Southport Village Fair committees set to stage event
Southport Village Fair organizers announced June 14 from 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pequot School. Harold Edmon is treasurer. co chairs lead a Children’s Corner with magic, ponies, hay rides, games, and a marionette show.
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Korage
Jackman Avenue
Herbert M. Smith
Ernest Howard
South Pine Creek Road
Chester
Gorham Road
Pequot
Harold Edmon
Arl Jacobson
William Slocum
Town parade features school bands and floats
Standout attractions in yesterdays parade included the Roger Ludiowe high school band the Elementary school band and its Eagle unit the Legion band and the Center Fife and drum corps. A 1923 model hose reel from Stratfield fire company and a Scout float depicted a camp. Red Cross blood bank float noted a bloodmobile session on June 10 at St Pauls parish house. Patrolman Rasmussen led the parade in a police car with Jennings in a jeep carrying Laska and Myers who filmed the crowd and march. Special Police aided traffic. police posed with the police commission on town hall steps.
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Roger Ludiowe
Legion Band
Center Fife
Stratfield Fire Company
Greenfield Hill
Red Cross
St. Paul's Parish
Robert Rasmussen
Howard Jennings
Bob Shelton
Glenn Benton
Tony Laska
Jim Myers
Post Road
Old Post Road
Police Department
Police Commission
Stratford Pal
PAL Corps
Police
John Geary
Fire Department
William Bentley
PAL
Bridgepo
Lycoming Division
Avco
Sunshine
Rt. Rev
John H. Anderson
Knights of Columbus
Dan Mooney
Don Beers
Charles K. Merritt
Disabled American Veterans and Rotor Guard
The
Marine League
Lordship Volunteer Fire Department
Devonettes
Mrs
Garden School Corps
Nimrods
Girl Scout
Lordship School Corps
Uni Navy
Birdseye
Franklin
Stonybrook
Eli Whitney
Raybestos Manhattan Little League
Dan Burns
Leo Krikorian
Joseph Creevy
Anderson-Dunn-Kochiss Post
American Legion
Ofhcers
Drum and Bugle Corps
James Sherwood
American Legion Post 42
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Corps
Stratford
Order of DeMolay
Nichols
Center School
Circle ‘Dot Ranch
Bridgeport
Beers Place
Main Street
William Pound
Academy Hill
Manning, Maxwell, Moue| Inc
Tile Roofing Company
Bridgeport-Lycoming
Avco Manufacturing Company
Two Men Rescued At Hartford Fire
Fire swept an apartment building at 11 13 Lincoln Street this morning forcing two men to cling from a third story window until rescued by ladders. Firefighter Guido A Silvester collapsed from smoke. Edmund M Zdeb sustained minor facial burns while locating two younger brothers. Costa Rica imposes five percent tax on all coffee delivered to processing plants.
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Hartford
Henry Cierpikowski
Robert Nowaczek
Lincoln Street
Guido A. Silvester
Edmund M. Zdeb
Silvester
Hartford Hospital
Costa Rica
French Workers Snub Red Call For Mass Strike
Paris May 30 AP Premier Antoine Pinay's conservative government won another round in the crackdown on the French Communist Party as workers ignored the CGT strike summons over Jacques Duclos' arrest. Only a few thousand of 3,000,000 members heeded the call amid holiday weekend. trains and buses ran normally with light industrial impact. Duclos, 56, former pastry cook, is jailed on charges of plotting against state security. Pravda demanded his release and Mona Joliot-Curie led protests. Duclos' absence and Durations of protest were uncertain while order was promised by Interior Minister Brune.
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Antoine Pinay
Communist Party
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Jacques Duclos
Duclos
Matthew B. Ridgway
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Korea
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Pravda
Frederik Joliot-Curie
Assembly
Edouard Herriot
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
Suresnes
Montreu
Charles Brune
Commutte
Andre Marty
Marty
Servng
Fire reports itself at Alhambra apartment blaze
Alhambra Calif May 30 AP a fire practically reported itself when repairman Al Narkewicz at the telephone company headquarters traced a dialing circuit fault to the subscriber’s end. A second repairman found Don F Good’s apartment ablaze with flames shooting from chimney and windows causing extensive damage
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Alhambra
Calif
al Narkewicz
Don F. Good
Stratford Parade Remains Draw 8,000 Crowd for Memorial
Stratford honored war dead with a Memorial Day program at Academy Hill and a 2 pm parade viewed by over 8,000 people. Daughters of Founders and Patriots presented a flag staff and bronze plaque for Capt. John Carpenter. Float awards honored GI Sunshine Mothers, Garden School, and Raymond T. Goldbach post others. Awards concluded with Army, Navy, and scout divisions recognized by local officials.
