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ft ctweA 11 Fashion Show Feb. 14 THE HARTFORD COURANT: Tu.Uy, F.bru.ry 14, 1954 Torrington IJnlnnvillo Raymond Johnson Hurt In Automobile Mishap Easter -fashion show to he held at Centinc-I Hill Hall Feb. 24 at p.m. for the benefit ot me" 1956 Hartford Heart Fund. Tickets can also be secured at the door at $1.50.

Notes Members of the Volunteer Fire Department will attend the Hartford County Emergency meeting at Simsbury Wednesday evening. Avon members will meet at the firehouse at 7:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Zac-chera of Albany Turnpike have announced the birth of a daughter, Feb.

11. Ilarkliaiiisfcd THRRTVr.TnN Wh 1.1 fSnvinll- Trnvninnd Of Selectmen Discuss Site For New Hose Building WINSTED. Feb. 13 (Special) A new location for the Hose Company No. 1 building was discussed during a meeting of the Board of Selectmen Monday night.

Selectman Joseph VV, Ros- fifi Fast Main St. was admitted to Charlotte Huncerford Hospital I 't'VVj 'K V' 1 ft I V7 Monday afternoon after an accident on the Thomaston road. His will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Consolidated School. The Whigville Grange has accepted the invitation to neighbor with Plymouth Grange Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Ilarflaiitl $62 Collected In First Phase Of Heart Drive BARKHAMSTED, Feb, 13 (Special) Mrs. John Nessen, local chairman of: the Heart Fund Drive, said that- up to Monday night, receipts from the mail appeal sent to residents here amounted to $62. She noted that the drive will continue through to the end of February, and urged contributors to forward their remittances as soon as possible to her. Checks or money orders may be made the Heart Fund, and sent to her in Pleasant Valley. Mrs.

Nessen called attention to the fact that Barkhamsted Girl Scout Troop 25 will hold a dance Friday night at the local school auditorium for the benefit of the drive. Driver Summoned Kenneth Johnson, 26, of Plain- ville. was summoned Monday in Barkhamsted on a charge of passing in a no passing zone by State Policeman John Foley of Canaan Barracks. Johnson is scheduled to appear in local jus tice court Feb. 20..

Notes Mrs. Morgan Pease of; River- ton is a patient at the Litchfield County Hospital in Winsted. Miss Virginia Dyboski of Barkhamsted was one of a group of student nurses at the St. Francis Hosmtal School of Nursing in Hartford who were capped Sun day. She is a member of the class of 1958.

Granny Improved Road Figures Given By Messenger GRANBY, Feb. 13 (Special) Of the 61.5 miles of town roads in uranoy. are consiaeiea "by the State Highway To Benefit Heart Fund FARMINGTON, Feb. 13 (Special! Farmington residents may now obtain tickets to the G. Fox and Co.

spring-Easter fashion show to be held Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m. in Centinel Hill Hall, Hartford. The show will benefit the 1956 Hartford Heart Fund. Tickets are available from Mrs.

John Clancy at OR 3-2383, or at Heart Fund headquarters, 101 Pratt Hartford. Tickets are also available, at the main entrance booth, of G. Fox and Co. Farmington Tickets Sold Out For Benefit Of Heart Campaign FARMINGTON, Feb. 13 (Spe- cial) Tickets for the seventh annual Farmington Heart Fund Dance, scheduled for Feb.

2o, at the Country Club, have been sold out according to Mrs. Bernard Carde. chairman of the drive. Mrs. Carde urges those wno have tickets and who are unable to attend the dance to return them in order that others will not be disappointed.

She may be contacted at ADams 3-1100 Before the drive started. Mrs Carde said that the ticket sale would necessarily be limited to the capacity of the club. Dr. Philip Murad of New Britain will be the speaker at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the First Church of Christ, Congregation al.

Dr. Murad is a psychologist. His topic was not announced. Refreshments will be served after the talk. Hostesses are Mrs.

William Wilkie. Mrs. Elea nor Hutchinson, Mrs. Spencer Hurlburt and Mrs. John Chris- tensen.

Discussion of the "Work Sim plification Course," to be given by the Farmington Visiting Nurse Assn. soon, will be held at the VNA meeting to be held Thursday evening. Dormitory Vice President Joanne P. Ryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John T. Ryan of 40 Skyline has been elect ed vice president of Allinson House Dormitory at Pembroke College cf Brown University. She is a freshman and a candidate for the degree of Bache lor of Arts. The Rev. Russell Camp, chaplain of the Wethersfield State Prison, will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Men's Club of the First Church of Christ, Congregational.

