Westport Urges Vote On Two State Constitutional Amendments
Westport officials and leaders from Republican and Democratic groups join the League of Women Voters in urging turnout for a June 22 referendum on two state constitutional amendments. The Westport Board of Finance approves a 920 appropriation for the event, with state estimates for all towns and cities surpassing 100000. Voting will be at the Central Fire Station from 6 am to 6 pm, with a special date chosen to satisfy legal requirements for a majority approval.
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Westport
General Assembly
League of Women Voters
Westport Board of Finance
Central Fire Station
LWV
Joseph V. Serena
Voters Enrollment Session Set at Town Hall
Voters will enroll new registrants in a town hall session on Saturday June 20 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The event, announced by Republican and Democratic registrars, aims to sign up voters for the referendum on June 22 and the fall town election. Little League reports a shortage of umpires and scorekeepers. officials call for more volunteers.
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Little League
May brings lower car crash rate in Westport
Westport reports a drop in automobile accidents during May based on statistics compiled by Sgt. Salvatore Fratino. The police department notes the improvement reflects local safety efforts and is continued in follow up on page four.
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Westport
Salvatore Fratino
Sauga Fathers Club Clambake Set For July 25
The Fathers' Club of Sauga announces its fifth annual clambake at South Compo Beach on Saturday July 25. Loren Sniffen and Ernie Pollien will procure and bake the seafood feast. Club officers led by President Ray Babcock plan a gala day with ticket sales through members Colgan's Pharmacy and Economy Liquor Store.
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Fathers’ Club of
Jim Feeney
New England
Colgan
Bedford High School 66th Commencement in Staples Gym
The Staples High School 66th commencement will be held Friday at 8 15 p m in the Staples gym with 133 seniors graduating. Valedictorian Anthony Lamport and salutatorian Susan Hitz will give addresses, and Thomas Rietano, class president, will bid farewell. Carl Harris will perform the fourth movement of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole on violin. Diplomas will be conferred by Alan A Parsell as Rev David P McCracken gives the invocation and benediction.
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Staples High School
Staples
Anthony Lamport
Susan Hitz
Thomas Rietano
Carl Harris
Lalo
Kendall Reynolds
Mike Chaney
Alan A. Parsell
Board of Education
David P. McCracken
Community Methodist Church
Douglas S. Young
Bedford Junior High Orchestra
McCracken
Club Here Wins National Honor in Gerontology
The Senior Arts and Crafts Club of the Westport Woman's Club earned top national honors in the gerontology division of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Announcement came last week at the federation’s annual convention in Washington, D. C. Connecticut federation president Mrs. Douglas A. Johnston voiced best wishes.
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Westport Woman's Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc
Federation
Washington, D. C
Douglas A. Johnston
Connecticut Federation
Flag From U S Capitol Gift To Westport Woman's Club
A flag formerly flown over the U S Capitol has been donated to the Westport Woman's Club. It will be raised for the first time Sunday at 10 30 AM during Flag Day observances at Christ and Holy Trinity Church. The flag, torn from use at the Capitol, is one of six given to charities nationwide.
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Capitol
United States
Washington, D.C
Westport Woman’s Club
Woman's Club
Imperial Avenue
Charles H. Schuck
Frederic L. C. Lorentzen
Christ and Holy Trinity Church
Capitol Building
Washington
Two Boy Scouts Earn Eagle Rank at Court of Honor
A Court of Honor for Boy Scout Troops 28 and 39 in Westport honored George P. Sandy Mac Gregor 13 from Riverside Avenue Troop 28 and Robert Jennings from South Maple Avenue Greens Farms with Eagle rank. W Clarke Crossman First Selectman Karl Dolge Nathan Isaacs attended as guests. Mac Gregor received $300 toward a trip to the California Scout Jamboree.
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Westport
Bedford Junior High School
George P. “Sandy” MacGregor
Riverside Avenue
Robert Jennings
South Maple Avenue
Greens Parks
First
W. Clarke Crossman
Karl Dolge
C. B. Dolge Company
Maunehu Council
Nathan Isaacs
E. C. Mulhausen
North Turkey Hill
George MacGregor
Sandy” MacGregor
California
Beach program plans outlined for Compo Beach
Details of Compo Beach recreation activities for Westport children were announced by recreation director Frank J. Dornfeld. The program runs July 6 through August 21 with morning and afternoon sessions on weekdays. The morning schedule is set from 9:30 to noon.
