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If Newtown and Monroe residents continue to disagree over what should be done about Route 25, the state will not fund the project, said the Department of Transportation’s Chief of Planning John Drake at a special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission on September 22. Mr Drake said that after hearing residents’ opinions in Monroe and Newtown, he believes that Monroe residents would like a new Route 25 expressway at a new location while Newtown residents would like to see improvements made to the existing Route 25.

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The Colonial Bank on South Main Street, Newtown, will close its doors permanently on Friday, September 30. Citing consolidation of activities in branches as the reason for its closing, the officials advise customers to continue business at one of the other nearby branches.

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The September 30 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly, published by The Bee Publishing Company, set a record with a 240-page count and tipped the mailing scales at one and one-half pounds. This issue is proof that the antiques business is alive and well and moving into one of the busiest seasons of the year. By 8 o’clock Tuesday evening, two large trailer trucks had left the Church Hill office, and Antiques and The Arts Weekly was being read nationwide before the end of the week.

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Sandy Hook firemen were called to a cottage fire Sunday, September 25, on Great Quarter Road, but the blaze had taken hold before it could be quelled by the firemen. According to Sandy Hook Chief Bill Halstead, the renter of the house had tried to extinguish the flames before calling the fire company, and the blaze got out of hand.

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Twelve outstanding volunteers were singled out for recognition at the Annual Volunteer Reception at Fairfield Hills Hospital, Tuesday, September 27. Speaker Claira Monier, Regional Director of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, noted the great dedication and continuing interest of these volunteers. Honored for their outstanding service from Newtown were Margaret Winchester, Helen Scott, Madeleine Friel, and Sam Scott.

 

October 3, 1958

A petition bearing significant signatures was filed in time last Thursday to make a referendum vote on the repeal of zoning mandatory. The voting date, set at Friday evening’s special town meeting, is this Saturday, from 8 am to 6 pm, in the Edmond Town Hall. The question is framed “For Repeal of Zoning,” and a negative vote would be required to retain the provisions of zoning, while an affirmative vote would repeal all provisions.

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Already mounds of topsoil are springing up to the rear of Newtown High School and this week marked the end of soccer for the field as preparations got underway for the erection of the new Junior High School. At the ground breaking ceremony last week, Nelson G. Curtis, chairman of the Board of Education during the planning of the school, got behind the controls of a piece of earth-moving equipment of the Bridgeport Construction Company.

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A comprehensive plan for the orderly development of Newtown was unveiled Monday evening at an open meeting of the Newtown Planning and Zoning Commission at Edmond Town Hall. It was described as a statement of policy to seek the maximum good and minimum of harm in the change as the town grows.

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Two days of heavy rain this week have considerably cut down attendance at the Danbury Fair, which opened last Saturday, but if clear skies prevail over the weekend thousands will flock to view one of the biggest fairs in New England. It’s all there, something for everybody, displays of fruits, vegetables, flowers and other exhibits under the Big Top, the farm animals, a daily parade, grandstand shows, the midway, and stands of soda pop and hot dogs.

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The annual meeting of the Newtown Ambulance Association was held on Monday, September 29, in the gymnasium of the Edmond Town Hall. Chief driver David Cassidy reported that 190 calls had been made by the ambulance for the fiscal year ending September 8, 1958. This was the most calls ever made since the beginning of the association.

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Mr and Mrs Sydney Dobbs and their family of Newtown recently entertained for a few days a very interesting visitor from the Federation of Malaya. Mrs Aishah Aziz, a teacher, reporter, broadcaster, and author of two books, is spending a little more than a month in the United States to get a general picture of life in this country and to learn more about women’s affairs. Mrs Aziz said that Malay people have the wrong impression of American women, due she said, to the inaccurate impression given by Hollywood.

 

September 29, 1933

The members of the Farmer’s National Association from Newtown and vicinity, will hold a meeting at the residence of Mac Schimelman in Huntingtown district, Saturday night, at 8 o’clock, when the members will appoint a delegate to represent the county at future milk meetings.

W.A. Schnable, well know Bethel contractor, is making extensive alterations on the Fosdick place in Palestine district. A large addition is being built on the north side which is to be used as a studio. In the interior, many of the rooms are being done over with old basement paneling being used. A Williams Oil-o-Matic Oil Burner is also being installed.

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A.E. Bevans, Dodgingtown’s popular restaurant man and decorator, has painted a NRA Blue Eagle on his garage door, eight feet square, and says he has probably the largest blue eagle in the state.

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E.G. McAdams, of Taunton, flying a Travelair plane, while on a visit to some friend at the Fairfield State Hospital on Friday, in making a landing broke the left wing and the propeller of the plane.

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Mr and Mrs F.A. Stoddard have as their guest Mrs William A. Burrell of Melrose, Mass. Her son, Richard Burrell, is rooming at Sunset Tavern. Mr Burrell is on his vacation and says he wishes to be far from the noise of a radio.

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The day of reckoning is drawing nigh! On next Sunday afternoon at Pine Grove Park, the final game for the Town Championship and total gate receipts will be fought, with the Newtown Yankees making a decisive bid for the honor and prestige the Giants have so long enjoyed. The series now stands at one victory apiece, the Yanks capturing the initial game 7 to 6, while the Sandy Hook Giants gained the second encounter 6 to 2.

October 2, 1908

Julius Hartwig of Berkshire, who purchased the main building on the Fair grounds, has taken the building down and has moved it to his place where he is erecting it for a factory, where Mr Hartwig expects to manufacture a patent beer pump which he patented himself. When the building is completed and the machinery all installed he expects to give employment to several men.

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There will be a temperance rally at Glover’s hall, this evening, Friday, October 2. P.F. Lynch of Danbury will be one of the speakers. There will be other speakers present from Danbury and Bethel. The public is cordially invited to attend.

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The annual fair of St Rose’s church will commence on Saturday, October 3, at St Mary’s hall, Sandy Hook. A number of valuable articles will be disposed of during the fair and a prize of $5 in gold will be awarded the most successful worker. Music furnished by Gallagher’s orchestra.

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About 300 voters turned out at the democratic caucus at the Town hall, Wednesday evening. Selectman S.A. Blackman, chairman of the town committee, called the meeting to order and Thomas F. Bradley was made chairman and Oscar Pitzschler clerk. On informal ballot for judge of probate, Judge W.J. Beecher received 213 votes and Attorney C.G. Morris 54.

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Lucien Pierron, who purchased the old Daniel Lynch place in Berkshire, is making a large number of improvements and changes about the place and has had some fine new stables with cement floor built for his stock.