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WALLINGFORD TIMELINE • HISTORIC WALLINGFORD EVENTS SATURDAY, JUNE 18 • JUBILEE FLOAT PARADE DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 19 • FAITH DAY, WALKATHON JUNE 10,11,12 • JUBILEE “1776” PLAY MONDAY, JUNE 20 • HISTORY & DIVERSITY DAY TUESDAY, JUNE 21 • WOMEN’S DAY EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 • BUSINESS & AGRICULTURE DAY THURSDAY, JUNE 23 • SENIOR DAY EVENTS, CENTER SUMMER SIDEWALK STROLL STORY • CIVIL WAR DOCTOR BROUGHT CLEAN WATER TO WALLINGFORD FRIDAY, JUNE 24 • YOUTH DAY EVENTS, FREE BLOCK DANCE, FIREWORKS SUNDAY, JUNE 25 • GALA BALL (BLACK -TIE) OUR SPONSORS • SPONSOR LIST THANK YOU! • OUR SPONSORS AND PARTICIPANTS

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Wallingford Dear Citizens:

All are invited to celebrate this dynamic Town’s founding. On October 10, 1667 the Court of Election in Hartford authorized the “making of a village on the east river” for 38 founding families. The Town was named Wallingford in May of 1670. Since the first settlement of 126 people, more than forty-five thousand people call Wallingford “home” today. Hundreds of businesses innovate and operate here. They enjoy the benefits of Wallingford Utilities, Public Schools and Parks. Join our Town and celebrate over 350 years of history, tradition and innovation during Jubilee Week.

Rescheduled from 2020 and the pandemic recovery, our Wallingford 350th Jubilee Committee and sponsors are proud to present a full schedule of events. Join the celebration from June 18th through June 25th for a special week of events to commemorate our 350+ years of memories, innovation and tradition. There is something for everyone, including a Float Parade, Women’s Day events, Faith Day, History and Diversity Day International Night, Fireworks, a Community Block Dance, Youth and Senior events, tours, lectures, Gala Ball and more! Check out Wallingford350.org for the full schedule and be a part of history!

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— timeline — 1638 | The Wallingford area is part of a territory (extending from Long Island Sound 20 miles northward) purchased from the Quinnipiac Indians - reportedly for eleven coats of trucking cloth, one coat of English cloth, and Indian rights to hunting and fishing 1667 | The Court of Election in Hartford, at the request of the New Haven delegates, authorize the making of a village on the East River (the Quinnipiac).

1669 | John Moss, at the age of 66, is the oldest founder of Wallingford.

1669 | An agreement is drawn up for the establishment of a “New Village” north of New Haven.

1670 | Court of Election formally names Wallingford 1670 | Town population: 126 (36 men, 34 women and 56 children) 1671 | 1st Town Clerk, John Brockett, appointed

by New Haven proprietors 1671 | 1st birth, a son to Samuel Potter 1671 | John Moss became the first deputy of Wallingford, serving in the Connecticut Legislature from 1671 to 1677 1672 | In 1672, John Brockett became the Distributor of Land in Wallingford. The plots were divided into six acre parcels. When a new family wished to move into Wallingford, they had to first be approved by the Congregational Church. Then they went to Mr. Brockett to see which plot they would be assigned. Also, they could be “removed” from Wallingford if they did not attend the church services, report for military practices or disobey other laws and regulations of the town.

1672 | New Haven cedes control of the Wallingford village to the Wallingford residents 1672 | Oldest house in town built by Nehemiah Royce on N. Main St.(formerly, Long Highway) 1672 | First Constable, Abraham Doolittle 1672 | First death , Infant Samuel Peck, son of Eliazur Peck & was buried in the church yard 1673 | Wlfd. residents pay first rates (taxes) to build house for the Rev. Samuel Street, first full time minister of the First Church Society (Congregational Church) 1673 | Eight Wallingford men joined the first unit of Dragoons. These and others fought in the 1675-76 King Philip’s War. 1673 | Nathaniel Merriman becomes the First Town Clerk appointed by the Proprietors 1673 | First tavern or “ordinary” run by Nathaniel Merriman (Long Highway & Cross Highway, i.e.

S. Main & Ward Sts.)

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— timeline — continued JUNE 1673 | The first marriage - Grace Watson & Thomas Hall 1674 | The first corn mill was located on “Wharton’s Brook, a little south of the residence of the late Joseph Doolittle” (off today’s S. Elm St.). - Jonathan Fowler from Milford was the 1st miller. It was abandoned a few years later.

1675 | By 1675, six-acre lots were set out and forty houses stretched along “Long Highway”, now called Main St. 1675 | The Congregational Church in Wallingford dates its beginning from 1675. (It was the first church of Wallingford, initially built as a meeting house, on the northwest corner of Main and Center streets. It was necessary to enlarge this building in 1690 and erect an addition in 1698.

In 1720 a new, larger church was built on the southwest corner of Main and Center Streets, with more attention being paid to the interior arrangement. This church was dedicated in 1728 and was used for more than 100 years.

The current edifice is the fifth meeting house dedicated in 1869, and the third one built on this site. It is adorned with a lofty steeple which is most prominent from distant parts of the town. As of 1895, the church congregation had increased to 450 members.)

1675 | Nathaniel Merriman, Jr. 1st Wlfd casualty in King Phillip’s War (1st to be killed in any war) 1675 | First grave digger, William Abernathy 1678 | First Town Attorney, Thomas Hall 1678 | The town authorizes the hiring of the first schoolmaster, Ensign Samuel Munson.

1684 | Eliasaph Preston hired as 1st full-time teacher 1686 | First settled physician, Dr. John Hull 1689 | First fort erected around the original meeting house 1692 & 1697 | Witchcraft trials of Winifred Benham & daughter Winifred, Jr. - both acquitted. These were the last witchcraft trials in Connecticut.

1702 | First Colony School built with State money 1707 | Our first centenarian, John Moss passes at 103 1708 | Court of Election in Hartford allows the worship in Church of England as long as parishioners pay rates (taxes) to the Congregational Church, or the First Church Society as it was then known.

1709 | John Moss, Jr. appointed to make coffins for the poor 1710 | Population 700 1711 | Henry Bates hired as teacher

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Schedule of Events JUNE 10, 11, 12 • 2022

Jubilee "1776" Play

Bob Parisi Town Council Chambers Curtain Time: June 10, and June 11 – 7:30 pm, June 12 – 2: 00 pm Sponsor / Host: Wallingford Community Theatre, Wallingford Center for the Arts

Saturday• JUNE 18 • 2022

Jubilee Parade

Moses Y. Beach School to Lyman Hall High School Sponsored by Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals

Sunday • JUNE 19 • 2022

Faith Day & Juneteenth Observance Sponsor: Choate - Rosemary Hall & Wallingford Preservation Trust

International Food Fest

Host: Spanish Community of Wallingford & Wallingford Senior Center Sponsor: Wallingford Historical Society

Walkathon and Family Event

Host/Sponsor: Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee, Kiwanis of Wallingford and Wallingford Public Library

Monday • JUNE 20 • 2022

History & Diversity Day

Sponsor: Wallingford Historical Society & Wallingford Preservation Trust

Tuesday • JUNE 21 • 2022

Women’s Day Events

Sponsor: Mid State Medical Center & Mutual Security Credit Union Host/Sponsor: Wallingford Community Women

Wednesday • JUNE 22 • 2022

Business & Agriculture Day

Major Sponsor: Quinnipiac Chamber, Allnex & Roehm, Host: Gaylord

Thursday • JUNE 23 • 2022

Senior Day Events

Host: Wallingford Senior Center | Sponsor: Mid State Medical Center

Summer Sidewalk Stroll Sponsor: Wallingford Center Inc.

Friday • JUNE 24 • 2022

Youth Day Events

Wallingford Freight 1910

Sponsors: Wallingford Parks and Recreation, Wallingford YMCA, McDonalds and Record-Journal Media Group

Free Block Dance

Sponsor: Members First CT Credit Union & Anthem

Fireworks

Sponsor: Masonicare | Host: Mark T. Sheehan High School

Saturday • JUNE 25 • 2022

Gala Ball (Black -Tie)

Major Sponsor: Choate - Rosemary Hall Sponsors: Wallingford Funeral Home, B.C. Bailey Funeral Home

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— timeline — continued 1712 | First copper mines in “West Farms” later known as Cheshire - In what was then a part of Wallingford, but now in the southeast corner of Cheshire, one John Parker, in 1711, was reported to have found copper and perhaps other valuable metals on his farm, which was on “Milkingyard Hill”.... 1720s -- (Governor) Jonathan Belcher and other Boston men had sunk thousands of pounds in copper mines in Wallingford, and the net results or profits, so far as can be learned, were the holes in the ground.

1715 | Ecclesiastic Society was put in charge of town schools (done by action of the General Court); school to operate for 11 months per year 1718 | Samuel Whittlesey, minister of Congregational Church, sent to Hartford to sign the state’s constitution.

1720 | First female store keeper - Mrs. Sarah Whittelsey 1722 | The management of schools is transferred to a School Society by the General Assembly 1723 | Cheshire (west parish) allowed to be its own parish 1724 | Lyman Hall future signer of the Declaration of Independence is born on S Elm St 1724 | A 20 x 25 two story school was constructed on Long Highway (S. Main St.) on the site of the old dog pound, across from Wlfd. Hist. Soc.) It was replaced in 1824, last used in 1913 and torn down in 1921.

1734 | First silversmith in town, Silas Merriman 1741 | Episcopal Church is founded and held services in the Pond Hill area.

1750 | Connecticut Assembly passes the Toleration Act, which allows the practice of any religion.

1755 | First pleasure carriage is built by Maycock Ward 1756 | Population 3713, mostly English- Wlfd is larger than Hartford 1756 | The John Barker House is built on Clintonville Rd, probably, the oldest brick house in CT 1758 | The first St. Paul Episcopal Church was on “Mix St.” which later was renamed as Christian St. due to the presence of the church.

1760 | Rev. Dana becomes 3rd pastor of the Cong.

Church, thus, the onset of the “Dana Controversy” (Old Lights vs. the New Lights) 1764 | Wallingford is the birthplace of Aaron Jerome (1764–1802), the great-great-grandfather of Winston Churchill.

1766 | Wallingford town meeting rejected the Stamp Act. and threatened any townspeople who used “any Stampt Vellum Parchment or paper.”

1769 | Abraham Bishop from Virginia builds a stagecoach tavern on the New Haven-Hartford Turnpike - later becomes the Peter Jones place after the Civil War 1770 | One hundred years young, the former “New Village” boasts a population of 4330 and a grand tax list of $51,034.90.

1770 | Rev. James Dana writes the 1st history of Wallingford 1773 | Jared Potter, renowned physician moved into town. He was a descendant of John Potter who signed the plantation covenant of New Haven in 1639.

