Stratford PAL Hosts Eastern Youth Parley
Representatives from 28 cities and towns along the Eastern seaboard will attend a Stratford PAL conference Monday. Events include golf at Mill River Country Club, registration at The Raven, a luncheon, a 2 to 5 p.m. business session, helicopter rides from Sikorsky plant, and a 7 p.m. dinner at The Raven with Commissioner Edward Nolan as speaker. Mrs. Mabel Miller oversees women’s arrangements. a fashion show runs 4 to 4:30 p.m.. Stratford PAL talent performs and Bob Weller orchestra plays for dancing.
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PAL
D. James Morey
Mill River Country Club
Raven
North Main Street
Sikorsky Aircraft
Oronoque
Edward Nolan
New York Police Department
Mabel Miller
Stratford
University of Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Warner Brothers
The
Stratford Pal
Bob Weller
Bridgeport
Brownies
Walter Field
Merle Southard
Garden School
Ans
VFW
Improvera
Marie Mannion
Lordship Improvement Association
Public Utilities Commission
Hartford
Lordship
Paul Plura
Ferdinand C. R. Matthey
Melville S. Bulmer
Methodist Church
Swampscott
Mass
Raybestos
Park City
State Street
Jerry Nista
June Rauscher
Andy Gibson
Ruth Sullivan
Jack Cleever
Sue Mahieu
PTA
Mill Plain School
Irene Anderson
Earl Ryan
Mark Anderson
Arnold Moore
Arnold Copeland
Phillip Spahn
In Service School Starts Thursday for Policemen
Fairfield Police will hold an in service training school starting Thursday in the Town court room under Chief James Kranyik. Eleven weekly sessions will cover police court and medical functions with attendance required for all police personnel and invitations extended to neighboring departments.
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Fairfield Police Department
James Kranyik
Kranyik
Trumbull
Westport
Stratford
Easton
Norwalk
Milford
Christian Schick
Investigation Bureau
Samuel E. Friedman
Frank Chameroy
Connecticut State Police Identification Bureau
John Hanusovsky
Richard Roberts
James J. O'Connell
Common Pleas Court
J. Edgar Krentzman
Stanton R. Smith
Schick
Paul Goulding
Wilmot
West and Goulding Funeral Home
James Tennant
FBI
James Clabby
Bridge- Port
Fire Commission
Police Commission
Police
Park City Hospital Building Fund Reaches 270000 Plus
Bridgeport volunteers press on to hit the 375000 goal for a new Park City Hospital Building Fund. A 5400 gift from Raybestos Manhattan Inc joins gifts from industry and individuals, bringing total to about 270220, over 72 percent. The two bed memorial room honors Sumner Simpson. Campaign HQ moves tomorrow to 951 Park Avenue.
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Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc
Park City Hospital Building Fund
Lester Mitchell
Building Fund Appeal
Raybestos
Sigmund J. Miller
Industry and Commerce
William S. Simpson
Sumner Simpson
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Bridgeport
Building Fund
Stratfield Hotel
Park Avenue Medical Building
Park Avenue
John Street
Autumn garden tips on leaves soil and evergreens
Henry Pree offers practical fall gardening advice. He urges composting and limited burning of leaves, using mulch, and employing leaf litter for soil. The piece covers lawn repair, seed sowing, rolling for seed firmness, and timing for autumn evergreen planting with detailed planting steps.
Detroit Mother Delivers Twin Set For Second Time
Detroit, October 2. Mrs Dovid Maskill, 26, gave birth to twins their second set in three years. The Maskills now have six children in five years of marriage.
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Quick
Detroit
Mich
Dovid Maskill
Maskills
Seniors Take College Courses At University Of Bridgeport
Two Staples High School seniors join a UB freshman psychology and accounting class to earn credit toward a Staples diploma and UB degree. Principal Lorenzen notes potential acceptance at other schools and hopes next year more students can enroll.