It will be held Thursday evening at the Sarah Porter Memorial. Supper will be served at 6:30 p.m.. Sunday will be the first day in Farmington for Mrs. Michael Vetrano, the new director of Christian education and pastor's assistant at the First Church of Christ, Congregational. She will participate in the service with the Rev.

Harold G. S. King and will stand with him for the greeting after the service. The Rev. Mr.

and Mrs. King will give a tea at the parsonage March 4 for the parish as a further opportunity to meet Mrs. Vetrano. Makes Honor Roll Richard H. Phillips of 56 Mountain Spring Rd a senior at Nichols Junior College.

Dudley, has been named to the honor roll for the first semester. Phillips is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Phillips.

GOP To Launch Program To Sell Its Farm Policy WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 eft A spokesman for the Republican Na tional Committee said today a countrywide education program will be launched soon to sell the public on President Eisenhower's farm policy. He did not furnish any estimate of the cost, but Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn) said the GOP was plan ning to spend $250,000.

Humphrey asserted the intention was to defeat the Democratic drive to restore government price sup ports at 90 per cent of parity for basic crops. He said this was the only pro vision in the farm bill approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee last week that would increase farm income this year. Eisenhower wants price supports to remain flexible, but the committee voted 8-7 to fix them at 90 per cent. The Senate will debate the issue next week. The GOP spokesman said preparations for launching the educational program, which will include advertising, have been underway Planning fort he program, he for some time.

added, was begun about the time the President sent his special farm message to Congress Jan. 9. Carnegie Grant Given Education Institute NEW YORK. Feb. 13 The Carnegie today announced a grant of 51,500,000 to the Institute of International Education for its student exchange program in the next 10 years.

John W. Gardner, Carnegie president, in announcing the grant said "We look upon the institute's work in educa tional exchange as a im portant part of Americas foreign relations." The institute, a nonprofit organization is described as the leading private agency in the exchange of mature students. which will require $8,400,000 in new funds in the next 10 years. It is administering exchange programs involving more than 4,500 persons this year. U.

S. Signs German Pact WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 The United States signed an agreement today to help West Germany build and power an "atoms for peace" research plant. The agreement, similar to nacts signed with 24 other coun tries, is subject to congressional Father Retires, Son Takes Over Insurance Office UNIONVILLE, Feb.

13 (Special) George S. Robotham, who has conducted an Insurance and real estate agency at 12 S. Main St. has turned the business over to his son, Samuel G. Robotham, and has retired.

Robotham has been In busi-ness in Unionville since 1912 when he resigned as superin-tedent of the Unionville Water Power Co. to take over the clothing business of his brother, the late W. W. Robotham. At that time he also purchased a grocery business of the late Henry W.

Hart and conducted both stores until the death of his brother in 1922. Selling the clothing store to James W. Miniter and the grocery store to George C. Burnett, Robotham took up his brother's interests in the firm of Rourke and Robotham Inc. coal, oil, trucking, insurance and real estate.

Other Interest Upon the retirement of Mr. Rourke, he bought his interest and conducted the business until 1948 when he sold the coal, oil and trucking business to Farm-ington Valley Fuel and has since given his attention to insurance and real estate. Active in Civic Affairs Always interested in public affairs, he served several years as tax collector in Avon before moving to Unionville in 1922. Since then he was elected to three terms on the former Bor ough Council serving as senior burgess. For 15 years, he was chairman of the Union School Dis trict Committee and also chairman of the building committee which erected the present Union School.

For 26 years he was a mem ber of the Farmington Board of Education. Also for 26 years he was a director and treasurer of the West End Library Associa tion and for 15 years director and treasurer of the Masonic Building Association. He was a director and treas urer of the former Unionville Chamber of Commerce also served as treasurer of the First Church of Christ CongregationaL aL He is a past president of both the Farmington- Community and Exchange Clubs. Fraternal Affiliation In fraternal circles, he is a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias, past master of Evening Star, Lodge of Masons, past master of the Hartford County Chapter of Actual Past Masters. A patron of Adah Chapter, OES.