FILE: An undated photo of a "bag-making bee" by members of the Wallingford Onedia community, which existed from 1851-1881. | Courtesy of Celeste Yanni

Town History On October 10, 1667 the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the “making of a village on the east river” to 38 planters and freemen. The “long highway” located on the ridge of the hill above the sandy plain along the Quinnipiac River is the present Main Street in Wallingford. On May 12, 1670 the bounds were set in the settlement and about 126 people settled in the Town in temporary housing. Sixacre lots were set out and by the year 1675, 40 houses stretched along the street.

During the nineteenth century, Wallingford industry expanded with a considerable concentration of small pewter and Britannia ware manufacturers. By mid-century, Robert Wallace acquired the formula for nickel silver and established with Samuel Simpson, R. Wallace & Company the forerunner of Wallace Silversmiths. It was also during this period that many of the small silver and Britannia plants were combined to form the International Silver Company with its headquarters in Meriden and several plants in Wallingford.

Wallingford was incorporated in 1670. A separate Borough of Wallingford was incorporated in 1853 but on June 3, 1957 the Borough and the Town voted to consolidate effective January 1, 1958. The present Town Charter created a MayorCouncil form of government in 1962.

Points of Interest George Washington made two trips through Town, one in 1775 gathering provisions for his troops and the other in 1789 as President. His route to Durham, known as the George Washington Trail, runs from the center of Town through East Wallingford. Cement markers can be found along the trail.

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— timeline — continued 1775 | Future Vice President Aaron Burr visits his uncle, Pierpont Edwards, and is instructed on how to win a duel 1781 | Approximately 500 Wlfd men fight in the American Revolution 1775 | 2nd Co Gov’s. Foot Guard with Capt. Benedict Arnold marches through Wlfd on the way to Boston 1775 | Gens. Washington & Lee stop in Wlfd to buy gunpowder from. Caleb Atwater & have lunch at Squire Stanley’s. This area is now a part of Choate School 1776 | According to the Wallingford Records, on 3/22/1776, the Negro Wench Slave Nancy bought her frredom from Elisha Brackett for 32 pounds, or $82,208 in 2016 dollars.

1776 | Former Wallingford resident, Lyman Hall, signs the Declaration of Independence for Georgia 1776 | st Judge of Probate Court, Caleb Hall 1776 | New Jersey Royal Gov. William Franklin under house arrest at Dr. Jared Potter’s house.

This later became the Carrington Store. (Where Gaetano’s Tavern on Main is currently located.)

1777 | In 1777, Noah Yale offered his black slave, Chatham Freeman, emancipation in exchange for fighting as a substitute for his (Yale’s) son who was recently drafted to the Revolutionary War. Freeman took this opportunity to obtain his freedom and enlisted in the army on June 2 of that year.

He served as a private in the Connecticut’s Sixth Regiment. According to a town record signed and probably drafted by Yale himself, freedom was granted to Freeman, his wife, and child “for divers good causes” on April 29, 1782, almost two years to the day of his discharge from the army.

1780 | Cheshire becomes its own town June 1781 | The Duc de Luzon & his troop of 800+ men encamp along the Muddy River on their way to Yorktown 1781 | Capt. John Mansfield leads the charge that takes redoubt #9 at Yorktown, marking the beginning of the end for Cornwallis & the British.

1783 | Lyman Hall becomes governor of Georgia for one very productive year 1784 | First stagecoach through town 1788 | Connecticut ratifies the new United States Constitution 1789 | President Washington stops in Wlfd on his Inaugurational tour thru the 13 colonies (has cuttings of Porter Cookes’ mulberry tree sent back to Mt. Vernon.)

1791 | John Jay, Supreme Court Justice stops for dinner at Deodate Bement’s Tavern (at sign of the saddle) 1794 | First regular post office established on current N. Main St. in the Carrington Store with Postmaster, James Carrington 1794 | George Washington Stanley tried to open a private school in the Square Stanely House at 186 Christian St. in 1794 with little success. In 1890 Mark Pittman, the first headmaster of the Choate School lived in the home.

1800 | Town population: 3,214 1800 | The first school directly located in Yalesville was built in 1800 across the street from where the Yalesville branch of the Public Library is today.

This was a one room school, and was considered as one of the Farm District Schools.

Wallingford 350th Jubilee Committee Chairpeople Christine Mansfield & Bob Devaney

About the Wallingford 350th Jubilee Committee Wallingford counts a rich legacy of celebrating the Town’s Founding in 1670 with Jubilee celebrations. In March 2016, Mayor William Dickinson continued this tradition and convened the Jubilee Steering Committee for the 350th commemoration in 2020.

Volunteers joined the call, including founding sponsors Masonicare, Choate Rosemary Hall, Ulbrich and Record-Journal Media Group. Over the next five years, committees united in a passion to serve and celebrate the history and diversity of Wallingford. Our Jubilee planning leveraged a paperless infrastructure and partnership model to plan “something for everyone”, and plans developed for a full week-long celebration.

When the Covid-19 pandemic raged in 2020 as one of the most impactful global crises of the century, this Jubilee faced the sobering reality to cancel and shutdown all planning. Over the next two years, the world faced mounting pressures to survive and face a new “normal” of health, safety and business recovery. Our Chairpeople reconvened the Steering and Directors Committees to consider the Jubilee planning with virtual contingency plans and weekly Covid rate updates. As pandemic waves ebbed and flowed through three Jubilee cancellations, our volunteers and sponsors sustained hope to consider one opportunity to celebrate. After the December 2021 outbreak wave, our Steering and Directors agreed to plan one last time. Our Co-Chairpeople revisited town leaders, committees and sponsors and recruited resources and funding to the new Jubilee dates of June 18 -25, 2022 ~ or Jubilee 350 plus 2.

Recognizing the great toll faced by so many in our communities, businesses and families in the last two years,, this Jubilee celebration aims to honor our history and those that are no longer with us, to celebrate our legacy and to record Wallingford’s richness for our future.

Thank you Wallingford for your patience and commitment to celebrate this great Town’s history, legacy and diversity and for being a part of history!

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— timeline — continued 1804 | Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, NJ - the most famous duel in US history (Burr followed his uncle’s tutoring at his home in Wallingford.)

1806 | Meriden becomes its own town.

1808 | Charles Yale buys the Tyler’s Mills from Samuel Tyler’s estate & moves his Japaned & Tin Ware Shop from S Main St. 1808 | Yalesville is formally named honoring the Yale’s whose Britannia-ware factory was an early part of local industry.

1811 | George Washington Stanley prepares report on Wallingford to the state Academy of Science.

1811 | With continued growh of the town, nine separate school districts now serve local children. One such school was the Muddy River School at the corner of East Center St. and Whirlwind Rd. built in 1810.

1812 | Union Academy school for boys was started

by Porter Cooke on what is now Academy St. Union Academy was incorporated at Wallingford May 12th, 1812, on the petition of Samuel Cook and others. The stock of the corporation consisted of 250 shares at $5 each, and in view of the fact that Porter Cook had donated the land on which the academy stood, he was given stock for the value of the same—$137.50. The first principal was Joshua Bradley. There were 45 students as of 1818. Later this building was moved to South Main St.and then moved again to the east side of Fair St. where it was used for the Pony Express to New Haven.

1812 | During the War of 1812, Wallingford men were assigned to Fort Griswold to protect New London and the Thames River from the British.

1817 | First Baptist Church is founded (initial church started in 1735, but did not endure) 1818 | William Marks and Dr. John Andrews were the delegates from Wallingford to the 1818 state constitutional convention.

1818 | The Town paid expenses for schooling children at the poorhouse (no indication of where this poorhouse was located.)

1824 | South Main Street School was built on site of previous school, where Lyman Hall started his schooling 1827 | Charles Yale sends his 16 year old son, Charles D. Yale, to run their company store in Richmond, VA. C.D. Yale would stay in Richmond through the Civil War, & be a major force in the city’s reconstruction & the state of Virginia re-entering the Union after the war.

1828 | First Britanniaware manufactured here by Charles Yale 1831 | The first Wallingford Fire Engine Company was authorized by the General Assembly in May 1831. A very basic engine was housed in a small building at the rear of the Congregational Church - -a crude engine (a long box on wheels, into which water was poured) lasted for 20 yrs.

1833 | The Nathan Hall Stone is built, known as the “House of Cards” on Williams Rd 1835 | Robert Wallace makes his first German silver spoons in America from a block of silver he purchased from. a doctor in Waterbury 1835 | Moses Y. Beach makes his initial investment in the NY Sun - becomes a wealthy man while owning this pennny newspaper.

1838 | New Haven & Hartford RR comes through Wlfd. and a railroad station is built

Monday, June 18th: Jubilee Parade signature sponsor: Ulbrich Specialty Steel of Wallingford Thank you Chris Ulbrich and the Ulbrich Family for your generosity and community partnership.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Barros Construction (BTTF Delorean) • G&G Beverage • Wadsworth Family Foundation Drill Masters - Eldorado Tool, Inc. • Tom and John Hall • Barberino • Jim Seichter • Jonathan Judd Mule Security • Patricia Kohl • Individual donors

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ENTERTAINMENT PORTION OF PARADE DAY STARTS

Parade spectators are asked to arrive early on Parade Day and use the shuttles for transportation to the Parade. Road closures will be in effect as early as 8:00 AM on Parade Day. Free Shuttle buses will provide transportation for Parade spectators from points located throughout the town. Shuttle locations will be provided one month prior, including one location designated as handicapped only with wheelchair accessible shuttles.

STAGE 1 PAT RUSSO MUSIC South Main and Center facing North Main Street STAGE 2 Beatles Tribute Band "Number Nine" Doolittle Park, on South Elm Street

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POST-PARADE IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL

Parade Route: North Main Street, proceed along a two-mile route on Center Street and South Elm Street, Pond Hill Road, and ends at Lyman Hall High School​ Total Estimated Parade time: 2 hours 15+ fife and drum units from Southern New England representing Revolutionary and Civil War eras Features: Shriners Motor Unit, False Alarmers, Motorcycle Unit and Funsters, Antique bicycles, Governor's Foot Guard units representing Hartford and New Haven, Governor’s Horse Guards, the Connecticut Hurricanes Features South Philadelphia String Band from the Mummers Parade, over a dozen floats representing businesses, civic and local groups, officially recognized Delorean from the Back to the Future Movies driven by Doc Brown.

Music on the Showmobile provided by Wing It! & Uphill Both Ways Back to the Future Delorean*, the 1939 Peter Pan GMC Futurliner Bus, exotic & antique cars will be on display *Pictures may be taken with the Delorean for a small fee with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox’s Find a Cure for Parkinson's Foundation.

SUPPORT INCLUDES Medical units staffed by Wallingford Emergency Personnel and Hartford Hospital will also be present at various locations.

