Farrar to Seek GOP Nomination for Warden Post
Anthony Farrar 27 George Street Republican former sergeant of the power force announces candidacy for warden. A crowded GOP field likely with Stephen Sweeney ruled out and Feliguen favored by Democrats. Town Committee division persists as Monday meeting plans candidate discussions and no one given special consideration.
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Anthony Farrar
George Sireet
Farrar
Realty Basicienes
Stephen Sweeney
Sen
Sweeney
George T. Feliguen
Tany
Joseph L. Dinneny
Dinneny
Harry Carter
Charley Clark Aiyo
Stuart M. Boyd
Red Cross Appeals for Blood in Korea War Era Drive
Urgent appeal issued by Mrs. Gharien Andersen executive secretary of the Naugatuck Red Cross calls for blood donations to meet Monday’s Red Cross Blood Mobile visit. Target 180 pints, but at least 200 volunteers needed with time slots including 12:45 1:45 2:00 2:15 and 4:30 5:30 at YMCA or Red Cross house. Mrs Edith Lalor RN captain for the day.
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Gharien Andersen
Naugatuck
Red Cross
Andersen
Korea
Nouse
YMCA
Edith Lalor
R. N
Houston Appointed To Welfare Post By United Press
Connecticut names Howard E. Houston of Meriden as welfare commissioner in the 11 000 a year post effective January 1. He succeeds Robert J. Staith of Manchester who has held the job since 1939. Smith had signaled retirement readiness.
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United Preas
Connecticut
Lodge
Howard E. Houston
Meriden
Robert J. Staith
Manchester
Smith
Boon
Deaths Leary Waterbury Miss Margaret Leary 1952
Miss Margaret Leary of 23 Budkistent Waterbury died December 13 1952. Funeral from Buckmiller Funeral Home 82 Fairview Avenue to St Francis Church for a solemn high Mass. Burial at St James Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday 7 to 10 p m and Monday 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 o'clock.
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Leary
Waterbury
Margaret Leary
Budkistent
Buckmiller Funeral Home
Fairview Avenue
St. Francis’ Church
St. James Cemetery
Unemployment Office Opens In Naugatuck December 30
Commissioner John J. Sean of the Connecticut Labor Department authorized an itinerant unemployment compensation station at the Tuttle House North Church Street Naugatuck for one day only Tuesday December 30 from 1 pm to 3 pm. The station will handle claims filed by U S Rubber Company employees in Naugatuck or vicinity who are employed only during the week layoff. Claimants not filing at the Tuttle House on December 30 must file at a regular agency office by December 31 to receive credit. Veterans with discharge papers should bring separation papers for potential additional benefits.
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John J. Sean
Jtay
Connecticut Labor Department
Unemployment Compensation Department
Tuttle
Tuttle House
Dad Lanated
Naugatpek Itinerfant
OPS Starts Major Personnel Slash
The Office of Price Stabilization plans a second round of firings starting today to cut about one third of staff. With a 50 percent appropriations cut by Congress last July, OPS will dismiss roughly 1,500 employees by January 21, reducing total staff to about 4,125 from 12,000 last year after a 6,000 layoff in August.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Congress
OFS
OPS
Santa Claus Arrives as Christmas Village Opens Tomorrow
Large turnout expected today to welcome Santa as the Lions Club hosts a village on the Green. Santa arrives by truck trailer on Division Street and will hand out candy to children before the village opens tomorrow at 2 PM for one week, with free admission. The display features a Nativity scene lit softly and holly decorations, with extensive volunteers helping plan events. A separate note records the National Council of Churches adopting a Protestant declaration supporting church state separation principles.
