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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1957

Page

26

Woman's Club to Elect Budget Vote Tuesday

The Westport Woman's Club will elect officers and approve the 1958 budget of 37.00 at its Tuesday 2 p.m. meeting after a 12:30 p.m. luncheon. Mrs Merald Sue seeks re election as president. other officers and members at large are listed. A Christmas program and gift drive precede the business session.

Westport Woman's Club Merald Sue George W. Patch John W. Rencken Fletcher Grabill Elmer H. Moss Theodore Driscoll Arthur Lockwood Judld Shook E. Burton Schryver Dolan Henry Friedman David Ofge Goslee Gordon Grieves Steve Hammerman Larry Kanaga Kate Karfiel Richard Lewis Dale Pol Carl Southbury Training School Sue Lynn Alice Edwards Mark Reindorf Miss Edwards Staple High School Norfield Congregational Weston Connecticut Symphony Julliard School of Music Busy Bees Robert Allen Priscilla Stuart Sally Allen Irene Johnson Leora Camp June Johnson Dictaphone Corp Bridgeport Rotary and Lions Clubs Green Rotary Vincent P. Ray Lions Robert S. Judd

No Hearing Stated On Dump Proposal

Public hearing was not scheduled for the East State street dump site owned by Francis Cusco. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved it as a sanitary landfill. A Representative Town Meeting will be required after the Board of Selectmen finish lease negotiations for the site between Maple Avenue and Burkley Avenue on the south side of State Street.

East State Street Francis Cusco Planning and Zoning Commission Howard Dreyfous Plan-ning and Zoning Commission Board of Selectmen Maple Avenue Burkley Avenue State Street

Latin American private investment concentrates in region

The article notes that United States private investment is more heavily concentrated in Latin America than any other area except Canada, highlighting the region as a key destination for capital.

Buenos Aires United States Latin America Canada

Christmas Story Planned at Nichols Church Program

Trumbull will host a Nichols Methodist WSCS meeting on December 4 featuring bass baritone Phillip J. Cartwright of Maplewood with a program of song and scripture. A 6:30 p.m. dinner is for members. the 8 p.m. concert is open to attendees with an offering afterward. Cartwright, known for church music, has appeared with choirs and on radio and TV and studied with noted instructors.

Trumbull Phillip J. Cartwright Maplewood N.J WSCS Nichols Methodist Church Cartwright Frank LaForge Julius Gutmann Estelle Liebling Morrow Memorial Methodist Church Carthwright General Conference of the Methodist Church San Francisco G. Bromley Oxnam James R. Houghton Boston University

Garden Club Meets Monday With Christmas Decor Demo

Roxbury Bridgewater Garden club will meet Monday at 2 p.m. in St Mark's parish house with speaker Mrs Rosema Mueller who will demonstrate home Christmas decorations. Also covered Busy Bees 4H reports and club activities plus a Moscow Leningrad photo show Tuesday at Burnham school hosted by PTAA.

Bridgewater Rosema Mueller Roxbury McCall's Magazine Edwin Gilbert Holly Ernest Wieht Phillip Tedesco Moscow Leningrad Burnham School PTAA

Quits $24 a Year Job After 85 Years at It

Sunol California veteran Tom Wauhach, a rancher, ends 85 years of precipitation work for the San Francisco Water Department earning $24 yearly. He quit after saying the task had become too much. he turns 102 on Friday.

Sunol Calif Tom Wauhach Wauhah San Francisco Water Department Wauhale

School Execs Seek Raises As Budget Talks Continue

The Stratford Board of Education tentatively approves a 1600 raise for Supt Joseph A Foran and boosts two assistants salaries as part of the 1958 59 budget review. The plan calls for a 13500 superintendent salary and new scales reflecting experience training and duties. The board weighs final action with the Town Council and town meeting. Half the science supply request is 2500 with 4900 proposed for K 12 science education and workshops.

Joseph A. Foran Board of Education Robert Winslow Louis Lichtenstein George Weed Yeslterday Albert W. Golembeski Vira H. Dooling Strathmore Avenue Rolling Meadows, Inc Wilmoth B Lillian A. Reed Walnut Street Joseph F. Collins Laura Wilhelm Frank E. Cremins John Street Jean D. Rosen Julia J. Velleco Merwin Avenue John T Dowling Harry O Mary Hart Grapevine Road Sally Cardone Joseph M. Agro Old Gate Lane Eugene M. Neighly Joseph Foran Foran

Santa Claus to visit Green tomorrow night

Santa Claus will be on the Green tomorrow from 7 to 9 PM announced by Robert Raffauf president of the Chamber of Commerce. JayCee Santa helpers include Dallachie Whittaker Murphy McGuire Green Ambrose Maass assisting with lights and junior citizens at the event.

