Milford Council rejects referendum test for Nov vote
Milford Oct 14 The Town Council at a special meeting rejected 2 proposal to test questions on revising the Town's Council Manager act in the Nov 2 election to obtain public opinion. Secretary of State ruled the plan infeasible for a general election, since questions would need yes or no answers. Debate centered on whether to seek public input via hearings or direct council action.
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Milford Town
Milford
Ata
Albert P. Stowe
Peter Schaumann
Schaumann
Leonard Maier
Cyril F. Mower
Herbert Elker
Ruth Stewart
Harry Jensen
George F. Weed
Secretary of State
Elker
Stewart
Morris Brown
Kelly
Richard H. Lynch
Young Republicans plan rally in Trumbull
The Young Republicans executive committee met at Ralph Hepler’s home to finalize plans for a Republican rally Monday at 8 30 p m in Middlebrook school. Senator Charles W Jewett will be principal speaker with Rep Newman M Marsilius Jr introducing him. Co chairs are Mrs Newman Marsilius Jr and Mrs Donald Smith.
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Trumbull
Young Republicans
Ralph A. Hepler
Middlebrook School
Hepler
Charles W. Jewett
Newman M. Marsilius Jr
State Senate
Richard S. Walker
Fairfield County Young Republican League
Donald R. Smith
Robert B. Jennings
David H. MacKenzie Jr
David W. Calhoun
Thomas V. Kaskie
Frank H. Olson
Aaron A. Levine
David 8. Bjorklund
Kaskie
Bjorklund
Smith
Union Army casualties exceed World War I U S totals
The Union Army sustained more than twice as many battle deaths in the Civil War as all United States forces suffered in World War I, highlighting the Civil War’s extreme human cost relative to the global conflict a century later.
Five marriage license filings in Milford today
Town Clerk George F. Weed recorded five applications for marriage licenses. Couples listed include Ann Jackson Cornwall aged 23 to Michael J. DiBiase 23 from Cornwall. Lillian W. Little 39 of Elmsford to Roswell Johnson 38. June Ann Hill 17 of Chester street to Donald J. Farber 18. Veronica O Rook 28 of Factory Lane to Frank P. Czawsz 32. Donna Joyce McCann 19 of Clinton Street to Robert G. Beckwith 25.
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Factory Lane
Frank P. Czawsz
Lafayette Street
Bridgeport
Donna Joyce McCann
Clinton Street
Robert G. Beckwith
Buckingham Avenue
What's Cooking Homemakers Meeting in Huntington
Huntington Homemaker club to hold Nov 8 session themed What's Cooking in Your German Neighbor's Pot. Officers and hostesses from Mrs Soltys to Mrs Palmer to coordinate. about 40 members attended last meeting with gift box patterns distributed and hooked rug exhibits. Clifford S Lasto earns Lehigh mechanical engineering degree. he was athletic manager and active in ASME student branch. Sunday School Attendance contest leaders named. winners to dine with losers after contest.
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Huntington
Mary Solkosski
Ray Duhaime
Louis Fray
Stanley Czajkowski
Roy Keyea
Arthur Cook
W. Nettleton
Esther Marshall
Maude Palmer
Club
St. Paul’s Parish House
Adam Soltys
John Lym
Mary Wheatley
Nichols
Frank Barbanell
Clifford S. Lasto
Stephen Lasto
Huntington Center
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Lasto
Lehigh
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Congregational
Robert Ericson
Read McLean
Aides Sought for Scout Units in Woodmont Seabreeze PTA
The Woodmont Seabreeze PTA seeks two Brownie leaders one Girl Scout leader and three assistant leaders plus three Den Mothers for Cub Scout Pack 7 to assist with supervision. Volunteers may contact Mrs William J Maloney PTA scout representative at 29 Meetinghouse Lane Milford Lawns. The PTA plans a November fair with the Workshop group meeting Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. in Seabreeze school.
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Woodmont-Seabreeze Pta
Joseph F. Elio
Elio
William J. Maloney
PTA
Meetinghouse Lane
Milford Lawns
Abandoned Cars to Junk Yard Charged at $7.50 Each
AP reports Francisco towing abandoned vehicles to the junk yard at a rate of seven dollars and fifty cents per car. The detail notes the practice applies to cars left in public spaces, with owners to retrieve titles and pay fees if recovered.
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Francisco
Guilds Fashion Party Tonight At Wildermere Beach
Elizabeth Shapiro of Milford Dress Shop will donate fashions and comment at a style show and card party to benefit church kitchen installation. Event at West Shore recreation center with committees, models, waitresses, and door tickets. proceeds fund the kitchen. Also features a Square Dance Club event and several local births and town calendar notes.
