It has to become an annual event, and there are even those who think it should be a monthly affair. No matter how you cut it, those who went to the Italian Heritage of America Club's dinner on Saturday evening want a repeat. It was just that good.
It has to become an annual event, and there are even those who think it should be a monthly affair. No matter how you cut it, those who went to the Italian Heritage of America Clubâs dinner on Saturday evening want a repeat. It was just that good. For those 200 who were lucky enough to get tickets to the affair, the first such for the young organization, it was an evening of gastronomical delight.
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Monday evening the Planning and Zoning Commission hosted David Portman, a planner from the firm of Frederick P. Clark Associates, of Rye, N.Y., and Southport, consultants for planning, development, environment, and transportation. His topic was one which isnât new to P&Z, the possibility of including into the present zoning regulations an amendment which would allow for the development of âclusterâ subdivisions in Newtown. At present, there are no such regs, and, although P&Z has been working on their own proposals for over a year, they have not come to fruition. So, in an effort to have things moved along a bit, Mr Portman, at the urging of local developer William H. Laws, was asked to come up with an amendment allowing for cluster zoning and present it to P&Z.
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After three years of review and four and a half months since the ordinance was first proposed at public hearing, the Legislative Council has approved a new road ordinance for Newtown. The new ordinance updates and strengthens design and construction requirements for new roads in town, provides for the first time that new roads be paved before occupancy of houses constructed is permitted, and sets forth procedures for improving private roads for acceptance into the town road system.
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For 87-year-old Bertram A. Stroock, chairman of Danbury Hospital Development Fund, Inc, the end of the month and of the year canât come too soon. Sometime around the end of November he expects to see the amount he has raised for the Hospital since 1958 top $15 million. That milestone heâll take in stride. He is somewhat anxious, however, about the end of â78. Thatâs the deadline for the Hospitalâs tower project campaign goal of $5 million. With nine weeks to go, the campaign total is $400,000 from target. The campaign started in1976.
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The former rector of Newtownâs Trinity Episcopal Church, the Rev Stephen H. Gushee, was installed as seventh Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, by the Rt Rev Morgan Porteus, Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, on October 22.
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The Board of Selectmen in a special meeting October 30 accepted a proposal by Galliher, Schoenhardt and Baier, Architects, Simsbury, to evaluate the Ruwet-Sibley building on Main Street for town use. The firmâs scope of services included evaluation of the buildingâs potential as a combined police and fire station, or its adaptability for a police station and town office space. Fee agreed upon is $5,000.
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Joanne Zang of Newtown STOP joined Dr Paul Haake, professor of chemistry at Wesleyan University and former panel member of the State Legislatureâs Nuclear Power Evaluation Council, speaking Sunday, October 29, at the Stamford Unitarian Church, at a meeting sponsored by the newly formed Stamford Clean Energy Forum. Mrs Zang, who was speaking for Rep John Anderson in his capacity as chairman of the Legislative Environment Committee, spoke of the legislation being prepared for the next session in Hartford. She urged the audience of about 50 people to work for a moratorium on nuclear development in Connecticut and for a ban on the use of the state for a federal nuclear waste repository. Connecticut is high on the list of candidates, she reported, because of its large granite deposits, but warned that the high population density here, and the lack of scientific knowledge about the future effects of such burial of long-lived radioactive wastes, made it a bad choice for the citizens of the state.
NOVEMBER 6, 1953
Chief Hiram Hanlon of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department was the guest of honor at a surprise testimonial supper arranged by the members of the company and the Community Auxiliary last Saturday night, October 31, at the Sandy Hook Fire House to mark his 20 years as chief of the company. Arranged on Chief Hanlonâs 50th birthday, the party included 115 members of the fire company, their wives and members of the Auxiliary.
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On Thursday evening, October 22, the Newtown Board of Education held its regular meeting in the high school, and at 9 pm met with a small group of parents who desired to discuss with the board the behavior and educational problems which they felt existed in the Newtown schools. Present were: board members W.A. Honan, Raymond L. Hall, Miles Harris, John McMahon, and Mrs Mortimer Smith, as well as Superintendent Carl A. LeGrow and High School Principal James F. Hinckley. Parents present were William Walsh, Arthur Christie, Mrs Harry Pease, Mrs Arnold Hill, Mrs Kenneth Peck, Mrs Leonard Manz, Mrs Stephen Kovacs, and Mr and Mrs F.B. Tomlinson. The parents present and the board discussed at length the lack of cooperation of most Newtown parents with the teachers, principals, and the superintendent in controlling more successfully some of the existing behavior problems in the school.