He is a Shriner. Knight Templer and a 32nd degree ma son. At present he is an incorpor ator of the Farmington Savings bank, and a member of the Farmington Divisional Commit tee of the Connecticut Power Co. He is serving the Town of Farmington. as a member of the ap praisal committee for flood areas and he is a member of the School Building Committee for the erection of the new junior high school.

His many friends are wishing him years of health and happi ness in his retirement. Heart Fund Drive Mrs. John J. Clancv, chairman of the local Heart Fund drive, has put plastic hearts in local business places. She also has tickets for the Heart Fund dance to be held at the Farmington Country Club, and for the an nual G.

Fox spring-Easter fash ion show, at Centinel Hill Hall Feb. 24. The show will benefit the drive. The meeting of the Unionville unit of the Farmington League of Women Voters at the home of Mrs. R.

B. Whittlesey will be of Tuesday, as previously an nounced. Notes Mrs. Gladys Arnold of Maple Avenue is a patient at St. Francis Hospital.

Mrs. Robert Woodbury and infant son, Gordon Wesley, have returned from Hartford Hospital to their home on School Street The Farmington High School Indians will go to Southington Tuesday evening for their last league game of the season. 11 Men Fined In Morals Case At East Hampton EAST HAMPTON, Feb. 13 (Special Eleven area men arrested during the weekend on morals charges enterd guilty pleas to counts of breach of the peace when presented in Justice Court Monday night. Trial Justice Allen E.

Scholl imposed $50 fines on each man. Mrs. Lillian Wood, 22. of Taft-ville was given a 60-day sus pended sentence on a charge of lascivious carriage. Her alleged companion was-returned to the State Farm for Women in Nian-tic for violation of probation.

The case of the 11 men was one of two vice cases disposed of by the court Monday night. In the second action Edward Ro- bida, 54, of Prospect Street. Mid- dletown. was fined 550 on a las civious carriage charge while Mrs. Lillian R.

Goodwin, 38. of 40 Fairview Middletown, was to an indefinite term at the State Farm for Women on the same count. The 11 men fined in the first case were Daniel Furst, 50, Frank Pelletti, 25. George Val- li. 26.

Richard Hess, 34, John Wescott. Roy Cavanaugh, 21, Robert Banning, 24, and Frank Sanatowitz, 21, all of East Hamp ton; James Murphy, 4i. of Vernon; Kenneth Brady, 20, of Westchester; and John Squires, 27, of Marlborough. The cases were presented by Proscutor Percy P. Markham.

Rheumatism now is Austria's most prevalent disease, a Vienna lmunes included a included a neaa con- cussion, bruises and cuts, ins condition is 'satisfactory' hos pital authorities said. Police said the Johnson car left the road and overturned near the Litchfield town line. The car was demolished. Paris Webb of 68 Wall passenger in the vehicle, was treated at the hospital for minor injuries. Johnson was charged with speeding, violating the -motor vehicle laws and operating an unregistered motor vehicle.

State Policeman Cleveland Feus- senich investigated the accident. Hospital Admissions' Patients admitted to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Monday include Garry Louchen of Albreeht Road, Roland Peters of 4' Prospect Mrs. John Col-ton of 113 Riverside Mrs. William Delaney of 682 Prospect Mrs. John Cunningham' of 380 Church Roland Tofield of 121 MeKinley John Hla-dick of Litchfield.

Mrs. Margaret Gentile of 241 Riverside Mario Persechino of 70 Hawthorne Carolee Fesko of Pinewood Road, and Donald Beauchamp of RFD 3. Entile II. Bohrer Emile H. Bohrer, 74, formerly of Torrington.

died late Sunday in Wolcott. N. Y. Born in France, he had lived in Torrington 45 years. A machinist, ha retired from the Warren-McAr-thur Corp.

of Bantam in 1945. He leaves two sons, Robert E. Rohrer of Torrington and Marcel J. Bohrer of Williamstown, N. a stepson, Frank F.

Chatelot of Torrington; four daughters, Miss Elsie M. Bohrer of Litchfield Mrs. Hen ry J. Rougeot, Mrs'. Helen Loyot and Mrs.

Frank Benson, all of Torrington; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held Thursday at 8:15 a.m. at the Gleeson Mortuary and at St Francis Church at 9. Burial will be in St. Francis New Cemetery.

Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. Monday Births Births reported Monday at the hospital it chide: A son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Percival of 263 W'inthrop a daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. John Herpich of 1GS Brightwood a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patterson of 248 Winsted Rd. and a son to Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Cook of Thomaston. William II. Graham William H. Graham, formerly of Torrington.

died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ethel Ackerman of Naugatuck. Bom in Torrington. son of the late Thomas H. and Isabel Constable Graham, he retired five years ago as superintendent of the Tube Mill of the Chase Metal Works in Waterbury.

He was a member of the Chase Foremen's the Chase Country Club. Waterbury Lodge of Elks, and the Bristol Fish and Game Assn. Besides his daughter, with whom he made his home, he leaves two brothers, James H. Graham of Torrington an2 Thomas Graham of Litchfield, and several nieces and nephews. Hie funeral will be held ednesday at 8:15 a.m.

from the Mulville Funeral Home. Waterbury. to St. Francis' Church, Naugatuck, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Waterbury'- Friend may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 m. Bids Due Today Sealed bids for three new police patrol cars are due at the offiee of City Purchasing Agent Robert McLaughlin Tuesday at 4 p.m. The specifications call for R-cvlinder four-door se dans. Traded tn on the purchase will be a 1953 four-door, fi-cyl- inder Ford and two four. door, 6-cylinder Plymouth sedans.

Sooial Seourty Return Wednesday is the deadline for many Litchifeld County farmers to file their first social security return, according to John J. Daly, manager of the Torrington Social Security Otnce. Farmers who did not file a declaration of 1955 ineom together with payment of tax by Jan. 15 must make their final returns, including Social Security, by Wednesday. Other farm owners or operators who filed such a declaration or were not required to do so may send their returns to the direc- or of internal revenue by April 16.

they are requested, however, to file as soon as pos. sible. Forms and information on filing the return and paying the tax may be obtained from any district office of the director of internal revenue. Application blanks for original and duplicate social security cards may be secured at the Post office or the Torrington Social Security Offiee at 44 Water St. Building Permits Building permits issued recently at the office of the city engineer follow: Paul Corey, to make alterations and additions on Highland Lake Road; Dobosi Sign Service, to erect a sign at 190 Litchfield St.

for the and Improvement Ralston Purina to erect four signs at 149 Water St. for the Cheek: Board Feed Store: and Alda Delia Ghelfa, to erect a storaga shed on East Main Street for Moscarillo's Garden Center. The Quota Club will hold a buffet supper meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Madge Kearas'. The program will include a talk-and display of historical Valentines and greeting carts and a report on the testimonial dinner to he held March 10 in hoK-r of Miss Julia McDonnell, "Woman of the Year." Japanese Tackle Teak TOKYO, Feb.

13 (ft-Four members of the Japan Alpine Club ar en'route to Calcutta to prepare ar assault on Mt. Mahaslu, an uncotv quered 28,657, foot peak in til Himalayas. Colchrook The Forge Fire Company of Robertsville will hold its annual meeting Tuesday at the Victory Grange Hall. The meeting will be preceded by a turkey dinner at 7 p.m. Floyd Hart, top chief of the two Colebrook fire de partments, and all charter members of the company will be invited guests.

Mrs. Katherine Brown will be chairman of a Connecticut dele gation of some 70 women who will attend the national con ference in Washington, D.C. March 5-7 of Republican women. Mrs. Brown is a member of the GOP state central committee.

Norfolk Grand List Tops $5.2 Million For Next Fiscal Year NORFOLK, Feb. 13 (Special) The Board of Assessors an nounced Monday a total assessment for the town of $5,233,301 after allowing for exemptions provided by law. Shown in the breakdown are 5574 dwelling houses valued at $3,192,785. There are 40 business buildings amounting to $143,050 and 988 motor vehicles totalling $55,780. Catholic Women Meet The Catholic Woman's Club will meet at the Battell House Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Guest speaker will be Dr. Frank D. Ursone of Greenwoods Road. He will speak on his recent trip through Europe, and illustrate his talk with colored slides. Refreshments will be served by the hospitality committee.

Memorial Services Here Memorial services for Carl Danielsonr of Berkeley, will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Church of Christ. Con gregational. Mr. Danielson died suddenly Friday night in Stam ford on a business trip.

He leaves his wife, Dr. Susan Torrance Danielson. and daughters. Martha and Olivia, all of Berkeley, and one sister, Mrs. Ingerberg Andst of Sweden.

