Stratford Tax Bills Friday to Mail and Firemen Petition
Stratford officials announce that 1958 tax bills, totaling 18.24 million dollars, will be mailed Friday with timely April 1 due date and a May 1 grace. Envelopes include windshield stickers for Seaside Park access for nonresidents, season tickets offered, and car renewals tied to motor vehicle rejections. The piece also covers a charter revision committee’s handling of a fire department work week petition, its dispute with Local 98, and upcoming public hearings on April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph D'Aulisa
Tax Board
D'Aulisa
State Motor Vehicle Department
Stratford
Raymond W. Ganim
Charter Revision Committee
Stratford Fire Department
Joseph W. Venables
International Fire Fighters
Sandula Backed by GOP Labor Group in April Primary
Members of the Republican Labor league endorsed State Senator A Edward Sandula and the Republican slate for the April 17 primary. Peter Tannuzzi announced the group will raise funds and actively campaign for Sandula as his organization faces opposition from a Shannon-led slate. Delegations from unions at Singer’s Manning Maxwell & Moore Bridgeport Brass General Electric and Sprague Meter attended, with Local 210 International Jewelry workers chief Iannuzzi credited Sandula for drawing labor into the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Labor League
A. Edward Sandula
Republican
Peter Tannuzzi
League
Tannuzzi
John H. Shannon
Iannuzzi
Senator Sandula
Stratfield Hotel
Singer's, Manning, Maxwell & Moore
Bridgeport Brass
General Electric
Sprague Meter
Teamsters’ Union
International Jewelry Workers
Fairfield Sues Town Over School Terrace Incident
Robert Beattie sues Fairfield in Superior Court for 32000 alleging injuries to his son How ard Beattie after being thrown from a four foot stone terrace by three unidentified youths near Andrew Warde High School on March 14, 1957. The suit alleges permanent leg injuries and school negligence for lack of a wall and absence of a supervising teacher.
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Andrew Warde
Fairfield
Robert Beattie
Howard Beattie
Howard
Ecuador Marker Denotes Northern and Southern Hemispheres
A monument in Ecuador marks the division line across the equator separating the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The site highlights the geographic boundary where day and night roughly balance, drawing visitors and scholars alike to its historic location.
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Ecuador
Barringer Calls GOP Publicity Inept in Connecticut
Hartford March 18 AP State Senator Benjamin L Barringer of New Milford Republican gubernatorial candidate blasted the state GOP saying its public relations border on ridiculous He praised Clarence Baldwin for finances but credited Ribicoff 95 to 5 percent He urged fighting on issues not personalities and urged party unity to defeat Ribicoff
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Hartford
Benjamin L. Barringer
New Milford
Barringer
Senate Judiciary Committee
Connecticut
Penius
Senate
GOP
Bond
Clarence F. Baldwin
Ribicoff
Baldwin
Senator Barringer
Fairfield Woods Science Fair plans exhibits and notable projects
The Fairfield Woods annual science fair runs March 31 to April 2 in the school with about 300 working models experiments and demonstrations. Highlights include a Plexiglass Sputnik with thermostat and radio transmitter and a Bell jar Mars atmosphere model. Parents invited to April 1 exhibit 7 to 10 30 p m.
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Fairfield Woods School
Richard Boda
William Rawson
Outer Space
Earth
Mars
Michael Kundrath
Norman W W. Locke, Jr
Sasapewan
McKinley Pupils Plan French Demonstration
McKinley school grades three to six will present a French demonstration at the PTA meeting tonight. The program is directed by Robert Didsbury. Hostesses include Mrs. Harry LaCroix Mrs. Ray Larson Mrs. Jessie Eggel-Ston and Mrs. Richard Hensel.
