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I 7 A I iiz 3rd ED, 12 THE HARTFORD COURANT: Saturday, Sptmbr 1973 Coventry Crews Work on Project To End DralffiPrbblem COVIiTOYsrrsjfArt.extensivetper floor of Town Hall was ap-drainageyproj'ect fil under way I proved last month with bids re- fib- at the Town Hall. The effort is ceived for the work, 41.4 -re nmi) i limn being undertaken to alleviate drainage problems in the back portion of the lower level of the building. The town contracted Streded Construction to clear earth from the foundation at the rear of the building and dig a ditch across the town office property around prosDect the front parking lot near the' Xrs willbe Ser orchard section of the property S0 "nd Mark to a drainage ditch at the edge, of Rt. 31. Town road crew members Along with the patching of pot Friday sealed the cement por-j holes in town roads, projects tion of the building exposed and ar anticipated to keep the town are due to lay stone and piping crew quite busy through the fall to eliminate the water problem, jmdnths, Pesce said, accordins to Street Sunt.

Mi-1 Altogether about a half mile chael Pesce. Particular concern was given to the lower vault area where dampness and seepage occurred during wet weather, Pesce said. About $300 worth of materials has been secured for the proj-ing a survey of the town to cored. Pesce said. It is anticipated I rect their voter lists.

This ln- that labor costs will be consi derably more than that. The drainage project had to Is ilr wsP' 1 v'Vvv' r'i be accomplished before setting those names listed on the voter a cement pad at the rear of the rolls. building for air conditioning I A voter session Is equipment, Pesce said. The air slated for today at Town Hall conditioning project for the up- i from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bolton Folding Club Donates Treasury to Library BOLTON The library was told Thursday night that the Democratic Women's Club is contributing its $91 treasury to the library. The club recommended the money be used, toward the purchase of a piece of equipment. Librarian Ruth Gross advised the board thai; the library needs a paperback book rack and requested that one be purchased with the gift money. Another gift of $18 was received from the Junior Women's Club for the purchase of books. Clerk Honored Olive Toomey was honored Thursday at the 16th annual town clerk's election conference at Holiday Inn in Hartford.

She received the Hall of Fame Tornadoes9 Cleanup begins Fridav after Thursday's tornado, which ripped through a 2.5 mile stretch of north Manchester and south Vernon. In top left photo, the roof of the Carlton Shorey home at 254 Taylor Vernon, rests on the porch of an un- occupied house across the street. In top right, Mrs. Marion Galant surveys damage to bedroom of her apartment at Oak- land and Manor Apartments on Tudor Lane in Manchester. Roofs were torn off at least seven buildings in the complex.

Bottom left, Manchester road crews, Friday, remove storm 1 debris from North Mam Street, Lower right, workman repairs 1 section of roof of Caldor department store damaged in the tornado (Courant Photos by Anthony Bacewicz). Vernon Aftermath mayor said, both in respect to i Once the air conditioning equipment was in place, it would have been very difficult to dig out that section for drainage, Pesce said. The town crew will be involved in three other drainage ohm it tium this fall of pipe will be used to improve drainage conditions in town, he said. Registrars Survey Local registrars of voters are now in the process of complet- volves both the south and north districts and a door-to-door check of occupants to confirm Award from the Connecticut Town Clerk's Association. Mrs.

Toomey was assistant i town clerk to her husband David from 1933 to 1962. She became the town clerk after his after hi? death. she continued in tnat position until she resigned in August 1972. Peach Festival The Ladies Auxiliary of Bol-jton Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor its peach festival from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the firehouse on Notch Road, Tickets will be available at the door.

There will be a bake sale during the festival, and punch will be sold. Orders can be packaged to take home. positions probably would save the town money, he said, Hiri two arate ons he or she would be responsible to the PZC, he said. Girardet said he also was in favor of combining the two positions. Developer To Return Marble said the PZC will meet with the Windham Hill Development Corp.

at the PZC's October meeting. Last month Windham Hill President Walter Green presented the PZC with a "cluster development" proposal for its property on Rt. 44A. The proposed development would in clude land in Ashford, Willing-; ton and Mansfield. The PZC advised Green toj draw up plans since it said Green's proposed lots rcere less than one acre which is contrary I to zoning regulations Frier last weekend to take the women's stoles chamnionshin in the Ellington Ridge Country Club tennis tournament.

