hosted a Christmas gathering at the Fowler Memorial building with more than 40 attendees. Notable guests included Florence Moyer Hulda Salmonson Louise Rivard and Josephine McNamara among many others.
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Golden Age Club
Fowler Memorial Building
Florence Moyer
Hulda Salmonson
Louise Rivard
Josephine McNamara
Anna Rush
May Travis
Sylvia Hyde
Laura Trembly
Carrie Mesarole
Grace Bouton
Sarah Woolard
Trina Williams
Mabel Dufour
Mable Whitcomb
Ida Schaeffer
Elizabeth Estabrook
Winnie Morehouse
Rose Girard
Annabel Robinson
Jennie Robinson
Margaret Evans
Eugenia Leeder
Emma Anderson
Elsie Eaton
Janet Brooks
Edith McGuire
Lillian Lloyd
Inez Doolittle
Annie Smith
Gertrude Dollinger
Mary Shea
Eva Baldwin
Alice Beecher
Elizabeth Emerson
Gertrude Frantz
Gertrude Dodge
Oliver Richards
Danbury Grange pot luck and degree ceremonies announced
Danbury Grange sets a pot luck supper for Saturday January 12 at Mrs Samuel Moody home Great Plain district to discuss plans for the year. On January 17 Grange will attend a supper with Pokono Grange of Brookfield and January 10 the third and fourth degrees will be conferred in Gold Fellows hall. Mrs Clark Eno is master of the third degree and Wallace A Slate is master of the fourth.
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Danbury Grange
Sarmuel Moody
Great Plain
Pokono Grange
Brookfield
Gold Fellows Hall
Clark Eno
Wallace A. Slate
VNA
Danbury Visiting Nurse Association
Spring Street
DAR
Arthur Klink
W. Edwin Harrison
Margaret Peck
Mary Wooster
Northford
Scott-Fanion Museum
Merrill Sweetman
Anthony Liebert
Fred Scharnweber
George Valor
Adelaide Hoyt
Ernest Hawley
George Morton
William Wilber
Washington
Wilbur Mansfield
Klink
Sherman Farwell
Clayton Clark
Fred B. Foote
Boy Dies in Desert Search at Edwards Air Force Base
A three year old boy wandering from a housing area at Edwards Air Force Base was found dead in the Mojave Desert after a New Year’s Eve search by more than 800 airmen. He wore only a T shirt and jeans as temperatures dropped to 28 degrees.
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Mojave
Desert
Billy
America
Jean
2.C. Arnald R. Tryee
Parks Afb
Pleasanton
Calif
Tryee
Gorman
Westport Boy Held After Row In Home
Robert Maddock a 17 year old of Greens Farms was arrested at 4 50 am on breach of the peace and resisting arrest after a quarrel at his home. He allegedly damaged furniture, resisted officers and was taken from the house. remanded to Fairfield county jail after failing to post 1000 bond. He is set to appear in Town court January 7.
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Westport
Robert Maddock
West Parish Road
Greens Farms
Curtis Maddock
Maddock
Joseph D’aiuto
Anthony Fiore
Francis Skinner
Fairfield County
Sea Scout
Saugatuck Congregational Church
Charles F. Spear
Friends
Stamford
Harold A. Shippey
Charles E. Cutler
Lyman
Robert §. Bryan
Planning and Zoning Commission
Branches Burned Firemen Called in Newtown
Firemen were summoned to Mrs. John Mann of Main Street at 6 20 tonight after a passerby saw sparks from a chimney. Fire Marshal Millard S Goodsell said Mrs Mann was burning branches from a Christmas tree in her fireplace.
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Newtown
John Mann
Main Street
Millard S. Goodsell
Six Houses Planned On Merwin Avenue
Six new houses will be constructed on Merwin avenue by Jackle and Richardson Inc. Building permits issued by Building Inspector Robert F Dixon Sr. put the estimated cost at 10 000 dollars each for dwellings at 640 646 652 660 668 and 678 Merwin avenue. Additional permits were issued this week to Paul F Erlacher Jr for a new dwelling at 27 Little Pond road priced at 12 000 dollars and Ambrose E Haas for attic finish at 68 Cricklewood road for 900 dollars. Births reported at Milford hospital include a daughter born December 24 to Mr and Mrs Harold Loomis of 67 Victory drive and a daughter born December 31 to Mr and Mrs Peter Kachiss of 175 Robert Treat Parkway plus a daughter to Mr and Mrs Richard Harrison of 47 Elaine Road.
