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Bethany Library Board Holds Annual Meeting, Elects 1951 Officers
The Annual Meeting of the Bethany Library Association, Inc., was held at the Library on January 29. Among those present were: Morgan Baker, Mrs. Harold A. Beecher, Mrs. Henry Bunting, Mrs. And Mrs. Robert L. Calhoun, Dwight B. Downs, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Hinman, Mrs. J. Stephen Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Treffers, and Gilbert H. Whitlock.
OFFICERS CHOSEN
Officers for 1951 were elected as follows: President, Dwight B. Downs; Secretary, Mrs. Henry P. Treffers; Treasurer, Gilbert H. Whitlock; Trustees, Harold A. Beecher, Robert L. Calhoun, Edward H. Hinman; Directors, Mrs. William H. Bice, J. Stephen Knight; Book Committee, Mrs. Alex Fenwick, Miss Elizabeth Fox, Mrs. J. Stephen Knight, Mrs. Nicholas J. Spykman, Mrs. Henry P. Treffers; Librarian, Mrs. Edward H. Hinman; Custodian, Elford H. Lounsbury.
REPORTS SUBMITTED
Retiring Treasurer Robert L. Calhoun presented an annual report and a proposed budget for the coming year. Mrs. Edward H. Hinman, the Librarian, submitted a complete report of the Library’s activities for the past year, showing that the total circulation was 7,338 books and discussing the various exhibits, the inter-loan of books between the Bethany and Woodbridge libraries, the activities of the Book Committee, and the belief that television may be responsible for a decrease in the use of the Library by some groups.
A House Committee was appointed at this meeting, the members being Mrs. Alex Fenwick, Mrs. Theodore Sizer, and Henry P. Treffers, the retiring Secretary of the Association.

Woodbridge Fires
Six men and two trucks of the Woodbridge Fire Department responded to an alarm at 2:00 P.M. on January 25, for a fire at the Woodbridge Country Club, at Johnson and Ansonia Roads. Grease in a kitchen range had ignited, and it was feared that the fire might spread. By an excellent choice of extinguishing agents (Carbon Dioxide and baking soda), the firemen put out the blaze and prevented damage of any kind. The recall was sounded at 2:45 P.M.
The Woodbridge Fire Department responded to an alarm at 10:40 A.M. last Saturday for a fire on the property of Joseph Sill on Park Lane. The kitchen of the three-room cottage was lost, but the rest of the structure was saved. Thirteen men and two trucks answered the call. The recall was sounded at 11:45 A.M.

SEYMOUR NOTES
Norman Sargent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sargent of Skocorat Street, is a Private in the Air Corps.
Peter Gemmell, son of Mrs. Margaret Gemmell of Dogburne Road, Orange, has left to join the Air Corps.
Harold Donovan is signing up recruits for the Big Community Talent Show to be given on March 8. The show will take place at the High School, and the proceeds will go to the George Hummel Little League.
The Parent-Teacher Association held a card party and cake sale at the Maple Street School for the benefit of the Hot Lunch Program on Tuesday, January 30.
The Civil Defense Program Committee sponsored a movie on the Atom Bomb last Tuesday evening in the Town Hall.
The Rotary Club held its regular weekly meeting on Tuesday at Joe’s Restaurant. Alfred Koehler was in charge of the meeting. Roger E. Day, President of Bristol Brass Corporation, spoke on Big Business and Small.
Mrs. William Lane, Chairman of The March of Dimes, reports that Seymour gave generously to this worthy cause during the recent drive.

Roger Street and Wayne Bell, of Woodbridge, and George McKiernan and Paul Bergstrom, of Bethany, left last Friday at 11:00 A.M. for a trip to Montreal, Canada. They returned at 9:00 P.M. on Saturday, having traveled more than 990 miles in the interim.

LENTEN MEETING AT WOODBRIDGE CHURCH
The first of six Wednesday evening Lenten meetings will be held in the parlor of the First Church of Christ this coming Wednesday, February 7, at 8:00 o’clock.
The speaker will be John Oliver Nelson, Direcdtor of Religious Field Work and Associate Professor of Christian Vocation at the Yale Divinity School, and formerly an executive with the Federal Council of Churches.
Dr. Nelson’s topic will be “Can All Christionas Be One?” and will emphasize the ecumenical awakening in this generation.

GARDEN CLUB TO MEET
The Garden Club of Woodbridge will meet on February 6 at 2:00 o’clock in the Woodbridge Town Hall. Ethel Hall Bjerkoe, lecturer and author, will speak on “The Period House – Today’s Interior”. Tea will be served by Mrs. Clarence F. Baldwin, Chairman, and the Mrs. James Angier, H. Bruno Arnold, E. Wight Bakke, Allen E. Baldwin, Robert E. Barnberg, Ralph E. Baright, William E. Bassett, Lewis S. Beach, And William T. Beazley.

