Teaching Staff For Coleytown Named By Board
Westport Board of Education announced six Coleytown Elementary teaching appointments and replacements for other classes. New staff include Virginia S. James to Grade 5, Mary Patricia Small to Grade 2, Florence Walker to Grade 3, Mary Rose Whelahan to Kindergarten, Charles Mortara to Grade 4, and William Whitmire to Grade 6.
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Coleytown
Westport Board of Education
Virginia S. James
Bayberry Road
Easton
Gilbert and Bennett
Wilton
James
Middlebury College
Trinity College
Teachers College of Connecticut
Mary Patricia Small
St. Joseph's College
Hartford
Small
Florence Walker
Strawberry Hill
Stamford
Walker
Danbury State Teachers College
Thomas School
Rowayton
Mary Rose Whelahan
Charles Mortara
Wooster Heights
Danbury
New Haven State Teachers College
Mortara
John Muir
Long Beach
Cal
William Whitmire
Cornwall
Red Cross Appeals for Tornado Flood Funds
National Red Cross launches a fundraiser after fourteen major disasters depleted disaster funds. Local residents urged to donate via the Westport chapter with checks to American Red Cross, sent to the Church Lane office. Worcester observer Miss Alana Clarke describes the Worcester tornado experience in a letter to the chapter.
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National Red Cross
Dwight Jennings
Westport
National
Red Cross
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Washington
American Red Cross
Church Lane
Alana Clarke
Riverside Avenue
Worcester
Mass
Miss Clarke
Mock Disaster Plane Crash Drill At Hales Court
A mock disaster featuring a plane crash will be staged Sunday at 2 PM by the Westport Red Cross disaster service under chairman Leland R. Gustavson. Fire injuries and damage will be simulated as medical transportation canteen and other units respond. the YMCA serves as shelter and two way radio communication is planned.
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Hales Court
Westport Red Cross Disaster Service
Leland R. Gustavson
YMCA
GOC seeks volunteers for Westport observation post
Officials of the Ground Observer Corps in Westport Civil Defense urge volunteers to man the local observation post. They request at least 85 volunteers to maintain a 24 hour daily watch.
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GOC
Ground Observer Corps
Westport Civil Defense Organization
Mrs Helen Warnock Mackie Named University Trustee
Westport Republican town chairman Mrs Helen Warnock Mackie is appointed by Gov John Davis Lodge to a five year term as a trustee of the University of Connecticut. She serves on the Cornell University Council and on the Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs board.
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Helen Warnock Mackie
Westport
University of Connecticut
John Davis Lodge
Mackie
Cornell University Council
Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs
Registration session for voters held by town officials
The Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk Lois R. Clark will host a voter registration session at the town hall from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday to enroll residents for Monday’s referendum and the upcoming town election.
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Board of Selectmen
Lois R. Clark
Fire department hires seek applicant for paid firefighter role
Fire Chief Harold A. Shippey receives Open Applications for a vacancy in the department. Applicants include Richard Babineau of 206 Riverside Avenue William Krause of 4 Lincoln Court and George Cusco of Maplewood Avenue.
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Harold A. Shippey
Richard Babineau
Riverside Avenue
William Krause
Lincoln Court
George Cusco
Maplewood Avenue
Lions Fund Drive Kickoff Date Set
The Westport Lions Club announced the kickoff for its brush and broom sale fund drive to support a Little League field. The club meeting on July 21 set the date with a tentative house to house canvass planned for Sunday, July 26. Trucks will visit all sections of the town to reach every home.
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Westport Lions Club
CPA Officials Seek Civic Park Move Amid Horse Trade Proposal
Citizens' Planning Association presses town officials to shift open land near the town hall toward civic use while a hedge plan for a store and office block is floated. CPA urges the Planning and Zoning Commission to block new construction. a quorum shortage stalls official action. Westport Realties Inc holds the 72 foot wide land strip east of the town hall driveway. Attorney Leo Nevas says a land deed to create a 28 foot road to the police and court building could be feasible if an agreement is reached.
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Citizens’ Planning Association
Per.e
Arthur W. Wilson
CPA
Town Planning and Zoning Commission
Westport Realties, Inc
Town Hall
Leo Nevas
Charles E. Cutler
Low Bid For Dike Near $25,000
Kowalsky Brothers Inc of Westport submitted the low bid of 24 990 for a dike extending the present town dump. First Selectman W Clarke Crossman said the selectmen will seek a deficiency appropriation from the Board of Finance for the amount, then the project may go to a Representative Town Meeting. The dike continues the dump which is nearing capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kowalsky Brothers, Inc
Westport
First Selectman
W. Clarke Crossman
Selectmen
Board of Finance
Havoc Gives The School For Scandal Old School Try
Sheridan’s The School For Scandal, a 1777 classic, loses to an adaptation titled A New School for Scandal. Richard Baldridge and Albert Marre present the Westport Country Playhouse season opener, with toned down critique of hypocrisy.
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Havoc
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
New’ School For
Westport Country Playhouse
Sheridan
Ferne says law not being kept over expressway issues
Rep Henry Ferne 2nd charges Highway Commissioner G Albert Hill with acting beyond authority by buying and destroying property along the proposed expressway. He urges immediate desist and cites Sub HB33 requiring a full restudy of financial viability before bonds are sold, in a letter to Governor John Davis Lodge dated Monday.