A requiem mass will be said at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday at 8 a.m. in memory of Anthony Rose of Simsbury. who died recently. On Sunday at 8 a.m. there will be a memorial mass for the late Bernard Dolan.

Confirmation will take place here in the late spring and only those who attend the instruction classes will be eligible. Note There will be a meeting of Laurel Chapter, OES. Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Home. Officers from other chapters will exemplify the degree work.

This will be "Friends Night" for the local chapter. Lenten Schedule Lent will begin on Wednesday. The Rev. Frames J. Reardon.

pastor of the Church of the Immaculate conception, remmo ed parishioners that Ash Wed- npdav is to be observed as a day of strict fast and abstin enre. Mass will be celebrated Wed nesday at 8 a.m. with the blessing of ashes, and devotions will be celebrated at the Church of be distributed immediately after mass and devotion. During Lent daily masses will be celebratee at the Church oi the immaculate Conception at 8 a.m.. and devotions win he nem each Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m.

On Wednesdays there will be the oral recitation of the Holy Rosary', a sermon, and Benediction to the Blessed Sac rament and on Fridays the Holy Way of the Cross and Benediction. Subzero Cold Hits Northern Area Of U.S. (AP) Subzero cold stung plains parts of the Northern Monday. Snow flurries swirled across the Northern Rockies, Northern Plains, upper Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes and New England areas. Showers sprinkled the coasts of Washington and Oregon, the West Gulf Coast and parts of Maryland and Delaware.

A surge of Artie air across the Canadian border, dropped tem peratures 20 to 30 degrees above Sunday's levels in the Northern Plains and Rockies. Minot, N.D.. had an early aM temoon reading of -1. Glasgow, had a reading of 3 above. compared with 34 Sunday.

Dickinson. N.D.. had a 33 compared with Sunday's 5 above. Southerly winds boosted tem peratures 10 to, la degrees over the Southern Plains and Middle Missippi Valley. Temperatures were a little cooler along the West Coast.

Elsewhere, little temperature change was noted. East Granby A solo will be sung by Mrs Walter Miller of East Granby at World Dav of Prayer services Friday at 1:30 p.m. in East Granby Congregational Church under auspices of Massacoe Council of Church Women. Mrs Paul Parrick of East Granby will be organist. Mrs.

Kenneth Davis. West Granby; Mrs. Ed ward Adams, East Granby; Mrs. James S. Prague and Mrs H.

S. Comstock. both of Sims burv and Mrs. Ravmond Home and Mrs. Stuart Leland, both of Granby, will be ushers and tesses, pen said that he would contact the state to find out the amount to be paid for the old hose corn-was condemned and torn down pany building.

The structure to widen Main Street. Selectmen Emil H. Ryan and Arthur W. Hayes will invest! gate possible new locations. Questions Foundation Robert Morgan, another selectman, announced that he felt the floating toundation being put under the pre-fabricated houses at the Florence Street housing project were not able.

He said he thought they would lead to extensive settling of the buildings to such an extent that water, gas and sewer pipes leading to the dwellings would break. To Discuss Foundations The selectmen 'oted to meet with the members of the Winsted Housing Authority and the engineers at the project to discuss the work. The board voted to appropriate $50 to help finance the Farmington Valley Flood Control Commission. The vote was taken after a request for funds was received. A complaint was received from Riomas Giannatasio of 15 Di vision Zt.

regarding the poor condition of his property due to the work done installing a new water main in the area. It was decided to refer the matter to the U.S. Army Engineers. The Engineers installed the water main in question. Airport Funds A letter was received from the State, asking what the town planned to do about federal and state funds for a local airport.

It was decided to have Selectmen Rosgen contract Dr. John J. Houlihan, owner of Tor-Win Airport in Winchester, regarding the possibility of selling it to the town. The airport is now owned by Houlihan. The board requested Select man Morgan to bring in an estimate of the cost of building a foot-bridge across Still River at Holabird Avenue.

The board also voted to no tify Joseph E. Carey of his appointment as temporary superintendent of public works. Carey has been an assistant to Gor don A. Whvte. who tendered hi resignation a week ago.

Carey was appointed at the time of Whyte's resignation. Given Jail Sentence Paul L. Jasmine. 22. of Cornwall pleaded guilty to six charges when presented before Judge Louis Shapiro in Superior Court here Monday.

