Student Patrol Formed At St Peter's In Danbury
St Peter's school in Danbury organized a Student Patrol with Danbury Police and the Connecticut Motor Club AAA. Four students Robert McInerney Nicholas Falzone Walter Michalkiewicz and Kenneth Salaam were named to start the patrol to help peers cross streets and follow safe walking rules with police supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s School
Danbury
George O. Baldauf
Town Plan Urged To Guide Growth In Bethel
Advisory Committee on Town Planning cites Bethel costs for new school facilities and a possible municipal sewerage system. The report urges active planning to save taxpayers money and ensure adequate education, noting state health inspectors’ involvement and future growth challenges. It also covers church dedications, wastebasket rules, Lynchburg College dormitory opening, and a library board meeting.
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Bethel
Board of Education
State Health Department
State Water Commission
Town Planning Commission
Advisory Committee On
Speciffc
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
I. F. Terry
Ruth
Edna Terry
Clifford Johnson
Sydney Terry
Blood Donor Drive Slated At Community Center
Monday schedule shows blood donations from 1 to 6 p.m. at the community center under Derby Shelton Red Cross sponsorship. A committee led by Mrs. George L Harvey and Miss Martha Donovan handles appointments with participants from many local industries and firms. Transportation to a Democratic party outing and a series of local PTA and school activities follow throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby- Shelton Red Cross
George L. Harvey
John Brosnan
Martha Donovan
United Mine Workers Union
Ansonia Brass Company
S. N. E. Telephone Company
Shelton Post Office
Bond Rubber
Meyers Iron and Brass
Charles J. Dickgeisser and Company
Huntington
E. F. Belden
Walter Murphy
G. H. Smith
Edward Kaleck
Robert DeVarney
Marvelle Thompson
Frances Dargon
Randall P. Saxton
Donald Pettengill
Donald B. Davis
John O'Connor
Thomas Creed
Harold Geissler
Mary Jane Williams
L. B. Raymond
Democratic Party
White Hills Coon Dog Club
Shelton
Housatonic
Betty Peterson
Charles Frager
Edwardb. Brickett
Betty Usinger
Anna LeMay
Sadie Delaney
Rose Czajkowski
Lottie Bondos
Margaret Gutmann
Betty Brousseau
Beatrice Munson
Harriet Finn
Terri Perri
Margaret Walsh
Adaline Walsh
Emma Symonds
Shelton Pta Council
District Nurse Association
Ferry
Commodore Hull
Lafayette
Pat Papale
A. Lugrn
Sam Kreiger
Morris Kussner
Red Cross
Griffin Hospital
George O. Schneller
Kenneth H. Rood
Collins Dawson
Charlies Matthews
Jeremiah J. Keefe, Jr
Edward C. Grant
William Ahearn
Gordon Olson
William Coffee
Eleanor Smith
Helen Simon
Mary Teevan
Irene Grodovich
Edward Finn
PTA Conference Slated Oct 18 by County Groups
The Fair field district PTA fall conference will be Oct 18 at Nathan Hale junior high with Norwalk PTA hosting an all day program. Visitors will inspect the new Strawberry Hill Avenue school and sessions will cover school hot lunch programs PTA funds and education legislation. Evening panel discusses PTA problems.
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PTA
Fairfield
Parent-Teacher Association
Nathan Hale Junior High School
Norwalk
J. Edward Sjoland
Strawberry Hill Avenue
PTA Council
Rowayton
Robert H. Rowan
William Barclay Parsons, Jr
Red Cross
North Atlantic
School Board Urges Purchase of 20 Acre Site
A public hearing in Consoli dated school auditorium reviewed eight recommendations from a special study committee on housing for the school population over six years. The board called for two immediate classrooms and purchasing a 20 acre site for a new school, planning to complete by September 1959. A town meeting is expected. Also noted are a dental health program for 2nd and 5th graders, and voter registration sessions led by Mrs. Dorothy E. Clark and Platt H. Creed.
