Founder's Day Parade Issue
Special insert
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The Soldier. and Sallor'. Monument on Academy mn nivenary celebration. The statue overlooks Cbri8t Ia decllcated 10 velerua of the ClvU War. It .... erected Epiocopal Church and the Vietnam War Memorial iD 0eI0ber 1889. 'In time for Stratford" _ . aD' which caD be _D at th. right. Founder's Day floats slated for 350 parade
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announces A GRAND OPENING Visit our newest superstore In STRATFORD M~y area bands, units scheduled • for Founder's Day
The IoIIcnrinc: •• tentative liR: of tho.e bud.t and ...... JUDe _ &om BInotloni ODd .,.;phoriDo towns. who ... ..-..tiDcin .... 35Oth F ...... • Day Parode. Bridpport _..- Ileportment ...... Uni' _ I\icb School BODd I\icb School BODd eon ..... I\icb School BODd I\icb School BODd Cocmectkut Alumni BODd Drum Corpo Couec:ticut BlUM Sr. Fife A: Drum ComMeticut HurricaDe8 Drum eo.". Deep River Ancienta Sr. Fife &; Drum 200 E. Main ST. Eut Lyme I\icb School BODd I\icb School BODd (Docie SItoppIIIfI CentM) :lilt ~ -... ,C". ',.ow Gootie IfJohIand IIqpIpoo R 'J:- GoopoI 8inpn o.u.,. Plains Drum Corpo 377-8979 Hartford V.F.W. Childrea,'. Fif'e .. Drum I ...... Colonial FIfe .. Drum -OPEN 10:00 AM Marqail of Grandby Jr. FIfe .. Drum r------_tudt Drum BODd Drum Corpo 'TIL MIDNIGHT MilConI VoluDteen Ancien' FIfe .. Dnun 7 DAYS A WEEK Nathan Hale ADcient Sr. Fife 6: Drum. Nauptuck Hish School Band H~ &bool BODd - 3 EVENING RENTALS New York Ancients Sr. Fife 6: Drum - COMPUTERIZED St. John', Colonial Fife Ii: Drum Fife. Drum CHECKOUT Bt. Peter'. Fife 6: Drum BIr>Iinon Sammon I\icb School BODd Spiri' '" Block Rodt IX. BInotlClOd Army N.tioooI GuanI 0IMr Convenient LOCIIIIona: _ClOd I\icb School BODd oFoIrtIoId 8tnIford V.F.W. Trumbulll\icb _ BODd Coming Soon: UDivenit)' of Calmectieut Limit one per customer. ellr'c'gljO ~t. 0r8nge W...... HonIinc I\icb School Olle r valid thru Oct. 23. 1989 W.Wbury PAL. Weotbrook Drum Corpo ______3IiOIhFCllJllDeR'SDAV PAAAoe SPECIAL SECTION 3 Chief thanks Parade planners
CJdoI of Police IIoborI M = o. ChairmoD of tile _ FoomcIon' ~ Pa ...... _ to Ibaok bIa committee membon:
Founder's Day Parade Committee "'-*ClUtlilWfIII .... 9IJaII • Where it all began ___ -... ___ -CltIef-- o , ...... t GioIa --. -... "'- pboW _.101m 'I'IaU .. 1Iao'_1Iarbor whIeIt .. ' d ...... IIPo& oI8Ratbd'a CGdJ,BlDDecbr.IIu7...... ". __._~Moore. _-'tal...
CONTINUE THE MUSICAL SPIRIT OF THE DAY t·-· ~ ~\.. _\.QtO YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM ~~..j ((Q~" IN THE PARADE, NOW SEE ~~ ~ ~ O *ARLINGTON HIGH. N.Y. * NAUGATUCK HIGH. CT. * BUNNELL HIGH. CT. * NORWALK HIGH. CT. *CENTRAL HIGH. CT. PORTCHESTER HIGH. N.Y. *CHESHIRE HIGH. CT. * SOMER HIGH, N.Y. * EAST LYME HIGH. CT. * STONINGTON HIGH. CT. *GREENWICH HIGH. CT. * SOUTHINGTON HIGH. CT * MAHOPAK HIGH. N.Y. * TRUMBULL HIGH. CT. SATURDAY OCT. 7 5:00 P.M. BUNNELL FIELD . AND AS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT MARCHING BAND IN AN EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE . •• ...... 0.- •••••• ~_-# ...... '"' ....._ ...... _ "aD7____Ia_ .peela. 10.. 10 lie the blgMt ...Stratford - panIde ba. - ",. panIde ...... 11-. .tarUa. at ~~ a ••••dIDI at TowIlB.o. Special units to perform in parade The foUowiDa is a list of special unite acheduled to pal" Youth Group of St. Nicholas Rusaian 0rt.h0cIR Chureh ticipate in the 360th Founder's Day Parade. Sa~ust Clowns, Alley 66 Sterling House Community Center, Cordelia Sterling Unit ABC Nunery School and Kioo.rgart.en Sterling Houae Community Center, Laura Lee Twirlers Aragel&'. Country Kitchen Restaurant and Pom Porn Girls J.F._andSoae Stratford Police Color Guard Chapol_tPl'A Stratford Police SWAT. ChooIUro Dog ~ Club Stratford. Police K·9 crillie Watch of Stratford, Inc. Stratford Rams Pee Wee Football Team CruiIin' East Car Club Stratford Steeler Football John and Elizabeth Curtis/Curtiss Society WCUM-AM 1450 DiaabIed American Veterans of Stratford. Charles K Mer ritt #20 WYNY • FM Country 103.5 Beautification Girl Scout Troop #69 St. Mark Church Governor's H... Guard, 2nd Company Stratford Historical Society Society of the Hawley Family St. Joseph's Church of Stratford Milford Police Honor Guard Family Health Network Nichols Elementary School First Congregational Church Order of of the Eastern Star - Azalia Chapter #2 Stratford Baptiat Church Pyramid Temple Motor Patrol (Shriners) Lordship Fathers Club RAP Session for Disabled People Stratford Volunteer Fire Company Iv.c.s.1 .J OH VIDEO SERVICES ARTISTIC" TECHNICAl: VIDEO PRODUCTIONS I ( • Assembly ~diting. Computer Graphics & Titles • Tape Duplication~. Movie & Photo Transfers • Audio Mixing & Re~ording. Video Photography • Installations • VCR Maintenance • Maii OrderWorkT • Dem.6s IIIBCABlFJ1JS10N Congratulations Stratford on Your 350th Birthday! I L\' Cable Store at: 114 River-Street 3770 Main St. Bridgeport Bridgeport 336·2225 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Dock is proud to be a part,of Stratford's 350th Celebration THE ' ~ ~bAVP~~~ ______~ ____ Tree Warden labored to save Stratford Elms _ ODd held that ...... ill I ..."" ... at .... oaIy ill .... ti_ at IUa 1Wn. 1bo...... , ...... ,... Janoako alIo wu preti. dent of Janolko Tree 66. HiI untimely death family I but to all who had "He ... amall in .tatuN, . boI....ty at _'.__ iIl pMitioD until his retire created a ~ void, the pleuure of bowinI but • pant ol. man." bori_. meat in 1981. Service, which be fOUDded . aIdllI ... tree SUJ1IeOIl ...... __4Oa.1bo_ atDutd> Elm While ..muc .. tree m. .arden, "anolko ODd ...... kDowIodp ill _._ ....,..t .... hie field b.u • penna.oent plan fur .... __ at College student dedicates oIateIy -. ..wted ill memorial ill .... plan..... hUDdnda at opociaa beiag Dutch Elm _ ... . which ...... " and ...... t;_ at cut down ucliolt. ronvel'. --included ...... - at • trees in Stratford. poem to Stratford's 350th Fortunately (or Strat. lJP8Ci.alaolution to the rooU Janoeko, .. many old· Kim c.r.oc:ioIo...... -..Tleew.... at .... EIma. AJthouch ..... tilDen will.tteet. .... cred· _IDBucIIah ODd lit. .,a. Theodore "Tim" treatment ... in the u- ited by the towD with ~ ..tun: at WfIIIt,em. CoD laDOeko. an active COD perimental ...... it ... Iiahing Loncbn><>k "ark. An -.. _ uniYwalt7. ~ . who began ru. credited witb saving ardent l portl (.n, he ...... _ID ____ ~taI- '" tree IUrpon career in hw>dreda at Elm ...... pI.,..t f~ tJuoucbout 1931. _har_ In 1941. ha qua1ified fur The to. in Stratford the area in hia youth, but alone in UM7 was 275 Elm -- ... opadaI I&ate liceui.Dc after COlD be ...... known, in the tribute to the towII'l 3M)t.h pIetinc .peciaI eouneI at trees and in 1949 after to. treatment Stratfoni loIt sparta ar'fIll8., .. rnanqrer 01 InrthdaJ· Yale &nd The UllivenUy of the only 11 Elm.. Holy Name Club. Connecticut. He "Afkr filly .a. of his 8UlX'MI iD u-._ oamed ... member of the Hearina It ...... thi.I team that "vine' Stratfonl', Elms. yean 0( '"" "'"-. 'p'. EumiIliDc Baud at .... graded. the area DOW bown dol"..".. oM _ will. CcJomootieut TIee _ JaDOIIko w.. IIOUgbt after .. • speaker and traveled .. Looatm>ok PvI< ODd tJw -... 0( SWJfo.d live Aaeociatiob in 1942. petitioned the town &0 iD- ..... Frw-d ... fuJun 0( Cootinuinc Ilia education utenBiTely to areu af fected by .... blight. An otallbleacha.. ODd "'_ .ucceII. .. ODd apodaI_. ha be in cient Elma 011 many town the area. came an authority and C4p,oi" Dcuid JudlOra &edurer in N .... EnglaDd OIl green. througbout. the Buy .. be .. with oountry thrived for many Ho ..~ '"""~ up OIl .... ptisht at .... Dutd> Elm boldine membenhip in ~ Hill, _ (or IIU· yean ... !'Mult ofhia dedi- tn.. In 1946 .Ianoeko ... aeyen tree aDd horti IDricol **"'- it pm,.. _ted ..... wudonat cu1turaI _ pi.. tho IIIitA ilI __ -. ha IIill had _ '" ha __ Arlo".,.,..". iA KIll CARACCIOLO -- actiw _. member ollDUlJ' -,-- OUT IJO'1 OWII Amtric:GII ,.. elldlel' po.. ibilit;" , of ford, 0 lOW,. 0( I~ , N~I~~!!!~~~EST 377-1510 local__ cMc • aDd includillc ..a..l ....or tiual ".,..."... • pIG« 0( .....,.•• ~o(oMq ... ","""'.oMlliPopWo· 2M5 *In It., tAcro.. Conn Ha" I.) ~oM __. s..tfanI '00«1 , t,.uctUt"fI and MW at· Stratford Liana Club .... hen Iituda. Caracciolo'l work hal ha portnyod _ CIaua SPECIAUZING TIv IlnIfrwd Libnuy Ihot haen pubIiahad ill .... Boor IN HIGHLIGHTING ...... ueetal 10 brVw Mall, y«Jn 0( parada row...... Poetr7 Forum AND PERM WAVING ....,.,..,.Knighto at ...... c.Iambua, iIoI)' .. dIleG,ion alld ullde,.· dow,. Moin Strftt tItot ODd .... l'votlT Voioaa at - ...... "....,Ihot _ oM old ".."...... __ She baa baeD N .... 80ci0\J.ADl:barC1ab 01 America __ • adiw ._...... ilId<>on. fo.word ...... oM .... _at .... lIID_ ..,.u.. at 19I18 bJ tho __..... CoomII7 CIab. SIuiiIw-~C I [lJi," ,.!~ i'· HAPPT 35Oth~1f1 I STRATFORD Congratulations from a new architectural firm dedicated to From Stratford ~ future! Manager Seth Carley and his trained professional staff Mingolello Sac.kerl&Bayes J.. "We're Happy To Be Here" I Architects It.1!,~197 Barnum Ave. 377.7878 , ••..-: I 3141 ~la i n Strc< t • StrJt forJ Connwic lll(~,4'!i ZIJ .v. \i ~ ·S"K ' ~ --."""'-~~~~~-" "' '------oo..6 ..... --.. -.... ~ ...... ~IIIIIIIIi~-1'1J ~----::-----a ... ~*'! .~~~-""' ....--...-.-..",.. •• --..- ... .; •--• « . f T ' C r~.~ ·®RONCDOOE SHC>PPIN6'· ~ 4 ' 7~ Main ~. Strafford (Oppa.... SIIIonIoy) All About Wishes Stratforq A «:eramics HAPPY 350th __ILA. ~ Supplies Day E-mg Classes • Wholesale IIIIC_ Calfor"--' DAIIII'YL T.ZUiLWWMi 378-0613 . .. BIRTHDAY o· The8enldfllarf' OM'S LIUUORS MAYNARD W. DOUGHERTY, CIC, CPIA Stratford Offices'; ~ g VJiite '/{lUted. Oronoque Shopping Park DOUGHERTY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. Dock Shopping Center 378·6906 ,..--"""'_ 3n_ CTWAT81._'21"'AX37S04U7 q~&' HAU'! H!~G ., -1_ , . ClIINII8E RESTAURANT o 7.36.5..H.;"..S/..t CIWN8e Food • Boll,. • T .. OW l' ~.J77..229'1 DlNWPor2 • e .&.c/. UPS. Federal Expre•• r·······lflii Packaging 80 Shipping . 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D.D.S. , ~ Tobacco ProcIucts. Heohli & ....uty Aiel. Of'£N 1 DAYS SUNDAYS lAM-SPM KENNETH A. THOMAS .... ,...,- Obstetriea • Gynecolot!Y OpoP',CI! HOUR. 73e5 MAIN STREET 378 4400 371-1111-- 381-9374 BY AP'P'OINTMeNT STRATFORD Shoreline Emerge.cy Southem Connecticut A Aaimal Cliaic ~ After Houra Emergency Service ~ Federal Credit Union ForYourPet --V Open Only To Its Members Open Evenings' Weekends· Holidays exercise Tables Tone - firm • Inch loss 378-3900 A~""16"""""' ''''' COIl_i_1m. 't 375-&500 377-7828 -- Trbdty Christian . $teUA'~ t~ Church __ ••••• , • )ijR.i. Rev. Treadwell LewIs soon to Celebrate Our Sunday Sent"•• " 10,80 AM 8< 6 PM "FAMILY HAIA CAAE EXTRAOADIHAIRE" 13th Anniversary Sludy __OWA Wedneaday Bible 7 PM 1loB-nulN ' .., : Open 7 Days _7U.e7H ...., .. m-HII m-UII ""--....- - "'" ~~lIIiQ1M Historian's book updates town history By _rt A. CJoory that "'in order to define "For example, John environmental, social graph buff. racing. would be back to Bee him RIOR to hi. re the future, one must un Kochiss, who is a marine and fiscal problems The history is on sale 8OOn, and Wilcoxson re tirement from deratBnd the past.• historian, wrote the facing the town today. In at the Stratford HI& plied "111 be here tomor- Sikoraky Air Althouch Knapp W88 section on the Stratford between, the book covers torical Society and at the row," craft. in 1985, not present at the first oyster industry. He has the eharacten and the 350th Store at the Dock. Eight days later, P historic flight of written 8 book on that events that shaped the Its $32.50 coot _ to Stratford Town His Wilcoxson died.. torian Lew Knapp de Sikorsk.y's 8-300 50 industry. current day Stratford. the HiBtorical Society Knapp's dedication cided "that Stratford yean ago. he did witness "And Dixon Merkt wrote the portion on the needecl a DeW hiRory" to oeveral Oights of the update William Howard craft. piloted by duek decoy carve.... 