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THE HARTFORD COURANT: Thurify, J.nuvy 5, 1967 an Enfield Vernon New Bridge Over River Opening to Car Traffic Commission Will Hear Zone Change Requests left on Pearl Street; then a ENFIELD (Special) The, new Thompsonville Suffield bridge spanning tne Connecticut River will be officially opened i to vehicular traffic here on Fri- rinv "ere, neauuig iur amucm, will approach the bridge on the state officials will take part in official ribbon-cutting ceremon-1 ies Friday at 10 a.m. The two-vear nroieet was re cently completed at an estimate cd cost of $4.4 million, it was re ported by the state Highway Dc- struction of Warehouse Point; Officials from the towns oiivi Enfield and Thompsonville and and Coleman Brothers Corp. o( relocated irom lis present roui-Rcadville. Mass. were the printing between Rt.

5-A in Suffield cipai contractors. iand the bridge and approaches Connecting links from Routes between these two points. old post office building across the street on East Main Street took place during the weekend. At right, patrons try out their new mail boxes (Netto Photos). NEW FACILITIES: Former Motor Vehicle Inspector John Andrclsky looks over the new Stafford Springs Post Office which opened Tuesday morning.

Moving from the 91 and 5 in Enfield and 190 in state Rt. 590 will be extend-Suffield will be completed in a cd westerly from its present few weeks, it was reported, junction with Rt. 190 in Enfield Pedestrian walking facilities on over present Rt. 190 to Rt. 5-A the new bridge will not be com- jn Suffield.

pleted until about August. East Windsor Old Bridge Closing lhe state Highway Depart Windsor Locks ment also reported that whcnence(j oniy. Full time or part the new span opens to trarfic'time, days. Apply in person, Voters Approve Architect To Plan Junior High WINDSOR LOCKS (Special)- The vote to shut off debate was A special town meeting Wednes- 99 to 54. day night authorized the town's A subsequent motion made a line uii niuuy, an annual irai- til win icaae lue utua- ent old bridge leading to sm-i field across the Connecticut Riv-! cr from Main Street in Thomp- sonville.

Pedestrian traffic will remain open at the old bridge until i about August, when similar fa cilities are completed on the new bridge. Mayor Steven Pierz said Wed- Junior High School Building Committee to hire an architect the main z-esolution was pre-to prepare preliminary plans yote and specifications for an addi- Th resoiution was ed tion to the existing Junior High nesday night he was disappointed in StPte Highway De- ENFiELD (Special) Town partment plans to close the Francis Tcdesco an- right on Franklin Street, to continue along the present detour to Route 91 and points east. Westbound drivers from Route i i crrSMl-j same detour, continue west Rou. t0 lin Street to cross Pearl Street to the on-ramp leading to the bridge. Effective with Uie opening the new bridge, Rt.

190 will te Keypunch Verifier Opera- iors. inha Numeric, experi Monday through Saturday, a-. Hallmark Cards, Manning Road, Thompsonville, Conn. Advt. 18 Agents Share in -pv rfr IT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 nounced that a total or 18 Enfield area insurance agents will share a total of $2,758 in premium commissions on insurance coverage of town properties this year.

A breakdown of the shares follows: Robert P. Bridge, $181; Harold Bromagc, $181; Helen Buczkowsk), $110; John v. Coughlin $88; Theresa Crabtree, $119; Charles N. Fowler, $181; Joseph T. Glista, $159; Kevin G.

Kellihcr, $137; p' Maffrin: M.DPin, Eleanor F. Ol- WaUer 01. y. Purdy $155; Ronald Sullivan Sr. $128 Robert Tarpinian and John E.

Toomey, $172; $181. The basis used for computing insurance premium commission shares was a point system adopted by town officials, concerning various factors involved. Bay State Man Crashes on 1-84 UNION (Special) Richard M. Murphy, 41, of Shrewsbury, received back injuries in a one-car accident Tuesday night. He was taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs.

According Slate Trooper Arnold PawlikowsKi, Murpny was traveling east on Interstate 84 when he went olf the high- way, knocking down 12 fence lane. 5 half-hour later, was carried and Third Town Meeting Wednesday night meeting was the third soecial tnwn moot- ing called to take action on the! expansion of the town's school facilities. I The first, held last July 27, ap- pointed the original ten man committee Known as. tne High School Building Committee to take action on the expansion of the existing high school. The committee, at the same meeting, was empowered to hire an architect to prepare prelimin- 'ary pians an(i specifications or the project.

