Redding Republicans sweep as Samuelson wins eleventh term
Oct 7 reports unopposed S Harold Samuelson taking his eleventh term as first selectman with 560 votes and Leslie Favreau winning a seventh term as selectman. Democrat George Musselman gains minority on the board while turnout reaches 809 of 1,721 eligible. Write-ins fail for several offices.
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Redding
S. Harold Samuelson
First Selectman
Leslie C. Favreau
George Musselman
Samuelson
Democrats
Council Backs Dual Referendums Amid Tight Hearing
A Sept. 20 public hearing produced nine aldermen with eight voting for the firemen’s item and one against the tax proposal. City officials deem the vote invalid for lacking a formal meeting, dismissing it as a sentiment test rather than binding approval or rejection of charter amendments.
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Joseph Robert Tomlinson
William K. Hooper
Walter K. Conrad
Elizabeth L. Covill
Resmi
Faubus Criticized by White House Over School Incident
Secretary of the Army Brucker called Faubus letter an act of desperation and unworthy defamation of American soldiers. Walker stated Central High School staff faced no complaints or reports about the allegations and soldiers on duty are restricted from activities that could invite criticism.
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Syuileo
Walker
Central High School
Brucker
Washington
Faubus
GOP Triumphs in Brookfield Local Election
Brookfield voters backed GOP candidates led by First Selectman Louis G. Anderson as Republicans retained town government. Results show Burr and Smith winning selectman seats, with varied tallies for clerk, registrar, treasurer, tax collector, and board posts amid a 403 turnout.
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Brookfield
Oct
First
Louis G. Anderson
Samuel A. Smith
Lawrence M. Burr
Newtown Elects Coleman to Second Term in Local Vote
First Selectman Edward J. Coleman wins reelection in Newtown with 1,438 votes to Democrat Jack Rosenthal's 1,139. Coleman and incumbent board members Knapp and Rosenthal will remain on the town's governing slate as 2,674 of 3,898 voters cast ballots.
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Newtown
Edward J. Coleman
Jack H. Rosenthal
Edward R. Knapp
Lester Reynolds
Coleman
Knapp
Rosenthal
Edward E. Knapp
Robert Shannon Iy
Herbert H. Cutler
Virginia Houlihan
Erwin C. Stickles, Jr
John R. Kelly
Joseph H. A. Symonds
William Kayfus, Jr
Herman W. Parker
Charles H. Pok
George A
Nelson G. Curtis
Board of Assessors
Francis Kilbride
Mabel Heasley
Board of Tax Review
James O'Shea
Seth O. L. Brody
Zoning Appeals Board
Paul Berkins
Planning and Zoning Commission
Paul McNamara
James Carmichael
David Cassidy
Edward M. Foster
Board of Managers
Town Hall
Sarah Mannix
George, E. Ratcliffe
GOP Slate Wins in Easton Sweep
Easton voters cast ballots in a biennial town election with 902 of 1,758 eligible voters. Selectman Troward W. Andrews led the GOP with 713 votes. Arthur A. Driesen won a sixth term on the Board of Selectmen with 717 votes. Joseph H. Keller, 172, remains a minority on the board.
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Easton
Troward W. Andrews
Andrews
Arthur A. Driesen
Board of Selectmen
Joseph H. Keller
Shaw Wins Third Term as Bethel First Selectman in GOP Sweep
Louis C. Shaw 1276 votes leads a Republican sweep defeating Eugene J. Testa 1080 for first selectman. James R. Chase wins selectman seat. total 2393 voters and a 67 percent turnout. Other races list party results, with numerous confirmations across town offices and boards.
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Bethel
Louis C. Shaw
Eugene J.testa
Mr. Shaw
Harold Klein
James R. Chase
Raymond J. Farrell
Mr. Farrell
Mr. Testa
First Selectman
Eugene J. Testa
Selectman
James R. Casey
Milford voters sweep council and school board races
In Milford many races shifted as four council seats change hands along with several Planning and Zoning Board posts. New members include Ernest Ekonomon and George Jasper in the Third District and Patrick Lovett and Arthur Sable in the Fourth. William Miller and Stanley Kamykowski lose seats. Abbotts wins school board Second District, Falls and McKiernan also secure spots. Frank turnout totals show broad participation across all five districts.
