Debut Thursday for Shop Mart at Brookside Center
Two former circus clowns will entertain as merchandise certificates fly from balloons at the Brookside Shopping Center opening on North Main Street Ox Hill Road Thursday morning. Ten of sixteen stores open at 9 30 with others to follow. center cost two million dollars and offers 9 am to 9 pm hours Monday through Friday. Entities include First National, Liggetts Drug, W T Grant, National Shoe, Woolworth, and Western Auto among others. Len Keeler and Ed Allen perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookside
North Main Street
Ox Hill Road
Theodore E. Steiber
First National Stores
Clean-o-rama
Liggetts’ Drug Store
Jack Lang-lais
Pacific's Men and Boys Wear
W. T. Grant
National Shoe
People’s Savings Bank
Gold's Delicatessen
Woolworth
Zemel Brothers
Main Jewelers
Celine's
Loft's
Duchess Beauty Salon
Western Auto
Len Keeler
Ringling Brothers
Ed Allen
Clyde Beatty Circuses
Buenos Aires Confirms Order of Belgian Diesel Locomotives
Argentina confirms delivery of 50 Belgian made diesel electric locomotives. The agreement strengthens rail operations with new locomotives intended to modernize the fleet and boost freight and passenger services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Crosby donates $700,000 Gonzaga library in ceremony
Bing Crosby, a 1924 graduate, and his 23-year-old wife Kathy Grant donated a new library valued at 700000 dollars to Gonzaga University in Spokane. Crosby in robes presented the keys to Rev Edmund Morton as thousands attended the outdoor ceremony, recalling his two years at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Bing Crosby
Gonzaga University
Crosby
Kathy Grant
Edmund Morton
Morton
Gonzaga
Priests Honored at Knights of Columbus Testimonial
Two area priests receive tribute at a Wednesday night testimonial dinner at the K of C Hall on Washington Avenue. Rev. David F. Bannon of Notre Dame Easton and Rev. Bernard S. Scanlon of St. Mary's Greenwich are guests of honor. The event begins at 7 30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Philip Sheridan General Assembly Fourth Degree K of C and Park City Council 16 K of C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Washington Avenue
David F. Bannon
Notre Dame Parish
Easton
Bernard S. Scanlon
St. Mary’s Church
Greenwich
Philip Sheridan General Assembly
Fourth Degree
Park City
Peter A. la Porta
Raymond C. Bradley
Driving course registration opens at Central High School
Registration for the second six week driving education course by Bridgeport Central Evening School starts at 7 tonight in Room 105 at Central High School and continues tomorrow and Wednesday at the same location. The course begins this week with classes each Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Central Evening School
Central High School
Milford hear talk on Turkey at World Community Day
Mrs. Lorrin Shepard, who lived in Turkey 30 years, urged U S aid to help Eastern cultures help themselves. She stressed dignity, fear of authority, rural life, and the need for teachers doctors and nurses to empower Turks rather than provide fleeting aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
United States
Lorrin Shepard
Inmate recaptured after guard stabbing at Dannemora
Vermont State Police retook Edward Tucker 21 of Queens at Grand Isle Ferry dock after he fled the Dannemora hospital. Tucker appeared intoxicated boarding the ferry, attacked a deckhand, jumped into Lake Champlain, was rescued and handed to police, then held at Mary Fletcher hospital Burlington. Also reports Archdiocesan Youth Rally in Hartford where Msgr. Walsh praised youths and cited examples of service and a motorcyclist injury in Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Isle
Vermont
New York State
Dannemora
N.Y
Edward Tucker
Queens
N. Y
Grand Isle Ferry
Tucker
Cumberland Head
Lake Champlain
State
Polce
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Hartford
Charles M. Walsh
New York
Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Organization
Bushnell Memorial
Walsh
Msgr
Bushnell
Thomas Ballaro
Stratford
Hongyspot Road
Jose Dias
Seaview
Bridgeport
Virgin Police
Bailaro
Mary
Lourdesworth
Honeyspot Road
Fatima
Dias
Waterbury District Council
Columbus Avenue
Tree Trimmer Falls 30 Feet Injures Shelton Worker
Bryant group reports Richard Dunn a 32 year old Shelton man was hospitalized at Bridgeport after falling 30 feet from a tree at Remington Arms park area off Broadbridge Avenue Stratford. He suffered back injuries and cuts but was in fairly good condition. Harry Sprague of Leavenworth Road Shelton also injured while trimming the same tree, with the Huntington Landscape crew under contract to trim trees in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
Richard Dunn
Bridgeport Hospital
Bryant
Iity Ambulance
Westinghouse
Reming
Ten Arms Park
Broadbridge
Stephen Csuka
Stratford
Alyce Leonowicz
John Turko
Harry Sprague
Leavenworth Road
Huntington Landscape Company
Remington Arms
Sprague
Stolen car tied to parish rector noted near East Side church
Police recovered a car stolen from Rev. Ed ward C. Morgan outside St. Paul's parish house on Beach Street after the thief abandoned it following a drive-shaft failure. The car was found near Berkshire and Kossuth streets shortly after 10:45 p.m. Street patrols followed a possible joyride path. The parish of St Cyril and Methodius marked its golden anniversary with Mass and banquet attended by Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan and Mayor Jasper McLevy among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Morgan
