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THE HARTFORD COURANT: Tu.sday, March 12. 1963 27 Lake Assn. Opposes Public Right of Way ipWJJWWBf r-Tinn i i. ii iijii, i iiii. hi i) miMMiinw i a -iW Ilul, -J 5W Is! A) Ml Vr 53 The petition states among other objections to passage of the public right of way provision that that lake is small "with no public beach and protected for the use of residents only.

It would appear improper and a poor precedent for the state to violate zoning regulations or violate the rights of property owners to es COLCHESTER (Special) Residents and property owners at Lake Amston and members of the Amston Lake Improvement Assn. expect to attend the Legis lative hearing before the Fish and Game committee Thursday to protest House bill 2785 proposing passing of the bill allowing a public right of way to the waters of the lake. The hearing in Room 410 at the State Capitol at 1C a.m. will have' delegates from the association to speak against the bill. Unanimous Decision A meeting of Amston Lake residents recently resulted in an unanimous vote against the passage of the bill which has been introduced in the legislature by Rep.

Rubin Cohen of Colchester. A petiton presently being circuited among lake property owners will be submitted at the (AP Wlrephoto) Polish Choir Sings for President of Poland in 1939 wrecked plans Old Lyme Finance Board Gets $859,330 in Requests OLD LYME (Special) Budget Ifire department, $1,975, up $475. requests totaling $859,330 were Urge Rescue Unit presented at the annual town Carl Anderson a member budget hearing of the Board 0f! Finance Monday night. The requests reflect an increase of $126,328 in monies sought by town agencies over a year ago. The largest budget item, $491,794 for the Board of Education, was up $70,000 'over the current year.

Selectmen asked for $341,651 for maintenance of town government. Other requests in the order submitted were: Zoning Commission, $300; Planning Commission, $500; Board of Tax Review, $300; South End Fire Department, South End Ambulance, $300; AL, $225; Visiting Nurse Probate judge, $400; town clerk, $2,580. Also, registrars of voters, up 50 cents; town treasurer, Rogers Lake West Shore Rogers Lake West Shore police protection, $750, up $250; Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, Tax Collector's office, Old Lyme Ambulance $1,500, and Old Lyme He likes Egg In His Works STAFFORD SPRINGS (Special) At least one family here isn't interested in rushing the season. Joseph Botnick, owner of a Main Street variety store, was intrigued when he found twigs on his front walk. Up he went to the air conditioner over the door.

4 Atop the conditioner was a nest. In the nest was an egg. A little watching brought Botnick a glimpse of a couple of proud pigeons, one of which sat on the nest. Botnick said he won't do a thing for a while. It isn't that he's waiting for spring; he doesn't want to upset the egg.

Alabama Hit By Twisters, Killing Two CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) Tor nados unleashed their deadly fury on north Alabama Monday killing two persons and inflicting thousands of dollars in damage. The worst twister slashed a swath through Cullman County. Another hit Pickens County. A third was reported to have touched ground briefly at Leigh-ton and a fourth wrecked three buildings in Walker County.

Tor-nadic winds also struck sections of middle Tennessee. The tornado binge came six days after a twister which wrought $7 million damage in Bessemer, a suburb of Birmingham. The Weather Bureau warned of possible further tornado activity in eastern Tennessee, extreme northern and northeastern Alabama and extreme northwest Georgia. Damage Widespread Four persons were reported injured in Cullman County where the two fatalities occurred. Hospital authorities identified the victims as Mrs.

Geraldine Bowen of Rt. 8, Cullman, and Mrs. Minnie Dunn of Hanceville. Both died in the hospital emergency room. Widespread property damage was inflicted on the area Art Pinkard, a Cullman truck driver, reported at least 25 homes and businesses were extensively damaged or destroyed.