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Planning and Zoning Board
Stanley Kamykowski
Joseph J. Raslavsky
Iles
William R. Hes, Jr
Reliable Motor Sales
GOP
William R. Miller
Miller Electric
Miller
Republican Party
Ernest C. Ekonomon
George J. Jasper
Ekonomon
Asper
Democratic Party
Patrick J. Lovett
Home Builders Association of
New Haven
Arthur J. Sable
Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc
Stratford
Democratic i Party
Zelliff
Clarence J. Platt
Cornelius J. Egan
Joseph Shea
Michael Surenko
Herbert Kelly
Shea
Board of Education
William Abbotts
Grace M. Jacobus
Howard I. Comstock, Jr
Eleanor C. Weston
Lucy M. McKiernan
Marcel F. Laurent
Elsa T. Falls
Comstock
Caroline Platt
Abbotts
Cornelius Heyse
McKiernan
Alfred R. Wolff
William E. Colby
Henry F. Foran
Theodore E. Hornish
Patrici
J. Lovett
Nathaniel C. Pember
Arthur J. Sablee
George Storck
Florence C Bradman
Howard Bullard
Howard G. Fulton
Wallace M. Gray
Paul W. Holt
David C. Platt
Arthur C
Lobraico Re-elected Town Leader in New Fairfield Vote
Alfred J. Lobraico won a second term as first selectman in New Fairfield, defeating Republican William H. Raacke 614 to 306. The election produced a rare tie for town treasurer, with Joseph Bates and Francis Parisette both at 559 votes and a runoff set for next Monday.
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New Fairfield
Alfred J. Lobraico
William H. Raacke
Sherman B. Farwell
George Weldon
Joseph Bates
Francis Parisette
Jules Bielizna
Janet Smith
John Lorz
Board of Education
William J. Murphy
Alfred J. Lobrako
Selectman
George M. Nevius
Sauer Wins in Danbury First Selectman After Tight Race
Joseph H. Sauer, Republican, captured the first selectman post with 6 050 votes, doubling his lead from two years ago while Democrat John A. Shanley earned 4 452. Tartaglia and DeFazio won selectman and town clerk tallies, with education and other offices filling as votes totaled from Danbury’s 10 000 turnout of 19 000 eligible voters.
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Danbury
Joseph H.sauer
John A. Shanley
Board of Selectmen
Arthur Tartaglia
Benjamin M. Fusco
Joseph H. Sauer
Ralph DeFazio
J. Augustus Deakin
Registrar of Voters
George A. Flynn
Asa B. White
Louis T. Charles
Arthur Aberisk
Board of Education
Francis J. Vaughn
T. Edgard White
Jerome R. Malino
Henry A. Rocano
John Ross
Donald J. Tierney
Edward J. Leary
Alfred D. Santos
Anthony Torcaso
Bridgewater Re-elects GOP Officials in Local Election
First Selectman G. Douglas Johnson wins re-election with 139 Republican votes against 62 Democratic. Other town offices including Town Clerk Matilda B. Johnson, Registrars of Voters, Town Treasurer Levi Warner, Tax Collector Esther A. Camp, Board of Education members, and Board of Tax Review member George R. Hamrock are re-elected with party totals. several constables from both parties are named with vote counts.