8 subject on which be has Wilcouon', History of Sikorsky himaelf, after he began working for the written a book." Knapp StratfOrd. said. company in June, 1940. '!'be finished product, Others who ....ponded Knapp started work In Pursuit of Paradis<," to Knapp'. request and on his his tory " in has now been publisbed wrote portiona of the earnest" years ago. and is dedicated to two book ...... Robert M.S. WilcoJ:8on who pub He said that he fin t in McDonald, Charlotte lished his work in con tended to write the Dzllina, Jooeph Quire, junction with the town's entire book himself, but Paul G. Miller Sr. Ray tercentenary (aooth an he 900ft discovered that mond E. Jankowich, " writirlg niversary) in 1939. sometimes Miller Wachs, Dee Watt [t was while working doesn't work that way." and Neil Sherman. at Sikorsky. helping to He enlisted the aid of Knapp said in addi design helicopters, that friends to write chapters tion to Wilcoxson's book, __r-to ...... "'_ ...... __ "''''''book''bo_ Knapp's intere. t in hi& 01' eectioD8 of the book on he relied primarily on ...... at Towa a.o witlt ...... VIYIea8e. Tbe book ...... tory germinated. subjects in which they Samuel licit ~ ID t:t..1er'" SIOtIt. C.I.'.... He said he realize'! were expert.. Orcutt's 1886 hietory, the coliect.iOD of the There i . even a which it the publisher. might llerve 88 a fitting Bridgeport Public Li chapter on Stratford's Knapp said that more epitaph for Wilcoxson, brary, and the Stratford gooIopal put and a de than 2,000 of the 4,000 "who from 1934 to 1966 Historical Society'. Coo ecription of the lives of copiee printed have al kept our recorda 88 town Papers, which contain the Indiana who in many newspaper clip ready been sold. clerk, whOle photo habited the region prior In August, Knapp took pings from the tum of to the advent of the set graphs recorded and • copy of his history to the century. tlers. preserved pictorial local show it and its dedi In Pursuit of Parcu:liM At exact1y 350 _ history, and whose 'Hg- begins with the arrival in length, the hook also cation to the ptJJ'lJdise Grwn 37741t163 of the first EncIioh ..t contains about 400 iI· nonag e nariaD wry of Strutford' has for lt Now Under TM Ownership & tlers in "Pequannocke luslnltiona and picture• • Wilcoxson. ,.. he W88 50 yean been the pri _ MtJIIOllemenl 0( SANDRA SI!0RT and conelude. with a many of which will set leaving at the end of the mary source of the his discuu io n of the the hearts of old photo- viai~ Knapp aalel he tory of our town." Serving Stratford area residents for 90 years Our llfJme for 40 years Happy Anniversary As S tratford celebrates its 350th. Scott Insura nce is proud to celebrate ou r 40th year of p rotecting the Stratford! people and property oJStratJord. Continue the spirit ,.c:;rOTT Peop7e°:' bz ...... A.~ Ovenhado'fJed in Bize but not in caloric content by her husband'. Tricent quiDqIripDorJ Iliotory at the town 01 StnIfwd. In Punuit of PorodSM, ia the rulinuy .... titenryofrer.. ins of Vivienne Kaapp, ~Eno,. . Mrs. Knapp ~ hal col· leeted, teeted and, in MJIne caaea, quantified i~ dieDU for 190 recipe& in her _ad cookbook, ...... Ii8bed by'" _nI Hio- toricoI Soeie Iroquois GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM . 7"'~~~ ( ,Come VISit Us At O~r New Headquarters at('{2 Enterprise Dr. A) SheltOn, CT • . 1 10"3!;Oftllttit'lotR'S DAYPARADfSPK:\AL SECtJdN ------Sikorsky: Part of community this century'- ... Robert A. became too populated. the proximately where Main C-... Street is located. EN the air daring young men and When the airport for port, which was their fragile, often un· to become dependable flying ma mally opened 60 years ago in July 1929, it boasted Sikorsky Air chines moved to Lord8hip. Ws But, the men who had lights for night Rying and port, unofficially opened in purchased 275 acres in service facilities. In the October 1928, it consisted decade of the 3(I's, when rAtwo gra.se 1.200 foot run Stratford's Great Meadows after World War I to build aviators were superstars, it "aya and a hanger, an of was visited by the Oee and the Happy Landing Bridgeport Airport had big plans. This was the age of Lindberghs, the Inn restaurant. Chamberlains, the Powered night was al- the great Rying boata and Earham, the Gattys, the . teedy in tbe third decade of the leader was the Sikorsky Aviation Company, which Hughes. its existence in t.he 8tr8t And, the airport, like the l»rd area. '(bere are some built its factory adjacent to rest of the nation, was also ,,00 maintain that, in 1901, the airport the following year. visited by the Great De Bridgeporter Gustave pression. The facilities fell Whitehead made the first Sikorsky was already powered night in Lordship, building the 8-38 which into a state of disrepair, two years before the sue could carry its two man and the airport was closed eeeafui night by the Wright crew and eight passengers in 1935. Brothers at Kitty Hawk. 600 miles at a cruising Two years later, the In 1912, using a hastily speed of an amazing 100 abandoned airport was purchased by the city of constructed field ncar what miles per hour. Commercial aviation be Bridgeport for $115,000 is now Paradise Green, a and reopened as Bridgeport Army nying detachment lieved that its future rested with the amphibian and Municipal Airport. That proved the practicability of lat~r with the flying boat, purchase unwittingly the airplane for scouting which did nol require an sowed the seeds for the fis .nd reconnaissance in war expensive airport, but just ca1 border war bet.ween games conducted in the a suitable body of water. Bridgeport, the owner, and • rea. For this reason, the plans St.ratford, the unwilling In its second decade, the for the Redgling airport in host. The tax impasse con .viation hotbed was the cluded the dredging of a tinu(!8 to the present willi Bridgeport Aerodrome in seaplane facility from the no sign of armistice or repa Avon Park. When that area HOU88tonic River to ap- rations. During World War II, the airport became the birthplace and the proving grounda of the moet effec Happy 350th Birthday tive and succeseful fighter plane to see action in the Pacific: theater, the Vought SUtonky F-4U-l Corsair. Stratford At. t.he time of peak production, eight of the gull-winged figilten rolled Crime Watch of Stratford Inc. off the aseembly lines each day. A total of 11 ,416 Cor sairs were built by the end 385-4027 oll946, one of which iI per manently enshrined at the airport entrance. In 1973, the airport, the home of many private ., Dyers and served by several CIvtoIino'. .. feeder airlines, was re , .:. named (or Stratford's most illustrious aviation ~ lII!~1tL6TC~ pioneer, Igor Sikorsky. A twR-NAIl-sKINCAAE bWJt of the builder of the great flying boats and the 3n-5652 ~ father of vertical Right was unveiled in ceremonies at ~CenIo< the airport in August of 39~._ this year. ~-Prnp. Tax i88ues are not the only problem intelTUpting the peaceful coexistence of airport and town. Stratford residents on the airport pe rimeter, particularly those Phyl's Flowers in Lordship, are more than concerned about the noise Baslrels and Fruit pollution from their large neighbor. The decibellic Custom Floral Design output of the airport has in Fresh. Silk and Dried Arrangements creased in proportion to its popularity with commercial mittee which produced a pilots who take "short.-c:uts" ofthe town's existence. The 29 STONVBROOK ROAD and private users, and the formal noise abatement PHVlllS RECA in existing landing and relationship between the STRATfORD expanded air traffic as program. When put Into ef take-ofT patterns which FRANKREGA more busine88eS have lo airport and the town is, to 203-3"-1114 fect, it i, hoped the p~ seek to avoid such areas. cated in the area. say the least, ambivalent. gram will decreue over Sikorsky Airport has It would seem that This led to the fonnation flights of residential areas. been a part of the Stratford of an Airport Noise Com- ambivalence will be pres These are often caused by experience for a small part ent for some time to come. -5CIfIITlK!I • RICHARD D_ MIlROY Lancaster Jewelers T' i DMIioB AI_DonoOn_ evoa Ind DrI&a T...... Sy.a.m. ~;I,' . 37M4II -c.I Acoo&nIng ay...,..--. I. --.... - ... ~~PLAZANEWSIYARieTY ' ~ '- ~ " '. I " .,,....j , ..-....~IIUDB'T , d: ', J For Fast & Courteous Service, Stop In At ,. FROM STRATFORD'S FASTEST GROWING SHOPPING AREA PLAZA NEWS. 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Gallery 01 rme Prin .. Dr. R M. K.metzo Gol,I',DeI_ Hamilton Jlbannoq Hot SIIots Hovom~ Koith', Laundromat l.ioM Den Manny', Tailoriog Mary Robem Shop MiIwe '(P Lowe Paradioe ~ Paradioe Jew.b Paradioe PIzza Paradioe Reronb Paradioe Shoe Store '(P Shoe Repair Dr. II. F. Rabine, DD5 Dr. Ilic:hard 5chobohn Ray', GuW Service 5tation Ray', Porodioe Mobil Reynokb Technical 5e1Viceo Shear Delight 50cidy For Saving, Spot CIeanero 5tratfunl Bootery 5tratfunl Cyeiery TopT ... Troditions Bridal Shop Vic', Variety Wi""'" Padcage 5tore ThE 8R1DGUOI\T Kf.O~AL BUsIWESS CUJNlR A...... oI.,s.bd~dc-tt...... fl1'IIt~~ ..... c-t , ' The ' " ofStr tford ,, j L ...... GratSw.. p ...... DiotJoD- - StnoUord...... Map of _ Cooee Puture Stratford...... Conn. Orisinal Layout of • 163' Homeloa 1660 Old Field Con 14 350Ih FOUIIDI'R'S DAY PARADI' SPEaAlSECllON ------1837 - FHght of Pequots, through Cupheag, to last erected, placed on Watch House Hill. Tract at Coram turned back to their use. stand at Southport. Hill given to Indians. 1739 - Another request for part of common land for 1838 - This territory granted by [ndians to Con 1881 - Ceremony, under an oak near western Episcopal church use, again granted._ necticut Colony for security. Connecticut's first COD boundary, at which fmal Indian deed was signed as 1740 - Visit of the Rev. George Whitefield, who stitution drawn up by Roger Ludlow of Fairfield. authorized by General Court. Itood upon the lteps of the Congrepi:ioaaI Church 1839 - First 17 settler-fanners settled at Cupheag, 188l1- Firs. Meelingbowoe. at Sandy Hollow. "'m ob Academy HiD and preached to a great multitude. led by-the Reverend Adam Blakeman. Fint (now down. 1748 - Third Congregational church building Congregational) church organized. 1884 - Settlement with Moses Wheeler aItout the -..I. by tuation. Second Epiocopol church build· 1840 - Settlement called "Cupheag." Boundaries land he had purchased in 1659. ing erec:ted on Main Stree~ by st.oc:k ownership. ordered, aettled by General Court. 18811 - Hilhway '" Fairfield establisbed ..,. "'_ Upon its 8pire is placed the weather-cock which tops HUI - About this time the first meeting house was Bct. the spire of the present edifice. erected at Sandy HoUow. 1.. - First ladder company - every householder 1744 - New EpillCOp8l building. unplastered and 1842 - First representative (Philip Groves) sent to iD Stratford mUit provide a ladder to reach the top without pews, opened with a aermon by Dr. Johnson. the General Government. ofhie hOuse. Wharff provided and warehouses built. 1746 - Public greens came into town'. po88888ion as 1843 - (Settlement first called "Stratford." Palisade 1887 - Fint provision made by town for the 8Upport gifts of private individual8. built 8Cf'088 Watch-bouse hill. Indians troubleeome- of public school _ruction. 1750 - Voted to build a town hall. 1644 - (watch kept nights and Sundays, militia 1888 - Patent, or charter, of town of Stratford. called out several times - House built on the hill {OI' p81)~ in 1686 by Govemor and General Court, was these soldiers 1645 - (gave the name "'Watcb-houae'" recorded in the town records by Joseph Curtis. Town ordered meetinghouse fortified 88 a '" hill now called • Academy Hill." 1_ - UW6 - Stratford gave aU pounds, fourteen shillings ... or securi.y. "W maintain poor odlolan al Cambridgo." 1_ - Samuel Wheeler leased the Stratford ferry UU7 - General Court ordered taxes of Stratford tor twenty.one yean. and Fairfield, formerly collected together as ODe 1812 - Last trial for witchcraft in Connecticut plantation, to be coUected separately. (Mercy Disborough's) was held in Fairfield. 11148 - Town plot laid ou'. Rot!er Ludlow aaked 1883 - The ...rr hunl. General Court to permit Moees Wheeler to operate a 1816 - F.a::lMia8tical Society of Stratford was or feny aCl'088 what is now the Housatonic Ri:ver. ganized. 1850 - Town records begin. Towo voted to ~ half 1888 - "Janes BenniU, a shipwright, built a vessel the salary of a oehooImaster. the parents of pupiIa at Stratford." aent, to pay the reat. 1., - Birth of Elnathan Beach, who first, in Con 18111 - Goody _ tried, and Itanpd. ror aectieut, began a f\md for relief of the poor. witchcraft. 1_-DeaChofMoeee Wheeler, aged100years, the 18112 - Volad thaI "the _,meetiqhouBe be r..... _rerryman. tified ... place of aalety for women and children in 1781 - Death of the Reverend. Israel Chauncey. times 01 danger.