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Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut • 7

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Hartford Couranti
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Hartford, Connecticut
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THE HARTFORD COURANT: SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1954 Part I SEVEN nir i of the state's contribution to Fed-teer contributions for that pur There will perhaps be other contributions received, maybe eral programs. pose, When that suggestion was pub- people in other states will also when tht other trash wat thrown away. Mrs. Sargent says she picked up much of her art, although she took basic lessons in pigments and how to mix colors. Dust la Big Foe Dust, she explains, Is the ever Tho Capitol Scene Reduction Contributions Gould Apply To State Debt lished last week, a widespread get ldea but it anneai-.

t. react on around th Stt rnitiiK DUl PPeari preU While Connecticut and other wealthy and highly-industrialized states were getting the short end of the deal, some of the southern states were getting a lion's share tu flofinifa tUf either as the state's or the Federal government's can possibly be liquidated by such means. present enemy oi her art. To was that the country already has such a drive which culminates each year on March 15. The recent flurry of contributions to national debt reduction By KEITH 8CIIONROCK Ifor such high tax rates would rai E0V" Those ni-nnM wh rpntiv eminent and usmg some of the was started by Miss Mary E.

T3i.m4-4 ttr a guard against it she has improvised a dust proof room from an ironing board and big sheets of fashion tissue. Her friends get lovely gifts when Christmas Tolls around, have sent Gov. Istfee fnntrihn. Tho national Hoht stnrU of TO try to lure I ouciuier, a wesipoiT nouseworu- ra niiBinpcRPo and tions towards the reduction of the: about J270.O00.O0O.0OO now. Tt alsn Uhir nnrtsr-, KQnf- ir.

She started it bv sendine! Shop Arthur's Always Open Never Closed Arthur Drug Stores 202 FARMINQTON AVE. national debt would derive more is reponsible for the large Fed- For example, Mississippi last gf n. urSmfS that; direct benefits if they made their eral taxes everyone pays. The V41'000'000 in tax to Paklr wJw Some of them are small lunch baskets with the top decorated in floral designs and the name underneath. checks payable for the reduction contributions towards that debt's reived wi his suggestion for an of the state debt, which is also reduction cannot go far towards This is about' a 50 tier rlnt rllannual chanty drive.

i She loves children. Maybe at a record high. jcuuumg muse taxes. turn, utner southern states fared Connecticut is already contrib-' almost as well Ultll a wtiy one iici vuo- It was" MississiDni which re uting much more than its equal share towards the reduction of the Federal debt and the operation of the Federal government. Last yearr for example, accord cently conducted an intensive drive even resorting to plaintive letters from school children to Connecticut industrialists in an attemDt to eet husi uon or iioranan at xne aomers Library where she was successor to Mrs.

Charles Bugbee. She has been godmother to three and has instituted library innovations that include a trip to SomersviUe every other Friday where books are distributed and returned. ing to figures recently published by the Connecticut Chamber of i from this state to theirs. Commerce, Connecticut citizens One suggestion recently made The state's debt, represented principally by outstanding bonds and notes to finance all sorts of projects, now amounts to about $290,000,000. It is due for a sizeable boost soon when the first $100,000,000 worth of bonds is issued to get construction started on the new cross-state expressway.

The growing amortization costs of this large state debt is partly responsible for the recent increases in state taxes which are paid directly by every Connecticut citizen. If this debt could be reduced by any means, the need POLAROID HEADQUARTERS Cameras Film Accessories I IN STOCK MerrilPs Camera Exchange 182 Pearl Street JA 5-3479 "Known for friendly service and expert advice" and businesses paid by Rev. Fletcher D. Parker of Extended Routes Will Cause Two Number Changes in Federal taxes. Of this amount the state had returned to it in the form of Federal grants and subsidies only $32,000,000 in the same year.