The offenses included breaking and entering, theft of a motor vehicle, tamp ering with a motor vehicle and theft at Litchfield and Washington. April 15, 1955. After Judge Shapiro had sentenced him to a maximum of one year on each of two of the counts and lesser terms on the others, the judge announced that they would run concurrently, and that the accused was to be released after serving, a total of ISO days. He will then be placed on probation for two years. Rotary Meeting At the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club Monday, five of the members gave their predictions for 1957.

These were recorded, as they have been in past years. They will be played back in January, 1957. Emil Webster acted as master of ceremonies. Two new mem bers, John A. Hamil and Raymond Mayhew.

were welcomed into the club by past president Henry S. Moseley. Hospital Notes A daughter was born at the Litchfield County Hospital Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Acorn Of 15 Rockwell St.

Miss Margaret McVev of 21 Oak Joseph Blanchette of New Hartford, Mrs. Elizabeth King of Norfolk and Mrs. Morgan Pease of Riverton were admitted to the hospital Monday. Discharged were Mrs. Joseph Avenia of 15 Greenwood Angelo Centrella of 159 Prospect Mrs.

Nora Whalen of New Hartford. Mrs. Helena Caine of New Hartford and Mrs. Lester McLellan of Norfolk. COP Hears Purtel! U.

S. Sen. William A. Pur-toll tonight called for reelection of U. S.

Sen. Prescott S. Bush and the state's five Republican Congressmen to help continue the GOP's program of legislation. The senator spoke to a Lincoln Day dinner of 31st District Republicans here. Purtell also stressed the importance of reelecting a Repub lican as President but he did pot mention any specific candi date.

Citing the Supreme Court's de-segregation decision and other advances in the field nl civil rights. Purtell asked. "What has the other political party which is always 'championing' the rights of the common man done to preserve or enhance the liberties of the individual? "What is the underpinine of that party proudly referred to as the 'Solid South', doing now about the Supreme Court decision to de-segregate its schools?" RHrlington Mrs. Rulh H. Webster of Avon and Mr.

Horton S. Gillette of Matthews Street. Bristol, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.

Samuel Gil lette, former residents, will be married Tuesday at a candle light service at 8 p.m. at the East Granby Congregational Church. Mrs. Webster is Po-mona of the Whigville and Gillette is lecturer and a past master of the same grange Tne Democratic Town Committee, has approved revised party rules to conform with the new primary law. The rehabilitation committee on of $190 Collected For Dimes Drive; $55 By Pupils HARTLAND.

Feb. 13 (Special! Mrs. William A. Jones, chairman of the March of Dimes campaign, announces that $190.25 was donated this year. Of this amount.

$55.85 was donated by school children. The Congregational Church Ladies Aid society will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Charles M. Geer. After a pot-luck luncheon at 12:30.

there will be a business meeting. The Rev. Stanley Dokken will conduct the evening prayer meeting at the Bethany Lutheran Church Wednesday at 8 p.m. Tlioniaslon Rebuilding Work On Grant Block Given To Shapiro THOMASTON, Feb. 13 (Sne cial) Rebuilding of the burned out Grant block on Main Street was started during the past week and is expected to take two months to Ernest Rug- gie, owner, has awarded the contract to Shapiro Construction Co.

of aterbury. The block, housing the W. T. Grant Co. on the first floor, the town's largest department store' and the Thomaston Recreation Alleys on the second floor, was gutted by fire Jan.

16 in the town worst fire in more than 25 years. Ruggie said he expects the alleys to reopen in about two weeks. Heart Appeal He Co-chairmen of the Fund drive in this town. Walter Kloss and Joseph Grano, have announced that letters of appeal are being mailed to residents! this week. In addition to the let ters of appeal for funds, heart shaped containers have been placed in nearly all places of Business in town for donations.

The quota set for Thomaston is $810 with the drive to continue during the remainder of this month. Union Lodge, AF and will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Master Degree ill be conferred. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. I Mary Buckley Palmer Tent, DUV, will meet Tuesday at the home of Mrs.

Hazel Monfagne Branch Road. After the meeting, members will exchange Valentines. Miss Rosemary Neagle, nutritionist for the Connecticut Dairv and Food Colin cil. will speak at the Feb. 15 meeting the faculty of Grove Street School.

Juiss iseagie will speak on health education materials, their use in the health program and the availability of information for each grade. I Lenten Services Announcement has been made that Lenten services in the Plymouth Thomaston Protest ant churches will be: Feb. 19, St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Plymouth; Feb.

