Community Chest drive lags with $32079 raised toward $192087
The Community Chest fund drive reports $32079 raised this week toward a $192087 goal. Alfred J. Jennings, chair, cites volunteer calls as lagging but expects weekend efforts to boost results for the Monday meeting. Divisions show varied progress with corporate gifts leading at 39 percent and residential at about 31 percent of quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Jennings
Stanley R. Brodhead
Mather K. Whitehead
Ray A. MacDonald
Krapps Highway
Arthur Plummer
Brooklawn-Tunxis Hill
Charles Schempp
Robert Havland
Knapps
Brook-lawn-Tunxis Hill
St. Pauls Choir Plans Parents Night Program
The St. Pauls Episcopal junior choir prepares a parents night program Friday at 6 30 p m in the parish hall with a reception dinner and entertainment. Co chairs Mrs Arnold P Olson and Mrs Helen Clarke appoint dance and dinner committees led by chairwoman Mrs R J Gardner assisted by Mrs Stephen Thompson and others. Receiving guests will be Rev and Mrs Oliver Carberry and Mr and Mrs C H Olmstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Olson
John Clarke
Helen Olmstead
Judy French
Amelia French
Gus Gardner
Wendy Carberry
Gail Olmstead
Neila Olson
Jean Stickney
Janice Drake
Marlane Morin
Carol Lindsley
Robert Standsley
Park Con
Alice Lane
Linda Rutter
Hovena Olmstead
Shen Testo
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Arnold P. Olson
Helen Clarke
R. J. Gardner
Stephen Thompson
David Huntington
Jeanne Adams
Lillian Testo
Oliver Carberry
C. H. Olmstead
Board of Trade to See Film at Nov. 10 Meeting
The Board of Trade schedules its next meeting for November 10 at 8 p m in Mill Plain school with entertainment featuring the film Gunning the Flyways. An innovation will be serving coffee and crullers. Firemen Dance Tonight, Southport Volunteer Fire Company sponsors a dance tonight from 9 p m to 1 a m in Ukrainian hall with Leroy Melus and Hubert Garofalo coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Mil
Plain School
Hyman Berson
Southport Volunteer Fire Company
Ukrainian Hall
Leroy Melus
Hubert Garofalo
Oldfield PTA Rummage and Cake Sale Planned
The Oldfield PTA will hold a rummage and cake sale on Wednesday from 1 to 3 30 p m at the Fraternal Order of Eagles clubrooms 1494 Post Road. Homemade cookies and cakes will be featured. Chairwoman Mrs James Norberg leads the ways and means committee assisted by several volunteers.
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The
Oldfield Pta
Order of Eagles
Post Road
James Norberg
Ways and Means
Marie Nitsche
Lorraine’ Hannowell
Bertha Ritchel
Gertrude Foster
Isobel Wright
Emma Gilbert
Virginia Anderson
Fix It Yourself By Hubbard Cobb The Handy Man
Everyday home repair tips cover renailing asbestos shingles with drilled holes to avoid splitting and striking dangers. Stop sweating toilet tanks by inside insulation. Oil burner smoke early in mild weather signals cold fire pot. adjust when warm. Patch rusted gutters with roofing cement and paper or aluminum foil. Keep wood putty usable by storing it submerged in water.
Voters forecast record turnout for 1950 midterm exceed 1950
Washington officials estimate a total vote of about 45,115,600 for the November 2 elections, up 2.8 million from 1950. About 74,873,146 people are eligible to vote for congressional and state offices, a record for a nonpresidential year. The Census pegs potential voters at 100,223,000 ages 21 plus, excluding 2.5 million armed forces personnel.
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Washington
Associated Press
Census Bureau
Astronomical Highlights of 1954 by Harlow Shipley
Dr Harlow Shipley lists ten top 1954 astronomical highlights selected by Marlow Shapley of Harvard. Key items include Kraus Ko radio sky mapping, Pulkevo Observatory dedication, Lick and Minnesota surveys, Orion nebula flares, radial velocities of 580 galaxies, solar energy advances, globular cluster Messier 3 color data, Mars markings theory, and a wide eclipses observation program.
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Science Service
Cambridge
Mass
Marlow Shapley
Harvard University
Holland
England
Australia
United States
Canada
John D. Kraus
H.C. Ko
College of Engineering
Ohio State University
Virgo
Centaurus
Cygnus
Cassiopeia
Ingrad In
Russia
Lick Observatory
C D. Shane
C. A. Wirtanen
W. H. Wright
University of Minnesota
Mexican National Astophysical Observatory
Tenanzintla
Puebla
Guillermo Mare
Tenanzintla and
Tacubaya Observatories
Nebulos Tres
Orion
Marion Humason
Mt. Wuson-Palomar
N. A. Mayall
Humanson
India
California
U. S. Air Force
Ontario
Labrador
Greenland
Scandinavia
Iran
Armed Services
U. S. Navy
National Bureau of Standards
Dessert Layered Pineapple Squares for Sunday Dinner
A retro dessert combines marshmallows, crushed graham crackers, brown sugar and butter with pineapple and sherry. The filling mixes with whipped cream, then sits overnight in a 9 inch pan. Cut into nine squares and serve with extra whipped cream.
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William A. Durkin
Prospect Street
Danbury
Mary M. Gilleran
Ludlowe Road
Lheensen Town Hall
St. Paul’s Choir
West & Langdon Go
East Main St
George A. Laden
Roers
Sproviero & Sproviero
Sproviero
D.C
F. J. Sproviero
Mon
Taes
Thurs
Hubbard Cobb
the Handy Man
Harlow Shipley
Pulkevo Observatory
Len
Messier 3
H. C. Arp
A. R. Sandage
Hale
Mt. Palomar
Dean B. McLanaghlin
Michigan University
Mars
Sarazin
Connecticut
Florence Sarazin
Burgundy
C. Stroller
D. Black
Edison
Read
Angora
Read’s
East Bldg
John Street
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