If You Lose a Leg You Can Still Do a Job
Bridgeport Rehabilitation Center led by Mrs. Virginia Hampton appeals for public support to expand into the Chauncey Homes Recreational Building in Stratford during National Employ the Handicapped Week. The center reports 60 daily clients and 75 weekly treatments, with 22 discharges to full employment in the past year, and highlights partnerships with local business and government programs to boost job placements for the physically disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Homes
Raymond ¥. Tauldwin
Sach
Veterans' Administration
United States
Mime
Omee of Vocationsal Rehabilitation
Rswil Servier Commission
Ridgeport
Connecticut Society For Crippled Children and Adults
He Advisory Center
Meyer Srrisa
George Trent
Vocational Rehabiltation Service
Schwellenbach
Stratford
Bridgeport Rehabilitation Center
Sunday Post
Hayduk
Watch Your Boxwood for Nematodes Spread
The boxwood nematode, a destructive pest, has reached Greenwich and Martha's Vineyard, with prior northern incursions near Philadelphia. It causes root dieback and witches broom, weakening plants and inviting winterkill and insects. Sanitation and careful sanitation are urged while researchers seek controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Greenwich
Martha’s Vineyard
Blind Veteran and His Teacher Form Business Venture
Clarke Pickens of Wilton, a World War veteran and former assistant head of the Metropolitan Museum extension division, partners with Harold Dando, a Yonkers native blinded in 1943, to run a greeting card and religious items shop at 1204 Stratford Avenue. Mentor Johnsons from Springfield train them. the shop emphasizes elegance and accessibility, with a sign noting it is owned and operated by a blind veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Whelan
Clarke Pickens
Wilton
Metropolitan Museum Extension
Old Marts
Avon
Harold Dando
Yonkers
Stratford Avenue
Central Avenue
New Heaven
Mr. Pickens
Lloyd Lunderberg
Hall Mark Greeting Cards
Johnson
Massachuseetts City
Springfield
Avon School
Johnsons
Harold
Lea
Pickens
Dando
Connecticut
New York State National Guard
Iittire
Sunday Post
Old Farms Army School
Metropolitan Museum
Ann Hagan
New York
Albertus Magnus College
Helen Cullinan
Elmwood Place
Helen
Bridgepoart
Block Island
Miss Hagan
G Fox Company
Hartford
Gotham
Bridgeport Jottings and Local Notes from Read's Sale
A crowded Bridgeport page mixes shop chatter and humor from Read's anniversary sale. Highlights include a request for a gateleg table in Duncan Phyfe style, humor about politics and radio stars, a 90th anniversary claim by Stiles Goodsell’s insurance firm, and light local incidents. Also noted are Doorman Jimmy Evans heading toward retirement as a vet, a dog rescue at the police station, a plan for Nor Willik on the West Coast, a new Tay James Camera Shop opening on Fairfield Avenue, and reflections on local civic life and upcoming Connecticut Symphony events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiles Goodsell
Read
America
Europe
Uncle Sam
Pine Room
Bob Lloyd
Tloouis E. Richards
Washington Avenue
Bridgeport Athletics
Civil Service Board
Lorraine
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Westport
Vincent X. Montanero
Post Road
State Street
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Peggy Jile
Bridgeport Rehabilitation Center, Inc
Virginia Jlampton
Wofreim
The
Organisa
Truman
Hes
Ailuntiong Handi
Entir
Stretford
Petroleum
Eleit
Powercome Persoof Bramford
Kenneth McCull
Edward Groves
Congress
National
Bridgeport
Community Advisory Service Center
U. S. Department of Labor
Iast
Ross T. McIntyre
Roosevelt
Bridgepot
Veteran’s Administration Office
Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturers Association
Catherine Maher
Virginia Hampton
Arthur Moss
Raymond Congdon
William McNulty
John Callahan
George Hayden
Henry Seiler
Meyer Larkin
Raymond McInerney
James W. Evans
R C. Oberdahn
Leo J. Nunn
George Nickerson
Allan Perkins
Donald W. Bottom
James Farrell
Underwood
Farrell
Marion Fitzpatrick
Hollister Avenue
Phila Criphia
Rush P. Marshall
Bartlett Tree Treerarch Taboratarien
Stamford
Marshall
Heenwich
Apo
Bussett Laboratories
Sickens
92Nd Field Artillery
Luzon
South Pacific
Mironova
New York City
Bob Hope
Lighthouse Players
Old Farms
Lundberg
Roger Johnson
Read’s
Duncan
Squire
Monroe Center
Harry Osborne
Dagwood Bumpstead
the Post
Col. Stoopnagle
Comedan
Vaughn Monroe
Bill Elliott
Wally Dunlap
Vital Statistics Bureau
Welfare Building
William Coleman
Chopsey Hill Road
Ida A. Smith
Goodwin Street
Jimmy J. Tvans
Nutmeg Street
First Precinct
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Nor- Willik
Humphrey Doulens
Tomorow
Eeenanker
Lily Pons
Dorothy Nirsten
Jim Schwartz
Tay James
Job Fairfield Avenue
Schwartz
Jayson B. Rome
Minicam
Paul Bernard
Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
Klein
Chaliapin
Town Hall
Carnegie Hall
Connecticut Symphony
Bernardson
By Bailey A. Barnum