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QWO
Christmas Village
Holland
Lon
Francis Sullivan
Cnews
Andersim
Santa Claus
St. Nick Tx
Santa Ia
Division Street
Lions’ Club
Lions Ciub
Mario Schiaroli
Joseph de Ue
Zigmuund Baranowski
al Klerman
Joseph Reilly
Donald Crosby
Nent
Bink
National Council of Churches of Christ
Cornell
Miss Margaret Leary Dies In Waterbury
Miss Margaret Leary dies in Waterbury after a lengthy illness at the home of Mrs. Clarence Hooy 23 Euclid Avenue born in Ireland a longtime resident of Naugatuck and Waterbury retired from U S Rubber Co survived by sister Nellie Leary of Waterbury a niece Mrs John Gronin of New York City and nephew Thomas E Gunnoud of Naugatuck funeral Tuesday 9 30 a m Buckmiller Funeral Home for St Francis Church solemn high Mass burial in St James Cemetery friends may call Sunday 7 10 p m and Monday 2 5 and 7 9 p m
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Margaret Leary Ding
Clarence Hooy
Euclid Avenue
Waterbury
Iengthly Hiness
Ireland
Naugatud
U. S
Rupber Co
Edward and
Margaret
Morrissey) Leary
Hoey
Nellie Leary
John Gronin
New York City
Thomas E. Gunnoud
Naugatuck
Buckmiler Funeral
Pairview Avenue
St. - Francie’ Church
St. James’ Cemetery
Famers
Eight Million New Yorkers Respond To Grim Raid Test
United Press reports New York City conducted a civil defense exercise simulating a large atomic bomb strike. The test halted traffic and redirected 6,000 air raid shelters and media broadcasts while Civil Defense estimated 203,000 dead and 277,000 injured. More than 8 million residents heard the alarm and complied.
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United
New York City
Bronx
Civil Defense
Fone
Sgt Taft Arrives on West Coast for Christmas
Sgt Donald W. Taft of 98 Bridge Street, Na ugatuck, aboard the USS Cape Esperance docking in San Diego with 190 other Marines from the 1st Marine Air Wing returning from Korea. His father said the Marine called from Hawaii Friday morning and would be home for Christmas. He served at a weather station in Korea.
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Statf Spi
Donald W. Tuft
Charles Taft
Cape Esperance
San Diego
Cal
Yurét Marine Air Wing
Korea
Hawaii
Sgt- Taft
Naugatuck
Sgt’ Taft
Hickey Seeks 86 More Troopers and Radio System
Governor Hickey presses for 86 additional troopers and an upgraded radio system. He urged State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey to trim budgets and expand communications. Meeting with Col. Raymond F. Gates, he delivered the same plea to the Rocky Hill Veterans Home and Hospital commission.
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United Press
Edward J. Hickey
Raymond F. Gates
Rocky Hill Watering Home
Gates
Ladga
Veterans Home and Hospital Commission
Lewis Eng Co Awarded 26062 Dollar Contract
Federal report says Lewis Engineering Co of Naugatuck wins a 26062 dollar contract for bulk thermometers. The award comes from the Aviation Supply Office in Philadelphia with the War Department and Commerce Departments involved in the joint notice.
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Lewis Engineering Co
Naugatuck
Wrahington
Natangespd Commerce Departments
Aviation Supply Office
Philadelphia
Borough Real Estate Appraisals Stir Hearing On Values
Major Johnson predicts a substantial rise in the borough grand list due to new construction and inventory. At Waterbury Superior Court two appraisers valued properties of Mrs. Elizabeth Zwick and Mrs. Wilhelmina Bennett at 47 700 and 24 700 respectively, while other appraisers submitted 28 200 and 25 000.
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J. William Johnson
Thavies Daly
Major Johnson
Waterbury Superior Court
Prospect Street
Aldro Jenks
City of
Waterbury
Martin L. Caine
Borough of
Naugatuck
Lawrence T. Matuiiny
Jamca E. Moore
Atty. Caine
Jenks
Moore
Elizabbeth Zwick
Golden Hil Street
Wilhelmina Bennett
Theodore F. Carrol
J. Peter Woods
Atty
Caine
George Horan
Bennett Property
Bennett
Atty. Mat#kin
Carroll and Woods
Heavy Mail Load Expected Next Week
Postmaster Frank T. Green announces a strict new parcel delivery system during the Christmas season. If no one is home, carriers will leave a parcel post form and the addressee must call the office to arrange delivery. Only the addressee or an authorized person with a note may receive parcels. Green hopes mailing peaks on December 16 but fears many will delay until December 22. stamp receipts for early December match prior years while December cancellations run high.
