Property Owners Submit Claims On Street Widening
Residents and property owners argued over damages at a Board of Appraisal hearing on widening Vigeellette street from about 50 feet to 60 feet. Claimants listed losses for wall removals, land takings, and grading costs while others preferred reimbursement. city plans include eight foot building lines and a revised grade for Hawthorne street with no opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigeellette Street
Board of Appraisal
Main Street
Madison Avenue
Elbert O. Hull
Main and
Vincellette Airects
Theodore A. Vincelatte
Robert J. Beach
Silliman Place
Kossuth Street
East Main Street
Savoy Street
Vincellette Street
Hawthorne Street
SEA DIVERS SEARCH LAKE FOR BOY BODY
Ellington July 8 Two deep sea divers from Staten Island came here to search Crystal Lake for the body of Tzzez Farkon Willimantic who drowned with his sister Olga The girl's body was found last evening The divers are Thomas Einsman and Joan Tooker of Merritt Campbell Wrecking and Salvage A state police detail under Sergeant Harmon directed operations with about a dozen cottage colony workers The divers descended into the lake and surfaced reporting pump trouble during repair work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellington
Staten Island
Tzzez Farkon Willimantic
Olga
Crystal Lake
Mancoy
Ers
Thomas Einsman
Joan Tooker
Merritt- Canpman Wrecking and Salvage
Harmon
Safford Barracks
Cottage Colony
New London
Chicago Gas Stations Closed in Nationwide Strike
Nearly all Chicago metropolitan area gas stations shut down as a strike order by station employees and truck drivers halted operations. Sinclair, Standard Oil, Roxana Petroleum and other firms ordered closures, affecting about 800 stations and 9,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
iBy Associated Press
Cay
Ition
We Sinclair Company
Standard
Company
Indiana
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Texas
Apex Fuel Compenr
Junior Republic Aid In Final Season Meeting
The Women’s committee of the Ridgeperk Aid for the Connecticut Junior Republic met at 10:30 at Mrs. E W Fairchild’s house for the season’s closing meeting. Reports supported the view Bridgeport Aid has aided the Junior Republic, a self governing boys’ community in Litchfield, with regular fall meetings planned. A sixteen year old, Joseph Krosky of 155 Church Street, was taken into custody by Patrolman William Buckley on a Navy straggler report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeperk Aid
Connecticut Junior Republic Association
E. W. Fairchild
Mond
Bridgeport Aid
Litchfield
Joseph Krosky
Church Greet
William Buckley
Bureau of Investigation
Navy
Suspect Arrested After Crash in Strat-WaS Area
Nicolas Sansone nineteen of Strat-WaS was arrested yesterday for motor vehicle law violation following a crash on Shit Pesuonock Street and Avenue. Edward Klampar eight-one-three Wood Avenue reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
X.ci Olas Sansone
Strat
Edward Klampar
Wood Avenue
Lightning Hits Torrington Area House in Mitt Street
A two family house on Mitt Street owned by Lie Warrentown Olen Company was struck by lightning last night and torn to the roof. It was the third time in four years the house had been struck. No one was home during the storm and rain did some damage.
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Torrington
Mitt Street
Lie Warrentown Olen Company
MahYs
Phyllis Wheatley Girls Camp Wahkoneya Opening
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA invites members to the Camp Wahkoneya opening in Bhelton with Dorothy Hendrickson directing and Thelma Forrester as adviser. Rev. Walter Gay and Rev. H Jackson will speak. Bus departs Bridgeport at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluebird Club
Entre Nous Clu
Phyllis Wheatley
Bridgeport
Stratford D A R Hosts Local Chapter Party
Stratford D A R members entertained Bridgeport Mary Silliman chapter with a lawn party at the Judson house on Academy Hill Stratford. The colonial setting featured a conch shell relic and a flagwork carpentry by Miss Jeanette Booth. A coronial costume recital and papers on the old academy highlighted the afternoon followed by tea in the Slave room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Mary Silliman
Stratford
Judson House
Academy Bill
Stretford
Histoical Society
Boston Post
DB. A. R
Jeanette Booth
