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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, former president, of the Hartford Teachers League, defeated Henry Farrington of New Haven, CEIA secretary, for the vice-presi-dpncv. Other officers include H.%Chandler Hunt of Meriden who continues as treasurer and Mr. Farrington who remains secretary.Outline Year's ProgramIn adopting the association’s program for next, year the 300 delegates, representing 11,000 public school teachers and administrators throughout Connecticut, voted to continue to work to strengthen Connecticut schools by improvingcontractual relationships between teachers and boards of education; to continue to oppose social security legislation which might jeopardize the teachers retirement svs-tern, and encourage fiscal independence for boards of education.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.The delegates also unanimously adopted a resolution presented by the CEA board of directors to “endorse the position of the State Board of Education. . . .in not recommending the imposition of a special loyalty oath upon the educational personnel of Connecticut Such an oath, imposed in certain other states, had been recommended previously by a prominent Connecticut lay organization..A. FITZGERALDPLANS SENATE BIDFiles As Candidate in 23rdDistrict on IndependentLyndon U. 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 the education welfare of Connecticut.GOP TicketGerald A. Fitzgerald, veteran political candidate, has filed petitionswith the Secretary of State to makehim the Independent Republicanparty's nominee for state senator in the 23rd district.IPraises State’s SchoolsiHe noted, too. that Connecticut has been relatively free of the kind of organized attack on the public, schools which has been encountered in other parts of thecountry. Connecticut citizens, hesaid, with the help of the CEA and other agencies, have, been informed of the true facts concerning th^ public schools. He warned, however. that we must continue to be on the alert.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 thepetitions.iIn order to he a candidate Mr.*Fitzgeraldl must have 216 registered voters’ signatures from the 23rd district. Mr. Hafele. emphasizing that the count was not complete. said that there, appeared to he about 260 names on the petitions.iWilmer L. Shultz. Canaan, retiring president, urged 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.Mr. Fitzgerald has served as a Democratic alderman and mayoralty nominee of the United Citizens party and is currently a registered Republican.The Independent Republicanparty, led by Nelson Parker, ofBridgeport, is seeking to place Vivien Kellems on the ballot in November as its nominee for the U. S.Senate.Elected as delegates to 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 EducationAssociation.Mr. Parker said vesterdav that»/the drive to secure more than 8.-000 signatures on nominating petitions for Miss Kellems is “going satisfactorily.He stressed that she has not decided whether she will he 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 as
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Bridgeport Sunday Post
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