Other reports indicated as many as 75 buildings were damaged, the highway patrol said. Hospitals took in six persons- three each from the Good Hope and Fairview areas but there was no report as to their condition. Pinkard said there was exten sive wind damage from Fairview to Cullman, a route he covered only minutes after the tornado passed. He reported, among other things, a barn sitting on a truck, houses and barns lifted intact from their foundations and trees across the road. Cotton Gin Destroyed Strong winds were reported throughout the state.

The tornado moved northeastward through Cullman County. At least eight homes were reported badly damaged at Fairview along with a feed mill. A cotton gin was destroyed. The area around Phelan, five miles south of Cullman, also was hard hit when strong winds ripped through a lumber camp, the highway patrol said. There also were reports of a twister in the air over a Cullman golf course and minor damage at two communities east of Cullman.

Tornadoes in middle Tennessee 'damaged buildings and uprooted trees and Pwer Poles near hav' renccbur8 and- later- near Mur freesboro, The twister dipped down first about seven miles west of Law-renceburg. Utility lines were torn down and trees thrown across the highway. It later struck the Ethridge and Crossroads communities north of Farm buildings were damaged and several secondary roads were cut off by downed trees and poles. Flying debris struck Mrs. Grady Hammonds in the Crossroads community, but her injuries did not require hospitalization.

She was struck by flying tin which was blown into her house from a demolished barn. A twister also damaged at least one building when it struck the Versailles community, southwest of Murfreesboro, a short time later. Trees were blown across the road and heavy rains caused high water which blocked roads for a time. a greater admiration for than the people of Poland," Kennedy told the 65-voice choir. "So you are' welcome.

The Poznan choir is making a tour of this country-24 years behind schedule. Hitler's invasion Youth Held In False Count DURHAM (Special)-Philip W. Dills, 18, of Middlefield Road, Durham was charged with making a false complaint to police1 and evading responsibility by Trooper Richard Rankin Monday morning. Police said Dill's car crashed off Maiden Lane in Durham March 8 when he rounded a curve and skidded on ice. Some friends talked him into making a false complaint to po liye, Dill said.

He drove his car to Oak Terrace, parked it and called police to complain an un- known party had just hit it and left the scene without stopping, police said. Dills posted $125 bond to appear April 8 Circuit Court 9, Middle- town. East Hampton Bellville Group Elects Officers; Nurses Report EAST HAMPTON (Special) Bellville Chapter has elected new officers. They are: Worthy matron, Mrs. Florence Colson; worthy patron, F.

Theodore Colson; associate matron, Mrs. Ida Ravis; associate patron, Allen Ravis; secretary, Mrs. Florence Pessoni; treasurer, Mrs. Sara Anderson; conductress, Mrs. Sarah Shields; and associate conductress, Mrs.

Marion Condon. The new officers will be installed at a special meeting March 23 at 8 p.m. in Chatham Hall. Report The Public Health Nursing As sociation has submitted the following report for February; 18 visits to Memorial School office; 15 visits to Middle Haddam School; 30 visits to high school; I Suspended Terms Given 2 Men for $800 Coin Theft SOUTHINGTON (Special) Two Norwich men involved in a $800 coin collection theft here were given six-month suspended sentences and two years' probation for larceny by Judge Erving Pruyn in Circuit Court 17 Monday. They are Arthur W.

Parker, 35, of 41 Bondwell and Irving J. Pavlak, 25, of 187 Franklin St. Charges of breaking and entering were nolled. A third Norwich man said to be involved tin the theft and charged with receiving stolen goods was given a continuance to March 25. He is Michael Pia-cenza, 45, of 31 Huntington Ave.

The three were arrested Jan. 29 in connection with the Dec. 23 theft of the coins at the home of Mrs. Rita Borowy of Parkview Drive. The coins were recovered.

