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Selectman Frank DeLucia has requested a legal opinion from Town Counsel William Lavery about whether the Legislative Council can change line items in the townâs budget once they have been established by the Board of Selectmen, but First Selectman Jack Rosenthal said he has no intention of asking for one.
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Democratic convention delegates for the106th assembly district convened in the Mary Hawley room of Edmond Town Hall last Thursday evening and unanimously and enthusiastically gave State Rep John Anderson the go-ahead to seek his second term in the state Legislature. Delegates were Ann Krasnickas, Sybil Blau, Lynda Cox, Joy Martin, and Joan Hamilton from Newtown and Frank Glick of Redding.
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The Spirit of â76 is alive and well in the Town and Country Garden Club as members have undertaken community-wide Bicentennial planting projects in Newtown. A colorful arrangement in the shape of the Liberty Bell can be seen on the bank of the property of Mr and Mrs Ray Gold on the corner of Church Hill Road and Main Street. The figure â76 appears in red salvia with the body of the bell a flowering of white and blue ageratum, surrounded by white marble chips. The idea was proposed by project chairmen Margaretta Kotch, Judy Riebe, and Zita McMahon, with Bob Llodra, Sally Schwerdtle, Ena Higgins, and Roz Pilewski aiding in rototilling and planting.
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A real dog contest is in the making as over 80 pets, with Liberty Bells proudly hanging from their collars, were brought to The Bee office on Monday and Tuesday and entered in the race for King and Queen. This contest is open to all dogs within The Beeâs readership and the winners, to be determined by readersâ votes, will ride on a float in the annual Labor Day parade.
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Town Counsel Paul Polloci has been asked by First Selectman Jack Rosenthal to represent the Board of Police Commissioners at the Freedom of Information Commission hearing in Hartford on August 17. The hearing will be on a complaint filed July 16 to the FOIC by Kathryn Wachsman of Great Quarter Road, who is saying two emergency meetings of the police board which took place on July 6 were illegal. The meetings she refers to included one which was called for the purpose of electing a new police board chairman and the other to appoint some member of the board to attend hearings with the town and police union over the police contract.
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George Mattegat, Newtownâs dog warden, has tendered his resignation and will be leaving his position on August 6. Mr Mattegat, who has been dog warden for a little over three years, is purchasing Deanâs Garbage Removal business here in town, and will be devoting full time to his new venture as well as continuing as a school bus owner and operator.
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The 42-acre Lexington Hill subdivision, proposed for property off Tamarack, Echo Valley, and Hanover Roads by New Jersey-based Newtown 90 Associates, has generated more public interest than any subdivision proposed to the Newtown Planning & Zoning Commission in recent years. Two persons from the area have already brought the commission before the State Freedom of Information Commission in attempts to obtain advance notice of agendas for P&Z meetings so they could learn when the commission scheduled action on this and another proposal. The two complainants, Mrs Robert DeBaradinis and Mrs William Gallagher, their husbands, and three other Hanover area residents, met for a lengthy discussion with P&Z on Monday, July 19, to review their concerns about the subdivision development.
AUGUST 3, 1951
Additional sponsors of the Rosary Societyâs benefit, The Mighty Bear Brothers Circus, being staged in the Edmond Town Hall this Thursday afternoon and evening, were announced this week as being Miss Mildred Leavy, Mrs Eugene Spencer, Mr and Mrs Matthew Mihalek, Mr and Mrs D.N. Popovitch, Miss Elizabeth Keane, Fred Bresson, Jr, Miss Anne Colligan of New York City, Mr and Mrs Hubert Roswell, Cashmanâs Drug Store, Miss Edith Cashman, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Casey, Mr and Mrs Frank Qubick.
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Steven Jervis, son of Mr and Mrs Herman Jervis, Taunton District, and Donald Moser of Claresholm, Alberta, returned this week from a climbing trip in the Adirondack Mountains and Maine. While in Maine they participated in the rescue of an injured climber on Mt Katahdin. The rescue party worked all night bringing the injured girl down the mountain. The boys reached the base of the mountain with the stretcher after an all-night descent.
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Pvt John E. Kozak, son of Mrs Albert Pierron of Sandy Hook, is taking basic training in the Quartermaster Replacement Training Center at Fort Lee, Va.
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Coach Harold S. DeGroat left Saturday for Camp Moss Lake in the central Adirondacks to instruct in sailing, swimming, and other camp activities. This is his 20th season at the camp and his 31st season in such activity, having spent 11 years from 1920 to 1930 at Mrs Carl Akeleyâs camp at Mystic, Conn., where Red Cross swimming and life saving were featured. Mrs Akeley, widow of the great naturalist, is now back in Africa.
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Mr and Mrs Bryant C. Edgerton, Sr, of Great Quarter Road, were hosts Monday night for the fourth monthly meeting of the recently organized Hammond Organ Society of Danbury, a unit of the national organization of the same name, with some 70 members and guests present from Newtown, Danbury, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Ridgefield, New Haven, New Milford, and Bethel.
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Irving W. Waterhouse of the Palestine District was appointed this week to the Farmers Home Administration committee for Fairfield County, Dan E. King, local supervisor for the agency, has announced.
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The Curtis family, owners of Curtis Pond on Route 34, Sandy Hook, who have given permission for use of the pond to various individuals and groups during the summer, announced this week that the property would be closed for the balance of the season as of Monday, August 6. The property is so posted and no swimming will be permitted after that time.
JULY 30, 1926
While taking a stroll in the Newtown Village Cemetery, the other day, we were amazed at the splendid and substantial road improvement which is in process. The work is made possible through the generosity of Miss Mary E. Hawley, who entered into a contract with A.L. Davis of Danbury.
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Construction of a new house for Miss May Sullivan has been started on land recently purchased by Miss Sullivan on Bethel road.
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F.H. Trowbridge has completed installation of fire escape, fire hose, and fire extinguisher at Sunrise Inn, Botsford Hill.
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Dr Gesner owns up that at Dr Easonâs party at his home on Henderson Harbor, the parsons caught 15 fish. He will not quote the exact size, but they were big enough to supply three families.
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James McDonald and Patrick McKeon of New Haven were intercepted by Officers Carroll, Tucker, and Deputy Sheriff M. D. Beers about 3 am Saturday morning on Main Street, with a truck loaded with 102 cases of beer bound for Danbury.
AUGUST 2, 1901
Hosea R. Northrop, who splintered a rib by a fall from a wagon ten days ago, is getting along nicely.
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A horse owned by a Mr Waterhouse of Bridgeport, and pastured by G.R. Parmelee, broke out of its pasture one day last week, and while near O.E. Morganâs house, kicked and killed his dog, which was barking at it. Mr Morgan caught the horse and refuses to give it up until he has been paid for the dog, which he valued highly. A legal fight seems imminent.
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John L. Sanford has been working for J.M. Blackman, making improvements on the latterâs house in Cold Spring.