If all goes as expected, two firms will have their cellular towers or antennas up and operating at three different sites in the area by September. Southern New England Telephone Cellular, Inc began building the foundation to a cellular tower in Newtown, this week. SNET also plans to attach a cellular antenna to an existing tower in Danbury. The application of Metro Mobile CT of Fairfield County, Inc for a cellular antenna will be ruled on within 30 days. The Newtown tower will be located on Old Hawleyville Road. Metro Mobile’s antenna is targeted for the rooftop of Danbury Hospital.

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A daylight shoot-out at a Union Square jewelry store in Southbury, Friday, about 6:20 pm, remains under investigation. The Country Jewelers’ owner, Thomas Pietrini of Newtown, a former state policeman, was accosted by a gun-wielding ex-convict trying to rob his store. Mr Pietrini subsequently shot his assailant, who fled about two miles to Community Park where parents of Pop Warner football players aided the wounded gunman until he was taken into custody.

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John Reed, superintendent of schools, told the school board August 11 they ought to set up a committee to look for a site for a new elementary school which current projections say the town may need in the 1990s. He said he hoped the committee would attract retired persons who have had experience in site selection and “with time to do the leg work.”

August 17, 1962

The SAC Senior baseball team won the pennant in the Aspetuck League Sunday when they defeated a strong Bethel ball club in a double header played at SAC Park. Scores in the contests were 6-5 and 2-1. The close scores of the contests give a good indication of the excitement of the games.

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The popularity of the Dickinson Memorial Park increases every year, as is evidenced by the report of the Newtown Park and Recreation Commission. A conservative estimate, the commission stated, indicates that attendance at the park this year, so far, is close to 6,500 persons.

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Mrs Eberhard von Jarochowski completed the painting of two murals this week that are destined to be permanent fixtures on the passenger ship Santa Marianna, owned by the Grace Line. The ship, currently under construction in Baltimore, Md., will be dedicated to Ecuador, South America. It will be used for travel primarily between the United States and South America. Mrs von Jarochowski, who resides on Platts Hill Road, is a well known artist and paints under her maiden name of Madeline Hewes.

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Newtown’s Marv Shreders has become the man to watch out for in the Pomperaug League this season. It doesn’t seem to matter who the pitcher is or who the opponents are, he has managed to get a hit almost every other time at bat. When the Washington Townies came to Newtown Sunday, it almost seemed like batting practice for the Newtown club as they hammered out 15 hits. The outing boosted his average to .475.

 

August 13, 1937

Bozo, Newtown’s pal and Parson Cullens’ household protector, after ten years of dodging traffic on Main street, came to grief last Saturday evening when he underestimated his ability as a jay walker and a passing car hit his front leg, causing it to be broken in two places. Bozo’s injuries were patched up and he now reclines peacefully in the parsonage barn with the injured member all done up in a big splint. His many friends feel as badly about his misfortune as they would if it were one of the townspeople.

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The home of T. Deraps on the Newtown-Sandy Hook road was entered on Monday night and between $5 and $10 and a box of cigars taken. The thieves entered by removing a screen from the kitchen window.

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The Pine Tree Patrol of Newtown, Troop 70, started from Newtown on July 18 for a journey into New Brunswick, Canada. Three days were spent in reaching New Brunswick, four were spent in the trackless wilderness and the remainder for the time was spent by journeying down along the coastline, arriving in Newtown at 4:30 pm, Saturday, the 31st.

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Perfection of a new high-efficiency tungsten filament, which will increase the light output of incandescent lamps ten per cent without using any additional electrical current, has been announced by the General Electric Company. This development, declared by engineers to be the greatest forward step in tungsten filament lamps since the invention of the gas-filled lamp in 1913, will provide a “lighting bonus” or saving of $16,500,000 to the public this year. The “lighting bonus” represents the greater amount of light produced by improved lamps in a given year.

 

August 16, 1912

The case of State vs Herman Block arising out of Block’s automobile ride on July 31… charged Block with manslaughter in causing the death of Levi C. Gilbert by throwing him from the car to the roadway inflicting mortal wounds, from which he died in the Danbury Hospital on August 3. The second count also charged him with driving an automobile while intoxicated. In the third count he was charged with recklessly driving an automobile. Before court adjourned, Mr Block’s bond was increased from $1,500 to $2,000, which was furnished by his mother, Ida E. Block.

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The army maneuvers that have taken place in Newtown and adjoining towns, this week, have been the absorbing theme of conversation, and business and pleasure has literally waited upon the doings of the United States army. On Sunday, fully 1,000 people from Newtown, Bethel, and Danbury paid a visit to the encampment in the Racketts, where a part of the 10th Calvary, 5th Infantry and 1,200 of the Vermont militia were located. It is the rule of the war department to have these maneuvers every two years in different parts of the United States, to give the army and militia a taste of actual experience in the field. On Monday morning they broke camp and marched through Newtown to Sandy Hook, where they encamped on land of S.F. Tilson.

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Fireman’s Fair and Carnival Under the Auspices of the Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire Company: Come and bring your friends and have a good time. There will be the shooting gallery, spin the spinner, deep sea fishing, roll the spaddle and kill the coon. Madame Aeta will tell your past, present and future. All hots, cake, cream, soft drinks, ice cream cones, candy, cigars, etc will be on sale. Admission free. Don’t forget the dates, Thursday and Friday evening, August 15 and 16.

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Capt and Mrs Mallory while passing through Newtown in a Peerless limousine car, had trouble with the car and kept W.W. Wakeley and workers busy on the car until about midnight, Sunday. Cap and Mrs Mallory stopped at the Grand Central hotel over night and left for Boston, Mass., about 9 o’clock Monday morning.