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Stratford
Academy Hill
Connecticut
Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
GI Sunshine Mothers’ Club
Franklin School
America
Raymond T. Goldnach
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Garden School
American Legion
Charles E. “Shang” Wheeler
Garden School Corps
Wilcoxson School
Lordship School
Memorial Day Committee
Anderson-Dunn-Kochiss Post
Legion Post
Stratford Pal Dum Corps
Sea Scout
Raybestos
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
St. James Church
Frederick A. Young
Charles Wills, Jr
Raymond T. Goldbach Post Vfw
Larkin
Korea
Land
American Legion and Bugle Corps
VFW
Robert L. Lenox
Legion
National Guard
Martin J. O'Connor
Paradise Green
Hugh A. Hoyt
Veterans of Forent Wars
George Michaud
Charles K. Merritt
William Smyth
Anderson-Dunn- Rothiss Post American Legion
Reinhold Perrson
283Rd
Connecticut National Guard
Leo Duclose
Richard Trematlo
Harry Salvatore
Gold Star
Civil Defense
Civil Defense Communications Division
Set
John A. Havery Jr
Robert DeLaney
Ballet Benefit by St Nicholas Russian Church in Stratford
A Russian program named Dance Varieties will headline a benefit at Red Men's hall Stratford tonight at 8 o clock. Orest Sergievsky directs the Theater Studio of the Dance with excerpts by pupils and a slate of soloists including Paul Krivakov Nikolai Malcev Michael Norko and Lika Likane. The program opens with a one act comedy directed by Mme Pauline Delgeim and features Helen Keller Norko Harchenko among others.
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St. Nicholas Russian Church of Stratford
Igor Sikorsky
Air Force
M. Sergievsky
Mina Kusnetzoff
Paul Kripakov
Nikolai S. Malcev
Michael Norko
Mme
Lika Likane
Olga Harchenko
Olga Antonuk
Peter Kostakoff
Rostislav Harchenko
Pauline Delgeim
Helen Keller
Norko
Harchenko
Mme. Li
Train hits bus near Toluca. 14 killed, 21 injured
A passenger train struck a bus at a grade crossing near Toluca Mexico, killing 14 and injuring 21. All victims were bus passengers on the Toluca to San Jose route. The day express from Mexico City to Acambaro collided with the crowded bus at Palomillas, about 45 miles northwest of Mexico City.
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Toluca
Mexico
San Jose
Mexico City
Acambraro
Palomillas
Koje Island POW camp reports say prisoners licked
Koje Island Korea May 31 AP A prison camp spokesman said rebellious Red prisoners are licked and know it. He warned more uprisings will come before a final Allied crackdown as guards move to split 80 000 prisoners into smaller compounds next week. In Friday’s violence four prisoners were killed and three wounded during a work detail attack.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon L. Boater
U. S
Fire destroys chair at 1118 Wood Avenue residence
Firefighters responded to 1118 Wood Avenue at 5 46 a m yesterday to a blaze in the first floor living room. An overstuffed chair fed the flames, likely started by a cigarette. Assistant Fire Chief Percy Searles said the chair was the only loss and a recall was ordered within three minutes.
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Wood Avenue
Joseph Levine
Percy Searles
Junk Yard Plea Denied By Zoning Board of Appeals
Town zoning board denies James Nechols Jr appeal to operate an auto junk yard on Surf Avenue. Board said junk yards banned townwide and waivers require undue hardship. found Nechols not acting in good faith. Nechols previously operated a junk yard and faced a warrant for violating zoning rules. Memorial weekend closures announced with officials listed. building permits issued for two properties.
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Poara
James Nechols, Jr
Surf Avenue
Florence Bortnick
Nechols
Stratford
Raymond W. Ganim
Harry B. Flood
Food Table Committee Named for Sterling Park Fair
Sterling House Volunteer Service Board will handle the food table at the Sterling Park Fair on June 13 and 14 with Mrs. Arthur Jaenicke as chairman. Co-chair is Mrs. Edward Howie, with aides Mrs. W. V. Boynton and Mrs. Laurence Fenton. Donations can be arranged by calling Jaenicke or Boynton or leaving items at Sterling House in the morning. A Methodist Intermediate Fellowship meeting is set for tonight at 6:30 in the church hall.
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Sterling House
Volunteer Service Board of
Arthur Jaenicke
Edward Howie
W. V. Boynton
Laurence Fenton
Jaenicke
Boynton
Intermediate Fellowship of the Methodist Church
Church Hall
Legion to Elect Officers at Monday Meeting
Anderson-Dunn-Kochiss post American Legion will elect new officers Monday at 8 p.m. in Legion hall. Joseph Creevy commander announced the nominating committee has presented a slate including Edward.
Sikorsky Workers Exhibit Art At Sterling House
Sikorsky Aircraft employees display the Cordelia Sterling art gallery collection. First public showing, open daily through June 7 at Sterling House, organized by Mrs. Huldah H. Brown.
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Cordelia Sterling
Sterling House
Sikorsky
Huldah H. Brown
St. James Church
the & A.m
Court St. Cecelia
Catholic Daughters of America
Margaret Wearley
Beeshide Gospel Mission
Myra
Kentucky
Bethany ‘Alliance Church
Monroe J. Rupp
Miss Wearley
Police Probe Two Store Breaks In First East Main Incidents
Burglars forced a rear window at Capitol Food Market 419 East Main Street and took about 150 dollars. A second break at Skydel's department store 1058 East Main Street yielded cash from a steel filing cabinet. A home at 38 Ford Place was entered, with a suit valued at 45 dollars and binoculars valued at 75 stolen.
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Capitol
East Main Street
Skydel
Abraham Skydel
Zemon Wojzieckowick
Ford Place
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