May 17, 2013 - Stonebridge Press and Villager Newspapers

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WOODSTOCK VILLAGER
After reading about white
wedding gowns in the
May 3 column, Esther
Daigneault called the
Killingly Historical Center with
another tidbit.
She said that when her parents
were married in 1936, her mother
rented her veil although she
had purchased her wedding
gown. The extremely long, full
veil fell from the tiara that she
wore on her head and was so long
that it came around from the back
and swept the floor in front of her
parents in their wedding picture.
Perhaps some of your mothers
also wore similar veils. Today, a
bride is more likely to have a
train falling from the back of the
dress.
Esther also remembered playing
bingo at the American Legion
of Furnace Street, and she wondered
if anyone else had memories
of this (conversations
5/8/13).
Helen Desmarais also called
with additional memories of the
first Legion on Furnace Street
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Games, stories and more memories
(Bousquet’s side of street). She
said that prior to the Legion occupying
the building, Gagnon’s
Funeral Home had been located
there. Helen remembered that the
Legion had two halls where bands
played every weekend. She said
that was where she had met her
husband (the late Al Desmarais).
When the American Legion
moved to the present Imperial
Room side of Furnace Street, it
occupied a building that had formerly
been a fish market. Prior to
the fire the Legion had added an
ambulance garage to their building
(conversation 5/10/13).
On May 5, my St. Joseph coffee
hour friends were again reminiscing
about games from their
youth.
How many played Fox
and Geese (or Hens) in
the snow? Claire and Ted
Sabourin said that a
large circle was drawn
in the snow and was
divided in quarters (a
cross in the middle). One
person was “it”, the Fox,
and would chase the
geese to try to tag them;
however, the rules were
a little fuzzy. I decided to
“Google” the game to see
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what I could discover. The following
instructions from grandmaideas.com/fox-and-geese
were very
clear for this game of tag in the
snow.
“To play this wintry game,
make paths through the snow in
the shape of a wagon wheel.
Stamp down a four-foot circle in
the center of the wagon wheel.
This is home — a safe zone for the
geese. Select one person to be the
fox (it). The rest of the players are
the geese. The fox chases the
geese along the trails in the snow.
All players must stay on the trails
at all times. Players cannot jump
from one trail to a different one.
Geese may run into ‘home’ for a
momentary rest where they will
be safe. The fox cannot tag them if
the geese are in the ‘home’ circle.
However, the geese cannot stay
there very long. After a minute or
two, they must leave the home circle.
The fox cannot enter the
home circle nor can he tag any
geese that are in the ‘safe’ home
circle. He may run through the
circle in pursuit of a goose if the
goose keeps running through the
circle and doesn’t stop inside it.
When the fox tags a goose, their
rolls are reversed. The goose now
becomes the fox and the fox
becomes a goose. The new fox
begins chasing the geese trying to
tag one of them. Play continues
until a) everybody gets too tired
b) everybody gets soggy, wet, and
cold c) the fox gets frustrated
because he can’t tag anybody and
he is it all of the time d) all of the
above!”
Did any of you grow up playing
a board game called Fox and
Geese? I unexpectedly came
across that while searching for
the game in the snow. I’ve never
played it. I did save the instructions
so perhaps I’ll give it a try.
Did you ever play marbles, pick
up sticks, or jacks? These were
some of the other games that
were mentioned by my friends. I
remember my mother saying that
her father loved jacks so much as
a young, single man that he took
the ball with him one time so his
siblings could not play jacks without
him while he was gone. What
“board” games did you play as
youngsters? I remember playing
quite a bit of Monopoly with the
neighbors. Please call the Center
with your memories.
What were your favorite stories?
How happy I was to receive
Nancy Drew mysteries for
Christmas or a birthday and how
fortunate I was to have a mother
who loved books herself and
instilled that love in my siblings
and I! Don’t forget to instill the
love of stories in the younger
members of your families. If you
haven’t visited the library lately,
why not plan a trip there to check
out all the new offerings and find
some of your old favorites.
