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April 30, 1958 – Howard & Barber Marks 100th Anniversary

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Big Department Store Grew with Community, Kept Pace with Times From the little dry goods store of Samuel H. Brush in 1858 to the Howard & Barber of 1958 is…

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April 23, 1957 – May Cost City $60,000 to Fill Tail Race Which in 1844 Made Industrial Ansonia Possible

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Back in 1844, after dickering unsuccessfully with Squire Booth who lived in what was later the Halfway House, which stood at the time at what is now Division Street and…

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January 31, 1957 – Great Names in Entertainment World Played Capitol

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The story of vaudeville, its heyday prior to the “talkies” and its demise was told by John R. Shields, retired manager of the Capitol Theater, at the weekly luncheon meeting of the…

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November 14, 1956 – Harry Haugh, Electronics Pioneer, Dies Suddenly

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Harry A. Haugh Jr., of Orange, a native of Derby and long time resident here, who won nationwide recognition for his invention of the electromatic traffic signal, died suddenly this…

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September 27, 1956 – Mrs. Frances Osborne Kellogg Dies at Osborndale

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Dairy Farmer, Prize Cattle Breeder, Manufacturer, Patron of Arts Deeded Vast Property for a Park Had Retained only Life Use of Area Extending from Pinkhouse Cove on Housatonic into West…

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June 20, 1956 – John R. Shields to Retire as Manager of Capitol Theater

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John R. Shields will retire as manager of the Capitol Theater as of June 30. He will be succeeded by Harry Carlew, present manager of the Commodore Hull, Derby, who will serve as…

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August 28, 1953 – Edward H. O’Connell Concludes 59 Years as Theater Stage Manager

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The closing of the Commodore Hull Theater last night, brought to a conclusion a career of 59 years as theater stage manager for Edward H. O’Connell, of…Hamden, formerly of Derby, 26 years…

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June 25, 1934 – President Roosevelt Passed Through Derby Saturday A.M.

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With less than three hours’ notice of his coming, President Franklin D. Roosevelt found Derby turned out in thousands with flags and huzzas to greet him on Saturday1morning when he passed through…

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February 20, 1933 – Historical Talk at First Church

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What the Senator Said Senator Bradley explained that Birmingham existed only from 1836 (when it was so named by Anson G. Phelps, having previously called Smithville) until the beginning of…

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January 10, 1933 – Bruce N. Griffing Claimed by Death This Morning

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Prominent Citizen and President of Griffin Button Co. Succumbs to Pneumonia Bruce Nichols Griffing, 84, of 231 Coram Avenue, president of the Griffing Button Co., Inc., died at the hospital…

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