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August
23 -- John S. Carney, one of the pioneer residents of Irish birth, died at
home at Carney's Corner, Lake and Main Streets, 1881.
A special golf match at the Nichols Jr. College Golf Course between the
Gerardi brothers of Putnam and Addie Millette and Don Hoenig of the Nichols
Club netted $939 for the Waldron Education Fund, 1949.
Len Walsh pitched the Don Coyle All-Stars to a 6-1 victory over the Southbridge
Community All-Stars, 1958.
August 24 -- Bates Helmet Factory ended
operations of wartime helmet linings, 1945.
Stevens Linen Associates began
plans for peacetime work as 500 persons registered locally as unemployed following
Japanese surrender, 1945.
Bids submitted for construction of Webster Sewage
Disposal system totaled nearly $700,000, more than $200,00 above amount appropriated,
1950.
A Water Show, first of its kind at Webster Lake, was sponsored by the
Webster Sailing association and Webster Yacht Club, 1953.
August
25 -- Frank Provenzano named teacher and coach of football at Bartlett High,
1946.
Romuald Kokernak Jr. took first honors at the annual Exchange Club-Times
model air show at Memorial Athletic Field, 1953.
New A.M. Kouri store at 175
Main Street, formerly occupied by Richard's and before that by Thornton Market
and later by Warren Jewelers, 1961.
An office in the Holden Building was opened
by the W-D United Fund, Inc., 1965.
August
26 -- Johnson family massacred by Indians at Oxford, 1696.
J. Otto Bayer,
owner of Eastern Oil station on East Main, purchased Lavoie garage, corner of
Schofield Ave. for sale of second hand cars, 1943.
P. Wajer & sons Express
Company bought Ackley Express Co. of Willimantic to become one of largest freight
carriers in New England, and recently completed new terminal on Schofield Ave.,
1965.
Steve Keenan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keenan of Pt. Breeze volunteered
as a Peace Corpsmen to serve in Liberia, 1963.
August 27 -- Martin Dwyer and Anthony Mack leased the Maanexit Hotel bowling
alleys, 1925.
Atty. Joseph Gorski named assistant to head football coach Manuel
DiCastro, 1953.
A Water Show, first of its kind at Webster Lake was sponsored
by the Webster Sailing Association and the Webster Yacht Club, 1953.
Official
state census figure for Webster verified by Secretary of State as 14,347, an increase
of 667 over the 1960 federal census, 1965.
August 28 -- James H. Marshall, Fire Engineer for whom Hose Carriage
No. 1 was named, died, 1878.
The new Slater remnant store at the corner of
Pond and East Main Sts. was opened, 1925.
With the publication of the street
list, tabulation showed that the Ryans led the Plasse family by two, with the
Kozlowski name coming in third place, 1930.
Jim Mason led the Webster Little
Leaguers with a .525 average, 1958.
August
29 -- New depot at North Webster, on Norwich & Worcester railroad, opened,
1882.
Hollywood Shop opened, 1937.
Record total of 8,505,000 gallons of
water pumped in one week by Webster Water department during heat wave that broke
local records, 1948.
Robert "Tug" Wilga, former Bartlett High star,
was one of the lineman reporting for the Alabama University football team, 1953.
South Village Mills of American Woolen Co. permanently closed, 1954.
August 30 -- Ira Bates killed rattlesnake in his field at Dudley, 1871.
First peacetime registration for draft since World War II for men between 18 and
25 years of age. Total of 999 registered in Webster and Dudley, 1948.
Two-year
Commercial Course at St. Anne's school closed after 33 years successful operation,
1951.
PTA Youth Center in Eagles Block, Main Street, that attracted about
300 weekly, closed until Fall, 1953.
Byron Ziegler became president and general
manager of Omnitech Corp., electro-optical research and development firm, 1962.
Hurricane Carol struck area, causing thousands of dollars damage to property and
trees, blocking roads, and damaging steeple of St. Anthony Church so it had to
be taken down, 1954.
August 31 -- Prentice
Howard, for many years agent at Chase Mills and owner of estate later Elks Home
on School Street, died, 1920.
B & B Realty Co. announced plans for million
dollar shopping center, with discount store and other shops to be started on 32-acre
plot off West Main, 1961.
The Webster Post Office officially closed. Demolition
of the extisting post office and the adjacent Klebart Block to begin and the $393,793.00
federal building to be erected on the same site. The Post Office was temporarily
relocated to 147 Main St., 1963.
Webster Shoe Corp. leased former Waterhouse
plant on Tracy Court as warehouse, 1966.
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