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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1968
Page
22
Formosa's population growth rate fell to a record low of 2.3 percent in 1967 from a peak at year end. The Census Bureau noted that the drop was linked to family planning and contraceptive use as Taiwan's population reached 13,296,571.
Fairfield Recreation Department announces opening of 15 tennis courts at multiple town locations on April 1 with permits issued in person. Courts at Ludlowe, Warde, Tomlinson, Wakeman, Gould Manor, Tunxis Hill, and Owen Fish parks will be available. Restrictions include local residents or taxpayers, age 16 plus for evening hours, one permit per person per week, and no phone reservations.
Registrations remain open for all YMCA family center classes except riding. Art classes continue except children’s sketching and painting, with most programs starting next week. The Rev Dr Edward W W Lewis will preach at Southport Congregational Church Sunday at 11 am, organist Robert E Boyer leads the senior choir.
Senior high and Freshman Fellowships meet Sunday at 7 30 p m in the parish house with all members invited. The Tri Gra Y mother and daughter dinner requires reservations by Monday 3 p m in Sherman school. The Rev Dr Albert P Schilke continues the Temptations of Old Testament Heroes series with a 10 45 a m service at Our Saviors Lutheran Church themed The Temptation of Jacob.
The Talmud Torah of Congregation Ahavath Achim hosts its annual Passover Model Seder Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon in Berkowitz hall at 157 Stratfield road with students guided by Mrs. Louis Skovronsky Meyer Kren tam an Mordecai Wucher and a PTA setup led by Mrs. Irving Goldman. Rabbi Victor Solomon will offer blessings and Jacob Mellitz will extend greetings.
One bid for 5,000 feet of flood protection dike in Pine Creek was submitted by Bradley-Upson Inc. Branford for 208858. Public Works Director Frank E. Daniels said the bid is higher than estimates and will be reviewed before a final decision. The dike plan supports Pine Creek recreation park development with 2,000 feet already under construction.
The Tile Council of America notes mass production began in 1876 and within under a century major functional and aesthetic advances surpassed the prior 24,000 years of tile history.
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