Najemy Leaves Red Cross Post for Lebanon Professorship
Robert E. Najemy, 39, longtime Red Cross Home Service director of Bridgeport, will resign August 1 to accept an assistant professorship in social work at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He will depart August 20 with his family after seven and a half years in Bridgeport. Najemy is a Worcester, Massachusetts native and Holy Cross graduate who earned a Master’s in social work from Boston College.
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Robert E. Najemy
Red Cross Home Service
Bridgeport
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Najemy
Worcester
Mass
Holy Cross College
Boston College
Red Cross
Volun
PAL Band Chosen Again for Barnum Festival Parade
Bridgeport PAL band named for sixth straight year to perform pre contest music at Barnum Festival Parade of Champions July 5 in Hedges Stadium. Frank Furman directs the 6 member unit with a new program of classical, marches and dance tunes. Tickets are in high demand with likely sell out of reserved seats. Bozo Kelly and his clowns to perform briefly.
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Bridgeport Pal
East
Hedges Stadium
Nelson H. Downs
Hotel Barnum
PAL
Bozo Kelly
St. Ambrose
Boston Avenue
Barnum Hotel
John W. Bischoff
Red Cross
Blood Drive At Redding School Surpasses Quota
A bloodmobile at Redding School collected 61 pints toward a 75 pint goal. John W. Wilson Jr. donated his 41st pint. Donors include Mrs. William Prindle and Carl Nimtz among many others. four deferrals were reported, including two recent donors. Also announced are a Cub Scout circus and a thrift sale in June hosted by local groups.
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Redding
John W. Wilson, Jr
Wiliam Prindle
Carl F. Nimtz
Everett Lounsbury, Sr
Carl L. Sandlof
James Soniner
Ralph Hall
Ernest Williams
Elizabeth Watson
Helen K. Davies
Elnora Burnett
Carol Fyfield
John Rups
Ware Wynch
Robert ‘Stilwell
Joan Howe
Albert Aquino
Carol Glenn
Shirley Roland
Prindle
Gladys Butler
George W. Banks
William Snyder
Charles Nash
Crofton Marshal
Woodrow Carlson
William Reynolds
John Cole
Joseph Lounsbury
Carl Hedin
William Prindle
Robert Michalek
Philip Lauterbach
Wade Nelson
Gerald Plummer
Noel Deeks
William Kinneman
Pearl Olmstead
Gladys Dunham
Arnold Ziem
Edythe Bull
Harry Beasley
John Omalyev
Rosamond Mikkelsen
Georgianna Brush
Jay Williams
James Wixted
John Wiggins
James Sumner
Judith Watt
Robert Bohn
Frank Sitkowsky
Sandlof
Edward Hanna
Everett Lounsbury
Jack Theriault
Edward Ruddy
Fred Watson
Arthur Beote
Louis
Jerry Lewis Puts Up Stage For Kansas City Run
Comedian Jerry Lewis opened a Kansas City stand at Starlight theater and ordered a self financed stage rebuild. Ten carpenters labor on a 24 by 50 foot extension costing 2500 dollars to bring the stage within two feet of the front row for his one week run.
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Kansas City
Jerry Lewis
Starlight Theater
Lewis
Vermont School Buses Travel Over Four Million Miles
Statistics from the motor vehicle and education departments indicate Vermont school buses cover 4,062,023 miles annually while transporting 23,012 children to and from daily classes.
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Montpelier
UPI
Motor Vehicle and Education Department
Vermont
Civil Rights Commission weighs Dawson fear claims
The Civil Rights Commission in Washington considered reports that Negro residents in Dawson Georgia live in fear of police brutality. Officials and local spokesmen denied the atmosphere of fear while awaiting direct complaints before proceeding with an investigation.
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Dawson
Georgia
Federal Civil Rights Commission
Civil Rights Commission
Washington, D. C
Gordon M. Tiffany
Commission
Washington Post
Times Herald
Megroes
Tiffany
Alfred Friendly
Post and Times Herald
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Long Ridge Women's Club
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