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Mailed free to requesting homes in Brooklyn, the borough of Danielson, Killingly & its villages Vol. VII, No. 48 Complimentary home delivery (860) 928-1818/email:[email protected] Friday, October 10, 2014 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE FEELING FESTIVE Brooklyn disc golf “There is a lot course all but more to life than just struggling ready to open to make money.” OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING Ann Richards EXPECTED IN SPRING BY JASON BLEAU Recreation Director NEWS STAFF WRITER Bucky Lohbusch has con- INSIDE BROOKLYN — Another firmed the town is very new attraction will soon close to bringing its new A8 — OPINION be available to the public disc golf course to full in Brooklyn. operation as well. B1-4 — SPORTS With the town’s new “The timber harvest is B3 — LEGALS Teen Center set to open completed and we were its doors within the next B5 — REAL ESTATE month or so, Parks and Please Read GOLF, page A11 B6-7— OBITS B8 — CLASSIFIEDS Making a run LOCAL against cancer SURVIVOR HAS DEEP CONNECTIONS TO 5K BY CHARLIE LENTZ VILLAGER STAFF WRITER ABINGTON — Bev Champany knows better than most about cancer — she lost both her hus- ‘Woodland Fairy band and daughter-in-law to the disease — and sur- Walk’ a success in vived lung cancer her- Pomfret self. But Champany is a Charlie Lentz photo survivor who fights back. Pomfret’s Bev Champany Page A3 She has a lot in common directed the Abolish Breast Chelsea Davis photos with her daughter-in-law, Cancer 5K at Pomfret WOODSTOCK — Camp Woodstock held its Fourth Annual Harvest Laurie, who died of breast Recreation Center last SPORTS Festival on Friday, Oct. 4. Before an appetizing dinner, children and their cancer four years ago but Saturday and has helped families enjoyed such activities as arts and crafts, hay rides and an indoor only after a stubborn bat- raised more than $50,000 rock-climbing wall. Noodles the Clown also attended the event to do balloon tle. to fight breast cancer. “She got a black belt in art and paint faces for the children, and many children were eager to show off “Laurie was such a karate while she was their painted faces. For more photos, turn to page A4! scrapper. She was on the Board of Education. going through chemo- She was a Girl Scout therapy. She was just a leader. She did all of her super, super girl — totally meetings up to the last month,” Champany said. Please Read RUN, page A11 Early momentum shift Town Meeting approves Killingly WPCA project derails Killingly BY JASON BLEAU a second vote, this time in September and was One of the driving explained that the deal Page B1 NEWS STAFF WRITER at a town meeting, that brought back, very slight- points behind the Town the town has in place is KILLINGLY — The resulted in the approval ly modified, for a Special Council’s heavy support the most efficient option saga continues as of the project pending Town Meeting on Sept. of the initiative are the they will possibly ever Killingly town officials any possible calls for a 30, where a little more consequences of fail- have to perform the work work to drive home the referendum within 15 than 200 voters approved ing to fund and perform before the state steps in. XXXX importance of impend- days from the vote. the project with the vote the updates. Director of “Ultimately, the state PAGE AX ing work to the town’s The $25.8 million proj- ending with 175 in favor Public Works and Town would have had to do this Water Pollution Control ect failed at the polls of the passage and 49 Engineer in Killingly XXXX Authority plant following during a referendum against it. Dave Capacchione Please Read WPCA, page A11 PAGE AX FIRST FRIDAY GETS SPOOKY Visit our website with your smart phone or tablet device! Just scan the “QR code” below with your device and instantly be linked to our website, www.villagernews- papers.com, where you can read the PDF versions of our newspapers! It’s as easy as that! Jason Bleau photos A zombie bride and groom make their way down the catwalk during the inaugural Putnam First Friday Zombie Fashion Show. The Extraordinary Rendition Band makes its way down Main Street in a special performance during First Friday in Putnam. PUTNAM — Putnam’s First Friday season came to a close with a bang as the final event of the year took to Main Street on Oct. 3 with a folklore theme that explored legends of the past and the spirit of October’s popular holiday, Halloween.For more photos turn to page A15! A2 • Friday, October 10, 2014 KILLINGLY VILLAGER The Kingswood Inn and