Fire Ladder Order Given for 47 807
The contract for a 100 foot aerial ladder truck for the fire department will go to the American LaFrance company after Pierre Thibault Ltd. of Canada was voided for not meeting bid specs. The American LaFrance bid was 45 996 plus 1 811. Marriage licenses filed for Louis J. Marie and Jane W. Kraskie. Numerous house sales listed including Longview avenue and Morehouse highway transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFrance Company
Pierre Thibault Ltd
Canada
Louis. J. Marie
Wheeler Avenue
Bridgeport
Jane W. Kraskie
Warwick Avenue
Town Hall. Co
YMCA Movie Series Opens Saturdays at Old Post Road
The YMCA Family Center on Old Post Road starts color film showings Saturday at 2 30 p m with Walt Disney’s Big Red. Fairfield Assembly Rainbow for Girls will host the event and supper at 6 30 p m Thursday in the Masonic Temple. Masters and their wives are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ymca Family Center
Old Post Road
Walt Disney
Fidelity Lodge
A.F
A.M
Trish Setter
Fairfield
Masonic Temple
Leffert Heads to National Parks Conference in Washington
Henry J. Leffert, superintendent of the town Recreation Department, will attend the National Congress for Recreation and Parks in Washington D C. The event runs through Oct 13 with sessions on cultural recreation and planning, open space, and consolidation of recreation and park departments. He will join an institute on leadership and manpower prior to the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Leffert
National Congress For Recreation and Parks
Washington, D. C
Leffert
Tiny Top program aids four year olds at YMCA center
The YMCA family center expands the tiny top program for four year olds led by Mrs Frances Cormier with morning sessions on Monday Wednesday and Friday and several openings remain. First Selectman John J Sullivan proclaims the week of Oct 9 as Safety Week urging tire checks and road safety in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Frances Cormier
First
Southport
Greenfield Hill
Mary Katona
Charles Schwab
John L. Schwab
Collingwood Avenue
Roanoke College
Salem
Estate Planning Seminar Led by Judge Fitzpatrick at Fairfield Branch
Judge John T. Fitzpatrick of the Probate court will conduct an estate planning seminar Thursday at 8 pm at the Fairfield branch of the People's Savings Bank on Post Road. The talk emphasizes family estate rules and how careful planning can ease asset transfer and reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T.’ Fitzpatrick
Probate Court
Fairfield
People’s Savings Bank
Post Road
Fitzpatrick
Christopher Costello
Steep Hill Road
Fereleto Steel Company
Scofield Avenue
Villa Avenue
Fairfield Country Day School
Bronson Road
Lions Club
Women’s Guild of
Farfield Square
Riverfield School
Knights of Columbus
Unquowa Road
Holland Hill Pta
Sunshine 4-H
Mary Ann Klaff
Federal Savings and Loan Bank
John T. Fitzpatrick
Fairfield University
Regis Hall Wives Club Meeting This Thursday
The Wives club will meet at 8 30 p m in Regis hall Visitor's Lounge. A brief business session will be followed by a get acquainted hour. Hostesses include Mrs Robert Bolger Mrs Joseph Boggio Mrs Paul Davis Mrs Robert Griffin and Mrs Frank Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wives Club
Regis Hall
Robert ‘Bolger
Joseph Boggio
Paul Davis
Robert Griffin
Frank Rice
North Stratfield PTA Dinner Set Oct. 13
The North Stratfield PTA schedules a candlelight get acquainted dinner for Oct. 13 at 6 30 p.m. to start the season. Edward Dunbar will play organ music and Karol Soloman, PTA member and local community theater performer, will headline with accompanist Mrs. Milton Strauss. Also noted is a Boy Scout meeting in Tomlinson Junior High School where John D. Keayes will discuss first aid at 7 30 p.m. per Scoutmaster Irwin W. Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Stratfield
PTA
Edward Dunbar
Karol Soloman
Milton Strauss
John D. Keayes
Boy Scout Troop 99
Tomlinson Junior High School
Irwin W. Tucker
Israel Seeks Association Talks With European Common Market
Israel applied for association with the European Common Market. Ambassador Amiel Haïjar said negotiations should begin to replace the current trade accord with an association treaty from July 1 1967. Delegates doubted feasibility amid market expansion and competing imports from Mediterranean neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Israel
European Common Market
European Communities
Amiel Hajar
Council of Ministers
Common Market
Commission of Israel
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Six
Speakeasy to Supper Club Sherman Billingsley Dies at 68
Shermany Billingsley a prairie bootlegger who ran the Stork Club on East 53rd Street Manhattan died in his sleep at 68. The article recalls the club as a cafe society mecca with lavish gifts and glamorous patrons including Brenda Frazier. Billingsley planned to reopen the Stork but plans ended with his death as his wife Hazel Donnelly and three daughters mourned. The Stork thrived in the 1940s and 1950s but declined by 1957 amid losses and publicized feuds including a 1951 civil rights dispute with Josephine Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Stork Club
Billingsley
Manhattan
New York
Shermany Billingsley
East 53Rd Street
Stork
Hazel Donnelly
Brenda Frazier
Isultry Lrunette
Cafe Society
Roy Cohn
State Labor ‘Relations Board
Case Society
Sherm
Berle
Elliott Roosevelt
Milton Berle
Jackie Gleason
Humphrey Bogart
East German Aid to North Vietnam Reported by ADN
ADN, the East German news agency, reported that the East German army has contributed over $250,000 to North Vietnam. The agency cited figures showing East Germany had given Manoj more than $3 million since June 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi Berlin
North Viet Nam
ADN
Red East Germany
Traffic accidents higher on Friday in Bonn study shows
A German Traffic Watch study finds Friday traffic accidents run about 25 percent above other weekdays in Bonn. Separate industrial survey indicates Monday records the most factory mishaps. Turkey plans a TV network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
UPI
German Traffic Watch
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Muriel Richard
Arthur
Nina Lang
Lodge
Parks
Pine Creek
Madeline Daly
Alexander Murchie
Pell Meadow Drive
Motorola
Bonney Electric
POST
Danny Kaye
United Illuminating
North Stratfield Pta
Josephine Baker
Main ST
Reef Road
Stratford
Guild Optician
Monta
Boirffeld
SHUN
Florsheim
Medif
Stanley Blacker
Melton
Jed
America
Hadley
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