During its subsquent study, the committee's first recommendation was the construction of a new high school. This rec- ommendation. however, was VERNON (Special) The) Zoning Commission will hold a i public hearing Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. in the administration building on three applications for zone changes.

Franklin G. and Dorothy M. Welles are asking for a change in zone from R-27 (residential) to C-A (commercial) for piece of land on the east side of Welles Koaa. The Convers Construction Co. is asking for a change from R-27 to C-A for land at the intersection of the east line of Rt.

83 and the south line of the1 northbound approach to Rt. lb, Included are 27,000 square feet. The Convers Co. is also ask ing for a change from R-27 to IP (industrial) for a piece of land at the south line of Feeder Road and the east line of Tun nel Road. This is a 200-foot strip of land running some 1,250 feet along Tunnel Road.

To the rear are some 31.5 acres of: land which are zone industrially Maps showing the areas for which changes are asked are on file at the town clerk's omce. Junior Women's Club The Grow and Show Garden Club of the Vernon Junior Women's Club will meet tonight! at 8 at the home of Mrs. Vincent Petraalia. 25 Trout Stream; Dr. Jean Taylor will demonstrate the use of dried1 materials for making pictures and also dried flower arrange-: ments.

The ways and means commit tee of the junior women win meet Friday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Hugh Collins, Box Mountain Drive. The purpose of the meeting is to complete ar-1 rangements for the benetit Dan and to formulate plans for a spring fund raising project. Junior High Basketball The Vernon Center Junior High School basketball team will play Windsor Locks this afternoon at 3:15 at the Vernon school In a game Tuesday at Manchester, Vernon defeated Ming Junior High, 76-53.

High scores for Vernon were Larry Willette with 19 points, Tom Carruthers with 12 and Greg Berger with 12. Church Women Mrs. F. E. Goulding, presi dent of the Rockville Area Council of Church Women has called an executive committee meeting for Monday at 10 a.m.

Vandals Again Damage Scene In Central Park VERNON (Special) Van dalism has once again struck the Nativity scene in Central Park in Rockville Donald Berger, recreation director, said that the head of one of the sheep in the scene has been twisted off and disappeared completely two days ago. He noted that this was "senseless and obviously of no value to anyone. It has only succeeded in ruining the appearance of the whole scene." Berger said that when the figures for the scene were made on special order, the heads were made adjustable so they could be turned in any direction desired. Now someone has twisted one off completely. Only a few days after the manager scene was set up.

It was discovered that three figures had been knocked over. John Groot, who set up the said they were so firmly anch ored that they could not have blown over or been knocked over acidently. I Adults Invited To Meeting on Girl Scouting FACT WINrenP naniull X. Community Assn. Jan.

9 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Warehouse Point Grammar School. All registered adults are invited. The First Congregational Church of East Windsor will hold its annual meeting this evening at 8 p.m. in the church hall.

School lunches: Monday, baked ham, sweet potatoes, rice, green beans, cake or ap plesauce; Tuesday, juice, grind ers, potato chips, gelatin or fruit; Wednesday, meat loaf. carrots, potatoes, pudding or pineapple; Thursday, frankfurt in roil, baked beans or sauer kraut, salad, cake or pears; Friday, spaghetti, cheese, salad, apple peanut crunch or fruit cup. Notice to Broad Brook Gulf customers. Dear customers. We would like to express our sin cere thanks to all of you who have patronized our Broad Brook Gulf Station for the past 25 years.

As of January 8, we plan to close and tear down the old station. In the near future, we intend to erect a modern 3 bay station in order to serve you more adequately. Wishing you all a very Happy New iYear, We remain sincerely yours, James L. Hall jthony J. Muska.

Advt. An- Teaching English To Navaios ROUGH ROCK, Ariz. (AP) A new method of teaching English as a second language will be used throughout the Navajo Reservation by 1968, a Bureau of Indian Affairs official says says the method is a "structural- linguistic" approach. It makes use of pattern drills. an example, Benham said Indian youngsters are taught English the sentence, "The boy hits the ball." Then they em- "The g'rl hits the ball" and "The boy hits the car.