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Elizabeth Shapiro
Milford Dress Shop
Wildermere Beach
Esther Williams
Earl Wilcx
Thomas Robinson
Howard O. Stearns, Jr
Wilcox
Edward Hay
Clarence Cable
Richard Wrabcak
Adolph Schneider
Frank Haight
Madelyn Sander
Leslie Robinson
Carol Ann Krause
Jayene Cable
Judy Symanski
Margrit Bangs
Beverly
Barbara LaPan
Jean Merritt
Tekla Thiman
Judy
Joan Robinson
Easton Property Transfers Reported for September
Easton town clerk Willard Gillette lists September property transfers. Names include Dusbrow Shaff to Dusick of Fairfield, Donofrio to Bernadette Maillet on Harvest Moon road, and many other land and home transfers spanning Bridgeport Fairfield Newtown Trumbull Weston Stratford and Bridgeport.
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Easton
Willard
Gillette
Lucy Dusbrow
Shaff ’O Alphonse ‘Waegemans
Bridgeport
Harvest Moon Road
Frances S. Seymour
Edith
Stephen John Dusick
Fairfield
Silver Hill Road
Rolling Acres, Inc
Samuel P
Dorothy L. Senior
Virginia Drive
Katherine Donofrio
Bernadette Maillet
Sport Hill Road
Frances E. Hair
Nelson
Ivy C. Pleasanton
Hillside
Mohawk Drive
Andrew Kolesar
Mary Brotherton Kolesar
Anna Toth
Westwood Drive
Stephen
Catherine Belko
Gunther Carl
Irene A. Back
New Haven
Morehouse Road
Stella L. McNulty
J. Parker
Ruth J. Taylor
Redding Road
Robert H. Lieberthal
Stella McNulty
Glovers Lane
Edward 8
June M. Gillette
Ferndale
Winola
Willard S. Gillette
Ray
Barbara Leigland
Newtown
Bayberry Lane
William T. Corbett
Long Hill
Brookside Drive
Lester H. White
Alvin W
Miriam Peck
Trumbull
Sport Hill Parkway
Welter A. Peck
John N. Wakeman
Felix D. Kriewald
Weston
Old Burr’s Highway
Oscar A
Rhoda L. Levi
High Ridge Road
Peter van Horn
Marshall B
Sidney C. Dierssen
Eden Hill Road
Lee Wichelens
Stratford
Ernest J
Margaret C. Bontyn
Dogwood Drive
Lantern Hill Road
Victor EB. Gustafson
Raymond H
Edna E. Knecht
Bridge- Port
West- Port Road
Anchors for Forrestal Carrier Comprise Massive Chains
In Newport News Virginia the anchor chains for the super carrier Forrestal total 1968 links weighing 360 pounds each. Port and starboard chains each bear a 60,000-pound anchor. Each link measures 2 feet 4.5 inches, and forging these chains took roughly the same time as building a 2,000-ton destroyer.
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Newport News
Forrestal
Saade
PTA Council Bloodmobile visit seeks donors and pledges
The PTA council sponsors a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on November 10 and runs a contest to see which unit can collect the most pledges. A list of school PTA chairmen invites una contacted donors to join the Pint pledge drive. National Nurse Week actions include a Red Cross nurse meeting on October 19 at 8 p.m.
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PTA Council
PTA Blood Pledge
PTA
Red Cross
New Haven Avenue
Milford CD names new deputy director
Milford Oct 14 Arthur L Schlump of Overlook drive was named deputy director of Civil Defense program by director Wordell Shores He will oversee plans and training operations Schlump has been active in Milford Civil Defense since early this year He is a Remington Arms production foreman and serves as Plymouth Men’s club trade show chair for two years on the Boy Scouts Council for the Pumpkin Delight group and on the Community Concerts Inc board
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Milford
Arthur L. Schlump
Overlook Drive
Wordell Shores
Schlump
Milford Civil Defense
Shores
Remington Arms Company
Plymouth Men's Club
Boy Scouts
Pumpkin Delight
Community Concerts, Inc
Parley
George Regan
Civil Defense
University of Connecticut
Civil Defense School
Lafayette Pta
George Anger
Thomas Bilinski
Melvin Woodford
Ansonia
Joseph Hennington
New Haven State Teacher's College
Mae Anger
Contract Bridge Club
Kenneth Rood
Richard Krueger
Eleanor Krueger
Remer Street
Bel-Air
Lawson van Riper
Housatonic
West Avenue Project Tops Planners Agenda Tonight
West Avenue reconstruction tops a Planning and Zoning board agenda with a public hearing report from Sept 2 and action on the project planned for tonight at 7 30 in the Town Court building. Also on the agenda are revised zoning regulations hearings Aug 31 and Sept 2, six subdivisions for 183 new homes, widening of Seeman's lane, Welch's Point and Shelton Cove roads lines, Lenox drive abandonment, and a Fort Trumbull beach area rezoning request. A land sale was recorded yesterday: James Marino sold a Lindy Street property to Paul E and Barbara A Holzer. An old fashioned rummage sale at 29 Westfield Road benefits WHFM of the Advent Christian Church of Bridgeport, Saturday 9 to 5. Devon Post auxiliary rummage sale, 7788 VFW, Saturday 10 a.m. on East Broadway opposite St Gabriel’s church.
