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A 35-year-old Fairfield Hills Hospital patient was charged on June 3 in connection with the May 27 death of another patient who had spilled hot coffee on him in Kent House. State police arrested Raymond W. Batickin connection with the death of Rose Marie Telesco. A witness told hospital police that Mr Batick and Miss Telesco were in a dispute over spilled coffee when he “slammed her to the floor.”

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Flowering dogwood trees on Main Street, near Trinity Church, were victim to what Agricultural Agent Howard Kremmerer terms “plant stress” — a condition which has been observed for the past four or five years. Many homeowners in the area have called the Cooperative Extension Service with queries about their diseased or dying dogwood trees.

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The one thing that concerns Newtown High baseball coach Tony Urban about this Saturday’s state championship game is the night before. Friday night is Newtown High’s senior-junior prom. In the 1982 game against St Bernard, Newtown committed a number of errors in an 11-4 defeat. Afterward Coach Zyg Olbrys laid part of the blame for the Indians’ poor play on graduation the night before. Partying and baseball don’t mix.

 

June 10, 1960

On Friday morning early a bakery driver making deliveries in the Newtown Shopping Center on Queen Street saw a fire burning in the Center Luncheonette there and alerted State Police Sgt James M Costello at his home on Church Hill Road. The Newtown Hook and Ladder Company, under Chief Hiram Hanlon, hurried to the scene and put out the fire, which did considerable damage, tentatively estimated at $20,000, to the luncheonette.

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More than 100 AFS students, representing towns all over the United States, are on board the SS Seven Seas this Thursday evening, June 9, as it sails out of Montreal harbor. Among them are Carol Keating and Gay Parker of Newtown. Miss Keating will spend the summer in Rheine, Germany, and Miss Parker will spend the summer and the first five months of the school year in Stavanger, Norway.

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As a matter of community interest, the Chamber of Commerce of Newtown is sponsoring a panel discussion on the subject “Should Newtown Have A Development Commission?” According to Thomas L. Cheney, president of the chamber, the organization’s board of directors feels that a development commission could be of great assistance in directing Newtown’s future.

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The Board of Selectmen at its meeting last Friday agreed to have the State Highway Engineer estimate the cost of paving at the rear of the Hawley School, heard a report that the State Highway Department will widen portions of Philo Curtis Road at no cost to the town, and announced that the program of oiling the town roads would take place early this month.

June 7, 1935

R.H. Holcomb & Co have rented the Blackman building, just above the Depot, where they will conduct their gasoline and farmers’ supply store. This will be operated in conjunction with their present establishment of coal and grain, and success is wished to them by their many friends.

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Mrs William N. Burroughs is a patient at the Danbury hospital as a result of a painful accident which occurred on Sunday when she caught her hand in a washing machine wringer. She is now getting along as well as can be expected.

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Myrtle Ingrham is valedictorian of this year’s graduating class, with John Williams giving the salutatory address and George Erb the honor essay. The speaker of the evening will be Hon Kenneth Wynne, executive secretary to Gov Wilbur L. Cross. Members of the Hawley High school graduating class, in addition to the honor students, are Irving Arnold, Elsie Bradbury, Francis Busson, Betty Burr, Anna Gomberg, Jerome Gorsman, Carolyn Kelcec, Ruth Leibold, John Leibold, Doris Mercer, Charles Mercer, Grace Murphy, Rose Pallocovitch, Eric Person, Julius Rosenberg, Clara Ruffles, Helen Soltis, and Elizabeth Young.

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Public clocks can now show daylight saving time, following signing by Governor Cross, last week, of a bill adopted by the general Assembly in Hartford, repealing the statute which required that standard time be shown on public clocks. Most public clocks have already been set to show daylight time, and the public will do well to take note of this fact.

 

June 10, 1910

On account of the daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Corning being ill with the diphtheria the school in the Glen, which she attended, is closed a few days to prevent any further spreading of the disease.

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At a meeting of the High school committee, Tuesday afternoon, Warren G. Carpenter, a graduate of Middlebury college and at present teaching at the Starkey seminary, Lakemont, N.Y., was unanimously elected to the principalship of the Newtown High school. Mr Carpenter was elected from a field of about 16 candidates, scattered all over New England and New York State.

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The Town Hall was well filled on last Friday night to witness the presentation by members of The St Rose’s Dramatic Club, of “When A Man’s Single” a rural society comedy, in three acts, which was a success both dramatically and financially, considering conditions and the very little solid rehearsing the play was given. The vocal selections by M.J. Keane of Hawleyville between the acts were well received.

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A strawberry festival under the auspices of Trinity Guild will take place on Wednesday, June 15, beginning at 5 o’clock. This annual event is always looked forward to with great interest and the attendance is sure to be large.