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Arthur Tartaglia
Selectman
Selectmen’s Office
City Hall
Danbury
Carl Magersuppe
American Legion Hall
Mary Mulvibil
Albert Hornig
Steven Macko
Marianne Lolhe
Anna Bogues
Pearl Wixted
Betty Ann Geary
Catherine McGetrick
Pauline Nero
Joseph Marinaro
Josephine Buzard
William Gabriels
Leo Papish
Harry Foshay
John Jennings
Herbert Garber
Ary Reed
Trinity Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
Dorothy Mullins
Mid-Fairfield Council of
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire
Main Street
Camp
Richard N. Pierce
George N. Pierce
Belmont Circle
Far East
Cassin Young
John F. Eckert
USN
Frederick Eckert
Barnumcourt
U. S. Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Operations
Navy
Pic
William Jimenez
Joseph Jimenez
Delay Street
10Th Infantry Division
Fort Riley
Kans
Army
3Th Regiment
Richard S. Jowdy
Emil Jowdy
Pearl Street
Army’s Transportation School
Fort Eustis
Army Harbor
Samuel Massena
Joseph Massena
Griffing Avenue
Army Signal Corps
George Swift
Army and
Air Force
Joseph F. Lucsky
Emelia Lucsky
Maote Avenue
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Michael Mazzia
Samuel Mazzia
Garfield Avenue
Garfield Avenue, Recently Returned To the‘ United States
Alaska
Ninth Army Band
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Board of Education
Board of Finance
Board of Selectmen
J. Robert Tomlinson
Tomlinson
League of Women Voters
St. Peter’s Parish
Austin W. Mather
Norwalk
Stephen Salai
George Anderson
Holy Name Society of
St. Stephen's Church
Michel's Grove
Monroe Center
St. Peter's Parish Hall
Stepney Methodist
PTA
Consolidated School
Washington Lodge
Temple
Stepney Fire Company
CYO
St. Stephen's Parish Hall
Step
Boy Saves Mother From Gas Suffocation in Norwalk
A 12-year-old boy, Irving Hirsch, saved his mother Emil Hirsch, 50, from gas suffocation at their Wilton Avenue home. He opened a window and shut off the stove valve after finding her unconscious. Neighbors alerted police. Patrolman Frank Roberto used a resuscitator until medics arrived. Mrs. Hirsch was taken to Norwalk Hospital in fair condition.
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Norwalk
Irving Hirsch
Emil Hirsch
Wilton Avenue
Frank Roberto
Pigeon Welcomed by Bank Clerk On Time
Norfolk bank clerk C. Riddick, known as Jupitor, feeds pigeons each morning. The birds gather in a nearby churchyard and fly to his doorstep if he is late, signaling the time with their coos as breakfast passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Co. C. Riddick
Jupitor
Direct primary urged to curb party faction fights
Stephen Tate Democratic candidate for the General Assembly urged Connecticut adopt direct primary nominations at a Young Democrats meeting. He criticized Republican resistance to primary reform, saying nominations by convention allow leaders to push preferred candidates despite voter wishes. Tate pledged support for a statewide primary law if elected. He also noted other local notices on pension committees, clothing drives, and PTA activities.
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General Assembly
Connecticut
Stephen Tate
Democratic Club
Tate
Westport
Mr. Tate
Dorr Company
Pension Committee
Police, Fire and Highway Department
At & Pm
RTM
Orge M. Darby
Greens Farms Congregational Church
Edmond R. Strait
Congregational Service Committee
New York City
Mothers Club
Community Methodist Church
Harold A. Shippey
Oak Street
Charles Paulesky
Ronald Arthur
Gerard Haehl
VFEW
Joseph J. Clinton
Lifer Gives All, All $7.71 To Polio Fund
Arthur Bass, 49 year old lifer at Fort Pillow prison farm, saved wages from a two-dollar-a-month job and handed 7.71 dollars to the March of Dimes polio fund. He had spent eight months in the death house after a 1949 Maury county slaying before his sentence was commuted to life.
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Ripley
Tenn
Fort Pillow
Arthur Bass
March of Dimes Polio Fund
Bass
Maury County
Houston orphans to get yearly family albums
Houston photographers Guild members provide yearly Christmas portraits for city orphans. Using donated materials, each child receives three prints of their favorite pose, ensuring lifelong pictures of their childhood. This community project began as a charity effort to give orphans visible memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Houston Professional Photographers Guild
State Island Island purchase hearing set by town council
A public hearing hosted by the Town Council Planning and Zoning committee tomorrow at 7 pm in the Town Court builds discusses the state's plan to buy Nelis New Meadows and Farm Islands for 3050 dollars. Details on reasons will be given and the public invited. Memorial service and a food sale also noted with various community volunteers.
