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Johnson, Foster M., 157 ff.
Johnson, Israel, 24, 49
Johnson, Samuel, 49
Johnson, Sherman G., 123
Johnson, Wesley M., 213 Jones, Delbert, 108
Jopson, H. Raymond, 147
Jordan, C. T., 178 Jourdan, Albert S., 198
Journal Press, 92
Joyce, Thomas, 223 Kaczynski, Adam, 147 Kafka, George J., 191 Kalinowski, Anthony, 147 Kaminsky, Walter W., 191 Kantack, Frederick H., 147 Kapitzke, William, 191 Kaplan, Louis "Kid," 135 f.
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INDEX
Kasack, Bernard D., 254 Kassabian, Levon, 229 Katz, Max, 126 Kay, Frank E., 225, 260 Kay, James T., 225 Keeler, Reverend Mr., 41 Keeney, Raymond, 108 Kelly, John J., 270 Kelly, Norman P., 191 Kelly, William P., 281 f.
Kelsey, William A., 201 f., 212
Kenmere Reservoir, 101 Kennedy and Kramer (dance team), 132 Kennedy, James, 132-3
Kensington parish, 33
Kent, 8 Kent, Carl T., 200 Kenwood Camp, 150 Ketelhut, Henry L., 214 Ketelhut, Otto C., 147
Keys' Brigade, 95 Kichinko, Peter P., 272
Kidder, Robert S., 183, 191
Kilbourn, Samuel, 44
Killeen, James C., 147
King, C. Win, 114
King, Francis, 209 King, Henry T., 114, 141, 143, 152, 159, 211
King, Jesse M., 147
King Philip's War, 8, 43
King, Ray E., 211
Kirby, Ernest, 190
Kirby, John B., 25
Kline, Edward J., 147
Kneath, H. E., 212
Knell, David M., 191
Koczon, Edward J., 191
Kolek, John, 191
Konopka, Frank P., 191
Koozmitch, Walter, 191 Kopcza, Walter J., 224
Korean War, 193 ff. Kounaris, Nick, 132
Kowalski, Joseph, 147
Kramer, Danny, 135
Kroeber, Robert, Jr., 191
Kroll, Alfred, 179 Kromer, John S., 263
Kruth, Hugo W., 147
Kurcon, Walter L., 164
Kuta, Matthew P., 163 Labor organizations: American Federation of Labor, 194 f .; Central Labor Union, 194 f., 244; Connecticut Federation of Labor, 194; Council of Industrial Organi- zations, 195; Electrical Workers Union, 195; International Typographical Union, 206; Knights of Labor: Buffers and Pol- ishers Assembly, 194; Mechanics Assembly No. 2501, 194; United Auto Workers, local 987, 195 LaCroix, Henry E., 147
Landry, Henry C., 191
Lane, Arthur S., 209
Lane, John S., 225
Lane, John W., 114
Langer, Carl R., 225
Langner, A., 223
LaPierre Manufacturing Co., 174
LaPlace, S. R., 223 LaRochelle, Ernest A., 147 LaRosa, John R., 191 Lawrence, Silas, 37
Lawton, Burton L., 181, 210
Learmont, Everett E., 147
Learned, Charles A., 198 Lebo, Howard, 191 Leconte, Robert, 142 Ledyard, 8 Lee, Robert E., 98
Lee, W. W., 257
Leining, Warren H., 193 Lepack, Walter, 191 Levit Family, 11 Lewis, George F., 221 Lewis, H. J., 91 Lewis, Isaac C., 22, 62, 86, 88 ff., 95, 100, 152, 213 f. Lewis, Jared, 100
Lewis, Patrick, 62, 84, 235
Lewis, R. W., 205
Lewis, William, 213
L'Heureux, Robert, 206
Liber, Benjamin L., 191
Library Board, 160 Liebreich, Oscar, 177
Lillement, 113 Lincoln, Abraham, 93 f., 236
Lines, H. Wales, 152, 225, 257, 260
Linsley, Charles F., 72, 198, 201, 214
Linsley, Noah, 236
Linsley, Randolph, 213
Lirot, Albert J., 215
Little, Hubert, 223 Livingston, Isaac, 49
Lizzi, James V., 147
Lockwood, H. DeForest, 140
Lodge, John D., 158, 244
Logan, J. W., 115
Logoyke, Alexander, 191
Long Island, battle of, 46
Longstreet, General, 96
Looby, Maurice J., 235
Lord, Albert J., 262
Louisburg expedition (1745), 44
Louisi, Michael, 147
Luby, William J., 157
Luca, Ernest, 191
Lucas, William L., 105
Lucchini, Victor E., 24, 157
Ludlow, Roger, 5
Ludsier, Lionel J., 191
Lutz, August, 266
Lyddy, Walter J., 270
Lyman, Aaron, 44
Lyman, Harry W., 157
Lyman, Phineas, 49
Lyman, William W., 86, 88
Lynch, John T., 270
Lynch, Raymond M., 224
Lynch, William, 224
Lynes, Robert E., 191
Lyon, George W., 100, 226, 26
Lyon, Humphrey, 95 Mabbett, J. H., 206
MacArthur, Douglas, 193
Mack (McGillicuddy), Connie, 134
Mackensie, Mrs. William, 33
Macri, George S., 191
Madona, Joseph Paul, 191
Magrath, George, 295
Maine, sinking of, 108
Majewicz, Joseph, 191
Maletta, Anthony, 191
Malm, John J., 192
Malone, Henrietta, 41
Malone, Nestor, J., 192
Malone, William F., 192
Maloney, Francis T., 134, 146, 148 f., 152, 166 f.