26. Thomston Congregational Church March 4. Mission Covenant Church, Thomaston; March 11 Bethlehem Lutheran Church March 18 Methodist Church and March 18, Methodist Church, and March 25. Trinity Episcopal Church. High School Meets Watertown The Thomaston High School! basketball team will meet the Watertown High School club in a Housatonic Valley League con test.

Northern Division, Tuesday night in Watertown in the' final contest of the season for Thoma-aston. The preliminary contest will start at 7:15 with the main contest at 8:30. Accepted For Graduate Study S. Jlavmond Luboyeski, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Stanley Luboyski of North Main Street, has been accepted for graduate study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He will study elec tronics and dynamics. He is a graduate of Thomaston i School; received his Bachelors Degree from the General Motors Institute and served at White Sands Proving N.M., during his two years of service with the Army. He is married to the former Barbara Brooks of Bristol and lives in Boston. Avon The Sewing Groun of the Avon Congregational Church will meet in the Council Room Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Members will bring lunch. Tea and coffee will be served. Church Attendance Pins Go-To-Church Pins were presented to the following at the Sunday morning service: First pins, Judy Atwarter, Larry August, Albert Bridges. Nancy Bridges, Peter Conlin, Gary Crane. Martha Dawson, Susan Farwell, Pamela Havens, Nan-ry Hunter, Linda Lita, David Webster; second, Alan Merkle.

Gail Roberts; third, Janet Ret-tig, Edward Smith: fourth, Linda Merkle, Linda Smith: fifth. Jane Hunter, Charles Phillips; nimh. Barbara Read, lfth, Janet Read. Fashion Show Benefit Mrs. J.

M. Claffey, OR and Mrs. T. M. Maltbie.

OR 7-2471. have tickets for the U. Fox Co. annual springs is GARAGE OFFICIAL: Robert Monday an nounced the appointment of Wal ter I. Mitchell (above) as vice president and general manager of Weatogue Garage He lives with his wife, nee Mary I.

Pringle, and their two sons, Mark and Robert, at 23 Village Rdr, Mitchell, a native of Illinois and business admin istration graduate of Hillyer College, is a World War II Naval air veteran. For the past three years he has been employed at Stanley Works in New Britain and leaves as office manager of the Magic Door Division. Simsbnrv Churches Plan Special Events During Lent SIMSBURY, Feb. 13 (Special) The. Lenten season will be observed with special church services in several Simsbury churches starting on Ash Wednesday and continuing weekly throughout Lent.

The Rev. John J. Weldon, pastor of St. Mary's Church, an nounces that ashes will be distributed on Wednesday after the 8 a.m. mass, at 3:30 p.m.

for children and following evening devotions at 7:30 p.m. Devotions will consist of Litany of the Blessed Virgin sermon and Benediction. Father Bradford, MS of the LaSalette Order, will speak at the Ash Wednesday devotions and thereafter every Tuesday evening during Lent. Friday at 7:30 p.m. and every Friday during Lent, there will be Stations of the Cross and Benediction.

The daily parish mass will be offered at 8 a.m. Evening prayer, litany, penitential office and sermon will be held each Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. during Lent at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tariffvjlle. The Rev. Dr.

Norman S. Howell will open the series on Ash Wednesday. In the following weeks visiting preachers will de liver sermons on the general subject, "Prayer." Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday service for St. Alban's Mission will consist of reading of the Penitential office at 3 p.m. at St.

Alban's House, Holy Communion serv ices scheduled tor Wednesday have been cancelled due to the illness of the pastor, the Rev. Robert Wardrop. Holv Communion will be cele brated at 7 a.m. on Tuesdays and 9:30 a.m. on Fridays at St.

Alban's house during Lent. This We Believe will be the title of a series of six Lenten services to be held on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. at St. Alban's House beginning Feb. 22.

Visit ing ministers will speak at these services. DAR Chapter To Meet Abagail Phelps Chapter, DAR, will meet Friday at 8 p.m. in the DAR rooms. Miss June Eno will receive the good citizenship award. Runners-up Miss Carolyn Westerberg and Miss Beverly Mildren will be honored.

Parents of the girls will be guests at the meeting. A special musical program has been ar ranged. Dr. Michael A. Corcoran has resumed i practice at his of fice at 35 Riverside Road fol lowing repair of damage done in the August and October floods.

