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COURANTi Friday. June 10, 1967 10 day and Tuesday each week. Stafford Springs THE HARTFORD 4TH SO. 2,400 Tax Bills Mailed To Borough Residents pay the Borough tax on or be Director Suggests Use Of 'Unexpected' Funds fore Aug. 1 will result in an interest charged from July 1 at the rate of one-half of one percent per month or fraction al part there of.

Political News Registrars of voters In Staf ford will be in session today Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in both Districts to register voters in the two political parties and correct the primary voting lists. Only those who are already enrolled as voters may join a party at this time. Reg istrars of voters in the First District will be at the old Town Hall, Stafford Hollow, for reg istration and in the Second Dis trict at Warren Memorial Town Hall Nominating caucuses for candidates for town office to be voted on in the biennial Town election Oct. 2, are scheduled for July.

The Democratic Town Committee will meet July 7th. The Republicans will select town candidates July 12. John B. Gladysz, veteran Stafford Town Tax Collector, announced he will again be a rtemnrratm Democratic ticket. The twice rubbish collections in Stafford Springs will go into effect starting Monday.

The regular Monday collection will be on Thursdays afld Mondays during summer months. The Tuesday collections will be on Tuesdays and Frl. days. Thursday collection will be on Thursdays and Mondays and Friday collections on Fri- TAKES OVER: Atty. Paul Marte, right, takes over' as leader of the Manchester Rotary Club for the coming year from outgoing president William Rood, holding bell.

New club officers assume duties Saturday. Marte is a former town director and belongs to numerous Manchester organizations. He is a member of the Marte, Shea and Keith law Serving with him for the next year are: Donald Genovesi, vice president; Leonard Yost, secretary; Frank Miller, treasurer; and Lyman B. Hoops, Ernest M. Bush, Clarence Brown and Miller Haugh, directors.

Tolland MANCHESTER (Special) Suggested uses for the "unex pected state trant of more than a quarter of a million dol-lars were made Friday by Democratic town director William E. Fitzgerald. He explains that "although some of this approximately $250,000 is earmarked for particular programs, the remainder goes Into the town's general fund." He urges that the 'money be used now on worthwhile pro- grams." Mentioned by Fitzgerald is the addition of another policeman to the Manchester Police Dept. "because the crime rate here Is still increasing," improvements in street lighting on Vernon Street and Middle pike for safety reasons," funds for the recreation budget, and adding to those funds already appropriated ($25,000) to improve the move ment of traffic at the Broad Street and West Middle Turn-; pike areas. Commenting on the latter, "Director Fitzgerald points out that "insufficient funds ($25,.

000) have been appropriated to make any significent improvement at this location," He added "unless additional steps are taken, traffic circula- Firemen Puzzled Over Postponing Of Examinations i MANCHESTER (Special) -There were 10 puzzled town firemen here Thursday and some of Uiera were quite vocal in expressing their feelings because of the postponment of promotional examinations. These exams were scheduled to be held Thursday jnf-ht at Manchester High School but were called off by the State Personnel Dept. at the request of Town Manager Robert B. Weiss. Chief William Mason could give no explanation for the postponement and Weiss, who Is out of town, could not be contacted for comment.

However, a spokesman at his office said the examination schedule was postponed due to "technical reasons." Firemen involved in the ex-mination are unidentified. The tests will be held at a future time, date and place, to fill the post vacated by Deputy Chief Ernest Sherman', whose retiremtent at age 65 becomes effective Saturday, the start of the town's 1967-68 fiscal year. Foreign Students To Be in Homes Republicans Announce Caucus Set for July 14 Miller will be on vacation 3RD tD. Commission Sets Hearing On Motel MANCHESTER (Special) The possibility of an in-town motel only a short distant from the center loomed Thur. day with disclosure by the Town Planning.

Commission that it would hold a public hearing next month on an application of developer Val Fiano for a zone change for the Trotter property on East Center Street at Mani son Street. He is asking the commission that the property, consisting of about a third of an acre, be changed to business zone three It is now in a residence zone and in effect the requested zone change is an extension of the existing business three zone at the location. A public hearing on this and two other requests for zone changes will be held by the commission on July 10 at 8 p.m. in the Municipal Building's hearing room. Another request is for the change of an interior piece of land off Tolland Turnpike neir the Vernon and South Windsor town lines to a business two zone.

An amusement center, restaurant and motel is planned the site. The other request is for a similar zone change for prop erty on Taylor Street which will be the proposed anchor point for an indoor tennis court com plex. Both properties are now rural residence zones. Circuit 12 12 Teenagers Have Charges. Carried Over MANCHESTER (Special) Two teenagers, one from Mass achusetts, arrested earlier in the day in Vernon on multiple charges were presented for bond Circuit Court 12 Thursday.

They were Lloyd R. Carter, 16, of 142 Hartl Ver non, and Dennis J. lerommo, 17, Hanson, both charged with theft of a motor vehicle, wilful destruction of private pro perty, possession of burglary tools, and larceny under $15. Carter is also charged with ope rating a motor vehicle without license. Their cases were continued until today in the court's East Hartford session by Judge John Daly and in lieu of $500 bond each they were committed to Tolland State Jail.

