THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, MASS, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954 NEWS FROM THE CITY OF HOLYOKE NEWS FROM THE CITY OF CHICOPEE RED CONNECTION OF TWO GE MEN WILL BE PROBED President DeRoy Promises Full Investigation Of Cases Holyoke, April 11-The special four-man committee, named by the executive board of Local 264, IUECIO. to probe alleged Communist affiliations of two employees of the General Electric plant Jackson St. will meet carly this week, Amedee DeRoy, union presidnt, tonight disclosa. Extensive Investigation Confined to his home over the week end by illness. Mr.
DeRoy, a committee member. will confer as soon as possible with other union officials set the machinery in motion for ran extensive investigation." On the committee with the president are: Howard Moran, Joseph Morrissey and. Chester Swider, all trustees of the local. Union spokesF men stressed that expulsion of the employees under fire could result should the Red allegations be Tabbed during a hearing at Albany as members of Communist Party at least 1948 were Warren E. Bliss and Abraham N.
Hoffman, toolmakers at" the local plant. The charge was hurled by Jack Davis, formers UE organizer. who claimed Communist membership in this area from 1945-48. It was reported, meanwhile, that the management of the Worthington Corp. will decide in the near future whether two employees, also cited Davis as one-time Com-1 munists, will be retained.
They are Frank Parker of Springfield, former president of Local 259, United Electrical Workers Union, and C. Herbert Salters of Springfield, former UE organizer in this of the state. St. Agnes Junior Guild Arranges Final Programs Holyoke, April 11-Four events were, planned to end the spring calendar of the Junior Guild of St. Agnes by the executive committee today in the Holyoke Day Nursery.
Miss Barbara president. Chairman of the annual. motherdaughter silver. tea, planned April 25 from 3 to 5 p. at the nursery is Miss Mary Coffey.
On the committee are the Misses Patricia O'Shea, Nancy Jubinville. Anne Powers, Marie Powers, Veronica Frost, Ann Kennedy, Maureen Pendergast, Carol Kathleen Fenton and Sandra Orzechowski. A AMiss Anne Hearne is general chairman: for the annual communion breakfast listed May 2. in Hotel Roger Smith following mass in Sacred Heart Church. Speaker will be Rev.
Edmund B. Walsh of Annunciation Church in Florence. Assisting the chairman are the Misses Frances Finn, Eileen Kennedy, Ryan, Lucille Bacon, Margaret Sullivan and Claire dance in lay and the general The guild, will hold its annual committee will named by the president and adviser, Miss Eileen M. Rabbitt. Named to the nominating committee to prepare a slate.
for the annual May 4 were the Misses meeting Grandchamp, Eileen Shea, Janet Gorman, Helen Donoghue, Joan Berchowski, and Rosemary Sullivan. Juras to Appear In Court Today Holyoke, April 11 Alexander 35, of 9. North East was arrested early" this morning and was booked at police headquarters on charges drunkenness and breach of the peace. He will be arraigned in the morning in DisA trict Court. Juras, police said, was taken at gunpoint after three patrolmen, who answered a house found him ti standing in the kitchen cradling 20-gauge pump shotgun.
weapon, however, was unloaded: Patrolmen Joseph O'Brien, Harvey Moreau and John J. Griffin were dispatched to the when a call was received at headquarters from a member. of the family. Approaching 5 the police said they spotted Juras holding three persons at bay with the gun which he allegedly turned on them when they entered. AUTO IS RAMMED, TRIO IS INJURED persons were injured at noon today their car, which was stopped signal lights.
at Beech and Northampton was rammed by another. vehicle. Brought by the Ambulance Service to nearby Holyoke Hospital, they were treated by Dr. Edmund J. Zielinski and were later discharged.
1 Timothy, Quirk, 49, of 23 Ridge: wood whose machine was haltedi at. the lights suffered head, neck leg injuries. Mrs. Elizabeth Quirk, 47, suffered. neck injuries, Miss Maureen Quirk, was treated for a back and shoulder injury.
