August 16, 1985

Deputy Fire Marshal Jim Gies and others on August 9 rescued O&G Industries worker Henry M. Osowiecki from a construction platform at the Church Hill Road bridge over I-84. Mr Osowiecki received minor injuries when a tractor-trailer, eastbound on the highway, hit the end of a plank of wood he was holding.

 

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A group of Newtown youths have a dream. What these youths want is a teen-agers “nightclub” which would be operated by teens for teens. The group was started by Robin Sprung, Eddie Schmidt, and Rachel Classen, all 15, to try and give Newtown adolescents something to do on the weekends rather than just drive around looking for entertainment. The group has immediate short-term goals of finding someplace to get together by the middle of September.

 

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Architect George Lechner, of Lyons, Mather and Lechner of Bridgeport, has presented to the Newtown Board of Education preliminary plans for renovating the Newtown Middle School. Two plans were offered. Mandatory work is included in both plans — flooring, painting, door replacement, window replacement, chalkboard and tackboard replacement, replacement of electrical wires and lighting in some areas, toilet facilities, handicapped code violations, fire alarm panels and other state required work. An updated intercommunication system must also be replaced.

 

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Thursday, August 22, will officially be Circus Day in Newtown according to a proclamation issued recently by First Selectman Jack Rosenthal, as the Sandy Hook School PTA brings Roberts Bros Three Ring Circus to town. The Roberts Bros Company will present entertainment ideally suited for children and every family member.

 

August 19, 1960

This deals with the largest single item of the proposed budget, salaries for the various departments of the school system. The Board of Education has completed the preparation of its budget requests for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1960, and has submitted its requests to the Board of Finance. The total appropriation requested for the operation of schools from October 1, 1960 through September 30, 1961 is $761,403.

 

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Holmes Electrotype of Worcester, Mass. has worked out an unusual method of delivering printing plates to S. Curtis and Son, Sandy Hook. Everett Holmes, an amateur pilot as well as an electrotyper, finds it efficient to fly from Worcester to Monroe airport, where he is met by a member of S. Curtis’ plate department. Flying time from Worcester is just under an hour and by car from Monroe to Sandy Hook is only 15 to 20 minutes.

 

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This Friday is publication day for John M. Ross’ new book, “Nothing But the Truth,” a factual account of the saving of an innocent man fro execution, one of the most dramatic cases of injustice ever related. John M. Ross, a native of Brooklyn, lives on Hanover Road.

 

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This Tuesday evening the pro shop of the Newtown Country Club was broken into and about $40 in cash was stolen. Dave Burlinson, caddymaster, found the break on Wednesday morning when he opened the golf shop. He discovered that entry had been made through the window, the screen and part of the window were found smashed, and a lock had been broken.

 

August 16, 1935

Trinity Parish: Plans are being made for the two hundred and third anniversary of the founding of the parish. This celebration will be held Sunday, September 8, at 4 pm. Following the service, the clergy will assist in planting ivy around the church, as a lasting memorial A picnic supper will be held on the lawn of the church.

 

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Plans are complete for the Tercentenary Banquet, which will close Newtown’s celebration on next Thursday evening, August 22. The banquet will be held in the Alexandria Room of the Edmond Town Hall. The reservations have nearly all been taken.

 

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Peter Lawson’s handsome stone barn in the Palestine district was the scene of a barn dance held Saturday night from 9 pm to 2 am by the Newcomers’ Club. The Newcomers and their guests, about 90 people when all assembled, arrived in farmer costumes, and one jolly group turned up in a 1911 Ford. The dancing was spirited.

 

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The S. Curtis & Son box shop have just completed the construction of a large water main from the bulkhead east of this shop to the west side of their building, a four-inch tap with chain shut-off is on the side facing west. In case of fire, the local fire apparatus can hook directly to this tap. It affords complete fire protection for the village of Berkshire.

 

August 19, 1910

Visitors to the Danbury Fair, this fall, will feel lost when they enter the grounds for the first time, for the grounds will present a different appearance. The officials are making extensive changes, which include the erection of a large building for automobile display, the construction of a new Midway, the changing in situation of the cattle and horse barns, and the change in location of one of the roads leading into the grounds.

 

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A college whist for the benefit of St Rose’s parish will be held on Friday evening, August 26, at the Town hall. The young ladies will be dressed in costumes representing Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Holy Cross and Syracuse Universities. There will be orchestral selections during the playing of the whist.

 

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Editor Bee, Dear Sir: I write to suggest that the papers relating to Newtown’s early history, so carefully and sympathetically prepared by Mr E.L. Johnson, are worthy of preservation in book form. Those who have delved in our early records realize what Mr Johnson’s labor of love has cost in time and outlay and it would be a shame to leave these papers to the uncertain life of newspaper files.       —Reuben Hazen Smith

 

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The E.H. Towle Co. of Waterbury, well and favorably known to Bee readers, have sold thus far, this season, 81 new automobiles and 34 second hand cars, the largest year’s business the firm has ever enjoyed. Their garage is generally filled with cars belonging to tourists. One night recently they housed 81 cars.