Stratford Fire Alarms Reported February Summary
Stratford recorded 49 fire alarms in February with a total loss of 2425 dollars and property valued at 66200 dollars. Forty alarms involved losses. 25 were for dumps and brush fires, one in a dwelling. The Planning Commission approved Julius Tucciarone’s 17-lot subdivision on Nichols Avenue at Bayberry Lane.
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Stratford
Theodore S. Lockwood
Harry B. Flood
Nichols Avenue
Bayberry Lane
David T. Clark
Charm Course Planned In Sterling House
Sterling House will sponsor a six week Charm course beginning March 13 from 3 30 to 4 30 p m for junior high girls. Lectures demonstrations and films cover skin care makeup hair styling poise color clothes and personality plus. Call Sterling House for information. Mrs Leonard Horner Connecticut 1957 will speak at Sterling Home Economics club meeting Tuesday at 2 p m with Mrs Connie Brandt presiding. Hostesses named.
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Sterling House
Mary Hardy
Leonard Horner
Connecticut
Sterling Home Economics Club
Florida
Connie Brandt
Hilda Reid
Mabel Wicks
Frieda Seyfert
Ruth Smith
Police Benevolent annual show tickets go on sale
Chair man Alfred Dunn announces May 4 at 8 p.m. Shakespeare theater will host a special show with 1 400 tickets available only at the box office. A May 5 date was an error. Tenants group meets at Wooster Junior high tonight at 8 with Edward Gleason presiding.
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Cops
Borge
Stonybrook Gardens Tenants Association
Wooster Junior High School
Edward Gleason
Softball Leaders Meet To Discuss Stratford Season
James Penders recreation supervisor says a meeting of the Senior Recreation softball leaders is set for March 19 at 8 p.m. in Room 207 Municipal Building. Stratford teams interested in playing are urged to attend.
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James Penders
Stratford
Charles Kelman Names Retail Division Aides
Charles Kelman chairing the Red Cross fund drive names captains and areas for the campaign under way. Harolds Phillips downtown center Mrs George E Leavenworth Paradise Green Mrs Abe Kelman Success Ave Broadbridge Ave Huntington Road Margaret Bresh Barnum Ave Shirley Skene Stratford Ave Mrs Clarence Cooper Lordship and South Main St Ruth Hamilton outlying districts Mrs Grace Pappas Hard’s Corner Ferry Blvd South Ave East Main St. Rifle Club cancels due to 16 members in New Haven for State championship.
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Charles Kelman
Ie Retail
Red Cross
Harold Phillips
Downtown Center
George E. Leavenworth
Paradise Green
Abe Kelman
Success Ave
Broadbridge Avenue
Huntington Road
Margaret Bresh
Barnum Avenue
Shirley Skene
Stratford Avenue
Clarence Cooper
Lordship
South Main Street
Ruth Hamplton
Grace Pappas
Hard
Town Notes Roundup of Stratford Shelton Items
Stratford Shelton CYO district bowling cancelled due to diocesan basketball. Town Recreation winners meet March 13 for town honors. Birthdays for Gary Xrant Tommy Cole and Richard Spivack March 14. Maintenance logs show 8,896 hours in February. Wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Jack Flat March 14. Red Cross film shown with volunteers admitted free. Taxi permit denial for Hart Schnell. Salt and sand used in snowstorm. 1,200 bags salt 700 yards sand. 750 loads snow cleared. Sanitary sewer and Main Street work planned. survey and design started. Joe Fernandes to entertain Red Men talent unit at road hall. 43 school windows replaced in February. Army river dredging hearing attended by several councilmen.
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Stratford-Shelton
CYO
Gary
Xrant
Tommy Cole
Richard A. Spivack
Richard Drinkwine
Jack Flat
Second Hill Lane
Albert M. Pickus
Stratford Theater
James Landino
Red Cross
Red Cross Fund
John M. Hart
Ellmer Schnell
Stratford
Public Utilities Commission
Public Works
Richard E. Blake
Wesley Cronk
Main Street
Flagler Avenue
Joe Fernandes
Stratford Road
Housatonic River
Joseph W. Venables
Roger W. Beers
Clyde Richardson
Frederick K. Biebet, Jr
Monroe County Hero Linked to Garcia Message
Monroe County West Virginia honors Andrew S Rowan a Spanish American War hero who carried the famed message later immortalized in Elbert Hubbard s A Message to Garcia
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Monroe County
West Virginia
Andrew S. Rowan
Elbert Hubbard
Garcia
Ardmore High Coach Thanks Fans For Trip To Miami Bowl
Ardmore Oklahoma coach Elvan George thanked fans at a banquet for sending him to Miami to watch his team play Duke in the bowl. He noted it was the first time anyone provided transportation and described the unusual setup of tents on bamboo platforms for the stay.
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Ardmore
Okla
Elvan George
Ardmore High
Hig
Miami
Fla
Oklahoma
Duke
Jane
Death Toll Rises in Bootleg King Kong Poisoning Case
New York reports 27 deaths from lethal bootleg alcohol. Five men face homicide charges for trafficking the wood alcohol mix sold as King Kong. Francisco Padin and Pedro Rodriguez held on fugitive murder charges after extradition issues. three more distributors detained. bartender victim named. Four Hartford men previously convicted of manslaughter in the ring.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
New Jersey
King Kong
Francisco Padin
Pedro Rodriguez
Hudson County
New York City
John Drewen
Anthony Charkovitch
Hartford
State Prison
New York Deaths Recall Hartford Wood Alcohol Case
Hartford notes link to 1919 Christmas Eve liquor sale that killed 14 men. The tale recalls a New York dealer supplying wood alcohol to a Hartford bootlegger. More than 160 deaths across Connecticut and Western Massachusetts were attributed to the toxin.
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Fiartford
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Hartford
Deer antlered doe displayed by Sask officer
Conservation officer Doug Pegg displayed a rare mounted head of a female whitetail with sprouted horns. It was shot during hunting season by Joe Babisch of Meskanaw in Tisdale Saskatchewan.
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Lederer
Gladstein
East Main Street
Bridgeport
Arthur Ferris
Paul C. Reisch
Grace Lutheran Church
Economics
Stratford Beef and Provision CO
South Ave
Stratford Ave
Tel
Edison
Agaia
Bologna
Frankfurts
Vam Hocks
Turkeys
R.T.E
U.S
iCharles Kelman Names
New Haven
Atches
Stratford Pal Junior Rifle Club
Joseph Carten
Ann Blyth
Hollywood
Calif
Kathleen Mary
James McNulty
N. Y
Windsor Street
Niagara
Washington Ave
NAN Jones
Ssouaresey and Memost
Parken Green
Steatlord Edison
Emo Mein & Cannon Srs
Fairfield Ave
Mowland’s Thrift
Aby LL Rey
Oo al Edte
Orson-Dynes
HAT Corporation
Rewen Street
East
Norwalk
Conn
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