Goal established for chest group in Red Feather drive
Workers in the Special Gifts division of the United Red Feather campaign in Bridgeport and Stratford were told their October quota is 168 191 dollars, about one fifth of the 916 944 total goal. Quotas for divisions and teams were announced, with speakers including Phillip Merryman from WICC and WICC TV and officials from the Community Chest and Budget Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Gifts
United Red Feather
Community Chest
Greater Bridgeport
Stratford
Stratfield Hotel
William W. Hafield
Peter Reilly
Leslie T. Willard
Earl W. Brotherton
William J. Fitzpatrick, Sr
Edward R. Bancroft
William T. Minor
Russell W. Noyes
Richard I. Steiber
Walter E. North
William W. Hatfield
Phillip Merryman
WICC
Wicc-Tv
H. Burling Naramore
Community Chest and Council
Charles H. Abbott
A. Fuller Leeds
Danbury Accelerates City Town Merger Plan Steps
A January 1951 city town committee led by Carl N. Albert races to finish a final report on consolidating Danbury authorities. The panel will send its findings to First Selectman Joseph H. Sauer and Mayor John P. Previdi and publish within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Carl N. Albert
First
John Hurley
Joseph E. Canale, Jr
Democratic Factions Vie as Campaign Opens in Indianapolis
Democratic factions clash over party machinery as the drive to win a House majority begins. Mitchell and McKinney trade accusations at Indianapolis, while Truman’s image and Stevenson’s dinner loom in a contest shaping the 1952 campaign. Nixon links Trumanism to potential 1953 outcomes as GOP touts Eisenhower records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
the &Th Congress
Indianapolis
Stephen A. Mitchell
Frank McKinney
Mitchell
Adlai E. Stevenson
National Committee
Stevenson
McKinney
Truman
Tckets
Kansas City
St. Louis
Nixon
Paul M. Butler
Indiana
Butler
South Bend
Eisenhower
Eissenhower
Democratic Congress
Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Pontiac, Mich
Ike Eisenhower
Broadcast Today
NBC
Rayburn
Czech Reds Nab 2 Yank Soldiers Near Border
Bavarian border police reported two American soldiers were captured by Czech frontier guards near Marketredwitz Germany on September 18. The U S Army said one was a lieutenant in civilian clothes interviewing locals, not en route to Czechoslovakia or on forged credentials. The incident follows three border clashes in nine days near Hof, with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marktredwitz
Germany
Heidelberg
Czechoslovakia
Earler
Hof
U. S
Prague
Driver dies in crash after car hits pole in Naugatuck
Naugatuck September 18 AP report says that a 60 year old driver, John Kovach, of Naugatuck, was killed when his car rammed a pole at the Bridge and School streets intersection. The steering wheel crushed his chest, bending the wheel double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naugatuck
John Kovach
John L Hickey Dies Former Express Co Owner
John Lawrence Hickey 84 of 104 Colony street died yesterday at his home at 1 p.m. He owned the John Hickey Independent Express Co before retiring in 1944. He was a life member of the Park City Council and Knights of Columbus 16 and a life member of the BPOE 56. He is survived by his wife Nellie J. Foley. Services will be at 8:15 a.m. at M J Gannon funeral home and 9 a.m. at St Charles church with a solemn high Mass. Burial in St Michael's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawrence Hickey
Colony Street
John Hickey Independent Express Company
Taney
M. J. Gannon
Washington Avenue
St. Charles’s Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Bridgeport
Hickey
Edward C. Clogan
Noble Avenue
St. Charles’ Church
St Michael's Cemetery
Bernard S. Scanion
Martin J. O’connor
James F. Desmond
Thomas B. Gloster
Father O'Connor
Christopher L. Dunnigan
Pompano Beach
Fha
Prudential Life Insurance Company
New Britain
Frank Braithwaite
Iranistan Avenue
New Haven Hospital
Curtis Funeral Home
Dunnigan
Harold Beloin
Madison
Lilly
Ralshts of
Columbus
BPOR
Godfrey Regains Pilots License After Check Flight
Arthur Godfrey, the radio television star, regained his pilot license at Teterboro airport after an hour and 13 minute test. He had previously lost it for buzzing a tower during a dispute over a runway. Accompanied by Frank La Vigna and Civil Aeronautics Authority official Axel No Yard, Godfrey passed the test and later flew to Leesburg Virginia with his private pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teterboro
N. J
INS
