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Stamford Teacher NamedPresident of The CEA*HARTFORD, May 10—(AP) Dorothea M. Lennon of Stamford was unanimously elected president of the Connecticut Education Association at the annual representative assembly held today in the hall of the House of Representatives at the State capitol. Miss Lennon, a Stamford classroom teacher, formerly served as vice-president of the CEA and as president of the department of classroom teachers. She succeeds Wilmer L. Shultz of Canaan.Walter K. Howe, Jr., of Hartford, formpr president of the Hartford Teachers League, defeated Henry Farrington of New Haven, CEA secretary, for the vice-presi-dencv. Othpr officers includp H.*Chandlpr Hunt of Mpriden who rontinups as treasurer and Mr. Farrington who remains secretary.Outline Year’s ProgramIn adopting thp association’s program for next, year th® 300 dclp-gates, rpprpspnting 11,000 public school tpachprs and administrators throughout Connpcticut, voted to continue to work to strengthen Connecticut schools by improvingcontractual relationships between tpachers and boards of education; to continue to oppose social security legislation which might jeopardize thp tpachprs rptirement svs-♦/tem. and rncouragp fiscal independence for boards of education.Thp delegates also unanimously adopted a resolution presented by the CEA board of dirpctors to “en-dorsp thp position of thp State Board of Education. . . .in not recommending thp imposition of qsppcial loyalty oath upon thp educational pprsonnpl of Connecticut^’ Such an oath, imposed in certain other states, had been recommcnd-pd previously by a prominent Connecticut lay organization.Lyndon IT. Pratt, executive, secretary of the CEA. in his report to the assembly said 1951-1952 might well be called the year of the joint committee”. He pointed out that the period just passed has been one of “deepening and extending lines of communicationamong CEA groups and with other segments of the profession as well as with the general public in the intprpst of promoting thp pducation welfare of Connecticut.Praises State’s SchoolsHp noted, too. that Connpcticut has bppn “relatively free” nf the kind of organizpd attack on the public schools which has bppn encountered in othpr parts of thecountry. Connpcticut citizens, hpsaid, with thp hplp of thp CEA and othpr agpneips. “have bppn inform-pd of thp trup facts concerning th« public schools. Hp warned, however. that “we must continue to be on the alert.”Wilmpr L. Shultz. Canaan, retiring prpsidpnt. urgpd members of the profession to “bind ourselves together so firmly that no force can separate us. The philosophy of democracy”, hp said, “was sprpad throughout this land by thp free schools.'’ElectPd as delegates to the national education association were Mrs. Elma C. Le Blond, West Hartford; Clifford D. Mignery, Torring-ton. Alternates named wpre Helen G. Hannon. Essex; Alicp G. Clough, Rockville, and Mary E. Shields, Norwich. Glenn W, Moon of Stamford was replected Connecticut director for the National Education Association.MISS BARBARA GEROWMr. and Mrs. Arthur Gerow of 44 Wood avenue, Milford, an* nounce the engagement of their daughter Barbara Edith to Pfc.Ralph Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.Henry Miller of Danville, Iowa. Miss Gerow is a senior at Milford high school. Pfc. Miller is in theU. S. Army and is stationed in Alaska.. FITZGERALD PLANS SENATE BIDFiles As Candidate in 23rd District on IndependentGOP TicketIGerald A. Fitzgerald, veteran political candidate, has filed petitions with the Secretary of State to make him the Independent Republicanparty’s nominee for state senator in the 23rd district.Mr. Fitzgerald submitted the petitions yesterday to Town Clerk Louis E. Hafele. Undpr thp Statutes, Mr. Hafele must, chpck the number of registered voters on the petitions.*In order to he a candidate Mr. Fitzgeraldl must have 21fi registered voters’ signatures from the 23rd district. Mr. Hafelp. emphasiz-ing that the count was not complete. said that there appeared to he about 2fi0 names on the ppti-tions.Mr, Fitzgerald has sprved as a Democratic alderman and mayoralty nominpe of the United Citizens party and is currently a registered Republican.The Independent Republics n party, led by Nelson Parker, of Bridgeport, is seeking to place Vivien Kellems on the ballot in November as its nominee for the U. S.Senate.Mr. Parker said yesterdav that.the drive to secure more than 8.-000 signatures on nominating petitions for Mips Kellems is “going satisfactorily.”He stressed that she has not decided whether she will be a candidate and will not do so until after the petitions have bppn secured. Two years ago Miss Kellems failed to secure the required number of signatures to run for the Senate asr!
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Bridgeport Sunday Post
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Sun, May 11, 1952
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