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1ST ED. 3RD ED. 2ND ED. Obituaries Greer, 74, Dies; Popular Song Writer COLUMBIA Songwriter Jesse Greer died at his home Saturday morning on Woodland Terrace here at the age of 74, Born in New York City Greer was the widower of Josephine Lauter Greer, former president of the Electro Motive Company in Willimantic, and a noted philanthropist. Of the more that 200 published songs composed by Greer the two most famous are "Just You, Just Me" and "Flapperette." A member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) since 1921, Greer also wrote music for Broadway shows, movies, songs about Connecticut and poetry.

Greer moved to Willimantic 24 years ago and then to Columbia 10 years later. He was the vice-president and member of the board of directors of the Electro Motive Company. He was also a trustee of the Josephine Lauter Greer and Philip Lauter Foundations, which contributed several hundred thousand dollars to charities and Lauter Park to the city of Willimantic. Greer helped publicize Connecticut with his two songs "The Hills of My and "'Willimantic, U.S.A" Among the broadway shows Greer wrote music for were "Padlocks," "Say When," "Delmar's Revels," "Shady Lady," and "Vanities." Some of his most noted songs Child, 6, Killed, Struck by Car While on Errand PLAINFIELD Six year old Mary Lussier of Rt. 14 was killed Saturday at 11:45 a.m.

when struck by a car while she was crossing the street in front of her home. State Police reported the child was returninie. from a mailbox across home when she was hit by an automobile operated by Leon Dufour, 44, of Coventry, R.I, She was pronounced dead on the scene by the medical examiner, Dr. Alfred Barry. Police said no charges have been lodged as the accident is still under investigation.

Writer's Mother Dies in Boston BOSTON (UPI) Mrs. Edward Patrick McGrory, mother of the Washington Star's nationally syndicated political columnist Mary McGrory, died Saturday at Deaconess Hospital in Boston. She was 81. The former Mary C. Jacob, she was the widow of Edward Patrick McGrory, former deputy superintendent of the South Boston Post Office.

She lived in Roslindale, a section of Boston, for the last 60 years. Besides her daughter, Mrs. McGrory is survived by a son, John Edward McGrory; a sister, Miss Catherine Jacob, and three grandchildren, all of Boston. The funeral will be Tuesday in the West Roxbury section. Deaths NERINE.

In Newington Hospltal, October 1, 1970. Frederick E. Ine of 68 Boulanger Avenue, West Hartford. Funeral Monday 8:15 from the Giuliano-Sagarino Funeral Home, 247 Washington Street with a Solemn Requiem Mass in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, at 9. Burial will be in Soldiers ford.

Friends may call at funeral Field, Fairview Cemetery, West, Harthome today 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. VASQUES. In Hartford, October 2, 1970. Salvatore J. Vasques, husband of Mrs.

Ruth (Krupka) Vasques of Willow Lane, Boomfield. Funeral services from the Taylor Modeen Funeral Home, 12 Seneca Bloomfield, on Monday at 8:15 a.m. Requiem High Mass at the Interment Church In of Mt. Christ the King at 9. St.

Benedict's Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. In Memoriam IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of my dear Mother, Mary Walker Berry, who passed away October 4, 1933. Gone but never will you be forgotten Mother. HOWARD and THERESA MOLLOY Funeral Home, Inc.

906 Farmington W.H. Phone 232-1322 Dillon FUNERAL HOME 53 Main St. Ph: 522-1149 CS Giuliano I 522-0087 247 Washington Htfd. include "Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now," "What Do I Care," "Baby Blue Eyes," "Sleepy Head," and "Spell Bound." His song "Just You, Just Me," was 1929 when Greer was in Hollyarticulate wood and has been revived several times since then. Greer leaves a son, Air Force Major Jesse R.

Greer, stationed in Vietnam; a daughter, Mrs. Laura Axene of Acapulco, Mexico; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Seifter of Tucson, and four grandchildren. Mrs. Gerta Snow Dies in Fire In Mobile Home SOUTHINGTON -Mrs.

Gerta Snow, 61, of 11 North Road died of smoke inhalation in a fire which destoyed her mobile home in the Jensen's Three Gardens Trailer Park early Saturday. Fire Chief Arthur Toth believed cause of the fire was "careless use of smoking materials." The woman's body was discovered in the bedroom. Firemen said they had been called to Mrs. Snow's mobile home several times in the past for fires which had been blamed on the same cause. Firemen were called out at 5:32 a.m.