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Frank la Vigna
Axel J. Noyard
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
Nogard
la Vigna
Leesburg
Florida tornado hurls house with two dead in Fort Pierce
A tornado with a thunderstorm carried a one story house 200 feet in Fort Pierce at 1:45 a.m. killing Tillman Lamb Lott and his wife Mary. Son Arland Lott 18 and guest Bobby Jolly 20 were hospitalized with severe chest injuries. The U shaped path left only that dwelling damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pierce
Fla
Tillman Lamb Lott
Mary
Arland Lott
Bobby Jolly
Fort Pierce Memoral Hospital
Duriz
Gen Carroll dies Ike aide and wartime comrade
Brig. Gen. William P. T. Carroll, a close Eisenhower adviser and WWII associate, died at Walter Reed Army Hospital. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower issued condolences and a sympathy message to Carroll’s widow Mrs. Ruth Carroll. Col. Robert L. Schulz was sent to assist Carroll’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William P. T. Carroll
Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed
Carroll
James C. Hagerty
Fraser
Colo
Pete
Eisenhowers
Ruth Carroll
Robert L. Schulz
Pentagon
White House
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Korea
Dr Maud Slye Dies Cancer Researcher at 75
Dr Maud Slye a noted cancer researcher and retired University of Chicago pathologist died of a heart ailment at 75 after entering hospital Aug 16 following a heart attack. She devoted 38 years to studying hereditary susceptibilities to cancer in mice and sought to prove cancer could be bred out of the human race. She was born in Minneapolis, educated at Brown University and served as associate professor of pathology at the University of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maud Silye
University of Chicago
Slye
John Alden
Plymouth Colony
Minneapolis
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Mance
American Medical Association
American Radiological Society
Fairfield Mother Dies of Bulbar Polio
Mrs. Marlon Haraske 27 wife of Edward Haraske of 176 Home Fair Drive Fairfield died yesterday at 8 40 am in Englewood hospital after bulbar polio admission Monday. Services at John Lesko and Son funeral home 1390 Fairfield Avenue at 8 30 am and St Ann's church at 9 am with a requiem Mass. Burial in St Michael's Cemetery. Survived by husband son Glenn and parents Einer and Mrs Olsen with three aunts. Health official notes town's second polio death this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlon Haraske
Edward Haraske
Homefair Drive
Fairfield
Englewood Hospital
John Lesko and Son Funeral
Fairfield Avenue
St. Ann’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Habraske
Marion
Barnard Marashe
Fairnield Ferients
John Lesko & Son
Fairfield Ave
AL St. Ann’s
St. Michael’s
Ferenda
New Haven To Speed Talgo Train Purchase
At Moodus McGinnis said the New Haven would announce its first Talgo train purchase within six weeks. The low-slung train, capable of 90 mile per hour curves, could run Hartford to New York in about 90 minutes. He had proposed about 14 million dollars of investment and noted a combined group purchase may be needed to lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moodus
New Haven
Patrick B. McGinnis
New York
McGinnis
New England Weekly Press Association
Eddie Fisher Flies to Coast to See Debbie Reynolds
Singer Eddie Fisher leaves New York for Los Angeles to visit Debbie Reynolds and plans to announce their engagement soon. He will appear on a television show in Los Angeles and return to New York Tuesday, with an official engagement notice expected in November. A dozen new South African cities are forecast for the future, said P. E. Mullin, president of the Orange Free State Chamber of Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District OF Bridgeport Probate Court
John PO Flanagan
Lloyd A Halpert
Savinz
Bridgeport
Court of Rolice Ghven
Salt Town
Stratford
Connecticut
United States
Tom Johnson Friedeich Niessnoever Sonta FO Thorell WM
Howard Wilconson
New York
Eddie Fisher
Los Angeles
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie
Miss Reynolds
Fisher
P. E. Mullin
The
Orange Free State
Obituary notices mark multiple local deaths today
A string of funeral services is announced across Connecticut towns for Mire. Charles Benson and other residents. The service lineup includes burial at Fairview cemetery West Hartford, Mass. clergymen officiating, and attendance by local officials and family survivors.