Driver of the other car, police said, was Michael E. Bisi, 57, of Glastonbury, Conn. Report Hit-Run Holyoke, April 11-Police are investigating a report of an alleged incident early this morning on Northampton St. in which a local man's car was damaged. Sylva Labonte, 43, of 207 Park St.
reported to the traffic bureau that. he was turning east off Northampton St. into Sargeant St. at History of Hymnody Is Portrayed The history of hymnody, or collective singing, from the earliest Christian era to the present, portrayed in a colorful procession last night in Second Congregational Church, Holyoke, as a of the closing exercises in the Lenten series sponsored by the Holyoke Area Council of Churches the Holyoke Ministerial Association. Eighteen men, representing the churches affiliated with the council, depicted prominent figures in the church who through the years contributed to the ment of hymnal singing.
Left to right are George D. Whitmore as Timothy Dwight; Walter son as St. Francis of Assisi: John Pyper as Gregory the Great; Rev. Roland R. Young as Wesley; and Richard Mathieson as Isaac Sacred Singing of Ages In Final Lenten Program in the Lenten series termed Holyoke, April, 11-Final service Christian University for Living, sponsored by the Holyoke Area Council of Churches and the Holyoke Ministerial Association, was held tonight in Second Congregational Church.
An impressive ceremony, cenon the theme: Through Ages." depicted in sacred singing the history of hymnody, which is the expression of the congregation was distinct from traditional responses of clergy and choir. Mrs. Joseph Burnett, chairman of the "Gospel Through sic" worshop that has been conducted during the series, was in charge of the colorful pageant. Rev. Daniel A.
Thurston, pastor of First: Church and president of the Ministerial ciation, was narrator, and organist was Mrs. John Conant, of First Congregational Church in Hadley Falls. Special voices included Mrs. Ralph Newton, of the Falls Methodist Church: Miss Jane Moss, of Second Baptist Church; Mrs. 1.30 when his vehicle.
was clipped in the right The driver of the other machine continued without stopping. hereported, and after a chase he copied the registration which was turned in to the bureau. Duties of Parents Told to Men's Club Manning. MRS. NATALIE GUERTIN Holyoke, April 11-Parental obligations in guiding the reading habits of children and in the selection of the proper forms of amusem*nt and entertainment were cited today.
by Davitt Rooney, probation officer of the Palmer District Court as speaker at the annual breakfast of the men's club of Blessed Sacrament parish in the Joseph Metcalf School auditorium. The speaker, who is chairman of the Palmer School Committee, outlined for 300 members steps that have been launched on a nationwide basis to cope with the pressing problem of delinquency. He also discussed the Catholic viewpoint in social programs designed to promote the well-rounded development of the young. Preceding the breakfast, mass was celebrated in the parish church by Rev. Robert E.
Foudy. Toastmaster was Leonard E. Gibbons, and the club was also addressed by Rev. Daniel E. Hennessey, pastor.
John Sullivan general chairman, assisted by Edward Webster, Anthony Nolder, William O'Hare, George Rothenberg, James Sullivan, Michael Donoghue, James R. Farrell, John Gaughan, J. Michael Regan, Douglas Ferguson, Joseph R. Mayer, Mederic Beloin and Michael J. Chicopee, April 11 Mrs.
Natalie (Truchon) Guertin, 71, of 14 Erwin St. Willimansett, widow of Charles Guertin, died this afternoon in the Holyoke Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Windsor Locks. and 'had been a resident of: Willimansett for the past 45 years. She was a member of the St.
Ann's Society of the Church of the Nativity, Willimansett. She leaves a daughter, Aldea Croisetiere and a son Arthur. F. Guertin, both of Willimansett; two sisters, Mrs. Victoria Laroche of Malone, N.