· llftN- Birth of the Hon. Robert Walker, noted law- 1853 - Establishment offerry at what ill DOW Wash· 7fWwith rew eqdabo in hi. day. ington Bridgo. . I'lli - Indian capitol, or "Council-fire place," at 1_ - Mill built al Old MiD Green by John Hurd N.. IIiIford. sold. Sr. and Thoma Sherwood Sr. 1'101- 'I1le Rev. Georp Muinon, Episcopal mis 1811/1- Trouble with Dutch and with Chief Ninlilret Bioaary at Rye, held servicee at Stratford and or Ih. Narroganoet nation. baptbecl twenty·four persons, "'which W88 the fint 1868 - Fint Indian deed made. General Court ....• atep toward iDtrodllCing the church worship into the ooIony" (ror Epileopalians). ftrmed righl or soU '" IDbabitants. 18118 - General Court ordered planlina land laid 1707 - Christ Church, first Episcopal parish in out lor tn4lan8. that peace IIIlOUId. prevaU. OoDDoc:tic:ut, waa founded. 18l1li - Court aeaignecl Goldan HiD '" IndiaD8 and 1_-The Rev. Murison died. Epi.8copal church left oettled titles of pIan"~. Fint pun:buo of Ian4. to oc:calional visit of miseionaries. made in Stratford, ror (be town, by _ WbeoIoo-. 1M-The Rev. TimothyCutier settled 88 minister 1_ -Mention made tha. the first ~ of Congregational church. had been uainc • bell to summon wonhippera to 1'710 - Birth 01 General David Wooster, Revolu services (other town. \&led a drum,). tionary War offtcer. 1881-Jooeph Judson mada the Mohegan Hills land 1711-'llle Rev. Francis Philips, an Episcopal mis purch.ue for the towo. sionary, labored here about five months. 1882 - Long Hill purch.... which included moot of 1'714 - Episcopal churchmen began the work of Trumbull, Monroe and Easton. Connecticut and. New building a house of worship. Haven Colonies united under one charter. 1711-Voted that "our neighbors north of Tanner's 1863 - James Blakeman 80Id mill at Old Mill Green Brook may set up a schoolhouse at the north end of and, the nen year, built mill at what i8 now mown the town at their own expense." a8 "Peck'8 Mill" 1'718 - Oronoque allowed a separate school. 1884 - Dulch "New Amsterdam" beeame Englioh 1'717 - Separate school established at Old Mill Great Swamp "New York," causing peace of mind to Stratford and green. DlYison other nearby English settlements. 1'719 - The Rev. Timothy Cutler became president "" .. .-. IBM - The Reverend Israel Chauncey called to .... or Yale College. "" sist the aged Rev. Adam Blakeman, who died this 17U - The tlev. George Pigot, msisionary from New same year. York., visited Episcopal parish. The building of a 1886 - Difficulties arising in fint church. a second . church edifice considered. The Rev. Hezekiah Gold ecclesiastical society was formed. Fairfield County, called to be minister Of Congregational church. A and three other counties, organized. coogregational panonage begun. 1867 - Penniasion granted to establish plantation 17J3 - Judaon Houae built. Episcopal burying at Newtown, soon abandoned. ground established. The Rev. Samuel Johnson 1888 - Regulation, or "advice," of Governor ac· reached Stratford after hi8 ordination in England. cepted conceminc voting privileges. Tbe Rev. Timothy Cutler resigned presidency of Yale 1889 - Liberty granted ror both Congregational .... College, went to England and was ordained an cieties to use the same building for services at dif Episcopal clergyman. ferent times, 1724 - First service held in the First Episcopal 1870 - A "Select school" authorized. Church building. 1871 - White Hills purchase, for forty pounda. 1727 - Episcopalians were excused from paying 1872 - Stratford people made settlement at Wood bury. taxes for support of the Congregational church. Birth of William Samuel John.m, delegate to the Con 1873 - Militia companies of towns placed in county organizations. stitutional Convention, president of Columbia Col· .. and United States Senator from Connecticut. 1874 - Defenses strengthened against any emer 1 '761 - Agreement for a dock gency. 1'130 - Robert Wheeler granted liberty to set up 1875 - King Philip's War. - Men drafted. - griat mill on east bank. of Far Mill River. Episcopal tower by ;1~.;';J;i;] provisions collected. 1'711 - Division of common lands ordered, which was not made until 1783. minister,1762 - Thehaving Rev married. r an !~~i~~~::~~~ j 1878 - War ended. sisted upon attending ber 1877 - Congregational burying ground laid ouL At· 1'713 - '!be Rev. Samuel Johnson and others re quested liberty of erecting and setting up a school thereby making him escort her to tempts '" distribute lois on Goldan Hill stopped. of her church, before and after colod,.cting house on the Common. 1878 - Towo voted lwenly pounds '" maintain a service. The Rev. Gold was pastor for odloolmaater. General Court reaffirms gran, '" Indi· 1'781- Supporten of the Episcopal church petition for town to grant a portion of common landa for their 17113 - Birth or Captain Nehemiah Gorham. ans ., Goldan Hill. lutionary War offteer. 1879 - Boundary line _led between Fairfield and minister. [t was granted. 17114 - Dr. Samuel Johnson accepted presid,,"cy S.ratford. General Court ordered that"preoent roads 17l11- Birth. in Stratford. or Andrew Adams w_ King's CoIIep. The Rev. lrahiah Wetmore is from plantation to plantation shall be reputed the name appears signed to the Articles of Confedera or Fi.... Congregalional Church. country roads, or 'King's Highway. ... tion. 1758- Washington, as a British officer, fint 1_ - Second Congregational church bWld~ . 1 ~ . - ~ wed, ,but w money of Episcopalians \M>ugh Stratford. Birth or General Joseph Introduction It. you follow the tour you will be traveling tbrouP the Stratford of 350 yea ... qo &II it waa planned and laid out by the 8nt eettlen. At eome p:!inta you will Me locatklna virtually un· ehanpd from the ftJ'tieR clay •. Aloni the route various houses will illUltl'aw ehanginr timet! .lind faahions and others will show the deaire ollown/Jpoople to preserve their historical past. If you are a Stratrordite, we hope you will'Rin a deeper un derstanding and appreciation of your town. If)'Ou are a'riaitor, welcome. The 350-year heritage II ours, but it i. youn too, and we invite you to join us in our motto to "Continue the Spirit." The Settlers Stratford', first settle,. arrived here in 1639, '&d by the Rev. Adam Blakeman. Coming from England, they nostalgically named their new home Stratford. Tradition saya they landed at Mae'. Harbor, but Town Historian Lewis Knapp', research leads him to believe they came overland. What i$ certain is that our anct"ltonl tame into the wildemeM and carved out II pIaa'! where they could worship lind live in freedom and hope for the future. We are the ~neficiarie8 of their courage and determintl· lion. The location of the first aettlement offered an abundant food supply and natural protection. On the exposed western . ide and to the north, the settlen built an 8-to-lO·root.high wooden palisade and a watch house a little distance ofT. The settlers built hornet, laid out one-to--two acre homelots, and established common field~ for fanning and grazi.ng. Soon they began building boat8 and established a thriving port for import. and export that served the town for more than three centurie~. The boundaries of the fil'lJt settlement are close to theM of the recently established National Regi~ter Historic District which this tour coVi!rs. Main and Elm StreetA Wen! the DOrth ud south thoroughfaretl and Broad Street. Stnlt.lord Avenue and South Avenue were the original CTOfj8·atreetA. Trolley Tour The tro11ey leaves from the American Festival Theab'e park ing area on Elm Street.. ( FROM THE THEATER, roRN RlGHT, HEADING NORTH, ONTO ELM STREET.) 1) # 1850, on your right .. we tum out of the drive..,-, ia the N&eoD-BenJaatiD HouR, now the American '.iyal n.ea.t.n. 7) On the left is Brown's Boatyard. Small lhope such 88 administration building. It was built c. 1836 .. a Gnltlk Revival theee have llerviced the PQrt and ita sailors for more than three borne, probably by Capt. Samuel Nicoll, who had made his for centuriea. tune 88 captain of the privateer "Scourge- in the War of 1812. 8) Nan on the left. is Bond's Dock. known over the yeal'lJ as Below the ground floor ia • rour-(oot.-high tub-basement which Prince'8, 1'hompeon's and the Lower Dock. It wu the town'8 may have been used by eecaped slaves on the Underground main dock from the mid-17th century. Cargo ves8els and sailing Railroad or, with the Captain's reputation, to hold smupled packet1llanded here. Sugar, mola8lle&, rum and salt were im rum. A later resident, John Benjamin, was pre~ident of the New ported from the West Indie8 8nd hor&es and barrel staves were \ York Stock Exchange and the first president of the Housatonic exported to the Carribean where both commoditett were IIC8roo. Boat Club. . Corn and leather goods were also e.ported. In 1880 Capt, John (TURN RlGHT ON1YJ STRATFORD AVENUE) 80ad converted the old shipping warehouse into a training cen Stratford Avenue, one of the original streets, becomes s nar ter for boxel'lJ. Dempsey, Firpo and Jack John80n are said to row lane 88 it leads to the Lower Dock, now caned Bond'8 Dock. have trained here and John L. Sullivan was a frequent vi8itor. On the left. are World War I era two-family homee that became (BEAR RIGHT ON SHORE ROAD) popular when housing materiaJs were expeneive and money was 9) #19 On the right is the remaining part of an old ..... are house con8truct.ed in 1830. The upper story eerved 08 a resi ticht. dence while the tall basement W88 a storehouee for eJlport 2) 1841 i8 the Fairchild halle, built c. 1791. The sim p!:iatkally styled early one-half Federal style home with center 10) #31 on the left. is the only remaining oyster house where chimney and gable roof was popular In thia area. Stratford oysters were packed for shipment by boat or train. It -.WIUI later used to house actors performing st the Theater. (PROCEED SWWLYl 3) Selby's Pond, the tiny body of water you can see behind Katharine Hepburn lived in it fo.- two summers and enjoyed the the house.. on the right, W88 called the Great Salt Pond in Colo fael that water came up through the noorboards at high tide. nial times and becauae or its highly Yline water, people u.ed it 11) #50 on the right W88 once the home of Albert Lai~, to soak Ru to make thread (0.- ImeR doth. Lqend said the who inspired the Stratford School of decoy carvers. Aceording to pond W8.8 bottom1eas. 17&e Art of 1M D«oy, Laing's bim "were fashioned 80 expertly 4) #719 on the right was built c. 1760 and has changed very they are lUI tight and good now as on the day they were fin little over the years. Large panee of gIaaI were very ellpenaive ished. ~ In 1886, in failing hea1th and no loncer 8ble to carve in the 18th century and itA windows probably were like the 12- with the perfection he demanded of himself, Laing made the over-12 ush you can see in the attic. Neitemlab AileD, who fina1 entry in his diary "Today the martins lerL.- and shot lived here, u8ed hides from the elalJlhter houae across the himaelf. His estate li sted III 8tool ducks, va1ued at $45. Today, street to make shoes. Leather pants and saddle8 were al80 his dccoya bring $3,000 W $25,000 each. m.IIde from the abundance of hides and silO exported from the 12) Once oystering W88 an important industry in Stratford. In Lower IJrock to the We8t Indies and other far porta. In Colonial the 17th century foot-long oy~ten could be picked up from the Stratford, work clothes were usually made of leather, rather river bottom and, even before the American Revolu tion, laws than cloth. were passed to limit oyater harvesting to winter and fall. In the 5) #827 on the right i8 the CapL John Selby bouM, for 19th century u many as 250 oyster sloop! worked the offshore whom the pond i8 named. It dates to c. 1765. Sea captailll.l who beds in the Sound. sailed from the Lower Dock built their home8 near the water 80 13) On the right ill the American Festival Theatre, or they commanded a view of the port. It was believed that a. sea iginally and 8till referred to as the Shake8peare Theatre. It i8 captain lost a minute ofT hia life for every minute he could not designed in the octaguna' shape of the Globe Theatre in Eng view the sea or a waterway. According to On:utt.8' Hutory of land and sheaUied in teak auppoeedly 80 hard each nail hole Stratford, Capt. Selby once returned from a voyage with six had to be drilled. The Republic of France donated the teak, hogshead8 of rum in the cargo on which he neglected to pay which was originally intended for a 1939 World's Fair pavilion duty. The CUSWm8 agent saiJed his boat and auctioned it off that W88 never built. Ln 1964 Katharine Cornell broke the and Selby W86 thrown in jail. The owners, who were the min ground with a gold 8hovel and the theater opened with J.aJIU8 ister'a eons, quietly bought back the boat and I'tiumed the buai Caesar the following y~r. Actor/director John HouAeman and nen and Selby later opened a saloon. actor Morris Camovsky were in8trumentai in bringing the ASr 6) 1840, at the end of the row of houses once occupied by to the fore and such actors as Christopher Plummer, Raymond dock workers, is the Lewi .. Burritt house. This c. 1796 "'ederal Massey, Roddy McDowell and Jack Paiance have perfor~ed home retains a good deal of ita original character. Thf' Burritl.ll there. Dark for lIt'\Ieral yean, the Cl)mplex has been acqUIred by were noted cabinet and coffin makers and rumor has It that ex the state, which will run it lltrough the University of Connec tra coffins were kept in the basement for those who did not ticut's Stratford IMtitute and a board of directon. A limited survive their sea voyages. summer se8llOn was produced in 1989 to coincide with Strat- 2 35OIhCEi.