Also apprehended Was a 15-year-old boy who was referred to Juvenile Court. Phone Tip Leads To 4,000 Stolen Detonator Caps NEW BRITAIN (Special) -Four small boxes containing 4,000 loaded detonator caps, stolen from a boxcar at the Whiting Stret freight yard here Saturday afternoon, were recovered by police Monday evening after an anonymous telephone call. Earlier in the day, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was called into the investigation. The caps were being shipped from Defense, Tex. to the Ingraham Bristol which is working on a Defense Department contract.

Detectives Archie Duncan and Robert Walsh found the detonators behind a culvert near the freight yard railroad tracks. Three boxes were intact, they said, while "a few" caps were missing from the fourth box. Three 15-year-olds boys were questioned and turned over to ju-venile authorities for allegedly breaking into the boxcar and taking the detonators. A fourth boy who joined the others in trying to explode the caps was not held, Detective Duncan said. Motorist, 65, Dies in Crash; Wife Injured WOODBURY (Special) Jo seph Opperman, 65, of Tioga Street, Torrington, died late Sunday night when his car went through a stop sign and hit a pole at Jiidson Avenue and Rt.

6. Dr. Marcus Cox, medical examiner, said Monday, Opperman suffered a heart attack before the crash and a broken neck as a result of the accident. His death was caused by, a combination of both injuries, Dr. Cox said.

Wife Hurt His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Opperman, 60, suffered a broken leg and a slight head injury in the crash. She was reported in good condition at Waterbury Hospital. Born in Torrington, Opperman was a member of MohaVvk Tribe, IORM. Until he retired last Nov-, ember, he had been employed as a machine operator at Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford.

He was employed by the former Hendey Machine in Torrington for many years. In addition to his wife, he leaves two brothers, Sgt. Edward Opperman, a member of the Torrington Police Department, and James Opperman of Woodbury. Funeral Wednesday Funeral services will be held at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Gleeson Mortuary, Torrington and at 9 a.m.

at St. Francis" Church, Torrington. Burial will be in St. Francis' New Cemetery, Torrington. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

today. Motherless Tots Get Check from Florida NORWICH (Special) A picture of the three Moody children, made motherless by last week's flash flood brought a donation from a Florida vacationer. Frank P. Fitzpatrick, former mayor of Ansonia, sent a check for $10 for the Moody family after seeing the picture in a Miami newspaper. Fitzpatrick, an automobile dealer, is vacationing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

for the choir to visit America, Despite persecution the choir held together during the war and was revived after the German defeat. The boy singers, ranging in age Portland Permission Given for Repairing PORTLAND (Special) Ed- Faraci of Middletown was 'given permission by the Zoning Board of Appeas Monday night to conduct a boat repair businss in the old cannery plant on the Connecticut River off Riverview street, He wilI repair small boats on trailers and at this time will not build new boats. There will be no gasoline sales at the plant. Variance Granted The board also granted a var iance to Joseph Laczak to add a room to his home at 11 Spruce ier. There was no opposition to eith er petition at a public hearing Monday night.

Westbrook Rest Home Leased to Man, Wife WESTBROOK (Special) Jo seph and Florence Punty of Glas tonbury have taken over on a long-term lease the Tidelawn Manor Rest Home of Seaside Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Punty are well- known in the rest home business, as they started and operated the Century Home for the Aged in Glastonbury for 10 years. Punty served one term as director of the Connecticut Rest Home Assn.

for jiaiuuiu uuuijr aim ncu wui ftcu to make improvements in rest homes throughout the state. 1 I '1 Pnuntt. I Atty. George D. Royster represented the Puntys and Atty.

Eu gene Kagan of Hartford represent- T. Michael De Reienz, lessor, Tidelawn Manor has been a rest 15 years, Terms of the agreement were made known, The Men's Club of the First Congregational Church will spon a public supper Saturday with' Old Saybrook Commission Approves Miniature Course Plan tablish a public right of way in opposition to the wishes of the residents of the area. Destroy Structure "Such a precedent would estab lish authority to do this anywhere and create endless suits which would destroy eventually the entire structure of personal and property rights as established by existing statutes." Rep. Cohen has said the only intention of the bill is to provide access to the lake for fishermen and that otherwise little change would be effected in the area. of the Old Lyme Fire Department, uigeu uie Dixuu ui nuance con- sider a $7,872 appropriation fdr a rescue truck, boat and trailer.

