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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1974
Page
8
Fragmentary read describes a 19th century scene at Treasure City New Mexico where miners, after a strike, built a house for 73000 in silver. Names and precise events are unclear but reference to miners and a lofty home emerges.
Yerushiva University Women’s Organization Bridgeport chapter schedules its mid winter meeting Monday at 8 PM at Mrs Nathan Lacinger home 152 Madison avenue presiding officer is Mrs Isaiah Ruckoveky Reports from Mrs Philip Meyer and Herman Lavit on trip to Yeshiva University cake sale updates from Mrs Leonard Alpert and Mrs Jonas Getw ity and fundraising chair Mrs Nicholas Eckmann on games projects for the year A program will follow invitations arranged by Miss Shari Greenbaum and Mrs Alexander Frohlinger with board members assisting at social hour after the meeting.
A sequence of twelve Tuesday evening bridal seminars begins at Freedman’s in Southport with 7:30 pm talks on wedding trends, catering, photography, attire, fashions, and budgeting running weekly through March 26. Speakers include Otto Veglio Jr, George Benedetto, Louis Benedetto, and others. information via Enid Sherry.
The Rosary guild of Holy Family church will convene Monday at the parish with William Scheeler presiding. Mrs Chris Raynor will demo and speak on The Art of Nutmeg Alumnae Cake Decorating. Hospitality chairmen and hostesses named, including Mrs. Patay Capodic and Mrs. Paul Cryan.
The fragment notes a concern about meeting existing payments and suggests keeping up by paying as we go. It hints at financial strain and a plan to manage debts, though no concrete actions or dates are provided.
Miss Jo-Ann Olsen will host a Gamma Sigma Sigma service sorority meeting tomorrow at 2 30 pm at 1127 Ariok yawn avenue Will be a planning session to select candidates for the March election and to arrange February visits to Bel-Air Manor Convalescent Home The group will collect Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center bags and screen a film on respiratory diseases Guests may call for information Piza will be served
Rhea Chapter Orders Eastern Star plans two sessions Monday at 2 in the Masonic temple 3045 Fairfield. Azalia chapter officers confer degrees for candidates with Stratford chapter guests Tolan Boros and George Blees presiding. A social hour follows with desserts served by Mrs Grade Perka and committee.
The Altar guild of Christ the King of St. Raphael's church will meet on Monday at 7 p.m. in the church hall to discuss plans for a spring party. Mrs. James Noce, president, will lead the business session assisted by Miss Fanny Monda, financial secretary, who will launch the membership drive. Refreshments will be provided by several volunteers.
The Guild of Our Lady of St Mark church plans a fashion show of homemade clothes arranged by Mrs Robert Baroni and Mrs Ernest Dunit, with Mrs Ralph Melli presiding at a Monday meeting in the Wigwam Lane church hall Stratford. The East End Yacht Club Women’s Auxiliary meets Monday at 8 pm, 104 Bay Street, while the Greater Bridgeport Area Jewish Widows and Widowers group, presided by Peggy Noy, re schedules its first knitting and sewing demonstration at the Park Avenue temple 2710 Park Avenue with founder Victor Saturna speaking.
The Pinewood Lake Women’s Club will seat Mrs. Walter Hilinski as president during dinner at 7 p.m. in the Pine room of the clubhouse. Also to be installed are Mrs. Andrew Buda as vice president, Mrs. Roger Gorrity as secretary, Mrs. Michiel Paywell as treasurer, and Mrs. Wesley Gregory as sergeant at arms. Observations may be made with hits Reymond Damen dinner chairman.
Ford Motor Co says 133000 1974 model cars may have a faulty automatic speed control device. Owners report inability to shut it off via wheel switches or brake pedal. Ford urges dealers to inspect free of charge and advises not to use the devices until checked. Most cars recalled are in the United States. 5000 in Canada and 1700 exported. No accidents reported.
Dr Brij M Mitruka an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine received 9408 from Connecticut Christmas Seal and Lung associations to pursue rapid computerized diagnosis of infections. His work uses chromatography fingerprinting and computer analysis to identify disease organisms such as tuberculosis gonorrhea pneumonia and staphylococcus. He notes potential to diagnose certain infections in hours rather than days or weeks.
In Thibodaux Louisiana Nicholls State University and Southwestern Louisiana University in Lafayette offer special drilling and steel technique classes. Most courses run seven days on seven days off to match offshore rigs workers schedules.
Accessible on Transylvania Road 13 miles from the Agena Bell junction, the site provides complete facilities for coastal activities and boat access. Open from 6.00 am to 4.00 pm, it supports sailing, diving, and related recreation near Bay See.
Former MIT graduate school assistant dean Clarence G. Williams of Newton has been named MIT chancellor for minority affairs. He will represent MIT on minority communities outside the campus and handle internal complaints while working to recruit minority students, faculty, and staff. Williams previously served as an assistant dean at Hampton Institute in Virginia and as a counselor at the University of Connecticut.
Fragmentary note describes early clocks from the medieval period that reportedly had no hands or dials and rang the hours by striking. The snippet hints at primitive timekeeping devices and their unique mechanisms.
A historic two room cabin in Dawson City Yukon Territory linked to poet Robert W. Service was preserved. It housed the Canadian Imperial Bank of commerce during 1906 to 1909 and later served as a writing site before Service left in 1910s to pursue poetry full time. The cabin's Gold Rush era history has been conserved from 1905 to 1910s.
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