John Igoe Rites Held at St Ambrose Church
John Igoe 65 of Hinkside died Tuesday and services were held at St Ambrose church with a solemn high Mass of requiem. Burial followed in St Michaels cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Igoe
Hinkside
Bond Street
St. Ambrose Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Obituary notices for Kaimer Savastano and Schuffels
Services for 83 year old Fred Kaimer of Stratford were held at A G Baker funeral home with Rev Melville Balmer officiating. Burial followed at Park Cemetery. A memorial service for Capt Carmine C Savastano at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia is planned after his death in a Greenland C 124 crash. Mrs Johanna Schuffels, 75, of Stratford, died in Bridgeport Hospital after admission on August 20 for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kaimer
Box 227
Huntington Road
Stratford
A. G. Baker
Melville S. Balmer
Stratford Methodist Church
Park Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Carmine C. Savastano
Stratford Avenue
U. S.air Force
Thule Air Force Base
Greenland
Johanna Schuffels
Nichols Street
John F. Schuffels
Bridgeport Hospital
Miss Laura Sloat 77 Stamford teacher dies at Soundview
Miss Laura M Sloat 77 of 65 Chatfield area Springdale sister of Howard Sloat of 370 Palmetto Road retired teacher who died yesterday at 545 p m in Soundview Rest Home Funeral services set for 2 pm at Bouton and Reynolds Funeral Home Stamford with Rev E A Pollard Jones officiating Burial in Woodland Cemetery Stamford She taught in Stamford public schools 42 years and was a member of DAR Stamford chapter and First Methodist Church of Stamford Survived by three nieces Mrs John C McKinney Mrs Thomas Prosser and Mrs Donald Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta B. Benson
Mill Hill Terrace
Southport
Charles Benson
Heagney Nursing Home
Stamford
Fairview Cemetery
West Hartford
Charles V. Bergstrom
Bethesda
Lutheran Church
Springfield
Mass
Bergstrom
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Sweden
Laura M. Sloat
Chatfield
Springdale
Howard M. Sloat
Palmetto Road
Soundview
Bouton and Reynolds
E. A. Pollard Jones
First Methodist Church of
Woodland Cemetery
Thompson Rites Held for Stratford Resident at Funeral Home
William Nelson Thompson of 36 Vine Street Stratford died Wednesday. Funeral services were held today at the Stratford funeral home of Dennis and D'Arcy with Reverend Loyal Y. Graham rector of Christ Episcopal Church officiating. Burial followed in Union Cemetery Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Thompson
William Nelson Thompson
Vine Street
Stratford
Dennis and D'Arcy
Loyal Y. Graham
Christ Episcopal Church
Union Cemetery
Mrs Madeline C Wainwright Rites Held for East End Pastor's Wife
Services for Mrs Madeline C Wainwright of 472 Newfield Avenue wife of Rev George Wainwright pastor of the East End Baptist Tabernacle were held Tuesday following her death in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wainwright
Madeline C. Wainwright
Newfield Avenue
East End
Aviation Cadet Mitchell Bitar Rites In Norwalk
Avia tion Cadet Mitchell Bitar, 23, of 21 Fifth street, Norwalk, one of two Air Force fliers killed in a T-28 trainer crash near Abernathy Texas, will be honored Monday at 10 a.m. in South Norwalk Methodist church. Rev. James L. Rhinesmith will officiate. Burial follows in Riverside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Bitar
Norwalk
Fifth Street
Air Force
Abernathy
Texas
Reece Air Force Base
Lubbock
South Norwalk Methodist Church
James L. Rhinesmith
Riverside Cemetery
Antique muzzle loader kills handler in hardware store
In Townsend Montana on September 18 a displayed 75 year old muzzle loader duck gun fired killing 53 year old Jim Lovett, a Great Falls smelter worker visiting a nearby ranch. Store proprietor George Gabisch said the gun had been on display two days and called it an empty gun going off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Bent
