Boyle Elected President of Grasmere Improvement Association
John E. Boyle was chosen as president at the Grasmere Improvement Association annual meeting at Grasmere school. Officers elected include Peter Garvin as vice president George Ries secretary and George Hemingway treasurer. The meeting discussed Grasmere entrance improvements and fire protection efforts with committees appointed to study locations and safety measures. Five new members were approved and plans for a Meadowbrook road business district were advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
John E. Boyle
Grasmeie Improvement Association
Grasmere School
Bacon Wakeman
Peter Garvin
George Ries
George Hemingway
Grasmere
Post Road
W H Ham
Bridgeport Housing Company
Willliam Youngs
Raymond Freeman
Sidney Marcuse
Bason Wakeman
Messers Hank Riker
Bullard Sloat
Banks
Margerison
George Fisher
Charles Ross Ung
John E Boyle
Hem
Grasmere Avenue
Inspecor
Selectmen
O C &@ Ziroli
Home Builders
Zoning Board of Appeals
Lalley
High School Exams and June Events Schedule
The high school will hold exams during the week of June 90. The prom is set for June 24 at the Ritz. The class banquet is on June 16 and the class picnic on June 17. Commencement exercises occur on the evening of June 23 at the Community theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev J A Raconpi
Ritz
Community Theatre
Contractor Buys Black Rock Land in 60 Acre Estate
The Bridgeport Land and Title Company announced the sale of part of the Simon Lake estate in Black Rock to Carl A Anderson, a building contractor. Anderson plans a small residential single dwelling development on 60 acres with a 300 foot frontage on Grovers Avenue and along Lake Street. The property sold for $50,000, originated from Charles F Gilman of the Atlantic and Pacific chain, who previously sold to Simon Lake.
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Simon Lake
Black Rock
Charles F. Gliman
Carl A Anderson
Bridgeport Land and Title Company
Anderson
Grovers Avenue
Lake Street
Charles F Gilman
Atlantic and Pacific Chain
Gilman
Champs Farm
Sherman Farmer 70 Tries to Kill Self in Farm Town
John Lundmark a seventy year old farmer attempted suicide at 4 PM by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. He has suffered cancer for three years and his condition was listed as serious. His wife heard the shot, his son August went for aid, and a storm had cut nearby telephone wires disabling lines to reach help from the nearest 13 to 140 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Associated Press
John Lundmark
Landmark
August Lundmark
Lundmark
Steeplejack Replaces Halyard On Milford Pole
Milford reports a boy cut a 150 foot flagpole halyard leaving a dangling end 75 feet above ground. Firemen planned to reach it, then a Bridgeport steeplejack ascended to repair the halyard so the Memorial Day flag could be raised over Central Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Board of Selectmen
Bridgeport
Police Seek Alleged Burglar's Accomplice
Police recovered two stolen cars within two days. One car owned by John Gordon of 631 Barnum Avenue was found abandoned at Brooks and Arctic streets. The second car, stolen from Chapel Street, belonged to R T Horton of Providence and was recovered in New Haven.
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John Gordon
Barnum Avenue
Brooks and
Arctic Streets
New Haven
R T Horton
Providence
Chapel Street
National council weighs ethics standards for ministers and unions
Omaha May 27 The evangelism committee of the National Council of the Congregational churches urges creation of a national standard for ministerial qualifications and church ethics while defending labor unions as a moral force and urging church action to aid workers and organize solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Neb
Associated Preas
Hill
E B Robinson
Holyoke Mass
Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry
H.w
Danbury Man Tries to Take His Life
Marcus Pierce a 49 year old Danbury resident attempted suicide by Paris green and self inflicted cuts after a day of work at Bethel cemetery He was found by his landlady and taken to Danbury Hospital where doctors reported he had a chance to recover Riverside paper notes he remained in hospital with uncertain outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Lfe
Marcus Pierce
Patch Street
Danbury Hospital
Pierce
Bethel Cemetery
Paul Forkee
Man Arrested Here On Serious Charge
Joseph Petnella alias Joseph Pitronelli Swenty a painter living at 30 Fulton Street was arrested yesterday morning by Detective Sergeant Lisams MacNamera and Patrolman Devine on a serious charge. He was held on bond of 42 dollars after being discharged from St Vin cents hospital following pneumonia. The arrest ends a search begun last February when neighbors threatened the south with bodily harm amid the accused case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Petnella
Joseph Pitronelli
Fulton Street
Lisams MacNamera
Devine
St Vincents Hospital
Plane service opens between Boston and New York
Hartford welcomed the first regular air passenger flight from Boston arriving after 8 PM. Robart H Stuck of Bristol was among the travelers boarding, with two women also on board. The service marks the start of scheduled hops linking Boston, Hartford, and New York.
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Hartford
Associated Press
Hartfad
Boston
New York
Robart H Stuck
Bristol
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Down E. Boyle
Improvement Association
Black Rock Land
Simon Lake Estate
Sherman Farmer
Paccaperta
Sherwin-Williams Company
Uts
SWP
American Hardware Stores Incorporated
Fairfield Ave
Middle St
Congregationalist Conference
Jerome Oayls
Yale
Jesus
America
God
Church of Christ
Rotary
West Virginia
United States
N. Y
Connecticut
Buster
Myiy
Sively
Colorful Sox
Atwater-Kent
Howland
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