Saturday, but Chief Toth estimated the fire had been raging for about an hour and a half before the alarm. The mobile home was enveloped in flames when they arrived, firemen said. Mrs. Snow lived alone. Dr.

Vittorio Mirabelli, Bristol medical examiner, said she died of smoke inhalation. The body was removed to Della Vecchia Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Sean P. Britt, 2, Struck by Car, Dies of Injuries GROTON A 2-year-old boy died as a result of injuries received when he was struck by a car about 2:15 p.m.

Saturday according to Groton town police. Police said the accident which resulted in the death of Sean P. Britt, of 20 Concord Court, is still under investigation. According to police, the youngster was playing in the road when he was struck by a vehicle reportedly operated by James J. Croxton of 32 Concord Court.

E. A. Olds Dies; Former Head of Tar Soap Firm GROTON Edward Allen Olds III, 60, of 130 Brook Noank, former president of Packer's Tar Soap, died Saturday morning at Mary Elizabeth Convalescent Hospital, Mystic. He was president of the Packer's Tar Soap Co. in Mystic until five years ago when he sold (it to Cooper-Tinsely Loboratories.

He was a member of the board of directors of the New London County American Cancer Society. He also was a member of Sphinx Temple of Shriners in Hartford and served on its board of directors; a member of Charter and Relief Lodge Masons, Norwich Valley Consistory; past president of the Sphinx Bedouin Club of New London; past president of the Groton Kiwanis Club; past president of the Thames Valley Flying Club; a charter member of the Groton Lodge of Elks. Born in New York City, he graduated from Exeter Acade1930 and attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He leaves his wife, Loiz Axe Olds, and his mother, both of Harris Dienstfrey of Brooklyn, Noank; four daughters, Mrs. N.Y.; Mrs.

Robert Kilpatrick of Coronal Del Mar, Mrs. Bruce Holderman of Dallas, Texas, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. John Campbell of Elizabethtown, a brother, David K. Olds of Westerly, R.I.; a sister, Mrs. William D.

Hartman of Masons Island, Mystic and nine grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mystic Congregational Church. Private burial will be in the Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic. There are no calling hours.

The Shea Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mass Notice There will be a Requiem Mass celebrated in the Tekakwitna Indian Chapel, Sisseton, South Dakota on Sunday, ber 11, 1970 at 10:15 a.m. for the repose of the soul of Florence Wade Lagan, marking the fiftieth anniversary of her death. The Mass will be celebrated by Father Leonard Baidus, O.M.I. and more than 40 orphan Indian children will participate and offer their prayers in her behalf.

ANGELO CARRABBA Mrs. Antoinetta Carrabba, 76, wife of Angelo Carrabba of 14 Roslyn died Saturday at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Licodea Eubea, Province of Catania, Italy, she lived in Hartford 50 years. Besides her husband she leaves son, Dr.

Salvatore R. Carrabba of West Hartford; a niece, Mrs. Rose Agosta of Hartford; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. The funeral will be Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. at the D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 235 Wethersfield with a Solemn Requiem Mass at St.

Lawrence O'Toole Church at 10. Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Friends may call at the funeral chapel today and Monday from 2 to and 7 to 9 p.m.

ANGELO CARRABBA MRS. IDA P. VERZI Mrs. Ida Parracino Verzi, 51, of 491 Franklin died Saturday at St. Francis Hospital.

She was born in Hartford and lived here all her life. She leaves two sons, Richard Verzi and Peter Verzi, both of Hartford; four brothers, Leonard Parracino and Attilio Parracino, both of Bloomfield, Howard Parracino of Windsor and Joseph Parracino of West Hartford; four sisters, Mrs. Philomena Sabatinello and Mrs. Angelina Pantaleo, both of West Hartford, Mrs. Rose Malinguaggi of Lake Chaffee, and Mrs.

Helen Andersen of Windsor, and a grandchild. The funeral will be Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. at D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 235 Wethersfield with a Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Patrick and St. Anthony Church at 9.

Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Friends may call at the funeral chapel today and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. FRANCIS KELLEY of Francis Kelley, 57, of 117 Pembroke died Saturday at Newington Veterans Hospital.