Y. and Miss Mathilda Truchon, of Pawtucket, R. three, grandand children; two great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. The funeral will take place at the A. J.
Brunelle funeral home, Willimansett, Wednesday at 8.15 with a solemn high mass of requiem in the Church of. the Nativity, Williat 9. Burial will be in St. Rose Cemetery, 1 In colonial times 85 per cent of the U.S. population lived and worked on farms.
Only, about" 12 pounds of usable spectacle lenses are produced from a 600-pound melt of glass. PROBE ASKED INTO CAUSE OF CHURCH BLAZE Lt. Puzzo to Investigate Second Occurrence of Fire at Assumption Chicopee, April 11-Lt. William Puzzo of the estate fire marshal's office has been called in' by the Chicopee Detective Bureau to join in an investigation of a fire 'in Assumption Church Saturday afternoon, believed to be of incendiary origin. Damage estimated at between $3000 and $4000 was done to four near-life size religious statues and a 10 foot crucifix displayed on the altar.
A lace altar cloth on a side altar was also destroyed. Candle Is Evidence A snuffed-out candle was found one of the charred statues, which, like the others, was draped in observance of Passion Week. An unidentified 67-year-old Chicopee woman, visting the church at 5.30, discovered the fire, and. ran next door to the rectory to warn the pastor, Rev. Augustine AB.
Auge. After notifying the Fire Department, Fr. Auge and a' curate went to church and doused the flames with extinguishers. Lt. Victor Frenette, Lt.
Henry F. Dolphin and Det. John O'Brien, in the preliminary investigation, learned that there had been a fire in the church the preceding Sunday. Damage. was slight and at the time was believed to have been accidental.
Yesterday's fire and circ*mstances made detectives believe that it was also deliberately set, perhaps by the same person. The investigation is being continued A by Lt. Puzzo and Capt. Frank A. Kaveney, Lt.
Dolphin and Det. O'Brien, all of the local bureau. REGISTRY UNIT WILL BE SOUGHT Legislators Call for Permanent Local Office Chicopee, April 11-The four Chicopee state legislators will meet with Registrar Rudolph F. King of the Registry of Motor Vehicles April 22 in an attempt gain a permanent Registry office for this city. Sen.
Maurice A. Donohue and Figures Ready Reps. Joseph Wisniowski, John F. Thompson and George R. Como, in a joint statement today, will be well -armed with figures proving Chicopee.
is more than ready for a permanent office Wisniowski, on behalf of the legislators, reported there were more than 13,000 vehicles registered in a six-week period from November to January at the temporary office in the Odma Temple. He also cited figures provided the Holyoke and Chicopee Boards of Assessors which showed that in 1953, there were only eight more vehicles in the Paper City than here. Holyoke, which. has a permanent office, had 18,383 vehic.es while Chicopee had 18,376, he said. Fairview PTA Will Not Meet Chicopee, April 11- The Fairview Parent Teacher Association will not meet Tuesday evening as viously scheduled.
It will convene on the evening, of the "open house" to be the school, the date yet unannounced. The local PTA has pledged 20 pints for the Chicopee PTA Council blood bank to be conducted the 19th. Members wishing to contrib- I ute are asked to call either Mrs. Kitty Potts, Holyoke 3-9002 ar Mrs. Frederick- Winters, 2-1682.
At the May 11 meeting, officerselect will be installed. They are: president, Mrs. Frederick Winters; vice-president, Mrs. Paul Boucher; secretary, Mrs. Albert Richey; and treasurer, Miss Marilyn Walsh.
A smorgasbord will be served by the Fideles Circle of the WSCS of Faith Methodist. Church, under the direction of Mrs. Bessie Potts. Reservations must be in before May 4 and may be made with Mrs. Kitty Potts, Mrs.
Fred Winters, Mrs. Chester: Walowicz or. Miss Marilyn Walsh. Women's Guild To Hear Rooney Chicopee, 11 Davitt M. Rooney, probation officer of the Palmer District Court, will be the guest speaker at the Tuesday evening meeting of St.
