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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1957

Page

6

State Asked to Rebuild Linden Ave Stretch

Town Manager Harry B Flood asked the State Highway Department to reconstruct Linden Avenue from Main Street to the Broad Street turnpike overpass due to damage from turnpike trucking over the past two years. Public Works Director Richard E Blake said meetings with state officials supported the plan with funding and contractor Frione D Je. Curbing on the south side along the Turnpike right of way and new parking travel regulations are planned once the road is restored. Property transfers include Mayne to Leiss on Terrill Road, Russie to Pape on Pauline Street, and Johnsons to Ekbladh on Nichols Avenue.

Harry B. Flood State Highway Department Linden Avenue Main Street Broad Street Turnpike Public Works Richard E. Blake Frione D. Je

Seven Stratford Jaycees Attend New England Parley in Concord

Seven Stratford Junior Chamber of Commerce members will attend the New England States Jaycee convention in Concord New Hampshire Friday through Sunday. Attending are Edward A. Steele Harold E Milton George F O Connor Edward F Stodelink C Craig Ryder Theodore Burghart and H Richard Brew.

Stratford Junior Chamber of Commerce New England Concord New Hampshire Edward A. Steele Harold E. Milton George F. O’connor Edward F. Stodelink C. Craig Ryder Theodore Burghart H. Richard Brew Stratford Baptist Church Charles A. Bray

Methoduos Club Beau Brummel Dinner at Church Hall

The Methoduos club of the First Methodist church will sponsor a Beau Brummel dinner Saturday at 6 30 p m in the church hall. Rev Melville Balmer announces reservations tonight. A program of entertainment and a social evening will follow. Confirmation classes with Mrs Arthur Ferris and Rev Paul Reisch will be held at Grace Lutheran church Saturday at 9 30 a m. Junior choir rehearsal at 11 a m with Pastor Reisch as director.

Methoduos Club First Methodist Church Melville Balmer Arthur Ferris Paul C. Reisch Grace Lutheran Church

Honeyspot PTA Book Fair Sparks Education Week Event

The Honeyspot school PTA sponsors its first annual book fair during National Education Week with Thursday hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteer coordinators include Mrs. Shedrock Archer Sequeira Oates Kowalczyk Lecardo Fantasia Pizzito. Lucia chapter Milford visits Azalia Chapter Eastern Star, with officers announced for initiatory degree.

PTA George Shedrock Willis Archer Russell Sequeira Fred Oates Joesph Kowalczyk Carmin Lecardo William Fantasia Samuel Pizzito Lucia Milford Azalia Order of Eastern Star Masonic Temple Audrey Moore William Thiessen Ruth A. Peterson

Town News Briefs From Hurd Avenue to Downtown Lights

Miss Dorothy Staples of Hurd Avenue was admitted to Bridgeport Hospital today as a surgical patient. The high school Student Council presented a lectern to the American Shakespeare Theater, accepted by Edward Fisher, resident manager. Work is underway to erect poles and wires for the Christmas holiday lighting in the downtown business district.

Dorothy Staples Hurd Avenue Bridgeport Hospital American Shakespeare Theater Edward Fisher

Stratford Junior Chamber posts dominate state Jaycee roles

Four Stratford Junior Chamber members hold key state Jaycee positions Edward Steele was state vice president, John A Waller Jr state Extension chairman Theodore R Burghart state Program chairman and C J Craig Ryder state chairman of Speak Up Jaycee. D J Frione contractors cleanup Turnpike overpass while town workers logged 132 hours delivering school supplies last month. Tree Warden Theodore Janosko reports crews removing dead trees and stumps townwide. George O Connor will mark a birthday Thursday. Lions Turkey shoot at PAL rifle range raised funds for civic projects. A note from former Council chairman D James Morey at Hunt Memorial Hospital Danvers Mass says he is improving and hopes to return home soon.

Stratford Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycee Edward Steele John A. Waller Jr Theodore R. Burghart C. J Craig Ryder D. J. Frione Company Theodore Janosko George O'Connor Lions Club Pal Rifle Range Council D. James Morey Hunt Memorial Hospital Danvers Mass

Town Engineers Study Floral Park for Sidewalk Plans

The Town engineering department completed a study of Floral Park area including Holmes Street East Street Wells Place Jane Street Floral Way and Sherwood Place to design sidewalks curbs and permanent pavement. Stratford News to change hands later this month with Richard Diamond of South Orange New Jersey named as new owner.

Floral Park Holmes Street East Street Wells Place Jane Street Floralway Sherwood Place Stratford News Richard Diamond South Orange N. J

Heart measurement by radioactive iodine rapid method

Chicago based Illinois Institute of Technology reports injecting radioactive iodine into the bloodstream allows doctors to measure heart output with about four percent accuracy in minutes.

Chicago Ilinois Institute of Technolo- BY

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Etioe Van Laret Der Timal Distiller Tshi National Distillers Products Company N.Y National Fire Protection Association State Linden Ave Stratford W. Howard Wilcoxson James F. Mayne Arthur Sylvia Leiss Terrill Road Nancy Russe John Agnes Pape Pauline Street Stanley and Viola Johnson K. Val Ekbladh Nichols Avenue Jaycees Hyman Rosnick Stratford Jewish Community Group Huntington Road Center Daisy Wolf Eugene Marks David Miller Lou Ashen Irene Anderson Simon Bacon Morton Forman Edward Co. Goudreau Ohio Rubber Company Seymour Street Edward J. Callahan Elm Terrace Michael Knapp South Main Street Walter J. Laurence North Avenue Roy S. Peterson Lucia Chapter Olga Hendrix Marjorie Carpenter Erna Leach Mildred Neu Ruth Throp Emily Williams Edith Shaw Muriel MccCreedy Dorothy, Hughes Ann Howard Lillian Bock Gladys Baulieu Eleanor Bruneau Beau Brummel Honeyspot Pta Amimoff Bistiliedremmia Ste. Pigrse Smisneff Fls Hawblein Martlerd Fuel Oil ServIce Home & Industry DIAL Wayside
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