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WAY WE WERE

DECEMBER 1, 1972

Five members of the Newtown Indians football team have been named to the

Western Connecticut Conference All-Star team. They are Mike Newman,

quarterback; offensive lineman Tom Cavanaugh; middle guard Mike Tabor; wide

receiver Mike Trosan, who has also been named to the All-State team, and

halfback Bill Cavanaugh. Newtown tied for first place in the WCC with Joel

Barlow High School.

Newtown realtor Joseph D. Burke may be in the running for the position of

Democratic national chairman when the Democratic caucus begins in Washington,

D.C., on December 9. Mr Burke was New England coordinator for Wilbur Mills

when he made a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. After George

McGovern won the nod, Mr Burke worked on the National Committee for the

Re-Election of a Democratic Congress, an effort which was very successful. Mr

Burke told The Newtown Bee this week that he wants the chairmanship and would

take it if it is offered.

Don Trevor of Pond Brook Road has been awarded the silver medal at the 15th

International Film and TV Festival of New York for best director for a

15-minute documentary entitled "Skills That Last A Lifetime" for the US Army

Recruiting Command. The film was produced through Don Trevor Associates Inc in

New York.

The Pepsi Cola Company intends to donate an electric scoreboard for the

football stadium at the high school. Principal Alvah Cramer said Robert

McCulloch of Newtown approached Pepsi about the gift and Pepsi agreed to

donate the scoreboard complete with cables and control backs. Audio-visual and

wood shop students will help complete the wiring and carpentry work needed to

get the scoreboard in working order. Expenses for materials will come from the

scoreboard fund which was started this year under the direction of George

McLauchlan and Franklin Freeman.

Architect Robert Carter has produced a rendering of the exterior of the Belden

House, believed to be the oldest house on Main Street, as it will look when it

is restored by the Newtown Historical Society. The society intends to restore

the house which was the home of the Belden family for many years. At the

November 28 meeting of the historical society, the trustees accepted with

regret the resignation of Dean Kessler as president, due to his many

commitments. Raymond J. Doyle, Jr, present treasurer, was elected president

for the unexpired term and Harry Milliman was elected treasurer to succeed Mr

Doyle.

Ivan Sorvall Inc of Newtown has made two gifts to Danbury Hospital: a check

for the hospital's Development Fund and a JB-4 microtome for the histology

laboratory. The presentation was made by Sorvall President Norman L.

Christensen and Mrs Anne Marie Snow, an electron microscopist at Sorvall, to

Bertram A. Stroock, chairman of the Development Fund.

NOVEMBER 28, 1947

Plans have been presented for the proposed Congregational Church church house

to be erected on land owned by the church in back of the parsonage on Main

Street. Plans were drawn by Harold F. Smith for a 2«-story colonial-type

structure of cement blocks and steel, 40x60 feet, with sloping roof and dormer

windows. The approximate cost of the building, with furnishings, is expected

to be $50,000. For several years it had been the intention to build an

addition on the triangular-shaped piece of land behind the church, but this

was found to be too small to meet present needs, to say nothing of the future.

The land behind the parsonage comprises several acres and extends from the

parsonage and Newtown Savings Bank to the brook. Its proximity to the town

hall makes it an ideal location for a social and religious center, church

members said.

The towns of Newtown and Bethlehem have been summoned to appear as defendants

in Superior Court in suits over their efforts to withdraw from Regional High

School District No 3. The court filing asks for a declaratory judgment on

whether the towns can withdraw from a regional school district without action

by the state legislature. It also asks whether Newtown and Bethlehem can be

held responsible for their proportionate share in the expenses and indebtness

incurred up to the point of the vote by town meetings to withdraw from the

district. The town of Newtown proposes to defend the action and has employed

for the purpose the legal firm of Pullman and Cromley of Bridgeport, who will

represent the town in a hearing on the issues next Tuesday. The town of

Bethlehem will hold a town meeting Friday evening for the purpose of taking

steps to obtain legal counsel.

Arrangements have been completed between the Newtown Fire Department and the

Southern New England Telephone Company so that fire sirens in all four

sections of town will be operated from the telephone office with a different

number of blasts indicating each of the four districts. Also tests of each

fire siren will be made every Saturday at noon. The Sandy Hook section will be

indicated by three blasts, Newtown by four, Hawleyville by five, and

Dodgingtown by six. It is hoped that the entire town will soon be zoned by

districts so that everyone will know in which fire district they are located,

and can so indicate in giving alarms to the telephone operator who will

operate the sirens.

Two small-sized but aggressive football teams matched abilities Saturday

afternoon at Taylor Field when some of the town's future stars, who are now in

the lower grades, passed and ran and tackled in most commendable style.

Captain Stephen Smith and his team managed to score a 19-81 victory over

Captain Bobby Knapp's team. As the score indicated, it was a close and

exciting contest with coach DeGroat in the role of referee and field marshal,

assisted by Jim Pelletier and a few other volunteers.

The Future Farmers of America, Newtown chapter, held its annual father and son

banquet at the Hawley Manor last Friday evening with 31 guests present. Leroy

M. Chapman, agent of the Fairfield County Farm Bureau, and Nathan Avery,

superintendent of maintenance at the Southbury Training School, were the guest

speakers. They spoke about modern trends in agriculture and plant engineering.

The Newtown Republican Club is being revived, a charter having been granted by

the secretary of state. The original club of that name was started in town

about 30 years ago and was active for nearly 20 years but has been inactive

since then. The new charter was granted to W.W. Holcombe, George H. Tower and

W.A. Upham. The officers will be Mr Upham, president; Kenneth Smith, vice

president; John R. McComb, secretary, and A.J. Geis, treasurer.