Mary's Catholic Women's Guild. Founder of the Davitt M. Rooney Associates, and and alumnus of St. Anselm's College, he is engaged in public relations work. The guild members will meet at 7.30 in the church for the recitation of the rosary and benediction, after which they will retire to the parish hall for the business session.
Final arrangements will be made for the communion breakfast, Sunday, May, 2 at the Log Cabin on Easthampton Rd. Mrs. Camille Connors, general chairman of the annual scholarship card party. to be held next month, will name her committee. members.
Mary Rose Circle Will Meet Tonight Chicopee, April 11-Mary Rose Circle, Companions of the Forest, will meet Monday night at 7 at the Willimansett American Legion home. A card party for members and friends will follow at 8 with table door prizes to be awarded. Players are asked to provide their own cards. Arrangements are in charge of Mrs. Aurore, Laramee, chairman; Mrs.
Regina Parent, Antoinette Yelle; Gertrude Trottier, ties: Mrs. Aldea Daigneault and I Stella Daigneault. In Sacred Music Concert Tuesday 8 A new car went out of control on Union West Springfield, shortly before 8 last night. It struck: the west curb, crossed over and struck the cast curb, climbed the. curb, bowled over a street sign, collided with pole, and then' crashed a tree.
Its identified as Leonard R. Champagne of 173 Park Holyoke. was forced through the windshield of the machine, suffering severe and deep lacerations of the head and face. It was estimated at Mercy Hospital that 50 stitches would be necessary, to close the wounds. The crash occurred in front of 457 Union St.
The injured in the police ambulance man was taken to the hospital? Patrolman Frank Pollard while Sgt. Roy Dibble A investigated the crash assisted by men Thomas Leahy and William Katt. New Holyoke Car Gives Owner Rough Time On West Side dale Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from Monday evening until the time of the funeral. MRS.
EUGENIE MAURER Chicopee, April 11-Mrs. Eugenie (Dietrich) Maurer, 79. of 4 McKinstry Willimansett, widow of Joseph Maurer, died in her home today after a long illness. She was born. in France and had been resident of: Willimansett for the past 48 years.
She leaves two sons, Albert of Chicopee and Henry of Feeding Hills; a daughter, Mrs. Henry Hetu of Willimansett; a brother, August Dietrich Chicopee Falls; a sister, Mrs. JoMadru, of Willimansett; three grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. The funeral will place at the C. Blais and Son funeral home, Holyoke.
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Introduction, "All ye who travel upon the highway," soloist Dolores Bielski; first word, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they. soloists Sittard and Constance Hoyle; second word, Cappella Choir of 80 voices, pictured above, will be featured in a concert at 8 in the high school auditorium. The Westover Air Force Base from the U.S. Air. Force Symphony Orchestra, will provide the musiA cal accompaniment.
"Verily, thou shalt be in Paradise "It is finished," soloists John with Me today," soloists Myrna McKinstry and Dolores Bielski. and Richard Borlen; third word, Lt. Janet Burpee will be the "'See oh woman! Here behold thy narrator. The choir will be Son beloved." soloists John Mc- directed by Everett H. Sittard and Kinstry and Constance Hoyle; the orchestra by Chief: fourth word, "God, my Father, Officer David L.
Hale. Miss Julia why hast thou forsaken me?" Zajchowski was in charge of prosoloist John McKinstry; fifth word, grams and Miss Ann Sheehan, "I am athirst," soloists Allan Sit- posters. tard and Constance Hoyle; sixth 'The concert is co-sponsored by word, "Father into Thy hands I the USO and the Chicopee Comcommend my soul," soloist Pa- munity Center, it is open to: the tricia" Ferris and seventh. word, public free of charge. Charles Gillette.
of First Methodist Church and Rev. Joseph D. Burnett, pastor of Second Baptist Church. Eighteen men participated in a procession of hymnists, each representing a prominent figure in the history of the church. The hymnists were Harry, as and Edward Steubi, of St.
