July 25, 1986

 

A male and female pig owned by Paul Johnson and Sharon Cizik of 106 Berkshire Road escaped from their home on July 22 and ended up at the Norton residence at 86 Berkshire Road. At the Nortons, the pigs enjoyed a dip in the pond, a feast of apples, a nap in the front yard, and a meeting with the pet poodle.

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Hawley School’s entry in this year’s Labor Day Parade will be a most unusual one. Rather than entering a float, the school is inviting all of its students and teachers, as well as all alumni and ex-teachers, to march together in the parade. The march also will serve as a reunion in which the alumni can celebrate the 65th anniversary of the school, a gift from Mary Elizabeth Hawley, that was built in 1921.

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Edward Sieminski has left his position as superintendent of postal operations in Southbury to become the postmaster of Sandy Hook. He entered the postal service in 1975. He replaces Robert Shannon.

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Crazy clowns and beautiful girls, who traditionally grace the circus big top, will be found in abundance at the Roberts Bros Circus, which will appear in Sandy Hook on Thursday, August 14, under the sponsorship of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Company. A host of acrobats, jugglers, gymnasts, wire walkers, trapeze artists and clowns will fill the three rings with traditional circus entertainment.

July 28, 1961

 

Botsford is losing an old friend. The General Store at the station is closing next week after 42 years under the management of the Albert W. Rasmussen family. Miss Miriam Rasmussen announced the close of the store and the fact that the store, the home upstairs, and grounds are on the market. Miss Rasmussen had worked with her father in the Post Office and she had sought the appointment as Postmaster to fill the vacancy. Failing to obtain the appointment, she and her mother decided to close the store and let the Post Office find another location.

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Mrs Anna Maye, acting Postmaster of Botsford, announces the old office will close, at 1:30 pm, Saturday, and will move to a new office located in the Aragi Cabinet Company building on Route 25. The new office will open for business at 7:30 am, Monday.

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At the monthly meeting of the Newtown Park Commission held last Wednesday evening, July 19, the announcement was made of two additional gifts to the Dickinson Memorial Park. William A. Honan, Jr, representative of the Newtown Lions Club on the commission, stated that the club has signified its intention of contributing $1,000 toward the construction of a permanent refreshment stand. John H. Knauer, representative of the Newtown Rotary Club, announced that the group will donate an additional ten picnic tables with benches.

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The Newtown High School AFS Commission, in affiliation with the Newtown Summer Recreation Program, has planned a record hop to be held on Tuesday, August 1, in the Newtown Shopping Center, from 8:30 to 11:30 pm. Ryder Andersen, Newtown’s new AFS exchange student, will be the guest of honor, and it is hoped that he will become acquainted with some of his future classmates.

July 24, 1936

 

While driving from the Fairfield State hospital last Saturday afternoon, the car of Clifford H. Stevens, superintendent of the laundry department, struck a guard rail near the railroad bridge and plunged down a steep embankment, coming to a stop against the guy wire of a telephone pole. Mr Stevens, who was badly bruised and suffered slight concussion, was removed to the hospital of the institution by Walter M. Nichols. The car was badly damaged.

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State Director William J. Farley, of the Public Works Administration, announces the clearance of a check for 1,339.90 by the United States Treasury, for payment to the Town of Newtown . This represents the first partial payment on the Federal Grant of $28,000 under PWA Project 8556, and covers the laying of a waterbound macadam surface on Riverside and Botsford Hill roads.

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Russell F. Strasburger, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, has received a certificate from the Commissioner of Domestic Animals at Hartford, showing that he has successfully passed the examination entitling him to practice in Connecticut. Dr Strasburger intends to start his practice here at once, and his many friends wish him success.

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A meeting of the officers and directors of the Newtown Chamber of Commerce, together with members of the Chamber’s Traffic committee, several officers of the town and Town court, was held in the Selectmen’s room of the Edmond Town Hall, when the matter of establishing a paid police force in Newtown was put in motion. Considerable discussion was held regarding the cost to the town and advantages to be gained.

 

July 28, 1911

 

E.A. Hill of New York City, who has purchased the Horace W. Bradley place in Zoar, is making extensive changes and improvements on the house. He is having the outside all newly covered, new dormer windows put in the roof on the rear side of the house, a veranda 10 feet wide placed on the west, south and north sides. He is having two up-to-date bath rooms placed in the house, one on each floor, a lavatory in every room, hot and cold water all over the house. He will also make several other changes and improvements about the place and when the work is completed will have a very fine seven room house, one from which there is a beautiful view of the Newtown hill. Mr and Mrs Hill have named their place “Knot-A-Kare Farm.”

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The Town hall was well filled, Tuesday night, by an appreciative audience to witness the presentation of the three-act comedy, “Miss Buzby’s Boarders,” by the Newtown Dramatic club. The comedy was presented with spirit. There was an absence of tedious waits between the sets, and at the close, those taking part were warmly congratulated for their good work.

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J.B. Fairchild said if the two women who drove up through Taunton street last Sunday evening, ran into and knocked down his mail box and a little further on came near knocking the pickets off his front fence, would next time they drive out, take a chauffeur along, they might be able to keep in the road.

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Sunday night there might have been seen a couple, lantern in hand, moving up Newtown street, looking for some object. It appears they left their auto in front of A.A. Banks’ residence on the lawn, and when this couple came out of church, nothing remained but a track on the grass. On waking the genial merchant and his wife from their first nap, it was learned that Eddie had seen Mr Wakeley take the car in safety to the garage, as it suffered from a flat tire.