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The Board of Burgesses of the Borough of Newtown will consider the enforcement of an ordinance which would prohibit the use of recreational firearms within the borough, the town within a town which covers roughly a square mile of territory around the Main Street flagpole. The ordinance would prohibit discharging pistols, revolvers or shotguns for any recreational purpose including hunting or target practice.

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Noting that he needs residents’ cooperation in order to continue improving the mail delivery system, Newtown Postmaster Richard A. McGuire urges people to use their official address — based on the town assessor’s records — including the correct name of the road, the number of the address, and the correct zip code. Furthermore, Mr McGuire requests that residents post their road number on their mailbox.

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Town officials continue to clash on the town’s plan to correct its septic problems as the Water Pollution Control Authority was given six months to study sewer alternatives shortly after its original sewer proposal was rejected. The new directive comes on the heels of a new DEP order for the town to construct facilities to correct wastewater disposal problems.

 

July 29, 1960

Newtown’s hospitality was shown once again this week when it welcomed 41 AFS students from Pakistan and Turkey to visit here for their last three days in the United States. The students were met at Edmond Town Hall Tuesday afternoon by 33 host families. The group will leave Newtown at 9:30 am on Friday and go directly to the International Airport to enplane for the Middle East.

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Six teenage boys of Newtown showed a most unusual and commendable understanding this spring and summer, by extending a helping hand to a neighbor. John Addessi of South Main Street had been a patient at Danbury Hospital following severe burns. Upon his release he received the following letter: “Welcome home Mr Addessi. We, the following boys, hereby promise to mow your lawn during the following weeks. John Hartman; Jonathon Los; Peter Simon; Dick Sperling; Ted Harrison; Richard Simon.” Now Mr Addessi would like to publicly thank the boys.

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Quick action on the part of Newtown’s volunteer firemen and considerable assistance from neighbors, saved much of the home of Mr and Mrs F. Byron Tomlinson of Currituck Road, last Saturday evening. The house, on the point of being sold, was discovered burning at about 6 pm, when Mrs Tomlinson returned home. Unable to enter, she drove to the home of a neighbor and called the fire department. Mr Woods and a friend, Curtis Titus, ran to the flaming house in time to find Mr Tomlinson staggering out through a door. Firemen, assisted by neighbors, formed a brigade and carried furniture and personal belongings to the Tomlinson barn across the road.

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With a phalanx of impressed spectators perched on the south bank of the pond at Dickinson Memorial Park, Friday, members of the Junior and Senior Life Saving class conducted a demonstration of life saving procedures, all the water carries, holds, releases and methods. As a finale, the class in concert combed the bottom of the pond in surface dives to locate Joseph Hoffmann who was on the bottom with breathing apparatus.

July 26, 1935

Mrs Benjamin Harrison, widow of the 23rd President of the United States, who was a recent house guest of Mr and Mrs Paul Ashville Pierce at Hanover Hills, Newtown, during the celebration of the Connecticut Tercentenary, was a guest of the Central Adirondacks Anniversary Committee at Old Forge, N.Y., last Saturday. While in Newtown, Mrs Harrison and her friend, Miss Ada Belle Kellogg, met a number of prominent citizens of Newtown and visited the town hall, library, and other places of interest.

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The famous Red Cap orchestra of the Pennsylvania Station of New York City will be at St Rose’s Casino on Saturday evening, August 3rd, when an evening of modern and old-fashioned dancing will be enjoyed. William H. Egan, who brings the orchestra here for this annual event, promises to have this year’s event a banner one.

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Frank H. Strassburger has sold to Mrs Pauline Drew of the Boulevard a tract of land adjoining her property, the former Maryland tea room, on Glover Avenue. Extensive improvements on the property are now underway. Mrs Rebecca Burns of Portchester, N.Y., has bought a tract of land in Zoar district from Foster K. Dulles. The land adjoins the Zoar School house which Mrs Burns recently purchased and converted into an attractive summer home.

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Judge Patrick H. McCarthy assumed the position as acting postmaster of the Newtown post office Monday, replacing Harvey W. Wheeler who has been the town’s efficient postmaster for the past 13 years. Mr McCarthy was born in this town and has always taken a prominent part in its civic affairs.

 

July 29, 1910

The 10:36 am train, north, on Saturday killed a valuable horse belonging to C.J. Blakeslee & Sons, the contractors who are doing the double tracking between Botsford and Hawleyville. The horse was attached to a dump cart loaded with gravel and was following another loaded cart. One driver was looking after two trains. The accident happened a short distance above the tunnel.

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The Oddity Club of Dodgingtown will hold one of their celebrated carnivals on the lot in Dodgingtown, just north of Shepherd’s old store, on Thursday evening, August 11. There will be sandwishes [sic], cake, ice cream and Merry Widow punch for sale, and side attractions. A fine evening is assured for all who attend. If the evening should be stormy the carnival will be held the first fair evening.

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The Riverside and East Village teams played a game of ball on the Riverside diamond at Zoar Bridge, Saturday, which may have been quite as “Disinteresting” for the East Village nine as the game played at the East Village, but proved very interesting to the Riversides, for in spite of the promised “trimming,” the score was 27 to 7 in favor of the Riversides. “He who laughs last, laughs best.”

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Frederick Wildman and sons have the contract for moving the building formerly owned by George Botsford and used by him as a saloon, to be placed south of Botsford station near the railroad tracks to be used for a dwelling house, as it has been for several years.