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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
35
Health board plans a series of monthly reviews of its work over the past decade at town meetings. Chairman Dr. Stuart L. Joslin notes the dental heart program will be first on the agenda, with other health accomplishments to follow.
Preparations for removing trees along South Pine Creek road south of Rita avenue for widening and paving are planned for spring. Selectman Dimitl Kinnie warns town workers that tardiness will trigger time clocks. New summons books reduce paperwork in the Police department with four copies per summons and one replacing the arrest slip for routine motor vehicle violations. The Fire commission seeks a central heating unit for the Greenfield Hill Warehouse with an extra $800 approved to supplement $1,000. bids last month exceeded funds. The George A. Smith Legion post weighs by law revisions and holds a meeting Monday night to discuss changes. Mary Ellen Quinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Quinn, is a member of Ithaca college choir which performed ten eburne Carol concerts during the holidays.
About 220 high school seniors from Westport, Weston, Wilton and Norwalk took the January Scholastic Aptitude Test at Staples High School. The three hour exam split into verbal and mathematical sections with equal time. The test, along with grades, recommendations, interviews and extracurriculars, helps determine college admission. Staples staff aiding included Mrs Karen Sniffen Miss Dorothy Keith Miss Louise Higgins Alfred Thomson Robert Downing and Frank Gilmore.
The Vassar club of Fairfield County held a series of events for prospective Vassar pupils from local public and private schools. A morning coffee at Mrs. Gilgert Jones’s Greenwich home and a tea at Mrs. Charles Coxe’s Greenfield Hill residence accompanied panel discussions led by visiting Vassar-bound students Carrie Weber, Sue Johnson, and Winifred Parkes. Organizers included Mrs. Robert Krida, Mrs. J. Dudley Peterson, and Mrs. Carr Pierson.
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