15 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1956
Page
1
The town of Naugatuck honors petroleum conservation with a proclamation designating Tuesday as Petroleum Conservation Day. The document cites shortages in Europe and wartime disruption, urging residents to conserve gasoline and related products for health, industry, and transportation.
A fragmentary text mentions Ivory Day, Naval or Marine associations, the Marine Corps League, Petroleum Conservat ian Way, Faux dawn and Borough of Naugatuck, Connecticut, and a season's cheer refrain on gasoline and petroleum products plus references to Chiartes F Ctork Mayor
Supertas Court yesterday granted divorces to Althea Mac Fravier and Samuel Mellita, both residents of Naugatuck. The proceedings awarded each party a separate divorce as recorded by official court minutes.
The report covers multiple divorce filings. Richard KB Koons and Ann Smith Rozycki seek custody favoring the mother, with Koons to pay 15 dollars weekly child support and 10 dollars weekly alimony. They wed in Watertown on December 16, 1964, separated since 1955 amid cruelty claims. Rozycki and Stexycki of Naugatuck obtain custody of two children, Rozycki to pay 35 dollars weekly child support, and Rozycki to transfer half interest in 2 Melbourne Street property to Mrs. Rozycki, plus 3,000 dollars cash. The Rozyckis were married in Naugatuck on November 26, 1944.
A report notes an incident on June 4 1903 in which a boy was alleged to have committed an act of wrongdoing. Details are fragmentary but identify the event and involved youth. Authorities and local figures are unnamed in the readable text.
New break reported at Smith's Pond in Watertown on December 15 as the third incident since August 1958. Officials cite possible undermining by contractors and call for an investigation by Waterheny authorities and YMCA authorities owning a nearby dam camp.
garbled OCR suggests confusion over a local plan near Steele Brook. Officials in Amis and Wand Ol express doubt about the new project’s feasibility, with skepticism about mooding and town actions. Details are unclear due to broken text.
Community event in Naugatuck features a Christmas card party and cake and cookie sale. The Junior Woman's Club announces a Christmas division at Roger-Smith Elon in Waterbury with Handel's Messiah performance noted for Sunday, December 16.
A notice lists multiple holiday gatherings including a 4 pm service at Conpréegational Church sponsored by the Nauga tuck Cownedl of Churches, a 2 pm tea at St Francis’ Hall, a 2:30 pm children’s Christmas party at the Pond HUL Community Club, and a Corporate Communion event by Ojeda Council Knights of Columbus and St Mary’s Holy Name Society.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a scheduled 8:30 event at St Marys with unclear names and groups. It references a Columba society and a presidents list or title, but the text is unreadable and bits are missing. No clear outcome or date can be determined from the fragment.
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