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West Avenue
Planning and Zoning Board
Seeman
VFW
East Broadway
St. Gabriel's Church
Town Tonight: zoning, charter revision, and community events
Community notices list planned meetings at Town Court building and Probate Office, plus recreation and charity gatherings at Saint Peter's Parish hall and local venues. Building permits issued include additions and remodels at multiple local addresses with estimated costs totaling several thousand dollars.
Masella Couple Celebrate 17th Wedding Anniversary
Policeman and Mrs James Masella celebrated their seventeenth wedding anniversary with a party at home attended by friends and relatives. Plymouth Men's Club seeks tenors contact John M Harris Milford Hearing Society hosts Harvest Ball Fundday in the Black Horse Inn Orange Police plan a pre Halloween sa ner Family Night program at Mary Taylor Memorial Methodist Church Sunday at 5 30 pm In 1901 the average US family spent about seven percent of its income on luxury items.
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James Masella
Plymouth Men's Club
John M. Harris
Milford Hearing Society
Black Horse Inn
Orange
Mary Taylor Memorial Methodist Church
Milford woman opens public relations counseling service
J Jane Zeliff announces the opening of a Milford based public and community relations counseling service. A former Milford Citizen assistant editor and Reader's Digest staffer, she has written for Talent This Week The New Yorker and other magazines. She plans to operate from 43 Howe Street Woodmont and has a long record in PTA civic work and Milford church council publicity.
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Milford
J. Jane Seely Zeliff
Zeliff
Milford Citizen
Reader's Digest
Yale Review
New Yorker
New Haven
Monroe Workers Urge Bloodmobile Donations in Town
In Monroe on October 14 Mrs Alec Saxton led a last minute appeal for at least 20 more donors for tomorrow's bloodmobile from 1 45 to 6 pm at Harmony Grange Hall Route 110. quota is 100 pints and 80 appointments are already made. walk in donors welcome. additional chairmen and volunteers are listed and reservations may be made with Mrs Clyde Burkett Route 110.
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Monroe
Harmony Grange Hall
Alec Saxton
H. J. Sapei
Cochairman
J. H. Chase
John D. Rosenfeld
George Wolf
Arlen Beardsley
Robert Mix
Howard Cone
Marie Daluto
Motor Corps
Harold Lever
Randolph Stephens
Robert Delz
James O
Dorothy Kasperall
Stuart Upson
Clyde Burkett
Danbury Youth Sentenced for Assault and Breach of Peace
Charles Pusharczyk Jr. aged 20 of 23 Coal Pit Hill Road was sentenced by Associate Judge Louis DeFabritis to two months in Bridgeport county jail after pleading guilty to breach of peace and assault. He faces potential Cheshire Reformatory if further trouble occurs. The case notes drinking and threats to his father Casmir Pusharczyk with beer bottles in their home. Police booked him Tuesday evening.
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Danbury
Louis DeFabritis
Charles Pusharczyk, Jr
Coal Pit Hill Road
Bridgeport
Cheshire Reformatory
Puskarczyk
Casmir
Harold Scully
James Ginty
Frank Molinare
Election Called By Civic Group
The Bryan Hil association plans its annual meeting tomorrow at 8 p m in the old Point Beach firehouse with Durward F Le maire presiding. Officers will be elected and Mrs Otto B Landcastle will handle entertainment as hostesses Mrs Edward L Peck chairwoman Mrs Chester Malinowski and Mrs Salvatore Esposito also listed. Landaus Bay House new owners Alvin and Mrs Thelma Landau moved from Hamden to 28 Midwood Road built by James Marino with Thelma K Godspeed as agent. Thelma J Luben hosted a birthday party for Mrs Guy Billings and Mrs H James Fuller with several guests. Lawrence R Berth and Eva Pritchard Berth celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with open house on Ranch Road Knobb Hill.
