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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1954
Page
16
Councilman Joseph W. Knott proposes referring all future capital expenditures to the Planning and Development committee for recommendation before final action. The panel is reviewing a long range plan funding improvements including a police town court, a new high school, and other buildings within six years.
Mrs Lillian Beers Red Cross recognition chair reports seventy volunteers contributed one thousand twenty seven hours in July highlighting ample community support and service hours across the unit.
Finian's Rainbow, staged at the Polka Dot playhouse, opens Tuesday at 8 30 p m and runs through Saturday. Sterling Community Players report record attendance as advance sales indicate continued demand. PTA Executive Session set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. at 70 Temple Street with president Mrs Keith Arbogast presiding.
City Council committees set meetings this week with the Griffin hagen group led by Councilman Fred H. Lucas of the Fourth district at 8 pm Thursday. Edmond A. Dorne, Sixth district, chairs the Ordinance committee at 7 pm also Thursday. Arthur E. Hart, Ninth district, leads the School Building Needs committee meeting at 6:30 pm. PTA Directors Convene Eli Whitney PTA Board meets Tuesday at 8 pm with Mrs. Donald Mathewson presiding.
Raymond T. Goldbach post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will sponsor a stag outing Sept. 26 in Boothe Memorial Park starting at 11 a.m. If rain, the event moves to Oct. 3. Final plans to be set at the VFW meeting Tuesday night. Civil Defense Auxiliary police plan a meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Room 207 of the Municipal building to discuss fall and winter programs.
Senator Kefauver accuses the Eisenhower administration of private utilities aims to break up the Tennessee Valley Authority through the Dixon-Yates contract. He warns the West Memphis plant deal is a Republican ploy to aid private firms, estimating a 92 to 140 million windfall and urging a critical public review.
A roundup of recent patent awards to residents of Fairfield County compiled from Wooster and Davin patent attorneys in Bridgeport lists Frank S. Karas Stamford for rugs mount and wheel devices. Glidden Upman Stamford for rotor control. Robert J. Meading Darien for canopy clamps. Frank Lloyd Wassell Westport for card mechanisms. Martin V. Reynolds Old Greenwich for liquid dispensing. John J Roemer Tamaqua and Donald Wo Kaiser Old Greenwich for sulfur and dihydro products. Jamex Harris Old Greenwich for voltage check circuits. Van Zant Williams Old Greenwich for cautery instrument. Mario Sonnino and Victor Forzley Stamford for heat treatment apparatus. Elliot H. Woodhull Norwalk and Glenn E. Tisdale Noroton for nondispersive analyzers. Clarence Wo Vogt Norwalk for synthetic film tape. Anselm Talalav New Haven and David Jones Shelton for cash ioning bodies.
Governor Lodge will dedicate the $25,000 pool at the Connecticut School for Boys in Meriden on Sept 12. A dedicatory ceremony is set for 2 p.m. as a tribute to Rev. Robert Keating, school chaplain, with fundraisers noting the pool’s completion.
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Aice Leopold director of the U S Bureau of Labor Women says there is no typical American working woman. She notes women range from 16 to 80 in 446 occupations and balance homemaking with work, urging support for equal pay and better employment standards.
Angela Castorina nominated Jean Sutherland for a two week, all expense paid stay at Camp Mohawk in Cornwall. The Canfield company and Local 176 sponsored a second winner, William Rudolf, to the same camp. Jean learned to ride, swam, and earned the veteran camper tone despite a small poison ivy rash.
Hartford AP report states Prof Frederick H Cramer history professor at Hartford College died in France when his sports car fell 30 feet into a ravine during an endurance test. His wife Elizabeth escaped with minor injuries. The couple, German natives, left Germany after Hitler rose to power.
Detroit Sept. 5 AP The Ford empire built by Henry Ford may become public, with reports of Ford Motor stock sale. Henry Ford IV said the Ford Foundation studies a possible sale of some holdings, owning over three million shares. The move could aim at diversification or keeping control within the Ford family, with a completion time possibly up to a year.
The Mohican A.C. sponsors a dinner dance honoring Daniel E. Hannon, Republican candidate for state senator in the 21st district, at Nu-Champs on Seaview Avenue Saturday October 9 at 8 p.m. Edward McLarney is general chairman with William J. Prince and James Robertson in charge of invitations.
The first full board meeting of Abraham chapter, B'nai B'rith will convene tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Harold Bufford, first vice-president, will preside.
Total attendance at all town beaches over the last three summer months was estimated at about 68 500, reported to recreation superintendent Henry J Leffert by lifeguard directors Robert Yovan and Joseph Wall. Water safety enrollment reached 795, with 476 beginners and 211 intermediates, 54 swimmers, 32 junior life saving and 22 senior life saving. 378 passed final tests earning Red Cross certificates.
Edward Caldwell president of the Bridgeport Young Democratic club will head the local delegation to Meet the Candidates Jamboree and Dance Friday at 7 15 p m in the Bond hotel Hartford The state ticket led by A A Ribicoff Democratic nominee for governor will attend The State Central committee chaired by John M Bailey meets at the Bond hotel to join the jamboree and then attend.
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