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Twenty Dodgingtown women attended the first regular meeting of the newly organized Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary at the Dodgingtown Fire House recently, and elected a full slate of officers, and ways and means chairman to direct its activities. The officers elected were: Mrs Michael Kondratiw, president; Mrs Stephen Urbanovsky, vice president; Miss Ernesting Visny, secretary; and Mrs Harold Dunleavy, treasurer.
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 With its first contingent of volunteers signed up, the local Red Cross Blood Bank co-chairmen, Mrs Charles H. Spaulding and Mrs Frederick M. Herring, are looking forward to a successful day when the bloodmobile puts in an appearance here on Wednesday, November 18. The unit will be set up at the Fairfield State Hospital from 2 to 7 pm that day. Newtown seeks to get at least 200 volunteers to assure its established quota of 150 pints.
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The women of Pohtatuck Grange, losers to the men in the recent Competitive night program, will pay their forfeit Tuesday night, November 10, by serving a supper to the men.
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Eberhard von Jarochowski, Newtown artist, is having a one-man show at the Joyce Memorial Library, Brookfield Center, beginning this weekend.
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First Selectman A. Fenn Dickinson, Mrs Dickinson and small son, âHappy,â enjoyed a two-weeks vacation trip in the South, which took them to Miami and the west coast of Florida. They arrived home last Saturday, October 31, reporting that it was a great pleasure to know that phone calls were not for them, and pure delight to ride over roads which somebody else is responsible for.
NOVEMBER 2, 1928
Miss Gertrude Block of Botsford and friend, Miss Horowitz of Ansonia, have returned from a pleasant two weeks vacation in Baltimore, Md. They made the round trip by hitchhiking.
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An excellent piece of roadwork has just been completed in the Zoar district of Newtown under the supervision of Charles R. Beardsley.
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Dr W.F. Desmond motored to Roxbury Sunday morning and attended services at the Roxbury Congregational Church, where his brother, Rev O.P. Desmond, is minister.
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Fred J. Crouch is painting the barns on the farm of Miss May Hoyt.
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A fine Hallowâen party was held at the Taunton schoolhouse Tuesday night. Games were played and refreshments enjoyed.
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An item of unusual interest to the residents of Berkshire and Grayâs Plain sections of Newtown is that through the untiring efforts of George U. Burr, he has succeeded in having the Connecticut Light and Power Company agree to give the people of that section electricity in the near future.
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The largest meeting of the Young Peopleâs Fellowship of Trinity and St Johnâs was held in St Johnâs Sunday night. Eight new members were received with the fellowship by the new and beautiful rite of initiation. Eunice Curtis, the president, officiated, assisted by other officers.
NOVEMBER 6, 1903
The Bee has it on the authority of a high official of the Consolidated road that the special New Haven-New Milford train will be put on another season, and if it makes a fair showing, will then become a permanent feature. The Newtown and Sandy Hook hotel men, and all others catering to summer boarders, ought to lend a hand and do all they can to make this train a success another season, as it means much to New Haven people desiring to summer here, and is at the same time a great convenience to the residents of the towns affected by the train.
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The town clerkâs office was crowded Saturday with the people anxious to get the ear of the selectmen and town treasurer. In one end of the room the assessors and tax collector were busy.
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Dr and Mrs R.N. Betts enjoyed a carriage drive to Woodbury Sunday.
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The large and substantial carryall being erected by Eckman Brothers of Washington for the Congregational Church gospel wagon is nearing completion and will be ready for use in about three weeks.
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That was a sensible kind of outing taken by Town Treasurer C.H. Northrop. Donning his bicycle suit and mounting his wheel he rode first to Stamford, where he passed the night. The next day he rode into New York City, down 5th Avenue. After attending to some business in the city, he passed over to Brooklyn and called on friends and then rode up through Long Island to Port Jefferson, where he took the boat to Bridgeport. He arrived home Monday, the 26th.