Michael Atkins defeated Mar vin Wisenberg to win the mens' singles crown6 The final matches of women's and men's mixed doubles are scheduled this weekend at the country club. Ashford Voter Registration A voter registration session will be conducted in town Hall today arom 10 a.m. to noon, Rc-gistrar of Voters Francis Tremko said Friday. Persons may register for Chaplin 3 Constables Will Appoint 3rd Selectman CHAPLIN It appears that lVi UQflonmf fm third colnnlmnn Aslctford Building Official Offers Work After Pact Ends State Helps In Tornado Cleanup and three businesses must have! men and equipment. 'been damaged to the extent of With state assistance a "crash! Man Charged With Second Degree Larceny VERNON Richard A.

'De-so, 24, of Cannon Road, East Hartford, was arrested Thurs- dav rn a Circuit Court 12 war' irant charging him with second Richard J. Meagher, 22, of 295, will be filled by three bein Slve" flean" cratic constables, one of whom "P.f er the Thursday torna-mav be the one appointed. which. a reat deal. When Third Splertmnn the southern section ASHFORD Building Insaec-1 tor Harold Weigold will continue to work for the town after his contract expires Sept.

14, it the nrneram" is in eliect witn worK piUglcUI) la ill cilcwl Willi wuillj hn nnmnUtnA irithin! larppnv heln. He added that he exnected VERNON State assistance, of town, Mayor Frank J. McCoy; announced Friday. The mayor said all roads which had been blocked by up-; rooiea trees ana Drancnes are Open, although in some places; town has not rehired him "maSc auu.c four or five days. most cases such damage was Police said tnc cnargef' The state is bringing in six covered by insurance.

stemmed from police investiga'-trucks, power saws and chip- 0ne micr COn-'tion of a 'heft of a motorcycle. pera state crews are al- on Bolton Road had all! which police said had been ready at work Town crews will walls up but after the tor- covered. work with state crews, possibly na hp warGhouse wa5 aha jj tn a of the were- onIy a narrow mayor, Works today and Sunday. It doesn't appear at present, chael Landeck resigned Aug. 6 the remaining two selectmen had 30 days to fill the vacancy nn thp hnnnl ancnrHinrr in dotal.

election statutes Thu nnrmH 'j the selectmen have not because Landeck was a Demo-i crat, the selection must be made in a special session of all the town's Democratic officials who were elected at the same time. eaI1 An Dom- the mayor said, that the towr 1 Holtahed. Crews from Connecticut Light jMerline Road, was. and Power Co. worked through; Thursday on a Circuit Court 12 uJ -ri-j Gov.

Meskill's office Friday to see what help the town could get. He was told by Robert Leu-! warrant charging him with 1 1 ba, executive assistant to the: governor, that the governor had instructed all state agencies to! give whatever help they could to the towns hit by the tornado. Raymond Sjostedt and Alan Hekking from the state Civil Defense and James Scheidler from the Deoartment of Trans- ponauon came 10 venion 10 m- sped damage': along with the Director of Public Andrew P. Tricarico and Police Chief Edmund F. Dwyer.

To complete the cleanup in reasonable time and maintain regular services was! beyond the scope of town departments, the The Big Club of St. Ber nard's Church is sponsoring the rattle ot a 1973 Cadillac and a trip to Bermuda for two. Only 100 tickets will be sold at $115 apiece. A dinner-dance for ticket holders will take place the night of the raffle Oct. 13.

Tickets will be sold to parish-loners on a first come, first served basis. Joseph Saternis is breach of peace and threaten found a replacement for him, First Selectman Jules Girardet said Thursday. Girardet said he still is negotiating to share a building inspector with a neighboring town on a full-time basis. The Board of Finance approved the expenditure of $5,500 last month to cover Ashford's share of building inspector's salary. Wei gold is a full-time building inspector in Mansfield.