Sanitation facilities along the Parade Route, Staging Area, and Command Center

Parade Committee members: Jonathan Judd, Chairman • Chief Bill Celata • Bob Parisi • Zac Boulier • Gina Nero Bobbie Dise • Dawn Tatro • John Rozz Hrehowsik • Greg Whitehouse • Sharon Whitehouse • Rajan Doering • Marty Mansfield • Larry Zabrowski • Jim Secichter Mary Hildebrandt • Colin Benard • Larry Russo • Tim Gallogley • Tim Clark Lisa Powers • Jonathan Chappell • Jim Zandri • John Sullivan • Dawn Lindauer Gary Casanova • Cathy Granucci • Deputy Chief DeMaio • Captain Michael Colavolpe • Bob Devaney • Christine Mansfield 13

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— timeline — continued 1839 | Scottish stonemason, William MacKenzie, designs & oversees the construction of the brownstone “skew” railroad bridge in Tracy 1839 | First Hartford & New Haven Railroad train goes through Tracy 1840 | John P. Hall begins manufacturing razor strops, approximately on the site of today’s Post Office. He became the largest manufacturer of strops in the U.S. 1846 | Moses Y. Beach w/ 4 other newspapers creates what would become the Associated Press to expedite news gathering during the Mexican War 1847 | First Catholic Mass is said in Wallingford at the residence of James Hanlon in December, 1847. Previous to that time the nearest church of this denomination was at New Haven.

1849 | The old S. Main Street School, a two-room school house, was built at 185 South Main St. 1850 | Henry Allen invites members of the Oneida Community, led by John Noyes, to form a branch in Wallingford. They located at the present site of the Masonic Home and were known as “The Wallingford Community.”

1850s | The Advent Christian Church built a chapel in the North Farms area.

1850 | 1st Catholic wedding - Ellen Maloney & Philip McCabe 1851 | The Oneida Community created Lake Windermere (later called Community Lake) in 1851 for hydropower to assist in making silver products. They formed the Oneida Silver Company and it was located in what later became the International Silver Factory P, which then became the Times Fiber Company, and is currently Times Microwave.

1851 | Moses Y. Beach returns to Wlfd. and builds his Italianate mansion on N Main St, where once John Moss, Jr. made coffins for the poor.

1853 | The central portion of Wlfd. is incorporated as a Borough – town now has 2 forms of gov.

1853 | The Button Factory of the Pomeroy Manufacturing Company took fire early this morning, and was destroyed, together with its contents.

The loss was over $5,000, most of which is covered by insurance.

1854 | The Borough purchases a fire engine, the “Accanant” The start of the Fire Brigade April 1854 | Town rents 1 1/2 floors of newly-built Union Hall for Town Offices 1856 | Borough loses its Charter due to no attendance at the annual meeting 1857 | William Wallace builds the 1st major building in Wlfd. - became the long-time home to Caplan’s Market in the 1940s 1857 | The cornerstone of the first Roman Catholic Church is laid by Reverend Father Thomas Quinn.

1858 | The memorial stone from Georgia, honoring Lyman Hall is placed in Center St Cemetery 1860 | 1st telegraph operator Mrs. S. N.Edmonds 1860 - Elijah Hough starts one of the first orchards in Wallingford (primarily peaches) 1861 | Moses Y. Beach has an 110’ “Liberty Pole” installed at Main & Center Sts. 1861 | Arthur H. Dutton graduates 3rd in his class from West Point’s 2nd class of 1861 in June 1861-1865 | Wallingford provides 228 men to the Civil War effort

Active Parade Committee: Pictured L-R: Zac Boulier, Cathy Granucci, Dawn Tatro, Larry Zabrowski, Captain Michael Colavolpe, Bobbie Dise, Jonathan Judd, Jim Seichter, Tim Clark, John Rozz Hrehowsik, Lisa Powers, Rajan Doering Not pictured: Chief Bill Celata, Marty Mansfield, Sharon Whitehouse, Greg Whitehouse, Tim Gallogley

A Tree Grows in Wallingford: A Community Art Project Sponsor, Wallingford Public Library hosts a special community art project: Create a mural as a semi-permanent exhibit FEATURING: Local artist Rashmi Talpade, who has taught numerous Library art programs, including Wallingford Townscape Collage TIME: May-June LOCATION: Wallingford Public Library, 200 N. Main Street, across from the Check Out Desk

Building the Tree of Wallingford: Rashmi will paint a giant tree and help residents create decorative “leaves” with images of themselves and their families.

Leaves can be photographs, or selfportraits in other mediums As the leaf-shaped images are designed, participants will be able to see them affixed to the tree and watch the development of the mural, akin to a tree sprouting leaves.

The Wallingford Public Library are excited to showcase this beautiful visual reflection of the people who make up our community.

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— timeline — continued 1862 | Moses Y. Beach contributes $100,000 to support to Union @ the start of the Civil War 1863 | Wlfd. resident William “Tony” Smith is wounded in the 54th Mass. Regiment’s assault in the 2nd battle of Ft. Wagner, South Carolina 1864 | 1st Printing press and newspaper, “The Circular,” by the Wallingford Community 1864 | Col. Dutton mortally wounded at Petersburg, receives brevet Brig. Gen. star on his death bed on a hospital ship in Baltimore harbor.

1865 | Civil War ends 1866 | Samuel Simpson, starts Simpson, Hall & Miller manufacturing britannia & silver-plated holloware on East Center St. 1866 | Union Church in Yalesville started (Baptist, Methodist & other denominations) 1866 | The Union Academy building, now a residence, is moved from 153 S. Main St. to allow for the construction of the Franklin Johnson mansion, which will eventually become the Wallingford Silver Museum.

1866 | St. John Episcopal Church started 1867 | Union Hall & St. Paul’s Episcopal Church burn down (most Town records are saved) 1867 | Yalesville Methodist Church started (Methodists buy out the Baptists’ interest) 1867 | Newton Wooding founds what will become the CF Wooding Company for over 100 yrs.

1868 | The 3rd Congregational Church building is taken down to make room for a larger church (cost $40,000) 1868 | On October 20, 1868, it was voted to build the Cottage School house on Quinnipiac Street on the “Plains.”

1868 | Borough Re-Established by Act of the General Assembly 1868 | Moses Y. Beach on death bed gives 3 acres to town for the first town high school, at the current site of Moses Y. Beach School.

1868 | Samuel Simpson contributes $25,000 & Moses Y. Beach $5,000 for the reconstruction of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 1869 | William Yale Beach starts the development of Center St west of Whittlesey & along Church St, William St., etc.

1869 | First town-owned Town Hall constructed 1869 | Arthur H. Dutton Post, Grand Army of the Republic formed 1869 | First Baptist Church burns 1870 | Wallingford completes two centuries of existence with records reporting a population of 3,676 and a grand list of $2,334,617.

1870 | Dr. Henry Davis publishes his Bicentennial History of Wlfd.

Sunday, June 19: Faith Day All-Faiths Service and Juneteenth Observance SEYMOUR ST. JOHN CHAPEL Choate Rosemary Hall Campus (Corner of North Elm Street and Curtis Avenue) 1 pm Sponsor: Wallingford Preservation Trust Sponsor/ Host: Choate Rosemary Hall A gathering of all religious traditions in Wallingford to celebrate our community’s Faith and observe Juneteenth.

Committee Chairperson: Jerry Farrell Co-chairperson: Lorraine Connelly Thank you to Jerry Farrell, Lorraine Connelly and the participating faith based and religious institutions: Thank you Choate Rosemary Hall for your generosity and community partnership.

Alpha & Omega in Anglican Liberty Community Church Amazing Grace Church of the Resurrection Maranatha Anglican Door of Hope New Life Beacon House Evangelical and Our Lady of Fatima Beth Israel Reformed UCC Saints Peter and Paul Calvary United Faith - Baptist St. Casimir Chabad First Congregational St. John’s Episcopal Choate - Buddhist First UMC St. Paul’s Episcopal Choate - Catholic Good News United Methodist Choate - Muslim Grace Family Wallingford Choate - Protestant Heritage Baptist Church of Christ Christadelphian Iglesia Cristiana White Oak Baptist Church of Christ Most Holy Trinity Roman Yalesville United Church of the Nazarene Catholic Church Methodist Church of the Resurrect Jehovah Witness Zion Lutheran

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WALKATHON & FAMILY EVENT

JUNE: Map your place of origin, Wallingford Public Library Before the Walk, tag your place of origin on map at Wallingford Public Library

"From Around the World We All Connect on the Linear Trail, Wallingford Jubilee 350+2" 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon Community Lake Park Pavilion / Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Host / Sponsor: Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee, Wallingford Public LIbrary and Wallingford Historical Society, Cathy Granucci, Jane Fisher, Bob Beaumont, Kiwanis of Wallingford.

WALKATHON LOOPS: Short walk - Lake ½ mile Medium walk - 1 mile Long Walk - 4.2 miles -roundtrip to Fireworks island DETAILS: Enjoy free refreshments after the Walk!

Giveaway to each child: A 12 x 18 twosided laminated map of the World/USA. Meet at the Pavilion in Community Lake

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— timeline — continued 1871 | Robert Wallace buys out the remainder of Samuel Simpson’s share of Wallace, Simpson & Company, and renames it R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. 1871 | The depot at Wallingford was built in 1871 by the Hartford & New Haven Railroad on the Springfield Line, 1871 | First school on current site of Yalesville School (because it was “green”, the kids called it the “Old Green Jail”, at least in the 1930s 1871 | Wallingford High School was built in 1871 on a 3 acre site given to the town in 1868 by Moses Yale Beach while he was on his death bed, a month before he died. It was to be used for constructing a high school. It was a 4 story, mansard-roofed structure and housed all twelve grades, with the high school being on the 4th floor. This school replaced a one room school, which had one teacher for 120 students in grades 1-12.

1871 | Wallingford schools organized on a graded basis 1871 | Wallingford gets its first bank - Dime Savings Bank opens and provides services to the residential and later to the business community for over one hundred years until merging with Hudson United Bank in 1997.

1871 | First pharmacy established by A B Pixley 1872 | William “Tony” Smith organizes the “Dred Nots”, a negro drum & bugle corps 1871 | Airline RR comes through Wlfd. (1st passenger run 8/15/1873) 1875 | The Ingraham House (later the Hotel Central) has an ice cream room in the basement 1876 | Cornerstone for the Most Holy Trinity Church is laid. Construction was slow until after the 1878 tornado destroyed the predecessor church.

1876 | M Backes & Sons opens off Parker Farms Rd, making paper caps under the Star Brand 1876 | Yalesville Baptist Church started 1877 | Tax Collector Roger Austin becomes a constable, a position he would hold for 20 yrs. He was the chief investigator of the Shoebox murder.

1877 | Charles Craigin starts the Wallingford Community’s manufacturing of tinned-iron spoons, the beginning of what would become the Oneida Silver Company 1878 | Wlfd. tornado plucks Dan O’Reilly off Community Lake & drops him on the shore at the start of its murderous route through the Plains as it kills some 30 people.

Aug 1878 | Colony Street School, 1st multi-story school, used as the morgue after the tornado 1878 | As a result of the deadly tornado on August 1878, the top two floors of the Wallingford High School were destroyed. It was rebuilt as a 3 story school, which lasted until 1951.

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Nehemiah Royce House, 538 North Main Street Join the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust, as it opens its landmark exhibit "Enslaved Wallingford", presenting its research into the enslavement of Black Americans in Wallingford, 1710-1840

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, 65 North Main Street Sponsor: Wallingford Preservation Trust Join Saint Paul's Episcopal Church as it dedicates a Witness Stone at the church, remembering Black Americans connected with the church who were enslaved in Wallingford between 1710 and 1840.