Classified
10c Per Line
WANTED – in Woodbridge: experienced, dependable resident housekeeper. Call 6-5144.
FOUND – Waterbury Savings Bankd envelope containing cash, left at Editor’s house last week. Call 3-1682.
FOR SALE – 1939 Studebaker four door sedan, radio & heater, good running condition.
Price $400 Tel. 3-2428
WANTED TO BUY – Beagle puppy, not too large. Address Box C Amity Star
WHILE THEY LAST! A few old metalframe school desks. FOR SALE $1.00 buys a potential telephone table! Call 3-2137 or “The Amity Star”.
WANTED TO BUY – Publications pertaining to Antique Automobiles, Old Advertisements, Instructdion Manuals, Pictures, etc.
Robert H. Brinton – Tel. 3-1574
WANTED TO RENT – 5-room apt. or 6-room house near bus line, greater New Haven area. Call Advertising Manager, Zemel Bros., 5-9904.
WANTED TO RENT – 4 or 5 rooms, single house preferred. Address Box D, Amity Star.
FOR SALE – 3-year-old pure-bred registered Hampshire ram, $75.
John Earley, 3-0757.
FOR SALE – Office typewriter, $15. Pony saddle in good condition. Call 3-6816 after 6:00 P.M.

Legals
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is herby given that the Board of Tax Review of the Town of Bethany will be in session at the Bethany Town Hall on the following dates to hear all appeals from the 1950 Assessment list made by the Bethany Tax Assessors:
Sat., February 3, 1951 -
10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Mon., February 12, 1951 -
7 P. M. to 10 P. M.
Sat., February 17, 1951 -
10 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tues., February 20, 1951 -
7 P. M. to 10 P. M.
Hiram D. Carrington
Russell P. Winter
George E. Howard, Chairman

Skate Exchange
BOYS’: 2 pair, almost new, sizes 4 & 8. $5 each. Tel. 3-1763.
BOYS’: 3 pair, sizes 1, 4, & 6. Tel. 3-1384.
BOYS’: 1 pair, new, size 7.
Tel. 3-0603.
BOYS’: 1 pair, size 5
GIRLS’: 2 pair, sizes 3 & 4.
Tel. 3-1682.
WANTED: Boy’s, size 11. 3-0603.

FREE CALENDAR
HARRY MERWIN
WESTVILLE

Tel. 5-0842
Harriet Davies Mulhern
Marian Mulhern Albrecht
Style Beauty Salon
SPECIALIZING
PERMANENT WAVES
COLD WAVES – HAIR STYLING
22 Fountain St.     New Haven, Conn.

LEE FURNITURE
Television – Refrigerators
Furniture – Washers
PHILCO, G.E., CROSLEY, TELETONE, ADMIRAL, SPEED QUEEN, DEEPFREEZE, GRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE
LOW DOWN PAYMENTS – EASY TERMS
COMPLETE TELEVISION REPAIR SERVICE
Lee Furniture Store
Whalley Ave. at Fountain St.     Tel. 3-2100

The Clothesline
Marjorie Shutkin     Bethany,  Conn.
Telephone 3-1171
CASHMERE SWEATERS – Imported Wool
Short Sleeve Slipovers $10.39
Long Sleeve Slipovers 11.98
Cardigans 13.50
Sizes 34-40

HOMEMADE NEAR YOUR OWN FIRESIDE
Farm River Fudge
A pure, delicious chocolate fudge and fresh. In 1 lb. boxes, $1.40 each, postpaid to any point in continental U.S.
Jean C. Gibbons
Farm River Homestead     Northford, Conn.

Mutual AUTO STORES, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE
BICYCLES – TOYS – RADIOS
898 Whalley Ave.     Tel. 3-4171
New Haven, Conn.

PHONE 3-0925
HICKS SHELL STATION
29 FOUNTAIN ST.
WESTVILLE, NEW HAVEN

We expect liquor to be rationed again. You can place your order now and be protected.
COZZOLINO’S PACKAGE STORE, Inc.
845 WHALLEY ST.
Phone 3-0440
Daily Delivery to Woodbridge & Bethany
BUY A CASE & SAVE

HOME REPAIR LOANS TO IMPROVE YOUR PROPERTY
Your home is a good investment. When it is in need of repairs see The Second National Bank to help you with a loan. Or if remodeling and modernizing will improve your property do not hesitate to start now. Get a loan at The Second National on convenient terms.
The Second National Bank OF NEW HAVEN
135 CHURCH STREET (Next to the Post Office)
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Member Federal Reserve System

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U. S. POSTAGE PAID
New Haven, Conn.
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