MacLaren Stevenson
Mia Muriel Anderson
Ada Shetton
Polly Tomlinson
Rufus Burnell
Charles Judson
John W. Sterling
Henry F. Parrott
Elizabet Curtis
Elizabeth Curtis
Te Colonial
Stratford Garden Club Meeting and Local Notes
Mrs. Leo E Miller will preside at the Stratford Garden Club meeting in Sterling Memorial hall at 8 p.m. Reports from flower show committees. guests include Miss Dorothy Stuer visiting from 139 Poplar St. Delegates head to Detroit for the American Institute of Banking. Births, travels, and society events across Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Fairfield noted with multiple local residents and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo E. Miller
Leo FE. Miller
Stratford Garden Club
Sterling Memorial Hall
Cluh
Avill
Dorothy Stuer
Poplar Street
Mrat
F. A. Montgomery
Flushing, L. J
Bridgeport
Detroit
American Institute of Banking
Buffalo
E. Perkins Nichols
First National Bank
Elizabeth A. Brown
Helen McRae
Eisie Hortel
Elizabeth Crehan
Thelma Pendergast
Mtss
N. Bibbins
Clinton Avenue
Bridgeport Garden Club
Charles Simpson
Norwalk
Simpson
Irving Wimot
Daniel Jones
Laurel Avenue
Scythia
Liverpool
Guy P. Miller
Abe Koenig
Garfield Avenue
Rose Greenspun
New York
Miss Greenspun
Camp Whagows
New York State
Hebrew Orphan Asylum of
Robert Greenspun
New York City
H. J. Schwarta
Guests and visits fill Bridgeport area social pages
The Bridgeport society section lists Gilbert Williams and Doranty E B Lang recovering or traveling after hospital stays and nursing training, plus multiple families entertaining relatives from New York and other cities. It notes plans for a dinner dance at Brooklawn Country Club with a long guest list of local residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. L. Hubbard
Brooklawn Country Club
John C. Hawley
BE. W. Carpenter
Walter North
Jarvis Williams
Harry O. King
Horace B. Merwin
D. C .Wfarner
Jonathan Grout
John Field
Frank C. Hunt
C. G. Wiliams
Wiliam Webb
Holyingston Morehouse
Norman J. Gaynor
Phito c. Calhoun
F. E. Morgan
Fenl Blackburn
Relph Blackburn
M. B. Waldo
Frederick Stead
M. C. Harvey
W. Parker Seeley
Bradford G. Warner
Harry O
A.C. Athlete Willard Eddy Marries Hartford Bride
Willard Collins Eddy captain of Connecticut Agricultural College football, announces his marriage to Edna Ruth Burgess. The couple wed in Bound Brook New Jersey with Eddy planning to return to Storrs to resume studies and football this fall. Eddy is son of Mr and Mrs E M Eddy of Simsbury and was 21 this March.
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Hartford
Associated. Preas
Willard Collins Eddy
Limabury
Connecticut Agricultural College
Aggies
Eddy
Simsbury
Edna Ruth Burgess
Bila Blanchard
Willtmatic
Storrs Institution
Clement Fowler
Clarence Wilbur
Park Flower Show A Success At City Playgrounds
The first Slower show sponsored by the board of Recreation yesterday afternoon across nine city playgrounds drew more entries than planned. Robert A. Leckie praised the event and said such shows will join the summer schedule. Frederick F. Corbally led the effort with judges from play ground staff honoring top entries. Exhibits ran 2 30 p m to 4 p m with flowers gathered wild or by amateurs. Brooklawn had 49 entries. no prizes awarded, only honorable mentions noted for publication. Shows were at Brooklawn West End Beechwood Washington Park Lafayette Mill Seaside Bryant and Roosevelt playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Recreation
Robert A. Leckie
Frederick 5. Corbally
Leckie
KE. T. Buckingham
Brooklawn
West End
Beechwood
Washington Park
Lafayette
Stratford Judge Settles Traffic Fireworks Cases
Stratford July 8. Judge Henry Harford presided over a heavy docket including motor vehicle and fireworks violations. Edward Maher was fined 100 and costs for DUI with an appeal bond set at 300. Julius Pronezan received 100 and costs for DUI after a collision. Fireworks sellers at various times faced fines. Other defendants faced charges from disorderly houses to drunkenness, with several cases continued or nolles entered. police report an auto struck a child on Boston avenue. driver fled. Registration for a daily vacation Bible school is underway at Packard hall with a 50 cent fee, rising to 75 cents after Saturday. Doc Adame to head Stratford High’s program with Inez Carey and Henry Crosy supervising student activities. The school runs July 1 to 2d.
