Merchants Sponsor Settlement Carol Sing
The Wind Sor Street Merchants Association backs the 2nd Annual Christmas Carol Sing by the Union Settlement Glee Club of Hartford. At 7:00 P.M. December 18 the neighborhood tour featured carols at multiple East Side corners led by Union Settlement leaders and Venture Club members, with participation from St Joseph College students and many Union Settlement Glee Club children.
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Windsor Street Merchants Association
Glee Club
Union Settlement of
Hartford
Union Settlement
East Side
Morgan and
Front St
Charles and Talcott St
Kilbourne and
Charles St
Front
Temple St
Talcott St
St. Anthony's Rectory
Main St
Village
Windsor St
North and
Pleasant and
Pequot
Village St
Windsor and
Avon St
Portland and
Middle of
Portland St
Winthrop St
Marylin Lattin
Lucille LeClair
Venture Club
Ehel Hale
St. Joseph College
Union Settlement Glee Club
Theresa Chiarizio
Toni Ventura
Mary Ann Gangi
Virginia Gangi
Eleanor Genova
Grace Bongiovanni
Susan Ventura
Marie Cicoria
Dorothy Civitello
Eleanor Amiello
C. Civitello
William Washington
Mary Ribaudo
Anna Chaney
Antoinette Allen
Adelle Johnson
Frances Carter
Helen Smith
Elizabeth West
Shirley Allen
Betty Beamon
Joan Bellady
Virginia Peyton
Rosa Bell
Ossie Coats
Milton Lumpkin
Alfred Styles
Charles Allen
Robert Cheney
Thomas Johnson
Jessie Mae Colbert
Virginia Market and Samuel Sohn Support Local Welfare
The article highlights Virginia Market run by Samuel Sohn, a neighborhood entrepreneur who engages with the community beyond commerce. It notes his integration into local welfare efforts and community events, including parties for children.
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United States
Virginia
Samuel Sohn
Fauliso's F.E.P.C. Bill Seeks Democratic Equity Ordinance
Alderman Fauliso proposes an F.E.P.C. bill aiming to replace state law with local measures that ensure fair economic opportunities for minorities and all citizens. The draft ordinance seeks court review and potential revision to enact an effective democratic protections law.
Virginia Market Drives Fair Employment and Charity Stand
The Virginia Market is praised for charitable interests and a fair employment policy. It employs four Black workers in responsible roles Melvin Green Denver Reddick Julius Graves and Julius Harris with a portion time student also in the fruit and vegetable dept. Mr Sohn plans to support the student’s higher education. The market aims to be a constructive welfare community partner showing growing faith in local people.
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Virginia Market
Melvin Green
Denver Reddick
Julius Graves
Julius Harris
Sohn
Union Settlement Children Build Winter Ice Rink
Union Settlement of Hartford plans a winter ice rink on Market Street playground. Students and staff leveled the yard with help from contractor Nicholas Casciano and the Hartford Street Department. Community support includes material from James H. Dillon and requests for unused ice skates.
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East Side
Hratford
Market St
Nicholas C. Casciano
N. C. Casciano and Sons
City of Hartford
Royal Thompson
James H. Dillon
City Recreators Department
Frank Cantone
Nick DeMarco
Silvio Corio
Louis Angeloni
Danny Petrella
Gary Castor
Peter Maio
Edward Williams
Union Settlement
Maine Haters Too Shaping Student Protest
In Waterville Maine a Colby College student pair faced a downtown hotel policy barring service for the black student. Both left peacefully. Over 300 students gathered in the chapel for a mass meeting with Dr J Seely Bixler urging restraint. Further actions were not disclosed.
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Waterville
Maine
Colby College
A Community Leader from Hartford’s North End Honored
A Hartford North End native born on Donald Street rose from Saint Patrick's School to Saint Thomas Seminary Rochester and was ordained at St. Joseph's Cathedral. For sixteen years Rev. John J. Loughlin taught at Saint Thomas Seminary St. Joseph's College and Mount Saint Joseph Academy, then in July 1944 became director of Saint Benedict Center to promote interracial justice and education.
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North End
Hartford
Donald Street
St. Patrick’s School
St. Thomas Seminary
Rochester
N.Y
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
John J. Loughlin
Saint Thomas Seminary
St. Joseph’s College
Mount Saint Joseph Academy
West Hartford
Saint Benedict Center
Maurice F. McAuliffe
Social Center Receives $3,000 Gift for Mortgage Liquidation
The Independent Social Center announces a three thousand dollar gift to its building fund from an unnamed friendly group. A five year plan aims to liquidate all mortgages on the newly acquired property at Main, Suffield, and Wooster Streets.
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Independent Social Center
Main
Suffield
Wooster Streets
An Enterprising Business Woman
This feature highlights Mary Parkman Watson a pioneering woman who runs a beauty parlor presides over the Hairdressers' League leads the Third Ward as a Democratic organizer and owns Mary's Petite Tea Room. Her active community service marks progress since the suffrage era.
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America
Mary Parkman Watson
Third Ward
Tragic Bus Crash Claims Young Girl On Main Street
Last Friday, eleven year old Verdal Spencer of 39 Bellevue Square died after slipping on Main Street near Florence and was run over by a bus. Driver Augustino J. Allevo is held on criminal negligence charges as police investigate the accident in snowy weather.
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Little Verdal Spencer
Bellevue Square
Main Street
Florence
Augustino J. Allevo
St. Francis Hospital
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Carol Sing
Alderman Fauliso
F.E.P.C
Court of Common Council of the
City of
Court of Common Council
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