Girardet said he was "pretty sure" an inspector will be hired by Sept. 15. Joint Zoning Officer Planning and Zoning Commis sion (PZC) Chairman Peter Marble said the PZC will decide Monday whether to combine the position of zoning enforcement officer and building inspector, Hiring tne same person for both Ellington kSRSS 55 'Victory' Dance To Float tary of state's office in Hartford Friday to seek advice. i VERNON The Democrat'ciRoad. She said she was told bv oneiTown Committee's "Cruisina tor'Bie Raffle the night restoring power.

As of Friday morning, about 150 customers were still without power, but were expected to be taken care of before the day was over. Southern New England Telephone Cos. also were busy restoring service. George Russell, head of ths northern division of said an emergency program had been put into effect and crews brought in from outside areas. Two Groups Will Sponsor Tennis Tourney VERNON The Recreation Department ki cooperation with NUTMEG Village, will sponsor a tennis tournament at the Nutmeg Village Country ing.

The charge stems, police said, from an alleged incident', last December. He was released on $100 nonsurety bond. vt Michael P. Pclletier, i.9, of Slw i Spring was charged Thurs. day with improper passing, Thrall Road.

Police said he al- legedly was passing in a ncnl passing zone. i David Eklund, 20, of 8 Faiths Drive, was arrested Friday on a -a Circuit Court 12 warrant ing him with evading responskl bility. Police said the arrest was in connection with the vestigation of an accident 22 at Rt. 83 and Thrall Road. He, was released on $100 nonsurety; bond.

All accused are scheduled appear in Circuit Court Rockville, Oct. 2. ot the office's attorneys that the onjy Democrats who'qualify un aer tnese statutes to make the; appuimmem are tnree constables, Stanley Ereshenti, Henry Martin, and Doland Hiltren. Selectman Edward Garrison elected then are Republicans. Hiltgen was recommended in August to the selectmen as Lan-deck's successor bv the Demo cratic town Committee.

First Selectman Edward irarrisnn had said he would follow the Victory Dinner-Dance" will ba Sept. 29 from 7 to 11 p.m.! aboard the River Queen Paddle-j wheeler, located at the Good' speed Opera House in East Had-dam. The price per couple will be $35. Included in the ticket price is the buffet dinner, dancing, open bar and a four-hour river cruise. Transportation to East dam bv chartered bus is avail-! fable at an additional charge.

of a 10-memhpr tipkot Selectman Challenged To Candidate Debate recommendation by appointing! further information concern-j St. a rd 's Home and Hiltgen at Monday's select-; ifirf tickets and bus chartering1 School Association has set Sept. men's meeting, but said Friday may be obtained by contacting 20 as the start of its weekly bin-after reading the statues again Fern Garafolo, 141 Evergreen gos which will be played every that this would be impossible, Eveninsr-School cials. he said. will qualify for a loan from the Small Business Administration.

He contacted this agency and learned that at leat 25 houses Thursday evening, starting at 7 p.m. in St. Bernard's Church Hall, Rockville. Cash prizes will be given. All proceeds will go to the support of St.

Bernard's School. Square Dance Club All club-level dancers are invited to attend the dance skip the square dance club. Columbia Party Names New Secretary For Committee COLUMBIA Edith Prague of Rt. 87 has been named the new secretary of the Democratic Town Committee. Mrs.

Prague succeeds Janice Matson who resigned from the committee because she moved from town. The i 1 1 Thursday night named committee chairmen for various aspects of the coming campaign. Albert Hadigian and Stanley Rosenstein are platform committee cochairmen; Roger Pepin, finance; Joyce Fox, voter registration; Irene Glasser, publicity; Noreen Steele, election day activities. Anyone who would like to work on any aspect of the Democratic campaign should contact chairman Jerome Rosen of Pine Street or any member of the town committee. The first effective state work- men's compensation laws were i passed in 1911, according to the committee.

