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Newtown High School seniors meeting certain criteria will now be able to enjoy a bit more freedom than their fellow students, under a new attendance plan approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday, November 10. Under the policy, senior students eligible for the privilege will be allowed to enter school before their first class and leave after their last one of the day. At the end of this year the privilege will be reviewed for possible continuation in the future.

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Mendik Realty, Inc of New York City will present its plans for development of a 600,000-square-foot, four-building corporate office park in Hawleyville to the Planning & Zoning commission next Thursday during a public hearing at which the developers will seek site development plan approval. The developers plan “contemporary” buildings constructed of concrete and steel with the façade consisting of precast concrete panels and glass.

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Employees at seven Newtown plants are being encouraged to join the “Great American Smokeout” on Thursday, November 19. Employees will be encouraged to quit smoking for one day — which could turn into forever, says Bernice DeMuro, RN, who is with the DuPont-Sorvall biomedical division’s occupational health department. Buttons, posters, “cold turkey” sandwiches and other encouragements will be used to get employees to stop smoking for that one day at various plants, Mrs DeMuro said.

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The town’s health department wants to help Newtown’s food service businesses comply with state health code requirements as the town reinstitutes inspections of the businesses. Polly Fitzpatrick was named senior sanitarian this year, and assistant sanitarian George Frigon, a veteran in the field, was hired to help Miss Fitzpatrick break in. They indicated they want to establish a policy of cooperation, not confrontation, with the town’s restaurant and deli owners and operators.

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Several Newtown women were honored at a special service November 6 at Buckingham Gardens to celebrate the 40th birthday of Church Women United (CWU). Since 1957 Newtown women “have been instruments of reconciling love in our neighborhood and the world,” said Margaret Winchester, president. CWU was established so that women could study, work and pray together for peace.

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NHS Head Custodian, John Verbanic, is in his second year at the post. Before coming to the high school, John was head custodian at Sandy Hook School and worked in Ridgefield public schools. Weekdays from 6 am until 1 am someone is hard at work cleaning or repairing the high school. “We work seven days a week just about year round,” explains Head Custodian John Verbanic, “and I am on call 24 hours a day.”

November 16, 1956

On November 24, S. Curtis and Son will celebrate the completion of its new plant addition with an open house. Employees will be on hand to welcome the general public and the day will include a tour of the plant and offices, historical exhibits, and displays of present-day products. The company has long been an important part of Newtown. It was founded in 1845 by Samuel Curtis, great-grandfather of Nelson and Gould Curtis, representing the fourth generation of the Curtis family in the business.

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M. Frederic Rees will present a digest of the exhaustive work of the Educational Planning Committee, “Newtown’s Need for a Junior High School,” Friday evening, November 30, at the Hawley Manor Inn at 8:30. All townspeople who have missed hearing the presentation by Mr Rees previously are asked to attend. It is hoped that many townspeople will take this opportunity to hear the facts ready for presentation.

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Newtown High School commemorated Veterans Day in an assembly November 9. Richard Maye introduced Donna Wolfe who read a proclamation written by the Governor of Connecticut. George Jackson was introduced and spoke about the history of Veterans Day, which was formerly called Armistice Day. The High School band played several appropriate selections.

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Between 400 and 500 persons visited Sandy Hook School Wednesday night at the open house held in observance of American Education Week, 350 of them parents of school children. A large attendance was also reported at the Hawley School, which held open house the same night. Visitors who were not parents of Sandy Hook pupils toured the new building.

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TB Christmas Seals are being mailed to townspeople this week, according to Mrs Frederick Herring, chairman of the drive, which is sponsored by the Newton Visiting Nurses Association. 1956 is the 50th anniversary of this annual drive and today with the help of new drugs and new treatment methods, greater strides than ever are being made in the conquering of tuberculosis.

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Residents in the Beech Brook development, Pootatuck District, Sandy Hook, got out and voted 100 percent in the presidential election November 6. According to Mrs Paul A. Berkins of Beechwood Drive and Atty Paul A. Cashman of 42 Buttonball Drive, all 164 registered voters cast their ballots at the Sandy Hook Fire House.

 

November 13, 1931

In teaching vocational agriculture the class room is used as a place for preliminary study of practical jobs and the theories connected with these jobs. Laboratory work covers many of the jobs a farmer would be able to carry on in his home. Such things as milk testing, seed testing, soil testing, lumber estimating, planning and drawing farm buildings, etc. are taken up as laboratory jobs.

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St John’s Church — Our new church will be completed the later end of next week and it is a pride to each one of our hearts — it has meant a great deal of sacrifice, thought and work but it has been well worthwhile and it is a church that any village might be proud to have. We welcome anyone who desires to worship with us.

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WOOD! For Fireplaces I have some very fine seasoned wood all ready to use in your fireplace or furnace, this fall. Will deliver big truck load to your door for $4.50. Clover Ridge Farm Taunton District, NEWTOWN, CONN

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All preparations are now complete for the annual harvest dinner dance which is to take place this Friday evening, at the Country Club at 6:30. The room is to be tastefully decorated and a menu of fresh roasted ham, mashed potatoes, mashed turnips, cranberry sauce, celery, pie, cheese and coffee is to be served. The ladies will wear appropriate costumes and the gentlemen are to appear in overalls.

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Between the first and second show on Friday and Saturday evenings and after the matinee, Saturday afternoon Miss Evelyn Murin, widely known on the Vaudeville stage, will present her act of five ponies, four monkeys, four dogs and a mule. Newtown people are exceptionally fortunate in being able to see this 15-minute show without added cost to the movie price.

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Charles C. Jones, the new superintendent for the H. Wales-Lines Co, of Meriden, who have the main contract for the Fairfield State hospital job, has been in charge about a month. He is a gentleman who understands the building game from A to Z and has already made many friends in town.

 

November 16, 1906

Sanford Underhill of Elmwood district, Bethel, who has purchased the E.E. Nettleton estate of about 50 acres in south Center district, is to move a house on to the tract which he has purchased of The Fabric Fire Hose Co, in Sandy Hook, for himself and his family. Mr Underhill is now putting in the foundations for his new home. Chester Northrop has the contract for moving the house for Mr Underhill from Sandy Hook to South Center district.

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Dr S.E. Allen of Hattertown wants the public to know she manufactures all her own medicine from roots, herbs, and barks. It has been proven that they give relief to all who use them. Call and see her at her office or write her. The postoffice address is Stepney Depot, No. 15.

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Candidates of all kinds, voted for at the last election should not overlook the importance of filing statement of election expenses within the 15-day limit. Town Clerk Houlihan has the proper documents and would appreciate an early compliance. Too long delay is liable to result in an oversight. Already several have been filed.

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NEW YORK FASHIONS: The best authorities agree in offering suits with coats of a length extending little below the waist line, rather than the half-length that was prophesied for this season. They come in a great variety of rather freaky but decidedly smart styles. On many of the smartest models, suits have practical flaring short skirts clearing the ground from two to four inches. Plaids of many sorts promise to be the rage, if they are sufficiently endorsed by fashionable women. It would seem that browns and greens are to lead in favor for street costumes this season.

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It is planned to form a Reading Circle which will make the long evenings of the winter season pass pleasantly and profitably. The evenings are not to be evenings of hard, tedious work, but evenings of social intercourse and pleasure. The first meeting is to be held at the home of Miss S.J. Scudder at 7:30 o’clock on Wednesday evening of next week, November 21. The meetings will probably be held only once in two weeks, so as not to make them a tax on any one’s time or strength.