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Newtown Police have been working toward an arrest in connection with an investigation of the finances of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department. Police Chief Louis Marchese confirmed this week that the investigation was underway, but he would not confirm any of the details. A number of sources reported that as much as $25,000 in fire department funds could not be accounted for.

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“Band Day,” an annual event during the football season, will be held this Saturday, November 19, when the Newtown High School Indians close their 1983 season against Immaculate High School. The event is scheduled to give special recognition to the contribution of the Marching Band during the football season. Members of the eighth grade band traditionally participate in Band Day festivities.

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Over 100 runners — practically all from Newtown — braved the chill weather and prospects of Monday morning stiffness to take part in the first Family Fun Run last Sunday. The five kilometer (3.1 mile) run lived up to its billing as a family event, as many adults and their children participated. Sponsored by Youth Services in Newtown (YSIN), the run was laid out along a testing course. Runners began at Newtown High School, went up steep Mile Hill Road, around Wildlife Road and then back down Mile Hill to the finish line at the school.

November 21, 1958

The 32 employees of the Fabric Fire Hose Company, Glen Road, who walked out on strike Monday at 10 am, had a three-day lay-off penalty imposed on them for what William Cole, company official, termed an “illegal walkout in violation of the company’s contract with the union.” The strike was called, Mr Cole said, when an employee was disciplined with a three-day lay-off for failure to “do his work.”

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Plans as being prepared by the State Highway Department for the relocation of Route 6 around Newtown, call for access ramps at Currituck Road. A great deal of opposition is being expressed throughout the town over these ramps on Currituck Road and petitions are being circulated against them. It is felt this entrance and exit point is not necessary.

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State Representative Charles Terrell introduced a bill in the General Assembly, Hartford, designed at making the use of voting machines in the state less complicated. Rep Terrell’s bill would make the use of party levers by voters optional. Voters could either vote a straight ticket by pulling one lever or could vote for individual candidates without having first to pull a party lever.

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Through the memorial gifts of the Book of Remembrance in the Newtown Congregational Church, and the efforts of Bryant Edgerton and Leonard Manz, a time clock has been placed in the church so that recorded chimes are heard each day at five o’clock for four minutes. If anyone in the community wishes a certain hymn played on the chimes, please telephone the Church Office.

 

November 17, 1933

The local talent who performed in “Minstrel Chuckles,” presented last Thursday evening at the Edmond Town hall theater, was greeted by a large and enthusiastic audience, and as a result of their efforts, the Dodgingtown Fire Company is well started on their way toward procuring a new fire truck and pumper.

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Rev W.G. Wright, the new rector of Trinity church, arrived in town with his family Tuesday, and has been busy getting settled in the Rectory. Rev Mr Wright has been assistant rector in St Paul’s church of New Haven. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign and of the General Theological Seminary of New York City.

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A special Town meeting held in the Alexandria room of the Edmond Town hall, Friday night, brought out an audience of about 400 which filled every chair and crowded sides of the hall, the stage and the corridor. The meeting was called to act on the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen for the right to borrow a sum not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars from the Federal Government under the National Recovery Act for the construction of hard-surfaced highways on the Riverside, Botsford Hill and Hanover roads, so called, in the Town of Newtown, be granted. It was a tempestuous session throughout.

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Saturday night a snowstorm raged fast and furious for two hours and the morning light showed a snowfall of about two inches in depth. Autoists unfortunate enough to be out found driving exceedingly difficult and dangerous.

 

November 20, 1908

R.H. Beers & Co, Newtown: A Good Line of the reliable Fearless Coat Sweaters for Men. Just the place for the men to get their Rubber and Felt Boots for Winter Wear. Our Shoe Department never was so complete in styles, sizes and leathers. For the Housekeeper we are showing great values in the famous Amoskeag Flannels.

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From the Farewell Speech of Rev J.L.R. Wyckoff: “I know the failures of my ministry far better than the most disparaging critic does, but I am bold enough to stand here this morning and appeal to you, dear friends, who have gathered here for many years, some of you, and to ask you whether or not you think I have tried in my ministry to keep true to the key note which Paul has so strongly struck in this text? Again, I ask you to continue your love and loyalty to this beloved church in the days that are to come, and to give your affection to your new pastor as you have given it to me.”

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Dr S. E. Allen, HATTERTOWN, CONN. P.O. Address: Route 15, Stepney Depot, Conn. Adminstor of Magnetic Treatment. Specialist in treatment of piles, eczema, catarrh, heart failure, stomach trouble and headache. Medicine furnished for this treatment. Terms reasonable. Consultation free.

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MAURICE: The tea cakes I sent you were made from Gold Medal Flour. ROSALINE