First Selectman Jack Rosenthal said he was giving “fair warning” Monday night to the borough’s Board of Burgesses that the Newtown Water Company will be coming along with a formal proposal to sell its facilities to the municipality in the near future. To Mr Rosenthal, this means a possible sale of the company to the Borough, and not the Town of Newtown. “It seems to me reasonable that those living outside the borough wouldn’t want to buy the water company,” said the selectman.

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“There’s always somebody who’s done a lot for this town and has never been honored for it,” Bill Walker told The Bee recently, following the announcement that the popular special policeman and school crossing guard would be grand marshal of the 1978 Labor Day Parade.

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An economic development commission for Newtown should be established, according to recommendations of the Board of Selectmen’s ad hoc economic development advisory committee. The committee’s report to the selectmen, following months of research, was released Monday night at the board’s meeting. On Selectman Jack McAuliffe’s motion the board tabled the matter for study and will consider appointing such a commission in its meeting on September 25.

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The police are being kept busy these days, and this past week they had a mixed bag of cases to investigate: accidents, burglaries, criminal mischief, and an assault. They also spent some time dodging rocks. The rock dodging took place on August 12, with one member of the force, Det Harry Noroian, actually getting hit in the head, but not seriously injured. It all began on August 11 around 8:30 pm when Officer Robert Braatz went to Eichler’s Cove Marina to investigate complaints from residents that someone was throwing rocks at them and their cottages from about in the direction of Great Quarter Road. The rock throwing had stopped by the time the officer arrived and a check of the area didn’t turn up anything. The next evening, at the same time, 8:30, the people in the area began to get pelted again, with rocks which varied in size from two to seven inches in diameter. At first some of the residents in the area began a search to try and locate where the rocks were coming from. This went on for two hours, with no luck, and the rocks still coming, so the police were called again. Officer Braatz went to the scene and he nearly got struck by a rock. Help was called in, another officer, an auxiliary and Det Noroian. When Det Noroian was talking to residents about their problem, he got hit in the head with a four-inch rock, required first aid but did not need hospitalization.

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Revisions to the town’s road ordinance will be the subject for the Legislative Council’s ordinance committee when it meets on Wednesday, August 23, at 8 pm in the Mary Hawley Room, Edmond Town Hall. Revisions to the road ordinance proposal have been requested by local subdividers and developers, and the Legislative Council tabled the proposal July 5 so the ordinance committee could reconsider it.

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The Danbury branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will try once more to locate its chapel off Saw Mill Road. The Planning and Zoning Commission received a new application August 14 for the 13,194-square-foot, 280-seat capacity building, which is proposed for 3.7 areas of residentially zoned land on the westerly side of Saw Mill.

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The Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers was unsuccessful in an attempt to get a quorum together during the past week, but will meet next week at a time to be posted to consider what they should do about repairing the gymnasium floor, which has deteriorated rapidly during the extremely humid summer Newtown has experienced.

AUGUST 21, 1953

Residents of Hanover District discussed possible zoning regulations last Friday evening, August 14, in the Alexandria Room of Edmond Town Hall, in which recommendations by the district advisory committee on zoning were considered, with some of the essential points finding favor with the gathering.

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Mrs Benjamin G. Demarest, Taunton Lane, a member of the National Women Artists, is holding an exhibit of her small sculpture at Joyce Memorial Library, Brookfield. The exhibit will continue for another week.

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 Firemen of the United Fire Company of Botsford are completing their plans for their biggest carnival held to date, opening Monday, August 24, on the grounds next to the Pines Inn, on Route 25.

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 Two showings of the movie, “Off Limits,” will be given at Edmond Town Hall theatre next Thursday evening, August 27, as the annual benefit for the Boys’ Social and Athletic Club of Sandy Hook. Between performances the Francis Gilbert Trophy will be presented to the SAC Varsity baseball team for topping the club teams with a record of seven victories in eight games, Newtown’s House Jameson, of radio and TV fame, will make the award.

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The Community Music Association held its annual picnic on Tuesday evening at Taylor Field attended by approximately 125 persons. A concert by pupils of the Summer Music School preceded the box supper, with the orchestra playing “On To Victory” march, the “Danube Waves” waltz and the “Let Freedom Ring” overture, directed by William B. Jones, music supervisor of Newtown schools and leader of the summer group.

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Mr and Mrs William A. Honan, Jr, of Main Street became the parents of a daughter born August 17 at Danbury Hospital. Their other children are Joan, Maureen, and John William.

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The Monroe School and school grounds will be busy places this week when the annual Fairfield County 4-H Fair will be held there again on Friday and Saturday, August 21 and 22. This is one of the most important events in the club year and the boys and girls have been busy for weeks getting their exhibits ready.

AUGUST 17, 1928

The Pomperaug Swimming and Athletic Club of Newtown, William Lucey, president, will have their second annual swimming party and regatta at the Pomperaug River, Thursday afternoon.

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The fourth annual carnival of the Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company will take place on their grounds at Hawleyville, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings of next week. August 22–25.

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Charles B. Johnson is building a two-car garage on his place.

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Mrs Jacob Block is out riding in a new Chevrolet sedan, a gift of her sons, Albert and Samuel, of New York City.

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The Old Timers went down to sad defeat Sunday afternoon, at Baxter’s Field, being defeated by the Newtown team by the sad score of 18 to 5.

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The Plastic Molding Corp has been busy setting up new machinery and getting in materials which have been ordered. It begins to look as if the company would begin shipping out goods from the factory by September.

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Richard T. Carmody attended the State Convention of the American Legion at Middletown on Wednesday.

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The hanging committee of the Danbury Fair signs, Dr A.J. Crowe and Editor A.P. Smith, held a business session on Wednesday afternoon. After putting up the signs, they adjourned to the Golden Peach for the August meeting of the International Coffee Club.

AUGUST 21, 1903

Michael Keane of Gas Street, who works for the Fabric Fire Hose Company, while at work one day last week at the old foundry getting stone to repair the raceway at the Rubber Shop, had a large water snake surprise him by coiling around his leg. Andrew McCauley, who was nearby, saw Mr Keane’s trouble and quickly killed the snake with a shovel he had in his hand. Mr Keane has hardly got over shaking from the fright yet.

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The high school will begin on September 8. Principal-Elect Ross Jewell is expected in town about September 1. A meeting of the Newtown school board for the purpose of examining teachers will be held at the high school building on Saturday, August 22, at 9 am.

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The Fabric Fire Hose Company is having the house occupied by Frank Brown newly painted. F.C. Burwell has the contract.

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A horse belonging to James Farrell started to run at W.C. Johnson’s Creamery Tuesday morning. The three-year-old son of John H. Brummit was knocked down, the wheels of the wagon passing over the boy’s stomach. Dr. A.L. Schuyler was summoned at once, but it was found the lad’s injuries were not serious.

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The old Callahan store at Sandy Hook, which has stood vacant for several years, is undergoing great changes at the hands of the energetic Botsford Brothers, the carpenters.