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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1957
Page
3
A half inch pipe burst on the third floor of the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, damaging a book room and part of the Yale collection. Librarian John Otters and staff assess the harm while noting some volumes may be replaceable, with efforts to control the situation and repair bindings ongoing.
The Stratford Community Concert Association will launch its third membership drive with a kick off dinner at The Raven Inn on North Main Street October 7 at 6 30 PM. Mrs Walter Back president announced last year the concert series with acts including Chicago Opera Ballet and Isaac Stern drew sold out crowds. Headquarters are at Sterling House with renewals offered to last year subscribers before new members. Mrs Frank Bunnell chairs the concert committee and three concerts are set with a fourth in planning. Mrs Harold Cawthra chairs the dinner committee with aides including Mrs Mary Hardy Miss Edith Pierson Mrs Back Mrs Edward G Buda Mrs Allen Wallach and Mrs Simon H Levin. Reservations deadline is next Wednesday with committee members. The membership committee includes Mrs Edward G Buda Mrs Donald Sammis Mrs Robert Windt Mrs Harold Cawthra Mrs Back and Mrs Bunnell. Property Is Sold Warranty deeds filed with Town Clerk W Howard Wilcoxson indicate realty transactions: Warren and Dee Ernst to Paul and Ruth Oklin land and buildings Curtis Avenue David Williams to Thomas B Shirra Jr land and buildings Wilbur Drive Elton and Hazel Blangsch er to Eugene and Cercélia Bowers Jr land and buildings Concord Street
Katherine Morris, president of the Stratford Republican Women and campaign chair for Joseph D. Regensberger Jr., names aides Irene Becker Betty Ezarik Pauline Lakatos Mary Morgan and Jessie Koviak. Building permits issued include Sterling House alterations 1400 dollars John Vargas Chapel street addition 7000 dollars Thomas Dineen Rowland street one family dwelling 10000 dollars. Loyal Y Graham III rector has announced.
Mrs Louise Thornberry and Mrs Irene Thasz co chairmen of the Azalia Chapter Order of Eastern Star fair set for Oct 10 and 11 in the Masonic temple have named a large list of aides including Mrs Anna Kozulko Mrs Edith LeGras Mrs Elin Lundgren Mrs Hazel MacKenzie Mrs Edith Malberg Mrs Anna May Mrs Ruth McKeever Mrs Katherine Lampman and many others. The event features a doll booth with these aides assisting at the fair.
Summary of community items from Stratford and surrounding towns including multiple vaccine doses given by health department staff, a baptism at First Congregational Church, Cub Scout Pack 78 planning to attend Yale Brown game, a 20th wedding anniversary for Dr. and Mrs. Ashcroft, a Saturday Rifle club meeting postponed due to team competition in Roseland New Jersey, and Bridgeport Boys and Girls Clubs serving 432 area youths amid facility shortages.
Nine new Bobcats were admitted to Cub Pack 201 at Star King House during a Birdseye school meeting while two cafeteria resignations were announced by Supt. Edwin A. Cox. Sidewalk work will follow under the Main Street Turnpike overpass by Frione Company. Parish Council of Christ Episcopal Church meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the parish house led by Rev. Dr.
Haucation was tapped for study of a Huntington road area land purchase for a future elementary school. St James parochial school held a partial holiday for Notre Dame high school dedication in Bridgeport. Stratford Visiting Nurse Association appeals for donations to its town wide membership drive as contributions lag. St James parish fair in the school hall proved a social and financial success with thanks to committees and the general committee chairman.
The British subsidiary of General Electric won a 155000 contract for a new floodlight system to illuminate Niagara Falls in 15 colors. Twenty floodlights will be mounted in the rotunda at Queen Victoria park to light both the Canadian Horseshoe Falls and the American Falls with a nightly display. The lights will color the 120 million gallons of water that tumble over the falls each minute, with projectors 1700 to 3000 feet away.
Robert C. Crosthwaite of Columbia died at a hospital after a short illness. He was 73 and father of Ralph R. Crosthwaite, First Selectman of Windham. Funeral services are set for Sunday afternoon.
Legal action surfaces in a Levittown dispute over the Browning estate and a broader racial tension case. A Superior Court order involves Frances Browning, widow of Edward Browning, with police monitoring near a house behind William Myers Jr. and a Negro family, amid zoning questions and charges of a “war of nerves.”
A playful pitch for home bread baking from a promotional blurb for the October issue of Better Homes & Gardens Oven Cook Book. It highlights biscuits muffins yeast rolls loaves and the pride of making bread at home.
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