Maloney Memorial Scholarship, 166-7
Maltby, Chapman, 92
Maney, Francis R., 192
Manning, Thaddeus, 182
Markham, Augustus C., 100
Marvin, E. Lyman, 224
Mason, John, 271
Mason, John F., 192
Masonic Temple Foundation, 260
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 5 Mather, Albert B., 115, 279
310
Mathieu, Edward A., 266 Mattabesitt Tribe, 6, 8 f. May, Albert A., 254 May, Earl C., Century of Silver, 34 McCafferty, LeRoi, 133 Mccarthy, Edward T., 147 McCarthy, Oliver, 215 McCarthy, Paul E., 192 McConnel, Murray, 179 McCrann, Walter A., 268 McGar, Frank H., 139 McGar, Stanley, 221 McGarry, Thomas B., 270 McGlew, John T., 195 McHugh, J. A., 120 McInnis, Stuffy, 134 Mckenzie, George C., 147 Mckenzie, William T., 212 Mckinley, William, 108
Mclaughlin, Roy L., 245 f. McMahon, Dennis, 136 McMahon, Patrick F., 130 McMasters, Wells, 114 McNulty, Catherine F., 253 McNutt, Paul V., 186 f. Mederick, Marchand, 171 Meeks, Arthur, 125 Meeks, H. A., 239
Meeting House Hill Burying Ground, 258
Meeting houses, 10 ff. Meiklem, Irving J., 215 Meiklem, Leonard F., 147 Meiklem, Wesley J., 192
Mekye, Daniel, 49 Mekye, Wyllys, 49
Memorial Boulevard, 143 ff., 266 Memorial Chapel, 241, 243 Mercaldi, Anthony P., 224 Mercaldi, Anthony P., Jr., 224
Meredith, (State Education Commissioner), 286
Meriden, Conn .: incorporation, 1; origin, 4, 11; early spellings of name, 4;origin of name, 18; number of early families, 30; separation from Wallingford, 58 ff .; first town meeting, 59; postmasters, 62; first town clerk, 62; first mayor, 84; city gov- ernment before 1900, 99 ff .; first chief of police, 103; first chief of fire depart- ment, 105; succession of mayors, 152; population, 154; government, 152 ff .; designation as nation's ideal war com- munity, 185-7; first postmaster, 235 Meriden "All Stars," 137 Meriden Banner, 94, 205
Meriden Chronicle, 205
Meriden City Band, 231
Meriden Community Fund, 249-50
Meriden Evening Times, 206
Meriden Journal, 117 f., 187, 201 ff., 203-4
Meriden Lions Welfare Project, Inc., 231
Meriden Literary Recorder, 104, 205 f.
Meriden Morning Record, 202
Meriden News-Digest, 206
Meriden Record, 187, 190, 201-3.
Meriden Record-Journal, 133, 193, 206
Meriden Republican, 201, 203, 205 Meriden Resolutes, 117
"Meriden Riot," 66, 68
Meriden Star, 206
Meriden Theater, 127 ff.
Meriden Theater (South Broad Street), 132 Meriden Transcript, 205 Meriden Visitor, 205 Meriden Warwickshire, England, 18
Meriden Weekly Mercury, 205 Meriden's Centennial Celebration, 123 Merimere, 64 Merimere Reservoir, 101, 229 Merriam, Amasa, 49 Merriam, Asaph, 49
INDEX
Merriam, Benjamin, 49 Merriam, Caleb, 49 Merriam, Dorrance, 192 Merriam, E. A., 155 Merriam, Elisha, 49 Merriam, Ephriam, 49 Merriam, Jesse, 49 Merriam, Joseph, 49 Merriam, Lauren, 82
Merriam, Marshall, 49
Merriam, N., 71 Merriam, Nathaniel, 29, 49
Merriam, Nelson, 71 Merriam, Samuel, 49
Merriam, Sidney, 21
Merriam, Titus, 49
Merriam, William, 49
Merriam Family, 11
Merriman, George C., 257
Merriman, Howell, 208, 212
Merz, Harold F., 210 f.
Mesiak, Stanley, 147
Meskell, Pat, 137
Methodist Society, 15, 262
Metropolitan Opera Co., 121, 132
Mezzanotte, Nicholas, 147
Michaels, A., 221
Michalich, Vladimer, 272
Middletown, 6, 73, 77, 80, 87, 116, 182, 197, 220 Miles, John, 49
Miles, W. M., 215
Miles, Wallace A., 152
Miller, D. Henry, 95
Miller, Edward, 86 f.
Miller, Freddie, 133
Miller, Glenn, 187
Miller, Hezekiah, 86
Miller, John F., 125
Miller, Lew, 216
Miller, Max E., 114
Miller, Ray Marcus, 263
Miller, Richard, 27
Miller, Spencer H., 183
Miller, William H., 213, 215, 236
Millington, Henry J., 177
Mills, Fred, 216
Mills, H. Dudley, 216 f.
Mills, Herbert, 212
Mills, Lewis S., Story of Connecticut, 34, 36
Mills, Stanley, 216
Milton brothers, 132
Mines, 64 ff.
