The League of Women Voters has completed a study of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library and plans for expansion, and on November 15, a consensus meeting of around 30 league members was held. Consensus means agreement among a substantial number of a represe
The League of Women Voters has completed a study of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library and plans for expansion, and on November 15, a consensus meeting of around 30 league members was held. Consensus means agreement among a substantial number of a representative group of members reached after discussion. Consensus is a prerequisite to the leagueâs taking any position on local government issues. The league undertook the study in April of this year because of the importance of the issue of the proposed library expansion in town. Study group members were Eleanor Zolov, Martha Blakely, Shirley Ferris, Sandy Hostetler, Sandy Lubin, Edie Saunders and Judy Smiley.
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If youâre one of the many people aware of the importance of physical fitness, if youâve set a goal of getting in shape or staying that way, thanks to the Newtown Rotary Club and J.C. Penney Company youâll have a place to go next spring. The Rotary Club is going to construct a two-mile long exercise trail at the new town park being developed on the former Stefanko property off Philo Curtis Road.
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As a result of a âstrongâ suggestion from First Selectman Jack Rosenthal, the Trustees of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library announced this week theyâll go first to the Board of Selectmen with their request for an appropriation to construct an 8,800-square-foot addition to the 47-year-old library.
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The Board of Selectmen has agreed with the Planning & Zoning Commission that four parcels of land in the south of town, offered for sale by the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company for a total of $160,000, should not be purchased by the Town of Newtown. The body that has the decision-making power on land purchase, the Legislative Council, will take up the question when it meets Wednesday evening, December 5, according to Chairman William A. Honan, Jr.
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In a legal opinion delivered to Legislative Council Chairman William A. Honan, Jr, Tuesday, Town Attorney William Lavery said the Board of Selectmenâs procedure of evaluating employees under the merit pay plan in executive session complies with the stateâs Freedom of Information Act. Mr Laveryâs opinion was sought after Republican council member Roderick J. MacKenzie protested the selectmenâs practices at the councilâs November 14 meeting. He questioned whether employees were being given advance notice of their right to attend the selectmenâs meetings, and to request that deliberations on their evaluations be conducted in open session.
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The Newtown Historical Society is indebted to Raymond J. Platt of the Black Rock Turnpike, Redding, for the recent gift of a collection of early papers concerning Newtown dating back to the middle of the 18th Century. Included in the gift is an account book from the early 1700s containing names of Newtown residents of that era. Many of the papers concern Thomas Tousey, who was the first minister of the Congregational Church in Newtown.
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Middle Gateâs little one room schoolhouse, now empty save for a few visitors, was once again filled with the voices of schoolchildren as Dorothy Wenbladâs second grade class had a lesson in the past. The 18 by 20 foot red wooden structure, now situated next to its modern counterpart off of Cold Spring Road, was inundated by the 22 children and their teacher last Wednesday, and class was held in much the same way that it might have been many years ago.
DECEMBER 3, 1954
The annual Christmas Decorating Contest for homes and business places in Newtown, an event of many years standing, will be held this year under new sponsorship. The Newtown Lions Club, organizer of the contest for the past several years, has relinquished the sponsorship to the newly-organized Berkshire Garden Club.
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Attorney John F. Holian and Mrs Thomas Goosman have been reappointed co-chairmen of Newtownâs March of Dimes, the annual January fund drive for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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The meaning of Christmas from a nonsectarian viewpoint, and the efforts of the schools to teach moral values will be the topics of the featured talk at the December meeting of the Newtown Parent Teachers Association on Tuesday, December 7, at 8 pm at Newtown High School. The speaker will be John F. Schereschewsky, director of Rumsey Hall School, Washington, Ct.
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The interest in fashions will be displayed at the fashion show being sponsored by the Italian Community Center, Inc at La Ronda, Orchard Hill Road, on Wednesday, December 8 at 9 pm for the benefit of the Building Fund of the Italian Community Center Day Camp, located on Route 34, Zoar District.
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Robert Tamburri, son of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Tamburri of the Yankee Drover Inn, sprouted wings last Sunday, November 28, when he soloed and received his student pilot certificate following a period of training at the Danbury School of Aeronautics at Danbury Airport.
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Ann Raynolds of Newtown is offering a piano recital on Thursday evening, December 16, in the Alexandria Room of the Edmond Town Hall at 8:30 oâclock. This will be Miss Raynoldsâ first public appearance as a concert pianist in her home town.
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A new newspaper, un-named for its first issue, made its appearance at Newtown High School on Wednesday of last week. Made up of 11 mimeographed pages with an attractive cover, the paper was filled with news of student activities, editorials, sports, fashions, and what is expected to be the most popular feature, a gossip column.
NOVEMBER 29, 1929
A man driving an Oakland sedan Monday morning smashed into one of the iron posts on the bridge over the Pootatuck River and pushed it off the cement. The car came around the corner fast, and applying the brakes, slid around on the ice and into the iron post.
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Fewer farms are for sale in Connecticut than in 1927, according to the list of farms for sale issued by the State Department of Agriculture.
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Those who have to pay a personal tax should remember that December 15 is the last day that the tax will be $2. Why not save a dollar by paying now?
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Raymond L. Hall has had a new steam heating plant installed in his residence by A.E. Brinton.
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The Danbury Interurban Bus Company began Tuesday running their Bridgeport buses that pass through Newtown via Bethel and Dodgingtown, owing to the state road work over the north route usually followed.
DECEMBER 2, 1904
People who travel the road between Berkshire and Sandy Hook will be glad to see the new state road begun. It is rough traveling, so many loose stones being in the road. Brush half way over the road at some points make it dangerous for teams passing each other dark nights.
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Egan Brothers of Hawleyville are busy this winter as usual, killing the porkers for their neighbors. They have butchered thus far 65.
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Fred Andrews is erecting an ice house near Mrs William Maynardâs home.
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C.D. Ferris of Sugar Street is digging a cellar for a new barn, which he is to build on the hill in the spring.
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Miss Jane C. Tomlinson of Quakerâs Farms has returned to Sandy Hook to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs Smith P. Glover.
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F.E. Wetmore has moved his sawmill from Hanover to Botsford near Tomlinsonâs old sawmill, where he is sawing for Nettleton.