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Bryan Hil Association
Old Point Beach
Durward F. Lemaire
Otto B. Landcastle
Edward L. Peck
Chester Malinowski
Salvatore Esposito
Landaus Bay House
Alvin Landau
Hamden
Midwood Road
James Marino
Thelma K. Godspeed
Jenkins and McCarthy
Landau
Connecticut
Anti-Hydro Waterproofing Company
Newark
N. J
Thelma J. Luben
Bayview
Shelton
Guy Billings
Governors Avenue
Milford
H. James Fuller
Milesfield Avenue
Michael R. Dalton
Edwin W. Miller
Roger J. Goodspeed
Ernest Grabber
Thomas N. Downey
William Watson
Gerald Conley
Lawrence R. Berth
Ranch Road
Knobb Hill
Berth
Eva Pritchard
Legion Aides Install Sutter-Terlizzi Post Auxiliary
Newly installed auxiliary officers of Sutter-Terlizzi post American Legion include Nora Gould president Stella Bondos first vice president Dorothy Patterson second vice president Ann Tuz secretary Elizabeth Gluck treasurer Helen Kosewski chaplain Mary Gaylor historian Mary Rowley sergeant at arms The auxiliary will sponsor a post dinner November 5 in the peat room.
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Sutter-Terlizzi Post
American Legion
Nora Gould
Stella Bondos
Dorothy Patterson
Ann Tuz
Elizabeth Gluck
Helen Kosewski
Mary Gaylor
Mary Rowley
Harry Erickson
Henry Anderson
Commodore Hall
Lafayette
Paul Harrigan
New Haven
Marriage license applications filed in Danbury
Danbury town records show marriage license applications filed with Town Clerk J Augustus Deakin by Robert George Schirmer and Mary Ann Stewart of Danbury and by Mark Bailey and Jacquelyn Gilston of New York City.
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Danbury
J. Augustus Deakin
Robert George Schirmer
Mary Ann Stewart
Mark Bailey
Jacquelyn Gilston
New York City
Bus Operator Withdraws Low Bid In Dispute With Shelton Board
Shelton, Oct. 14 Daniel Pekera Jr withdrew his low bids for Birch Bank and Bullard Havens school bus routes saying he felt unfairly treated. The board restricted contracts to one year, review planned next meeting, and continued day to day operation with $17 daily for the current operator.
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Shelton
Daniel Pekera, Jr
Education Board
Birch Bank
Bullard Havens
Pekera
Walter Schlegel
Spencer Booth
Wilson Fair
Birch Bank Run
Ray D. Stevens, Jr
Ansonia
Robert Dunn, Jr
Derby
Frank Cicia
Kingsley
Commodore Hall School
Sunnyside
Laurette Frager
Elizabeth Walsh
Alice Park
New Haven
Huntington School
Edward Hogan
Fairfield University
Ferry
Teacher's League
Fairfield County
Teens Plan Holiday Dance At Paneyko Studio
A teen organization promoting activities will sponsor a semi formal holiday dinner dance for high school and college students on November 27 from 6 to 12 at Paneyko studio Wik gon road. Bruce Farr chairs with Winnie O Hara refreshments James Stark decorations Peter Nelson program Louis Toth treasurer Linda Mellen secretary Marion Sindra invitations Billy Anguas tickets.
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Dents
Paneyko
Wik Gon Road
Bruce Farr
Winnie O'Hara
James Stark
Peter Nelson
Louis Toth
Linda Mellen
Marion Sindra
Beach Memorial Park
Trumbull
GOP Chiete
Republican Town Committee
Kathy Lehmanns
Barbara Cone
Girl Scout Troop 152
Joyce Rodger
Betty Strople
Mission Aid Society
Grange
Matron Promoted at Danbury Jail
Sheriff Edward A. Platt names Mrs Jennie Stanton matron of Danbury jail at 80 Main street. Widow of Deputy Jailer Godfrey Stanton who died Sept 25, she has served as matron since June 1, 1935. Appointment rests with the sheriff. Platt seeks another four-year term starting next June.
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Danbury
Edward A. Platt
Jennie Stanton
Main Street
Godfrey Stanton
Stanton
Platt
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Buddington Road
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Roy Lund Jr
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Lee Troostwyck
Lynmoor Street
Millwood Acres
Sara Lee
Grace-New Haven Hospital
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Barbara Sliney
Branford
Miami
Fila
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Salvatore Piccolo Jr
Farley Road
Ronald Gary
Mildred Testa
West Haven
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David Testa
Salvatore Piccolo
Bay State
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Dalton Road
Fall River
Mass
Arthur Denmead
Devon
West Shore
Dinah Stern
Tausig Milford
Kay Avenue School
Bob Brundage
William G. Evans
William George, Jr
Milford Hospital
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Joseph Vaszil
Grant Street
Evans
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Nora Greenwood
Colorado Avenue
Nicholas DeLaury
Canada
LeRoy Adams
Housatonic Drive
Kay and
Lenox Avenue
Kay Avenue
Calvary Church
Milford Point Road
Fort Trumbull Presbyterian Church
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Anne Redmond Cote
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Fort
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Point Beach
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Robert Adams
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Walnut Beach
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National Nurse Week
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League of Women Voters
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Elkis’ Press
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West River Street
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Wheeler's Farms Road
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