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Joan Howe
Pee
Board of Education
Ruben Nathan
Zoning Board of Appeals
Nathan
Frank Nye
J. Harold Sanford
Harold Samuelson
Selectman
George Masselman
Leslie C. Favreau
Ridgefield
Leo F. Carroll
First Selectman
Richard E. Venus
GOP
Mr. Carroll
State Police Department
State Liquor Control Commission
First
Hull
Venus
Board of Selectmen
Paul J. Morganti
Carstoll
Otto H. Jespersen
Octavius J. Carboni
Jesse Benedict
Ruth Hurzeler
Evelyn de Forest
Mary C. Mitchell
Henry M. Seemann
Allen S. Haines
Irving L. Bruns
Henry
Board of Tax Review
Ruth Amsel
Gino Torcellini
Board of Appeals of Zoning
Robert J. Mulvaney
Edward P. Scott
Robert IR. Keeler
James J. Hrady
Louis V. Feduzi
Richard T. Mc
Frances M. Underwood
Leonard L. Bailey
John J. Mullaney
Leroy, Bartram
Thomas L. Ryan
George F. Andrews
Rose Gorman
Julia D. Jelenyik
Eugene J. Testa
Louis, C. Shaw
Bertha McCollum
Joseph Sireci
Lester C. Reed
Hilda I. Walker
Henry F. Todd
J. Harry White
Mary Edwards
Andrew J. Hogan
Harold Klein
Claribel St. Lynch
Eugene B. Reed
Anthony J. Rubino
Lorice M. Mitchell
Ruby W. Klein
Alexander Clement
Leland H. Grumman
Bridgewater
G. Douglas Johnson
F. Roland Johnson
John Krusky
Matilda B. Johnson
Isabella Grayson
J. Lester Randall
Levi Warner
Esther A. Camp
John C. Weatherly
Gladys R. Brooks
George W. de Voe
George R. Hamrock
G. Robert Allen
Fenner E. Brownell
Alfred W. Burch
Frank Colburn
Stephen Krasky III
John Krasky
Peter J. Ognan
Harry Cooke
Thomas F. Kerrigan
Harry W. Earle, Jr
Peter Sweeney
Terese Haley Fromholz
Albert L. Brunna
Albert L. Brunner
William J Murphy
Gertrude
Clos Dugdale
Albert’ L Brunner
Melvin C. Corbett
Medlvin C. Corbet
Board of Finance
Francis T Fredericks
W. Cameron Caswell
Paul F. Els
Constance B. Taibo
Victor D. Vickery
J. Gordon Atkins
Ann B Wert
Janet H. Brow
John Andrew Crafts
Theodora Foster
Frank A. Sprol
Norman P. Seagrave
John W Castles
Alfred Myron Street
Veto Benedetto
Ernest L. Groat
Anthony R. Fraccola
Clarence H. Scofield
Planning and Zoning Commission
John Weed Franklin
Edith M. Buel
Samuel R. Dorrance
Thomas L. Craig
William D. Wilson
Milford Write-in Votes Complete RTM Membership
Milford picks Town Meeting members across districts First Fourth Fifth with machine winners listed. Second and Third districts use write ins to fill remaining seats including Walter Cable Allen Cable and other contenders. Sixth seat in Third remains undecided.
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Milford
RTM
Eugene Astriab
Anne Cherniavsky
Edmund Dudek
Kenneth R
Hilton, Jr
Anthony Kivic
Joseph J. Mager
John E. Nettieton
Louis L. Bass
Raymond A. Dellaselva
Arnold M. Dessel
Marilyn L. Emerson
Joseph E. Mosey
Robert Reiss
John J. Rolfe
Francis R. Sweeney
Eugene B. Clay
Mortimer A. Geib
Thomas C. Buchanan
Francis Hunt
Bernard F. Joy
J. David Maier
Arthur D. McGovern
Albert I. Murphy
Thomas C. Par
John E. Rabbitt
Paul Bernstein
Walter R. Cable
Richard S. Platt
Allen Cable
Walter Cable
Horace Allen
Albert Farnsworth
William Miller
Fred Austin
Lawrence Hennessey
William Lofthouse
Kerrigan Wins New Darien Selectman Victory
Republicans led by Thomas F Kerrigan swept Darien in the election gaining a three to one margin over Democrat Harry F Cooke 3530 to 1046. Incumbents were elected to multiple town posts amid paper ballot voting delaying RTM results and turnout counted at 4576 of 9378 eligible.