£BR'AooN1'Roo£yf~______""' ''''~''''';w,;w...... ·, ford'.35OtJI Ce&ebnUoa... (PAUSE AT CORNER BEFORE TURNING RIGHT) 14) Stntford 11 ooe of the commlilloitiM in the ..... r.,Ung to ~ it.. coutline. Thi. area appears much u it did at the tum 01 the oentwy. '11M! salt mAl"8h q(I your left. and in (ront 0{ yvu .... an open harbor when the fint aettlen arrived in St.nt- '''''(PAUSE. NEAR MARKER) 15) On your left. i.lbc'a Harbor, named for Little Mack (or Mat), .mo wu .. AheUennan and kept his oyster pil~ .t the 80Uth end of the Theatre grounds, known .II Shell keep Point. The plaque, commemorating thi, histone lite, waa erected in 1970 by the Connecticut Hiswrical Commission and the town. AcI'OM the inlet, at the base of the t.reee, ),OU C¥ see a crumbled pile of __ muklng the aite of the ftm Fiat miD. By HleO Stntrord had three mills. two powered by the lade and the other by .. rut flowing inland stream. Tidal mila. were auperadecl by milla powered by ItrNma, aad it wu lllJlrely due to its .uperior water power and more protected harbor that Bridgeport became a separate entity (rom Stratford in 1821. At one time Stratford encompassed all or large parts of what is now Bridgeport, Trumbull, EaBton, Monroe, Huntington and Shelton. For yea,.. Stratford even had an ongoi", ditpute with Newtown ow:r ita northem border. 16) The early .uleN had a lW'p1"ieinc variety 01 food . In ad dition to their domeatic aheep, cows, swine and c:hickelU, !.hey ate .ater fowl , wild turb:J. putridce, quail, pipon and veru.on. They gJ"e1t' Indian mm and picked st,.wberriel, black· beme. and wild grapea. F'I'Om the streams and sea came fish, Photos by Michael Koister oyItera, eel, and dams. & Dorothy Euerle 17) #HO, the luge house on the right WQ probably built c. 1732 by"'o.epa. GorUa. nu, homelot hal been occupied since the (oundinc 01 the town and i, liat.ed in Vol. 1, pep 1 of the town', Land ~ on,inally a sattb 6 640 Slntford Avrnut' - Lnrois BurriU ~ 7 &ro..'n'~ Boafyard 8 -Bond's Dod; 19 Sho:IK aOId-W~ I.• :'o1!1ihorr 1I.1lId_~(rH~ 11 W !1ihorr Road - Alt>t-n WI1«~ Hou~ 1> Hi:ou~onk' Ri\'(~r~»'Mc:fi1'll AnM:r" · anf~b-'lI-~..Jn)lb(al~ " s"ltM.u'M " MIoI: '~ Hamor "16 Oic-t of (~ ' linlJrn; 17 ...... _~.w She1ft'...... Aqad-. Jotcph Gorham Hourot' l' 9'1' .\ ~ .wt'nur: - Sand)' HoIk1w SdKloI 2Ql' 1t".\O M~ln SlrttI- haiiaRal(}f(JCnC' ' 16'\6,Main SUttC-Gfrtk Rc.,\;"'lIlfom( "22 1710 Main SCrttl-'1\Jdor'nqu( lfomco "'dls~ ,. H.nl'~ Comer " Gmt ....011' Hunt "26 1962 Elm SlrttI-CapWn ThomuAUltln 27 : ..r HiU eo.-xt ' . --mATFORD r. 28 9U AcIIkmy Hil-ClpcaJn D. PolaskI 19 ...... 967 AadmIy - HiI-Captaip ~J~ 30 Slratfotd "1\anndli" 2000 Main Strttl-Ov1sI: EpdcopaI OIurch " 2110 Main 5r.~-St . Jamn ao..n WELLS "L.AC! " =.a:re-:' ~W1Dilm~ @ " -Worid .Wat I Monun'In1I " 2ZO} Main SlrttI-Su'llford I.Jbnry 228" MItra SlrttI-~ tIcIwIc: ~ .. " Conpqational Clurch BurytnJ Ground ",. 2Z88 Maln StIT(I-Da\id Broob H 2131 Elm Sirrtt-'Cu'i"':""'- """":~ ~~r~~IIaHInM( Homes .lJ61 'Bnoad Sttttl- ~1onaI Church I.. ~ J, 21~S Main S!:rUI-ItatiaftMc' tto.r 1(.70 Elm 5r.n:n ..,. A1fKd Ely 8cath ~ Sil( of I'hc:trs Mm.<;inn 1"12 am Stfftt-NiC'OllllkadlIil:JlM !ihak~ c..dcn,~ ______~ .. ~~ ____~ ______,~~CE liBR~OC~~T~3 American Revolution, in 1906 and are dedicated to "tM mtn 49) 11116 Orfthe right ia the General."..... " ...... home and for !101M time it ... the Red Crose buildine. It had GIld wotrWn who pIt:uaI«J in tM wihUrmu 1M torly Jaoma o( house, believed to be one of the oldest in the area with a fallen into diaTepa.ir until purdwed and restored by the Pbtey SUotford, who fouBhl broUl!ly (lnd . u{ft~ JXIl~ntly in 1M wcr suspected conatruction date of c. 1690. Its at}'le is derived from 0( rAe Amtri.con lWvolulion GIld who kft to tkir dnulUUulU (I PoIt-medieval English buildings. In 1934 it .... moved piece-by. (TURN LEFl' ONTO MAIN STREET AND PROCEED TO pI'OfId 1Mmot)' o(~, ~nduron« (lnd ((litA ill God." piece from Main Street north of the Railroad Station to its pres SOUTH A. VENUE, roRN LEFT ON SOurH AND PROCEED 38) 11188. the yeUow building on the right, is the David -. ent aite. The Raymond Baldwin family lived here .t one time. ro AND TURN LEFT ONT'O ELM STREET) BI"IIOb houae. Thia aa1tbox, built in Co 1715, served as a poet of He had the distinction at &erving .. Governor of Connecticut, 56) 1'1t70 ora your right ia a fine enmple of the Lransitional ftee, pneral store and as the atagecoach stop from New York to Chief Justice at the State Supreme Court and United Staw archiwcture bet""een Greek revival and Italianale. AItred ElJ' &e.eh, who lived here, invented the first practical typewritu, 39) ,taol On the left. is the Flnt ConcnPdoaaI Cbun:.b, (STOP A.T INTERSECTION OF BROAD) the firRt with raiaed type fw the blind; publi8bed the New Yorl -built between. 1867·9. It wu designed in the Swiu Gothit style Sun; and began the Scwnlifj( American. In 1868 he aeeretJy 60) 'II'" On the rigldhand corner is the Lt. Gov. Darid dac by (amed ecdesiaatic arclill.eet i.eopoJd Eidliu. When the church - . Plaat bouet, which he _igned and built in 1825 to repJ.ce the • bIock-and-a-balf lone tunnel and built a magnificent waim. ... repaired t . 1960, the architeeture of the steeple WIl.B home bia father set up after llerving in the French and Indian room under a Manhattan street to demonstrate his pneu c:hanpd to neo-Co&onial to the dismay of many, including a Yale War. David probably cot his ideas for such features as the maUc:alJy-powered aub"".y car. Sadly, his plan w.. aabot.aced prc(euor of architectural history, who had previoualy brought by Tammany BoINI Tweed and tod.y only a plaque rnarka the studenta !)ere to study Eidlitz's CllI""penter Gothic edifice. archaei doorways and curved baluatrade (which he rnay have tumed himself in hi. f.ther'. wheelwright shop) from hi. visits &pOt 01 Beach'a walled-up dream. to Yale daumate John Calhoun in the South. Although he never made money from his own inventiona, Buch became ricl:l actiDl as consultant to aucll men as In 1889 it wu Jmoown .. ~where the children of the County Sam_ Morse and Eli.. Howe and, .. 1bomas Ediaon's palent at. Home Ii"e .~ The kitehen in the north of the houae, is thought to have been the on,inaJ wheelwright shop. torney, he wu among the firat to see the inca.we-nt lamp, Plant served as a Stale Senator, Lt. Go'fflrnor on the Whig phortofnph and moving picture machine. tieket and went on to become a Congreuman. He "" .. Strat 57) Where you see the recent bOwing development, once ford'. first Judie of Probete. et.ood Stratford's meet notorious building. Tbe PheIpI""""': ... built in 1826 by the wife of Capt.. DoweD 51) 'JI34 KiUy-oorner KI"OII8 the inteneetioo is the Curtla Geo,..., R. ""hiIe bouae. It . tanda 011 the comer of Elm and Broad Street..s facina" her seafaring husband was on his final voy •. 1be 7Q.by·12 Academy Hill, but in 1750 it stood on the comer of Fnmt Street foot main hallway, built to the e:uct. dimen.ions of a clipper and New Lene and fated Meeting Houae Hill. Can you figure &hip'. deck, and the twin stairways on either end were meant to out why? ('iboee were tM previous names.) allow the Captain to feel he Wall aboard his ship. Sadly, he died 40) Long ago a ftacpole stood here bu~ver the yea .... it was The Georgian style houee has a sad history. It was built in of the plague and never got to enjoy it. The next owner died replaced by other things. In recent years locals continued to the latter h.lf of the 1700. by Edward Curtb for hia bride-to within two yea .... and in 1840 it beaune a sc:hool for boys. direct. people to Stratford Center, saying, "Go to the fhIgpole." be, but Curti. died before he could many and the house was In 1849 the mansion ""aslGld to the Rev. Eliakin Pbel.,. when, in fact, the circle in the rotary had a lamp ))Q6t. After a com pleted and lived in by his nephew, Henry. The bouee's and aeon it became the scene of alIltinde of suppoeed II Uper hurricane toppled it in 1986, the LoveD family put up the biurre slant is the resuk of yeara of8eUlinJ", but Stratfon!. leg natural occurrences. Believers and sceptics crowded into town fIatpoJe you see today and at last made the direct.iol18 fact. end says it began to tilt tJae day Edward died. on every train and a special vehicle carried aigbtlJee.rs to the again. (TURN RiGIlT ONT'O BROAD STREET) houae night and day. Mr.. Phelps and ber children left. the (TURN RiGIlT ON1Y) EAST BROADWAY 52) , 908 and 1890 On the right are two more lItylized ltal houae and the weird happeninp stopped. AND PA USE ACROSS FROM CENTER SCllooL.1 For the next 100 yean a1l was quiet. In the 1940s the man lsnate homee bu..il~ arouM Co 1850 by two brothers, each trying This road, previously calle a Revolutionary War officer. baronet, at Benjamin Tavern. 1806 - Town voted to remove dyke at Little Neck. 1757 - "Colonel Frazier's Highland Battalion was 1771 - Marriage, in Christ Church, of Glorianna Academy completed. encamped on the common and amused themselves Folsom and John Stirling. 1808 - Proprietors of Stratfo~ Acaden)Y made a by shooting' at the weather-cock on the Episcopal 1772 - Death of Dr. Samuel Johnson. corporate body. First bridge, over Housatoqic" church spire, piercing it many times." Birth of Colo 1773 - Glorianna Folson Stirling sailed from New washed away by ice·flood. nel Aaron Benjamin, who was in the attack on Stony York to rejoin her husband at Gloriat, the fami(y 1807 - Lottery, granted by' Legislature, to raise Point. seat at Stirlingshire, in Scotland:" funds for another bridge. 1758 - First town meeting held in first town hall. 1774 - Town meeting authorized collections to be 1808 - Second bridge begun. Organ placed in EpiseopaJ Church. Stratford and sia taken to assist the oppressed people of Boston. 1810 - First Methodist Church building erected. ter towns ~mpensed by General Assembly for 177& - Washington met Lafayette at the Benjamin 1812 - War with Great Britain - The "Scourge," quartering Colonel Frazier's Highland Battalion. Tavern. Captain Samuel Nicoll, captured many prizes. His 1760 - Town voted ·to build a "pest house." 1778 - Captain David Hawley sailed from Strat toric crystal chandelier, once owned by Christ 1782 - Severe drought, but spring which answered ford, was captured by the British but later escaped Church, obtained from this source. the prayers of the Rev. Nathan Birdseye, in Or to New York in a small boat. 1813 - Second bridge at Ferry completed. onoque never has dried. Episcopal bell cast in 1777 - Town meeting, held at North Parish, voted 1814 - The Rev. Matthew R. Dutton, pastor at First Fairfield. unanimously the sum of ten pounds to each who en Congregational Church. Stratford militia twice sum listed in Continental service for three years or dur- moned to help defend Bridgeport when British ves- ing the war. Voted a tax of eight pence on the pound seIs anchored ofT the harbor. No attacks made. on list of 1776 to pay same. Later, committee ap 1815 - Captain Samuel Nicoll built dyke at pointed to receive donations of provisions for support Lordship (ann. of soldier's families. Additional tax of six pence on 1817 - Death of the Rev. Nathan Birdseye. aged pound. During spring and winter about six hundred 103 years. persons had smallpox. 1818 - Dwelling and. bams at Lordship farm built. 