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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1958
Page
11
A speaker recommends Speedwriting shorthand over symbol systems, saying it is easy to learn and 50 quick. In a GE position, the writer finds Speedwriting notes accurate and dependable when transcribing and often praises the system.
Nine appropriation requests totaling 2 487 295 dollars are to be acted upon by the Representative Town Meeting at Grasmere School. Proposals include 1 000 000 for east trunk line and laterals in Tunxis Hill, 655 470 for Riverfield school on Dick Farm Road, 700 000 for storm drains and paving, plus 110 000 for a library stack room addition and 2 100 for referendum costs on teacher salaries. Bond issues are suggested for schools, library addition, sewers, and street improvements.
Andrew Warde high school seniors outline their next steps with Laura Soderholm planning to work, Leonard Sollberg attending Tufts, Patricia Steele bound for New Haven Teachers College, Jack Stern heading to University of Vermont, Jerry Stern going to Bucknell, Michael Stern to Teachers College of Connecticut. Each lists school activities and roles.
A local club invites a reader who enjoys ice skating and reads broadly to join as a new member. The notice emphasizes community activities, practice sessions, and participation in upcoming exhibition events.
Delegates and alternates to the 38th Department convention in Hartford July 11 13 have been named by the Auxiliary of the Sgt J Thomas J Nelson Jr post VFW Miss Minnie Virgalla first delegate Mrs Helen Kasper first alternate Demetra Pappas first alternate and Mrs Josie Frey second alternate.
The schedule lists Manor and Beechmont Dairy versus the Smirnoffs at Fairfield Woods on the 6 15 PM slot. Babe Ruth league Probus faces Fairfield Wake man Lumber at Owen Fish Park also at 6 15 PM.
Town politics report a delay in action on a 5000 dollar appropriation for the Greenfield Hill firehouse site with preliminary plans ready. Bridgeport issues five knot speed limit for boats in the harbor area per a newly adopted city ordinance. Cub Pack 99 plans fall meeting after showing motion pictures from the recent picnic. Connie Mack league of five teams to start play tomorrow. Sgt. Henry Smith attends Laconia motorcycle meet. Fireman Fred Letsch fished at Montauk yesterday. Town Engineering completes storm water drainage project bids ready. funding from the RIM awaited.
Joseph C Buckley head of the State Commission on Services for Elderly Persons called for a bill of rights for older adults at the Lutheran Home for the Aged 40th anniversary festival. Delegations from 30 congregations attended as Buckley urged ending misconceptions about seniors and highlighted active elderly individuals. He pressed equal job opportunity, adequate income, home living, homelike care, health and rehabilitation, and active community participation.
A discussion on social services research and professional training aims to promote freedom independence and initiative by enabling individuals to plan their own futures through structured programs and community support.
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco toured the Brussels World Fair. A huge crowd mobbed them as they left their car, escorting through the French pavilion then to the U S pavilion. They spent 30 minutes at the American pavilion and an hour at the Soviet building with Grace sipping wine and Rainier vodka. Grace also sampled an ice cream soda while viewing a model of Philadelphia.
CLEMOW HEADS EDITORIAL GROUP. Milford Citizen best photo graph. Windham County Observer best photography. New Canada Advertiser best Branford. June 22. The Connecticut Editorial association elected Clemow president at its 70th annual meeting. Carter White and Henry Josten named vice presidents for daily and weekly papers respectively. C. J. Del Vaglio named secretary treasurer. John Gleason named executive secretary. Winners announced for the 12th annual weekly newspaper contest with Westport Town Crier and Herald and Darien Review among top honors.
Trinity Methodist Church MYF group on North Avenue and Remer Street installed new officers for the coming year. Gerald Wright was named president and Mary Ellen Conkling as vice president and program director. The group planned a summer trip to Lake Quasapaug and some members will work at the Kennedy Center on Williams Street during vacation.
An old advertisement asserts Gordon's Vodka from Gordon's Origin Co of Linden, WI, offers smoother taste and easier phrasing on the tongue than foreign named vodkas. The copy highlights 80 and 100 proof grain distillation and promotes easier mixing.
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