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WAY WE WERE FOR OCTOBER 11, 1996

OCTOBER 15, 1971

Town Counsel Robert Hall has given a written opinion to First Selectman

Timothy Treadwell that a resolution on ending the Vietnam War is not a proper

subject for action by a town meeting in Newtown. Copies of the opinion were

given to the joint meeting of the selectmen and the Police Commission in the

Mary Hawley Room at Edmond Town Hall. Since town officials hadn't had an

opportunity to discuss the opinion, they deferred action on it until the next

selectmen's meeting. Thirty or more people had come to attend the meeting,

expecting to join in the discussion of the Vietnam resolution.

At their joint meeting on October 8, the Board of Selectmen and the Planning

and Zoning Commission discussed proposals for pollution abatement in light of

the fact that sewers are still several years away for Newtown. The Selectmen

also received a preliminary recommendation from P&Z for a corridor for the

proposed Sandy Hook bypass road, subject to negotiations with the property

owners. The two boards reached agreement on a revised road ordinance which

will permit certain old private roads to beome town highways under the state

statutes.

Melanie Kellogg, a Newtown High School senior, and Tom Carey, a junior, sat in

on the October 12 meeting of the Board of Education. They were elected by

their fellow students as representatives to the Board and may sit in on all

open sessions. Although they may not officially vote, their opinions and

suggestions will be welcomed by the board members.

Two teachers' unions, the Newtown Federation of Teachers and the Education

Association of Newtown, will have a teacher representation election to

determine which group will officially represent the Newtown teachers. The

Board of Education, according to the state statutes, will have to pay the

entire cost of the election. The election is to be conducted by secret ballot.

It will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association, an impartial

agency.

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OCTOBER 11, 1946

Republicans won the town election this week with only 1,584 ballots cast,

compared to 1,743 in last year's town election. All Republicans were elected

to office, John Carlson receiving the highest count of 911 for the Board of

Tax Review against his Democratic opponent, Walter Gutman, who polled 607.

Stanley J. Blackman, running behind the rest of the Republican ticket, was

elected First Selectman with 810 votes against 713 for A. Fenn Dickinson,

Democratic candidate, who automatically becomes third selectman. William Seman

topped John J. Keane in the balloting for second selectman.

Funeral services were held this week for Dr Ralph C. Jenkins, president of

Danbury State Teachers College (now WestConn) and one of the state's foremost

educators, who died of a heart attack in his office at the college. Dr Ruth A.

Haas was designated acting college head.

The Regional Board of Education plans to employ an architect in the near

future as a first step in planning a new high school which will serve Newtown,

Southbury, Woodbury and Bethlehem. The architect will assist in the selection

of a site for the new school. A series of interviews with architects is

scheduled. According to the agreement of the first meeting of the regional

board on November 28, 1945, the site of the new school will be within one mile

or two of Sand Corner in Southbury, which was determined to be the geographic

center of the district before Bethlehem asked to be included in the district.

The third and deciding games in the series between the Sandy Hook and

Bethlehem baseball teams was played Sunday afternoon at Taylor Field with

Sandy Hook winning the title on the long end of a 15-5 score. Carlson pitched

for Sandy Hook and held the Bethlehem players well in check with Duda

workingbehind the plate. Pete Sulick collected two triples to pace Sandy

Hook's 12-hit attack.

The balmy weather that Newtown has been experiencing in recent weeks

apparently has fooled Mother Nature. Apple trees in the orchard of Herbert

Bodine on Sugar Street have begun to put out blooms.