Benham said the approach is used because the Navajo lan- guage is not structurally like lEuropean languages. Woman Arrested On Driving Count WINDSOR LOCKS (Special)-' day reported the arrest of Miss Ruthie Wilson, 44, formerly of 31 Main Broad Brook, on a charge of reckless Miss Wilson was arrested by Policewoman Helen Starinovichl on a warrant from Circuit Court 13 as a result of her failure to appear on the charges Dec. 12. She was renamed to the Hart- ford State Jail in lieu of $250 bond pending her appearance in Circuit Court 13 today. m.

HP. vlll IOLHld.a J. I CCS i ii i. AO DC VjOllCClCU ByHighwayDept. WINDSOR LOCKS (Special) Windsor Locks own Highway Foreman Ted Rachel has announced the deoartment wiM conduct a Christmas tree col lection in various sections of town, today and Friday.

Trees will be picked up in the area north of Elm Street ers' lots. No trees will be picked up irom rear yarns. In the event of inclement wea tlier, the pick-up program will be changed to Friday and Mon day. CD Siren Test Cof wAit Oet OdCUrQaJ Director Gilbert Gamble. The signals will consist of a l.sw nnH "alprt" Mast followed by 60 seconds of silence and a' 60-second "take cover" blast.

n.cirfontc in vininitv arc askprt ti rail thp hoadnnar- ters at 623-4671 and report on how well the sirens in their areas are functioning. Only a tenth of the earth's surface is suitable for growing crops. turned down by the Board ofitoday, and south of Elm street Education in favor of the con- on Friday. The trees nnvat be version plan for the Junior placed at the curb of the own- bridge. He said he nnd other town officials here were prom-l ised last year that strong ef forts would be made to keep the old bridge open indefinitely after the new bridge is completed.

Funds were promised to complete necessary repairs at the old bridge to keep it open, Mayor Pierz stressed. Highway officials explained that federal funds are now unavailable for completion of the contemplated repair work at the old bridge. It was also reported that a recent engineering survey tak en by the state revealed that the old bridge is now danger ously unsafe' for traffic must be closed that repair costs of the old bridge would be "prohibitive' and plans for such a work project have been discarded by the state. Mayor Pierz said he will contact Enfield's two state representatives and other state officials, in an effort to salvage the old bridge. Suffield residents in a heavily populated area in the vicinity of the old bridge have used it for walking to work, shopping and for recreation purposes in the downtown Thompsonville area for several decades.

The State Highway Dept. said the bridge project began in Oct-! ober, 1964. A total of more than! 4.6 million pounds of structural steel was used in the work pro- ject; 10,794 cubic yards of con crete were poured for the struc tures; 9,169 tons of two-course bituminous concrete were laid, at the First Lutheran Church on West Main Street. Plans will be made at this time for the World Day of Prayer service to be held at the First Lutheran Church on Feb. 10.

Book Club The Book Club of the Women's Fellowship of Union Con gregational Church will meet tonight at 8 at the home of Miss Elsie Schulze, 5 Chamberlain St. Cub Pack 382 Cubmaster Roy Cameron of Cub Pack 382 presented Bobcat awards at the December pack meeting to: Steven Baskowski, Kenneth Mathewson, Edward Worlund, John Dwyer, Peter Cameron, Christopher Mahoney, Douglas Baker, Mark Genest, Scott Bull, Michael Blue, Joseph Brooks, James Boland, Kevin Cosgrove, Jamison Howard, Glen Robertson, Carl She er, Stephen Merzwa, Kenneth Paliquin, Michael Allen, Philip Havey, Raymond Risley, Mi chael Herrick, Richard bands, Michael Martin, John Dickenson, Joseph Latullipe, Richard Macomber, Richard Libro, Michael Grasso, Michael Morelli, Jay Adams and Joel Kloski. Others receiving awards were: Bear, John Libro, David Moriglioni; Wolf, Ronald Merk-er; Gold Arrow, Joseph Silves-tri, Stephen Chapman and Moriglioni; and Silver Arrow, Rob ert Constine, Robert Carson and Moriglioni. Rep. Allen Gets 4 Legislature Committee Posts VERNON (Special) State Rep.