Mingrino, Paul, 192
Miramont, Wallace, 21
Mitchell, Albert, 171
Mix, Silas, 209
Modjeska, 128 Mohawk Tribe, 7
Molloy, John, 26
Molloy, John F., 221
Molon, Michael, 192
Monroe, F. H., 239
Monson, Samuel, 17
Montowese, 4, 6
Moran, John L., 195
Moran, William, 200 Morelli, Joseph, 192
Morgan, John, 49 Morgan, Samuel B., 236 Moriarty, Eugene A., 267 Morning Call, 206
Moroney, John F., 183 Moroney, Thomas J., 163
Morse, H. W., 212 Moscaletis, Sylvester, 212 Moseley, Nicholas, 288 f. Moses, Linus, 105
Mosher, W. W., 215 Mottram, Warren L., 241 Moyer, Donald W., 192
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INDEX
Mrozek, Joseph, 147 Mueller, George W., 147 Munson, Craig D., 172 f. Munson, George D., 91 f., 172 Munson, John, 88 Murden, William E., 176 Murdock, Daniel E., 147 Murdock, Frederick L., 125, 211
Murdock, George B., 155
Muzyczka, Benjamin, 192
Nagel, John G., 213, 253 Nalewajek, Walter, 147
Nalewajk, Stanislaus, F., 271
Napier, James H., 180 Narragansett Tribe, 43 National Guard, 124, 138 ff., 183 National Preceptor, 41
Neebe, Frederick, L., 195
Negro, Boston, 49 Neibour, William H., 215 Nellis, Charles, Jr., 133 Nessing, Julius A., 192
New Britain, 77, 132 New Dam, 102
New England Primer, 38, 52 New England Testament, 39 New Haven, 4, 31 f., 34 ff., 42, 48, 66, 69, 72, 77, 94, 109, 129, 135, 139, 198, 200, 204, 246, 254, 280 New Haven Colony, 2 f., 5
New Haven, "republic" of, 2
New London, 44
New Town, See Cambridge, Mass.
New York City, 35
Newport, E. C., 239
Newspapers, 201 ff.
Newton, Charles A., 183, 254
Niantic, 77, 108
Nickerson, N., 239
Niewiadomski, Stanley J., 192
Nitsche, Arthur, 192
Nizza, Lawrence C., 8
Noon, Edward, 177
North, Curtis L., 212
North Haven, 6
North Meriden, 86
North Stonington, 8
Northern Literary Messenger, 205
Norton, J. S., 127
Norton, Jedediah, 22 Norton, Junius, 209
Norwich, 44 Notre Dame Sisters, 295 Nurawski, Stanley, 147 Oblivantseff, Seraphim, 271 O'Brien, Charles L., 162 O'Brien, Frank J., Jr., 193
O'Brien, Russell P., 192
O'Connell, Maurice, 192 O'Conner, James J., 184 O'Donnell, William L., 147 Old Bethel, 15 "Old Fry," 33 Old houses, 21 ff. O'Neil, F. J., 220 Orange, 6 Orr, Douglas, 242
Orzech, Stanley, 192 Otis, Albert 1., 103 Otis, S., 239 Otto, Henry C. L., 206 Owsianik, Joseph F., 193 Packer, Clifford I., 188, 255 Page, Benjamin, 152, 215
Palmer, Charles S., 143 Paluconis, Dominic, 192
Pancho Villa, 138 Panciera, Arthur, 192
Paone, Raphael, 147
Parker, Charles, 15, 57, 84, 86, 95 f., 99 f., 102 f., 152, 201, 212, 214, 239, 268
Parker, J. H., 90
Parker, John, 95
Parker, Julius, 19
Parker, Wilbur F., 125
Parker's Engine Co. No. 3, 104 Parker's Hose Co. No. 3, 104
Parks and playgrounds, 277 ff.
Parochial School Music Festival, 296
Parrish, Everett, 192
Patrucco, John, 234
Patten, Harold K., 147
Patzold, H. L., 125
Payne, Ruth E., 161
Peck, G. A., 239
Peck, S. S., 257 Peeck, Eliezer, 30 Penders, John G., 236 Penny Press, 206
Pepper, E. G., 215
Pequot Tribe, 7, 66
Pequot War, 8, 43
Perkins, Charles S., 127, 209
Perkins, George W., Historical Sketches of Meriden, 15, 18, 30, 32, 51, 61, 63 f., 67,81 Perkins, Herbert T., 192
Perkins, Simeon, 45, 49
Perkins, Stephen, 49
Perkins, W. H., 86
Pershing, John J., 138
Peterson, Herbert R., 268
Petrucelli, Leonard A., 164 f.
Phelan, J. Ormonde, 295
Phelan, John J., 254
Phelps, Charles G., 255
Phelps, Charles S., 225
Philadelphia, 36
Pierce, E. W., 115, 239
Pierce, Franklin, 236
Pierce, John, 46, 49
Pinkos, Theodore J., 192
Place names, 18 ff.
Plainville, 77
Platt, James P., 115
Platt, Orville H., 95 f., 98, 205, 252 Ploetz, A., 239
Plum, Seth D., 63
Plumb, William W., 29
Plymouth Colony, 5
Podgurski, John, 192
Pogrebniak, Alexander, 271
Pohl, Irving C., 192
Poli, S. Z., 129 ff. Polk, James K., 62, 235
Pomeroy, Noah, 19, 28, 82, 209
Ponselle, Carmela, 132
Ponselle, Rosa, 121, 132
Pooley, E. J., 114
Port Royal, expedition to, 96
Post, Edwin M., 91
Post, John D., 41 Potrepka, Bernadine S., 224
Potts, John, 133
Powers, Charles C., 215
Powers, Clarence S., 212
Powers, D. F., 215
Prann, C. Perry, 162
Pratt, Henry S., 279
Pratt, Julius, 84, 93, 208, 212 Prattsville, 277
Preble, Howard B., 271
Press-Recorder, 206
Proudman, Arthur, 257
Prouty, Willis J., 115, 281
Przywara, Bronislaus, 192
Psalter, 38 Ptak, Walenty, 147
Public institutions, 238 ff. Puit, Adam, 4 Pulaski, Joseph S., 192 Pulver, H. Leslie, 147
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Punty, Mrs. Edward, 27 Quinlan, Alderman, 144 Quinnipiac Tribe, 6 ff. Quinnipiack, 2 Race, Mrs. William H., 26 Radio Stations: W.D.R.C., Hartford, 229;
W.M.M.W., Meriden, 182, 229; W.A.T.R .- TV., Waterbury, 229 Radtke, Arthur J., 192 Rahner, Charles, 192
Railroads: Boston and Maine Railroad, 72;
Consolidated Railroad (New Haven), 76, 78; Hartford and New Haven Railroad, 71 f .; Hartford and Springfield Railroad, 72; Meriden and Cheshire Railroad, 75; Meriden and Cromwell railroad line, 76, 78; Meriden Horse Railroad, 90, 111; Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad Co., 78; Meriden and Waterbury Railroad, 78-9; Middletown, Meriden, and Waterbury Railroad Co., 79; New Haven and Northampton Rail- road, 75; New Haven Railroad, 70; New York and New England Railroad, 79; New York and New Haven Railroad, 72; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 72, 75, 79 f., 111, 218; Spring- field, Hartford, and New Haven Rail- road, 72
Railway Express, 75
Rainer, Luise, 187
Rand, Philip C., 219
Randall, Arthur T., 263
Randall, H. B., 182
Raven, Carl E., 224
Raven, J. F., 224
Recican, William J., 147
Reed, William D., 127 f.
