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While still a comparative bargain, sending junior to camp in Newtown will be more expensive this year. Tuesday night, April 13, the Parks and Recreation Commission voted to hike the fee for the three-week session from $32 to $45. Last year the commission raised it from $30.

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First Selectman Jack Rosenthal said Thursday he will ask the Board of Selectmen to consider sending President Ronald Reagan a resolution requesting an end to the nuclear arms race. He, as well as other officials throughout Connecticut and throughout Connecticut and New England, is concerned about the ‘madness’ of the nuclear arms build-up. “I would like my grandchildren to be able to exist on this planet,” he said.

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On Tuesday, April 13, a $2.4 million out-of-court settlement was reached between the Town of Newtown, the Board of Education, and attorneys for George Colby of Winslow Lane, a quadriplegic who was paralyzed when his neck was broken in a wrestling accident in early 1978 at Newtown High School. All the money he receives will be tax free.

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Newtown’s Board of Selectman has endorsed a resolution naming the private Youth Services in Newtown, Inc (YSIN) organization as the town’s “delegate agency to conduct a program of services to benefit the youth of Newtown.” The action constitutes the town’s first formal recognition of YSIN, which is seeking to raise enough funds to hire a new youth services coordinator by July 1. YSIN’s fund-raising appeal will be made to businesses, industries and private individuals.

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The 1982 Miss Newtown Scholarship Pageant is drawing near and throughout Newtown 13 young women are going into the final week of preparations for the fourth such pageant in Newtown. On Saturday, May 1, in the Newtown High School auditorium, the girls will compete before judges, friends and family for the Miss Newtown title.

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Approximately 20 laundry workers at Fairfield Hills Hospital have asked Rep Mae Schmidle for help as they protest the closing of their facility. About a month ago, the state employees were told that the regional laundry would close on June 1 because of obsolete equipment and declining population. They also asked that the regional laundry be reverted back to its original status as a local facility for Fairfield Hills.

 

April 19, 1957

Prompted by wide public request and acting on a unanimous vote by its board of directors, the Newtown Chamber of Commerce is undertaking the project spearheading a movement to adopt zoning by and for the town of Newtown. The project, under Chamber sponsorship, has the backing and support of the Town Planning Commission, which is progressing well at the present time in its preparation of a comprehensive plan for the entire town.

The Garden Club of Newtown has received the approval of the Newtown Board of Education of a landscape plan for the building and grounds of the high school. The plan, prepared by Prof H.O. Perkins, associate professor of landscape design of the University of Connecticut, calls for foundation plantings of yews, flowering dogwood, Japanese holly, showy forsythia, myrtle and Boston ivy. The club has also purchased 600 trees from the State of Connecticut Park and Forest Commission for the grounds of the Sandy Hook school.

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The Land’s End Country Store in Hawleyville will open for the season on Tuesday, April 23. Mrs Robert J. Clark, who operates the store as a benefit for cancer research at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, is now busy obtaining new stock and hopes for the same public support which has been accorded the store in past years.

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Monday evening, at the Congregational Church House, Mr John Pilleri of the John and Samuel Beauty Salon in Bridgeport showed new trends in Hair styles and introduced Newtown Mothers’ Club members to his firm’s “Glamour Curl.” The “Glamour Curl” available at many beauty shops now was shown earlier at the New York International and New England Conferences of Hair Stylists. It comes in pastel shades, also silver, white and black, and is worn to accent accessories or in contrast to the wearer’s own hair color.

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Newtown General Store MAIN STREET NEWTOWN TEL. GArden 6-2546 Meats — Groceries — General Merchandise Featuring Sperry & Barnes Easter Smoked Meats and Pork Loins. Also, Fresh Killed Poultry. Seabrook Farms Frozen French Fries, 2 for 35 cents; Seabrook Farms Frozen Spinach (whole leaf), 2 for 35 cents; Big Top Peanut Butter in Goblet, 47 cents; Baker’s Food Color Kit, liquid, 21 cents; Betty Crocker Macaroon Mix, White & Chocolate, 33 cents.

The Grand Union Supermarket at Queen Street and Route 6 was formally opened this Wednesday morning when First Selectman Edward J. Coleman cut the ribbon at 8:30 am. The 16,000 square foot Grand Union has six checkouts and is served with the Food-O-Mat gravity feed shelves that provide room for wide aisles. The interior is decorated in pastel colors: blues, pinks, yellows, to provide a cheerful atmosphere.