Bert .Alex
Jim Lovett
Great Falls
George Gabisch
Monroe Bus Passers Warned After Eighth Violation
Police Chief J J Tufano warned autoists of the seriousness of passing stopped school buses after arresting the eighth violator since school began. Ronald A Bardinell of 20 Waller Road Bridgeport was released on a summons after being cited for passing a bus on Route 25 near Carrubba Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
J. J. Tufano
Tufano
Ronald A. Bardinell
Waller Road
Bridgeport
Carrubba's Market
Memory and Mass Notices Submission Note
Public notices advise submitting Mem ory and Mass Notices in writing two and a half hours before publication date. Mail to Post Telegram at 419 State 51 with details for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ory
Guard killed as Nevada prison escape ends in recapture
Three convicts seized a milk truck at Nevada State prison manned by guards on towers. Gunfire followed as the vehicle escaped through two gates. Guard George Miller, 59, was killed, his body found in the truck. Ring leader Gene Liebig, 19, and associates William Burman, 21, and Don Gulovsen, 25, were recaptured within ten hours and face charges that could carry the death penalty if death results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
Nevada State Prison
A. E. Bernard
George Miller
High Towers
Miller
Harry Fletcher
Bernard
Cameron Batter
Batter
Gene T. Liebig
Cambridge
Cambridge, Minn., William Robert Burman
Chicago
Don Gulovsen
Nevada
Speeding arrest for Harold Schmidt in Stratford
Norwalk dated report says Harold L. Schmidt aged 17 of 385 West Reuter street Stratford was arrested at 6:30 p m yesterday charged with speeding. He was released on a summons and will have a City court hearing Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Harold L. Schmidt
West Reuter Street
Stratford
Death notices and memorials from Sept 17 1954 area
Obituaries list multiple individuals by surname Behrens Benson Brown Habraske Hickey Reysen and Galperin with funeral plans in Connecticut New York and Milford. Services are set at various funeral homes and cemeteries including Stepney Fairview Berkshire St Michaels and St Charles. Separate memorials note Laura Ludwig burial site unveiling at Progressive Herrensick Cemetery with guests invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Reee Galperin Sundar
Herrensick Cemetere
Reid St. Kathfleld
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Board of Selectien
Easton
Conn
Eatton
Erwin PO Rowards Arthue Driesen
Clarence Logan
Eles Tinen
Willards Gillette
Town Hall
Toun of
Dorothy Browx
Trumbull
Middlebresk
Tharwlas
Cutliiatena
Stanley
A. Arlanskas
Lote
Fox
Frank Awolese
Ascolese “Tromboll Planning Commission
Belen FE
Era
Trimbaill
John Banibk
Seaview Ave
Pepis
Princess Red Feather
Sam Frayburn
Dean Acheson
John Foster Dulles
John L. Hickey
Express CO
Florida
Gen. Carroll
Ike
Maud Slye
TALGO
Debbie
Maurice J. Carroll
Mary A. McShane Carroll
Church of the Assumption
Tabernnacle
A. C. Bass
Mount Aerie Baptist Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Herman A. Reysen
Milford
James Street
New York City
Milford Hospital
George J. Smith and Son Funeral
Broad Street
Paul C. Relsch
Grace Lutheran Church
Mr. Reysen
Mary L. Reysen
Herman A. Reysen, Jr
Nathaniel Treffeisen
Caroline Reysen
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Henry J. Behrens
Myrtle Behrens
Stormville
Wilmot
West
Goulding
Route 25
Stepney
Leonard Detweller
William Brown
Newtown
Jane Kettel Brown
Meadow Road
Honan
Main Street
Gordon D. Pierce
Trinity Episcopal Church
Berkshire
Sandy Hook
C. C. Savastano
Behrens
N.Y
Martie
Stormsfile
Witmer, West & Goulding
Stepney Cemetery
Laura Ludwig
George Schneider
Manthe Landan
Sundar
Aharath Achim Cemetery
Fld
Stratford Monument Works
Center
Barre
New England
Paolino Cipolla
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