Reeves, Herbert J., 173, 226
Rehm, Arthur A., 147
Reilly, Robert, 192
Reilly, Thomas L., 109, 116, 129, 143, 152, 156, 194, 203 f.
Religious Teachers Filippini, 297
Remy, William, 234
Retail business, 218 ff.
Revere, Lee F., 173
Revere, Paul, 44 Revolutionary War, 44-9, 60
Rexford, Benjamin, 44, 49
Rexford, Benjamin, Jr., 49
Reynolds, John, 194
Reynolds, John D., 209
Ribicoff, Abraham, 159
Ricci, J. M., 131 Ricci, Leo, 131 f.
Ricciardi, Philip, 179 Rice, Abel, 29 Rice, Allen, 83
Rice, Betty, 252
Rice, Ezekiel, 45
Rice, Ezekiel, Jr., 25
Rice, Ezra, 30, 49
Rice, Gideon, 46, 49
Rice, Hezekiah, 83
Rice, Isaac, 49 Rice, Joseph, 45, 49 Rice, Jotham, 49
Rice, Justus, 49
Rice, Reuben, J., 114
Rice, Robert S., 28
Rice, Samuel, 24, 46, 49
Rice, Silas, 28
Rice, Solomon, 49
Rice, Wait, 49 Rice family, 25 Rich, Ezekiel, 49
Richardson, Ransom L., 247
Richardson, Samuel, 53 Ridley, Edwin W., 192 Riggs, Luther G., 205 f.
Riker, A. Lawrence, 182
Ripley, Erastus, 52
Roads and Travel, 30 ff. Roark, Edward A., 105 Roberts, Charles A., 100 Roberts, John D., 253 Robinson, Donald T., 190, 192
Robinson, John, 49
Robinson, Joseph, 177
Robinson, Levi, 49
Robinson, Robert 1., 192
Robinson family, 11
Rockney, History of New Haven County, 70
Rockwell, Charles, 257
Rockwell, Charles F., 157, 211
Rockwell, Charles L., 198, 214
Rockwell, George, 91
Rockwell, William F., 201
Rogers, Asa, 89
Rogers, George W., 236
Rogers, Gilbert, 211 ff.
Rogers, Hervey, 71
Rogers, Joseph E., 192
Rogers, Malcolm, 295
Rogers, Simeon, 89
Rogers, William, 89
Rogoz, Joseph R., 165
Rollins, George, 133
Rooney, Pat, Sr., 128
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 148, 183
Ropes, David N., 212
Roraback, J. Henry, 198
Rosi, James, 192
Royce, Ezekial, 44
Royce, Samuel, 44
Royce family, 11
Roys, Samuel, 10
Rudolph, Fred, 234
Runge, Kenneth C., 192
Russell, Sol Smith, 128
Rust, T. S., 114
Rybeck, William H., 241
Ryder, Elisha, 199
Rzegocki, Theodore J., 192
St. Arnauld, Earl L., 147
St. Onge, Edward O., 192
St. Onge, Joseph F., 192
Saleski, Joseph C., 192
Salisbury, 65
Saltonstall, Henry W., 212
Sands, Frank E., 140, 203 f., 254
Savage, Albert W., 255
Savage, George E., 257
Savage, Leonard S., 215
Saviteer, Howard F., 241
Savoys, The, 132
Sawyer, Bertrand K., 192
Scanlon, John J., 126, 236
Scarfo, John V., 192
Schaefer, Francis J., 192
Scharmer, Carl A., Jr., 192
Schenck, M. B., 257
Schenck, William A., 157
Schleiter, H. L., 213
Schlette, Fred, 234
Schneider, Nicholas F. X., 269
Schools: Benjamin Franklin, 23, 234, 290,
292; Center School, 39, 277; "Central School," 279; Central Grammar, 281, 288; Church Street, 284, 286 f .; Connecticut School for Boys, 245-6; Corner District, 278 f .; evening classes, 280-1, 289; Frank- lin Street, 287; Hanover (Robert Morris), 234, 286, 290; High School Annex, 289- 90; Israel Putnam, 290, 292 f .; Jefferson Junior High, 286, 291 f .; John Barry, 279, 287, 290 ff .; Jonathan Trumbull, 287, 290 ff .; Lincoln Junior High (West Grammar), 282, 286, 291 f .; Meriden High School, 134, 136 f., 167, 279, 281-4, 286, 288 ff .; Meriden Institute, 277 f .;
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Meriden Trade, 284; Nathan Hale, 286, 290 ff., 297; North Broad Street, 277, 287; North Center School, 39-41; North Colony Street, 289; Nurses' Training School, 240 f .; of Adele S. Booth, 278, 281; of Edward C. Wheatley, 280; of German-American School Association, 278 f .; Roger Sherman, 287, 292, (Annex, 290 ff.); St. John's Parochial, 295; St. Joseph's Parochial, 297; St. Laurent's Parochial, 295; St. Mary's Parochial, 295 f .; St. Rose's Parochial, 296; St. Stanis- laus' Parochial, 296-7; Samuel Hunting- ton, 277, 292 f .; South Broad Street, 277, 292; South Center, 279; Southeast, 288; Stone Schoolhouse, 39; Wilcox Technical (State Trade), 136, 288 f., 294; Willow Street, 288
Schuerer, Herman, 228
Schultz, C. A., 182
Schultz, C. W., 182
Schultz, R. A., 182
Schultz, W. M., 182
Schunack, C. E., 212
Scott, Roy, 179
Scovil, David, 49
Scovil, Elijah, 49
