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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1947

Page

25

Michael Fordyce Fined in Westport Court Session

Michael Fordyce of Fairfield was found guilty on four counts in Town court for breach of peace resisting arrest intoxication and operating with a suspended license. He received a one year suspended sentence and fines totaling 820 dollars. Also in court Evelyn Rose Carey and Minnie Henderson faced larceny charges with fines and jail terms. Traffic cases dominated the docket with several violators including Leonard Tyler Joshua Willets Edward Swift John Flaherty and Earl Regan receiving fines for various offenses.

Westport Michael Fordyce Fairfield Longshore Club Evelyn Rose Carey Minnie Henderson Leonard A. Tyler Joshua M. Willets, Jr Stamford

Mothers Picket School Over Grade Reorganization

In Gilpin township Georgetown grade school faced a mothers led protest with 25 women picketing the three building school.165 pupils were kept home as a holiday to demonstrate against moving third and fourth grades after eighth graders were sent to a newer school for transportation savings. Principal Andrew Burlando said the eighth grade shift aimed to cut costs and asked pupils and teachers to return to classes today.

Leechburg Georgetown Gilpin Township Andrew Burlando

Greenwich Postmaster Fined in Stratford

Greenwich postmaster William S. Meany, 74, was fined $9 for road rules violations and $3 for lacking an operator’s license in Stratford town court. He sent a guilty plea via prosecutor Milton Hausman as he was not present.

William S. Meany Greenwich John Hanrahan Stratford Westport Barracks Merritt Parkway Meany Mitton Hausman John L. D'Amato Wiliams Street

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