South End Fire Chief Clifford Bean endorsed the proposal, noting a motor for the boat would not be needed because a similar installation at the South End Fire Department has seen little use on water. First Selectman Merle Bud-gee urged the rescue truck prop osal be adopted, noting such a unit could have assisted effectively at least one of three fatal automo bile crashes in town last year where a woman was pinned in side her car. It was 30 minutes before a rescue unit could reach the scene from Westbrook. Repairs and alterations to a second floor room in the Old Lyme Firehouse for use as two temporary classrooms this fall were not included in requests submitted. The Board of Finance will consider the amount needed later.

The annual town budget meet ing to adopt a budget for 1963-64 will be held in June. The Planning Commission will write the State Highway Department urging Maple Avenue Old Boston Road and Spencer Plains Road be removed from the 1961 Highway Reclassification Act. Un der the act, jurisdiction over the three roads would shift from the state to the town. A bill is pending before the State Legislature to remove the three roads from the act. Rally A Girl Scout rally will be held from .7 to 8:30 p.m today at the Main Street School.

Scouts, Brownies, parents and friends are invited to attend. The movie, "Road to Button Bay," will be shown. Middlefieltl Grange Plans Competition At Meeting MIDDLEFIELD (Special) Neighboring Granges have been invited to take part in a competitive program planned by the local Grange at 8 p.m. Wednes- day at Town Hall. Members are asked to bring sandwiches for refreshments, Mrs.

Kenneth Augur is in charge. The Home Economics Co-mittee is planning a variety ta- Grangers were asked to bring baked goods. Scout Program A Girl Scout show case, "This it 111 til imr is invited Selectmen will be in session, from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Town Hall. Chemist to Address Holy Name Society EAST HAMPTON (Special) -The Holy Name Society of St.

Patrick's Church will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Pius 1 from 11 to 14, watched wide-eyed as the President's' helicopter landed on the south lawn. The choir sang several numbers for Kennedy including one personally for him entitled "Live A Hundred Years." 'Body" in River: Sleepy Type? GROTON (Special) -Borough Patrolman John Gill grimly donned skindiving gear Monday after a form resembling a body was spotted snagged on a rock a short distance from shore out in the Thames River. Gill entered the frigid waters and hauled it ashore. It was a "body," all right a fake one.

The dummy was a pair of pajamas stuffed with newspapers and topped off by a head made from a Coast Guard Training Station T-shirt. Hamden Man, 45, Held on Charge Of Embezzlement WESTBROOK (Special) Louis Vandemark Otto, 45, of 70 Cir cular Hamden, was arrested on a charge of embezzlement by agent Monday afternoon by State Police Detective Richard Spencer and Trooper Laurent O'Shea. Police said on Oct. 12, 1959, when Otto was employed as assistant manager of the Savarin Restau rant on the Connecticut Turnpike in Madison, he left the state with "a large amount of money belong ing to the restaurant." The exact amount taken was not revealed. He spent the money in New York City and Baltimore, police said.

Otto was arrested on a warrant issued by Circuit Court 8 officials. He was held at Westbrook Barracks Monday night for presentation at a bond hearing today in Circuit Court 8, Branford Internal Revenue Claims Scientist Owes $13,827 BOSTON CD Nobel Prize winner Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi owes federal income taxes of $13,827, the Internal Revenue Service contended in a U.S. Tax Court Mon- dav. Counsel for Dr.

Szent-Gyorgyi and 0(her scjentjsts workin2 at th Won Medical Prize Szent-Gyorgyi won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1937 for Vitamin discoveries. Also involved in the tax action a cousin, Dr. Andrew tzent- Gyorgyi, 37, and Dr. Helmut Muel-j ler. Lawrence V.