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Frank T. Green
Green
Car Stolen, Found Again in Same Parking Place
A Spencer street man reported his ABUL stolen yesterday afternoon from the railroad depot after work at 2 30 pm. The vehicle reappeared last night in the same parking spot between 6 and 6 30 pm, according to borough police. Curtis Hoffman of 102 Spencer Street owns the car, a L147 model, recovered at the depot.
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Spencer Street
Curtis Hoffman
Hoffman
Prospect Grange Elects Officers
Adolph Bender was elected minister of the Prospect Grange at a meeting in the grange hall last night. Other officers include Mrs Genevieve Schwelgid secretary, Mrs Elizabeth Grand flora, Mrs Gertrude Lindsay grand-omegna, Mrs Hattie Nichols chaplain, Mrs Edith Caulfield lecturer, Mrs Ebba Allard cores. Also Charles Krauberg fate keeper, Charles Hodges treasurer, Mrs Mae Clark lady stalstant steward, Alfred Clark agalstant steward, Carl Caulfield overseer, Edmund Allard steward, and Henry Hubban elected to the executive committee for three years.
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Adolph Bender
The
Prospect Grange
Genevieve Schwelgid
Elizabeth Grand
Gertrude Lindsay
Hattie Nichols
Edith Caulfield
Ebba Allard
Charles Krauberg
Charles Hodges
Mae Clark
Alfred Clark
Carl Caulfield
Edmund Allard
Henry Hubban
Wage Board expands as turmoil hits hearings
President Truman may add four industry members to the Wage Stabilization Board to unfreeze work on thousands of wage cases. Earlier resignations left about 22,000 cases pending in national and regional boards, while Eisenhower advisers report progress ahead of his inauguration. General Bradley will brief Truman on the Korea trip and discuss observations with Deputy Defense Secretary Foster. A Utah doctor predicts a polio vaccine to protect children may be available soon, signaling potential victory against infantile paralysis.
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United Press
WSB
Washington
Truman
Omar Bradley
Joint Chief of Staff
Korea
Elsenhower
Bradley
Defense
William Foster
FOLIO
Waterbury Bar Honors Two Judges At Farewell Dinner
The Waterbury Bar Association hosts a farewell dinner at Diorio's Restaurant on Bank Street Wednesday at 6 p m. Superior Court Judge Kenneth Wynne and Common Pleas Judge Sidney A Johnson, ending terms this month, are honored guests. State referee and Naugatuck resident Judge John F McDonough will also attend as an honored guest.
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Waterbury Bar Association
Diorio’s Resttaurant
Bankstreet
Superior Court
Kenneth Wynne
Common Pleasant
Sidney A. Johnson
John F. McDonough
Naugatuck
Northern New England Snow Bursts Kill and Isolate Towns
A wild blizzard blanketed Northern New England and parts of Southern New England with heavy snow and rain. Five deaths were reported in the south and another five in the north as roads froze, wires failed, and towns were isolated. In Rockland Missouri a million-dollar hotel fire erupted amid the storm as investigators probe the ruins of the Hotel Rock and surrounding blocks.
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New England
New Fingland
Rockland
Donovan Birth Announcement in St Marys Hospital
A daughter named Margaret Mary was born December 9 at St Marys Hospital to Mr and Mrs Francis Donovan of Prospect Ellen MacLelland noted as a parent. An unrelated line mentions Erickson Motors at 29 Fravher Avendy with no clear connection to the birth.
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Donovan
St Mary's Hospital
Margaret Mary
Francis Donovan
Ellen MacLelland
Erickson Motors
Avendy
Boss in Tes Cream Faces Duty Hat Inquiry
A partial note indicates a boss in Tes Cream is under scrutiny regarding a duty hat incident. Details are sparse with only scattered phrases referencing an imest-Kaney ariel and a possible inquiry into conduct. Further readable text needed to confirm names, places, and scope of the matter.
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Kaney
Ariel
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