Andrew's Evangelical and Reformed Church; George Foster, Irwin Goodchild, Roy Odette and John Pyper of First Baptist Church; James and Harvey Fleming of First Methodist Church: Walter Henderson of Center CongregaMu-tional. Church; Harold WV. Stoddart of Grace Congregational Church; Rev. James F. Madison St.
Paul's Episcopal Church; Richard Mathieson, Frederick Hosmer- and Ray C. Jones of Second. CongregaChurch. Rev. Harold D.
Smock of Falls Methodist Church; Rev. Roland R. Young of First Baptist Church: Whitmore Second Church; John Conant, Sankey and Carlton Stiles of Center CongregaItional Church. Holyoke Deaths Peck in Tribute To Mr. Greenberg Holyoke, April 11 The death of teacher 24-year-old Springfield man, a in the local public schools, was authorities mourned who termed today him by brilliant young man.
whose career in the educational field appeared most promising." Israel Greenberg, who was assigned to the West St. School here in 1952, died Saturday at Baker Memorial Hospital, Boston, after a three week illness. native of Springfield, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Greenberg.
'After graduation from the High School of Commerce, received a bachelor of arts degree in history from Bridgewater State College, and earned a master of arts the University of Massachusetts. He had been studying for his doctorate, and attended courses at the University of Connecticut. Tribute to Mr. Greenberg was paid by School Superintendent William R. Peck who said his death was a "tragic loss to the public school systent, and parents and children in the Ward 1 section with whom he held well-deserved popularity.
He was a young man of high caliber and exceptional ability. Our deepest sympathy is extended the members of his bereaved family. Besides his parents, he leaves three brothers, Isadore and Teddy, both of Springfield, and Abraham, of New York City; and a sister, Mrs. Freda Smolnick, of Detroit. The funeral will take place Monday at 1 at the Harold R.
Ascher home, Springfield. Rabbi Solomon Sigel will officiate. Burial be in Sons of Jacob Cemetery, West Springfield. RALPH H. SCOTT Holyoke, April Ralph HI.
of 1 Sonoma Place died suddenly. at his home Saturday night. Medical Examiner, Edmund J. Zielinski said death was caused by an acute coronary thrombosis. Mr.
Scott was born in Chicopee; July, 22, 1900. son of Samuel S. Scott the late Nettie (Hayden) Scott and had resided in Willimansett and Holyoke most of his life. For the past 10 years he had been employed by the Sinclair Co. this city.
He was a member of the First Lutheran Church and the Chicopee Lodge: of Masons. He leaves his wife, the former Elsie Miller; his father, Samuel S. Scott of South Hadley Falls; a brother, Stanley A. Scott of Albany, N. two sisters, Mrs.
Kenneth Bunce of Holyoke, and Mrs. Thomas Anderson of Maitland, three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will take place at the Alger funeral home Wednesday at 2. Rev. Walter Menzel will officiate.
Burial will be in Forest- Second $200,000 Sum Urged For Street Improvements Laramee Says New Bond Needed to Keep Pace of Program; Asks Co-operation of Departments, Control of Municipal Garage Chicopee, April Highway recommended Thomas A. to the Laramee Board today of Aldermens that a second $200,000 bond be "raised to finance the next section of the long range program of highway improvement in Chicopee. The appropriation was urged at a dinner in the Mountain View Club following a 36-mile tour of city, streets. The annual inspection, arranged by the aldermanic highway committee, was by: 30 aldermen, city officials and guests. Pointing out that $149,700 of the $213,922 highway construction bond floated last has been allocated, Laramee said that if the program continue at the pace set three years ago, another bond of equal size.
will have to be appropriated. In the first years, excess and deficiency account funds were -used for highway purposes. "In the inspection today, we covered 36 miles of the some 150 miles or roads in Chicopee. We saw what has been accomplished and we saiv what must be done. Sixty per cent of the roads viewed need work," Laramee declared.
