WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 • BUSINESS & AGRICULTURE DAY

— 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

Directors: Adriana Rodriguez, Alison Cady, Beth Devlin, Betsy McCully, Bill Viola, Bob Beaumont, Bob Devaney, Bob Parisi, Brittany Barbaro, Carl Anderson, Charity Kuchyt, Chris Brosnan, Chris Ulbrich, Christine Mansfield, Cindy Parent, Dan Sullivan, Dawn Marie Gottschalk, Deputy Police Chief-Anthony DeMaio, Don Crouch, Donna Fonteyn, Donna O’Keefe, Dundee Benson, Fire Chief-Joseph Czentnar, Fire Marshal-Mike Gudelski, Gary Ciarleglio , Gina Cross, Greg Whitehouse, Jane Fisher, Jason Zandri, Jerry Farrell, Jim Loughlin , Joan Parisi, Joe Mirra, Johnny Rozz, Jonathan Judd, June Seichter, Karen DelChiaro, Kathy Lilley, Larry Zabrowski, Liz Davis, Liz Landow, Liz White, Lois Booth, Lorraine Connelly, Marty Mansfield, Mary Ellen Kingsland Eckels, Mary Beth Applegate, Matthew Bailey, Michele Bjorkman, Nancy Miller , Phil Wright, Police Chief-John Ventura, Rajan Doering, Ray Andrewsen , Ray Chappell, Ray Ross, Richard Gee, Roz Gallagher , Sally Tremaine , Sean Doherty , Sergeant Dave Blythe, Sharon Whitehouse, Tara Knapp, Tarn Granucci, Vinnie Testa