4 PM - 8 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 19 - JUNE 25TH 1 PM - 4 PM

WALLINGFORD MUSEUMS’ OPEN HOUSE

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT Hosts: Int. / ethnicity Local Organizations Sponsor: Wallingford Historical Society LOCATION: Wallingford Senior Center and the Spanish Community of Wallingford 238-284 Washington Avenue

Wallingford Historical Society: Samuel Parsons House 180 South Main Street

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Wallingford Preservation Trust: Nehemiah Royce House 538 North Main Street

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3:30 PM

WALK TO ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH FROM NEHEMIAH ROYCE HOUSE

• Polish band with traditional dancers, a Hungarian band and dancers and a Mariachi band and dancers • Entertainment and fun from Johnny Rozz and Sound Spectrum, and various attractions for the children, including magicians and interactive inflatables.

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— timeline — continued 1879 | The Masonic Home and Hospital was dedicated 1879 | The Judd Manufacturing Company is moved from New Haven to Wallingford, making household hardware 1880 | Advent Christian Church was founded 1880 | A train pulled into Wallingford with nineteen headstones of Civil War soldiers. These were provided by the Federal government and were located at the Center Street Cemetery to form the Civil War Circle.

1880 | The Jennings & Griffin Co., makers of high grade tools, is founded in Tracy 1880 | The shop of the Wallingford Wheel Company was found to be on fire at 8 o’clock last evening, and by 9 o’clock was burned to the ground. The fire broke out in an addition over the engine-room, but the engineer is confident that it did not catch from the furnace. The building had been unoccupied since 5:30 o’clock. It was a wooden shop, three stories in height, and 40 by 90 feet, and had two wings each about 30 feet square and two stories in height. The loss is estimated at from $40,000 to $50,000, and the insurance is said to be $36,000. The silverware shop of Hall, Elton & Co., adjoining the burned shop, had a narrow escape. The principal stockholders are E. S. Parmelee and B. A. Treat, both of Wallingford.

1880s-1890s | Community Lake was used a a gathering place for picnics and was known as Lake Grove Park.

1880 | Elijah Hough’s purchase of 100 peach trees paves the way for development of fruit growning as an important mainstay of Wallingford business for many years.

1880 | Jewish residents formed their own association, purchasing and renovating a photography studio for their services. This building burned down in 1928 and was replaced by the current Beth Israel Synagogue.

1881 | The Ladies Library & Reading Room is formed with Mrs. H M Tenny as president 1881 - 1st National Bank of Wallingford founded, now part of Wells Fargo 1881 - Wallingford. Water Company was formed on March 23, 1881. Construction began in 1882.

The water supply was from Lake Pistapaugh in the Totoket Mountain Range, 4 1/2 miles from the borough. By the fall of 1889, eighteen miles of pipes were maintained including seventy fire hydrants. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Harrison was the 1st Water Commission Chairman.

1881 - First demonstration ever made of an automatic fire extinguishing system by John M. Hall in a small wooden building. (sprinkler sytem)

Jubilee “1776” Play JUNE 10 - 11 - 12 Bob Parisi Town Council Chambers 45 South Main Street, Wallingford Curtain time: June 10 and 11 - 7:30 pm June 12 - 2:00 pm Host: Wallingford Community Theatre WALLINGFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.

The show premiered on Broadway in 1969, earning warm reviews and ran for 1, 217 performances. The production won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In 1972 it was made into a film adaptation. It was revived on Broadway in 1997. Another revival was scheduled for 2021, but delayed due to COVID. The cast of 1776, The Musical is comprised of many Wallingford citizens, including members of the Town Council and others holding leadership positions, and professional and regional actors.

CAST: John Adams – Stephen Sedlak Benjamin Franklin – John Fabiani John Hancock – Christopher Shortell The Reverend John Witherspoon – Vinny Cervoni John Dickinson – Bob Bender Abigail Adams – Moira Malone Martha Jefferson – Sarah Donahue Andrew McNair – Ed McCarver To name only a few!

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— timeline — continued 1881 - In 1881, an Ordinance was adopted which stipulated that citizens were forbidden to clean their privies (outhouses) on certain days in April - October and the contents could not be “carted through any street between 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.”

1881 - Wallingford Community, the “Community of Perfectionists,” dissolves, remnants going to Oneida, NY 1882 - The Wilson Sewing Machine Co. builds a huge brick factory, later know as the Rubber Shop, since rubber clothing was manufactured there. Today it is the apartments at Parker Place.

1882 - The First National Bank of Wallingford was incorporated January 1, 1882 1883 - The Wallingford Gas Light Company was incorporated on April 4, 1881. The Works were erected on the banks of the Quinnipiac River in the fall of 1883. It went into business with $42,000 capitalization (primarily street lighting until after 1890 with the advent of the gas mantle) 1883 - There are two ice houses located in Wallingford. Hallenback & Austin Ice Dealers is in the Silver Pond area and the other dealer is on the Quinnipiac River.

1885 - The Simpson School was built on land donated by industrialist Samuel Simpson.

1885 - Wallingford Grange is started 1886 - Judd Mansion built on S. Main St 1886 - “The Wallingford Witness” , the first local newspaper is incorporated in March 1886 1886 - Shoebox murder discovered, but not solved to this day (articles can be found on the internet) 1886 - Wallingford Sewer System established in 1886. By 1877, H. Wales Lines Co. had completed one mile of sewer at a cost of $8,923.09. In 1887, the Court of Burgesses purchased a large steam-powered stone crusher and large quantities of crushed stone were laid on the primary streets to give them a hard smooth surface.

1886 - Twenty miles of concrete sidewalks were constructed and the Borough claimed more good walks than any other similar size town in New England.

1886 - The Connecticut Legislature voted to establish the Borough Court of Wallingford, with large criminal and civil jurisdiction, and Leverett M. Hubbard accepted the position of its first judge.

1886 - Leverett Marsden Hubbard elected Secretary of the State (served for one term 1886-87) 1886 - In Memoriam Cemetery is established 1887 - Simpson Block Built (4 floors)- became home to the Opera House, the Ladies Reading Room and later the Dime Savings Bank 1888 - The Blizzard of 1888 1888 - Tracy Post Office established with Almon Ives as the 1st Postmaster

The Winter Exercise Building at Choate School opened its doors in 1932.

Monday, June 20: History & Diversity Day Sponsor /Host: Wallingford Historical Society

7:30 AM.

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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THE LEBANON MILITIA, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA RE-ENACTMENT

Wallingford Historical Society, 180 South Main Street Essay Contest Award Ceremony, featuring Representative Craig Fishbein.

Invited: Wallingford Descendants and dignitaries from Wallingford, its daughter towns, Cheshire, Meriden, Prospect, Wallingford, VT, and Wallingford, England Cost: Free Yalesville Fife & Drum Corps will lead those in attendance to the Franklin Johnson Mansion

Sponsor: Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust Location: American Silver Museum at the Johnson Mansion 153 South Main Street, Wallingford Free

1:00 PM 4:30 PM

CO. F OF THE 14TH CONN. VOLUNTEERS, CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTORS Samuel Parsons House, 180 South Main Street, Wallingford Sponsor: Wallingford Historical Society Free

9:00 AM

WELCOMING PORCH DEDICATION Wallingford Preservation Trust Silver Museum at the Franklin Johnson Mansion 153 South Main Street

Dedication of Porch to Rita Katona, who served as Wallingford's "Welcome Wagon", and the Rita Katona Welcoming Porch at the Johnson Mansion

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

BEACH PROPERTY OPEN HOUSE/ WALK Wallingford Land Trust (Opposite the entrance to Ashlar Village) Sponsor: Beach Family and the Wallingford Land Trust

Walk the Zerah Beach Preserve on Cheshire Road, part of the Beach family since 1670.

RE-DEDICATION OF THE FOUNDERS' STONE

Parade Ground (in front of First Congregational Church), North Main Street 23 South Main Street, Wallingford Sponsor: Wallingford Historical Society

Zerah Beach was a blind poultry farmer, descendant of one of the town's founding families, and relatives of Moses Beach. His son, Guy Beach, donated this property to the land trust.

The family will have a historic display about the Beach family and give guided tours of the property.

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10:15 AM

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Actors take on the persona of a number of those interred there.

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DEDICATION AND DONATION

Wallingford Public Library 200 North Main Street, Wallingford Holt Association of America, Donation of Chair to the Wallingford Public Library and Dedication to the Memory of William Holt, (1616-1683) settling in Wallingford CT in 1673 from England via Bermuda. The Holt Family will present on the 100th Anniversary

6:30 PM - 8:45 PM

WALLINGFORD VIRTUAL HISTORIC HOMES TOUR Host: MaryBeth Applegate Wallingford Public LIbrary, 200 North Main Street, Wallingford Featuring North and South Main Streets Historic Homes Attend in person or live streamed

DESCENDANTS COMMITTEE 1669, In Memoriam To The Founders, the families that established the town of Wallingford, Connecticut are recognized on the Town Hall property and commemorated with a Founders Rock.

1:00 PM - 4:00PM

LEBANON MILITIA RE-ENACTMENTS

Inscription: CHOSEN BY THEM In the continual remembrance of a glorious past.

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Sponsor: Wallingford Preservation Trust Franklin Johnson Mansion, 153 South Main Street Join the Lebanon Militia, an historic re-enactment group, as they demonstrate the folkways of 18th century America Free

FOUNDERS LIST: Signers of the Plantation Covenant • Samuel Street • Abraham Doolittle • Samuel Andrews • Samuel Hall • Nathaniel How • Joseph Ives • Samuel Munson • John Miles • Simon Tuttle • James Heaton • Benjamin Lewis • Thomas Hall • Jehiel Preston • Nathaniel Merriman •John Brockett • Samuel Cook • Joseph Benham • William Johnson • John Peck • Nathan Andrews • Samuel Miles • Daniel Hopper • Thomas Curtiss • John Beach • John Mosse • Jeremiah How • John Hall • Zachariah How • Samuel Potter • Eliazur Peck • Samuel Brown • John Ives • John Harriman • Samuel Whitehead • Thomas Yale • Eliazur Holt • Eliasaph Preston Thank you to the hard work of the Descendants Committee to plan and commemorate the founding families of Wallingford: Descendants Committee: Chair: Bob Beaumont,

PUBLISHING COMMITTEE: PUBLISHED BOOK Authors: Beth Devlin, Dawn Gottschalk Contributor/ Foreword: Tarn Granucci, Bob Beaumont Authored a Commemorative Book about Wallingford Town History, capturing stories and pictures unseen!

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— timeline — continued 1888 - First High School baseball game (also with upper grammar grade boys) - our boys lost 14 to 0 to Meriden High School 1890 - The Rosemary Hall school for young ladies is founded by Mary Atwater Choate 1890 - George Wilkinson, Sr. opens the Opera House on the 3rd floor of Simpson Block, precursor tof several succeeding movie houses.