Bingo Starts shorthand, 'bookkeeping data processing, basic fortran, busi- Events are being planned forjUWrCn iVCllVllieS men, women and youths 15 andj, younger. Tournament piay DeJilU OUIlUaV I To Stage Registration VERNON Registration in person for classes at the adult Hiltgen said Friday he would consult Mrs. Bourey to make sure the procedure correct. other two! date. CS SGt 3 meetins Hiltgen said Martin is his de.

u.o. itep, uonert Steele Hl-2) i ELLINGTON Democratic first selectman candidate Janet Batt has issued an invitation to Republican incumbent First Selectman Francis Prichard to de bate and Prichard said Friday he is giving the matter some thought Prichard said he would reply to Mrs. Batt's letter sometime next week. He has said from the day he announced his intentions to seek Prichard, Mrs. Batt said, "such a debate would be very informative to the voters of Ellington." She added that it "hopefully will generate more interest in the town election." MrsiiBatt suggested tie debate be in TowbiilaU "at a' mu tually itxnaiveniEiitoime" scn001 Wl11 1)6 conduct-'ness machines, welding, wood ana John Savaee start the weekend of Sept.

15. Mea's events will include singles and doubles. Women's play will be a doubles event. The latter will be called the Emil St. Louis Tournament in honor of the mart who taught tennis in the Rockville area for more than 50 years.

Singles events will be conducted for both boys and girls 15 and under. If sufficient interest is shown, a doubles event jvill be scheduled for men 40 and over. Plans also are being made for a mixed doubles event. Each event is limited to Ver-non residents. A $2 entrance fee will be charged.

The Recre- iiocKviue mgn acnooi, ac- candidate for the 50th District I A ling, multi-crafts, contract seat, will appear at 3:30 p.m. to A' Koxuch' bridge, tailoring, knit-day at the firemen's fair. director of continuing education, ting, crewel embroidery, Spa-Town GOP vice chairman I New courses added to the gen-; nish, French, German, cake Grace DeVries said Friday the'eral curriculum this semester decorating, needlepoint, cro- With Service VERNON Union Congregai -1 tional Church will begin fall activities Sunday with worship at 10:45 a.m. n. This is "Church at School Day," a day recognizing the value of christian Classes are provided for 3-year, olds through those in Grade 8.: All children are to assemble in assigned meeting places by 10:30.

The classes then will proceed to ihe morning worship service. In the service, a children's': sermon will be given by Mr; be dedicated. in political parties said. jed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at and their instructors include: career tvnin.

Meikon Adams minor household repairs, Louis 'O'Mara; diving. Art Ben- son; economics for the layman, Richard Lavatori; christmas Eva Canno Other courses are offered in: ithe following areas: typing, working, painting, sculpture, drawing, ballroom dancing, de- icounape and fWnrativp naint. chetina, batik, golf and leather- crafts. Residents will be charged $2 per course and non-residents $3 for one course and $3 for each additional course. Exceptions to these fees are listed in the class General information may be obtained by calling the continu ing education office at Rockville High School The' Wortlan'slieiub will ccle'Thiise fodav will appearance at Hubbard's Fair grounds, Rt.

198, will afford res-, idents the opportunity to qucs- tion both men. 130,000 Deer Killed tuiuu uym kiiiiub mil jjiynwv anu itii. i npi'i, cij-tii. the balls. sistants in Christian educations Registration should be made The church school staff also will -immediately with the Recrea-jbe commissioned, and Department.

Deadline is I robes for the senior choir will withdbeJ eligible to voteiln fhe special a election Tuesday, according to 7 pttm' in ittM'fCongregational! Mrs. Tremko. Chuftto. oriw wo mn. Mementos bf the club hfelwi-'Hking badi "to tWdays when ry wiH-Fbeon, display.

Guest Alge-speatoerrtU-illsrhjr Mrs. SbWynrians- still call foreigners ChaBdtetio American Airlinesi'Woumi." 'ah 'olcHWord for Ro- WASHINGTON Personal' decorations, Ellen Miffitt; foli-property, loss.es in "collisions of age and flowering house plants, wild '''animals' and "vehicles oniJohn Welply and Oriental cook- U.S. highways came to $10 mii-jing. Wednesday at 5 p.m. At least eight entrants must register for! I each event.

'Infant care is available in th lion in 1972. About white-tailed deer were killed, Jeans Min Oarreinfan. crib room. Department of Labor. ylirif! fir) ri.

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