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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1947
Page
21
Doctor recommended fittings carried out thoroughly. Our expert service offers a complete line of modern trusses at reasonable prices. Drop in to consult about your rupture and see why hundreds have been fitted in Bridgeport.
Frederick W. Smithson, organist at Trinity Episcopal Church, elected chairman of the executive committee of the department of sacred music for Inter-Church cooperation at the annual fall officers meeting. Panel on Blasphemy in Church Music featured diverse views with Rev Peters, Prof Baumgartner, Palo Calhoun, Miss Anna Lacing and Mrs Kish.
The Rev. John Chalupa, recently from New York, will lead a service at the Slovak Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Madison Avenue. A get acquainted social hour follows in the church school where church members meet the Chalupas. The ladies' aid, led by Mrs Emelia Sagal, will provide refreshments.
Ethyl alcohol, commonly called grain alcohol, derives from the distillation of fermented grains. The term reflects its historic production method and source materials used in early alcohol manufacture.
Washington dispatch reports the AFL asking the National Labor Relations Board to soften or delay the Taft Hartley affidavit rule requiring noncommunist affidavits from union leaders. Padway cites pending cases and a potential 30 day extension beyond Sept. 23 while AFL CIO conventions approach. CIO plans appeals to reverse Denham ruling and delay signing until Boston convention.
More than 100 delegates attended the Western New England chapter Eastern section meeting of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors. The event in Bridgeport featured talks by Carl Turner Harvey Wright and Harry C Abercrombie with Justin Ahearn speaking. A GE film and National electrical code Q&A were presented and the annual meeting planned for Atlantic City next month.
Episcopal church children organized a fund drive via the Birthday Thank Offering to buy jeeps for overseas missionary bishops. In China the Philippines and Japan bishops work on postwar rehabilitation and transportation is a major hurdle. Children give coins matching their ages on the Sunday closest to the birthday.
Police yesterday abandoned the search for Ellis Williams a 19 year old from Helena Arkansas who drowned Sunday afternoon in Bunnell's pond Grappling and Red Cross diving gear over two days failed to locate him He was last seen with two friends who swam with him when he stepped from a concrete ledge into deep water near a floodgate between Sylvan and Glenwood avenues with water depth estimated at about 40 feet.
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