Airman Pelkey Processed Airman 2. C. Ralph F. Pelkey, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph F. Pelkey of Simsbury, has 'been orocessed at Parks Air Force Base, with the 2349th Personnel Processing Group en route to Okinawa. Pelkey had previously been stationed at Sampson Air Force Base, New York. He enlisted in Air Froce in Anril 1954 and attended the Air Force motor vehicle operators school. His wife, the former Miss Mary E.

Kie, lives in Pittsfield, Mass. Doyle's Drug Store, 4 regis tered pharmacists, prescriptions carefully and accurately com pounded. Simsbury OL 8-5050. Advb Canton The annual Blue and Gold Banquet of Cub Scout Pack 77 will be held at the elementary school Tuesday evening. A pot-luck supper will be served at 7 p.m.

There will be a Webelos ceremony and presentation of awards. William Delaney will present a program of movies. All parents and friends are invited. Tickets For Fashion Show Tickets are now available to residents for the G. Fox and Company annual spring-fashion show at Centinel Hill Hall.

Feb. 24 for the benefit of the 1956 Hartford Heart Fund. Tickets are $1.50. All proceeds will be for the $80,000 Heart Fund Campaign. Tickets may be obtained at the main entrance booth at G.

Fox and Company or from Howard Hall, Maple Avenue, Collinsville. ildlife Stamps Proposed WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 pronghorn antelope, a king salmon and a wild turkey will be the sub jects of three proposed wildlife eon servafion stamps. Postmaster Gen eral Summerfield has announced. Department.

Another 15.7 are considered unimproved. First Se- ilectman William R. Messenger reports. The proportion was determined during negotiations between the town and the Highway, Department over allocation of State funds for dhis year. The funds are used to repair and maintain improved roads and for the construction of more improved roads.

However, flood damage to town bridges and roads will be re paired with special funds appropriated by the last fall. Messenger said. Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scouts will start the sale of cookies Friday. Orders for delivery in mid-March will be taken throughout the remainder of February. Payment for cookies not to be made until delivery.

Granby Girl Scout Troops are "Lone Troops" and are not af filiated with a Scout Council, or this reason the Troops depend upon local organizations and fund-raising projects for support. The sale of cookies is the chief money-raising project of Granby Girl Scouts. Proceeds are used to pay the cost of trips, camp ing activities and equipment Heart Fund Workers Mrs. George Tuffin, North Granby Road and Day Street area captain for the Heart Fund Drive, has appointed the following canvassers: Mrs. Walter Mozynski, Mrs.

Allen Zimmer man, Mrs. Robert Jjonnell, Mrs. John E. Miller. Mrs.

Richard Sweeton, Mrs. Stanley Forsyth, Mrs. Joseph Menaco, Mrs. John Metcalf, Mrs. Henry Cotton, Mrs.

Marshall Thornton, and Mrs. William Braem. The drive, now underway, will end Feb. 25. A $500 goal has been set.

Mrs. Robert Hall is receiving contributions for Hartford Coun ty YWCA's auction March 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Foot Guard Hall in Hartford. Antiques, curios, household items, toys and garden tools" are among the articles to be solicited locally. William LeClaire will be auctioneer.

Ash Wednesday First Congregational Church Ladies Aid Society will serve refreshments at a fellowship hour after a Lenten service Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the- church. The. Rev. A.

Kenneth Cragg will speak at the service. The Ladies Aid Society has given paper plates and cups for fellowship hours to follow each of a series of services through out Lent. Other church croups will be in charge of fellow-ship hours. There-'will be distribution of ashes at Lenten Devotions Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in St.

Theresa's Church. Mrs. Earle Glidden is chair man of West Granby Methodist Church's commission on evangelism. Mrs. Wilbur Messenger is chairman of the commission on education.

The Planning Commission will meet Friday night in the Town Office Building. Miss Marcena Kuhl. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman T.

Burgess, will celebrate her birthday oaiuiuay. Aid To Syria Tledged DAMASCUS. Syria. Feb. 13 Saudi Arabia's ambassador, Shiek Abdulazi.

ben Zeid, said today his country would come swiftly to Syria's aid if Israel should try to divert the Jordan. He told reporters his government regards Syrian-Israeli tension over this possibility as "the most dangerous Arab approval. survey showed..