That return of about 2 per cent represents but a small fraction the Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford was that the week in which Thanksgiving Day falls each year be designated as a sort of "help reduce the national debt week" during which people would be asked to volun- Two changes in state highway route numbering will become ef-; fective May 1, State Highway! Commissioner G. Albert Hill said Iff II Friday. The designation of Rt. Conn. 72 will be extended from 4ts present terminus in Terryville to replace the designations of Conn.

tesitfs al announces a specie STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING: That's what visitors to Mrs. Sargent's studio think when they see how she rias turned castoff household wares into artistic trinmnhc rhair. 117 and Conn. 49. When the new route markers tipped at left rear has a seat that was done in needlepoint1 are placed, commissioner hiu said Conn.

72 will extend from Middletown to the Massachusetts: i state line north of Norfolk. Thei route will serve Middletown, I Crom vell, Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, Bristol, Plymouth man a century ago. And it's still beautiful. Note the nail keg in right foreground that has been turned into a thing of beauty, and doubtless, a joy forever. Somers Tole Work Artist Does Amazing Things (Terryville), Harwinton, Torring-ton.

the southwestern corner of Winchester and Norfolk. BEAUTY that can't beC matched tit 11 f)ot fin tsrl fSH St-l II lieve it was once part of a probably dreary kitchen. Uses Nail Barrel Mrs. Sargent has dane wonders with an old shingle nail keg, too. By CLIFF KNIGHT SOMERS, April 24 Mrs.

Georgia Sargent lives in Bugbee Lane. This is a tiny settlement, a cluster of Colonial type houses that one would expect to find in a place named Bugbee Lane. The other change announced by Commissioner Hill provides for the extension of Rt. Conn 63 southerly from its present terminus in Wpodbridge. Instead of ending at its intersection with Conn.

,67. Rt. Conn. 63 will run jointly with Conn. 67 from Wood-bridge to Sherman Avenue in New Haven where it will intersect Conn.

10. This change, Commissioner Hill said, will provide users of both routes with clear markings to and from New Haven. Actual posting is now in pro With a flourish of her Alladin- lamp brushes, she transformed it Mrs. Sargent, bright eyed and into a waste basket. Of course brisk is glad to show some of, the rose buds help! This work is a great thing for the nerves.

She knows something about nerves too, for she grew up with 38 boys. She explains this startling statement 'by saying that her father was dean of men gress and will be completed be- tween now and May at tne same time new state maps are her tole work. Where the word tole originated we don't know, but it seems to be a general term for painting on tin. In Mrs. Sargent's case she has turned out some beautiful examples of the art.

One way she gets such striking results on such a commonplace thing as a tray is to rub the printing briskly and often. The more you rub, she points out the more mellow it gets. Even a tin tea cannister that was a real ugly duckling in old households, has been given this Cinderella treatment. It has such a satiny finish that you'd never be- "viiru'u lC4 JJtld i Wunda Wee Representative 1 AH ThU Week To XiSl 'Answer Any- r-i a fM-MM Wfcv 'it vw i at Drexel Student House, and she just naturally had a lot of boys around her. One tray she has turned into glowing designs is a tiny one a 96-year-old aunt left to Mrs.

Sargent's mother. It came originally from England and is very, very old. It was part of a lot of old trays that had been sent to the dump and strangely, was missed expected to become available. H. E.

Houston To Speak To Rehabilitation Group Howard E. Houston, state commissioner of welfare, will address the semi-annual meeting of the Connecticut Rehabilitation Assn. Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Edrich Restaurant, 1943 Broad St. Following the meeting, the group will attend a scientific session of the Section in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of 1 the Connecticut State Medical Sciety at Bulkeley High School i at 3.30 p.m.

Dr. Joseph G. Ben-; ton of the New University Med- ical Center will speak on "The Patient with Cardiovascular Disease and Rehabilitation." ervations for the luncheon may FERRY TAVERN Old Lyme, Conn-Serving Shore Dinners 12 Noon to 10 P. M. Yours for the best in grub and grog Jim Viveiros CLOSED TUESDAYS be made by phoning CHapel 6-2555.

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