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Compo Beach
Westport
Frank J. Dornfeld
No Boredom Here Author Declares Westport Writer
Mrs. Marshall Dunn of Fairwold Westport is author of Wives Can Bore You to Death in this week's Saturday Evening Post. A Sat urday Evening Post squib notes her piece has nothing to do with Westport where residents never bore one another and guests at parties sparkle so brightly visitors should wear dark glasses.
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Marshall Dunn
Elsie McCormick
Fairwold
Wolfpit Road
Westport
Saturday Evening Post
Civic Center Park tract urged near Town Hall
Board of Finance approves 96069 for Bedford Elementary School renovation a reduction from the request mainly in classroom equipment. It also backs 20000 to capital fund and 920 for referendum expenses June 22 and names Julian P Brodie to the library building committee. An estimated 42000 is given for Town Hall remodeling with discussions on equipment budgets.
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Julian P. Brodie
William Murphy
Bedford
Clifford Thomas
Fire Destroys Kerrigan's Auto Body on Riverside Avenue
Fire caused about 22 000 dollars in losses including 15 000 to the structure 3 000 to contents and 4 000 to a fire engine struck by a trailer en route to the blaze. Sparks from an acetylene torch started the fire and by arrival flames filled the building windows.
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Kerrigan's Auto Body Works
Riverside Avenue
Harold A. Shippey
Shippey
Fill In Action Nears As Dike Bid Round Planned
Westport boards consider near term steps on Saugatuck River fill in project and invite bids for a dike beside the town dump. Police vacation policy expands to 21 consecutive days for officers with at least one year service. First Selectman Crossman notes bike expansion and river park plan tied to Imperial Avenue flats.
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Board of Selectmen
Saugatuck River
Westport
First Selectman
W. Clarke Crossman
Taylor Place Camp Pen
Imperial Avenue
Crossman
DAR To Give Flag To Church Sunday
The Compo Hill Chapter of the D A R will present a new United States Flag to the Sagatuck Congregational Church at the 11 o clock service Sunday morning. Regent Mrs Leroy Morse and others conduct the ceremony with Henry W Hitzrot receiving the flag. Boy and Girl Scout troops serve as guards of honor and local civic groups send delegations.
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Compo Hill
United States
Saugatuck Congregational Church
Leroy Morse
Henry W. Hitzrot
Ready named new principal at Pomfret Community School
John Edward Ready named principal of Pomfret Community School succeeding Dorothy Leary retiring after 30 years at Greens Farms School. Ready, Norwich resident, earned BS from Willimantic State Teachers College 1942 and MA from Columbia Teachers College in 1946 after military service and lecturing at Cambridge University.
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John Edward Ready
Pomfret (Conn
Dorothy L. Leary
Greens Farms
Westport Board of Education
Norwich
Ready
Willimantic State Teachers College
Hubbard School
Middletown
U. S. Army Air Force
Fireman Harold Shippey Named by Board of Selectmen
Harold R. Shippey of Oak Street was appointed a paid fireman by the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. He is the son of Fire Chief Harold A. Shippey and will begin duties July 1.
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Harold R. Shippey
Oak Street
Harold A. Shippey
Board of Selectmen
Citizen group protests town park land purchase plan
Westport residents press to preserve the land east of the town hall and post office as a civic center area. Charles E. Cutler notes funding doubts for buying the tract and outlines three preservation alternatives while businesses oppose the site’s park-like character.
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Charles E. Cutler
Planning and Zoning Commission
East State Street
Citizens’ Planning Association of Westport, Inc
State Street
Saugatuck
Dorothy R Adams Fund set to close June 23
Closing date for the Dorothy R Adams Fund drive to create a Staples High School scholarship in honor of former Saugatuck School principal was set for June 23. The committee reported excellent progress toward the $2,000 goal at a Saugatuck School meeting. Checks should be mailed to treasurer Mac Lear Jacoby Appletree Trail.
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Dorothy R. Adams
Staples High School
Saugatuck
Grace Hale
MacLear Jacoby
Appletree Trail
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William Willett
Margaret Daniels
DAR
Mary Lou ,DeMaria
Theodore Driscoll
American Legion
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Staples High
Walter B. Stevenson
Serena
Ferne
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Saugapops
U. S. Capitol
Woman’s Club
Town Hall
Civic Center Park
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Bedford Elementary
John E. Ready
Westporter-Herald
Mary E. Hart
The
Connecticut Humane Society
James Cochrane Jr
Mary Ellen Hogewoning
Frances V. Bierck
William S. Hart
Commission
Westport Realties, Inc
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