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Mrs Ann Krasnickas, a relatively new member of the Board of Ethics, raised the question of inconsistencies in the board’s rules for administration of the Code of Ethics for town officers, officials, and employees when she introduced an amendment at the April 8 meeting of the board. Mrs Krasnickas pointed out that the provision for administration of the code which provides that the board need not publicly record complaints that have not been upheld, or request for advisory opinions, is in conflict with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. It is also in conflict with the Newtown charter, she said.

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 The contract for construction of the new Rochambeau Bridge over Lake Zoar between Southbury and Newtown has been signed and Department of Transportation chief of construction Philip Stark expects the work on subfootings and pile driving for the second span to be underway in a few weeks.

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High scorers in the Sandy Hook Women’s Bowling League on April 6 were: high single, Lois Mathews, 150; high three, Barbara Trosan, 395; high no-mark, Rita Nagy, 87. Team high scorers were: high single, Deuces 486; high three, also Deuces, 1,404.

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Newtown police spent five hours in the woods on Wednesday morning as they searched for three youths after it was reported a Conrail train was fired at with a shotgun. According to the police report, a call came into headquarters at 10:15 in the morning from Officer Swain of Conrail that three youths, one of them with a shotgun, had fired at a westbound train. The officers believed the incident occurred in the Hawleyville section of Newtown.

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On April 2 Building Inspector Wayne Smith and deputy Fire Marshal George Lockwood wrote a letter to Superintendent of Schools Dr Albert Brinkman granting extremely limited use of the auditorium at the high school. The use is limited to the stage area only and is specified for a certain purpose, time, and conditions. The letter stated that a reinspection was made of the auditorium on April 2 by Mr Smith, Mr Lockwood, and Robert Montesi, supervisor of buildings and grounds for the school system. Mr Smith told The Bee that he has been told the roof has been repaired and that so far it seems not to be leaking. The electrical wiring and lights were all dropped, dried off, and repaired also.

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Northeast Utilities has responded – sort of – in an April 9 letter to questions First Selectman Jack Rosenthal posed three weeks ago about shipments of radioactive materials through Newtown. Mr Rosenthal questioned what shipments are planned from Northeast’s three nuclear power plants, what the routes would be, what safety precautions are taken, and who is responsible for packaging of the materials.

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After many months of preparation the “Heritage Ball,” sponsored by Newtown’s Bicentennial Committee, is well on its way to being a memorable event. The ball will take place on Saturday, May 29, from 9 pm to 2 am in Newtown High School, and will feature wine, food, and song.

APRIL 20, 1951

More than half the members of Newtown Camp Fire, including the junior group of Blue Birds, Camp Fire, and the senior Horizon Club group, attended at Elks Auditorium, Danbury, Sunday afternoon, the largest Danbury gathering for the annual Grand Council Fire in the history of the Mid-Fairfield Council, with some 600 girls, their leaders, council members, parents, and friends attending from Newtown, Bethel and Danbury. Phyllis O’Dell of Newtown Camp Fire carried the American flag in the processional and Anna Lou Watkins touched off the “candle of the world” in the opening ceremony. The girls were transported to Danbury in nine cars by parents and friends.

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The fourth annual meeting of the Newtown League of Women Voters held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in the Cyrenius H. Booth Library was highlighted by a talk on Civil Defense by Col. Robert L. Mackin, director of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury area of the State Civil Defense program. Mrs Herman de Vries was elected as president for a term of two years. Other officers elected to two year terms were: Mrs Edmund Neary, first vice president; Mrs Bradley Randall, secretary; Mrs Milton A. Mandelson, director of voters service; Mrs Herbert R. Wilde, director of publications; and for a one-term year to the nominating committee, Mrs Fridolf Jacobson, Mrs Morton Baker, and Mrs Charles Cavanaugh.

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While there was no formal ceremony about the final payment of the note which was outstanding on SAC Park, the Sustaining Group, which has been quietly plugging along, has finally accomplished its objective and last week cleared the last barrier by handing over $200 and getting a release. The original purchase of the eight-acre tract on Riverside Road was a major undertaking and made possible only by the fullest cooperation of both the senior and junior members who split the cost down the middle with each group assuming one half of the burden.

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Warden Henry L. McCarthy was renominated as candidate for the office of warden at the borough caucus held in the Alexandria Room of the Edmond Town Hall last Thursday night. Other candidates were renominated as follows: May E. Sullivan, clerk; William Hunter and Walter L. Glover, burgesses; Walter A. Reynolds, treasurer; Charles F. Cavanaugh, collector of taxes; John A. Carlson and Charles M. Goodsell, assessors; Frederic H. Duncombe and Joseph F. Hellauer, board of tax review; Judge Paul V. Cavanaugh, fire inspector; John A. Carlson, pound keeper; and William Hunter, registrar of voters. Edward F. Wight and William A. Honan, Jr, were also nominated as fire inspectors.

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As one of its community projects during the current year, the Lions Club of Newtown undertook to repair and repaint the signs that greet the traveling public entering Newtown by the main highways, and when leaving, to cheerfully invite the traveler to return. This project was originally accomplished by the local Chamber of Commerce, the organization that put up the signs in the first place. Since the group no longer functions, the signs were permitted to fall into disrepair.

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Since April 5 Newtown residents have added a clear $1,008.26 to the Newtown Ambulance Association fund for the purchase of the new ambulance, according to figures presented this week by Henry L. McCarthy for the association. The figure now stands at $4,026.01. The goal is $4,674.

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Friday, April 20, marks the close of the hot lunch service at the Sandy Hook School for the year. This project, sponsored by the PTA with financial assistance from the Visiting Nurse Association, has been in successful operation since October.

APRIL 16, 1926

The junior class of the Hawley School scored a big success at the Hawley School auditorium Friday night, when they presented Daddy, a comedy in three acts by Lilli Huger Smith. The cast follows: Miss Josephine MacBath, DeForest Glover, Albert Nichols, Herbert Mayers, Miss Eunice Curtiss, Miss Geraldine Cutler, Miss Sarah Ferris, and Miss Eva Andrews.

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Sigfred Allen is building a roadside gas and refreshment station on the south side of the road just east of his residence on Mt Pleasant. He is erecting a building 20 by 22 feet, and will make it one of the most attractive places of its kind on the road.

APRIL 19, 1901

As intimated in last week’s Bee, another special town meeting will be held, this time on Saturday, April 27, at 2 pm. It is called to see if the town will vote to appropriate $1,000 for each year for the next ten years as a bonus to any company or companies deciding to operate (under certain restrictions and conditions laid down in a resolution which will be presented for adoption at the coming town meeting) the plant or plants lately vacated by the New York Belting & Packing Company.

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Hobart Camp is now selling his milk to William E. Hawley.

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It is said vandals have been at work in Taunton district and that the Tweedy hat shops have been despoiled of what shafting and machinery was left in the shops.