Nichols School Graduates 34 at Ceremonies Tonight
Graduation exercises honor 34 eighth grade students at Nichols School with Herman Leveen presenting certificates. Theme Gardens of Many Kinds unfolds through songs, poems, and selections. Graduates include Rose Marie Arsenault Valerie Burdge Robert Cole Lawrence Dalby and others as real estate deeds and transfers are listed in the town records.
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Nichols School
Herman Leveen
Lawrence Dalby
Rose Marie Arsenault
Valerie Hazel Burdge
Robert Granville
Red Cross Juniors Name Leaders for Connecticut Training
The Junior Red Cross council selects Sandra Dirgo as president Nancy Radel as vice president and Shirley Speed as treasurer with Barbara Hart as alternate to attend leadership training at the University of Connecticut from September 5. Building permits issued list Robert Ekblom Anna Ekblom Henry Avenue garage and a separate Castle Drive garage and porch priced at 550 and 500 dollars respectively.
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Red Cross
Sandra Dirgo
Nancy Radel
Shirley Speed
Red Cross’ Council
Barbara Hart
University of Connecticut
Bruce Scow
Robert and
Anna Ekblom
Henry Avenue
E.A
C. Buecher
Castle Drive
Water Commission Plans Brook Overflow Confab
The State Water Commission will hold a public hearing in the Municipal building Tuesday at 2 p.m. to address Bruce's Brook overflow from recent heavy rains. Residents from Boston and Barnum avenues will testify as commissioners trace the brook from its source to Johnson's Creek at Great Meadows Road. The Bridgeport Hydraulic Company seeks town permission to extend 70 feet of water main on Lenox Avenue to serve new dwellings.
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Mpers
State Water Commission
Tueday
Bruce's Brook
Boston
Barnum Avenue
Johnson's Creek
Great Meadows Road
Ask Water
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Lenox Avenue
Chemical Plating Seeks Zone Change For Parking Lot
Chemical Plating owners of Bruce and Jackson avenues seek a zoning alteration from Residence C to Business I to build a parking lot for employees removing cars from the highway. Walter Vogel will present eighth grade diplomas at Eli Whitney school tonight at 7 30 special program by pupils. The St James guild meets tonight at 815 church hall Mrs Gerry Hansen leads entertainment. a social hour follows. Philip Stong author of State Was born in Keosauqua Ia.
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Chemical Plating
Chemical Plating Company
Bruce and
Jackson Avenues
Town Planning Board
Bruce Walter Vogel
Board of Education
Eli Whitney School
St. James Guild
Church Hall
Gerry Hansen
Fairfield Three-Car Crash Injures Four On Post Road
Four people were injured, none seriously, in a three car crash on the Post road near Ruane street in Fairfield Saturday night. Olga L. Skalkos, 28, of Quaker Lane Fairfield, was arrested for violating motor vehicle laws. The other drivers were Alfred Pell, 32, of Bridgeport, Laura Benson, 32, of Fairfield, and passengers Ann Skalkos, Lawrence Pell, Marge Pell, and Mrs. A E Anderson, with neck and facial injuries reported.
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Post Road
Ruane Street
Fairfield
Nicholas Stassola
Olga L. Skalkos
Quaker Lane
Alfred S. Pell
Ogden Street
Bridgeport
Pell
Laura A. Benson
Southfield Road
Ann L. Skalkos
Quaktz Lane
Lawrence Pell
Marge Pell
Prescott Bush Elected Yale Alumni Fellow
President Griswold announced Prescott Bush of Greenwich elected alumni fellow of the Yale corporation succeeding Edwin Blair of Fairfield. Bush is a partner in Brown Brothers Harriman in New York. In 1950 he lost Connecticut’s U S Senate race to William Benton of Southport.
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New Haven
A. Whitney Griswold
Yale
Prescott
Bush
Greenwich
Yale Corporation
Edwin F. Blair
Fairfield
Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company
New York City
Connecticut
United States Senate
William Benton
Southport
Group Urges Adoption of Reform Proposal in Civil Service
Washington June 15 AP The National Civil Service League urged Congress to accept reorganizations removing postmasters U S marshals and customs collectors from patronage. It backed a bottom-to-top career system over Senate patronage filled appointments to improve integrity efficiency and responsibility in the public service. The Civil Service League is a private organization.
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Washington
National Civil Service League Today
U. S
Senate
League
Civil Service League
Danbury Court Docket Shows Fines In Traffic Cases
In Danbury traffic court Judge Leonard McMahon fined Antonio Machado 25 remitted from a larger total after pleading guilty to failure to grant half the highway at an intersection. Machado was arrested June 7 after a collision with Jesse Collins. Also fined were George Hambidge for speeding on Route 7 and Richard Glasse for failure to keep right, with small remissions.
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Danbury
Antonio Machado
Cross Street
Leonard McMahon
Mr. Machado
Sterling Perkett
Jesse Collins
Shelter Rock Road
George F. Hambidge, Jr
Clapboard Ridge Road
Edward Giardina
Hambidge
Ridgefield
Richard Glasse
South Hempstead
N. Y
Danbury- Ridgefield
New York Medical Schools Accused of Jewish Discrimination
The American Jewish Congress and New York State Committee on Equality in Education charge that most of New Yorks nine medical schools discriminate against qualified Jewish student applicants. They cite interviews as the main discriminatory tool and note Cornell, New York Medical College, and Columbia as the least welcoming, while Long Island University and NYU show better records. The groups urge immediate Education Department action and full public release of its admissions investigation.
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New York
American Jewish Congress
New York State Committee On Equality In Education
Herman L. Weisman
Congress’ Commission On Law and Social Action
Weisman
Board of Regents
John P. Myers
Lewis A. Wilson
Department of Education
Cornell University
Medical School
Flower Hospital
New York Medical College
New York City
Cornell
Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons
Long Island University
Brooklyn
New York University
Albany Medical College
Rochester
Syracuse
Buffalo
Nationwide Field Day Planned by Radio Amateurs
West Hartford June 15 AP More than 600 amateur radio operators will stage a continuous two hour test of disaster communications nationwide this weekend. The event sponsored by the National Association of Radio Amateurs aims to rehearse emergency operations by setting field stations in parks and fields where power is unavailable. Each contact will report location and signal report as part of the simulated emergency conditions.
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West Hartford
Tla
Radio Amsteurste-Arican Radio
E. Handy
League
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Stratford
Frances Marie Robinson
William Rukan
Donald Raymond Sekelsky
Anna Maria ‘Tamborra
Marianne Paula Tomasko
Patricia Joy Treat
Gretchen Mary Valus
Jean Ann’ Viera
Eugene Allen Wirth
W. Howard Wilcoxson
Harvester Homes Inc
John and
Ann Kollar
Airway Drive
William and
Ruth Westmoreland
Mary M. Boucher
Annis C. O'Donnell
Surf Avenue
Richard and
Bernice Christie
Harold and
Emma Tillman
Nichols Avenue
Clicquot Club
Brill’s
S. Brill’s
West End
LL Lass
Howard Ave
Water Commission
Philip Stong
Keosauqua
Household Finance
America
Eape
Fox
Golden St
Shaleen Shannon Deci
Danbury Court
Iowa
de. Scholl
Scholls
Zinopads
Farm Bureau Mutual Auto Insurance Co
Haffle
Hatfield Insurance Agency, Inc
William W. Hatfield
John R. Hansen
Harold C. Dunn
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