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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1958
Page
10
Waterbury directory pilots a last of its kind format. Numbers will appear left of names with only the first two dialable letters of the exchange. The full exchange name will top each page. Southern New England Telephone officials say the change aids number-name association and neater page layout.
William W Weber, native of Bridgeport, was ordained at Zion Lutheran church and commissioned as a missionary for Long Island NY’s Westhampton Beach area. The service, led by Rev Paul Prokopy, drew 205 attendees and concluded with a reception and gifts including a 23 volume pulpit commentary and $156.55 in donations. Jimmy Fund Week opened with a Sea side Park game between the Black Knight and the Falcons to raise funds toward a 15000 goal. House to house canvassing by Bridgeport youth groups and a cake sale by the North End Women’s Club are part of the leukemia campaign with events in Seaside Park and Senior City League baseball.
Mayor Tedesco will preside at a ribbon cutting Wednesday at 10 a.m. to open Read's new Major Appliance department. The ceremony marks the entrance from Read's Snack Shop into the East building, formerly the Men's Shop, connecting the main store for the first time with the new department. Public invited.
Dr Milton Eisenhower and Panama President Ernesto de LaGuardia Jr held lengthy talks at a Panama City hotel during a survey tour of Central America and Puerto Rico. They discussed Panama’s need for capital for growth and the difficulty of raising taxes, with Eisenhower noting three hours focused on the country’s needs.
The Bridgeport New Haven squadron of the U S Submarine Veterans of World War II meets at 8 pm in the V F W hall Barnum avenue Stratford. Gerald Nolan state commander will lead and discuss the national convention in St Louis and the state convention in New London. Nolan is Connecticut's sole delegate for the August 14 to 17 gathering.
George Fagan is a 32 year old Stratford resident arrested by Stratford police at 4 55 am on breach of peace and resisting arrest charges. He posted 100 bond to appear in town court on July 28 after a chase through rear yards in the London Terrace area. He struggled to escape but was handcuffed and taken to headquarters.
Public Health Service reports 662,800,000 days of restricted activity in a three month period last year. If July through September 1957 trend continues, average lost days would reach 16 per person for a full year. About 17 million Americans had chronic conditions by August 1957.
The Rev. Dr. J Chauncey Linsley 99 rector emeritus of Trinity Episcopal church Torrington is in fair condition at Charlotte Hungerford hospital Torrington admitted as a medical patient last week He is a Huntington native and brother of Rev Wolcott Linsley 89 associate rector at St George's Episcopal church Warren residence is Tranquil House He retired January 1 1927 after 31 years as rector of Trinity Church Torrington
Stratford playgrounds announced winners of a weekend doll show led by Recreation supervisor James Penders. The feature wedding details Pvt. Rainville, 22, of Danielson, Conn., married Patricia Reed, 17, of Providence, in a pink gown at District Court Acting Judge Votolato's home before returning to Fort Dix.
A West Virginia merchant was elevated as Lions International 42nd president with Dudley L. Simms of Charleston as first vice president succeeding Edward G. Barry of Little Rock. Per Stahl of Eskilstuna Sweden was elected international director and will become European head in 1901, as Dr. Werner Von Braun urged Lions to value freedom while advancing missile development insights.
Connecticut and Rhode Island expect mostly sunny spells with warmer conditions and rising humidity today, followed by fair, warmer, and humid Tuesday. Massachusetts and Cape Cod see sun and warmth with morning fog and coastal clouds, then milder tonight with fog along the coast. Maine New Hampshire Vermont stay sunny and warm today, turning partly cloudy hot and humid Tuesday with possible scattered thundershowers north. Eastport to Block Island sail zone shows southerly winds 10 to 20 mph with fair visibility, though fog may reduce visibility in southern portions.
Cathy Muschiak and Kathy Lawson led top honors including Prettiest and Oldest Doll. Diane Hatch won Best Dressed and Best Baby went to Pat Nichols with multiple contestants in Best Rubber Doll and Best Foreign categories.
Two Camden men, James McK. Foley and Ernest C. Spaenbach, retire after more than 85 years with Southern New England Telephone. Foley served as superintendent of buildings, supplies and motor equipment since 1930 after seven years as district plant engineer in Bridgeport. Spaenbach was district construction supervisor for Bridgeport and New Haven districts from 1936 to 1946, retiring as Southern Connecticut division plant superintendent.
The Connecticut Park Administrators association will discuss the state park system at its July 23 meeting in Harkness Memorial State Park. Donald C. Mathews of the State Park and Forest Commission will chair after receiving $26,100 from Bill Hahn of Westbrook, a hotel owner, to support the cancer fund. Members include George Mallett, George Drew, Dietrich, Ed ward Cornell and others from Bridgeport Fairfield Greenwich Stamford and related groups.
Beverly Nilsson, now five feet tall and 100 pounds, remains in a coma six years after a Keller Virginia auto crash. At St Josephs Hospital Yonkers she is fed through a tube, sometimes uses braces, sleeps in an oscillating bed, and reacts to vibration but never speaks. Her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Nilsson live in Yonkers.
Congressman Albert P. Morano led as chief speaker at the annual Polish Army Veterans field day in Woodlawn Grove Stratford, attended by 1000 plus. The event opened with Mass for Polish soldiers who died in World War I, followed by a noon dinner and afternoon remarks praising Polish faith and moral strength amid the Kremlin.
Fairfield firemen were summoned to the C C Jelliff company plant on Pequot avenue yesterday at 11 06 a m when propane gas stored on the grounds outside the building escaped and ruptured into the plant Firemen secured the break and dispersed the gas using a fog stream of water The escaping gas was noticed by a resident near the plant.
Governor Ribicoff will be awarded Italy’s Commendatore of the Order of Merit by Italian Consul General Ruggero Farlace in New York. The citation notes his service in Congress on foreign affairs and efforts to strengthen U.S.-Italy ties, aid Italy’s postwar recovery, and push immigration reform. Other CT recipients include John Davis Lodge and Aldo Dedominicis.
Joseph Bebok aged 26 of 401 Ellsworth Street was arrested after driving on Main Street at Congress Street. He faces four charges including drunken driving no operator's license driving a car with faulty brakes and violation of state auto laws. He is held at Headquarters precinct in lieu of a $600 bail pending City Court hearing.
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