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Several Newtown runners participated in the L’Eggs Mini Marathon, the 10-kilometer all women marathon, held in Central Park, New York City, on Saturday, May 30. Running in 97-degree heat and 80-percent humidity, Katie and Maureen McGovern, Jill and Marthy Higham, Emily Williams, Lisa Perel, Nichole Andrews and Jen Bousquet were among 8,356 participants. Katie McGovern placed 146th overall and placed second in her age group, 15 and under. McGovern finished with an unofficial time for 43:02.

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Louis DePaul has been awarded for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of vocational and career education to Connecticut. A teacher in the Newtown system for 30 years, he began the cooperative work education program here 20 years ago.

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In response to three motorists’ complaints about the condition of cars traveling dirt roads coated with protective dust oil, the first selectman’s office has sent the drivers to the town garage, where the oil can be quickly removed. Motorists on Pond Brook Road, where dust oil was laid down Monday, called later in the week to complain. Tuesday’s rain caused the trouble.

June 8, 1962

Louis Untermeyer, world renowned poetry anthologist and consultant to poetry to the Library of Congress, will be the speaker at the first meeting of the Newtown Historical Society next Thursday evening, June 14, at 8 o’clock in the Edmond Town Hall. More than 100 members have already joined the Society, and others who join in advance or at the meeting on June 14 will also be charter members.

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Last Thursday, Mrs Walter Knopp’s third grade Brownies, Troop 500, closed the season’s activities with a cookout at the Girl Scout cabin on Church Hill Road. The Brownies played games, toasted marshmallows, and enjoyed a menu consisting of spaghetti, Italian bread and butter, watermelon, cupcakes, and punch.

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In recognition of the generosity of the Italian Community Center in the past, four Newtown organizations are busy promoting a circus on the center grounds on Tuesday, June 19, to benefit the center day camp. Hunt Brothers, the Royal International circus, will visit Newtown on its 70th annual tour and the first circus for Newtown in the memory of veteran observers. Two shows will feature all the color and tradition of the three rings of activity, more than 20 acts — clowns to elephants, with aerialists overhead.

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Direct Distance Dialing comes to the area on Sunday, June 17, when the recently installed equipment in the telephone building at 39 West Street, Danbury, goes into service. Telephone customers will be able to dial their own long distance calls to almost all Connecticut telephones and to 55 million others throughout the United States and Canada.

 

June 4, 1937

Plans are progressing nicely for the formation of one active Newtown Alumni Association, and a reception following the graduation exercises on Thursday evening, June 17, when formal organization will take place and this year’s graduating class will be welcomed into the association. It is planned to make this reception quite an open affair to which all the alumni and their families, the graduating class and their families, and all friends of the Hawley school are invited.

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The Newtown Orchestral Society under the direction of Mario DiCecco is busy these days preparing for the next concert which takes place on Thursday evening, June 24th. The preparations for this concert indicate that it will be one of the finest yet offered. The soloist for the occasion will be the distinguished American contralto, Grace Leslie, and the Orchestra counts itself fortunate in being able to secure the services of this great artist.

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As has been the custom for several years, donations made by Hawley school children provided red geraniums which were placed on the grave of Miss Mary Elizabeth Hawley in the Newtown Village Cemetery on Memorial Day morning, in grateful memory of the gift which Miss Hawley made to the town in providing Hawley school. On Sunday morning Miss Hawley’s grave was also visited and decorated by Arthur T. Nettleton, Paul S. Smith and William B. Bentley, secretary of the Newtown Chamber of Commerce.

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Three Greyhounds owned by Edith C. Parker, of Newtown, were prize winners at the Morris and Essex Show on Saturday. This show is the largest Dog Show in the world, there being over 4,000 entries and a gate showing over 80,000 guests. The winners were Mistress Smalley, May, and Fair Amazon. The remarkable feature of the winning was that Fair Amazon not only made first, but also took Reserve Winners — and it was the first time she had ever been entered in a show.

 

June 7, 1912

Fishing is good these days at O.E. Morgan’s pond in Hattertown. A fishing party there one day last week captured 250 bullheads and eight carp and some of the bullheads weighed over two pounds. Mr Morgan has boats to let on the pond to fishing parties.

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Eli B. Beers is putting in the foundation for a large new barn he is to build just north of his other barn. Edgar C. Northrop has the contract for building the barn and will begin work there in a few days. D.G. Beers is brightening his house, barns and shop on Mile Hill with a new coat of paint. F.B. Bassett of Hopewell has the contract.

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The Borough officials of Newtown call the attention of owners of motor vehicles to Section 7, Chapter 85, of the Public Acts of the State of Connecticut, which reads in part as follows: “No motor vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways within the limits of any city or borough of this state at any time nor on any public highways between the hours of nine o’ clock in the evening and six o’clock in the morning unless the engine of such vehicle shall be muffled while so operated…” There appears to be a flagrant violation of this law on the streets of this borough in the use of the muffler cut-out. The owners of automobiles are, therefore, requested to observe the law in regard to the use of the muffler cut-out while in the borough limits as it is the intention to see that the law is enforced.

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The Imperial Minstrels of Dodgingtown will be at the Town hall, Friday evening, June 14, under the auspices of the Hillside Club. There are 20 members in the company and they give a cracking good show including some song and dance, artists, cake walkers, monologists, etc. All seats reserved at 35 cents each.