1778 - Articles of Confederation carefully con Red cedar pump taken from a Spanish vessel being sidered and approved. repaired at New York, brought and installed at the 1779 - Tyron's raids on shore towns, Stratford pe0- fann by Capt. Nicoll for watering cattle. Forty-three ple, terrified, circulated petition requesting Willian years later it was taken up and, afterwards used by Samuel Johnson and other prominent people to use Spiritualists to pump water from the hole at the gold their influence with British admiral and General to diggings about a mile east of the farm, near the save Stratford. Johnson arrested, by orders of Gen shore. Wood later made inOO canes. eral Oliver Wolcott and ordered sent to Farmington, 1821-Borough of Bridgeport set ofT from Stratfoni under guard, to prevent him holding correspondence 1822 - Lighthouse keeper lost a cow by mosquitoes. with enemy. Johnson given parole, journeyed to 18S1- Monroe set oft' from Huntington. place the case before Governor Trumbull and soon 1824 - Marquis de Lafayette passed through Strat was exonerated by Council of Safety. Town makes ef ford and stopped at Marshall's Tavern. Spent one fort to clear itself of charge of carrying on a half hour greeting the citizens. traitorous correspondence with the enemy. 1811 - 1'ht(Rev. Joshua Leavitt, D.O. pastor at • 780 - Town voted to provide one hundred of each First Congregational Church . of the following: shirts, mittens, stockings and shoes 1838 - Congregational Church Sunday School or for soldiers from Stratford who were in active ganized by Dr. Leavitt. service. Birth of Gideon Tomlinson, Governor of Con 1830 - 'I1le Rev. Thomas Robbins pastor at First necticut from 1827 to 1831 and U.S. Senator. Congregational Church. Division of town into two townships considered. 1831 - '(be Rev. James Harvey Linsleyordained to 1781 - Protest to General Assembly against ministry of Baptist Chureh. He had already opened .... HW division of town. Matter dropped. a mission at the lower wharf wholly at his own ex 1782 - Town authorized to "borrow money on the ...... credit of the Town," for the first time, to pay bounties 1832 _ The Rev. Frederick W. Chapman pastor at to fill the quota for the army. Berkshire mill estab First Congregational Chun:h. Ii.hed. 183C _ Methodist Church ceased to be on B circuit 1783 - May 26th set apart as a day of "Public Re and became a station with a resident minister. joicing" for peace. Prayers, an address, singing, re 1836 - Bridgeport made a city. Housatonic railroad freshments and toasts, and discharging of C8Dqon built. made up the celebration. Birth of Hon. David Plant, 1837 - Universalist Church building dedicated. four years Lieut. Governor of Connecticut and mem 1839 - Second Methodist Church erected. The Rev. ber of Congress. William Bouton Weed pastor at fi!Intt Congregational 1784 - Ordination of Stephen William Stebbins of Church. Congregational Church, who "stopped the vandalism 1840 - Probate records of Stratford, formerly kept which cut away so much from Academy Hill and in Fairfield or Bridgeport, henceforth kept in Strat spoiled its symmetry." ford. 1785 - Third Congregational Church struck by 1842 - "General Lafayette," first steamboat up the lightning and destroyed by rtre. Housatonic to Derby. 1786 - Fourth Congregational Church built on loca 1843 - Death of Mr. Linsley. tion of present edifice and dedicated. Benjamin's 1844 _ Putney Chapel built. New York and New Bridge built and Stratford Road (Avenue) opened. Haven Railroad chartered. Stnot,.nI 1787 - Federal convention, William Samuel John 1841 - Congregational lecture room built. Nau ...... son a delegate. Town meeting excitement over Con gatuck railroad chartered. necticut's adopting the Constitution. 1848 - About time of movement to settle middle 1789 - Washington breakfasted at Stratford on west. Stratford people went. Map of _ presidential tour of New England. Town of Hunt -1847 - Frederick A Segewick became head ofStrat- Stratford Conn. ington set otT from Stratford. ford Academy. I ...... 1790 - Post office established with Robert Walker 1848 _ Drawbridge widened. First snowplow in QrisbW. t..youl of as first postmaster. Methodist Church organized in town, built by Mr. Sedgewick. tot HOIMI_ 1660 Stratford by Jesse Lee. 1849 - First railroad trains passed Stratford. 1791 - Methodist Bishop Asbury preached in the 1850 - Stratford's "Spirit Knockings." 1851 - Death of Hon. David Plant, Lt. Gov. 1823- Old Field Cove toWn house. 1792 - General Joseph Walker granted the privi 1827. Tide Mill at Eagle's Nest, built by the John lege to build a grist mill at Benjamin's Bridge. This sons, bumed. became the old "Yellow Mill." 1857 - The Rev. Joseph R. Page pastor at First Con 1796 - Petition, for a bridge at the FelT)', before the gregational Church. General Assembly. . 1858 - The Rev. Benjamin L Swan pastor at First 1796 - Birth of Capt. D. Pulaski Benjamin, last Congregational Church. Third and present (1939) survivor of Dartmoor prisoners. Episcopal edifice consecrated. 1797 - Town of Trumbull set otT from Stratford. 1861 - Fifth and present Congregational Church 1784 - First time-restriction for taking oysters 1798 - Birthdate of Jesse Olney, A.M., author of built. ten shillings fine for taking them between April 20 georgraphy and history text books, whose home was 1810 - Dyke rebuilt at Little Neck Creek. and September 10. what is now the St. James rectory. 1861 - Civil War. Stratford men in Union rankB, 1765 - Golden Hill reservation sold by Indians. 1799 - Epidemic of dysentery and typhus fever be- women provided comforts for them and for wounded 1786 - Honorable William Samuel Johnson ap- lieved to be due to dyke built across Little Neck in hospitals. pointed by General Assembly to go to England and Creek. 1812 - The Rev. B.L. Swan, early town historian, defend the' Colony of Connecticut concerning its title 1800 _ William Samuel Johnson resigned presi- resigned 88 pastor of Congregational Church. to certain lands. Loss of suit meant threat to Connec- dency of Columbia, held since 1787. 1883 - Company K, 8th Regt., Connecticut National ticut's charter. 1801 _ "Turnpike era" under way. Guard, organized. 1787 _ Johnson succesafu.l. Became acquainted 1802 _ Pennission granted to build a toll bridge at 1864 - The Rev. Louis R. Charpiot pastor at First with many in high places at court. the Ferry. Golden Hill Indian find established and Congregational Church. Christ Church chapel 1768 - The Rev. Ebenezer Kneeland called to assist still endures. erec:ted. Dr. Johnson at Episcopal Church. 1803 - Name "Washiagton Brid~" first used. 1866 - End of War. 1770 _ Arrival of John Stirling, son of Scottish 1804 - Stratford Academy estabhshed . . .. _.~~ ...... ,...... ',,,,\. \ . , . ,. , ~~., . j''''' .I ., . 'r,,I. _ " , ...... ,,, . '" ' ,' - r' , • • ".,.r·· '.'. . Stratford Class of '27 still meets every year by Ruuell L. Priett1ey group at predictions! ended up, without getting were, Ella opened a French Paul, if you really want their landscape man. In· I went to my high school For example: Howard beat up, with AT&T and Lingerie Shop, with to know is now a valued stead, we would have to class reunion in July. was to outdo Lindbergh as the Army Signal Corps. Burdette as her advertising CPA. Julius, we can't 8ay, guess about Julius and When we all started back a pilot owner of a world air Edith was to have been a manager, Zelta as her haven't heard in yean. Eleanor, but RU8s became a in 1927. there were 79 of line, but had a longer life detective, but alas, became model and Emma her man Charlie was s good "Big Wheel" in Boy Scout WI. CI888 prophesies were and probably a happier one a bank teller. And Marion ager. Actually, it went like storekeeper and eminent ing. A1t an aside, he once, a read at graduation day (or withATI:T. had an old folk "hime" but this. Ella married Lionel poet. Ruth and Grace were LONG time ago, held the sometime) and. looking His friend Joe was to be lived out her life aa a fine after losing her Harold, teachen (and really could world record for rnakiDg back, we were a pretty poor a priaon guard and a.1ao sales lady. worked at Baird's in Strat-. play the piano). Oaaie was fire by friction! LeRoy didn't have a ford, &8 did Lionel. to have been their employ- Dotty suppoeed.ly w.. to chance to become an actor. Burdette became a very ment manager, but alas, sculpt the "Wilson Memori He left WI much too lOOn. well loved and reepected turned out to be a promi- aJ" with Phil and Edith, the M&O~ ·. I Glenwood who wae to make Methodist mini.ter (adver nent golfer and motel construction group that it in the movies, ended up tising lingerie, indeedt). owner. built it, together with Ver- at &oder's Digest and Jim, Zelta wu a loving I was supposed to turn onica and Elsie, their de· the "Folliea" producer took mother and homemaker, out to be a Supreme Court sign team. Dotty became a over his dad', bu.eine88 in Emma went off to the state Justice but, again alas, teacher as did Edith - &be Bridgeport. Glady., who of Washington to become a ended up a plant manager othen? 377-0028 •.oCl=.'It married a floor walker in for a national concern. Ruth was to run a teacher. our prophesy, actually David Murray, who was In the courts of the land .. string" of beauty parton, ...... , , ' landed in Elmira (we a comic gag writer, was were, 8uppoeedly, Ruth and with Beatrice, Helen and StraIIord ..... think). suppoeed to become the edi Irene, prominent at- Ruby as aaIea penon8. tomeys. Ruth became a Beac became a aeeretIIJ'y, Then, to ahow you how tor ~ the New York nme,., did good 0DeB aecurate our forecaatere with Bill his bWlinese man teacher and Irene a very as Ruby and ager, who, we were told, competent librarian. Jim - Ruth? was supposed to become an EleiIe, who was to be a wu a cab driver in Ambassador, which wasn't hwnorist writer, just diaap- BALLOONS BY GOLLY/ 5'8-'848 Brooklyn. Edith became a too bad a progna.tication. peared, as did Bill.' teacher, but 8UPpoaedly He WAS a field engineer for Elizabeth was to bec:ocne For Amazing Balloon Gifts waa bit social editor and a world-wide company and a librarian, with Alyce the My Gift That You Can Put into A 4" opening the aforementioned Lionel then in the Peace Corps, head librarian with DIa was bit cin:ulation man now travel8 the world and and Alice. Eliaabeth -'eelj AMAZING FANTASnC ager, but really waa an en- has been everywhere. up in bWlineu, Alyce be- gineer. Douglas was to be a min- came a t.eac:her; Ella, a very stuffed aniI'Nts, Bob was to become a de ing engineer, but ended up fme lawyer'8 secretary and f'Ic:IoNers&~ , BirthdavS, ctvistmas, partment 8tore tycoon, with bOttleS. _. patty favoI>. ~ Showers Wed selling product8 for a Alice, a buaine81 woman. Le8 hi8 adverti8ing ear· world-noted electrical com- Mildred, who "81 to be clothino, jewelrv. fruits, ""'11'...... Gra 32 Years Of Experience Walk-In Medical Center Now • No appointment needed Serving • 7 Days a Week • 8:00 - 8:00pm Stratford • Minor Injury and Illness • Friendly and Caring Staff • Experienced Ucgent Care Physicians 1040 Barnum Avenue Open Year Round, Seven Days A Week For Lunches And Dinner Stratford, Connecticut 60 Beach Drive , 378-0556 377-5733 Organ could not hide window The CODgugational W88 first used, the same mlATFOBD SEWING l VACUUM CI1.ANER CEmR '1 0' , 0 • fa 35OIt1 FOLNDER'S DAY PARADE SPECIAL SECTlON Thr~ugh the years, radio operators have helped town surplus hand held portable ing power failures and munications throughout by J&mft Cebik purchased for almost noth person who has had his ing and be converted gear. other losses. the world. school,ing, is married and Stratford Amateur Radio cheaply for use in t.he The Stratford Amateur The Stratford Radio Club_ 'lbe hobby of amateur ra has his own home. He is es operations and operators home. was then, and is now, is in the process of being re dio is vast. There are tablished in his community date back to the late thir Some of the veterans of active in maintaining vitaJized with an influx of 950,000 licensed amateur and rais ing a family, ties. With the advent of the war, having been in eme rgency communica many new members and, in operators throughout the Pearl Harbor, and our itiated into radio com tions for the town. the past year, has been world and, of them, the almost middleaged (what entry into World War II, all munication, retained t.heir During the hurricane of active in emergen cy U.S. and our possessions ever that is) or a retired amateur operation was for preparedness by operating interest and became 1955, the sea invasion over have a total of 456,000 oldtimer with too mur.:h bidden for the duration of in a National Field Day licensed radio amateurs, the Lordship sea wall had members with station hostilities. event where a station. an time on his hands and no and embracing the fellow