Born in Goodwater, he lived in Hartford six months. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He leaves three sons, Cecil Kelley of Hartford, Edward Kelley and Stanley Kel-1 ley, both of Alabama; seven daughters, Mrs. Joann Johnson, Mrs.

Eva Wilson, Mrs. Florine Blackwood and Miss Corine Kelley, all of Hartford, Miss Mary Kelley, Miss Virginia Kelley and Miss Ima Jean Kelley, all of Alabama; three brothers, Sam Kelley and Cleofus Kelley, both of Alabama, and Dan Kelley of Tennessee and seven grandchildren. The funeral burial will be in Sylacauga, Ala. Clark Friends Funeral may call Chapel, at the 319 John Bar- C. bour Monday from 7 to 8 p.m.

Car Crash Kills Driver, Daughter SIMSBURY A Simsbury motorist and her daughter were killed Saturday afternoon in a two-car accident on Hartford Road at approximately 5:45 p.m. Police said there was no information as to how the accident occurred, other than the fact it was raining at the time. Dead are Emily Sherman, approximately 42 and her daughter Martha, approximately 19, both of 21 West St. They were pronounced dead at the scene by Medical Examiner Dr. Owen Murphy.

Also in the car with the mother and daughter was a son, Thomas, age 9, who was taken via Simsbury police cruiser to St. Francis Hospital, Hartford for observation and later released. The driver of the second vehicle, Miss Debra Coppola, about 18, of 20 Powder Horn Drive, was reported in critical condition Saturday night at St. Francis Hospital with internal and head injuries. Mrs.

Emaline King Dies at Age 101 Mrs. Emaline Tryon King, 101, formerly of 163 Linmoore died Saturday at a Simsbury convalescent home. She was the widow of Douglass King. Born in Enfield, she lived in Enfield 75 years and in Hartford 25 years before moving to Simsbury six years ago. She was a member of the Thompsonville United Methodist Church.

She leaves a son, Clarence T. King of West Hartford, a granddaughter and two great-grandsons. Graveside services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield. There are no calling hours.

The Leete Funeral Home, 125 Pearl Enfield has charge of arrangements, Sales of diamonds and gems by South Africa totaled nearly $700 million in 1969, $92 million more than in 1968. MORRIS BACHNER Morris Bachner, 68, of Beach, formerly of Hartford, died Friday at a Miami Beach hospital. Born in Russia, he lived in Hartford many years before moving to Florida 10 years ago. He was employed as a baker at the former Pomera antz Bakery on Albany Avenue more 40 years. He leaves his talent Mrs.

Esther Rosenberg Bachner of Miami Beach; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Isreal of Valley Stream, N.Y. and Mrs. Gladys Goldberg of Miami Beach and five grandchildren. The funeral and burial will be today in Miami Beach.

Memorial Week will be observed at his late home, 8989 Byron Surfside, 1 Miami Beach. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Synagogue of West 4 Hartford. MISS DOROTHY GILLILAND Miss Dorothy Gilliland, 75, of 39 Union Rockville, formerly of Hartford, died Friday at Rockville General Hospital. Born in Hartford, she lived there all her life before moving to Rockville two weeks ago. She leaves two brothers, Frank Gilliland of Wethersfield and Theodore Gilliland of Hartford; a sister, Mrs.

Mae Healey of West Hartford. Graveside funeral services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor. There are no calling hours. The Carmon Funeral Home, 6 Poquonock Windsor has charge of arrangements.

MRS. LENA D. CARLSON Mrs. Lena Daniels Carlson, 71, of Central Village, Collins Road, Plainfield, formerly of Hartford, widow of Gustaf Carlson, died Friday at Middlesex Memorial Hospital, Middletown. Born in Harwinton, she lived in Hartford and Cromwell several years before moving to Plainfield five years ago.

She leaves four stepsons, Harry Carlson of New Britain, Arthur Carlson of Cromwell, Ralph Carlson of Hartford and Robert Carlson of Canterbury; three step ters, Mrs. Dagny Detweiler of Wethersfield, Mrs. Esther Stevens of Kensington and Mrs. Edna Jenks of Moosup; nine step grandchildren and nine step-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m.

at Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm Rocky Hill with the Rev. Loren Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. Latin Artist To Hold Exhibit Rafael Ferrer, a Puerto Rican artist known for the unusual "ingredients" of his art works, will present an exhibit at the Joseloff Gallery at the Hartford Art School this month.

