Barnum Festival Parade and Events Across Stratford
Festival schedule lists a street parade starting 14 a.m. from Bull's Head along Main Street to Fairfield Avenue then Park Avenue and Sea Side Park with floats bands marching units and clowns. A beauty pageant at Klein Auditorium at 8 p.m. followed by state contest finals. Other events include a Barnum graves visitation at Mountain Grove Cemetery and an Aviation display at Stratford Municipal Airport with a C 119 aircraft and a Parade of Champions at Harding High School field.
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Bull’s
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Park Avenue
Seaside Park
Klein Auditorium
Winnier
Mountain Grove
P. T. Barnum
Tom Thumb
Fes Airforce
Faransport
Municipal
Stratford
Pei
S.p.m
Harding High
Fire Loss and Alarms Reported as June Totals
A monthly department report records June fire activity with 43 alarms and a total loss of 9880 dollars. The year’s tally shows 836200 dollars in property loss and 35 fatalities, with 13 residential calls and 24 on outdoor fires. Public Works continues regular Friday routes despite July 4, while new officers join St James Council Knights. Planning officials schedule Wednesday hearings, and Rotary plans July 21 Port Jefferson visit. June also sees 200 utensil swabs collected from local food establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry’ B. Flood
Theodore S. Lotkwoo
Petty
Public Works Department
Public Works
Richard E. Blake
Rotary Club
Port Jefferson
Stratford Rotary Clu
Robert Mundy
Two Girls Return From Laurel State Parley
Miss Karen Keenan and Miss Merle Lucille Arbogast return from Laurel Girls State at the University of Connecticut held June 22 to 28. Sponsored by Stratford American Legion Auxiliary, they plan teaching careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Keenan
Joseph Keenan
Wicklund Avenue
Merle Lucille Arbogast
Hoyt B. Arbogast
Main Street
Laurel Girls State
University of Connecticut
Stratford American Legion Auxiliary
Frances DeCarlo
Frank A. Larkin
Stratford Red Cross
Red Cross Mobile Blood Unit
Shakespeare Theater
Red Cross
Yale geologist uncovers signs of ancient Branford lake
Yale geologist John E. Sanders reports evidence of a major ancient lake near Branford dating about 170 million years ago. He analyzed rock bedrock exposed during Connecticut turnpike construction, linking Branford findings to a larger regional lake not previously suspected by geologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
UPI
Yale
Branford
John E. Sanders
Connecticut
Branid
New Jersey
Hoover At Fair As Ike's Envoy In Brussels
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived in Brussels to represent President Eisenhower at America days at the World's Fair and to receive Belgium’s homage for relief work that saved the nation during World War I. Hoover ranked last on a panel voting for the greatest American, with 979 votes out of 46,155. a new panel was promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Lega
Eisenhower
Columbine
United States
America
Commission
Food Administration
Germany
Prince’ Albert
Baudouin
John C. Folger
Queens of State
Robert D. Murphy
J Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pavillion
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Jefferson
Ex Professor Hollister Dies in Physician's Office
Sherman Preston Hollister 74 former professor emeritus of horticulture collapsed and died at a physician's office of natural causes. He headed the horticulture department from 1918 to 1944 and is survived by his wife Mary Cushing Rogers Hollister, daughter Mrs. Mary Hollister Wislow of Storrs, two brothers and a sister. Funeral services Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with Sy Knepler as camp director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Preston Hollister
University of Connecticut
Hollister
Mary Cushing Rogers Hollister
Mary Hollister Wislow
Storrs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iaturday
Brookside
Bridgeport
Sikorsky
Air Force
John Marfiak
St. James Knights
John J. Marfiak Jr
Frank J. Devlin
St.James-Council
Knights of Columbus
John A. Hurley ‘Jr
Robert M. Morrissey
Natale Fazio
Thomas Rafferty
Roland J. Mercer
Planning and Zoning Commission
Leslie Oakman Commission
Laurel State
Sterling House
Mary Hardy
Sterling House Community Center
Ike
the World
King Cole
Om Emi
Tela
U. S, Gov't
Princess Ellen
California
Bing Cherries
U.S
Starkist
Lincoln
Sunkist
Swanson
Garman Style
Cole Slaw
New York
Chicken
Beer Chicken
Vagetable and Others
Case Lots
Canada
Sone
ENE Foods
Sy Knepler
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