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Henry Ferne
G. Albert Hill
John Davis Lodge
Ferne
Hill
General Assembly
Commissioner Hill
Appeals Board Denies Gravel Sale Request in Greens Farms
The Zoning Board of Appeals denied Grace M. Jennings's bid for an exception to sell and remove gravel and topsoil, citing missing contour drainage and plot plans. Eight other appeals were granted. Neighbors opposed, citing safety and sanitary concerns for the 300 by 1,000 foot strip by the railroad.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Grace M. Jennings
Greens Farms
Jennings
Grenville Mackenzie
Board of Appeals
Gregory C. Willis
Arthur Miller
John Backiel
Clapboard Hill
Maple Avenue
Greens Farms Road
Church Names New Staff Members at Sauga Tuck Congregational
The Sauga tuck Congregational Church announced the appointment of Earl Holloway of Somers Wisconsin a Yale Divinity School graduate as full time associate minister and Prentice Whitlock of Norwalk as organist and choir director. Whitlock has already begun duties.
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Gibson I. Daniels
Edward T. van de Water
Saugatuck Congregational Church
Earl Holloway
Somers
Wis
Yale Divinity School
Prentice Whitlock
Norwalk
Holloway
Whitlock
Westport Voters Urged to Cast Ballots on Connecticut Amendments
Westport residents were urged to vote at the Central Fire House from 6 am to 6 pm on two proposed constitutional amendments. The LWV promotes Question 1 codifying the 47 amendments into a current, unified text without altering the document’s meaning, just updating its provisions.
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Westport
Central Fire House
State of
Connecticut
Westport League of Women Voters
LWYV
How To Vote In Westport Special Referendum
Instructions for Westport voters outline the 6 am to 6 pm voting window at the Central Fire Station. Voters receive fliers from the town clerk, the Westport Library, and central stores detailing three steps to cast a Yes or No vote using curtain levers and voting machines. No candidates are involved in this election.
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Westport
RTM Votes June 30 On Repairing Bedford Elementary
The Board of Finance recommends a $95,249.50 appropriation for Bedford Elementary School renovations at a special Representative Town Meeting set for June 30 at 8 p.m. in Bedford Junior High. The total is slightly under the prior figure due to a math error. major items include painting, exterior work, boiler replacement, and interior remodeling with a $5,000 cut in classroom equipment.
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Board of Finance
Bedford Elementary
Bedford Junior High
Board of Education
Finance Board
Westport Democrats Plan June Jamboree at Greens Farms
The Westport Democratic Town Committee announced a June 27 gala festival at Greens Farms School. The event features local writers artists and theatre figures, a 9 pm revue Republican Follies, dancing at 10, and an auction of rare items including manuscripts and autographed cartoons.
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Westport
Democratic Town Committee
Greens Farms
Registrars Urging Cards Be Returned In Westport
Mrs Ethel Cashew and Mrs Helen Pugile registrars of voters thank Westport registered voters for 90 percent cooperation in the postcard canvass begun in April. Each elector received a double postcard to verify name address and district number and those who have not returned them are urged to do so at once. A challenge notice will be sent to those who have not notified by July.
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Ethel Cashew
Helen Pugile
Westport
Saugatuck River parking area study committee formed
A new committee to draft definite plans for a Saugatuck River fill in project will meet at town hall Thursday. First Selectman W. Clarke Crossman announced engineering reports on transforming the east riverbank behind Main Street stores into a parking area. The panel will report to the selectmen regarding action by the Board of Finance and the RTM.
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Saugatuck River
Town Hall
First
Riverside Avenue
James B. McMahon
Wilton Road
New York
George M. Derby
Washington Avenue
Dorr Company
James F. Towers
Old Hill Road
Wilbur S. Smith
Saugatuck Avenue
Eno Foundation
Yale
Emerson F. Parker
Weston Road
Planning and Zoning Commission
Eloise A. Ray
East Meadow Road
Tri Tie Pias
Board of Selectmen
Main Street
Gorham Island
Harding and Driscoll
Westport Board of Trade to Meet Monday Evening
The Westport Board of Trade will meet next Monday at 8 PM at the Clam Box restaurant. Agenda includes proposed by laws and a budget as well as election of permanent officers. A steering committee has drafted the by laws and will report.
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Westport Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Seven Apply For Westport Police Posts After Tests
Oral examinations were held at the town hall on Wednesday for seven applicants who passed prior written tests for Westport police positions. Three men will join the department on July 1. Names tested included William J. Smith Joseph M. Renzulli Leonard C. Hall Eugene J. Pasacreta Robert O Shea George C. Nugent and Arthur D. Durner.
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Town Hall
Westport
Department
Robert G. Mack
State Department of Finance and Control
William J. Smith
Joseph M. Renzulli
Leonard C. Hall
Eugene J. Pasacreta
Robert O'Shea
George C. Nugent
Arthur D. Durner
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Tornado
Westporter-Herald
Hamann
Bedford Junior High School
Liz King
Melinda Vowell
Lynne Crouter
Marilynn Blanchard
J. Wsrich
Lions’ Fund
Civic Park
Low
Dike
By Bryson Randolph
Church
RTM
Sid Caeser
Lawrence Langner
Anne Hastings Richards
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