Process Listed Reviewing the $213,922 bond, the superintendent said the $149,700 was allocated for. permanent construction Abbey, Arlington, Belcher, Celestine, Coburn, Edward. Hilton. Moore, NarraganNorth Chicopee, Orange, Providence, Springfield, St. Anthony," St.
Jacques and Tremont Sts. Some projects were A completed last fall and some are in the process of being done now. He also pointed out that 148 streets repaired last year with orrdinary maintenance funds. Two Chap. 90 projects were cited.
The repair of the ChicopeeWest Springfield Bridge was completed and the Dale St. reconstruction project was initiated last year. The aid of Sen. Maurice A. Donoand Reps.
John Thompson, George R. Como and Wisniowski in helping Chicopee get state funds for these. projects was praised. Laramee's recommendations as to future projects included replacement of the damaged McKinstry Ave. sewer, repair of retaining walls in Front St.
and cribbing in Montgomery St. and McKinstry Ave. a from Broadway the city reconstruction of. St. James line, and under provisions of Chapter 90, McKinstry from Grattan to Montgomery St.
0 The highway boss repeated his plea for a control of the Municipal Garage, in Front St. line with annual recommendation to provide other quarters for the Ash Department waste collection truck fleet, he had the, Engineering Department draw plans for a garage to be constructed in Quarry Ave. The proposed garage, 40 by 80 feet, would be capable of housing eight ash trucks. He "estimated the cost of the cinder block building at than $25,000. Hits Water: Department In regard to work in progress, complained of a lack of co-ordination between his and other departments, particularly the Water Department.
He said that the delayed until a new main is inCelestine St. paving job has been stalled. He said he had been told the Water Department was forced to because it did not receive funds as early as anticipated. Laramee 'stated he did his part last fall by informing all departments and. utilities of where work would commence, requesting that if they contemplated repairs or changes, they be prepared to make them.
Only the telephone companies replied, he said. While -blasting the recent effort to establish a Board of Public Works in Chicopee, Laramee said such a group, comprised of various department heads such as highway, water, ash, engineering and forestry, might be the answer to achieve co-ordination. Alderman Robert Theroux, chairman of the "highway committee, served as master of ceremonies. He said he looked forward to continued progress in repairing and improving streets. In agreement were committee members Donald Veto and Walter M.
Grocki. DPW. Jobs Afoot Rep. Como reported progress has been made in furthering two projects. The State Department of Public Works will a call for bids Saturday on the $90,000 ChicopeeProspect Sts.
relocation project, he saia. He added that the DPW has approved construction of sidewalk on Memorial between James and Britton and that a letter requesting the city to appropriate one-quarter the cost will be received by Mayor Trybulski this week. Como, Reps. Thompson and Wisniowski and Sen. Donohue promised" to: continue their efforts in getting Chapter 90 funds for: Chicopee.
Aldermanic President Francis McCaffrey. commended Laramee for the Nefficient maintenance of highway equipment, viewed prior to the tour at the garage. Police Chief Theodore A. Fisher said his department is vitally, inand sidewalks constructed Interested in having roads widened the traffic safety standpoint. Grocki Sponsors Measure To Compel Appointments Chicopee, April 11-An Ordinance designed to force Mayor Trybulski.
to fill long-standing vacancies 'in several important commissions will be presented by, Alderman Walter M. Grocki: to the Board. of Aldermen Tuesday night. The measure would require action within 30 days after the vacancy occurred. Three groups, the School Committee, the License Commission and Board of Publick Welfare are handling very important business without having a full complement of members as the result of the mayor's failure to fill the vacancies, the "Ward 2 alderman said.