the Backus family (note later name change) a Esq. (1693-1740) and Elizabeth buried in the cemetery were. name which has been in the Tracy. Lt. Samuel Backus was I received a call from I’m sure many of you Danielson telephone direc- the son of Joseph Backus and Glenna Bruno concerning recall when Kingswood Inn tory for several months, but KILLIngLY Elizabeth Huntington. I had Miss Fuller, a teacher whom was located where Killingly which it is very doubtful come across common ances- I mentioned in a column Memorial School now stands. that many local people have at 300 tors! So if the genealogies several weeks ago. Glenna I thought you would find the noted. The title has histori- are accurate, the answer to recalled Edith Fuller as being following article that Marilyn cal significance, being from the query is, “Yes!” Thomas a retired teacher, who lived in Labbe extracted from the Oct. Kingswood Manor, the orig- MARGARET Backus of Killingly and Danielson in the early 1950’s. 29, 1931 Windham County inal name of Brooklyn and WEAVER William Wolcott Backus, the That same day I received an Transcript quite interesting. other towns in this vicinity founder of Backus Hospital, e-mail from William Lucchesi “Earl C. Rogers of Putnam, which were part of a tract were related. They shared who said that both his sister who purchased the Timothy granted in the early colonial tained genealogical informa- a common great-grandfa- Gloria and he had Miss Fuller E. Hopkins estate on Main days by the King of England to tion about him. I figured I ther; their grandfathers were in school “and we lived two Street about two years ago a man named Kingswood. It is would have to go back several brothers; their fathers were houses away from her. Her and who at that time proposed still associated with the Old generations to possibly find cousins, making the two men first name was Edith. As a to enlarge the building for Trinity parish and the first what I needed. Luckily, I was second cousins. young boy I cut her lawn and hotel purposes, but temporar- events of Windham County able to find information on It is important to note that she also tutored me in her ily abandoned his plans, has History.” both men. William W. Backus I would not stop with such house. She was a wonderful recently been remodeling and October is Family History was born Oct. 22, 1803, in information from the Internet lady and a wonderful teacher” renovating the old mansion Month so, in the hopes that Norwich and died July 15, 1892 if I were working on my own (call & email 10/2/14). I’m sure and will open it as an inn as they will be of help to some- in the same town. His parents ancestors. I would try to find many others have fond memo- soon as the work is completed. one, I’ll include some of the were James B. and Dorothy copies of the original vital ries of this woman and other “A Transcript representa- research techniques I used as Church Chandler Backus of records to verify dates, etc. local teachers. tive was able to inspect the I sought the answer to another Norwich. Now, I’m going to I know only too well how Remember that October building. Mr. Rogers has question I was asked after pre- give you just the shortened easy it is to make typograph- is Family History Month. wisely carried out the scheme senting Tiffany Connections versions of birth and death ical errors when transcrib- Saturday, Oct. 18 will be a free of decoration to harmonize at QVCC. dates to simplify the story and ing. Information found on the research day at the Killingly with the mid-Victorian style “Was Killingly’s Thomas process. James B. (1764-1816) Internet should be a starting Historical Center. of architecture and is mak- Backus, brother-in-law of was the son of Elijah Backus point, not the end point of ing few changes in the floor Charles Tiffany, related to the (1726-1798); Elijah was the genealogical research. Margaret M. Weaver plan or general appearance Backus of Backus Hospital in son of S. Backus (first name A number of Killingly resi- Killingly Municipal Historian of the structure. The fireplac- Norwich?” I hadn’t a clue but not given) and Elizabeth dents, including my neighbor October 2014 es will remain and several of said that I’d try to find the Tracy. S. Backus was the son Joan Kent, walk in Holy Cross Special thanks to Joan Kent, the old gas chandeliers have answer. of Joseph Backus (1667-1740) Cemetery in Danielson. She Doris Gamelin, Glenna Bruno, been converted into electric My first line of attack was and Elizabeth Huntington was asked if she knew how old and William Lucchesi for mem- fixtures.