1890 - New York, New Haven & Hartford Engine #69’s boiler explodes leaving the Wallingford station, - the engineer & fireman are thrown out of the engine, but are not seriously hurt.

1891 - Dr. George Craig starts dental practice in Wallingford, which lasted over 60 years.

1891 - Zion Lutheran Church was organized 1892 - The first telephone pay station in Wallingford is installed in J. P. Stevenson’s store.

1892 - The Wallingford Town Farm was built on the west side to house poor families. The Farm was abandoned in 1953 and its remaining 12 residents were place in homes in nearby towns to board.

1893 - Against the edict of Borough Warden Dennis Morris banning a bonfire on July 4th, one of the Backes boys (a Borough Burgess) pushed a wheel barrel to Main & Center with a good fire in it, and a throng of men and boys with combustibles, all going onto Backes’ fire. The church bells rang all night long, while the men and boys had a rollicking good time. So much for that edict.

1893 - Racetrack for trotter & bicycle racing on William Williams’ property on East Center St (sponsored by the Wlfd Driving & Cycling Assn until 1897) 1893 - In 1893, John H. McCormack took out patents for the McCormack hot water boiler. The increase in the demand for the boilers gradually made such urgent calls upon the time of their inventor, that he formed the McCormack Steam Heating Company of Wallingford.

1895 - A Methodist Church is constructed at the corner of Main and Church Streets nearly 100 years ater the first Methodist services in town had been held in private homes, and more then 50 years before construction of the present church on Rock Hill Road.

1895 - The valuation of the town property at the present time is $5,000,000.

1895 - A fire which broke out at 2 o’clock this morning in Wallingford destroyed Temperance Hall, belonging to Jared Q. Kimberly, Perkins & Maynes, Philip Finnegan, and Patrick McKenna.

The loss reaches over $10,000. It was the fourth suspicious fire within the past fortnight.

1895 - The town is furnished excellent street railway service by a line of electric cars, capitalized at $1,000,000, and extending through to Meriden.

1896 - The district schools start teaching Wallingford history to the 4th grade students

By Lauren Takores Record-Journal staff In the 1993 movie “The Sandlot,” the spirit of Babe Ruth tells Benny, who must pluck up the courage to retrieve a lost baseball autographed by Ruth, that “heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”

Neighborhood legends often have a basis in truth, even if the details get distorted over time.

In fact, a car accident involving the real-life Ruth became a Wallingford legend that’s still repeated today.

On Oct. 2, 1920, the then-25-year-old crashed his car into the brownstone rail bridge spanning Route 150.

He collided with a truck while driving a new roadster to Springfield, according to the Morning Oregonian.

Fortunately for the New York Yankees, the team Ruth had just completed his first season with, the Bambino left the crash unharmed and went on to hit another 611 home runs in his career.

Here are some other Wallingford stories that have reached the level of local legend.

There’s an elephant buried in Wallingford

A circus elephant is buried near South Cherry Street, but exactly where remains a secret to protect the animal’s grave.

On June 29, 1953, the Mills Bros. Circus performed two shows in Wallingford sponsored by the Lions Club. The circus was set up at the town’s airport, now the property of the Electric Division, near South Cherry Street.

On July 1, the Meriden Record reported that the circus left at 5 a.m. on June 30, “but ‘Miss India,’ a 2,600-pound cow elephant, didn’t know it. She died several hours earlier.”

According to the article, Miss India was 25 years old, the youngest elephant in the show. It was believed she died of a heart attack at about 2:30 a.m. on June 30.

After debating what to do with the carcass, “it was decided to bury her where she fell,” just east of the airport hangars, about 25 feet from South Cherry Street, according to the article.

Alfred Audisio, an excavator and owner of the Audisio Excavating Co. in Wallingford, brought a gasoline-operated shovel and diesel bulldozer to dig the elephant’s grave.

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This undated file photo shows Babe Ruth. As part of its collection of Babe Ruth items, the Baseball Hall of Fame says it has the bat the slugger used to hit his then-record 60th home run in 1927.

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— timeline — continued 1896 - Choate School founded by Judge William G. Choate, Mary Atwater Choate’s husband 1896 - The Washington Elm at N Main & North, under which Gen. Washington said good-bye to the residents in 1775, blows down in a freak windstorm 1897 - Beth Israel Synagogue started as the Wallingford Hebrew Association 1898 - Wallingford Country Club organized. By 1900, there were about 100 members, evenly distributed between men & women.

1898 - Soon after coming to “Yalesville”, J. Norris Barnes went into partnership with Elijah Hough, his father-in- law, and the peach orchards were called Hough and Barnes and there was a railroad siding with a special train car called “The Peach Car” for the distribution of the very large peach crop. The peach boom went from 1906 to 1915. Several years after the death of Elijah Hough in 1916, the company became Barnes Brothers Nursery Company.

1898 - Eighteen Wallingford residents are among those mustered into service with the First Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, as the Spanish-American War breaks out.

1898 - Daly’s Dairy is started on N. Orchard St, - 1 of the 2 largest dairies in town in the 1950s 1899 - Borough Electric Works, located at the end of Silk St., started with Alfred Pierce as its General Manager for the next 55 yrs. It was a coal-run facility.

1899 - The Yalesville railroad station opens. It was torn down 40 yrs. later in 1939 1899 - International Silver Company founded with the merger of Simpson, Hall & Miller , Meriden Britannia, & others 1899 - Oliver Foote opens Foote’s Confectionary can anyone say Fruit Salad Sundaes 1899 - The Ladies Library Assn.(aka the Wallingford Library) opens on land donated by Samuel Simpson; his great-grandaughter Margaret Tibbets (Taber), took part in the ground-breaking and laying of the cornerstone.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, the Wallingford Public Library will feature a display chronicling the diverse group of Connecticut women who were instrumental in the movement for women’s suffrage.

The banners will tell many different stories, from the Smith sisters of Glastonbury who spoke up about injustices against women and helped to spark others to follow in their footsteps, to Alice Paul who put her life on the line to force the issue on a national level and whose tenacity helped to sway public opinion in the final hours.

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POWERFUL VOICES: CONNECTICUT WOMEN CHANGING DEMOCRACY Speaker from the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Wallingford Public LIbrary in the Community Room Hosted by Wallingford Community Women and Wallingford Public Library

Following the speaker, representatives from local women's organizations are invited to discuss different ways for women to get involved in Wallingford.

2:00 P.M. TO 4:00 PM.

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The Library Wine Bar and Bistro in the Reading Room 60 North Main Street, Wallingford Hosted by Wallingford Community Women and the Library Wine Bar and Bistro Free Come and go as you please Walk-ins are encouraged and no pre-registration is required.

Tea, lemon water and finger food will be available, with live music providing a delightful backdrop.

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— timeline — continued 1900 - Headmistress Caroline Ruutz-Rees moves Rosemary Hall to Greenwich 1900 - First telephone office opened at a home on Church St. E B Baker, Jr., was the manager and Mrs. Sybil Hall was the 1st switchboard operator 1900 - The Phelps School for Girls is located on the corner of North Main St. and Academy St. 1900 - Polish National Alliance Society - Lodge 513 is established 1900 - Town population: 9,000 1901 - Tracy Volunteer Fire Department founded (started as the Tracy Social Club) 1901 - Morton Downey, Sr. is born, became a wellknown Irish tenor in the 1920s -1950s 1st sang in the choir at Most Holy Trinity Church 1902 - Civil War monument dedicated at Dutton Park (Atty. Charles Harrison is the master of ceremonies) 1902 - Gaylord Farm Sanatorium opens for tuberculosis patients 1904 - First run of the Wallingford Tramway (trolley svc.) between Wlfd. & New Haven. There are now 3 trolley lines in Wlfd., - 1 to Meriden, & the “Dinky” to Factory L 1904 - Blue Hills Orchards established. Their first crop was cabbages.

1906 - The Oakdale Tavern is opened in the Peter Jones House - remains a town fixture until 1996 1906 - Reformed Church (later the Evangelical & Reformed Church) was started 1907 - A small hydro station was built on the Quinnipiac River near the North Haven town line. It started with one 120 KW generator and 2 waterwheels. It continuted in operation until it was destroyed by fire on Feb. 4, 1934.

1908 - George C. St. John becomes headmaster at Choate School, and shepards its growth as a premier boys preparatory school for 39 years.

1910 - The Center Street Cemetery wall is built as Center St is widened to accommodate both trolley (the “dinky” to Factory “L”) and horse & wagon traffic 1910 - The Phelps School for Girls moves to South Main and Prince St. in the old Judd Mansion.

1910 - New freight station is built on N. Cherry Street 1910/11 - First motion picture shown in Wallingford in Wilkinson’s Opera House on Simpson Court 1911 - The Libero Pensiero Society, an Italian men’s mutual aid and social club, was founded.

Simpson Block on the corner of Center Street and Simpson Court was built in 1887 by Samuel Simpson.

The Ladies Library Reading Room was on the second floor and the Wallingford Opera House occupied the third and fourth floors. In later years, the top two floors were removed when the block was purchased by the Dime Savings Bank, Wallingford. Photo circa 1895. Courtesy Wallingford Public Library

Wednesday, June 22: Business & Agriculture Day SIP & SAVOR - CELEBRATING WALLINGFORD BUSINESS & AGRICULTURE Chair: Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce Host: Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, 50 Gaylord Farm Road, Wallingford

8 – 9:30 AM Business Breakfast | 5 – 6 PM Business Meeting | 6 – 9 PM Celebration • Hosting a sip and savor extravaganza with local craft wine, whiskey, hard cider and beer with food pairings and raw bar.

• Under Multiple Tents • Enjoy dancing with music by the Shaded Soul Band, raffles, corn hole games, horseshoes and a tethered balloon ride.

• Wallingford Business & Agriculture History Video and Display • Committee: Gary Ciarleglio, Maribel Carrion, Tara Knapp, Ray Andrewsen, Mike Anderson and Karen DelChiaro Presenting Sponsors: allnex – Business & Agriculture Day, Rohm America – Business & Agriculture Day, BYK USA – Annual Meeting Major Sponsors: Record-Journal, Ferguson & McGuire Insurance, The Hanover Insurance Group, Kamco Supply Corp or New England Event Sponsors: Infra-Metals, Teleflex Medical, Connecticut GI, Nucor Steel Connecticut, South Broad Paint & Home Center Event Supporters: Wallingford Buick-GMC, Onesource, Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Specialty Metals, Burns & McDonnell, Audi of Wallingford, Valenti Auto Group

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— timeline — continued 1911 - Center Street Cemetery Association is established 1911 - Hall Brothers Hatchery is founded by Almon B. & Louis Hall 1911 - US Post Office built on the site of Isadore Sitnitzsky’s father’s meat marktet at the corner of Main & Center Sts. 1912 - Voting machines are used for the first time in Borough elections.

1912 - Saint Casimir’s Polish National Catholic Church was founded.

