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THE WAY WE WERE FOR AUGUST 23, 1996

This photo, loaned by John Reiner, shows the old Sandy Hook Schoolhouse on

Riverside Road, which has been a deli since 1980. This schoolhouse was built

in 1889, but town records show that the land was transferred to the school

district in 1839 for $125 and an earlier schoolhouse was built on the site in

1840. In 1952 the property was sold by the school district to Wallace Delaney

and his son, Warren, who operated Sandy Hook Gloves there until 1977. Eleanor

Mayer then bought the property and sold it to Davey Brothers in 1980. The

Davey brothers were the sons of owners of the First National supermarket

chain, which operated a store in the former Sandy Hook post office building

(now the Grey Horse Gallery) for many years. The Daveys sold the building to

the Dudas brothers, who kept the name Davey Brothers until they sold it a few

years ago to Ken Mulcahy. Mr Mulcahy has operated it ever since as the

Schoolhouse Deli.

AUGUST 27, 1971

President Nixon's wage freeze will affect all of the teachers, principals,

assistant principals and administrative assistants in the Newtown school

system. These people plus the business manager, school psychologist,

librarians, counselors, all specialists, nurses, teacher aides, cafeteria

personnel and all but two of the 40-week secretarial employees will not

receive wage increases while the freeze is on. Prices which are frozen include

tuition, bus contracts, food, and charges for the use of the building.

The Board of Education this week adoped new guidelines for smoking at the high

school. Recognizing that a number of students already smoke, the board

tentatively adopted provisions to permit the smoking of tobacco products

outside of the school building. Smoking will not be permitted inside the

building. This change is to reduce the annoyance to other students, many of

whom have complained about smoking in the restrooms. In making the change, the

board said a continued strong anti-smoking campaign should be conducted

throughout the school year.

For the second straight year, Kevin Cragin led the field of caddies at Newtown

Country Club and won this year's annual Caddy Championship which was played on

Monday. Kevin carded a 79, which was 11 shots ahead of the runner-up score

held by Larry Gallo. First low net honors were won by Ron Coleman and the

runnerup net trophy went to Kip Bowers. All 15 boys enjoyed a cookout after

the tournament. Ron Hodge, assistant pro at the club, presented the winners

with trophies and all of the boys received gift certificates from the pro

shop.

The long-planned move of the Newtown United Methodist Church is expected to

take place this fall. The building must be moved from its present site before

next June. The plan is to take the building off its foundation and move it

across Church Hill Road near Wesley Hall. The area where the church will be

set is known as Wood's Park in honor of the Rev Mr Wood who was instrumental

in buying the property some years ago. The church was built in 1850 at a cost

of $3,300. The cost of the planned move, and an expansion, is estimated at

$90,000.

AUGUST 23, 1946

State Highway Commissioner William J. Cox announced that beginning this week a

traffic origin and destination survey will be done in the

Danbury-Bethel-Newtown area. The survey will be used as a basis for planning

the development of Routes US 6 and US 7 in this area with the possibility of

relocating these routes through Danbury and US 6 toward Southbury. The survey

will be done by setting up interview lanes on the each of the routes. The

lanes will be staffed continuously from 6 am to 10 pm. Each interview, which

identifies the origin and destination of the motorists, is designed to take

less than one minute.

All is not serene in several area towns, an editorial in The Bee pointed out

this week. In Newtown, a group has for some time been agitating for better

roads. The population of Newtown and many other towns in the area has been

changing as new families came in and bought up the old farms. Accelerated

during the war years, the transition has now reached the point where a sizable

number of citizens question the merit of the ways in which things, especially

of a political nature, have been done for years. Where the trend will take the

town depends on the amount of change which the newer element is successful in

accomplishing, the editorial said, but there should be tolerance and

cooperation on the part of everyone.

About 50 Democratic electors met in caucus at the town hall last Thursday to

name candidates for the various town offices. They nominated A. Fenn Dickinson

for first selectman; John J. Keane, second selectman; William Mannix,

assessor; Walter Gutman, Board of Tax Review; Ernest Kuhne, agent of the town

deposit fund; Judge Paul V. Cavanaugh, Board of Finance; Attorney John F.

Holian, Board of Education; Harry F. Bradley, registrar of voters, first

district, and John R. Kelly, registrar in second district; Adolph Carlson,

Fred Kuhne, Basil Bartram and William Jones, constables.

An advertisement in this week's Bee invites readers to apend a relaxing time

in the quiet charm of the Bee Brook Inn in New Preston. Rates are $9 per day

or $55 per week for a single room, $8 per day or $50 weekly for a room with

twin beds or $7 per day, $45 weekly, for a double bed room. Call Washington

2084.

For Sale: A stone wall near the highway; nice building stones. Contact Kenneth

L. Peck, Palestine district, Newtown.