Ferrer, a teacher at the Philadelphia College of Art, will attend the official opening of his exhibit from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. He will return to Hartford to lecture at the art school on Oct. 14. Noted for his use of unusual materials, Ferrer said he is considering exhibit.

using Last logs for his Hartford June exhibited "Ice a work made of many, large blocks of ice, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Gallery hours at the Hartford Art School are: 10 a.m. to. 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. on Friday. ROTC Applicants Must File Soon The deadline for making applications for an Air Force ROTC four-year college shcolarship is Nov. according to Brig. Gen.

Benjamin B. Cassiday commandant of Air University's Air Force ROTC program. The scholarship provides for full tuition, laboratory and associated fees, an allowance for textbooks and a tax-free allowance of $50 per month during the school year. All applicants must be entering their freshman year of college during the 1971-1972 school year and must be qualified and agreeable to enter the Air Force ROTC program in a flying (pilot navigator) Category. gory.

All high school counselors in the Hartford area have scholarship information for their students and briefings by an ROTC officer are available through the counselors. CATERING IMMEDIATE SERVICES FOR ALL OCCASIONS COPACO CATERERS 242-5521 AUSTA ANDERSON Mrs. Augusta Kjellgren Anderson, 90, of 324 Glen New Britain, widow of Frank 0. Anderson, died Satuday at New Britain General Hospital. Born in Vastergotland, Sweden, she lived in New Britain for 65 years and was a retired employe of the Central Connecticut State College Culinary Department.

Mrs. Anderson was a member of First Lutheran Church, the Ruth unit of the church, First Lutheran Church Women and Valkyrian Lodge, Order of Vasa, all of New Britain. She leaves a son, Fred F. Anderson and a daughter, Mrs. Astrid A.

Seaburgh, both of New Britain; a sister, Mrs. Selma V. Carlson of Hartford, two sisters in Sweden; two grandchilden and four great a The funeral will p.m. at Carlson Funeral Home, Franklin Square, New Britain. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, New Britain.

There are no calling hours. ALEX ANDERSON Alex S. Anderson, 82, of 168 E. Main Rockville, died Saturday at a Rockville convalescent home. Born in Manchester, 1 he lived there until five years ago when he moved to Rockville.

He had been employed at the Connecticut Coke Co. in Hartford until retiring in 1958. He leaves four sons, Robert B. Anderson of Manchester, William R. Anderson of Rockville, George P.

Anderson of Stamford, and AlIan C. Anderson of West Hartford; a daughter, Mrs. Allan Gustafson of Newington; a brother, Harry Anderson of Claremont, a sister, Mrs. Mary Elliot of Manchester; seven grandchildren six great-: grandchildren. The funeral will be Tuesday 11 a.m.

219 John W. F. Center Tierney Funeral Manchester. Home, Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. Calling Monday from 7 to 9 hours are p.m.

Worcester Area Belted By Storms STERLING, Mass. (UPI) A severe windstorm that may have been a small tornado felled and downed power lines Saturday evening in this small central Massachusetts community. An inch of hail fell in near by Worcester. Police said five or six roads were blocked by trees, many of them large, which blew down luring the 20-minute storm that hit Sterling around 6:30 p.m. At least three cars were demolished but no one was reported injured in the town of 4,000.

The U.S. Weather Bureau issued a severe thunderstorm watch for northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire as the high winds and heavy rain moved east. Worcester observers reported wind gusts to 45 miles per hour and one inch of small hail. Some damage was reported at Rutland and Lancaster. Florists Elect Newington Man Charles Dronsfield of Dronsfield Florist in Newington has been elected president of the Allied Florists Association of Greater Hartford.

Other officers are: Sidney J. Keser of Keser's Flowers in Glastonbury and Portland, vice president, and Charles Barr Charles Barr and Associates in West Haven, secretary-treasurer. Dronsfield announced he will begin a membership drive in northern Connecticut "outside the usually accepted limits of Greater Hartford." Directors elected are: Albert C. Sandelli of New Britain, Rex O'Meara of West Hartford, John O. Peterson of West Hartford, Phillips C.