1912 - American playwright Eugene O’Neill is cured of tuberculosis at Gaylord Farm Sanitarium 1913 - Sarah Harrison gives 7 acres to the town for a park, named for her late husband, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Harrison, long time physician 1913 - Hungarian Baptist Church started 1913 - Holy Trinity Parochial School opened 1913 - The town buys its first motorized fire engine, under Chief John Luby 1913 - The Town’s first playground was built at William & Rembert Sts, with a see-saw, swing & a slide.

1914 - Edward Backes, grandson of Michael, starts The Wallingford Auto Co selling Buicks 1914 - WWI breaks out in Europe 1915 - One thousand silver workers in Wallingford join three thousand Meriden silver workers in a strike against International Silver Co. 1915 - Chautaqua came to Wallingford and opened the “seven joyous days” with a big parade, large tents and political speakers..

1915 - Local businessmen meet to form the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce. By the end of the meeting, there were 75 members, & by years end there were 225. For over 100 years the Chamber has provided support to its business members & has been very involved with the affairs of the community.

1916 - The Putnam School opens on N. Main St. 1916 - Troop 5 Boy Scouts of America is started at the 1st Congregational Church 1916 - The Wallingford Chapter of the Red Cross was chartered in 1916.

1916 - Many Hungarians flee from WW I to Wallingford and later that year, the Hungarian Community Club was formed.

1916 - The Phelps School for Girls closed in 1916.

1916 - Epidemic of infantile paralysis hits in July.

Playgrounds, Sunday schools, the library & the movies were closed to young people. Visitors to town were barred. 4 deaths were reported before it subsided in September.

1916 - Members of Wallingford’s National Guard Company K see duty on the Mexican border in connection with the “Mexican Outbreak”

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9:00- 11:00 AM

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“R” BAND CONCERT, Great Room

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Registration and payment for the pizza party proceeding the “R” Band concert will be required in person at the senior center between June 1st and June 21st.

4 PM - 8 PM

SUMMER SIDEWALK STROLL

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— timeline — continued 1916 - Shortly after the Phelps School closed, the town bought the property and built the original Lyman Hall High School next door. The LHHS corner stone was laid and dedicated. Later this became the Robert Earley Middle School.

1916 - Wallingford Historical Society is founded with Marshal Kirtland Thomas as president 1917 - First class graduates from LHHS 1917 - Raoul Lufbery, former Wallingford resident, becomes America’s First ace of WW I with 5 kills, while flying in the Lafayette Escardrille, - American pilots flying for the French.

1918 - In 1918-1920, Wharton Brook Park was known as a traveler’s wayside; motorists could stop to have their cars serviced and enjoy a quiet picnic lunch. The park was the forerunner of the rest areas developed by the State Department of Transportation. In 1918 Wharton Brook was established as a state park encompassing land in both Wallingford and North Haven..

1917/18 - Company “K” CT Guards train on the Choate football field 1918 - Daylight Saving Time is inaugurated 1918 - Major Raoul Lufbery, American Ace with 17 confirmed kills, is shot down, ending impaled on a picket fence. He trained many American pilots, including Eddie Rickenbacker, the ace of aces.

1918 - The “school district” system is discontinued, and a single Board of Education is selected.

The School Visitors for each school become a thing of the past.

1918 - The Yalesville Book Exchange is established as a literary club. This was the predecessor of the Yalesville Library.

1918 - Armistice Day - the end of WW I 1919 - Arthur H. Dutton Grand Army of the Republic Post disbands 1919 - On Memorial Day, 22 red oaks were planted in Harrison Park in memory the men who died in WW I, along with Dr. Benjamin Franklin Harrison, who was a Civil War surgeon, & for whom the park is named.

1919 - Shaw-Sinon American Legion Post 76 is formed. (named for 2 young men killed in the “war to end all wars.”

1920 - An influx of Portuguese families moved to Wallingford folowing WW I. 1921 - Wallingford Steel opens - founded by Edmund Claiborne & Gilbert Boyd, Sr. 1921 - The Connecticut State Armory opens (now the Police Station) 1922 - The Putnam School of Wallingford is founded by Mrs. Mabel Putnam Morgan at 490 North Main & North Sts. It is for children ages 4-12 and it also offers boarding services.

1922 - At age 16, Richard Beaumont starts the Beaumont Farm Dairy, which lasted until April 1975. At one time, it was the largest dairy in town.

1923 - Wilkinson’s Theater opens on Center Street just east of Holy Trinity School, & west of the Dime Savings Bank.

1923 - The Yalesville Volunteer Fire Dept. is extablished with 25 members.

1923 - The Most Holy Trinity Church steeple destroyed by fire 1923 - Prohibition starts and the town’s many bars and saloons are forced to close, but there were speakeasys in some of the most unexpected places, such as on High Street.

Civil War doctor brought clean water to Wallingford From the field hospitals of the Civil War south, Wallingford physician Dr. Benjamin F. Harrison saw firsthand the importance of clean water and sanitation.

Upon his return to Wallingford, he led the charge in founding the town’s water division.

Bob Beaumont, town historian and chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, said a combination of things made Harrison want to ensure Wallingford had a municipal water supply; his experience as a sawbones in the grim battlefields—where disease and infection often killed soldiers if battle wounds didn’t—but also the changing demographics of Wallingford in the late 1860s.

“The center of town was beginning to get somewhat densely populated,” Beaumont said, “and there were beginning to be issues with fouled wells due to septic systems of sorts that were not that effective.”

The townspeople’s waste, at that time, was put into long, open trenches behind buildings, which flowed downhill to near the current location of the wastewater treatment plant, he said.

Harrison started pushing for a town water works to ensure a potable water supply and improve sanitation around 1870. A water works formation committee was created in 1871.

Momentum had been building slowly, but really gained traction when the manufacturers in town joined the effort in 1880, after a particularly bad fire at the Wallingford Wheel Shop on North Cherry Street and Hall Avenue made them realize the importance of water for extinguishing fires.

A municipal water utility was formally created by 1881 with the first bond issue.

Pistapaug Pond was the original town water supply.

Initially the water was untreated, Beaumont said, when it was shipped to the center of town. By 1926, the Mackenzie treatment plant was built at what would become Mackenzie Reservoir.

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A photo illustration showing Dr. Benjamin Harrison, for whom Harrison Park was named.

“We certainly would not have had a municipal water supply as soon without his efforts, as well as the efforts of the industrialists of the time,” Beaumont said. “It wouldn’t have been too long after that, because about that same time is when we also started the sewer.”

Harrison’s life Harrison, born in Northford in 1811, grew up on his father’s farm in North Branford.

Despite his impoverished background, he was a quick learner and keen student, graduating from the Yale Medical School in 1836 at age 25.

He began practicing medicine in Wallingford later that year and remained active for a decade. In September 1846, Harrison, then 35, embarked on a yearlong trip to Europe, spending the first six months studying in Paris and afterward traveling the continent.

Harrison returned to Wallingford in October 1847 and resumed his practice until August 1862 when, at age 51, he received a commission from the governor of New York as surgeon of the Independent Corps, New York Volunteer Light Infantry, then in the field at Yorktown, Virginia.

The next year, he was appointed chief medical officer of Davis Brigade, Terry Division on Morris Island, outside Charleston, South Carolina. A sketch of his hospital tent from 1863 shows clusters of A-frame tents surrounding his hospital tent along the rocky island shore.

He continued with the regiment until his term of service expired in February 1864.

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— timeline — continued 1924 - The Nehemiah Royce house is saved from “the wrecking ball.” It is moved to an open lot on the west side of N. Main St. by one horse walking around a capston, while over a score of men pleced 12” logs under the house as it moved across the street.

1924 - Ulbrich Stainless Steel established (Initially Fred Ulbrich Sr. was a scrap metal dealer.

That modest start has led to a very successful specialty steel company.)

1924 - White Way Laundry was established on the banks of Community Lake 1925 - Saint Peter and Paul Church was founded.

1925 - Carolyn Loomis, valevictorian of the LHHS class of 1926, pens the LHHS school song & it is approved by the Senior Class.

1926 - Senior Twilight Baseball League is started 1926 - Langdon Fernald comes to LHHS as a teacher & coach. He would lead LHHS teams to many Housatonic League Championships, including 6 straight from 1928 through 1933. He would later become principal from 1945-1960.

1926 - Lyman Hall High School wins its 1st Housatonic League Football Championship.

1927 - A carillon of bells is installed in the 1st Congregational Church 1927 - Ferdinand Valenti starts Valenti Auto, selling Nash & Lafayette cars & International trucks, later Plymouth & Dodge & now Chevrolets since 1955 1927 - Major Gervais Raoul Lufbery Airport was dedicated 1929 - Airline railroad passenger service ends and East Wallingford Station closes (now a house) 1929 - Stock Market Crash and the start of the Great Depression 1931 - Doolittle Park opens 1931-32 - Famed Yale athlete, Albie Booth, spends 3 months at Gaylord after contracting pleurisy 1932 - In order to make way for the dredging of a new reservoir, the town of Wallingford gave the Muddy River one-room schoolhouse to Oscar Williams, a farmer living on nearby Williams Road where it remained stored in his barn until 1998.

1932 - Washington Trail bronze plaques mark the route taken by George Wahington through Wallingford in 1775 & 1789 on the 200th anniversary of his birth 1934 - The small “Quinny” power plant off Toelle’s Rd burns down along with several small, historic factories 1935 - John F Kennedy graduated from Choate School (voted mostly likely to succeed by his classmates) 1935 - The last District School (Cook Hill, a oneroom schoolhouse) closes 1935 - The Works Progress Administration (or, WPA) was a New Deal agency enacted in 1935 to provide jobs for unemployed (often unskilled)

Wallingford School in 1908

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Water - continued from page 35 “Thus I have finished eighteen months of service in the field, most of it arduous and fatiguing; have not slept under a roof more than eight nights during that period,” he wrote in his diary.

In May 1864, Harrison entered government service as the sanitary commissioner in South Carolina and Florida, remaining until August of that year. At the end of 1864, he resumed his medical practice in Wallingford.

He continued in his profession until his death in 1886 at age 75.

“Seen from any point of view, Doctor Harrison was a man who would attract attention,” according to a biographical entry in the 1892 book “History of New Haven County, Connecticut.”

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BLOCK DANCE Hosts: Wallingford 350th Jubilee Sponsor: Anthem, Members First CT Credit Union South Main Street in front of Town Hall Roz Gallagher - Event Chairwoman Committee: Liz Landow, Michelle Bjorkman, Johnny Rozz Featuring DJ Johnny Rozz and Sound Spectrum Music through the decades, including: Dancers and other entertainment effects A Kids Dance Party U.S. Armed Forces Military Medley Family audience participation Line Dances Treasure Box of free giveaways for the children

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“Socially he was an agreeable companion and a brilliant conversationalist,” the biography stated. “His eyes would sparkle and his mind open its riches of thought and humor and agreeable comment, in entertaining manner.”

Legacy left in park, rainfall records Harrison was married three times. His first two wives died—both after only a year or two of marriage—as did a 17-year-old daughter.

Harrison himself died after two years of marriage to his third wife, Sarah E. Hall.

His widow—whose prominent family, the Halls, were a Wallingford founding family—granted the town the 7 acres of land, with understanding it would always be a park and not developed, as a tavern had been proposed for the site.