Scovil, Elisha, 49
Scovil, Samuel, 45
Seekamp, Robert W., 7
Seeley, George, 1952
Sembler, Elizabeth, 271
Sesquicentennial, 122, 231, 261, 301
Setterling, Einer C., 198, 200
Seventh Day Adventists, 272
Sexton, John R., 255
Seymour, F. J., 86
Shailer, Joseph, 45 f., 49
Sharp, Hattie, 133
Shepard, Odell, 6, 9; Connecticut Past and Present, 18 f. Shepley, G. N., 115
Sheridan's Army, 96
Shiffer, Fred L., 263
Shippee, Lester E., 210
Siaflas, Thomas J., 147
Silliman, Benjamin, in American Journal of Science, 19 Simpson, Samuel, 88
Simsbury, 43, 64
Sisters of The Assumption, 295
Sisters of Mercy, 264, 296 f.
Sisters of St. Joseph, 297
Sklar, Mr. and Mrs. Ezak, 132
Sklar, George, 132
Slagle, Frederick, R., 177, 188 Slater, Morris, 133
Slavery, 66 ff.
Smith, Blanche, Hixson, 202
Smith, David P., 142, 243
Smith, E. E., 157
Smith, E. W., 212, 239
Smith, Edwin, 202
Smith, Frank D., 212
Smith, George, 177
Smith, George W., 213
Smith, Kenneth E., 192
Smith, Stephen L., 152, 157
Smith, Wayne C., 202
Smith, Mrs. William Rice, 258
Smithsonian Institution, 82
Smollett, Tobias Co., 53
Snow, Glover A., 77, 255
Snow, Oliver, 84
"The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," 13
Sokel, George J., 209 Somers, J. E., 223 Song of Meriden, xi Sothern, E. H., 128 South Meriden, 25, 107, 171, 234 f., 237,
257, 267 f., 287, 298 f.
Southern New England Telephone Co., 105, 145, 199 Southington, 186, 197, 201, 224, 253, 264, 271 Sowheag, 6 Spanish War, 108 ff. Spear, Carlton P., 219 Spear, Lewis M., 219
Spencer, Thomas, 49
Spicer, Ernest W., 109
Spinelli, James V., 192
Sports celebrities, 134 ff.
Sprafke, Bernard, 234
Springfield, Mass., 36
Spruce Glen, 7 Squire, Allan B., 31, 33, 70
Squire, Mrs. Robert A., 215
Squire, Mrs. Roger W., 215
Squire, Wilbur H., 114, 228
Stafinski, Theodore T., 192
Stamford, 2 Staniland, Horace G., 147
Stanley, George W., 59
Staszewski family, 22
State Board Department of Education, 284 ff.
State Employment Service, 199
State Guard, 184
State Railroad Commission, 77
Sterne, Laurence, 53
Stetson, Albert L., 114
Stevens, Elizur Seneca, 92
Stevens, Evarts C., 172 f.
Stevens, Frank A., 114
Stevens, Frederick M., 172
Stevens, Frederick M., Jr., 27
Stevens, Harry A., 114
Stevens, Helen, 248
Stevens, John B., 173
Stevens, Maltby, 172 f.
Stillman, A. B., 94, 205
Stith, Robert, 267
Stockwell, Harry, 221
Stoddard, John E., 161, 293
Stormy Point, battle of, 46
Storts Welding Co., 171
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 128
Strauss, Robert M., 193
Stremlau, Julius C., 194
Stretch, Harlan J., 147
Stringer, George L., 173
Stringer, Norman J., 255
Suffolk, siege of, 96
Sullivan, Joseph A., Jr., 192
Summer, George C., 147
Summit, 78
"Sunshine" (steamer), 77
Sutliff, John, 87
Surowiecki, Walter, 136
Suzio, Leonard, 119, 225
Swamp Fort, battle of, 43
Swider, John, 147
Swift, Jonathan, 53
Szymaszek, Edward J., 192
Tait, John, 213, 239
Talcott, John, 4 Tappert, C. Reinhold, 269
Taylor, Hoyt C., 241
Taylor, Stephen, 209
Taylor, Zachary, 235
Teagle, Donald J., 192
Terrell, Claude, 121
Terrell, W. F., 226
Terry, James T., 238
Tetreault, Albert J., 192 Theaters: Air Dome Theater, 132; Bijou
Theater, 132; Capitol Theater, 131; Com- munity Playhouse, 130 f .; Crystal Theater, 132; Delavan Opera House, 127f .; East Main Street Poli Theater, 131; Fox-Poli Palace, 131; Life Theater, 131; Loew Poli
314
INDEX
Palace Theater, 130 f., 187; Meriden Poli Palace, 131; Poli Theater, 129 f .; Star Theater, 132 Thomas, E. R., 91 Thomas, O. F., 91 Thomas, Samuel, 91 Thompson, C. C., 287 Thompson, Denman, 128 Thompson brothers, 66 Tobie, Llewellyn A., 213 Tolles, A., 132
Tompkins, Durwood, 234