Gerald Allen, who represents Vernon or the 47th Dis trict, started his fourth term in the General Assembly Wednes day and was given (our com mittee assignments. The major assignment for Allen, a Democrat, is to the Pub lic Utilities Committee of which he has been named chairman. He. served on this committee in the 1963 and 1965 sessions. Other assignments are to the Insurance Committee on which he served in 1961, the Fish and Game Committee, of which he was a member in 1963 and 1965.

and the Agriculture Com mittee, the latter a new assign ment for him. Like most Tolland County towns, Vernon has previously had two representatives, but under redisricting was only en titled to one. It is the only town in the county, or the 35th Dis- trict, except Mansfield which does not have to share a representative with other towns. Parking Meter Plan OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Who put parking meters on the streets of America? An engi neer? A city planner? A politician? It was a newspaperman, the late Carl Magee, editor of the Oklahoma City News, reports the Rockwell Manufacturing Co. Observing the growth of car traffic in the 1930s, Magea dreamed up lhe idea of a clockwork, coin-operated meter.

With Gerald Hale, an instructor at Oklahoma State University, bs formed a company to develop the meter. In 1935, Oklahoma City installed 150 of them. Now there are more than two; million throughout the United States. Rockwell the Magee-Hale Co. in 1963.

firmal basketball session will follow at approximately 7:30. Volleyball League The Ellington Legion is in a tie for first place in the A di vision of the Vernon-EUington Volleyball Leagde by virtue of a 3-0 win last week over the Mountaieners. Cider Hill Heights retained a share in the lead with a 2-1 decision over their Vernon Hills rivals. Ran dall's topped the Spikers, 2-1. In the A division, the league-leading Cannonballs strengthened their lead with a 3-0 forfeit by the Rockville Legion.

Tied for second place are the Longview AC and the Vernon Bank. Games tonight at the Long-view School are as follows; 6:30, Vernon Hills vs. Mountain-I eers and Longview AC vs. Rock ville Legion; 7:30, Cannonballs vs. Grous and Christiensen and Ellington Legion vs.

Spikers; and 8:30, Randall's vs. Cider: Mill and Vernon National Bank vs. Hilltoppers. High School and High School. At the second meeting held Dec.

15, voters approved nam ing the same committee as a Junior High School Building Committee; however, as a result of discussion of the conver sion plan the meeting voted1 down a resolution which would have empowered the committee to hire -an architect for the jun- wr high school project. The main points brought out WINDSOR LOCKS (Special)-by those favoring adding on to A town-wide test of Civil De- iha Hun cnhiwlc anH eunthina fpnsp SlrpnS will be COhdUCted the' classes was that the plan1 Saturday at 11 a.m., according I Dr. William J. Benham, Windsor T.nrks Civil Defense tant area director for education In so doing, the meeting, at tended by a capacity crowd of more than 160 residents, opened the way for the conversion of the junior high school to a high school and the use of the present high school as a junior high school. The changeover is to be affected by changing the town's present 6-3-3 school structure to a 6-2-4 structure with the four high school grades housed at the present junior high school.

Debate Conversion The meeting, at the outset, erupted into spirited debate over the relative merits of the conversion plan as opposed to the construction of a new high school building. The first action taken by the meeting was to elect George Wallace as moderator by a 76 to 26 vote over Frank Borchet-ta. The main meeting resolution, as introduced by Board of Education Chairman John Fitzpat-rick, called for empowering the Junior High School Building Committee to engage an architect for plans and specifications for the junior high school addition and to spend the necessary funds therefore. In offering the resolution, Fitzpatrick stated that the latest estimates obtained by the board set the price of a new high school at some $4.2 million as opposed to an estimated $2 million for the conversion plan. The high school building estimate, he said, was obtained from pro fessional consultants and state education officials and was based on a state average for school building.

