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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1957

Page

31

Rejected Suitor Kills and Self in Chicago Driveway

In Chicago on September 18 AP reports a jilted suitor shot his former girlfriend Miss Catherine McGill 24 then killed himself beside a coach house on Near North Side as Patrolman James Broberg arrived to inspect a burglary. Fiellin 30 a former law student appeared calm as shots rang out. A later inquiry indicated Fiellin died by a self-inflicted shot and McGill died at the scene. Friends said they had dated until four months earlier and McGill sought to end the relationship.

Chicago Catherine McGill Lawrence Fiellin University of Chicago Broberk Fiellin Moek Miss McGill

Funeral Tomorrow for Francis Kearns

Francis J. Kearns 48 of 1480 Brookside Drive Fairfield, vice president manufacturing at Bridgeport Brass, died Tuesday in St Vincent's hospital. Services 9:15 a.m. at M J Gannon Funeral Home 515 Washington Ave and 10 a.m. at Church of the Holy Family Fairfield with a solemn requiem Mass. Burial in St Michael's Cemetery.

Francis J. Kearns Brookside Drive Fairfield Bridgeport Brass Company St. Vincent’s Hospital M. J. Gannon Washington Avenue Church of the Holy Family St. Michael's Cemetery

Danbury Ex-Representative John M. Lewis Dies at 71

Former State Rep John Marcus Lewis a Danbury Democrat who served in the 1955 General Assembly died suddenly of a heart attack at 71 Services are set for Friday at Hull Funeral Home Ridgefield Methodist pastor to officiate Burial in Ridgefield Cemetery He was an auctioneer in the Danbury area survived by wife Nellie son John Jr two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews

Danbury John Marcus Lewis Hull Funeral Home Division E. N. Beers Ridgefield Methodist Church Ridgefield Lewis Elm Street Nellie Hoyt Wright Lewis John, Jr Hamden

Rev Werner G Keucher Dies Former Shelton Pastor

Rev Werner G Keucher, 44, president of the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago, died after a long illness. He led Baptist churches in Pontiac Illinois from 1941 to 1943 and Shelton Connecticut from 1948 to 1953, served as an Army chaplain in the Southwest Pacific 1943 to 1947, and became head of the Chicago school in 1953.

Chicago Werner G. Keucher Baptist Missionary Training School Mr. Keucher Pontiac Shelton Conn Southwest Pacific

King Named Assembly Council Research Assistant

Robert D. King of Tolland was appointed as a fulltime research assistant to the Legislative Council in Hartford. The new post pays 7500 dollars yearly and begins October 1, announced by Harry Lugg of Rockville, director of the council. King works with a Rockville law firm.

Hartford Robert D. King Tolland Legislative Council General Assembly Harry Lugg Rockville King

Miss Elizabeth Sherman of Westport Dies in Norwalk Hospital

Miss Elizabeth Eudora Sherman of 42 Treadwell Avenue Saugatuck died today in Norwalk hospital where she had been admitted Sept 12. Services set for Friday at 2 30 p.m. at Charles H. Lewis funeral home with Rev. David P. McCracken officiating. Burial in Christ Church Cemetery. She is survived by two nieces Mrs. John Brogan Englewood California and Mrs. Muriel Smith Oakland California.

Westport Elizabeth Eudora Sherman Treadwell Avenue Saugatuck Norwalk Charles H. Lewis East State Street David P. McCracken Community Methodist Church Christ, Church Cemetery Sherman John Brogan Englewood Cal Muriel Smith Oakland

Instrument Technician and Assembler Positions Listed

Job postings describe assembler and instrument technician roles requiring 1 year minimum experience in fine mechanical or instrument assembly and final testing. Electronics knowledge, setup from complex prints, and tolerances are needed with high school or trades training and possible 3 years experience for advanced tasks.

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