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Stratford
Henry Harford
Edward Maher
Arctic Street
Bridgeport
Julius Pronezan
West Avenue
Devon
Bemmam Avenue
Peter O. Anderson
Woodbine Street
Hamption
George Eght
Grove , Street
Lordship
Hard's Corner
Harold Niederhouser
Elm Street
Eght
Michael Lapore
Stratford Avenue
Giuseppe Confreda
South Avenue
Caroline Mazzadro
John DeLuca
Stephen Andrisso
Cansan Road
Deunkenness
H. H. Roberts
New Haven
Gustave Birk
Barnum Terrace
Albert Pukowski
Willow Street
Charles Chapelle
Honeyspot Road
Chapell
Alex Laputz
John LaPorte
Honeyapot Road
West Mainstret
Waterbury
Speedie
Paul Goodell
Stratford Center
Hemlocks
Nichols
Massachusetts
Boston Avenue
Bruce Avenue
Orazio Puglisi
Sylvester Street
Nichols Avenue
Pugli
Doc” Adame
Stratford High School
Inez Carey
Henry Crosy
I Schoo
Sesson
Burglary Reported at Clinton Avenue Home
F A Strong of 664 Clinton Avenue told police last night that burglars forced a rear window to enter his residence and steal several items including platinum pins a woman's gold ring and a revolver before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Strong
Clinton Avenue
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Boy
Varested Ater Crash
Academy Hill
James Hall
Atlantic Street
Hall
Denver
Mass
H. A Davenport
People's Presbyterian Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Charles W. Beckman
Charles William Beckman
Grasmere Avenue
Fairfield
Angus
G. Baker
Delmar Markle
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Ruth Boxer
God
J. H. Anderson
Patrick Gleason
James Doyle
William Yorke
Park Cemetery
Henry Schmidt Walsh Henry
Lena Lorenz Schmidt
Carmel Street
Leyden Brothers
Chapel Street
Hertford
Janacz Kacmarczyk Dgnacez Kacamarczyk
Walter Court
St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael's Cemetery
Katherine O'Hara
Katherine
Sullivan O'Hara
William O'Har
St. Patrick's Church
John P. Lyons
Franklin Street
St. Augustine's Church
Fane Dennehy
Jane Dennehy
William Dennehy
Fairfield Avenue
St. Peter’s Church
St. Michaels Cemetery
Florence E. Gage
Horaee H. Guage
Suns Street
Arthur R. Knight
Charles H. Golden
Ada F. Tredernick
Meriden
Grace M. BE
McKeon, Brown and Adley
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Carl A. Rundquise
Carl
Bridgeport Hospital
Read
Spencer Magnuson
Antioch College
Ohio
Colorado Avenue
Mr. Magnuson
Harry Freedman
Calhoun Price
Samuel Sumner
Freedman
Estelle Bornstein
George C. May
Southport
Olympic
England
Italy
France
Claire Mey Hes Goar
Charles Augustus Downey
T Main Street
Patricia
St. Vincent's Hospital
Benjamin Glass
Highland Avenue
Harold Sidney
Thatel Medone
Europe
Livernoul
Jones
Harry Curtis
Rotary Club
Belgium
Mee
Willem J Launshurr
Lauren Revenue
Samuel Gardner
Amy Gardner
Joseph Anthony Peddie
Mark Peddle
Barnum Avenue
Ilinole
Katherine KE. Garrity
Bertham Avenue
Valley Stream
Long Island
William Lounsbury
Loring Chapel
Post Road
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
The
Stratford Historical Society
Academy
Mary Curley
Helen
William
Providence
Fall River
H. Ellis Briggs
Pairfield
Sidney Gould
Robert Martin
Briggs
Donald &. Pare
F. B. Hersey
Wellesley, Mass
Fairheld
Harvey Hubbell
Herbert Sinclair
Waldo ©. Bryant
Paul Picker
Stiles E. Goodsell
A. W. Paige
George Clark Edwards
H. H. Deloss
Canton Barnum Seeley
Louis B. Pow
William WH. Ham
Brooklawn Avenue
Lee H. Parker
Brookline, Maas
Harvey Hurbell
Park Avenue
Carl A. Balawin
Frank T. Staples
D. Fairchild Wheeler
Lafayette Street
Walter B. Lashar
Prank T. Staples
Baldwin
Paul Barber
Ukes-Barre, Pa
Noyes E.rling
Emma Eames
Eva Cleveland
Hen ‘York
Business and Professional Women’s Clube
Oakland
Calif
Winifred Schultz
May Beers
Bramford
A. H. Emery, Jr
Lilian Travis
May R. Grant
Josephine Graf
Emery
Stamford
William Coley
Staunton Coley
Cannondale
Elizabeth James Coley
George Warren Bakland
Wilton
Miss Coley
George W. Smythe
West Point
Mayle Turpin
J. N
Long Island College Hospital
J. Turpin
West Liberty Street
James Profit
Denver Avenue
T. H. Fox
Edward Connolly
Jagara Falls
Windsor Ontario
Gilbert Williams
Charles F. Williams
Wade Street
Doranty Eb, Lang
Ehnwod Avenue
M. &. J. Training School For Nurses
Tewksbury
Boston
J. H. Thornton
Ivy Cottage
Laurel Beach
Milford
Samuel Beretsky
Harry
Taft Avenue
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Camden
Woodbury
New Jersey
Gertrude Karns
Myrtle Avenue
Baltimore, Md
William Karns
Helen Amann
Florence Squire
Washington, D.C
Mrs. A. Manthey
Eleanor
Lawrence
Woodhaven
L. 1
Marithey
Josepht Salamon
Ann Street
Yellowstone National Park
A.C
Devil Dogs
D. H. Donegan
Bunnell
Pugs
Windsor
Resco. Incorporated
Outfitters
Elm Street Bargains
Radford B. Smith CO
Ai Pim Struet
Palmer
E Street
Wrens
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