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back at what
was happening
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75 or 50 years ago in quite a while,
so thought I would scan the
Windham County Transcript
microfilms at the Killingly
Library for some interesting stories
and happenings.
How many of you remember
the Putnam Country Club? In the
“Local Happenings” column of
the May 19, 1938 issue of the
Transcript small news items
reported that Mrs. Theodore
Redlack had entertained members
of her bridge club at the
Putnam County Club. Six tables
were in play.
Another article mentioned,
“The table tennis meet Friday
night at the Country Club was not
only well attended but highly
enjoyed by Danielson and
Putnam members, both tables
being in service from start to finish.
In the women’s division Mrs.
Ernest R. Warren emerged the
winner after several well-played
matches with Mrs. Herbert H.
Rapp, Mrs. Paul V. Hayden, Mrs.
Theodore Redlack, Mrs. Joseph F.
Mitchell and Mrs. Richard D.
Banigan.” [Note that none of the
women were listed by their given
names]. “Nazarice Dupre, the
guest of Jim Mahoney, walked off
with the ‘championship’ in the
men’s class but not without a
struggle in a well-contested
match with Sonny Wheaton.”
I’m sure many of you drive past
the old, large brick mill in the
Elmville section of Killingly on a
regular basis (on Route 12 and
Dog Hill Road; near the Dayville
Post Office). The above paper also
had the obituary of Cassius. S.
Chase, who had resided in
Hartford for about twenty years
but was “formerly one of
Killingly’s leading manufacturers”
who was born in Killingly in
1854. “For a long period, with his
brother Charles D. Chase, he
(had) operated woolen mills at
Elmville and East Killingly.”
Now let’s jump ahead to 50
years ago and see what was happening
in the area in May 1963.
The Transcript for May 16 had
printed the proposed Killingly
budget for 1963-1964 so I had fun
reading it. The town still operated
under the original selectman
form of government, and the
budget to be presented to the voters
had been approved by the
Killingly Board of Finance. The
proposed salary for the town
manager was $10,600; for the
superintendent of schools,
$11,700; the Killingly High School
principal, $9,900. The proposed
budget for winter maintenance of
roads was $15,000. The town still
had a health officer and funded
the Killingly and Brooklyn
Nursing & Health Service.
For entertainment that week
the Orpheum Theater was showing
what is now a classic, “Days of
Wine and Roses,” with Jack
Lemmon and Lee Remick. The
Saturday matinee for the children
was “an uproarious Science-
Friction [that’s what it said] picture
in Amazoscope! “The 30 Foot
Bride of Candy Rock” staring
Lou Costello. Free candy.” Did
any of you see these films?
I’ll share more from 1963 in my
next column. In the meantime, if
you were a graduate of the Class
of ’63, or have memories from
that year, please e-mail me or contact
the Killingly Historical
Center.
Margaret M. Weaver is the
Killingly Municipal Historian.
Thanks to Esther Daigneault,
Helen Desmarais, Claire and Ted
Sabourin for memories and information
used in this column.
Margaret M. Weaver is the
Killingly Municipal Historian.
For additional information visit
the Killingly Historical Center
Wednesday or Saturday, 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. (or by appointment), visit
www.killinglyhistory.org, or call
860-779-7250. Margaret Weaver
may be reached at margaretmweaver@gmail.com.
Note:
Neither the Killingly Historical
Center nor I have Caller ID. Please
leave your name and phone number
when calling. Thank you.
VILLAGER ALMANAC
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“It’s the people who step up to help the community who are
so important. There is always a need there. I think of it sometimes
like lifting furniture — if I see someone trying to move a
couch, I know I can pick up the other end of it. I can’t move 20
couches, but I’ll help. I think a lot of people have that willingness
to help out.”
- Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator Derek May,
commenting on the need for emergency response volunteers in
the Quiet Corner.
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