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McKinley School
Robert Didsbury
Harry LaCroix
Ray Larson
Jessie Eggel- Ston
Richard Hensel
Holy Name to Hear Prosecutor Tonight
James J. O Connell prosecutor of the Common Pleas court will speak at the St Pius X Holy Name society meeting tonight at 8 o clock in the parish hall Refreshments will be served after the meeting Confer Degree The Master Mason degree will be conferred on a class of candidates at a stated communication of Fidelity Lodge AF and AM tomorrow at 730 p m in the Masonic temple Portrayal of the degree will be by the Fidelity Fellowcraft association team Plan PTA Party Plans were discussed recently for the Stratfield school PTA
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James J. O'Connell
Common Pleas Court
St. Pius X Holy Name Society
Fidelity Lodge
Masonic Temple
Fidelity Fellowcraft Association
Albert J. Staples
PTA
Stratfield School
Reunion committee corrects class member status tale
At a April 15 meeting at Mrs. Gerard Fisher Senior Place, members present were Mrs. Robert Cassidy Mrs. William Moffitt IV Mrs. William Ashby and Mrs. Fisher. They reported an error in announcing that Lorena Pease Meyers was deceased noting her husband died years ago and Meyers is now seriously ill in a Newton Massachusetts hospital.
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Gerard Fisher
Robert Cassidy
William Moffitt IV
William Ashby
Fisher
Roger Ludlowe
Registered Nurse Club Meets Tomorrow
The Registered Nurses club will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Lawrence Camp at 2024 Stratfield Road. Mrs. William Cooper will be speaker discussing cystic fibrosis. Members are asked to bring articles for a consignment sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Registered Nurses Club
Lawrence Camp
Stratfield Road
William Cooper
Warde School Mothers Club Meets Monday
Miss Evelyn Copeland English teacher at Andrew Warde High School will speak at the Mothers Club meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Her topic covers the literary backgrounds of Shakespeare Dickens Eliot Hardy Burns and Scott.
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Evelyn Copeland
Andrew Warde High School
Shakespeare
Dickens
Eliot
Hardy
Burns
Scott
Zoning Board Hearing on Used Car Lot at 2523 Post Road
Benevolent association meets at 8 00 in No 1 firehouse. Paul R Eisenman and John C Murphy filed an application with the Zoning Board of Appeals to approve a used auto sale location at 2523 Post Road. The applications will be heard March 27 at 4 p.m. in the Town courtroom.
Town and Townspeople News Brief
Investment of surplus funds in short term Federal government securities in Bridgeport area continues. Voting booths reused for Democratic Primary on April 1. Traffic light replacement at Kings Highway and Grasmere Avenue after turnpike work. Lions Club to hold dinner dance April 12 at Fairfield Inn. Mrs Dorothy Brown, daughter of Mrs R B Donaldson of 206 Birch Road, improving after major surgery at Bridgeport Hospital. she lives in Stratford. Town boat yard to place floats Thursday and plant 135 trees next week along street line.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield
Wesley Sherwood
Kings Highway
Grasmere Avenue
State Highway Department
Lions Club
Fairfield Inn
Bridgeport Hospital
Dorothy Brown
R. B. Donald
Birch Road
Brown
Stratford
George Drew
Park Department
Curb Is Urged On Toll Dodgers
Hartford March 1 Rep Robert T Cairns urged the Transportation committee to approve a bill to curb trucks that bypass Connecticut turnpike toll stations by allowing the State Traffic commission with local authorities to restrict through truck traffic on trunk line highways. Supporters cited road damage and safety concerns while opponents urged clearer authority and a statewide approach. action postponed to next week with a special Traffic Commission meeting planned to hear town protests.
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Hartford
Robert T. Cairns
Madison
Transportation ‘Committee
Connecticut Turnpike
State Traffic Commission
Cairns
Howard V. Young
Branford
Robert T. Gilbuly
Rwest Haven
West Haven
Sherman Drutman
Rnew Haven
The
Traffic Commission
Ralph Hager
Newman E. Argraves
Hager
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Arthur E. Hart
Ganim
Joseph W. Knott
Hans Ludgren
Lawrence Toronto
Stanley McAuliffe
Arthur Peterson
Peterson
Charles Craig
Craig
Knott
Sears Pharmacies
Nyden
Madison Ave
Alu
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First
New Haven National Bank
Corres
Rome
ROTH
Booth Bamoer
Milford Branch
River Street
Devon
Bridgeport Ave
Sandula
George Angevine
Warren
State Central Committee
House
Arthur E. B. Tanner
Woodbury
State Committee
Lois Chidsey
Argonne Street
Stratfield
Ada W. Rood
McKinley
Warde School Mothers Club
Rudy
Washington
Mill Plain School
U.S. Department
Firemen’s of Agriculture
Clearwater
Buster Brown
Main Street
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