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Merwin Avenue
Jackle and Richardson, Inc
Robert F., Dixon Sr
Paul F. Erlacher, Jr
Little Pond Road
Ambrose E. Haas
Cricklewood Road
Milford Hospital
Harold Loomis
Victory Drive
Peter Kachiss
Robert Treat Parkway
Richard Harrison
Elaine!road
Soccer Star Snub Triggers Honors List Controversy
London January 1 AP report on Stanley Matthews receiving a CBE while many claim he was unfairly snubbed for a knighthood. Critics decry class prejudice and snobbery against professional footballers as Matthews, a global football icon, reacts to the honor amid public debate.
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London
Stanley Matthews
Matthews
Britain
Daily Express
Len Hutton
Gordon Richards
Hutton
Richards
The
Daily Mirror
the Mirror
Knight’ Hoods
Daily Sketch
Hong Kong
Far East
Canada
Statue of Jesus Stolen From Milford Nativity Scene
Milford January 1 a statue of the Infant Jesus was stolen from the Nativity display in front of the Knights of Columbus hall on Bridgeport avenue. Grand Knight Patrolichard Franko reported the disappearance noting the 15 year old statue had been in place for five years and was taken sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.
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Milford
Jesus
Knights of Columbus
Bridgeport Avenue
Patrolichard Franko
K of C
Husband Arrested On Wife Charge In Westport
John D. Mallers, 29, of Hulspoint Road, was arrested by Policeman Edward Grant after his wife called police during a domestic dispute. He posted a $54 bond for appearance in Town Court Monday on a charge of breach of the peace.
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Westport
Jan
John D. Mallers
Hulspoint Road
Edward Grant
Milford community events schedule snippet
Activities this week include badminton in the Fowler Memorial building at 10 a.m. Thursday. West Shore Recreation Center hosts arts and crafts 3:20 to 5 p.m. basketball practice and free play 6 to 10 p.m. Friday features village league games at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Milford Bowling Alleys.
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Milford
Order of Amaranth
Masonic Temple
Mabel
Belmont
American Legion Auxiliary
Fowler Memorial
Rachel Grant
West Shore Recreation Center
Fowler Memorial Building
Wil T
RSS Dragons
Hot Point
Milford Oil
Stamford Girl Hurt in Air Force Plane Crash
Stamford SAAF airman Florence A Hogan one of 26 survivors in a Super Constellation crash at Dharan Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The flight attendant was injured in the crash which killed 12 and is listed in fair condition today.
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Stamford
Florence. A. Hogan
Westport Welcomes First Baby of 1957 with Gifts
Westport reports its first baby of 1957 a girl born at 9 19 am yesterday in Norwalk hospital to Mr and Mrs John Ramirez of 54 Riverside Avenue Saugatuck The infant weighed six pounds six ounces and both mother and baby are doing fine A long list of gifts from 52 town merchants includes a mink collar and gas from local stations The Ramirezs four daughters Donna Jan and Karen join the new arrival Mrs Ramirez formerly Edith Salmon of Brooklyn N Y is a former waitress and the father is a salesman for Berlin and Jones Co of New York.
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Westport
Norwalk Hospital
John Ramirez
Riverside Avenue
Saugatuck
Ramirez
Donna
Jan
Karen
Edith Salmon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Berlin and Jones Company
New York
Mom
Maxine Furs
Main Street
Greens Farms
Post Road
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Kenneth Covill
Joseph LeRose
Roger Cunningham
Louis Roberts
St. Joseph’s Church
Mildred Mietelski
Eleanor Tomanio
Public Utilities Commission At
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Angelo Russo
A. Russo Trucking Co
Osborne Street
Danbury
State Office
City National Bank & Trust Co
Arthur J. Hurley
Leslie Wood
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
Norwalk
Board of Education
Harry A. Becker
Highland Avenue
Joseph F. Andrews
Joseph F. Oddie
Wilfred G. Everett
Preston Bernard
Choir Guild
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
the Green
I A.m. Ln
Harold M. Green
Leone P. Ricci
Hadassah
Ira Golden
West Avenue
Red Cross Club
Norwalk-Wilton
American Red Cross
Academy Street
John J. Desmond
Desmond
Kay Avenue
Point Beach
Seabreeze
West Main
Pumpkin Delight
James Straplette
Easytreet
David Crosby
Hillside Avenue
Woodmont
Mary
Cossaboom
Soundview
Anthony Gardocki
North Avenue
Julia E. Booth
Fifth Avenue
Aurel Beach
Grange
Nydens
Madison Ave
Sears Drug CO
Elizabeth
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran
Mary Taylor Methodist Church
Mary Martha Guild
Oscar Peterson
Cherry Street
Stewart Pietjen
Knollwood Road
Westport Council
St. Anthony’s Hall
Franklin Street
William P. Gumpper
Bea Wright Fuerst
Bedford Junior High School
RTM
Board of Finance
Board of Selectmen
Northwestern Traffic Institute
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Tech Chatter
Ibapetyv Remmoer
Buick
Sidney F. Brown
Buick, Inc
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