Red Cross Aides Report April Volunteer Hours
The Red Cross chapter reports 812 volunteer hours in April. 29 canteen aides logged 155 hours under Mrs Justus Fennel, with Mrs Francis Weathered noting 14 hours for administration and three social welfare aides 55 hours. Six motor service volunteers directed by Mrs Lorraine Donahue totaled 101 hours. Eight nurse aides under Miss Imelda Goyette logged 87 hours, with four Gray ladies and 18 staff aides contributing 64 and 336 hours respectively.
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Red Cross
Francis Weathered
Justus Fennel
Weathered
Lorraine Donahue
Imelda Goyette
Olivette Husted
A. Bruce Show
Milton Gold
Woodstock Avenue
John W. Nystrom
Wood Avenue
C. E. Stagg
Surf Avenue
VFW Family Outing Slated at Coulter's Grove
The Raymond T. Goldbach post VFW will hold its annual family outing at Coulter's Grove starting at 11 a.m. in June. Commander Charles Wills Jr. announced the event with Perry V. Hyslop as arrangements chairman. Guild meets tonight with Anna Baum Shane as executive director of the North End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond T. Goldbach Post
VFW
Coulter's Grove
Charles Wills, Jr
Perry V. Hyslop
Guild
Anna Baum Shane
The
North End
Registration for summer swimming classes urged at Short Beach
Michael Kostic water safety chairman of the Red Cross asks all registration for the summer swimming and life guard classes at Short Beach be completed and returned this week. Classes will form once total registration is set. Fair Committee Meets at Sterling Park fair June 13 and 14. Sterling House hosts meeting tonight at 8 where Mrs. Raymond J. O Connor is committee chair.
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Michael Kostic
The
Red Cross
Short Beach
Sterling House
Raymond J. O’connor
PAL Junior Club Joins County Baseball Circuit
The PAL junior baseball team has joined Fairfield county junior league and opens at home June 28 at 4 p.m. against Long Hill. Manager Leo Pray announced, coach Ed Raguskus has had the youngsters out a month. they have 1 win, 2 losses, and 1 tie in three games to date.
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PAL
Fairfield County
Long Hill
Leo Pray
Ed Raguskus
Paul Marinaccio
Richard Keane
Sandy DeFeo
Tony DeFeo
Tony Carbone
Irving Cullen
Bobby Beam
Zeke Griffith
Frank Rosiak
Denny Keenan
Peter Pray
Ken Spodnik
James Rivers
Bo Fraizer
Carl Marazita
Ray Flynn
Billy Raguskus
Masonic Temple
America Lodge
AF and
Class Officers Sworn In At Evening Ceremony
Class officers and members of the National Honor Society along with Student Council and Athletic Association officers will be installed in a high school ceremony tonight at 8 in the auditorium. Probate Judge Richard L Weldon will serve as installing officer and a special musical program is planned. Legion to Elect Officers at Anderson-Dunn-Kochiss Post meeting tonight at 8 in Legion hall. Rebekahs to Meet at Starr Platt hall Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Henry Avenue.
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National Honor Society
Student Council and Athletic Association
Richard L. Weldon
Legion
Anderson-Dunn- Kochiss Post
American Legion
Western Art Festival ends in Paris with US cultural claim
In Paris the Western Art Festival closed amid praise for American cultural maturity and freedom. Pierre Monteux conducted the Paris Conservatory orchestra in a month long program backed by the Congress for Cultural Freedom and Julius Fleischmann, drawing both applause and sharp criticism from Communists and others. An American critic urged aid to starving artists amid festival praise.
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Paris
Europe
United States
Pierre Monteux
Paris Conservatory
Congress For Cultural Freedom
Bertrand Russell
Benedetto Croce
U.S
Julius Fleischmann
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western Defense Alliance
Nicholas Nabokov
Artur Rodzinski
Fleischmann
Master Degree Earned by Rosamond Z Cohan
Miss Rosamond Zeigler Cohan of Wilton daughter of Mrs Adelaide Z Co han and Dr S Howard Cohan earned a Master of Arts candidacy at Smith College Northampton Mass to be conferred June 9. She completed graduate work in music after honors at Vassar College class of 1951 with a thesis titled An Investigation into the Musical Background of the Fantasias of Henry Purcell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamond Zeigler Cohan
Adelaide Z. Cohan
West Morgan Avenue
S. Howard Cohan
Old Range Road
Wilton
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Cohan
Vassar College
High School Senior Dies After Auto Crash
John J. Sullivan an 18 year old Wethersfield High School senior died after a car skidded on a wet Hutchinson River parkway near Eastchester New York. Sullivan and companion Russell P Hunter Jr 17 of Wethersfield were en route to a weekend in New York City when the crash occurred. Both were taken to New Rochelle hospital where Sullivan suffered a fractured skull and died early today. Hunter was in fair condition and expected to undergo surgery when his condition improved.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
John J. Sullivan
Wethersfield High School
Sullivan
Russell P. Hunter, Jr
Wethersfield
New York City
Hutchinson River Parkway
Eastchester
Westchester County Parkway
New Rochelle Hospital
Hunter
Russell P. Hunter
State Board of Fisheries and Game
High North American peaks exceed 14 thousand feet
The record notes eighty summits reach or exceed 14 000 feet across North America with fifty one located in Colorado.
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North America
Colorado
May 1952 Sets Connecticut Traffic Death Low
The Connecticut Safety Commission reports eight traffic fatalities in May 1952, the lowest May toll in state history. Only February 1926 and July 1944 had fewer deaths, with traffic volume also lighter than in May. Japan, Germany and Italy now have merchant fleets smaller than before World War II.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Connecticut Safety Commission
Commission
Department of Motor Vehicles
Japan
Germany
Italy
Age at Which Americans Marry Drops to New Low
The department of commerce reports that for first marriages the median age is 20.4 for women and 22.6 for men, lower than ever before. In April 1951 there were 2.1 million divorced persons not remarried and 1.7 million separated for marital discord. Despite losses, 68 percent of those 14 and over are married, a record high.
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U.S
Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Roy V. Peel
Bureau of Census
Peel
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Women’s Guild of
Our Lady of Peace Church
Lordship
Coulter’s Grove
Scholls
Farm Bureau Mutual Auto Insurance CO
Columbus, Ohio
Auto — Life — Fire Blamey & Holcomb
Barnum Ave
Brill’s
Main St
Cor
Bank St
Tax Office
West Endowing
Howard Ave
Rosamond Z. Cohan
Korea
Garland C. Black, Jr
Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery
Nancy
Patricia
Garland
Black
West Point Military Academy
Ee Lyna
Henderson Chevrolet CO
Main Street
Stratford, Conn
Cadillac
Oldsmobile CO
Fairfield Avenue
Conn
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