Topographical features, parks, and playing fields: Allen Hill, 7, 34; Baldwin's Beach, 233; Baldwin's Pond, 233; Beaver Pond, 33, 233; Black Pond, 20, 101 f .; Blue Mountains, 35; Bradley Park, 116, 271; Broad Brook, 101; Brookside Park, 77, 112, 135, 232-3, 234; Camp's Meadow, 77; Ceppa Field, 271; City Park, 232, 234, 244; Columbus Park, 149 f .; Connecticut River, 37, 73, 75; Crow Hollow, 19, 82; Dog's Misery, 11, 20, 28, 30; Dossin Park, 233; East Main Street Hill, 62; East Peak, 227 ff., Foster Lake, 102; Golden Parlor Mine, 64; "Green Swamp," 33; Hanging Hills, 20, 64, 227, 244; Hanover Park, 112, 116 f., 124, 136, 194, 257; Hanover Pond, 113, 233 f .; Harbor Brook, 4, 20, 63, 69, 81 f., 176, 203, 232-3; Hemlock Grove, 116; Holt's Hill, 72; Hubbard Park, 190, 227-32, 234; Insilco Field, 234; Johnson Hill, 101; Legion Park, 257; Little League Field, 234; Little Plain, 20; Meeting House Hill, 7, 11, 20; Mining Hill, 64; Mirror Lake, 228, 230, 232; Mt. Lamentation, 4, 7, 9, 20; Mt. St. Joseph, 296; Mt. Tom, 229; Napier Park, 181; Peat Works Pond, 7; Pilgrim's Harbor, 4, 11, 20, 30, 32; Pratt's Pond, 77, 83; Quinnipiac River, 7, 69, 81 f., 107, 117; Red Bridge, 7, 233; Sag Harbor, 77; Shelter Island, 77; Smith's Crossing, 77; Sodom Brook, 82; Twiss Pond, 78; Wallace's Bridge, 112; Walnut Grove, 56, 64, 115; Washington Park, 150; West Mountain, 100 f .; West Peak, 24, 150, 227 f., 251
Tracy, A. W., 152, 239
Tracy, John, 105 Transportation (journal), 77
Tredennick, C. H., 129
Tremaine, Burton G., 177
Tremaine, Burton G., Jr., 177
Trigilio, Joseph J., 192
Trostel, Harold C., 192
Trottier, Emil J., 147
Troy, Albert, 267
Trumbull, 8
Trumbull, John H., 146
Tryon, General, 47
Tryon, C. Howard, 204 Tunxis Tribe, 8
Twiss brothers, 57 Tyler, John, 235
Tyler, Samuel, 139
Tyler's Division, 95
Ulbrand, William J., 147
Ulisney, Edith Lipke, 271
Ulysses, George, 132
Umansky, Samuel, 220 Underwood, Joseph C., 147
United Colonies of New England, 5
Upham, Charles L., 94, 100, 152, 213, 219
Upham, Francis C., 94, 219 Upham, William H., 219 Van Buren, Martin, 36
Van Nostrand, George, 103
Van Oppen, Alphonsus John Henry, 260, 266 Vernon, Thomas, 215 Veterans' Organizations: American Legion,
Meriden Post No. 45, 142, 150, 256-7, 260; Disabled American Veterans, Chap- ter 6, 256; Grand Army of the Republic, 124, 143; Italian-American World War Veterans, D'Amico Post No. 7, 256; Jewish War Veterans, Post No. 92, 256; Marine Corps League, Silver City Detachment, 256; Military Order of the Purple Heart, Meriden Chapter, 256; Polish American Veterans, Meriden Post, 256: Sons of the American Revolution, 49; Captain John Couch Branch No. 2, Connecticut Society, 257; Sons of Union Veterans, Charles L. Upham Camp No. 7, 255 f .; United Serv- ice Organizations, Meriden Center, 184 f., 188 f .; United Spanish War Veterans, Captain Charles B. Bowen Camp, 109, 124, 256; United Veterans' Council, 242, 255-6; Veterans of Foreign Wars, La Croix Murdock Post No. 585, 256; Vet- erans' Service Commission, 188; Yankee Division Veterans Association, Feegel- Tyler Chapter, 256. See also Catholic War veterans' organizations;
Virginia, siege of, 96
Wadsworth, Colonel, 45
Wadsworth, General, 46
Wadsworth, Joseph, 43
Wallingford, 1 ff., 6, 10 f., 32, 38, 47, 50, 58 ff., 74, 77, 92, 124, 132, 174, 186, 201
220, 235, 238, 240 f., 253, 255, 264, 271 Wallingford Purchase Lands, 10-11
Walnut Grove Cemetery, 25
Walsh, "Big Ed," 135
Walsh, James F., 166 f.
Walsh, Young Ed, 135
Walters, Zoe, 268
Walther, Eric A., 211
Walther, W. H., 255
Waltz, Sammy, 135
War of 1812, 44
Warner, Charles, 104
Warner, "Pop," 136
Warnock, Julia Lansing Hull, 203
Warnock, Thomas H., 202 f.
Warshauer, J. H., 220
Washington, George, 35 f., 46, 60
Washington, William H., 147
Washington Engine Co. No. 2, 104 Washington Hose Co. No. 2, 104
Waterbury, 24, 77
Waterman, Moses, 95
Watrous, W. H., 91 f. Watson, Philip B., 255
Way, Abner, 49
Way, Moses, 49
Wayne, Anthony, 46
Webb, Bessie Livingston, 240
Webb, John, 25, 215
Webster, Noah, New Speller, 41
Weeks, George W., 205
Weisleder, Leo E., 216
Welliver, Kenneth B., 265
Wendover, Sanford H., 204
Wentworth, Teddy, 132
Wentworth, Vesta, 132
Werner, Oscar, 269
Wesleyan University, 264
West Cheshire, 78
West, E. E., 152
West Meriden, 12, 62, 69, 153, 235, 265
Westfield, 77, 80, 116
Westhaver, H. N., 182
Wethersfield, 21, 32 f.
