Civic Board to Hear Hospital Addition Report
The Middletown Civic Association Board of Governors will hear a report on plans for Middletown Hospital's new addition at their quarterly meeting tomorrow. The 40 p.m. session in the Promenade Room of the Manchester Motor Inn will feature hospital representatives Walter Mischler Stuart Ives and James Elder.
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Middletown Civic Association Board. of Governors
Middletown Hospital
Manchester Motor Inn
Walter Mischler
Stuart Ives
James Elder
Wilson School Lawn Fete Planned by PTO Leaders
The Wilson School PTO hosts its annual lawnfete on the school grounds or the building if rain moves it indoors, Friday from 430 to 7 pm. Proceeds support PTO activities. General chairmen are Mr and Mrs Richard Grand of 133 Kensington St.
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PTO
Wilson School
Richard Grand
Kensington St
Nason on Education and the New Old Method
Dr Leslie J Nason USC discusses programmed instruction as a modern revival of Socrates method. He traces steps from simple to complex, notes need for individual pacing, and cites Thorndike and Gestalt influences shaping teaching machines and material.
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University of Southern California
Socrates
Basie Ald. Y
Raleigh Scherling
University of Michigan
Edward Thorndike
Thorndike
Pearl Harbor Heroes Return and Loss Highlight 1942 update
Twenty years ago on May 2 1942 Coxwain James F Wick 22 son of Mrs Zella Wick arrived home on furlough after swimming ashore from the USS Oklahoma following the Pearl Harbor attack His buddy Eugene Osborne 21 brother of Mrs Bush Gravett was reported lost in action serving aboard the USS Arizona as a fireman first class Also noted David Weikel of West Middletown elected chairman of the Democratic Central Committee and other assorted classroom reflections from the era.
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Wick
Zella
Charles St
Homa
Pearl Harbor
Eugene Osborne
Bush Gravett
N. Leshee St
Osborne
Arizona
David Weikel
West Middletown
Democratic Central Committee
Louis Neubrander
Regency Club Elevator Bridge Scene Sparks Diamond Hint
In the Regency Club elevator, a young woman pleads for a diamond on the table to do right by her heart while an intense young man remains unmoved. The scene unfolds amid New York bridge players and the famed venue.
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New York
Regency Club
Sternwheeler Auction Imminent After May 18
Cincinnati based Avalon formerly Mississippi River packet owner Steamboat Avalon Inc filed bankruptcy two months ago. One of the last sternwheel riverboats, Avalon, is set to auction after May 18.
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Avalon
Cincinnati
Avalon, Inc
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Lee Cillamy
Neopolitan
Singer Pharmacy
VeRity
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Central Ave
Stet
U.S. Navy
Coxwain
James F
Henry Greathead
Sheinwold
Dummy
South
West
Fast
Declarer
East
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