Brown of Bloomfield, Douglas Pierson of Cromwell, Robert J. Kelly of Hartford, Jerry McTeague of East Hartford, and W. Pomeroy Thomson of West Hartford. Today's military salute had its origin in the olden days when the knight lifted the visor on his helmet to be identified. ROBERT J.

FARRELL Funeral Monday For Boy Victim Of Hit-Run Crash The funeral of Robert Jeffrey Farrell, 12, of 25 Surrey Lane, Windsor, who died Friday at Hartford Hospital, will be Monday at 10:15 a.m. at the Merwin, Leek and Sheehan Funeral Home, 35 Poquonock Windsor with a Solemn Requiem Miss at St. Gabriel Church at 11. Burial will be in Mt. St.

Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. The boy, who was seriously injured in a hit and run accident Sept. 11 in Windsor, had been in critical condition at Hartford Hospital since then. Friends may call at the funerall home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a recitation of the Rosary at 8 p.m.

at the funeral home today. New Legislators Most Concerned With Finances STORRS Candiates for the Connecticut legislature place state finances at the top of their list of issues they would like to explore in December during a pre-session conference for elected members of the General Assembly. The high priority assigned tax-related matters is reflected in a recent poll conducted by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management (JCLM) at the state capitol. The Dec. 7 conference at Hartford will be conducted for the legislators by the University of Connecticut Institute of Urban Research and the Connecticut League of Women Voters.

It marks the second time the two organizations have joined to develop the conference for the General Assembly. Responding to the JCLM poll, which was circulated among all incumbents, were 60 legislators. The state finances issue scored 218 points on a scale where five points were assigned to the legislator's first choice; four points for his second choice, down to one for his fifth. Runner-up, Other issues points, "reapportionment." follow: "Crime and Drugs, 131; Ecology, 71; Local School Fi. nancing, 74; Welfare, 71; Teacher Negotiations and Salaries, 43; Court Reform, 42; Consumer Protection, 42; State of the Economy, 49; Executive Reorganization, 27 and Student Militancy, 21.

Rehab Parley Set Oct. 28-29 A rehabilitation conference will be held Oct. 28 and 29 at the Park Plaza Hotel in New Haven. Registration begins Oct. 28 at 8:30 p.m.

The program, "Planning Together Rehabilitation in the 70s," will be sponsored by the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Connecticut; the Connecticut Rehabilitation Association, and the Connecticut Chapter ofJohn D. Twiname, administrator of cial and rehabilitation services of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, will speak Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. Two interpreters for deaf persons will be present during the convention.

Parking arrangements and rest room facilities will be provided for handicapped persons. Reservations may be made with the Rehabilitation Conferrence, 682 Prospect Hartford. IN TIME OF NEED through our affiliations, we are able to make complete arrangements for returning Remains from distant places or for sending them from this city for interment elsewhere. WEINSTEIN Mortuary Our 30th Year of Community Service Lumber Burns Outside School A small fire caused some damage to construction materials at the Northwest School at 485 Woodland St. Saturday afternoon.

Firemen, who were called to scene at 4:51 p.m., the scene at 4:51 p.m., said that the cause of the blaze, which originated in a pile of planks, will be investigated by the fire marshal's office. Catholic Rebels List Resolutions AMSTERDAM (AP) More than 300 "rebel" Roman Catholie priests from 31 countries agreed Saturday to establish an international secretariat to build a "people's church." That was one of 18 resolutions adopted by the priests at their concluding session. Others called for: -Support for communities accepting married priests. -Support of migrant workers. -Optional celibacy for priests.

between the Vatican and concordats states -Renunciation of as contradictory to the Gospel. 'A concordat always has the character of bargaining," they declared. -Pledges "to unmask and fight all forms of power which make the church the ally and tool of the oppressive forces." -The World Council of Churches, Pope Paul VI and the world's bishops to protest publicly against the arrests of eight members of a christian youth movement in Brazil. ar745ped oct. 3.

Plan Would Let Governor Pick Hospital Board The Governor could appoint members to the board of directors of Hartford Hospital under a plan soon to be presented to the corporators of the hospital. The intent of the plan, according to one hospital administrator, is to broaden the base of the board of directors. The board made up of 35 regular members; seven elected each year. Under the plan the governor would appoint one of the seven each year. After five years, five of the directors would be appointees of the governor.

