Public School Staff Council to Elect Officers Monday
Public school system All-Staff Council will meet at 3 30 p m Monday in the town school office to elect officers for the coming year and discuss educational policies and curricula problems. Members include two teachers from each school and delegates representing principals directors secretarial and custodian staffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
G. E. Rast
Hast
Board of Education
Charles Lawrence
Francis J. Gilmore
Staples High School
Robert Zwilling
George Williams
Bedford Junior High
Dorothy Roper
Shirley Galzer
Long Lots
George Flynn
Samuel Judel
Bedford
Callista Healy
Elizabeth Heinzman
Greens Farms
Margaret Schools
Saugatuck
Florence Walker
Lee B. Hawes
Coleytown
Norman W. Flint
John Ohanian
Knights of Columbus
Assumption Church Hall
Bedford Junior High School
Frank M. Krak
August Schlosser Dies After Fall in City Streets
August Schlosser, 23, of 188 Wheeler avenue, died at 6 am after a fall that fractured his skull at Grand and Jamegz streets. Identification came from a registration tab on his key ring. Services set for Sunday at 2 pm at Frank Polke and Son funeral home. Cremation Monday at Mountain Grove. He was a Germany native and retired electrician, member of Schwaebischer Maennerchor and Germania Singing Society. Cuba increased import duty on plastic hose from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand and
Jamegz Streets
Po- Hce
August Schlosser
Wheeler Avenue
Schlosser
St. Vincent's Hospital
Frank Polke and Son Funeral
Fairfield Avenue
Carl J. Westman
Universalist Church
Mountain Grove
Germany
Hewart
Schwaebischer Maennerchor
Germania Singing Society
Churchill Acts In Strike Crisis
London scene darkens as Churchill’s government moves to halt two week dock strike. Cabinet meeting called. Monckton to meet with dock workers and employers. Bus network gridlocked with 13,330 drivers and conductors out, 92 routes stopped, 42 partly affected, 32 restricted, commuters stranded nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Britain
Walter Monckton
Quetias
Reunion Party At Captiva Island Draws 50 Guests
More than 50 guests of South Seas Plantation Captiva Island Fla attended a reunion party at the Hotel Barnum last night. Thomas W. Mason served as master of ceremonies as 36 mm color slides by Al Mathewson showcased the resort. Attendees included Gen J Leslie Kincaid and Stuart E Hockenbury of American Hotels Corp, Vernon C Behn of Hotel Barnum, and pianist Herb Lewis provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seas Plantation
Captiva Island
Fla
Hotel Barnum
Thomas W. Mason
Captiva
al Mathewson
Post- Telegram
Gen. J. Leslie Kincaid
American Hotels Corporation
New York City
Stuart E. Hockenbury
The
Corporation
Vernon C. Behn
Hotel
Driver Escapes Injury After Auto Turns Over
Westport report notes 8:30 p m rollover on Clinton avenue from Weston road. Robert Szeman 24 of 54 Cornwall street operated a 1953 coupe lost control on a sharp turn, left road, climbed an embankment and overturned onto its roof. Car towed. Patrolman John Gudazik investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Deiver
Clinton Avenue
Merritt Parkway
Weston Road
Robert Szeman
Cornwall Street
John Gudazik
Two Area Drivers Arrested For Red Light Violation
Oct 14 two drivers were arrested at 1 40 p m and charged with passing a red signal at East State Street and Main Street. Summoned to Town court Monday by Patrolman Robert O Shea were Alexander Pump 35 of 527 West Post Road Darien and Alexander Koneny 44 of Fan Hill Road Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
East State Street
Main Street
Robert O’shea
Alexander Pump
West Post Road
Darien
Alexander Koneny
Fan Hill Road
Monroe
Power Change Over Will Disrupt Electrical Service Wednesday