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
East Side Church
Morgan
Beach Street
Berkshire
Kossuth
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Church and
Crescent Street
Lawrence J. Shehan
Jasper McLevy
Shehan
McLevy
Father Panik
Stephen Panik
RHA
St. Cyril's
Michael J. Carnicke
Holy Name Church
Stratford
Bridgeport
Francis J. Mihalek
Terryville
Andrew J. Hajzus
Reserves Back One Million Man Army Plan
The Reserve Officers association army affairs committee urged maintaining one million active ready reserve, opposing reductions to 900,000. They urged thorough training, full equipment, and rapid action readiness, favoring smaller battalions over large paper forces and calling for reserve nursing grades and airborne divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reserve Officers Association
Army Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Carl Koenig
Fair Lane
M. J
Koenig
Army
Visiting Prof at Yale Proposes Royal Support Fund
Oxford scholar and Yale visiting professor Dennis W. Brogan urged Americans to help finance the British royal family. He proposed a general fund raised beyond the Empire, suggesting foundations like the Ford Foundation contribute to lavish royal visits and maintain royal life amid tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Liz
New Haven
Elizabeth
Denis W. Brogan
Oxford University
Brogan
WTIC
Ford Foundation
Presbyterians Plan New Singspiration Series
The First Presbyterian Church at State and Myrtle announces a renewed Singspiration series led by Rev. Ralph Key. The program, popular with area church members, runs 9 to 10 p.m. with the Men's Club typically directing proceedings after last spring drew nearly 500 attendees.
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First Presbyterian Church
State
Myrtle Streets
Ralph Key
Hufi Talk At Y To Address Plymouth Electric Rep
Joseph W. LaPierre a Plymouth Electric sales representative will speak to the YMCA College Graduate club Friday at 8 p.m. in the Bridgeport Y about High Fidelity and will give a demonstration. George Jenson leads the program.
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Joseph W. LaPierre
Plymouth Electric Company
New Haven
Ymca College Graduate Club
Bridgeport
George Jenson
Child expert to speak on emotional security at Park Ave temple
Dr Herbert Sacks of Yale Child Study will discuss Our Jewish Children and Their Emotional Security at a Park Avenue Temple Parent-Teacher Association meeting tomorrow at 9 p.m. An 8 15 reception to meet the teachers precedes the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Sacks
Yale University
Parent-Teacher Association of
Park Avenue Temple
Park Avenue
Bucknell Dinner Set Prominent Connecticut Alum Dinner
Bucknell University Alumni Association of Connecticut will hold its annual dinner meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Newtown Inn. Dr. Anthony Russo of Milford chairs the nominating committee and will present a slate of officers for election. Chalk talks by Frank Mack of Newtown, a cantor formerly with Robert Ripley.
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Bucknell University Alumnui Association
Connecticut
New‘town Inn
Anthony Russo
Milford
Frank Mack
Newtown
Robert Ripley
Fifty counterfeit stamps shown by Durban Philatelic Society
Displayed by the Philatelic Society of Durban in South Africa were fifty counterfeit stamps illustrating for collectors the signs of bogus issues.
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The
Philatelic Society of
Durban
South Africa
25 Die In Collapse Of Cairo Building
In Cairo an eight story residential building collapsed yesterday. Police report 25 bodies removed from the rubble and fear more than 40 may still be buried in the debris.
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Cairo
Egypt
Backers Press Mrs Vogel Bid For School Board
Citi zens for Anita Vogel leaders urged Bridgeport voters to support the Republican candidate for the Board of Education. They praised her work on school improvement and the West End school approval, aiming to end double sessions and upgrade teaching equipment. They reminded voters one of two choices must be Mrs Vogel regardless of machine ties. The co chairmen named Mrs Charles Merritt Dr Ira Dow Beebe Mrs Alvin C Burel and Paul L Miller.
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Citizens For
Anita Vogel
West End
Aar
Vogel
Charles H. Merritt
Ira Dow Beebe
Alvin C. Burel
Paul L. Miller
IART SHOW OPENS AT UB LIBRARY
About 200 guests attended a reception for an exhibition of more than 30 paintings by Mrs. Harriet Rosendale at the University of Bridgeport Carlson Library. The show runs through November 26 during regular library hours.
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Harriet Rosendale
Westport
University of Bridgeport
Carlson Library
New England
Rosendale
Department of Art
Ruth Carlson
Horn
William Carlson
National Academy of Design
Grand Central Art Galleries
Argent Gallery
Hartford Anthoneum
Massillion Museum
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Shop Mart
Board OF Education
Igonzaga U
General Credit Corp
Main Street
Phone Edison
Turkey
Bryant Group
Scandinavia
England
Norway
Duchess of
Devonshire
Presbyterians
Brookside Shopping Center
Bucknell
Nyden
Madison
Sears Pharmacies
Ul Markets
Florida
California
Rene
Boston Post
Reed and
South Benson Road
Fairfield
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