They could some from any place in the state, according to an administrator. The plan was approved by 1 the board of directors at its 24 meeting and will be presented for approval to the corporators at their annual meeting Nov. 19. CofC Meeting To Hear Capen Richard G. Capen Jr.

assistant to the Secretary of Defense for legislative affairs, will speak at a Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce luncheon Oct. 21 at noon at the Hotel Sonesta. Capen will discuss the Vietnam War and the economic fects of changing military priorities on Greater Hartford and Connecticut. Capen was formerly principal Deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. He served for eight years as corporate director of public affairs for Copely Newspapers in La Jolla, Calif.

before joining the Defense Department in 1969. PTA At Trinity Picks Ohio Man As President Frank K. Griesinger of Gates Mills, Ohio, was elected president of the Trinity College Parents Association at the association's annual meeting held on the campus Saturday. Griesinger, who is president of Frank K. Griesinger and Associates Cleveland, ceeds John S.

Pingel of Grosse Pointe, Mich. William P. Durkee of New York City, an official of Free Europe was voted vice president. Arthur O. Black Jr.

of Butler, Pa. was elected secretary- treasAlfred Raws Jr. of Yardley, Pa. was named ents fund chairman. A year ago, the Parents Association, despite an announced increase in tuition, contributed $59,603 for a record average gift of $127.36.

The association had earmarked the fund for faculty salaries. The election of officers came at a business session Saturday at the college's 17th annual parents which included the president's dinner, panel discussions, art exhibits, a luncheon with sons or daughters, athletic events and post-game receptions. Some 40 directors were also named representing each class plus the graduate class. Youth Hostels To Hold Two-Day Hiking Tour A two-day hiking tour of Mt. Monadnock in southern New Hampshire, sponsored by the American Youth Hostels, will take place Oct.

10 and 11. Membership in the hostels association is required. Anyone over 15 can join the association. Reservations may be made at the hostel office in the YMCA building, 315 Pearl Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. Weather, Tides GOVERNMENT FORECAST Local: Sunday partly sunny and cool.

High in the low 60s. Fair, continued cool tonight. Low 40-45. Monday fair with seasonable temperatures. High in the mid to upper 60s.

Probability of precipitation 2 in 10 today and 1 in 10 today. State: Partly sunny and cool today. Fair and continued cool tonight. Monday fair with sonable temperatures. Temperature Summary at Oct.

3, 1970 7 a.m. 7 p.m. Temp. (deg. F) 63 72 60 Rel.

Humidity (P.C) 90 90 Bar. Pres. at S.L. 29.75 29.67 29.76 Based on data to 7:30 p.m.: high 76 70; low 58. Record high this date 85 In 1919.

Record low this date in 1945. Highest Temp. since Jan. 1, 97. Lowest Temp.

since Jan. 1, Accumulated departure from normal this month, through Oct. 2, -6. Total degree days since Sept. through Oct.

2, 108: Normai degree days same period 113. Total degree days this month, through Oct. 2, 19. Normal degree days same period. 14.

Precipitation Summary To 7 p.m .41. This month through Oct. 2, trace Inches. Departure form normal this month through Oct. 2, Inches." Total from Jan.

1 through Oct. 25 27.89 Inches. For Conn. River stage at 8 a.m. 3.8 feet.

period last year 32.09 inches. Tides Oct. 4, 1970 HIGH LOW Ae New London 12:06, am 12:42 pm 6:18 am, 7:16 pm 6:18 am, 7:18 pm At Saybrook am, 1:52 pm 7:28 am, 8:28 pm. New Haven 2:00 am, 2:12 pm 8:00 am, 8:43 pm. HEART ASSOCIATION OF GREATER HARTFORD Gratefully Acknowledges Memorial Gifts 310 Collins Hartford CARMON FUNERAL HOMES, INC.

of 6 Poquonock Avenue Windsor Is proud to announce the opening of a second convenient location CARMON POQUONOCK FUNERAL HOME 1816 POQUONOCK AVENUE POQUONOCK The public is cordially invited to attend the opening of our new facility on Saturday, October 10 from 7-9 P.M. and Sunday, October 11 from 1-5 P.M. Member by Invitation--National Selected Morticians.

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