They were arrested in con nection with the theft of a car left at a Vernon garage for repairs. Sebastian Scata, 51, of 180 Hubbard Hartford, charged with pool selling and policy making, pleaded innocent and his case was continued to July 18 for a jury trial in the court's East Hartford division. He was arrested by state and local police earlier in the month following a "raid" on the Main Street restaurant he operates Peter Leon Churlio, 44, of 1046 Capitol Hartford; charged with breach of the peace en tered a similar plea and his case was continued to the same court on the 6ame day, also for a Jury trial. Numerous other cases were disposed of Thursday including the one of Robert Lee McCoin, 16. of 124 Spruce charged with using a motor vehicle with out the owner permission, which was nolled.

Plowing Depth Average farm plowing depth is about six inches. Don't Miss Our jm DEtionsfRiitii SATURDAY 10 A.M.-5 P.M. wmm COVERED BARBECUE KETTLE Manchester tion in the shopping parkade area next Christmas will be unbearable. It may already be too late to do anything to help this year's anticipated Christmas rush." Department heads recom mended, for the most part, in their budgets for 1967-68 fiscal year starting Saturday, money to take care of these projects mentioned by Fitzgerald How ever, the respective budgets were cut by the GOP controlled Board of Town Directors. Fitzgerald said "the Demo cratic directors felt that the Re publican budget was inadequate and still feel that way" adding "there is a real possibility that the Republicans will not use the money this year.

It is doubtful that the town can operate within the budget adopted and the Republicans may want to hold the slate money to avoid the political embarrassment which would occur in the event of a deficit Completes Course Private Daniel W. Tofeldt, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin D. Tofeldt, 70 Mather has completed a 21-weck field radio re pair course at the Army Southeastern Signal School, ft.

Gor don, Georgia. Strawberries; Pick your own. Naubuc East Hartford. Campaign Group Appoints Realtor Assistant Chief MANCHESTER (Special) John A. Dequattro, local real tor, has been named assistant chairman of the Genovesi for Representative Campaign Committee.

Dr. Gil D. Boisoneau heads the general committee which will work for the election of Donald Genovesi as GOP state representative from the 18th Assembly District in this town on July 26. His Democratic opponent will be Thomas Conran, who hasn't as yet announced his campaign workers. Both have the indorse ment of their respective town committees.

The special election is being held to fill the vacancy caused by the death earlier this month of State Rep. Vincent Genovesi, the GOP candidate's brother. Unless the General Assembly has a special session, whoever is elected from the assembly district will be representative in title only. The election will not be town- wide and only those voters In Precinct 1 and Precinct 2 win be eligible to cast ballots. It is the first election of its kind ever held here.

The voting nlonAD will Ka 4Vto WaiirfAll brary Auditorium in the corn- munity building on North Main Street for those residing in Precinct 2. Town Gets Funds To Purchase Land TRUMBULL The Dept. of Housing and Urban Develop ment has approved an. open open space grant of $370,000 to Trumbull. The grant is to help the town to buy 235 acres for park, rec reation, conservation and scen ic purposes.

Sawmill Operations There are 1,200 sawmills operating in Minnesota. 'ft Sf if i at in in Regular rubbish containers must be used. There will be no rubbish collection on Tuesday, July 4. That collection will be done Wednesday. The next meeting of the Amer- ical Legion post will be Thurs day at p.m.

at the Legion home instead of the usual sec- ond. Thursday of the month. Commander James Little, reported the date was changed because of the Legion Department convention. Water Cleanup Town of Stafford has received orders from the State Water Commission to install secondary, sewage treatment facilities. The order is according to the Commission's schedule for cleaning up the state waterways by 1974.

The Borough of Stafford Springs has sewage system and a screening plant, but does not have a treatment system. The Town of Stafford is planning to take over the sewage system and, with the aid of State and Federal funds, will install a treatment plant. Cubs Win The Cubs beat the Red Sox 10-5 in a County Boys baseball league game at Olympic Field, Eddie -Connington was the winning pitcher with Steven Jellen catching." American Legion post annual chicken barbecue will be served Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Le- gion Home. Hugo Talamini is in charge.

A dance will follow. State Arts Commission Gets Federal Grant WASHINGTON (UPI) -For the second; straight year, the Connecticut Commission on Fine Arts is getting a federal grant? to improve cultural services-throughout the state. $1 $5 To 1119 the delicious result of outdoor Weber or Structo way. at TEL. 2111234 STAFFORD SPRINGS (Spe cial) Mrs.

Laura DeCarli, Borough Tax Collector, reported 2400 tax bills were mailed today to Borough residents for real estate, personal proDcrty ana auto taxes. The taxes are due Saturday. July and may be paid at the court of Burgess room, War ren Memorial Han, dally Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 7 to 8 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon.

Mrs. DeCarli stated that the tax total due and payable for the 1967 year is $129,053.91 on a tax of lift mills. Failure to Roll on Incumbent TurnsDown Reelection BOLTON (Special) The chairman of the Board of Education Tuesday night announced he will not run for reelection in October. Walter Waddell, who for about two-and-a-half years has been the board's chairman, cited personal and business rea sons for his decision. Waddell, a Republican, is one of five on the seven man board whose terms will expire in the fall, of the other four two are Democrats and two are Republicans.