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Darien
Oct
Thomas F. Kerrigan
Kerrigan
Harry F Cooke
Cooke
Harry W. Earle, Jr
Demerat
Peter Sweeney
Teresa Haley Fromholz
RTM
Representative Town Meeting
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John Modrach
Marjorie P. Anderson
Rita Fogarty
Louise Schroeder
Eleanor E. Closter
Edna M. Dixey
Barbara Beasley
Bernard Frazier
H. H. Rousseau
Oscar Karrel
John W. Wilson, Jr
George Dayton
Cheston Paddock
J. Birdsey Sanford
Harry Colley
Frank Stolle
Frank W. Nye
Theodore Dachenhausen
Zoning Commission
John Modroch
Michael Paulli
Cornelius Martin
Joseph Michael
Edward Moore
Lawrence Liddie
Clarence Taylor
Frederick Waterbury
Richard Youngsberg
Planning Commission
Stuart Chase
Georgianna Brush
Alan Stackpole
Frances Karrel
Paul Vautrin
Board of Lax
Paul Kajeula
Thomas D. Murphy, Jr
Clinton M. Hoffman, Jr
James D. Craig
Anthony 5. Zurinskas
Christian I. Armbruster
Verton E. Hassiak
John F. Seibel
Joseph B. Fennell
Donald C. Burr
Russell E.anderson
Minna Gedres
Wendell Davis
Paubus
White House
Laverna R. O’donnell
Laverna R. O'Donnell
Velcrs
Helen J. Thorpe
Plath I. Creed
John J. McMorrow
Donald J. Thomison
Alma W. Brush
Donald L. Thomson
Robert W. Clark
Michael J. Shanley
Judson G. Hyde
Edward G. Obeda
Lavinia R. Davis
Stanley A. Czranecki
Gordon J. Anderson
Howard W. Andrews
Helen Bratz
Carl Mlinar
Catherine E. Merillat
Loretta G.zackinson
Arthur E. Wheeler
Arthur E. ‘Wheeler
Margaret M.kerr
Gladys Rush
Town Deposit Fund
Rudolph J. Simon
K Vorger
Oddy
David N. ‘Barrows
Edward Moipull
Raymond Candee
Harold M. Cone
Elizabeth D. Simonds
Conrad Hahn
George E. Quandt
Olive L. Franklin
Miriam Hitchcock
Ferdinand F. Equi
Dorothy R. Escott
Adolph J. Chrzanowski
Sam P. Senior, Jr
Shaw
Bethel Post
Raymond J. Lyman
John M. Menton
William V. Cottrell
Nasser A. Haddad
Allard A. Braddock
John W., Broadbin
Virginia B. Oberson
David W. Taylor
John Pategas
Richard P. Bodine
Alfred N. Barney
William H. Franklin
Rudolph Bratz
Martin Chradan
John A.barnard
William A. Crossman
Charles Laskay, Jr
Oscar E. Sinhira
Virginia C. Wilson
Margaret K. Cone
Lena Olsen
Calhoun
W.H. Bereton
Maurice C. Huerstell
Francis J. Merillat
Ralph O. Bruno
Philip H. Smith
Huntley Stone
Louis G. Shaw
Alice C. Crossl By
Donald E. Wyatt
Catherine Brunzell
Ada Broderick
Betty G. Noble
Russell Garabrant
Francis Mazeau
Patrick Rogers
Maxwell Scheff
Eugene Barth
Arleyn Handford
Louis A. Root
Cornelius Topitzer
Lobraico
Louis, Kranz
Ruth Havens
Emily W. Brown
Joseph Lobraico
Frank J. Feller
Clara Delohery
Edward Minkler
Edwin L. Faris
Albert Cahill
Soren Sorenson
Chester Witters
Norriss Hatch
Fred Klate
Windram Donaldson Nit
Ephraim Foster
Frederick Valine
James McCrory
Robert Bessel
Granville Stubbs
John Huneke
Louise Kbase
Gladys Klepetke
Sauer
New Darien
Tery
Philip W. Muller
Edward E. Ashley
Miley Teinbaugh
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