Wethersfield Prison, 83
Wetmore, A. C., 208, 213
Whalon, William R., 192
Wheatley, Edward C., 280
Wheatley, Harold L., 214 Wheatley, L. F., 240
Wheeler, Stanley B., 147
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INDEX
Whisler, J. E., 182 White, A. J., 226 White, Amos, 62, 235 White, Carter H., 24, 55, 202 White, H. K., 215 White, Henry F., 147 White, Russell, 25 White family, 25
White Plains, battle of, 46 Whiting, Samuel, 58
Whiting family, 11
Whitney, Benjamin, 16
Whitney, William H., 139
Wieszcholek, Peter, 147
Wightman, J. S., 213 Wilcox, Albert H., 32, 114
Wilcox, Dennis C., 87 f., 90, 100
Wilcox, Ernest C., 181
Wilcox, Frank N., 22
Wilcox, Frederick P., 91
Wilcox, George H., 88, 91, 172
Wilcox, H. S., 62
Wilcox, Horace C., 75, 78 f., 86 ff., 90 f., 100, 127, 152, 172, 201, 239, 243
Wilcox, Jedediah, 83, 86, 100
Wilcox, Roy C., 34, 172, 243
Wilcox, William J., 188, 255
Wilkinson, Charles E., 147
Williams, Charles Merriam, 245
Williams, Jack, 192
Williams, John R., 212
Williams, Mildred R., 144, 146
Williams, Richard, 246
Wilson, E. A., 239
Wilson, G. H., 95, 152, 239
Wilson, O. G., 205
Winder, Fred J., 220
Winslow, Carlton H., 179
Winston, Robert, 205
Winthrop, John, 1 f., 5
Wismar, Adolph H., 266
Women's Auxiliaries: American Legion, 256 f .; Disabled American Veterans, 256; Gold Star Association, 256; Italian-Amer- ican War Veterans, 256; Marine Corps League, 256; Memorial Hospital, 243; Meriden Hospital, 239; Polish-American Veterans, 256; Veterans of Foreign Wars, 256
Women's organizations: Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club, 258; Charity Club, 258; City Mission Society, 258; Daughters of the American Revolution, Ruth Hart Chapter, 258; Susan Carrington Clarke Chapter, 258; Junior Woman's Club, 258; National Society of New England Women, Meriden Colony, 258; Thursday Morning Club, 246, 258; Woman's Club, 258; Women's Christian Temperance Union, 258. See also Service Clubs, Women's Auxiliaries. Woodbridge, 6
Woodbridge's "geography," 40
Wooley, Harry, 147
Working Men's Free Bed Fund, 253
Works Program Administration, 244 World War 1, 118, 129 f., 138 ff., 169 f., 180 f., 197, 287 World War | Memorial, 143 ff.
World War II, 116, 151, 171, 174, 176, 179 ff., 183 ff., 195, 218, 232, 241, 254, 299 Worley, Edgar, 192
Woronick, Bronislaus, 192
Woronick, Julius (Great Mephisto), 135
Wright, Colonel, 96
Wright, Dexter R., 95
Wunsch, Herbert A., 192
Wusterbarth, Carlton W., 192
Wusterbarth, Harold J., 221
Y Community Forum, 251
Yale, Abel, 29
Yale, Amerton, 49
Yale, Bertrand, 236
Yale, Charles, 57
Yale, Daniel, 49
Yale, David, 27
Yale, Elwood, 224
Yale, Fred L., 224
Yale, Frederick E., 224
Yale, Hiram, 57
Yale, Ira N., 235
Yale, Joel, 22
Yale, John, 22, 49
Yale, Jonathan, 49
Yale, Levi, 62, 235
Yale, Lewis, 212
Yale, Moses, 29
Yale, Nash, 49
Yale, Nathaniel, 46, 49
Yale, Noah, 26 f., 47
Yale, Oliver M., 224
Yale, Samuel, 31, 209
Yale, Thomas, 26 f.
Yale, Waitstill, 49
Yale, William, 209
Yale family, 11
Yale University, 132
Yalesville, 34, 115, 145, 267 f.
Young, H. C., 208
Young, Matilda A., 190
Young, Richard H., 192
Youngs, Mrs. C. H., 251
Zabel, Emil W., 147
Zajac, Ben, 136
Zavaglia, Raymond, 192
Zawacki, Frank A., 192 Zebora, Rudolph J., 192
Zeitung, Alpeck, 172
Zimmer, Charles, 164
Zimmer, Rodney, 165
Zlotowski, Victor Leo, 192
Zubler, Joseph, 193
Zuckerman, Maurice, 222
Zuckerman, Stanley, 184 Zuraw, Edward J., 192
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Sesquicentennial Celebration Week June 17-23, 1956
SUNDAY, JUNE 17th CHURCH DAY - RELIGION Master of Ceremonies - Parker B. Allen, General Chairman President, Charles Parker Co.
A.M. Special Services, All Churches
8-8 p.m. Open House Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
P.M.
12-8 p.m. Open House, Meriden Historical Society, Andrews Homestead
2-5 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
2- 5 Open House, Meriden Hospital, Cook Avenue
2- 5 Open House, Memorial Hospital, Paddock Avenue
2:30 Band Concert, Hubbard Park
3:30 Official Opening of Meriden Sesquicentennial Celebration - General Chairman - Hubbard Park
Invocation Address - Mayor
Dedication of Music Shell
Benediction Choral Group Singing
7 Pet Show, Columbus Park
9:15 Fireworks, Columbus Park
MONDAY, JUNE 18th SCHOOL DAY - EDUCATION Master of Ceremonies - Attorney George E. McGoldrick President, Meriden Board of Education
Visitation of public and parochial schools all day, especially by former students and teachers. Special Sesqui exercises
A.M.