In his statement Waddell said, "Personal and business commitments have made it increasingly more difficult to de vote the amount of time and attention necessary to do an Affective job. "To continue in the face of reduced available hours and with some Insight as to what the future requires in a grow-in situation would neither be fair to the town nor satisfying to myself," the statement said. In the election, scheduled for Oct. 2, five board members will be electedBesides Waddell, one other member, Harold Smith, a Republican, has said he will not run. This leaves Harold Porcher- on and Dana Hansen, ootn Democrats, and Rigby Gra ham, a Republican, as possible reelection candidates.

The Democrats will hold a caucus July 6 and the Republi cans July 17 to pick candidates. Each party will put up three candidates and one will be eliminated in the election. Helen Lockward, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Howard Lock- ward of 17 Haynes has been elected president of the Student Education Assn.

at Au rora College, 111. Miss Lockward has also been elected secretary treasurer of Pi Delta Epsilon. a national journalism fraternity. Enrollment The registrars of voters will conduct a party enrollment session today from 2 to 5 p.m. in the conference room at Commu nity Hall.

Unaffiliated voters may sign up with either party and be eligible to vote in party, caucuses during July. 1 They will also be eligible to vote in primaries, if -they are held after the caucuses. Strawberries, Pick your own. Naubuc East Hartford. ft-outside or inside t6 WEEKEND SPECIAL $5" WEST HARTFORD, CONN.

233-1236 :9 A 14 through the month of July. Parishioners may call Howard Met- calf if an emergency arises. There will be an enrollment session today from 4 to 7 p.m at the Town Hall. REMEDIAL READING Individual instruction for Elementary and Secondary School Students. Vincent P.

Lamo, Reading Consultant, further information, call 875-6067. Advt. Block Ownership Changes; Price Believed $80,000 MANCHESTER (Special) Ownership change in a small two-story business and commercial block at 767-773 Main was revealed in papers filed Thursday at the town clerk's office. A warrantee deed transfers the property from Albert T. Dewey to Jacob Sandals and George E.

Sandals, operators of a pharmacy which occupies one of the ground floor stores. The sale is subject to a lease by a women's apparel store which is in the other half of the building. Its entire second floor, used for office space, is unoccupied. There were no federal stamps on the papers indicating the purchase price but it was re ported to be $80,000. Records at the assessor's of fice show that the tax assess ment on the property was for a $50,340 valuation as of Oct 1, 1966.

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To Make It A Real Holiday Double Header We Will Also Demonstrate The STRUCTO Grill TOLLAND (Special) The Tolland Republican Town Committee has announced the Re publican caucus will be held on July 14 at 8 p.m. in Hicks Memorial School gym to nomi nate municipal officers fdr the October 2, election. Offices to be filled are first selectman, selectman, town clerk, treasurer, tax collector, agent for town deposit fund, 2 assessors, 2 members to tne Board of Tax Review, a mem ber to the Board of Educaiton, a member and two alternates to the Planning and Zoning commission, a member and alternate to. the Zoning Board of Appeals, a library director, and four constables. A nominating committee present a slate for considera tion," and nominations will oe accepted from the floor.

Parade Tolland firemen will pratici- pate in a parade and firemen's area muster at Andover Sunday. All firemen are asked to report at the Leonard's Corner firehouse at noon on Sunday in uniform. Mrs. Erika Schipul of Sugar Hill has been named to Board of Recreation by the Board of Selectmen to replace Mrs. Katherine Evankovech who, has moved from town.

The Board of Education has awarded bus contracts for the Tolland school system to the Floyd Monroe Co. again this year. Sixteen buses and two spares will be required with no buses to be over three years old. The board voted to allow the schools to be used for caucuses during the summer months. Superintendent Robert Brair-ton was authorized to advertise for bids on fuel oil and ice cream.

The bids will be opened July 12. Church News "Godhoppers" will be the sermon topic of the Rev. Donald Miller at the 9:30 a.m. service of the United Congregational Church on After this Sunday the Rev. TAYLOR MODEEN Ml Service exchange students will be guests in local and area homes on the week-end of July 14-16.

A full program of sports, conversation, music, dancing and picnic; suppers have been planned by the host families. Persons desiring to open their homes to these foreign teenagers are asked to contact Mrs. John Hyde, 11 Meadow Lane or Arthur Glaesser, 124 Broad Street as soon as pos sible. These and other foreign ex change students who have been in this country attending schools will return to their respective countries and homes later in July. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY SINCE 1909 A right efficient outdoor frill available in Broiler Barbecue or Rotis-serio models one that can easily be taken to the beach or picnic eroo.

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Nappi, shown here with his secretary, Irene Pavlakis, resigns Aug. 1 to become administrative assistant to the school superintendent in Meriden. Nappi has been principal of Prudence Crandall Elementary School in Enfield since it opened last September (Kirk Hat-siaa Photo). WEST HARTFORD 233-4453 lit PARK ROAD, WEST HARTFORD.

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