Wright, assistant regional counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, said the Nobel winner received $65,000 from the institute during the four-year period of 1957-60. Wright said he owes back taxes of $13,827. The Internal Revenue counsel said the younger Szent-Gyorgyi had income of $17,034 during this period and owes $3,066. He said Dr. Mueller owes $391 on 1957 in come.

Wright contended the payments were not awards but compensa- Real AKRON, Ohio (UPI) A huge press capable of exerting 10 million pounds of pressure is being usea Proaucin8 "ck u- ners ine i nuienwn ana to- laris solid fuel missiles. Good year Tire Rubber Co. says the WASHINGTON (UPI) President Kennedy warmly welcomed the Poznan boys and men's choir Monday when he arrived back from Camp David, Md. "I think you'll find there is no country or people my people have Cromwell Annual Hunt For Eggs to be Held April 6 CROMWELL (Special) Plans are under way for the second annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Park and Recreation Commission. Director Donald Swanson has appointed Edith Maher as chairman of the event to be assisted by members of the commission.

The hunt will be held at Community Field on April 6, at 1:30 p.m. and in the event of rain, on April 13, at the same place and time. Director Swanson said the hunt will be expanded this year with twice as many eggs as last year and more prizes. He said also, that a new division, called the Toddlers division will be added. This will be for those up to five years og age and will be held in special roped in areas.

The main event is for children 6 to 12 years of age living in town. He also added that no parents can assist as this event is strictly for children. EOS To Elect Election of officers will be held at the annual meeting of Crom well Chapter, OES, on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. A potluck supper will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are available from Mrs. Joseph Janecek and Norman Leg horn for the St. Patrick's Day dance being held by the Democratic Town Committee on Saturday at the Italian American Club Hall. Dancing will be from 9 to 1 to the music of Tony Bell and his orchestra. Birth A daughter was born in Middlesex Memorial Hospital Monday to Mr.

and Mrs. James Aiken of 87 Nooks Hill Rd. Chester Delivery Set For Trees in Club Project CHESTER (Special) Delivery trucks will start making their rounds here early next month, The cargo: trees. The young plants are being de livered by fiie Pataconk Fish and Game Club. Area residents order- ed 6,255 saplings for planting on property throughout town, according to Robert Blair, club conservation committee chairman.

The club is providing the trees without charge as a conservation measure. The group is working with state and federal conservation agencies in the project. The club also scheduled its annual landowners banquet April 17 at Club 151, East Haddam. Jerry Scallia is chairman. Leonard Bishop resigned as club treasurer after serving 15 years.

He was replaced by Edward Grzybowski of Deep River. St. Patrick's Dance Slated at Colchester COLCHESTER (Special) The Wearin' o' the Green Dance at the Community Hall at Amston Lake Saturday night will be preceded by a potluck supper at 9 p.m. Couples attending will bring either a plate of hor d'oeuvres, a main dish or dessert. Tickets may be obtained from Pat Beaudoin of Lakeview Heights, Joan Dickenson and Sheila Walsh of West Island Beach, Francies Czerwinski of Deepwood Drive or Fran Tucker of St.

Ro-nan Road. OLD SAYBROOK (Special) -A proposed miniature golf course has been approved by the planning commission. The 18-hole course, proposed by Donald VanEpps of Old Saybrook. would be built in a local buiness zone adjacent to the Saybrook Ten Pin on the Boston Post Road The plan must be approved by the zoning commission before construction can be started. Good Land Use For Area James Jones, planning commission chairman, said the golf course would not have any "objectionable assessory uses con- nected." Commission member Thomas Slingsby felt the project! was "a good land use for that particular area." Kast Hadttam Ladies Guild To Hear Talk On New School EAST HADDAM (Special)-The Rev.

