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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1958
Page
8
Local dealers advertise a wide array of used cars from 1950s models. Highlights include Ford Fairlanes and Mercurys with power options, Chevrolets, Buicks and Pontiacs, plus a large stock of 1950s coupes and sedans. Contact details cite Bridgeport and nearby towns for viewing and purchase.
Weather outlook for Connecticut to Maine through Monday into Tuesday shows showers, cloudiness, and cooler conditions with improving skies. Eastport to Block Island reports light northerly winds, fog and improving visibility. Also contains a long car listing section advertising many used vehicles with details on models, years, features, prices, and contact information.
A longclassified style listing offers Cadillac and Oldsmobile convertibles sedans and coupes with mentions of a one year guarantee and teal value from five dollars. Several values and models appear including 1950s Ford Chevrolet Buick Chrysler and Volkswagen options with showroom condition notes and down payments.
Fragmented classified page shows buyers and services for autos, trucks, and trailers. Advertisers include Lenox Used Cars at 356 Charles St, Safa's Auto Wrecking at 440 Central Ave, and Fairfield area dealers offering hire trucks, painting, and tractors. Multiple contact numbers and offers highlight wide regional demand for used vehicles and related services.
Mrs Mae Johnson Gordon of 230 Harral avenue died Saturday after a several week illness at her sister Mrs Wilbur E Jennings 197 Ed ison road Trumbull Services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Henry E Bishop and Son funeral home 1139 Fairfield avenue with Rev Carl V Benson pastor of Salem Lutheran church officiating Burial will follow at Mountain Grove cemetery She is survived by a daughter Rita Marie Gordon of Bridgeport and her sister Mrs Wilbur E Jennings
Bridgeporters will receive a new 1958 telephone directory around the second week of June with duplicate listings in Bridgeport and Fairfield sections and direct dialing instructions. The book, going to press in Lowell, Mass, adds 3,000 numbers and lists 659 number changes to reflect economy of downtown dial office equipment. Direct dialing to more than a million Connecticut phones and 39 million nationwide will begin next spring after long distance equipment is completed at the new John Street building. The Fairfield listings cover Kings Highway Tunxis Hill and Stratfield with Bridgeport numbers for convenience per the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce.
Chauncey Depew Tyler, 65, longtime Darien building inspector since 1927, dies at home. He helped organize Darien's police commission in 1925 and served in civil defense in World War I. Survived by widow, daughter, son, and four siblings. services planned for Wednesday.
Obituaries and funeral service details for residents of Stratford Fairfield and nearby areas. Notices include death dates, homes of record, funeral home arrangements, officiating clergy, burial sites, and schedules for services for Bertha Meier Cogswell Regina Filanowski Helen Fedorko Andrew Ziniak John Geraat Sr Nicholas J Zimack and others with churches such as St. Pauls Episcopal St Anthonys Fairfield and Holy Name of Jesus and burial in Lakeview Riverside and St Marys Cemeteries.
MISS W. T. Above all never wear whimsical eye attracting play clothes if it embarrasses you for the very meaning of leisure is an effect of casual ease. Silk blouses under a sweater with linen shorts never lose their smart character.
In Denver on May 11 AP reports Mrs Mamie Eisenhower arrived to spend Mother's Day at her mother Mrs John S Douds home After a hotel stop she learned the President wished to join but could not The visit included a bouquet and a small cake as gifts She traveled with her sister Mrs Gordon Moore and Dr Col Walter Tkach
Montville May 11 AP two teen prisoners Richard Oldershaw 18 and Gene Perkins 19, both of Center Groton, fled New London County jail by removing a screen and swimming a cove. A chase with six State Police barracks ended an hour later as officers captured them and they were returned on additional escape charges. Both youths awaited Superior Court trial on prior breaking and entering and theft charges.
Miller Baus advertises used auto parts up to 1957 models near the airport in Ohio. Contact Actesa RG at ED 7-4536 for inquiries on tires accessories and parts.
A Pontifical Mass of Requiem will be offered today at 10 a.m. for Rev. Stephen Anthony Grohol 57 a Bridgeport native and former pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Stratford who died Thursday in Elizabeth New Jersey Bishop Bernard J Flanagan will celebrate the Mass at Holy Name Church Burial will be in the priest s circle of St Michael s cemetery Archpriest is Rt Rev Michael J Carnicke pastor of Holy Name The deacon is Rev John A Oruzinsky of Old Lyme Subdeacon Rev Joseph Kupec Stepney and Rev Joseph P Mace New Britain Thurifer Rev Joseph P Mace Other officers include acolytes Rev Albert A Tomasko Bridgeport and Rev Stephen A Grinvatsky Stamford mite beaver Rev George A Filip Middletown candle bearer Rev Marshall Filip New Britain and book bearer Rev Andrew J Hargus Bridgeport Funeral home Charles T Pistey and Son 255 Barnum Avenue is handling arrangements.
Regina L. Sekerak 62 of 1402 East Main Street died Saturday in St. Vincent's Hospital after a stay since May 5. Funeral services Wednesday begin 9:15 a.m. at Charles T. Pistey and Ion Funeral Home 255 Barnum Avenue and 10 a.m. Mass at the main altar with side altars. Burial in St. Michael's Cemetery.
Multiple obituary notices from Stratford and nearby towns dated May 1958 list deaths, surviving relatives, funeral home arrangements, service times, and interment details. Entries include Archibald Monroe Bavier, Thomas Canton, Hertha M. Cogswell, Margaret Connors, Garret Cowenhoven, Carrie Elizabeth Shelton Demmon, Michael Fedorka, and others with locations in Milford, Derby, Bridgeport, Greens Farms, Stratford, and surrounding areas.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Stratford and nearby areas detail services for John Gernat Sr and others including Rev Stephen Grohol Ida Hedberg Catherine Winspur William McKenna Herbert Searle Regina Sekerak Cella Woods Nicholas Zimack and more. Entries list funeral homes Charles T. Pistek Son and Charles W. Dougt elio and Son, church services at Holy Name of Jesus and St John Nepomucene, with mass times, cemetery interments, and viewing hours.
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