everyone concerned. The licenses. To obtain a license With the war's ending amateurs maintained sat tenna and equipment, were to operate an amateur ra where to' go. amateur radio was again ship of the oldtimers,joined the membership of the isfactory emergency com set up in a given time and dio station a person, re It is better than a Genie permitted with the old municatons by relaying Stratford radio club. emergency power was used gardless of age, must pass a of the magic lamp fame. timers getting back on the messages from Lordship to Young teenagers, in last with continuous night and . test in copying Interna With ham radio. your voice air and, in 1948, with the the former Red Cross day operation for a period tional Morse code, a test stages of grammar school reaches the far corners of Boothe brothers gift of Headquarters and the pub of 27 hours. and in early high school, c9vering technical radio the world at the speed of their estate to the people of lic works building in north With the passing of became interested in ham theory and federal regu Stratford, a small tool ahed Stratford. This net met George Grosner (WIASO). lations in operating the ra· light. There are no barriers was given to the Stratford radio through their pa weekly to ensure prepared who was treasurer of the dio station. The amateur to stop the pleasures of radio amaleurs for use as a rents' involvement or by ness for just such events as club and its mainstay, the radio station must not be fmding friendship all over clubhouse. reading. the hurricane. members decided to elect a used for financial gain. this world. The cessation of hostili They had received their As this ia-being written, new slate of officers. No messages are per tics brought about the re federal licenses, after pass we are getting some of the Allen Thorpe was elected mitted that might compete lurn of the oldtimers into ing a cOOf' llnd t.e<:hnical ra effectiveness of amateur ra president; Gary Moyher. with telephone or wire ham radio 88 well 8S some dio examination, that al 'Stratford '89' diocommunication lUI being vice president-treasurer; services except in emer young teenagers from the lowed them to operate the only means of getting Douglas Waterhouse, sec books available upper grades of grammar gencies in an area declared using the Morse Interna word of the devastation retary and Tony Vina, com by the Federal Com schools and high school. t.ional code, as equipment caused by hurricane Hugo. munications officer, with munications Commission. The Stratford rec:rut.ion The end of the war fOl' radio-phone operation department annouoces These amateurs are the responsibility of main Ham radio is longer brought on an innux of was too expensive and com no that copies of Stratford '89 equipped with portable taining emergency com an initially inexpensive 8urphll military radio plex except for some very are now available. and may gear and t.rained for emer munications for the town of hobby. Gone is the era of equipment that could Le low powered, m~lit.ary gency communication dur- Stratford, the Red Cross, war s urplus equipment be pun:hued at their doe the Emergency Medical when our high school sons at Short Beac:h for S2 each. Service (EMS) and any of were able to buy the For more information or to the public services nceding surplus radio gear and, reeerve coptea, call 885- Open Dolly crisis communication. Our with inexpensive and sim 4062. club membership is dedi 9-8 P.M. ple modification, be able to cated to public service, have an operable station. Copies may alao be pur when needed, and. the de LANES HAIR DESIGNERS & TANNING CENTER Today, they may have an chased at Sterling House, velopment and enjoyment the Baldwin Center, Town No Appointments needed. of communicating locally interest in the hobby they are unable to pursue, un Hall'. Room I, and Memo and throughout the world. rabilia (Paradise Green 2357 Main SI. less their parent(s) are We enjoy a friendship shopping area). S1ratford Center with people of all racell in hams and have an operat Stratford many countries, promoting ing station. The equipment Stratford '89 featul'N goodwill wherever our sig of today is too complex to creative writing. and nals and voices can be build and too costly for a. artwork by town residenta, heard. We. radio ham oper· person in the process of ob and .. publ;.hed by the ators, promote brotherhood taining an education. Stratford recreation and goodwill in our com- The average ham is a -~ Class of '27 continues meeting Coa.t.iDaed. frooa .....e Sadly. some of them have story, wh() have a claas of George, s upposed to head gone on before, some of us "yoren, we suggest to you the U.S. Air Force, became have met, not too noisily, that, as we say in our com a businessman instead and EVERY year for too many muniques to OUR c1aaa, in retirement a noted to mention. And this year, "tempus is fugiting" and tomato grower. Gladys, again, we'll pick up the old that you make an effort to who was supposed to be school tie and meet at noon, get your class together - come a health and beauty tell our stories, eat, and we do! spa owner, turned into n very fine secretary, who about four o'dock, "head for couldn't be replaced until home" - with another year (Russell L. Priestley Sr. very recently. to think about - and offer was secretary of the Strat So, if you would like to thanks for, and remember ford High School Class of know just who all these those who, for various rea· 1927. He is a retired man, very nice people are, and sons. can't "make itn this ager from CkfU!ral Eledric forgive any mistakes, look time around. - Company and liues at 1{)() them all up in the Stratford For any of you who might HinsdaLe Ave., Winsted High School ~Log" for 1927. just be reading this little 06098.) TOWN OF STRATFORD EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT FREE OFFICE SKILLS, JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE & YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR YOUTHS AND ADULTS Families receiving the following are eligible: Stratford's 350th Celebration would not be complete without giving recognition to all the Stratford residents Social Security (this now includes death benefits). that aren't in the history books but will be remembered Unemployment Compensation. Child Support. Wages just .. s well. They are the people that believe in doing a good job and a good turn for a neighbor. Think for from work which meet the income guidelines. Disability. a' moment of the peopl~ in your life that, for you, have State Welfare and Local Welfare and Food Stamps. made Stratford that much better or friendlier. Teachers, shopkeepers... clergy, co-workers, doctors, friends, Handicapped are also eligible. neighbors and possibly a politician could come to mind. But without a doubt, if you're from Stratford, you've come up with a long list and a warm feeling . CONTACT: Jo E_ Schlagenhauf. Director 378-6431 ~~ abl)w, My dad. Nicholas Gbd. a SikonI our ower • Congratulations, Stratford, on 350 years of progress and prosperity. You've aelped fuel Connecticut's~. , - And congratulations to the people of Stratford. You've helped us build the best gas turbine-engines . in theworld. I • • unitt.m Lycoming Teklron Lycommg/Subsldlary 01 Texlron Inc · 2U·m;F by William Mauadra about 200 feet west of cultivated small farming throw stonefl at the nests. great area in the Frash Timothy Ryan, who had N many ways, the Frash Pond. It was a cute plots. On one OCC8IIion - I re Pond community and large tracts of farmland Town of Stratford has bungalow to which my Honeyspot School waa member it quite clearly - farther north to several surrounding nu. home on always been a father kept making addi built on the northerly side one of the braver of the kids bloek.8 flhort of HoneYflpot the south bank of Fnt8h dynamic place for me. tions 8.8 the family in of Honeyspot Road, lOme went up too cloee to ~ Road. My mother and Pond. The farmland wa~ I creased to eight children. where between Sedgewick neft and threw ItOne. father and many other resi situated in part of the area. In all .my years 118 a resi· hu. dent, I could never begin to The surrounding area Avenue and Birdseye The result wu lIhoek.ing dents had to be rescued on which Textron Lycom imagine going to live some conaisted of wooda, farm Street, and was hrrouocied and painful. A ..ann of &om waist-deep flood wa ing is now located and, on where else. To this day, I lands, dirt roads and by well IJpeoed trees and bees came at him from all leno. the opposite side of South' am proud to be a resident of drainage ditches, particu honey 00. with their nests sides. Hu. face ... full at It was not too long aft.eT Main Street stretched out the Town of Stratford. larl,. on Woodend Road, hangin, on the lower bwnpL We had to apply the 1955 flood that the Old from his home southward' I have seen many just a block north from branches of the trees. first aid. What did we use? Burma Road (now ActesIJ to or nearby the Bridppon; progressive changes in the Frash Street. There were times when, Mud pac:ka! Road) was built. It ill a link Air Center (Igor Sikorsky town from the fint decade North of Woodend Road, during scnool teceSfI, 80IDe To the IOUth of Woodend between South Main Street Memorial Airport). of the 20th Century to the with the wide drainage of the kids, prompted by a Road, however, looking near Textron Lycoming and The rest of the fannland' present epic moment of the ditch running doaely paral little bit of deviltry, would toward the Sound from our Lordship Boulevard. The lIOuthward on both aides of town's 350th Anniversary lel, was the "big woods," South Main Street W88 and, notably, on the from which Woodend Road owned by a fanner hamed threshold of the final dec: was apparently named. Sniffin. Sniffin. Lane; ade that wiD lead us to the The "woods" stretched as which runs betweell Textron Lycoming's 21st Century. far north aa Ho~t My parents were immi Road. But Honey8pOt Road sprawling plant and itS grants from Italy and set was only a wide swath of lIOuth parking lot, .aa, un tled in East Hartford on dearing over which horse doubtedly, named after the Darlin Street where I was drawn wagons traversed. former owner of that fann bom. But my. native city To the other side, the woods land. I didn't get to ef\ioy the privi. continued on to a point It's an interestinc coin! lege of knowing me for long. dose to Stratford Avenue. cldence, it seeml to me, When I was three or four, There were lOme clear that in the later years they took up residence at ings in between where which followed (IN1 to 28 Frash Street, which is early seUlers moved in and 1970), I was employed in that &arne area of my cbiJd· ~ hood strivings - in Avco Lycoming's aec:ountina de ~ partment. Frash Pond is the land MidtoeL~~ mark of my early youth. I F remember, as if it were only yesterday, when the farm Open Tues.• Wed .• Sal. 9-5 er's son built a large ice Fri. 9-7 Thurs. - , ~ boat with tall sails. In the , ~.. j wintertime, "We'd set sail on ....._ _ CJl.L) the pond's frozen surfac:e. It __ W88 absolutely exhilaratr • ..iter ura-proiectlon olthe arMI"t ...rb.. He b.u Mea their proteetioa ing. tn.m.-z .... vtIIaee ov. the,..,... At Fruh Pond, thm were many activities for all people in &be area . udt. .. - Fraah Street home, there roadbed was raised to act f18hinc, swimmi.. , boIlttrtll wall an expaDlle ofbeautiIW u a dike againat nood wa and winter .porta. It w...... whicl...... t .. ' ..ra .pilltq into the'lKlpu the pride or the neiohbof' aouthward all the way to lated areas. In this way. hood. When I would be ~ the Salt Creek which winda the manhland .tands 88 a the pond, my mother Meed DOUGHERTY INSURANCE through the mant.e. to the natural frontier for one of thoee polie» wbiRIeI --.em tip atFrub Pond. environmental protection. to call me bouIIII. In thoee days, the Its glory, with the DU In addition to the preser Paad WELCOMES would reKh a fraseD .ur- ~ spring and .wruaer vation of wildlife, we are The Pipes and D .....s 01 the pereani.... springing up be engaged in a etruggle tween the green bJadee of against the elements of na ':Z; .. graM, attracted mlUlJ to it. ::'~f~practice of spearing:-~ ture, and I fervently believe which we engaged in PYRAMID TEMPLE ' There were lIinister that the marshlands should iog the winter monthl. pI'OCII8H8 at wcwk, how not be tampered with, that ever, which I noticed from catch them, we had to any kind of development an axe to chop a round TO THE time to time in my early there would defeat the good in the thick ice. youth. Flood w.ten were that has been done and A spear attached to besinning to .pread over endanger the safety of resi Founder's Day Parade long pole was sub the meadow. In time, the dents. I have fIOOn it hap into the bole until it hit bott Saturday. oct: 7 at 11 A.M oncoming hurricanell pen to my parents. tom, then jabbing the ~ threatened Fruh Pond re& Startrng at the age of into the water bed in _ ideo.... ~n came 1966's eight. I worked a few years cessive st.rokeII would anan Hurricane Diane, with after achooJ hour& and on the eeill. Eels were alwa,. oLVD!SOIUIIS1'OlV or ...... PI uldalt Ooocl waten inundating a weekends for a fanner, CoatiDued Oft ""11 ROBERI'III ...DIAl!Jo.s...tIaIHu7,PlpeM+! DOCOOIJGIIBRT'I' or ...... PIpe Sgt. oIOIIlVFAGERHOUI orBetllcl...... GAVDfOIUU!S'I'IIJlor.. ord., ...... Sgt. ART GAIIAIIT or ...... PIper ~lk~ GAVDfOIUU!S'I'IIJlm 0'''0"" ..... o.....er AUCTION JOIN US IN THE CElEBRAnON OF STRATFORO'S 350TH ANNIVERSARY DOUCHERTYINSURANCE Temple i erh5holom 7365 Main Street. Stratford 375 HI.ringeon Fad . SVdord, CoMecIcuI "Where Traditional Values Are Important" ~#(J//'~/t /!i¥J9 377-4394 $5.00-. per pereon Preview - 7:»8:30 PM Auction - 8:30-1 0:30 PM G.