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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1958

Page

18

Miss Juliet Contest Opens Entries in Stratford Center Area

Entry blanks are available for the Miss Juliet contest sponsored by the Stratford Center and Paradise Green Business associations as part of Shakespeare events. The lines cover June 16 to 21 with committee chairs named and eligibility set for single residents aged 14 to 22 who have lived in town six months. employees or relatives of participating stores are excluded.

Stratford Center Paradise Green W. Howard Wilcoxson Joseph and Ellen Pulas Charles Kelman George Helen Simon Jane Macy Roberts and Buildings Cornwall Street Antone Andrade Allj Anthony Raphael DeTuazzi Clarence Cooper Cooper's Down Town Business Center

Zone Change Requests Spark South Avenue Plan

Residents consider a zoning shift with P and J Cipolla seeking to rezone from RMI to commercial at South Avenue and Lines Place. A Planning and Zoning hearing is set for next month. Stephen Kocis seeks six-lot subdivision on Success Avenue Bodine Court. Stratford events include a Victor Borge show Sunday at 8 p.m. Tickets available at theater box office and Police HQ. Paul Taft named permanent secretary of Stratford Memorial Day committee. E Keith Prouty and spouse announce birth of son David Malcolm at Grace-New Haven Hospital. Prouty chairs Stratford Board of Zoning Appeals.

P. and J. Cipolla South Avenue Lines Place Planning and Zoning Commission Rmi David ‘I. Clark Stephen Kocis Success Avenue Bodine Court Stephen Liscinsky Stratford Police Benevolent Association Victor Borger Shakespeare Theater Paul Taft Charles K. Merritt Stratford Memorial Day Committee Oon Proutys E. Keith Prouty Lindsley Place David Malcolm Grace-New Haven Hospital

Hartford traffic crackdown cuts towings and boosts meters

Police Capt. Francis J. Gunshanan said after a city ordinance imposing a $5 fine for parking violations took effect last month, towings dropped 50 percent while meter revenue rose 10 percent. He noted drivers now avoid leaving cars at meters all day, easing space finding. The report also mentions stars of the Big Dipper.

Hartford Francis J. Gunshanan Gunshanan

Television reception tips promise better pics with new antenna

A local ad touts the JFD Satellite Helix TV antenna offered by Soltis Radio and Hardware at 2326 East Main Street Edison appealing to frustrated viewers. The pitch claims the old antenna causes poor reception and that upgrading will improve picture quality.

Soltis Radio and Hardware East Main Street Edison

TV Antelina Suspends Knob Twiddling Frustrations

A reader expresses delight over improved TV reception after a local service install. The note credits Paul’s TV at 541 East Main St for wiring in a JFC Satellite Helix TV antenna, ending years of fiddling with presentation on family viewing.

JFC Helix Antelina Paul

Activities Resume At First Methodist Church After Fire

Temporary repairs completed and all church programs back on schedule per Rev. Melville S Bulmer. Sunday services will return to regular times. Sunday school had been canceled and worship held at Masonic temple following a late Saturday fire causing $8,000 damage to the Sunday school building. Also: Boy Scouting roundtable to meet Tuesday 7:30 pm at Second Hill Lane School, announced by Commissioner Arthur Keefe. Permits issued to Francis Jacopian for a $24,000 one family dwelling on Manor Hill Road and Michael Melli for a $900 Griffin Street garage.

First Methodist Church Melville S. Bulmer Second Hill Lane School Arthur Keefe Edward C Goudreau Francis Jacopian Manor Hill Michael Melli Griffin Street Ga'rage

Charles Nuese Elected to UConn Student Senate

Charles Nuese son of Mr and Mrs Charles Nuese 193 Glenfield Avenue was elected to the University of Connecticut Student Senate. A Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge he is enrolled in the College of Engineering. He was named cochairman of the Associated Student Government Bloodmobile and Connecticut Day committees. He is a member of the Economic...

Charles Nuese Glenfield Avenue University of Connecticut Sigma Phi Epsilon Nuese Associated Sn Dent Connecticut Economic

Fire damages car in Fairfield blaze

Fire caused about 200 dollars in damage to a car owned by Herman Herlihy Trefoile court Fairfield while the auto was being repaired at 859 Tunxis Hill road Fairfield at 3 35 p m Chief Joseph Stopa said the blaze likely started from a spark igniting gasoline in a broken fuel line Firemen from No 2 company extinguished the blaze.

Herman Herlihy Trefoile ‘Court Fairfield Tunxis Hill Road Joseph Stopa No. 2 Company

Miltion cafe hold up ends with steel pit trap

Two men targeted James Nally outside his Milton cafe and pulled a bag containing about $3,500 from him as he stepped from the door. They removed a steel cover over a rear pit three feet deep, causing Nally to fall in and enabling the robbers to flee with the money.

Quincy Mass James Nally Milton Nally

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