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States Board of Fisheries and Game
Nells Island
At & P.m
William E. Colby
Nelis
New Meadows
Farm Islands
Lauralton
Catholic Daughters of America
St. Mary's Clubhouse
Prospect Street
New Haven Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
Joseph Hannon
Thomas McGovern
Thomas Kennelly
Arthur Baggs
James Moran
Leon Sierkierski
Harold Cadieux
Ann Mackin
Joseph Chernock
Raymond Donahue
Maurice Moore
Chester Malinowski
Leonard Chapelle
Joe Perry
St. Mary’s
Robert Toronto
Samuel Randolph
Alan Symanski
Walter Rowland
Kenneth Shepard
Joan Williams
Armed Services
Buffet Style Supper at OES Fair Saturday
Buffet supper and fair hosted by Monroe Stepney and the Lady Martha Chapter OES on Saturday from 5 30 p m in the temple center. Hazel Flynn is general chair and a children's serving will be available. The fair offers fancywork aprons and continuous serving with a special meeting Wednesday at 8 p m.
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Temple
Lewis D. Andrews
Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church
George Beck
Fred Farnsworth
PTA
Wabuda
White Hills
LWV
St. Peter's
Lady Martha Chapter
OES
Town and Country Bowling League
Long Hil
Ladies Aid of Baptist Church
East Village
Long Hill Firehouse
Don Hammond
Congregational Church
St. Peter’s
St. Stephen’s
Monroe Firehouse
Town Hall
Monroe Fire Company
League
Board of Selectmen
Lady Martha
New Haven Man Hurt In Crash On Merritt Parkway
Chester Dobey, 36, of 108 Webster Street New Haven, was hospitalized at 2 45 a m after his auto overturned on the Merritt parkway near Frenchtown road. State Police said he was admitted with multiple lacerations and abrasions in good condition and would face reckless driving charges. His car was towed from the scene.
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New Haven
Trumbull
Chester Dobey
Webster Street
Merritt Parkway
Frenchtown Road
Dobey
St. Vincent's Hospital
Fairfield
John Martin
Parkway
Esplanade
Bakery salesman held on gambling charge
Norwalk police arrested 39 year old Norwalk resident Louis T Cubdelli at 2 15 p m yesterday for policy playing. Cubdelli, a route man for Continental Baking of Bridgeport, allegedly worked his bread route with a numbers racket. He was surveilled for two weeks and arrested on Berkeley street, one of his stops. He posted a 200 dollar bond and is to appear in city court in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Louis T. Cubdelli
Terryplace
Bridgeport
Cubelli
Continental Baking Company of
City Court
Sheriff Roy Guest Seeks Reelect in Chippewa County
In Chippewa County Michigan Roy Guest runs for sheriff on the Republican ticket after a tough primary showing. A contractor moved on election day to demolish the jail and sheriffs quarters for a new city county building. The county will house the sheriff in the poorhouse until completion next year.
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Sault, Ste. Marie
Mich
Chippewa County
Roy Guest
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Martin Weber
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Bruce Allan Chuvala
Lee Avenue
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Gary Emerson
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Robert M. Keefe
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Taft
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Katherine George
Mill Plain
Becker Junior College
Paul J. Novak
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Ruth Blodgett
New Street
Richard A. Fairchild
Stadley Rough Road
Blair Academy
Jacqueline Cunha
South Street
Ronald Grolljahn
Fairlawn Avenue
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Judith Mary McGraw
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Young Place
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Joseph Lynch
Charles Golder
Charles Boice
Myron Beal
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Louis C. Shaw
Greenwood Avenue
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John Price
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Frank DeNigris
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Charles Caffery
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Matthew Patella
William Collins
Emile Roy
John Hyde
Michael Aide
James Gilson
John Dean
Albert Aiken
Frank Roy
Church of the Assumption
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William Toronto
John O'Donnell
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Michael Surenko
Joseph Shea
Otto B. Landcastle
Robert Hanlon
John Morris
Peter Schaumiann
John Connelly
St. Gabriel's Church
John J. Desmond
Clarence Woods
Wildermere Beach
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Postal Service
Branch 1327
National Association of Letter Carriers
Woods
Maples
Francis Brennan
William Grothe
Milford
AEF
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
William Gyllenhammer
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