-_ Wrn. J. Jooko & Sons ~--______.. ~~R~ DAYP~~~ Writereo.___ 10 watches transformation'into urban area al.a,. had a rowboat '!be buildings are no quite an accomplishment. And it wag lIituated at Brtdpport at the corner of plentiful in Fruh Pond in nearb, in cue something longer there but the ~ Dirt roade a nd wagon the general lIite of the Hollister and Stratford Av those daya. We would use would go wrong with the ries live on. A green with a track.s wec:..e somewhat of a Stratford Town Fair, which enues. bucitetA for our catch. On .aft. few park benches now hinclrance but it was fun 8ucceeded the Farmers' By that time, the horse We often u8ed this one occaaion, the farmer marks the spot. It aeemed a just the aaIbe. There W88 a Market. T h e area is drawn rail cars of the late rowboat ... precautionary uaed • 55 gallon drum and long walk from Frash day in early March when a bounded by Stratford Ave 19th century had been re accomp animent when filled it almost to the top. Stn>eI to Seda FROM: elllroie Viclo,.F/orence Slicknep./oseph Lenzen .'om DiDominico.Oan Con/on & Tbe &antle/ora Family Come to CANDELORA'5 for al/ your GE major Appliance needs. r;:n Glass Shelves @ Microwave Oven \!!'V Refrigerator M od .. 1 Mo4eIJ\'M UOC rBx18ZK ~ .,lar...... i ~un K ranlr hnod. Ruill ·; n 1" ~, ... fL ,ap:. 'h ,~ ~ . I~ , .. h.r,,,u,,,. nh a"~ 1 fa n ~nd ""'~" 'P lo, hL Au l<> Su:..4 hip .hum.d",- p:.o r: h~ l p ' 1...... malOc C.. .ol..i nl ( ","Irol ' .. " .u ...... 01.0 f, .. 0(1 f,~~i , ... I " n '~f . ~.Ird ,,,.tel. p3> n. ('A ..... A"IO Roil .. :'Tld .... "' 0 l ·p u.- rro, •. ~~Hm a l. ...- duM h ..l d, j)·p3>f l .. ru ." 12.hr. d .. la) 'I ~ r l 1.0 Cu. ft .... ' .. n t .. r~(! d"",," E 'Iu; p~d fur "p';unal U'l' ) . automatic ; (3(;; Electric Range @ 5·Cycle Built·ln '- ~"J Dishwasher ..... JII5MCJ Mod~1 CSD580.K 0.-...... IIoLK" CO'j ...l (0,",01 ,..".. 1. xyclt "";J.~h ~~kl lio n indmting ('n("10 DHtrto"k dia:i,,1 d ud .. noinu'~ ,imr, and automatic .,.-en linN' . J.t .... 1 ,ih· s;lr,·tr dry o ptio n . I ~ ut ".IM'S183 PH." FERRY BL YD . S.". STRATFORD, CT LINDA S. HOWARD 377-1)682 LICENSED GROOMER .....-Fri. 7-5, SoL 1-3 "Diet Center works. These figures The Spirit Continues don'tlie~ I knowDIe!C~nter reallyw,)rks boc:lU:;e [111M 20 pounds on their progr:lrll My mom ~)ilx.od tOo, l and she [()S( 2'5 pounds. Try it' LoHJQt, NOItNuscle. ~lrch ... ho.)ws92%uflhe weight k)Sl on the Diet Cen\~r progr:.lm h excess fat, nO( w.lIcr or le.tn body m:tS..~ Eat realfood·No~pen- ,'-< p,,,,,,k,.'" """" DIet_r required Ce .. £lo GeI_ <'ftMUs. Ene'K''" nlAJr \'our body while pound::. and illdleS mell aW;ly. The Anderson Bbcksmith Shop J..o.sbrook A¥alue. Stntford HAV! ;'(HII<' OWN I fl I'd ,\NNIVtlJ',tu,>¥ 4 Generations of Service to Stratford I ( ! UP It) I', POUND', I,Y l Hh'I<'IMf<' Emigrahngfrom SflNIim, Sum Andmmr smkd;n StrorjJrrJ /() ()pen a bloctsmith s/wp Oft Lo"gbrool Avmut. 7Odo]. Jwr ~ /om; Sw1rs desaNkJ"a Ill? still smm,g SIratjxrJ jltIl ofOlUld rM COnI"from rk old bloclsmirlt sltop Oft Main Body Fat Analysis &w/ *,*",Q~AAJhrgONiAAJbtrra.';"lIttNspirit. Cholesterol Lowering Program Call Ahlberg & Ahlberg TERRI BISHOP-BRAHEN, R.N. ATJ'ORNEYS AT LAW 378-8558 2885 Main Street · Stratford, Connecticut 06497·377-1311 1136 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford f( ------~~------..~~~yp~~~~aa Stones being preserved CHI rrr-. .... a were the limple Latin worda "Memento Mori," _ted meoninor "Re member Death.. 1Attan&i said, '1'0 re member our own mortality and to pen:eiYe the spiri. tual viaioD 01 • lite after death ill eternity ... and ia -Here Are the COIlManl meuace of our siaten and brothers of C0- lonial Wnee who have gone before in the Iign ofFaitb." Beaidu the obviou. beauty ODd profundity of the ~. Lattanzi cited aootber reaaoo for creating A the ruhbmp. Few Points -nu. type of .tone carv ing is one 01 the earliest art forms we have of early New England America." Latami said. "GraY8lJtone rubbiaa helps to promote the ~ ervatioo of t.heee atoDe8 To Help You and the mU8eUlDa without walla within which they an contained." n.e upkeep, pruerv. tioa and n.t.oration of early ColoniaURevolu tionary Burying GI'OWlda is a deep coooem. Celetirate -other pertiDeDt upecta of paveatone rubbing facilitating biItorical and genealo,iear (oncerns should DOt be overlooked." Latt.aui Mid. -We hope uu. em.ibitioo. 01 our won. will help raiee Stratford's <350111. ~towarda.re I1iIoIiool of the pnciouo Deal of theM unique, ir Don't put your party hats away just yet. Now you can earn an extra .350 over our one-year rate with oor replaceablethe __ relicl of .tone special 350-Day Anniversary CD. Plus we're offering the chance for one lucky person to win $350 in our ther coa..,-ror all rAUl ad - • anni...."-,,ary drawing.' You see, we're proud to be a part of Stratford's past and look forward to being part ~ of its fu~ure. Stop by your local Stratiord branch ollice. But don't wait, the party won't last forever. I ...... - ..... -~- Iikd.. 350 Store to close Oct._ 3IiOIb20 _ will be cIooiIw ito doon em Oct. 10: IlnooIic """"'" will_t be ..... taka OIl all ..T-Sblno. '""'-' ...... 0Dd __ ... Effective Annual Yield --Booater B.tWIlI Minirpum Deposit $2,500 ~ POlteu.... .,ld CaIeDden...... j'" $1 CO.ID ....or.U .... _lwtPO. 8uppIleo ODd su. are limited. 10 hurry. (No reductiou wiD be taken on H'-tol'}' Boo.... Cookboo .... Member FDIC Str.tfordV_ .... _Print ... . 0Dd_ Feoti • A minimum deposit of$2,SOQ is required. Imcrest is compounded and paid moothly. Other bonus rates do not apply to this program. These rates Ire not lIVailable to YOlTboatNMerdwl fllll.ndal institutions. Ratesaresubieci tocl\angc. There is a substantial penally forearly withdrawal. Thisntc is ine{(w ISO( 9r'l&1l9 m..J t The prize is $lSOincll$h. OnIyonepci%ewill be,warded in Stratford. Qnlyoneentry pcrpcnon pcrdroy. Tbedrawing isopm loConnecticut rnidenuoniy, and is not open IO~ . ~ of CilytrUSl, iu aWiates, .,encies, suppliers, and their immediate families. Void where prohibited by law. All fNenI, stale and Iota! bWI 36O'l1I STORE and rep1ations apply. Official dnwinc ruks att .....iIable It the CityttUSl branches in Stl'1llford. BALE HOURS Moa.-Wed" Fri Strotfonl1h1st 0IIice Pandioc G.... 0IIice 3226 9 a.m. to " p.m. 2366 Main Street Main St=t no ... 384-5620 384-5540 9 Lm. to 8 ,.m. Diane Dayo. 8raJx:h Manager Sharon Knsenics. Bnnch M.nagtr Jane CavoIo. Assiswn M.nagtr Th=sa Judkins. Assistant M.nagtr CIoood Noadn. Oct. 9. ill -...... of CoIumI>ua 0.,.. L!:::==_=-_.__ .___ ...... _.,,,_. ____ ._ . ~. ----. ~ ... _ .. __.. ------._-_._------'A Walk Through Time' is born young couple8 walking WIUI di.tributed widely and ford Hi8torical Society, "Of COW'8e, the imagina- - from people like Georp Slroia delig UGHLY • year a100a Rlm Street with a the aupply waa almost rom which baa tiona of children are fertile Wuhington, who historical book in ODe hand, looking nated all distribution ago, AI I waa driv pIe&ely ezhauated on that grounds for some very in- recorda tell u a viaited in, along Main aa if they were t.r)'ina to ftm day. Cop_ were 800ft points, so indivicluala may tereating storiea but, then, Stratford on at least aeven identify IJOIDe IaDdmarb in depleted in Ihe libnuy _ join in -A Walk Through treet OD a vwy even the most unbelievable different occaaiona, to the bot and humid afternoon the historic .... around Ihe Stnotfonllliatorical S0- Time" with Barbera Sirois. tales can usually be traced Goodwife Bassett, the m Academy Hill. AU alone the A IQ)eCiaI supply baa been back to some baaia in fact. famous witch. beaded toward Bond'a Dock ciety. way, there were people Jet aside for co-aPOnfJOr8 of where the H .M . Rose W88 In a letter to SimiB, Su To begin with, I eatabliahed "Iwould like to tell you • uxhonod. walking or driving 81ow1y perintendent of School8 the reprint various criteria for my re- story about an event that by, with the penon in the Sirow explained to me I was aurpn.ed to tee a Walter Dunbar waa 80 im aearch. 0tt'1ll'I'eCl not too far from colorful trolley with people paaaenger seat pointing pre8IIed with the publica how she came to write A "Firat and foremost, I set where we are right now. Walk tlirolll/A Time - about locating the actual particular story is ~ all ape in it. coming toward a landmark. tion. that he requested --nu8 WolA:ing ToIU'II of Stratford, toward me on the other aide Later, I bmd thla bad copiea for use in social stud facta. Not a lot had been not included in the walking I will let rI the nplanade. It turned been an iDtroductory cere iet cl .... in the Stratford Conn«ncut and written about Stratford, tout' booklet, only becaUM her share with our readers Oft Broad Street and I de mony IaUDCbiaa A WolA public JCbooI sy8tem. but I waa able to utilize a it is geographically re cided to try to track it down Thr0u.6/a Time, by Barbara Recently, with Sirob' "her 1\OI'y." few very good re8Our0e8. moved from the main at the source. Sirois of Huntington, and permiukm, a committee ... waa born and raiaed in One of the difficulties, how- section of town. This proved to be a bit that two of the guidel. headed by Frank DeLuca. Stntford and apent some ~ ever, was that some of the tJBack ' in the year 1782, dilIk:ult 8ince hademy Hill dreaeed in colonial prb community relations man the happiest da,. 0( my tile preeent day local experts in the early part of the _ portrayill&' famoua men ben! - and 80, when I de had lOme strong differing IOn, there fell over thie ... cordoned off and I .... at Textron Lycoming, cided to put __ • could eee a pink tent on the from Stratford. were RODe wrote to the buaiDeu com opinions. section of the country. the hill and eeveral policemen other tIw1 Sena.... Georp walking tour of Stratfbrd, I "What I decided. to do ~ I18ftre drought ner Guathe. _ State Repn- munity eeekina: coa~ at the entnmcea to the tiona in order to reprint the drew___ upon some of thatI the waa, in all cues, to simply experienced, From early street, which meant there eentativeJ. VtnaIIItCbue. book. present the clear-cut fada. .. .rw.e until the followinc From your friends and neighbors at n, Dni6Mr ... Penonaliu Your Look for FALL aBAlRCcn and Receirlfl a PAUL The Power COMPlJMENTARY MANICURE (ew ~ IIICUiIwJ of People. 378-6236 2408 MJoln 8t. call or come ill Stratford Center ....y (by the ~Ie ) c;:,~u.:~~ , SIuunpoo· ~ -!!!!r.~~~--':"---~------..;356thFOUNi5l;R'StiAVP'AllADESPrCI)IL · SEt:nON 2S 350th Celebration notebook Nutmeg stamp Club gives rounding .tates. check to Commission Harvest Fair in November Edward Johnson, pre&ident of the Nutmeg Stamp Club The Stntford Women', Club will participate in Strat will Connally prMent a check for $350 to Joseph Stavola, ford', 360th Anniversary with a "antic Harvest Fair. fea daairman of the 360th Commisaion, on Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. in turing 60 uhibitt. on Sunday, Nov, 12 at-the Stntford Ar the cbainnan', ofI1ce. """Y. 