By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hurricane of 1950 (The Great Appalachian Storm of November1950) Note: This week, your Historian defers to a past First Church Historian, Marjorie Phelps, and part of a narrative she gave to the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian's Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Yankee Division Encampment at Yale Field By Loretta Bontempo Forte I grew up in a house on Derby Avenue across the road from the Yale fields, so I was aware of football games and Yale sports events from … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Away to the Football FieldFrom 1922 By Loretta Bontempo Forte Autumn in Allingtown, especially at our home on Derby Avenue, meant three things: the back-to -Forest school routine, the harvest … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Autumn on Derby Avenue, 1913 - 1923 By Loretta BonTempo Forte Loretta grew up in a large brick and stone house on Derby Ave in Allingtown. Although the area seemed rural, and most of the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later Part III See part 1 | part 2 (Originally written 2010.) "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." Longfellow … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later (as written, 2010) Part II See part 1 | part 3 Campbell Avenue is the only main thoroughfare in the United States which is named to honor an enemy … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Historian’s Corner Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later Part I See part 2 | part 3 (This story was originally written and presented to the public in the summer of 2010. Since then, the story—and … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Sergeant Stubby, War Dog On July 18, 1914, World War I, also known as “The Great War” began. The warring parties consisted of The Central Powers (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Bilco Company "American inventiveness, and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success." Rand Paul George W. Lyons, Sr., was born in New … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Historian’s Corner
By Dan ShineVoice Columnist Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Society In 1945, the officers of a new local organization, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society, Inc. bought from Mr. J.W. Wilbur, on behalf of St. Paul’s Church, a plot of land and a … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner