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Stamford Teacher NamedPresident of The CEA4bHARTFORD. May 30— (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 ofaCanaan.Walter K. Howe, Jr., of Hartford, former president of the Hartford Teachers League, defeated Henry Farrington of New Haven, CEA secretary, for the vice-presi-dpncv. Other officers include H.* 1Chandler Hunt of Meriden who continues as treasurer and Mr. Farrington who rpmains secretary.Outline Year's ProgramIn adopting thp association’s program for next, year th® 300 delegates, rpprpspnting 11,000 public school tpachcrs and administrators throughout Connpcticut, voted to continue to work to strengthen Connecticut schools by improvingcontractual relationships between teachprs and boards of education; to continue to oppose social security legislation which might jeopardize thp tpachprs rptirement svs-tem, and cncouragp fiscal independence for boards of education.The delpgatps also unanimously adoptpd a rpsolution presented by thp CEA board of directors to “endorse the position of the State Board of Education. . . .in not recommending the imposition of aspecial loyalty oath upon the educational pprsonnp! of Connecticut.!’ Such an oath, imposed in certain other states, had been recommend-ed 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 interest of promoting thp pducation welfare of Connecticut.Praises State’s School*He noted, too. that Connpcticut has been relatively frep” of the kind of organized attack on the public schools which has been encountered in other parts of thecountry. Connecticut citizens, hpsaid, with thp hplp of the CEA and other agencies, “have bppn informed of the trup facts concprning th« public schools.” Hp warnpd. however. that “we must continue to be on the alert.”Wilmer L. Shultz. Canaan, retiring president, urgpd members of the profession to “bind ourselves together so firmly that no force can separate us. The philosophy of democracy”, he said, “was spread throughout this land by the free schools.”Elected as delegates 1o the national education association were Mrs. Elma C. Le Blond, West Hartford; Clifford D. Mignery, Torring-ton. Alternates named were Helen G. Hannon. Essex; Alice G. Clough, Rockville, and Mary E. Shields, Norwich. Glenn W, Moon of Stamford was reelected Connecticut director for the National Education Association.MISS BARBARA GEROWMr. and Mrs. Arthur Gerow of 44 Wood avenue, Milford, announce 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 TicketIAPLiccAM nru/rv tai i/Gerald 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. Under the Statutes. Mr. Hafele. must, check the number of registered voters on the petitions.% *In order to be a candidate Mr. Fitzgeraldl must have 21fi registered voters’ signatures from the 23rd district. Mr. Hafele. emphasizing that the rount was not complete, said that there appeared to he. about. 2fin names on the petitions.Mr, Fitzgerald has served as a Democratic alderman and mayoralty nominee of the United Citizens party and is currently a registered Republican.The Independent Republican 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 R,-000 signatures on nominating petitions for Miss Kellems is ' satisfactorily.”He stressed that she has not decided whether she will be a candidate and will not do so until after the petitions have been secured. Two years ago Miss Kellems failed to secure the required number of signatures to run for the Senate asan independent.going
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Sun, May 11, 1952
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