'IbiI check repreaente ,the profits from the sale of the Club', philatelic covers which it issued for special events 350th 42-mile relay tbrouPout the 360th oeJebration year. -n. Nutmeg Stamp Club is proud to be an active mem Four ...... in the eon.t.itution St.te ce~ their ber oI'the community and aalutes the town of Stratford on 360tb anntnnariel - Stratford, Fairfield, Guilford and thia happy oceaaion," Johnson said. Milfonl - will lpooeor a 42-mi1e relay run from Guilford Coven may .wI be obtained at the 350th Store in the to Fairfield on Saturday. Oct.. 7, betinniDC in GuilfonI. at Doek Shopping Center or through the Nutmeg Stamp Club approDzutely 6 a.m. which meets on the eeeond and fourth Wednesday of the ~ Stratford deleption will meet the Milford. runDefi IIDlth at 6:30 p.m.• t the Baldwin Center. 1000 West then lea.., from Stratford', Doc:k Sboppin&' Center, Brood St. am nm tImJuoh the ...... ol ""'" aad oJonc the Founder. Day Parade route minu" before 'the Parade aeta under Oratorio Choir ends 350th way. Then core numen will nm through Bridpport aDd into Fairfteld. Re.ideftta in the &own. are invited to join the with Christmas concert c:ont runnen .. they pull throuIh. their mmmuaitiea. Ap pIieatioGI may be ftDed out at The Bank Mart BnmcheL AI the mu.8ical finale of StratCord's 360th IUUliversary, the Stratford Oratorio Choir wiD prMeat • concert of ChriaI:mas music on Sunday. Dee. 3 at .. p.m. Family Reunions The program will include 8eIUamin Britten'. "'Ceremony n.. N.Ponal Society ol the Deacondan .. ol Jolin aad flCatoIs" with harp accompaniment. Elizabeth CurtieI 50th u.au.. l ....." will tab p&.ce _ $ All who erUoY singing are invited to join the group at the s.turday, Oct. 7, bepnni.ac .t_ 9:~ •. m. in the C1uUt Tueeday evening rehearsals, bepnni.ac Oct. 10 at 7:30 EpUcopaI ChUfth Parlab Hall. 2000 Main at. Society me ... p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2301 Main St. IC interested, c:ont.act the church'. mUlical director, Eliz- . ben and re1ati.,.,. will view the Founders Day Parade &om abeth Brodeen .t 259-8346. about 11 a.m. and box lunche. wiD be available. The S0ci .... ~1iIII:NII1I*Ir ety will have an entry in the puade, Cavalcade of bands The Society of the Hawley Family 6Oth.reunion will be Keeping watch . held in c:oQjunction with the eelebration of the 350th an ". - Ifiob ochool Marcbmo Band ol_ 'I1Ilo __ ... 0I .... -.... __ .... Divenary of&k(opocliua oIStrattord OIl s.tunlay, Oct. 1 d _ tho 1011> Annual C...... ol Marcbmo -. _ ...... -. ... __ AI<_ .... at 10 a.m. in the Stratford United Methoaiat Church P .... niD or Ibine, OIl Saturday, Oct. 7 at 5 p.m. at the BUDDIII WI. Hall, 1800 MaIn 8t. 'l1Mre will be a box IUDCb, au ru. lIaId. ~ ,,16 aad ticbta..." be _ .. tho ...... 01 ... -vu';' I ..... toric walk through the town's hiBtorie diatriet to the ceme t=::~~~~~: tery (01' a rededication. A dinner will be followed b7 a pr0- --- ..,..-j;ii; liter IlIaF Pl8\lll1IIIIId .... 1be Cavalcade ill • marchm, band competiticm which, ... gram with Towa. Historian Lewis Knapp, IIJj tlJ."'llbr. Cu.t t.bJa will _ 16 buda CoonactIc:ut aad ...... _------ you. rrom to attend .. '16; to join the soeiety $3. • SWIMMING POOL WHERE SERVICE HAS BEEN A TRADmON • CHOLESTEROL SCREENING FOR 11 YEARS • SAUNAS + STEAM ROOMS • WHIRLPOOLS • RACQUETBALL (NO COURT FEES) • LIFE CYCLES • INDOOR TRACK • PERSONAL TRAINING • TANNING • AEROBICS • OLYMPiC WEIGHTS • NAUTILUS • NURSERY • OPEN 7 DAYS . - • ....::::::=tM-eF R'TlIESS & FUll M4KE FRtEN:E~ 378-2211 ·Of ~. -_If:.. '--- I-""~.. , r-LJ,...&J_ ....-- Lao&w U.~ • tOlE 140 WATSON BLVD. (EXIT 30 OFF 1-95) STRATFORD 26 35OIlf'CUIDER'SDAVPAAADESPECIAlSEC11ON ------..i------Women played vital role with' no recognition It was said that "the 1M Festival Mid in tAu solved that a change at tbia women were th,e ~ne howe while un/inuMd time is inexpedient." The 'of the church and they are (July 4. 1859) by the LtulV.' vote wae, 9 to 7. rut conUog to tl.. ,. fron~ ... " of the Co116~,ation. The af· . The women were .till The (aithfu1 ~ of fair W06 an exceptiontd OM loyal to the Church. When the women to this Church in e'l!r:Y re$pect tuad yi4!ldH (First Congregational) Packard Han wu built the neaTly $700 pro(iJ.' Ladies Aid turned 0'ftI' to without repreeen"Uon for On Jan. 4, 1886 it .... re about 290 years would in the committee 11,000. corded in the SocietY8 When we renovated lbia dicate that much of what minutes, "Reeolved, that a building in 1928 the Ladies the "parson" 88id i8 true. vote oftbankA be entered in assumed responsibUty for . A woman in 1826 Wall the the Society's recorda to the tbe, ·carpet.a and cuhiona. uaiBtant in the fint Sun Ladies of the Church for day School. In 1843 a flow they are reduciDg the their efforts in putting a indebtedness (1939). Ladies' sewing Society new and beautiful carpet came into being. Their la upon the ChUJ"Ch without AJJ time went on, more bors gave to the Church coat·to the Society,- and more recognition waa blinds in 1844, a carpet in Fifteen years before this given to the women in the 1846. lamps in 1853. When (June 29. 1871) a petition r.u1e8 and work of the this Church W85 dedicated signed by 70 women was Church. Though denied a the women gave a Festival presented "to those author vote in 1871, in 1901 the The Pastor (Rev. SellJck) ized to fonn, perpetuate or Chureh had five deacon recently found one of theM annul, the rules of the esses. 'nte rules of 1906 tickets. It reads: Church that the word show a board of Deacon "One of the tickets used at "male" in the Standine- esses apart from the stand ing committee. 1n 1910, the office ofDea coneJ¥es was chanted to ViBitor. si,x were named Best 01 Luck on and beca,!l1e a part. of the , Standing Committee. and continu~ so under the new Your 350th Constitution in 1920. from In 1929, the Conatitution wlJ-S changed 80 that the Jerry's Upholstery women might be chosen members of the Board of 869 Barnum Ave. Ext. Trustees, Any office in the . stratford. 377-7295 Church is now open to any pef'80D - man or 1If'OID.aIl who is qualified to ...ft,. and all have an equal vvke .in earryine on. the work for COUNTRY FRIENDS A ., which the pa.ROr is ....te ""'*'"".....,1CMIIr fuI. Salulint 5traJIonJ .~ ~. A_ 01",.""" ~1ioIIoI Cb...... 1t _ ...... M / .. .• J5IJrlI /WIJ . ~Uid writi,.. ip SpocIaI Oct 7 to 11 ...... $3.50 Off My Rules might be stricken out was that "whereas the gov years, and whereat no com 1939 on 1M !J«JIIt -' Att _ ~ 125.00 or Mont wt1!I ThIs Ad and that all adult members ernment of this Church has plaint hae been made by niWrNl)' of 1M Fint eo,... ,~ have equal privileges. been adminiatered by male the peiltWners of ablUle of grqtJIionaJ CIuud& and .. BaoIcet Weaving. Crall w~ The rather chilly answer members for more than 150 power...• therefore it ia re-- o..-"of~. Country Gilts • CoUectibIes • CraII~...... 3IJ6. SllIATFORD CENTER 9221 Stories of Revolutionary days .. From writings of 1M &IJ. to Geor,e Waablncton Lippint::ott MQ8tJZiM, July wbeo Mr. ~ (tile nocbed Stratfonl, .... Rev. 1879. - TH. ~ &llid. . clMwYmoaJ ...... tile brabiab Wetmore was ''The Epiaeopal min ....,.. r.. tho noyaI r...o" THE CU'ITING EDGE: In the day:e when the preaching. ilion, __ ....ngth lay ...lIooduplnbiapew .... RevoJutioD fee1inp ran at a The meeaace waa carried in traditional authority, declared that no ... Fr.. Pid up and Deli ....". in s.ratford hiP pitch, there were linee }. to the pulpit. The pastor, naturally took the aide of prayen mut be uttered bl ol cleavage between the Stratford... that the _ and England. Having pnyed 80 Lawn Equipmont ~ ServIce "'Coloniata" and the 10- atraighteninc bimael1' to his long (Ol" 'our ezcellent King olGeorp UI wu the ..... -., Trtrmas, Chain Saws called '1'ories." full heicht (sil: feet, sil: in ches) made known the George,' they found it 01 the wone Snow -.. Small EngNo The church recorda are eneDI7"'" IMIII8llp and added: "It is almo8t impouible to leave everyooe in the oolony...... expIici, in iU"" tho, altor no place (or boisterous out such supplicationl. KDeelaDd ..... from .. . April 2, 1780, "the cburdl demonstrationa ill.- the "One of them uttered tbia baM. mut hit PI'QW was vacant four yean, (our bouae of God, but we may, prayer by inadvertence af book, .... bia band In (203) 377-0236· MARK SCHlA.TZ months and two day&," but in living three cheers, only ter the war bepn; then beoecIidioa, and tho <1>...... tell nothing of what tran go through the motions." seeing a threatening move was cloeed until the end 01 - apired during that time. It may be that thie story ment in hie COJIII'8PLion he the war'- The story ia told that ia about as aprocryphal ae corrected himMlf. shouting "We smile wben we reed when the news of the sur the following which was frantically, "Oh Lord, I these atories, as we smile render of Lord Cornwallis told by Ella Only Kirk in mean George Walhington." wbe.D we read what the YiI "In tbe Stratford \age w;,..,;d abou' tho_ Church." the rites, "the old or 0.. two dnucl>ee. Tho prayers were cut Ihort by Congreptiooal bell ... HEARTH Here's Wi .... ing an arbitrary patriot., who abril.I and thin in tGDI had no notion of uttering while tile E_ boll -STRATFORD- 'Amen' to such heresies. .... deep and .....,. . Tho ART "My ,randfather ,' 10 lint ..,;d, "OriainaI 8iaI by the best on its Captain Pulaski _amin 0rigi00J Sin!" 0...... , hae told me, 'went to "Good ole! EnoIiab . --35Oth- church the Sunday after beefl Good old E ..... Carolyn west from the battle of LexinlJlOn, and rt:Ie*t beef.· A personal painting Of Jim &: Joyce Dinan your home by at InternatIOnally STRATFORDS~G& THE NUTMEG STAMP (WI known artist VACUUM CLEANER Extends Its Compliments CENTER to the Town cA Stratford carolyn west SoIoo ODd Service ~Sewing_, on Its v.... uma '" Window TnoaImeDta. &hind'M Stratford TMaIe. 350th AnnhaNry 377-2011 35OIt1 FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE SPfCIAl SECTION 27 I The History of Stratford HAPP¥350th Coatinued from )MIce 15 1.18 - Anniaice . igbed.. 1_-The HM. William K. HUI ~ iii Pint 1'1' - Agitation over "Port oIBridgeport'" prop Cclap'ept.ional Church. Epi8capU bell .... to o&tioft. LoveU buik:ti.Dc erected. Red Croll n_ Trv,ror~ ine aervioe orpniz.ed. •., - 8efinnine: 01 prayer meetinp in Putney 1110 - Tnmk ae_r and diapoeal plant. com· CbopoI. pIeted. American Legion orpnized. • __ OrawbridpcollapeduR.eunerpaued lnl - Preaent Wuhincfao Bricip, the fifth, STRATFORD ...... os-ed. CoWIdI·...... r form 01 town prtent 1..,. - Letillatun autboriMd coa.tructioo oil roeIlt .dopte4L Center ScbooI rebuilt, bariIIB new bridp at the Fel'!)'. been badly damapd by flre. From Bamam Ave. McDonaids 1871 - Two hundred ah.d caught .t ODe haul in ItJJ - St.erling Memoria] Hall built. Stratford HoaMtoruc: River. Baptist Church organized. 1171 _ Mr. Sedpwiclr. f'Miped <:barge of ~ Ins - Holy Name of JetUl R.C. Church or Stratford Academy. Building now occupied by ...... the U.S. Po.t Offtoe (1939), built by at. John'. 1114 - Poat Office building de.t.royed. by flre...... 1116 - Stratford HiAoriai Society incorporated. . 1171 - on. 1Wt. Frank 8. Fitch putor of the 1117 - The ae.. F. Stan&., SeIUek putor 01 Pint ~ Church. Third bridge OYer Firat CoQlNlltionai Chwdl. Viait 01 tOrmer Houut.oftk at the Ferry oampWed, Lord Mayor oJ 9&n.tford upon-AVOII.. 1871 - Fire compuy 0IPDUed. Ina - Airport offIcially opened. Preaent Ma· • .,. - The tt.... Samuel Howard Dana putor !IOnic Temp~ completed. Wilc::ttUOn School buih 01 Pint ~ Church. Death of Mr. and Putney School reopened. ~. recto!' at Christ. Chun::h.. AI::t of in· 1"-Stonybl"OOk School opened. St. Nicbolu NDII wife. Ruuian Church ettabliahed. • Ml - Ac.demy diacontiDued, Dd and moved 1138 - Birdaeye School opeaM. War Memarial to lAmdy'1 lAne by co&ored citizene (01" WIe as • placed on Weat Bro.d Stn.l Green...... 1131 - Americaa LeJion Drum ecq. or 'MI - The Rev. Joel S. 1_ putor at FinIt ganiz.ed. CohaIIWa Univemty pl"'Ol8D&ed pte lOr CoafrepUonal Church. Epio THE STRATFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY Founded 1925 • Salutes the Town of Stratford on its 350th Anniversary 867 Academy Hill. P.O. Boll: A2 • 178·0ea0 PRESERVING STRATFORD'S HISTORY FOR 64 YEARS AVAILABLE NOW!! at Judson House or by mail below In Pursuit 01 Paradise (the _ blatoil' of Stratford) Paradise Enowl (the companion cookbook) 1990 Historical Society Calendar WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTSII "A Jug 01 W"'" • Loaf 01 bread - and Thou 1990 CALENDAR IN PURSUIT OF PARADISE Beside me sInilint in the Wirdemes.s- by Lewis G. Knapp, Town Historian 011. _ were PARADISE. £.NOW/· "SCENES OF OLD STRATFORD" is now available. Our new calendar for 1990 wUI be avail IM.lO per ropy (132.10 12.80 CT tax) + sales COOKBOOK: Old Stratfon! recipes able later this year. It you would like to be ~ (...... )13.10 ropy certain that you receive one, use the or (CT tax is oot 0III>i