The Connecticut Light and Power Company announced a major distribution system changeover in Redding with an 9 to 11 a.m. interruption next Wednesday, October 21, or the following day in storms. The upgrade raises voltage from 4800 to 8320 and adds a new substation at Peaceable Street serving Redding Ridgefield and parts of Wilton and Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding
W. I. Hubbell
Southern
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Peaceable Street
Ridgefield
Wilton
Weston
R. Forger
Southern Division
Democratic Town Committee
Redding Center
J. Harold Sanford
Margaret Sullivan
Redding School
Lowestown Road
Clinton Geoppler
J. Birdsey Sanford
Robert Marsh
Redding Ridge
West Redding
Georgetown
Ouse
Adam Stoll
New York
Saugatuck Reservoir
Paul W. Koch
Arlington
Mass
Burial vault stolen in Westport weighing 800 pounds
Westport police search for a thief with morbid tastes after a cement burial vault valued at $50 was stolen from vault maker Arthur C. Mills on Post Road. The four foot six inch vault weighing 800 pounds was reported to Police Sgt. Salvatore Fratino at noon. The Detective Bureau leads the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Arthur C. Mills
Post Road
Salvatore Fratino
Detective Bureau
Post House Sold To Weston Man In Connecticut
Weston, Oct. 14 It was disclosed that B. V. Brooks of Goodhill road Weston purchased the Greyhound Post House on Post road Greens Farms and 8.27 acres for 87000 from Greyhound Travel Stations Inc Forest Park Illinois. Brooks who developed Westfair and Compo Shopping centers plans no immediate change and will review the property with an architect soon. The Post House lies on the south side of Post road opposite Westfair Shopping center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
B. V. Brooks
Goodhill Road
Weston
Greyhound
Post Road
Greens Farms
Brooks
Greyhound Travel Stations, Inc
Forest Park
Post House
Weatfair
Compo
Westfair
Women's Republican club meets in Long Hill with Sheriff Platt guest
The Women’s Republican club convenes Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Mrs. Ehrsam’s Main Street home in Long Hill. Sheriff Edward A. Platt will speak. members will bring box lunches and enjoy dessert and beverages hosted by Mrs. Hamsley, Mrs. Shaver, and Miss Katherine Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Republican Club
Frederick F. Ehrsam
Main Street
Long Hill
Edward A. Platt
Harry Mansley
John Shaver
Katherine Hayes
Supreme Court to rule on Nelson sedition case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a Pennsylvania ruling that denied a Steve Nelson sedition conviction, raising whether states may prosecute alleged subversives under state sedition laws or only federal courts may. The case involves Nelson, a Western Pennsylvania communist leader, and the broader question of federal versus state jurisdiction over sedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Steve Nelson
Pensylvania Communist Party
Pennsylvania
United States
U. S. Supreme Court
Nelson
Pittsburgh
U. S
Frank F. Truscott
Robert H. Jackson
Abraham J. Isserman
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Air Force
Robert W. Toth
Toth
Kores
Liberty
New Jersey Supreme Court
Gideons
Robert G. Thompson
Thompson
Court of Appeals
Brennan's Senate Inquiry Appeal Reverses Lower Court
Chicago Sun-Times report outlines Rey Brennan allegedly posing as an employee of the Senate Crime Investigating committee to court. The Court of Appeals reversed the lower court and Brennan appealed to the Supreme Court. The issue asks if Brennan's voluntary statements to a committee lawyer can be used by the government in his prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Brennan
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Lamont and Two Others Indicted Over McCarthy Hearings