I The three member License Commission has had only two members for the' past 10, months since the death of Commissioner Thomas Rushworth. There has been a vacancy for about the same time MAY URGENEW ARMORY SITE Four Aldermen Back McKinstry Ave. Tract Chicopee, April 11-A large tract at the southwest corner of McKinstry Ave. and Meadow St. today gained the endorsem*nt four members.
of the Board of Aldermen as a site for the Chicopee state armory. Aldermen Robert. Theroux, Donald Veto, Rene Harnisch and WalM. Grocki, after inspecting the land," said they believed the plot would be better: suited for an armory than the Fairview Ave. site designated the State Armory Commission.
The latter site has aroused considerable, opposition from nearby residents. They pointed out that the Kinstry the Ave. two tract and is' one-half much larger, than minimum set by the, armory.commission, and is served by public transportation and by water and mains. People from all sections of the city could reach the armory conveniently for the land is at the juncture of main highways, it was slated. Inspected also, in addition to the sites mentioned, were tracts near station WACE in Chicopee St.
and in 144 Meadow north of the AG warehouse. These were ruled out when it was learned that radio facilities extend underground through most of the land and. that the Meadow St. site was zoned for industry, probably making its valvation higher than the city would wish to pay. The four city fathers indicated they may recommend that the Fairview Ave.
site be withdrawn in favor of the McKinstry Ave. spot at the aldermanic meeting Tuesday. Other, aldermen on today's tour did not commit themselves on the armory. site choice. Two Men Charged With Wet Driving Chicopee, April 11-Two Springfield men were arrested the week end by local police, on charges of drunkenness driving under influence of liquor.
Rufus Alexander, 30, of 553 Union; was arrested by Patrolmen Omer. Jodoin and Finian O'Shea: after an accident at 2.50 a.m. today. According to police, this car smashed into the fence at the New Granby Rd. entrance to Westover Air Force Base.
Herbert A. Robertson, 27, of 192 Walnut was arrested Saturday night 'at 9.45 by Patrolmen Irving Costello and George Boutin. He was allegedly operating his car in an erratic manner on Chicopee St. He was released on bail today. Both will be arraigned in District Court Monday.
NORTH END LODGE. PLANS CARD PARTY 1: in the Board of Public. Welfare. The School Committee has not for two, months. It to the had a representative from, Ward 7 mayor call a joint meeting of the School and Board of Aldermen to elect successor to Joseph F.
Laporte, who resigned to take a post in Philadelphia, Grocki said. Grocki's proposed ordinance reads: vacancies caused by death. removal, resignation or of term in any. department, commission or committee must be filled the mayor or. by the appointing power within 30 days of said vacancy.
Civil service appointments must be made within 30 days from the time the certified list is established by. Civil Service! Commission. The ordinance is to take effect on passage and all other ordinances inconsistent herewith lare hereby repealed." Chicopee, April 11-The North End Lodge has completed arrangements for the public card party to be held April 23 in the Nye, St. School. The committee is Mrs.
Alice Rainville, chairman, Mrs. Helen Daudelin, Mrs. Yvette Ducharme, Mrs. Juliette Daudelin, Mrs. Rose Monsko and Mrs.
Flora Farley. The men of the lodge will sponsor another card party May 19 at the same place. Those in charge. of details are Raymond Farley, chairman, Led DeForge, Elzear Daudelin, George Rainville and Lucien Burgy. Proceeds will be for the benefit of the.
Youth Center. ARRESTED IN MORALS CASE ed Raymond P. Harvey, 32, a on a Chicopee, April 11-Police arrestcharge of cohabitation and Rita Pierre, a 32, on a complaint of lewd" and lascivious cohabitation, noon today at 22 State Poi lice gave the latter as their home address. Harvey was released on $200 bail and Mrs. St.
Pierre on her own cognizance pending their arraignment in District Court Monday. The arresting officers were Lt. Henry F. Dolphin and Det. John 10'Brien..
