Volume 1 Issue 1 March 2016 President s Message We at the society hope all had a good winter. For sure, we can t complain about the weather. No super snow storm, compared to 2015. Hear ye! Hear ye! Great News! Newsletter We are now connected to the internet. Thank goodness! We have free WIFI for use for paid researchers and our members on your devices. I would like to thank the Board of Directors for their support in making this happen. Second Annual Craft Fair We are currently in the process of setting things in motion for this event. We are looking at a new location: It is handicapped accessible and no flights of stairs to climb. There is plenty of parking in front of the building and it is located on a main highway. There will be more floor space available to vendors which will allow for more vendors than last year. We will hold this event sometime in early November. Stay tuned. Other News We would like to work with other local historical societies to generate more interest in local history. This newsletter offers you a look at Brooklyn Historical. We have added a page to the newsletter for a renewal form and an extra form that you may share with a friend or family member who would like to become a member of our society. And for your convenience we have enclosed a self-addressed envelope for you to use. Douglas D. Flannery, Sr. President.
Brooklyn Historical Society News We hope that you will join us on Thursday, May 19th at 7:30 p.m. at Brooklyn s Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, located at 7 Providence Road (Route 6), as we meet the 26th President of the United States. The very talented actor, author, and historian Ted Zalewski will present Teddy Roosevelt: Mind, Body and Spirit. Ted has performed for museums, historic sites, colleges and historical societies across the country. The program is free and concludes with a social hour when you will have an opportunity to talk to Mr. Zalewski. On May 25th and May 29th, the Brooklyn Historical Society Museum, as well as the Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office will open for the 2016 season. Our Special Exhibit Gallery will feature the exhibit More Vintage Views of Brooklyn which uses copies of photographs and postcards from 19th and early 20th century Brooklyn to illuminate the town s past. We are excited to announce that the permanent General Putnam Gallery will display for the first time the original wolf heads designed by Karl Gerhardt for the General Israel Putnam Statue. The Gerhardt wolf heads were stolen in 1984 and 1985, but they have been found and returned to us. Plan to visit us and learn more about this story of thievery and restitution. Open Wednesday and Sundays 1pm to 5pm until October 9th. Or by appointment 860-774-7728 Admission is free Calling All Civil War Buffs On Saturday May 7th at 1:30 we will be hosting a Civil War program. Buck Zaidel will present a power point program relating to a book he co-authored with Dione Longley, Heroes For All Time / Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories. The book presents the war straight from the minds and pens of its participants: soldiers letters, diaries and written accounts by nurses, doctors, soldiers families, and volunteers on the home front to vividly portray the war through their moving stories. After the program there will be time to ask questions and refreshments will be served. Please plan on joining us for an exciting Civil War program. Election of Officers Election of officers and board members will be at our annual meeting on Saturday, May 7th 2016 at 1PM. Anyone interested in the position of president or being on the board, please contact Lynn LaBerge at the Historical Center at 860-779-7250, by email at keboo4924@frontier.com, or stop by the Center at 196 Main St., Danielson. Please mention Historical Society in the subject line if contacting by email. Thank you. Remember this is your society and your input is valuable. Page #2 Newsletter
PRESERVATION TIPS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Avoid putting high pressure on stringed instruments including pianos. Do not make sudden changes to string tension. Pianos should be moved by professionals. Brass instruments should not be handled with bare hands or polished. All instruments should be stored in 50% relative humidity. If you play woodbore wind instruments, warm them up and always clear the moisture from them immediately after playing. Do not polish or oil a wooden instrument. New Books On The Shelves Killingly Business Ads compiled by Bernard Mitchell, 2015 The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War by Brian Beckett Marriages de la paroisse Saint-Mathias de Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu 1739-2002 Once Upon a Time by Bill Stanley Pennsylvania Marriages prior to 1790 - Names of persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania previous to 1790, Published 1968 The History of the Old Town of Derby, Conn. 1642-1880 with Biographies and Genealogies by Samuel Orcutt and Ambrose Beardsley, M. D. 1880 The Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Primitive Organization of the Congregational Church and Society in Franklin, CT October 14, 1868 History of Augusta, Maine from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time With Notices of the Plymouth Company and Settlements on the Kennebec; Together with Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Register by James W. North 1870 Deleted Land Deeds, Wills, Miscellaneous, Contributed by Connecticut Daughters Of the American Revolution 1935 Pomfret, Conn. Town Records 1781 to 1849 furnished by Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, D. A. R., Putnam, Conn. 1911 Griswold, Conn. A History of the Town of Griswold from the Earliest Times to the Entrance of our Country into the World War in 1917 by Daniel L. Phillips. 1929 Connecticut - A Picture Book to Remember Her By Waterloo - Day of Battle by David Howarth 1968 Chronicle of 20th Century Conflict - Neil Grant Unexplained Mysteries of World War II by William B. Breuer No Simple Victory World War II in Europe 1939-1945 by Norman Davies Killingly Tidbits From Newspapers of Various Dates THANK YOU! Elaine Tenis, Bernie Mitchell, Doug Flannery, Lynn LaBerge, John Harris, Joseph Chauvin, Natalie Coolidge, Kirk St. Onge, Frank Aleman, Perry Thompson, Chris and Cherl Klemmer. You do a great job! Please check your address on this newsletter. If the M/E date is 5/16 then your membership expires the 31st of May. We hope that you will renew your membership in our society. Without our members we would not be able to do all that we do. Thank You Volume 1 Issue 1 Page #3
Your Membership is expiring soon. Would you consider joining us again? We need and appreciate your support. Thank You! Renewal Form Name: Address: Phone: Email: Membership Fees ( )Individual Rate - $20. annually ( ) Family Rate 1st Individual - $20. Each additional individual living at then same address - $10 ( ) Non Profit & Libraries - $25. annually ( ) Lifetime - $200. Make checks payable to the Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. Mail To: P. O. Box 265, Danielson CT 06239 --------- --------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Please share this extra form with a friend or family member who may want to become a member. Renewal Form Name: Address: Phone: Email: Membership Fee ( ) Individual Rate - $20. annually ( ) Family Rate 1st Individual - $20 Each additional individual living at then same address - $10 ( ) Non Profit & Libraries - $25 annually ( ) Lifetime - $200. Make checks payable to the Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. Mail To: P. O. Box 265, Danielson CT 06239