8- 8 p.m. Open House, Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
9-9 Special Displays, Curtis Memorial Library
P.M.
12-8 p.m. Open House, Meriden Historical Society, Andrews Homestead
6-12 midnight Silver City Side Show & Rides, Columbus Park
1 Open House, Y.M.C.A.
2-5 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
3 Tennis Match C. C. I. L., Hubbard Park
4 Golf Tournament (local), Municipal Golf Course
6:30 Exhibition Softball Game, Washington Park
7 Preview Meriden Industrial Exhibit, State Armory
7-9 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
7:15 Sesqui Social, City Hall Auditorium
7:30 Coronation of Miss Sesquicentennial, Insilco Field
8 Block Dance, John Barry School Yard
8:30 Historical Pageant, Insilco Field
TUESDAY, JUNE 19th INDUSTRIAL DAY Master of Ceremonies - Norman J. Stringer President, The Manufacturer's Association of Meriden and Wallingford, Inc.
A.M.
8- 8 p.m. Open House Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
9-9 p.m. Special Displays, Curtis Memorial Library
P.M.
12-8 p.m. Open House, Meriden Historical Society, Andrews Homestead
12-12 midnight Silver City Side Show & Rides, Columbus Park 1 Open House, Y.M.C.A.
2-5 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
2-10 Industrial Exhibit, State Armory
3 Tennis Match C. C. I. L., Hubbard Park
3:30 Elementary School Track Meet, 1, 2, and 3 grades, Washington Park
3:30 Junior High School Track Meet, Ceppa Field
4 Golf Tournament (local), Municipal Golf Course
8 Choral Festival, Music Shell, Hubbard Park
9 Sesqui Dance, City Hall Auditorium
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th GOVERNOR'S DAY Master of Ceremonies - Judge Denis T. O'Brien, Jr.
A.M.
8- 8 p.m. Open House Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
9- 9 p.m. Special Displays, Curtis Memorial Library
P.M.
12-8 p.m. Open House, Meriden Historical Society, Andrews Homestead
12-12 midnight Silver City Side Show & Rides, Columbus Park
1 Open House, Y.M.C.A.
2-5 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
2-10 Industrial Exhibit, State Armory
3 Tennis Matches C. C. I. L. (finals), Hubbard Park
3 High School Track Meet, Ceppa Field
3 Elementary School Track Meet, 4, 5, and 6 grades Washington Park
4 Golf Tournament (local), Municipal Golf Course
6 Invitation Softball Teams, Washington Park
6 Exhibition Water Ballet Teams, Hubbard Park Swimming Pool
7- 9 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
8:30 Historical Pageant, Insilco Field
9 Brothers of the Bush Rock and Roll Dance, City Hall Auditorium
THURSDAY, JUNE 21st CELEBRITY DAY Master of Ceremonies - Former Mayor, Attorney Francis R. Danaher
A.M.
8-8 p.m. Open House Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
9- 9 Special Displays, Curtis Memorial Library
P.M.
12-8 p.m. Open House, Meriden Historical Society, Andrews Homestead
12-12 midnight Silver City Side Show & Rides, Columbus Park 1 Open House, Y.M.C.A.
2-5 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
2-10 Industrial Exhibit, State Armory
3:30 Doll Carriage Parade, Washington Park
3:30 Marble Contest, Washington Park
3:30 Bicycle Races, Washington Park
4 Golf Tournament (local), Municipal Golf Course
6 Invitation Softball Tournament, Washington Park
7- 9 Arts & Crafts Association Exhibition, Horace Wilcox Technical School
8:30 Historical Pageant, Insilco Field
8 Block Dancing, John Barry School Yard
FRIDAY, JUNE 22nd HOMECOMING DAY Master of Ceremonies - Former Mayor William J. Cahill, Jr.
A.M.
All Day, Family Reunions and Visitations to Points of Interest about the City
8- 8 p.m. Open House Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
9-9 p.m. Special Displays, Curtis Memorial Library 10-5 p.m. Static Displays, Local Airport
P.M.
12-8 p.m. Open House, Meriden Historical Society, Andrews Homestead
12-12 midnight Silver City Side Show & Rides, Columbus Park
1 Open House, Y.M.C.A.
4 Golf Tournament (local), Muncipal Golf Course
6 Softball Tournament (Semi-finals), Washington Park
8 Meriden Symphony Orchestra, Music Shell, Hubbard Park
8 Block Dance, John Barry School Yard
SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd COMMUNITY DAY Master of Ceremonies - Arthur F. Eggleston President, The Lane Construction Corporation
A.M.
8- 8 p.m. Open House Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
9-12 Special Displays, Curtis Memorial Library
9 Local Golf Tournament (Semi-finals), Municipal Golf Course
P.M.
12-8 p.m. Open House, Meriden Historical Society, Andrews Homestead
12-12 midnight Silver City Side Show & Rides, Columbus Park
1 Open House, Y.M.C.A.
2 Sesqui Parade
9 Senior Sesqui Ball, State Armory
9 Junior Sesqui Ball, Crystal Ballroom
SUNDAY, JUNE 24th CARRY-OVER ACTIVITIES 8- 8 p.m. Open House Ground Observer Corps., G. O. C. Post, Buckwheat Hill
9 Golf Tournament Finals (local), Municipal Golf Course
9- 5 p.m. Model Airplane Meet, Columbus Park
10 Softball Tournament Finals, Washington Park
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