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Staples
University of Bridgeport
Stanley H. Lorenzen
Ronald Malone
George Kuinin
Lorenzen
Committee organized to aid Anita Vogel in election
A “Citizens for Anita Vogel” committee of independent voters formed to back Mrs. Vogel, the Republican Board of Education candidate. Officers: co chairs Mrs. Charles Merritt and Dr Ira Dow Beebe, secretary Ernest J Kwantz, treasurer Harry G Bowman. Members include Mra Alvin C Breul, Frank T Hackett, Judge Frank L Wilder, Sidney Smith, Dr Louis F Schopick, Murray Dranoff, Wilson Kelman, Jacob Y Sachs, Carleton Williamson, Harold Sakowitz, and others.
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Citizens For
Anita Vogel
Independent
Home Made Antenna Delivers Perfect TV Reception
Arthur Wakefield of West Gray Maine reports perfect reception after installing a home made antenna. The device is a metal rod extending from a ground floor window with three wire coat hangers and a wire mesh bicycle basket suspended from it.
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West Gray
Arthur Wakefield
Popcorn Wagon Still Rolling After 54 Years
In Omaha a popcorn wagon operating since 1900 remains in service with its fourth owner, William Bly, 74, who began running it after retiring as a truck driver in 1840. Grandchildren of early patrons still patronize, the only change being an electric popper required by city fire law.
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Omaha
William Bly
Gloucester Seaside Growth Spurs Cottage Boom
Gloucester Massachusetts October 2 reports a surge in summer cottage construction. In the first half of 1954 builders completed about 1,500,000 dollars worth of new cottages, signaling the town may emerge as a notable resort destination alongside its fishing heritage.
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Gloucester
Mass
Tuna tale in a Crooked Catch at Provincetown
Pish Tail Provincetown Mass October 2 Captain Charlie Mayo of the sports fishing boat Chantey II T records a tuna caught by a half hitch on its tail. Mayo once tossed a line overboard and a tuna snared another by the tail in a half hitch within a school of tuna. The hooked tuna escaped, but the tail caught fish remained gripped.
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Provincetown
Mass
Charlie Mayo
Mayo
Pelician Herodotus Link Describes Greek Origin Axe Shape
The pelician derives from Greek origins bearing a hook like the great pole kus, described as an axe shape. The fragment notes a similarity in form to a Greek instrument or tool with a pronounced hook and axe motif.
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Fairfield
Thomas Lyons
Lyons and Mather
Henry Lindeman
Rotary Ae
Fairfield Inn
Southport
Mothers Club
Boy Scout
Stratfield School
Mill Plain Pta
Mill Plain
Matthew R. Blish Jr
Penfield Road
William and Emily Biscoe
Walter J. Leary
Church Hill Road
Kenwin Construction Company
Town Hall
Grasmere Bakery Post RD
Cor
Grasmere
Ira Dow
Henry Pree
Midwest
Vigoro
Sacco
H. S
Mary Johnson
YMCA
Saugatuck Congregational Church Guild
Hereward Wake
William H. Noyes
Wake
Noyes
Board of Trade
Henry Klein
Rockyfield Road
Virginia M. Wake
Pequot Trail
Atlas Fence Company
State St
Waterbury
Tel
Plaza
H.P
Buell Sales Co
Trumbull—Tel
Nogeport
Ceen
Stheny Port
Conn
Willis
Tulips
Derwi Cottage
Eerl
Perrot
Fairfield Avenue
Godfrey Garden
van Eeden Bros
Holland
F. H. Woodr
Fertilizers
Peat Moss House
the Garden Exchange Nursery and
Newtown
Madison Avenue
Madison Ave
America
Algrow
Stratford Anderson Hardwere
Barnum Avenue
Stratford Evergreen Nursery
Nichole Avenue
Westport Shukie
Sales & Service
Beckiel
Readeide
Stead Becton Pest
Maple Avenue
Huntington Turnpike
Devon C. E. French
Herdwere
Bridgeport Avenue
East
Meckel the Florist
S58
van Zant Street
Fairfield Fairfield Millwork & Products
Peitied Lember & Supply
Fairfield Gresmere Lumber Millwork Co
Kenwood
Leave Gardens
Black Rock Turnpike
Milford Gilberts’ Garden Shop
Pest
Twin Lights
Gerdenwey Nursery
Pest Read
Diemend
Stratford Farmer Snepper
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