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— timeline — continued workers on numerous public works projects. One such project here in Wallingford was the Census of Old Buildings in Connecticut, also referred to as the WPA Architectural Survey. This project was conducted from 1934 to 1937. Subsequently the photographs, drawings, and hand-written notes produced by this survey were digitized and transcribed and entered into a Connecticut State Library online archive.

1936 - The Barbarino Ponitac dealership opens for business 1936 - Wallingford Steel gives employees 1 week paid vacation, first factory in Wallingford to do so 1936 - The Portuguese Club is started 1937 - The Wlfd.-New Haven Trolley makes its last run.

1937 - Choate School builds a boat house for their rowing team on the shore of the Quniinipac River.

1937 - Major fire destroys M. Backes & Sons factory on S Elm St & Wallace St. 1938 - Hurricane devastates the town 1940 - LHHS State Class “B” Basketball Champions - 1st state championship for Wallingford 1941 - American Cyanamid opens its Wlfd plant, later becomes Cytec & now Allnex 1941 - Pearl Harbor bombed by the Japanese & the start of WW II 1941 - Henry T. Lanouette, killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, is the first of 54 local citizens to die in World War II. 1941 - Hall Brothers Hatchery hatches over 14 million baby chicks for shipment to poultry producers across the U.S. in this its 30th year anniversary year 1942 - William A. MacKenzie Reservoir created along the Muddy River. (Named for the longtime Water Dept. Superintendent.)

1943 - Land for St. Peter & Paul Cemetery is purchased 1943 - 1944 - Casey Stengel’s Boston Braves do their Spring training at Choate’s Winter Exercise Bldg 1944 - The Spanish American Club is started on S. Cherry St. 1944 - Wallingford YMCA is founded by Ferdinand Valenti, Fred Ulbrich, Sr., and George St. John The first member was Fred Ulbrich, Jr. Mid-1940s - In the mid-1940s, a network of interregional highways was laid out for the United States and this included the plans for I-91 to pass through the east side of Wallingford.: 1945 - The Old Gungywamp /Wood-Allyn House,1679, was purchased by Elmer Keith in 1945 and moved from Groton to Clintonville Road. This house was the site of a massacre by the British of the colonists during the Revolutionary War in 1779 at the Battle of Groton.

1945 - Hillcrest Housing Project is built off E Center St. - 1st low-cost housing project in Wallingford to ease a housing shortage brought about by the servicemen returning from WWII. 1945 - The Tracy Post Office closes, & is torn down.

1946 - After the WWII in 1946, the Wilbur Cross Parkway opened the segment from US 5 in Wallingford (Exit 66) to US 5 in Meriden (Exit 68), bypassing the city center. This caused several houses to be moved to other locations in town.

1947 - Thurston Foods opens on North Colony Road 1947 - Gil & Eleanor Kelman establish The Wallingford Post

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— timeline — continued 1948 - President Harry Truman speaks from the steps of LHHS 1948 - John McGuire elected to Congress (served 2 terms) 1948 - The Jennings & Griffin factory, a maker of augurs & drill bits, of Tracy burns in a spectacular fire 1948 - Construction began for a $3.5 million steam generating plant.

1949 - In 1949 William Coyle, the town recreation chairman announced a town baseball league would be formed for that year. Over 300 boys tried out for only 72 roster spots. The program was such a success that he filed to have the Wallingford Little League chartered. The first teams in the league were Elks, The Grange, Wallace Silversmiths and Wallingford Silver. The very first games played were July 4, 1949 at Exchange Field - what we now call Community Lake Field. The original league was for all residents of the Town. Yalesville Little League separated into their own league in 1960.

1950 - Town population: 17,000 1950 - The telephone dial system comes to town 1950 - A second wave of Hungarian families move to Wallingford after WWII. 1951 - Moses Y. Beach School replaces 70 year old North Main St. School (previously the Wallingford High School) 1951 - The Putnam School closes after 35 years of private school service to the community.

1952 - An explosion from the Backes factory on Ward St. Ext.shattered windows and tore the tar paper on the roofs of houses along Ward Street Extension and Backes Court. Windows were blown out and one house was reported demolished.

1952 - President Harry Truman, accompanied by his daughter Margaret, spoke briefly at Lyman Hall High School as he canvassed the state for presidential hopeful Adlai Stevenson.

1952 - The Wallingford YMCA opens Camp Adahi as its first day camp on Woodhouse Ave. at the top of the S curve.

1952 - Community Pool opens, initial-

ly with a sand bottom.

1953 - Robert F. Meyers opens the Yankee Silversmith Inn - a fine restaurant for 50+ years 1953 - Parker Farms Elementary School- built in 1953- is at least the second school of its name, the first being one of the Farm District Schools, which had its roots, perhaps, as early as the late 18th century. The school carries the name of the road on which it is located.

1953 - The elephant, Miss India dies at Mills Bros. Circus and is buried at the airport, now part of the Wallingford Electric Division, by Alfred Audisio.

1954 - The Alfred Pierce Power Plant is put into service. It had three 7500 Kilowatt generators, which served as a major source of energy for Wallingford for three decades.

1954 - Wallace Silver Co. has a street on their property renamed as Lufberry Av. in honor of Raoul Lufbery.

The primary speaker was Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s top flying ace of World War I, who flew with Major Lufbery.

1954 - Harold Grannucci starts Strand Furniture in the old Strand Theater @ Center & N. Orchard Sts. He later moves the business to S. Broad St. 1954 - The Oakdale Theater was founded by Ben Segal and Bob Hall in 1954. At this time, the theatre was an open-air, theatre in the round with seating for 1,400. It was located in an alfalfa field near the Oakdale Tavern and was open seasonally for summer stock musicals. A wood dome erected in 1972 provided a more permanent structure for the theater and coincided with an increase in seating capacity to 3,200.

In 1996, the Oakdale abandoned the theater-in-the-round concept for a more traditional staging arrangement. It turned the old stage area into a spacious lobby and increased its seating capacity to 4,600.

1955 - Debbie Basketball League started by Robert Gannon for 4th to 8th grade girls 1955 - The elaborate Judd Mansion/ Phelps School was torn down to make room for the Lyman Hall HS 1955 - The Wallingford Rotary Club was started

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Legends continued from page 27 Audisio died in 1998 at the age of 88. His grandson and local resident Jerry Farrell Jr. told the Record-Journal in 2017 that his grandfather never wanted to stir up a lot of interest in the elephant out of fear someone would attempt to dig her up, so he and his grandfather kept the exact location secret.

Community Lake founders were old-school hippies Today, Community Lake Park is a 9-acre property off Hall Avenue featuring a picnic pavilion with a fireplace, a playground, sports fields, and the southern entrance to the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail.

The origins of the park, situated on what’s left of the lake after a 1979 dam breach drained it, are the stuff of legend.

The name comes from the Oneida Community, a religious commune that expanded into Wallingford in 1851 when a local farmer invited founder John Humphrey Noyes to establish a new community on 228 acres of his property, where Masonicare is presently located, according to a 2015 Record-Journal story.

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The community initially began farming fruit, expanded into printing and eventually built a silver company — Oneida Silverware — at what is now Amphenol on Hall Avenue.

A dam, built across the Quinnipiac River to power the silver plant, created Community Lake.

A number of factors contributed to the decline of the Oneida Community: competition from Wallace Silversmiths, the rise of Victorian-era morals, the death or defection of members.

The deadly tornado of 1878 was another blow. It began over Community Lake, the waterspout sweeping up Daniel O’Reilly, the town’s first police chief, who was fishing on the lake. O’Reilly survived after he was thrown hundreds of feet onto the shore.

The Oneida Community in Wallingford dissolved in 1881, its remaining members returning to New York, where they founded the Oneida silverware company which still operates today.

In the 1960s, the town purchased the land for $1 from the International Silver Co. A series of dredged ponds remains today, with the Quinnipiac River snaking between them.

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— timeline — continued 1956 - A third wave of Hungarian men moved to Wallingford after the abortive revolt agains the Russians and the regime.

1956 - Three consecutive explosions destroyed a two-story factory building on Wallace St. where the Backes Co. stored gunpowder used for making caps.

1957 - Alfred Audisio, while excavating at the former DiChello Bros. Distributing building at North Cherry & Silk Sts., unearths about 100 sundial pocket watches.

1958 - Current Lyman Hall High School on Pond Hill Rd. opens 1959 - Rock Hill Elementary School was built in the “California-style” schools, as individual modules with totally open walkways between the modules. Aptly named, it was built on a side hill with rock ledge outcroppings.

1959 - Highland School, along with Rock Hill, were “California-style” schools, originally built as individual modules with totally open walkways between the modules. It draws its name from high land overlooking both Sheehan High School and Moran Middle School.

1960 - Yalesville Little League is formed.

1961 - In June, by a 3054-2498 vote, Wallingford adopts a Mayor-Council form of government.

1961 - William DeForest Bertini is elected as the first mayor -served 1961-1969.

1961 - Dag Hammarskjold Middle School is built 1961 - Moran Middle School is built 1961 - Evarts C. Stevens Elementary School, 1961, served as a K-6 school for over 50 years 1962 - On July 4, 1962, the Farms Country Club opened on land leased from Gaylord Hospital.

1962 - Clifford Backes announced that the Backes Company would no longer produce fireworks. He blamed increasingly stringent restrictions.

1963 - The Hotel Central burns - formerly the Wallingford Hotel & the Ingraham House. One person died in the fire.

1963 - W.T. Grants at N. Orchard & Center burns to the ground 1963 - Church of the Resurrection is started (Masses were said at LHHS until the church was built) 1964 - In 1964, Cook Hill School is the next to last of the elementary schools to be built during the major period of population growth of the 1950s & 1960s. The original, one room Cook Hill School was located down Schoolhouse Road at the corner of Cook Hill Road. It was the last of the one room schools to be utilized, lasting until 1935. It was named after Samuel Cook who was the first of his line on the west side of Wallingford.

1964 - A new post office building officially opened for Federal and Post Office operations on the corner of Main and Center Streets.

1965 - Wallingford lights are darkened by the “Northeast Blackout” 1966 - I-91 officially opens between New Haven and Meriden.

1966 - The American Silver Museum of Meriden officially voted to transfer its silver collection to the Wallingford Preservation Trust, to be displayed at the Franklin Johnson Mansion.

1968 - Pond Hill Elementary School is the newest of the elementary schools built to meet the need of the baby-booomer generation. The first Pond Hill School was a one room school, which served the south central part of town for over 100 years.

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1969 - Joseph C. Carini is elected as second mayor of Wallingford. He served 1970-1974 and died in office.

1969 - Wallingford approaches a Tercentenary observance with some 36,000 inhabitants and a grand list assessment of $160,943,057.

1971 - Rosemary Hall returns to Wallingford and, with The Choate School, becomes Choate Rosemary Hall in 1974 1971 - Town names new high school on the west side of town for Dr. Mark T. Sheehan, WW I veteran, family doctor, and Town Health Officer for many years 1972 - The Redwood Flea Market opens on Hartford Turnpike. The market started 43 years ago, when waitresses at what’s now the Redwood Grille on South Turnpike Road thought it would be fun to have a Saturday tag sale in the parking lot. Now (in 2015), more than 2500 visitors pass through in a weekend.