Santa Claus Robert Raffauf Chamber of Commerce Rauffauf Fire and Police Departments Chambers JayCee Santa Charles Dallachie Douglas Whittaker Albert Murphy Frank McGuire James Green William Ambrose Donald Maass Norden Supervisors Club of Norden Renny Pinecrest Club Shelton John Zmijewski John Coppola Perry E. Boehm Wladimir Reichel Herman Morich West Shore Center East Shore Center Peter Marquis Hill Street James "Lence Platt Avenue West Haven

School Board Debates Budgets for Films and Testing

The superintendent urged funds for high school film rental 600 and grammar schools 800 to support instructional films, many scientific. He also proposed 3000 for materials for guidance and pupil personnel testing focusing on science achievement. Board directs vote then Town Council approval.

Board of Education Representative Town Meeting

New Canaan to Have New Skating Rink

On Frogtown road near New Canaan Country School a 185 by 85 foot skating rink rises on a 2 706 acre tract. The private community project costs over 150000 with 250 members and a glass enclosed warming house overlooking Harden Pond. Builders are E W Howell and Company New Canaan and Babylon L I. refrigeration by Mollenberg Betz Buffalo NY and Peter Carver Associates NYC.

New Canaan Frogtown Road New Canaan Country School New Canaan Winterlab, Inc Back Country Ponus Ridge Harden Pond Mud Pond E. W. Howell and Company Babylon L. I Mollenberg and Betz Buffalo, N. Y Peter Carver Associates New York

Flood Control Plan Discussion Set for Dec 6

The Danbury Flood Control board approves participation in the state flood plan along the Still River pending Common Council ratification. A Dec 6 joint meeting with the town Flood Control board and Citizens Committee for Flood Control Action will discuss funding and bridges concerns raised in the state program abstract prepared by Army Engineers.

City Flood Control Board Danbury Still River Town Flood Control Jboard Citizen’s Committee For Flood Control Army Engineers

Danbury Norwalk Thanksgiving Game and Dance Planned

Close to 5000 Danburians are expected for the Danbury Norwalk Thanksgiving football game at Osborne Street Stadium at 10 30 a m today. A victory dance for teenagers is planned tonight from 8 to 11 o clock in the Elks Auditorium with two bands. City offices close for the holiday and schools reopen Friday morning.

Danburians Danbury-Norwalk High Osborne Street Ed Crotty Elks Monflav Mare

Diocese Expands Site for Bridgeport Catholic High School

The Catholic diocese of Bridgeport bought property at 34 West Wooster Street and a frontage parcel on West Wooster, enlarging the site for a new Catholic high school. The seller Virgil Simoes of Danbury moved from the home after a May gas explosion. The tract runs west of the C. D. Parks Co. property toward Southern Boulevard, now under contract.

Bridgeport West Wooster Street Virgil Simoes Danbury Diocesan C. D. Parks Co West Woosterstreet Southern Boulevard

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Woman's Club Westport Christ and Holy Trinity Church Ethel Brandon Staples Staples High School Stanley Lorenzen Jare Margaret Brister Georgia McRoe JO Davis the Beautiful New Fair Lady Cannon Street Nichols Church Philip J. Cartwright Garden Club Stratford Grange Thomas Tenney State Labor Department Visiting Nurse Association Pilgrim Fellowship Church of Christ, Congregational Harold Allen Plymouth Court Milford Hospital George H. Tenney Naugatuck Avenue Cross Street Triangle Street Triangle White Street Rose and Crosby Streets Rose Street White's Pond James R. Keane Flood Control Board Agit Ene One JessEs Crosby Street Padanaram Brook Patch Street Eisenhower Keane Frederick W. Roberts J. Augustus Deakin Joaquin D. Costa Ilda Nogueira Teixeira CMR Tey Wilshire Jay James Howell MRE ASV Wes Bell & Howell SUN Dial Donald Neafley Bell & Howell Co Monterey Bell & Howell Camera Shop Fairphrd Ave
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