Bonding Limit Fitzpatrick also noted that the town cannot bond higher than $3,877,000 without going to the legislature and losing its present good credit rating if it were decided to build a new school. The conversion plan, he said, was approved by a 6-3 vote of the building committee at a meeting held Tuesday night. Also commenting on the plan, Superintendent of Schools Robert F. Jackson said the plan "wasn't dreamed up overnight" and that he had spent months on the problem of expending the school facilities. The conversion plan, all facts considered, he said, is the only plan which made any "sense." He added it was his personal view the school conversion "will provide excellent facilities for an excellent program." Opposition View In the subsequent debate, residents opposing the plan of-j fered views similar to those ex pressed at a town meeting held on the project last month.

Those opposing the plan questioned its feasibility from a long range Total excavation of both earth 1 posts. Murphy told police he and rock amounted to 18,015 cu-'was forced off the road by an bic yards. unidentified truck. Temporary Route I Murphy was summoned to State officials reported that appear in Circuit Court 12 Mah-eastbound motorists using the' Chester on Jan. 23 of a charge new bridce will be temoorarilv of failure to drive in established i directed to an off-ramp, turning Stone Age Court Loop Playing in 2 Divisions use of existine schools and! would result in a considerable saving in construction costs.

Opponents of the conversion Plan meanwhile, contended that the town should seek the assistance foutside professional help in determing the town's future school needs and that the plan would result in a "patchwork" building program if carried out. Wednesday night's meeting was then called to again consider empowering the Junior High School Building committee to' hire an architect which would enable the committee to continue its work on the junior high school project. Under the conversion plan, the Junior High School would be ex panded to handle 1,600 students in four high school grades, while the high school would be expanded to handle 800 students in two junior high school grades. Post, Auxiliary Plan Visit to Vet Hospital WINDSOR LOCKS (Special) The Smalley Brothers Post, VFW, and Post Auxiliary, will make a joint visit to the New-ington VA Hospital next Tuesday. The visit nroeram will in- ments.

The Post Auxiliary will re- sume its seafood program at the Post Home, Fairview Street, on Friday evening, beginning at 6:30. The menu will also include meat. The next regular meeting of the Auxiliary Unit will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Post Home. More Hides Exported BOSTON Exports of cattle hides from the United States in the first half of 1966 totaled 7 million pieces, 41 per cent more than in the same period the previous year.

planning point of view and also'ciude bingo, gifts and refresh- VERNON (Special) Effective this week, the Vernon Stone Age Basketball League will play its schedule of games in two divisions, a and a. ine rearrangement has been made according to age and relative team strength in hopes of effecting closer competition. The A division will line up with Mai Tool, Tire Town, Charter Oak Sport Shop and the Rovers. The division will con sist ofU.S. Envelope, Colonial Rug and Tile.

Vernon Jaycees and the Once We Weres. The schedule for tonight at Rockville High School has Co lonial Rug and the Once Wei Weres squaring off at 6:30 fol lowed by a 7:30 contest between two top A contenders, Charter! Oak and the Rovers. The finale at 8:45 pits Mai Tool against Tire Town. One game is scheduled fori Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Ver non Elementary School, with thei Jaycees playing U.S.

Envelope. The regular Friday evening in- on tne Dasis oi present cost estimates. A major question also asked was whether the school project will provide sufficient classroom space for the town's student population until 1975 or 1985. Supporters of the plan countered that present esti- mates set the town's maximum; population at zu.uuu oy tne year 2,000 and that the classrooms will be sufficient. After more than an hour's debate, a motion was made and seconded to shut off debate on the issue, however the motion failed to gain the necessary.

i two-thirds majority to carry. i I pounds during the 16 weeks. She plans to continue to attend the weekly meetings until she reaches her goal of shedding a total of 56 pounds. Shown, from left, are: Mrs. Elizabeth Whitehouse.

Weight Watchers' lecturer; Mrs. Margaret Taylor and Mrs. Irene Lane, Stafford Springs; Mrs. Gloria Walker, Staffordville; Mrs. Frances Zelz, and Karen Petrowich.

MISSING: 140 POUNDS: Five happy Stafford area women receive diamond chip pins, signifying the completion of the first 16-week course for the local Weight Watchers. The women, who attend weekly iTieetings that stress a special diet, without reduction in volume of food consumed, lost a total of UCA pounds among them. Youngest graduate was 16-year-old Karen Petrowich, of Monson Road, Stafford Springs, extreme right, a junior at Stafford High School. Karen lost.