Date: Fri 02-Feb-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: TOMW

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Glorydays-February-2-1996

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Glorydays - February 2, 1996

This week in 1991

Immaculate High School junior tennis phenom, Patty Murren, became the fifth

winner of The Newtown Bee Sportsman Award in addition to becoming the

first-ever athlete and first-ever female recipient. Murren had been undefeated

in two years of high school tennis winning both league and state singles

championships. Patty would later go to Wake Forest University on a tennis

scholarship after finishing her four-year high school career undefeated with

four State Open singles titles, having never lost a set

This week in 1986

The Newtown based FAST (Fairfield Area Swim Team) hosted its first-ever US

Swim meet at the Otto Heise Pool at Newtown High, hosting age-group programs

from Branford, Cheshire, Hamden, Fairfield, New Haven, Seymour, Southbury,

Stratford, Trumbull, Waterbury, and Wilton. Some Newtown swimmers

participating included Jennifer Spencer, Gordon Tanaka, Sue White, Amy Foster,

Chris Westerall, Tony Panigutti, April Parker, and Jeff Dayle. FAST was

coached by Gene Misture.

This week in 1981

The Newtown High School hockey club team defeated East Haven 5-3 to improve

its season's record to 5-6-2. Mike Seibert scored two goals and had two

assists in the game and Dean Aker had a goal and an assist, while and Pat

Kearns and Carl Miller each lit the red light as well. Miller's goal was his

team-leading 13th of the season. Other NHS hockey standouts in the contest

were Joe LaCroce, Tom Bussman, Richard McCaffrey, and goalie Eric Fiske who

made 24 saves in registering the win.

This week in 1976

The Newtown High swim team, under coach Tom Roberts, ran its unblemished

record to 10-0 on the season with victories over Litchfield (48-35) and Xavier

of Wallingford (100-69). In the Litchfield meet, Don Hallabeck and Greg Daniak

were double winners with Hallabeck setting a pool record of 5:24.5 in the 500

free. In the Xavier win, Newtown's Bob Morgan set a pool record of 53.1 in

winning the 100 free. Scott Kamrath, John Hiteshew, Dave VanEpps, Bob Bradley,

Mark Atkinson, and Brooke Smith also starred in the two meets for the Indians.

This week in 1971

Patients from Fairfield Hills Litchfield House Drug Independence Services

played a basketball game against The Fountain Hose Company of Ansonia. FFH

recreational therapist Bob Keirnan served as the coach for the local team.

This week in 1966

Bob McLaughlin layed in two of his game-high 29 points with five seconds on

the clock, giving the Newtown High boys' basketball team a 68-67 lead over

visiting Bethel. But the thunderous NHS crowd was quickly hushed as Bethel's

Ken Mott buried a jumper at the buzzer to give the Wildcats the one-point

victory instead. Jim Glover added 19 points to the Newtown cause.

This week in 1961

The balanced scoring attack of the Newtown High School boys' basketball team

saw four players score in double figures in a 65-51 win over Southbury. Jim

Beardsley led Newtown with 18 points and Dick Farrell scored 17 while Roger

Fazzino and Jim Tenney each finished with eleven.

This week in 1956

Kathy Milot outscored the Washington High School girls' basketball team all by

herself, pouring in 22 points in a 47-17 Hawley High victory. NHS teammate

Barbara Sult added 13 points, Linda Lockwood had eight, and Marilyn Fischer

and Ruth Ann Close each netted two. Coach Ann Anderson's team got outstanding

guard play from Emmy Johnson, Thersa Feli, Joyce Tani, Louise Sniffen, Sarah

Jackson, and Mariam Janzer.

This week in 1951

Bad weather knocked out the week's sporting events so Glory Days explored the

week's classified ads where a brand new 1951 Studebaker Champion Regal Club

Coupe was selling for $1,795. And if you happened to have a spare $1,000

laying around you could have filled your garage with a 1940 Studebaker

Champion 4-door, a 1939 Oldsmobile 6-cylinder Sedan, a 38 Ford 4-door, a 39

Pontiac 4-door, a 38 Chevy 4-door, and a 35 Plymouth Coupe (all for $955). Oh,

a place to live. An 1846 home with wide-board oak floors, two fireplaces,

dining room, living room, kitchen, library, two baths, five bedrooms, hot-air

heat, a brook, a swimming pool, a guest cabin, and a horse shed, on 25 acres

of land in Newtown, would have been yours for $19,500.

This week in 1946

The Newtown Log Cabiners of the local recreation basketball league beat the

Hospital Fairfields, 54-43 in the week's most-exciting matchup. Mihalek scored

20 points to lead the winners, Ehle scored 12, and Marks netted ten. Deardorff

scored 19 points and Fridinger 16 for the Fairfields.

This week in 1941

The realization of the Newtown Athletic Club's dreams had at last come true as

- through the generous cooperation of electricians Ervin Stickles and Ben

Smith - lights were finally ready for operation at the Newtown ice skating

rink (in what is now Queen Street Plaza). The lights will go on every night at

7 pm and the rink is open to Newtown residents at no charge.

This week in 1936

The Newtown Bolwing Alleys were astir as Ed Oberstadt rolled ten steady ten

boxes to complete the first-ever-known perfect markless game of 100 pins. The

league complimented Ed on " a record of clever control and acquired artistry,

envied by bowlers throughout the land; and one that will never be excelled on

any alley. "