John Kane, principal of the new Catholic High School in Mid-dletown, will be guest speaker at a meeting of the St. Bridget's Church Ladies Guild Wednesday night after the evening devotions. All children of Grades 6, 7 and 8 and their parents are invited. The LEO Homemakers will discuss the Most From our Days, at a meeting inurs-b 1 1 i .1 1 HIT aay nigm ai at me noine oi mis. Walter Shields of Alger Road.

Mrs. William Jezek and Mrs. Henry Novinski will lead the dis- two children excluded for pedicu losis; 20 children taken home by nurse for illness; six children sent home with parents for ill- ness; and one high school stu-inot dent taken to doctor's office for jed home Notes wiving dl o. o.i institute for Muscle Research. Boys are invited to attend Hol Mass- contended meeting of Boy Scout Troop 38that mments received by them Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Scout were izes or awards tnat are Hall. New members will be taxabe cepted until the end of the month Applications for rural route carrier may be obtained from the post office, according to post- 'master Paul DeF. Wren. Dead- line is March 19. A written test will be required.

Driver Injured In Rt, 196 Crash EAST HAMPTON (Special) -Robert J. Karzmarczyk, 20, of Falls Road, Moodus, was injured Monday morning in a one car crash on Rt. 196. State Police said Karzmarczyk suffered a fractured left thumb and bruises of the ribs, arms and legs. Police said he was driving north on Rt.

196 when he thouchf he is routing, win De neia at we-charge morial School from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday. All local scout troops will participate. The public injury. Eye testing was completed in high school and some weighing and measuring was done at Me morial School.

There were also: 15 phone conferences with moth- ers; approximately 50 pupils giv- en first aid; 39 home visits to chronically ill patients; two prenatal visits; one health supervisor visit; and one conference with Miss Wood, State consultant, and board members about revision of school health policies. Appreciation was expressed to Mrs. Dowd and Mrs. Voisin for help in completing the eye testing at the high school. Quell Fire The fire department responded to a chimney fire Monday at a house on Carriers Place owned by Donald Brack.

Chief Paul O'-Connell reported no damage. Amston Lake Fund Gets $50 Donation COLCHESTER (Special) Mrs. Allyn Myles, treasurer of the Amston Lake Improvement' Fund, has announced receipt of a second $50 donation from Mrs. Augusta Harris of Riverdale, N.Y. All money donated1 will be used to purchase kitchen facilities at the community hall.

Labor for improvements will be donated by men in the associa- tion. CAPETOWN Exchange and import controls instituted in South Africa in 1961 are paying off now in surpluses. a 1 by the Rev. Charles Duncan of the First Congregational Church will discuss the "Rearrangement of the Self" Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Moodus Library.

The Goodwill Industries truck will be here next Monday to pick up used clothing or other articles. Those having something to donate are asked to contact Mrs. Martin Grissom. Davlses Have Son cussion. Refreshments are in of Mrs.

Jezek. Lenten Forum The Lenten Forum conducted heard someone shout on the 'or services STOP GURGLING TOILETS COSTLY WATER WASTE I No guid arm or lift wir to corrodt nd bend no handle Jiggling. Korky teats itself to end faulty aealing for good. Over three million already in use. Get Korky at plumbing and hard of the road.

When he looked back, his car left the road, knocked down seven fence posts, hit a pole and snapped the guy wire. Kanmaro7vt u'ne urrocfo far failure to drive in the established lane and will appear in Circuit Court 9, Middletown, April 1. A son was born to Mr. and Supper will be served. Mrs.

Rodney Davis of Fall Road, Dr. Francis A. Hockstein, a Moodus, in Middlesex Memorial chemist at the Pfizer will Hospital Monday. speak on "The Laymen in the Church." He is a professor of WASHINGTON I science at the Coast Guard Aca-licenses will be granted this year demy, New London, for a total of $840,000 worth of Tickets may be obtained by con-British grapefruit and orange itacting the church office, Laurent Juice. Poulin, or David Smith.

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