1972 - Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) is founded to integrate Latinos into the community 1973 - The Senior Citizens Center moved to the newly renovated railroad station in March, 1973.

1974 - Rocco J. Vumbaco is elected as third mayor of Wallingford. He served 1974-1983.

1975 - Gil & Eleanor Kelman authored “From These Roots: A Bicentennial History of a New England Town” 1976 - 911 Emergency service comes to Wallingford 1977 - First church service is held for the Heritage Baptist Church in a rented building at 12 Chapel St. in Ylsvl.

1978 - The former electric generating station on Washington Street was renovated to become the Senior Center facility.

1978 - Community Lake dam burst - 100+ year old, 12-foot dam was built by the Wallingford Community 1982 - Margaret Taber helps in laying the cornerstone for the current library on her former property on N Main St. 1982 - Heritage Baptist Academy, began in August 1982 with 42 students, K-4 through 12th grade.

1983 - William F. Dickinson elected mayor, currently in 18th term (2018) 1983 - Colony Cinema 1-5 opened in 1983 in the former Colony Shopping Plaza.

1987 - The Bristol-Myers Company’s move to Research Parkway in the mid-1980s sparked concerns from some town officials and residents living near the facility because of environmental and financial factors. The facility eventually grew to nearly 1 million square feet of building space and a helipad on 177 acres of land.

1988 - When the state decided to move away from landfills in the 1970s, it promoted the construction of six trash-to-energy plants, including the

Wallingford First national Bank 1917 plant in Wallingford. Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority (CRRA) issued bonds for construction of the Wallingford Project Trash To Energy facility at 530 South Cherry Street.

1990s - Yalesville School was rebuilt in the 1990s. The current building is at least the third school on this site. This started as a two classroom school, while its 2nd floor was used for meetings and other activities until more classrooms were needed.

June 1992 - Garden Road, a new street of year-old houses about 75 feet from the Quinnipiac River, was under water from a major flooding of the river.

1993 - The Wallingford Center Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1993 - Wallingford Public Access Association (WPAA) incorporated 1994 - The railroad station and a portion of Wallingford’s downtown have been placed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.

1995 - The Center Street Park, in front of the original railroad station at the foot of Center St., is dedicated as the Johanna Manfreda Fishbein Park. Johanna Fishbein who was referred to as “The Grande Dame’’ or the “First Lady of Celebration,’’ was a former teacher of dance and etiquette classes and the recipient of awards from a half-dozen civic organizations.

1997 - Phase I of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail opened, providing a one mile paved walking, biking and skating trail from Community Lake Park to the Quinnipiac River. Several benches are located here.

1998 - The old Muddy River schoolhouse is donated to the WHPT and is disassembled and put into storage until such time as the land and funds are available to reconstruct it as a historic one room schoolhouse.

2000 - Town Population 43,000 2001 - The Wallingford Senior Center moved into the beautiful new facility on Washington St. that was designed

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2001 - Residents protested while hate group leader Matthew Hale gave his white supremacist speech Saturday under the pavilion at Community Lake.

Hale spoke for 90 minutes from under the pavilion roof, flanked by four guards wearing black uniforms and white berets. Protesters shouted through bullhorns and the incessant tweet of whistles, along with a hovering police helicopter, drowned out Hale’s words.

After the rally, police escorted the supremacists through the parking lot toward the nearby Wilbur Cross Parkway.

2005 - WPAA open 1st community TV station on Center St 2005 - Holiday Cinemas renovated the old Kmart building at 970 N. Colony Road, opened in 2005, and is the only remaining theater in Wallingford.

2007 - Dorothy M. Kosinski, who grew up in Wallingford, has been named director of the Phillips Collection of Modern Art in Washington DC. 2010 - Covanta, a private energy company, purchased the trash-to-energy plant for $1 in 2010 after CRRA’s 20-year contract expired. As the host town for the plant, Wallingford receives payment in lieu of taxes from Covanta based on the tonnage of trash received at the plant, in addition to property taxes.

2010 - WPAA renovated an in-town property, formerly a cattle barn, into a nonprofit owned community TV station 2012 - In September 2012, Choate students moved into the new $20 million Kohler Environmental Center’s 32,000-square-foot facility, alongside a field filled with solar panels that produces 294 kilowatts of power 2013 - The Coalition for a Better Wallingford is formed to raise awareness about substance abuse and prevent drug overdoses.

2014 - Wallingford Buick-GMC celebrates 100 yrs - oldest auto dealership in Wallingford

2015 - The Bert & Harry Subkowsky Bark Park opened in December 2015.

2015 - Proton OnSite will take part in what officials at the company are saying is the first large-scale project to use electricity from renewable sources to make carbon-free hydrogen gas to be stored for producing power at a later time.

2015 - The Wallingford Family YMCA celebrates its 70th birthday.

2015 - Phase II of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail opens. The project was the grand entrance to Phase III to Fireworks Island.

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2015 - World renowned local resident known as ARCY (Ryan Christenson) painted 2-story photo-realistic mural of a Tiger on WPAA-TV building (Public Art) 2016 - Ulbrich is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, — During the early 1920s, Fred Christian Ulbrich Sr. opened a scrapyard in town, taking apart cars and farm equipment to sell to steel mills and repair shops. In 1924, the Fred Ulbrich company started and would eventually become Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc. 2016 - The North Farms Volunteer Fire Dept. celebrated its 70th anniversary.

2016 - Troop 5 BSA celebrates 100th anniversary - oldest Boy Scout troop in Wallingford 2016 - Phase III of the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail opened on July 8 and extends the trail from Fireworks Island across the Yalesville Raceway to Main St. in Yalesville.

2016 - The Villa Capri on Rt. 5 closes after 56 years.

2016 - In Wallingford, the day before Thanksgiving also means the first and longest running powder puff football game in the nation. Since 1972, senior girls from Lyman Hall and Sheehan high schools have squared off in the Samaha Bowl, named for Judy Samaha, a former Wallingford legend, who started this flag football game. The 50th anniversary of the Samaha Bowl kicks off in 2021.

2016 - Covanta Energy has begun negotiations with the town to shut down its trash transfer plant, a move that would result in a significant loss in tax revenue for the town.

2016 - A project to build a new solar energy generation facility atop a landfill in Wallingford has received initial approval from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

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2017 - The Victorian Inn on North Main Street was recently recognized by an international registry of over 300 inns around the world. The Queen Anne-style home was built in 1891 by industrialist Gordon W. Hall as a wedding present for his daughter, Georgianna. Since the 1990s, the house has served as a bed-and-breakfast.

2017 - The five municipalities under contract to send trash to Covanta Energy’s transfer plant in Wallingford have declined an offer by Covanta to shut down the town’s plant and send trash to its Bristol location.

2017 - The Yalesville volunteer fire department closed and was consolidated with the North Farms Volunteer Fire Dept. which has just moved from Barnes Rd. to a new building on North Farms Rd. This leaves the East Wallingford Volunteer Fire Department on Kondracki Lane and two career fire stations, Company 1, at 95 N. Main St. and Company 2, at 75 Masonic Ave. 2017 - Wallingford is one of the first communities in the state to allow beekeeping in residential areas.

2017 - On May 2, 2017, Senior Minister, the Rev. Kathleen Cunliffe, was installed as the 18th pastor at First Congregational Church of Wallingford. She is also the first woman to serve as pastor at the church in its 350 year history.

2017 - Canelli Jewelers celebrates 100 years in Wallingford,encompassing four generations and a fifth in training!

2018 - William Cook’s 1859 Wallingford-made ox cart returned to Wallingford after nearly 40 years of cross-country touring.

2018 - Bristol Myers leaves Wallingford 2020 - Town population: 47,000 (est.)

Moments Committee Tarn Granucci, Carrie LaTorre, Bob Beaumont, Jim Franchese, Jerry Farrell Jr., Bob Devaney Jr., MaryBeth Applegate, Jim Franchese, Christine Mansfield Goal: Document the top 350 town moments in history, from founding through today.

A team of historians, school, library and town officials brainstormed and created a list of more than 350 events in a Google shared sheet.

FILE: An undated photo of "children's hour" at the Wallingford Oneida Community that existed from 1851-1881. Members gathered nightly for entertainment or to hear a speaker, and generally including a children’s hour. | Courtesy of Celeste Yanni

Legends continued from page 43 Mentions in the movies and TV Wallingford has been portrayed on the screen at least a couple of times.

In “Riding in Cars with Boys,” a 2001 movie starring Drew Barrymore, Wallingford was the backdrop to the true-life story of town native Beverly Donofrio.

Donofrio grew up in Wallingford in the 1960s and raised her son as a teen mother, eventually graduating from college and moving to New York City. She shared her story in her 1990 memoir of the same name.

Although the movie was not shot in Wallingford, the producers reached out to the public library, police station and Record-Journal looking for photos and information to recreate the old look of the town.

Wallingford had another brush with the movies when “The Other Side of the Tracks,” a 2007 indie thriller by writer and director A.D. Calvo, was filmed at Trackside Brick Oven Pizzeria.

Group reviewed the goal of the Moments Google Spreadsheet created from Wallingford Historical Society, Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust, WPAA TV and other stakeholders. The detail includes category and decade, including 434 total records with Event name, Event description and Picture availability, submitter name, organization and date (350 records when school and church records are removed).

Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr. even had a cameo as a bartender at Trackside, a restaurant inside of a 1920s Philadelphia subway car.

Michael Bolton, the Grammy-award winning singer and Connecticut resident, was an executive producer.

The lead was played by Brendan Fehr, who starred in the television series “Roswell” and now appears in “CSI: Miami.”

The girl in question was portrayed by Tania Raymonde, who appeared in TV’s “Lost.”

Also in the cast was Sam Robards, the son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall, who was in “American Beauty” and “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.”

Wallingford also showed up on TV. The town’s zip code, 06492, was used as the zip code of the fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow on the TV show “Gilmore Girls.”

FILE: An undated photo of the Wallingford Printing Company, established by the Oneida Community that existed from 1851-1881.

Courtesy of Celeste Yanni

Historians partnered with the school district social studies teachers and created a Wallingford curriculum and professional development workshop based on the Moments list The shared spreadsheet included text and images for educational use.

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Another contribution to the town came from Harrison’s weather records.

Following an interest in meteorology, he faithfully kept a record of the local rainfall from 1856 until his death, except for his absence during the Civil War. Beaumont said a copy of Harrison’s records are kept at the town public utilities office, a document that is still referred to today by town officials.

His alma mater, Yale College, recognized his contributions to science by conferring upon him a master of science degree in 1872, at age 61.

Harrison’s meteorological records also helped modern scientists who wanted to estimate the strength of the 1878 tornado that ripped through the center of Wallingford and killed about 34 people, determining it was a category F4 tornado.

“Like a lot of people, he was a man of many parts,” Beaumont said. “Would have liked to have known him.”

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