TUESDAY, JUNE 21 • WOMEN’S DAY EVENTS

H.L. Judd office staff, circa 1900. Hubert Judd's company made various types of hardware, including fancy metal picture frames, bookends and other ornamental hardware. Courtesy Wallingford Historical Society

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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.

Tuesday, June 21: Women’s Day

Host/ Sponsor: Wallingford Community Women Sponsor: MidState Medical Center Sponsor: Security Mutual Credit Union

THIS EXHIBIT RUNS ALL THE WEEK. WOMEN’S DAY EXHIBIT

Powerful Voices: Connecticut Women Changing Democracy Host/ Sponsor: Wallingford Public Library 200 North Main Street, Wallingford Host/ Sponsor: Wallingford Community Women

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.

12 P.M. TO 2 P.M. 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. WOMEN’S DAY TEA

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.

5:30 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. WALLINGFORD WOMEN’S ART SHOW

Wallingford Country Club, 195 Long Hill Road, Wallingford Featuring: women artists from Wallingford’s past and present Light appetizers and sweets will be served; cash bar will be available

Enjoy unique artwork created by accomplished women artists in our community, as well as pieces loaned by the Wallingford Historical Society that demonstrate the creativity of women from Wallingford's past.

Volunteers: Barbara Asmus, Debbie Barry, Kaitlin Blythe, Marianne Brady, Jennifer Carnale, Mary Jane Carrozzella, Gina Cross, Keith Cross, Linda Conchado, Ann Cosgrove, Carolyn Cricco, Michelle Cucinelli, Tricia d'Oliveira, Kim DePiero, Eileen Farmer, Jennifer Frechette, Michele Gallagher, Pamela Gorman, Diane Greiner, Beth Guidone, Debbie Hicks, Lauri Hines, Gloria Horbaty, Gina Hyne, Jane Kinkead, Adelheid Koepfer, Mimi LaFrance, Liane Landry, Sharon Mcintyre, Jeanne McFarland, Cheryl Myers, Joellen Nellums, Cindy Parent, Karen Parete, Lisa Pelletier, Debbie Phillips, Mary Currie Reid, Michele Ridley, Kathy Schave, Mary Anne Slaine, Sally Tremaine, Kathy Underkofler, Pam Walker, Ann Whitman, Karen Emerton, Monica Santana

Interdistrict Magnet Schools

Educational Center for the Arts

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Wintergeen Interdistrict Magnet School

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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