Grangers fete three students leaving for college
Members of Redding Grange honored three Grangers Robert Gardner Richard Bergquist and Sherman Briscoe as they head to Wesleyan University Becker Junior College and University of Pennsylvania. William Lewis attended with them as fellow Danbury High School classmates and four boys held National Honor Society status.
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Redding Grange
Grange
Robert Gardner
Richard Bergquist
Sherman Briscoe
William Lewis
Danbury High School
Gardner
Robert
Volney Gardner
Redding Ridge
Becker Junior College
Worceeter
Mans
H. Reinhardt Lewis
Weat Redding
University of Pennsylvania
Alvin G. Goodfield
The
Hill School
P.T.A
Ruth S Flegher
Mary Jane Hopkins
Gertrude Sanford
Mina Grace Staples
Emily Kimball
Julius Johnson
Llwellyn
Warner
Redding Center
Bridgeport Superior Court
Guild of the
Federated Courch of
Jessica Hanford
Rufus Ayres
Stratford
Henry S. McQuade
Cary Lou Briscoe
Judy Sullivan
Victoria Trocat
New York City
Mable Batchelder
Wooster
Masa
Mise Valere Voorhees
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
May Holt Batchelder
Carol
Larchmont
Stephen Jennings
Marchant Road
T.A
Mink Joins Reaper Family Member in Historic Transfer
A mink transitions into a member of the reaper lineage in a historic agricultural exchange. The deal, details scant, links breeding lines with a broader program of livestock conservation. Local observers note the event as a notable cross-species agricultural milestone.
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Mink
Reaper
Revival draws 40000 to Sauerkraut Festival in Forreston
Forreston Illinois passengers gather for the 28th sauerkraut festival sponsored by the American Legion Post as about 40,000 attendees line up for two tons of kraut and two tons of wieners. Cooks begin early, cooking kraut with pork over oak and hickory fires while crowds sit on curbs and in cars for the world’s largest free meal.
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Forreston
Ill
Milton Death
American Legion Post
Sikorsky Receives IAF Gold Medal at Geneva Conference
Igor I. Sikorsky, engineering manager at United Aircraft Bridgeport division, is awarded the International Aeronautic Federation gold medal for helicopter development at the federation's 40th general conference in Geneva. Lord Brabason of Tara presents the honor.
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Igor I. Sikorsky
Bridgeport Sikorsky Aircraft
United Aircraft Corporation
International Aeronautic Federation
Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Lord Brabason of
Tara
Federation
Democrats Name Leo Carbonneau for assessor post
Leo Carbonneau of Pine street Sandy Hook has been endorsed by the Democratic Town committee to fill the vacant assessor seat following M. F. Crowe’s decision not to run after his nomination at the caucus. John F. Hollan, committee chairman, notes Crowe declined to run. Plan Ladies Night Rotary Club invites Phil Dean and family for a Ladies’ Night program Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Parker house with Frank H. Strasburger in charge of arrangements. William E. Hawkins Jr. to speak on fish and game at the next meeting arranged by Edmund M. Foster. At the last meeting, William K. Daniells discussed plans for a community center and headquarters to be sponsored by the VFW post, with sketches shown of a $25,000 building memorial to the town’s war dead. Two Soccer Teams Hawley school begins soccer with a high school game set for Oct. 7 against Thomaston. Junior high team preparing for first tussle. league meeting Thursday in Falls Village. Bethel, Southbury, Woodbury to decide. Litchfield, Washington, New Milford, Thomaston to organize teams. To Play Football Hawley six-man team travels to Falls Village for a game with Regions High School today. Coach DeGroat plans to use all 12 players. lineup includes Keough calling plays and Watkins, Lorenzo, Knutson, Richmond handling the ball. Line includes Herring, Lake, Johnson, Pelletier, Wiser, Berkmann, Kingman.
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Leo Carbonneau
Pine Street
Sandy Hook
Democratic Town Committee
M. F
Parker House
Frank H. Strasburger
William E. Hawkins, Jr
Redding Realtor
Edmund M. Foster
Rotarians
William K. Daniells
V. F. W. Post
The
Post
Irving Hall
Hawley School
Thomaston
Falls Village
Bethel
Southbury
Woodbury
Dick Herring
Harry Lake
Eric Johnson
Ken Pelletier
Ken Wiser
Ralph Berkmann
George Kingman
Saden Endorsed for Mayor by Ninth B Republicans
George A. Saden, Board of Education member, won endorsement from the Ninth B Republican club for the mayoral nomination, despite city party leaders backing Salvatore J. Fazio. State Rep Joseph C. Bober introduced the resolution at a club meeting presided by Stephen B. Halapin. Saden, a WW2 veteran, had also been endorsed by the Sixth District Republican organization last week and did not state his plans to run.
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George A. Saden
Board of Education
Ninth B
Republican Club
Salvatore J. Fazio
Joseph C. Bober
Mr. Saden
Stephen B. Halapin
Fazio
Saden
Sixth District
Republican Organization
Mrs Harris Feted At Party Dinner In West Haven
Gael Sullivan assails Republican Congress over housing prices at a testimonial dinner for Nora M. Harris in West Haven. Wilbert Snow and other speakers praise Harris and urge Democratic mobilization for 1948. several officials and party leaders attended.
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West Haven
Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Sullivan
Connecticut
Nora M. Harris
Taft
Republican Congress
Wilbert Snow
Democratic Party
Party of Vision
Harris
Democratic
FDR's Son and Wife Fined for Speeding
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and his wife Ethel Du Pont were fined 15 dollars each by Police Justice William Hinrichs after pleading guilty to speeding in Lake Success New York. They were charged with driving 54 miles an hour through the village two months earlier.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel DuPont
William Hinrichs
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Redding
Ludwig Goldhorn
Robert Meveneon
Milton Remmhardsen
the Hill School
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Little Boston
Gibert and Bennett School
Georgetown
Ruth S. Fiecher
Mire Mary Jane Hopkins
Grace Staples
the Ridge
Julian Johnson, Jr
Turee
California
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Kentucky
U.S. Gov't
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Hamburg
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Stokely
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Sikorsky
G. A. Saden
Mrs. Harris
G.O.P. Congress
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Democratic State Central Committee
Fannie Dixon Welch
Columbia
Patrick J. Goode
New Haven
Yeas
Dorothy Satti
New London
William O'Connor
Norfolk
Lucy Conniff
Danbury
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