A federal grand jury indicted leftist author Corliss Lamont, attorney Abraham Unger, and Albert Shadowitz of Nutley New Jersey for refusing to answer questions before the McCarthy Senate subcommittee. Lamont faces contempt for balking at 28 questions in 1953. Unger and Shadowitz also refused to disclose Communist ties during probes. Each could face up to $1000 fine and one year in prison if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Corliss Lamont
McCarthy Senate
Abraham Unger
U. S
Unger
Albert Shadowitz
Nutley
N. J
Federal Telecommunications Laboratories
Sen. McCarthy
Army Signal Corps
Senate
Lamont
Joseph R. McCarthy
Columbia University
Thomas W. Lamont
McCarthy Group
McCarthy Subcommittee
U.S
United Nations
Shadowitz
Signal Corps
Telecommunications Laboratories
Board Studies Pay Raise for School Heads
The Board of Education considers revising the salary scale for school administrators. A committee of board members and supervisory staff will study administrative duties, extracurricular loads, and local vs peer salaries, with sessions including Dr. Harry A. Becker and Miss Helen Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Joseph Oddie
Norwalk
Harry A. Becker
Helen Patterson
Deaf-mute Sophie Stahursky Missing From Greens Farms Home
Missing person alert issued for Sophie Stahursky 27 of North Maple Avenue Greens Farms described as deaf mute with dark blonde hair cut short. Last seen wearing a green suit and red shoes carrying a black suitcase. Bridgeport physician reported disappearance to police at noon. A horse swam two miles across Scotland's Loch Fyne to return to its master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Sophie Stahursky
North Maple Avenue
Greens Farms
Miss Stahursky
Bridgeport
Miss Staharsky
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Schools’ Staff Council
Robert L. Tooker
Compo Yacht Basin
Beach Commission
Saugatuck Congregational Church
Gibson Daniels
Mra. F. Ethel Cashew
Republican Registrar of Voters
Emerson F. Parker
Saugatuck River
Parker
American Journal of Public Health
Lois R. Clark
Gertrude Ferris
Hillspoint Road
Sydney
EB. Ferris
David J. Albrecht
Covelee-on-the- Sound
Nicholas L. Bell, Jr
Joseph Keogh
Compo Hills
Richard H.miller
New Canaan
Loretta Bellaire
Loretta Court
Tony Cretella
Edith H. Power
Old Hill Road
Rose M. Gross
Sunderland Construction Company
Feda Realty Company
Jennings Realty Company
Jenning Court
Charles Cornell
Tom Lovell
Broadview Road
Henry 8. Lovell
Ben W. Kittredge, Jr
Marc Lane
William H. Briggs
Dorothy E. Kelly
Saugatuck Shores
Leo Leonard
Henry Cherub
Valley Road
Arthur A. Miller
Hillspoint
Compo Roads
Future Teachers of America Club
Tama Alcott
Diane Bertasi
Pris Kaufman
Misa Charlotte MacLear
June Rae Baker
Reda Joseph
Marge Holtz
Meg Guyteri
Gretchen Ras
Light
Ade
Cuba
Captiva Isle
Glenwood Lumber
Sike
Glenwood
Emall Homes
G .Lenwood
Dtek Turs
EA Garvies
Trumbull
Long Hill Nichols
Old Mine Park
James Carrano
Children’s Programs, Inc
Klein Memorial
Pepper
Penguina
Sinbad
Carfano
George Estok
C. Lawrence Bulow
WSCS
Nichols Methodist Church
Richard Sargent, Jr
Raymond Meyers
Frederick Canfield
George Adama
A. F DeVault
Howard Merk
Norman Stanley
William Linley
Frederick Ambler
Eugene Havens
Bernard Baldwin
David Wheatley
Earl * McCathron
Reed Bank
Stanley Herrechaft
Robert Abric
Michael Janinda
J. L. Bragone
H. A. Cotton
L. D. Bevan
K. R. Robinson
Peter DiNardo
F. J. Giamolini
W. W. Joslin
Ride
Scotland
Loch Fyne
White Horse
Lou Rosenbluk
Warner Bras & Girdles
Levi's
Sundial Toon
Little Wral Yorkster
Little Star Dresses
Hollywood Vog Sports
Ag A
Boy
Hemlock Department
Black Rock
Fairfield
V. Hemlock Hardware Store
Turnpike Cleaners
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