 

April 15, 1932

All Catholic women are invited to attend the organization of the new circle of Daughters of Isabella on Friday evening at 8 o’clock, in St Rose’s church hall. All the benefits of a national organization may be enjoyed together with the benefits derived at death and illness, as well as the joy of aiding in any worthy welfare project. The object of the order is to unite all Catholic women into a fraternal, beneficial, and social society in order to promote friendship and charity.

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Stephan Budd, local horseman, generously offers to farmers in the territory covered by the Litchfield Hunt Club the free use of his pure bred stallion, Sir Gilbert. Stephan Budd is the owner of a filly born on Sunday to “Windfall” by Ramonieur, a stallion owned by the late J.L. Holland of New York. J.W. Green of Danbury and Editor A.P. Smith had the pleasure of inspecting the lively young filly, Tuesday afternoon.

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Mr and Mrs Willard E. Mitchell, who have made their home with Mr and Mrs George G. Canfield for two years, moved on Monday to their attractive new residence on Academy hill, just completed by Contractor Henry Johnson. The new house has five rooms and bath with a lavatory on the first floor. The living room is 23x17. As the first resident in the Academy hill section, Brother Mitchell will probably qualify as mayor.

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Eleven members of the State Park and Forest commission were in town, Wednesday, and went over the valuable fine timber tract recently purchased by Selectman T.F. Brew of the Fabric Fire Hose Co. They were delighted with the property, and it is possible, through the foresight of Mr Brew, that Newtown may soon have a state park. They are taking the matter under consideration.

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On Monday, Miss Helen Delacy, Director of Girl Scouts in Bridgeport, and Mrs C. Nathaniel Worthen, Commissioner, visited Troop 37 of Newtown. The committee have decided to arrange for a number of Benefits for a Girl Scout Camp Fund, making it possible for the scouts to attend camp this season. Both Miss Delacy and Mrs Worthen feel that a very good piece of scout work is being done in Newtown. In the new registrations, there are 38 members of Girl Scouts registered in Troop 37 in Newtown.

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A meeting of the Melody Club was held at the home of Miss Louise Nichols, Saturday afternoon. An interesting group of piano solos were rendered. A short three-act play on “Scenes from the Childhood of George Frederick Handel,” was given by members in charge of the program. A spelling contest of musical words was held, after which Miss Nichols awarded prized to those who had perfect attendance at lessons.

 

April 19, 1907

Michael J. Ryan of Newtown was tried before Justice of the Peace E.D. Briscoe, on a grand juror’s complaint, signed by Charles F. Beardsley, charged with stealing a cow, assault on his sister, and breach of the peace. He was acquitted of the charge of stealing the cow and of assault, and was convicted of breach of the peace and fined $1 and costs.

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The plain and ugly interior of our commodious Town hall, which by the way is not a credit to the town or the board of selectmen, was transformed into a bower of beauty, last Saturday evening, at the reception given by Miss Helen Pender’s dancing class. The colors were red and white, the design of the decorations being festoons from the chandeliers, windows, and balconies combined with evergreens. The pupils, many of whom were but beginners at the act this year, did their parts well and reflected great credit on the methods and ability of their teacher.

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What promises to be a notable occasion in Grange circles will be the meeting on April 23, when Gen H.O. Averill, state cattle commissioner, will visit Pootatuck Grange and make the principal address of the evening. Delegations are expected from Redding and Monroe Granges. It is especially urged that every officer and member be present, and all the members are requested to contribute to the coalition.

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F.L. Northrop completed the task, this week, of hauling 450 cords of wood out of Hog Swamp for the New England Lime Co. The task has been an exceedingly difficult one, but Mr Northrop has kept steadily at it since Christmas time. He has now been hired by Mr Munson of Watertown, who had the contract for carting the wood to the railroad station, to complete the job of transportation to the railroad.

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The Ideal Concert Co. will give a concert in the Town hall, Newtown, Friday night. The Ideal Concert Co. was organized in Hartford, in January, 1905, and is composed of exceptionally talented blind musicians who are graduates of various institutions. The members of the company are wholly dependent upon their music for their maintenance and are giving these entertainments for that purpose.