Tydings of Canaan Parish
1889
Vol. 41 No. 1
*A Publication of the New Canaan Historical Society*
September 2013
Quarterly Meeting
Their Eyes Have Seen the Glory:
Art of the Civil War
Lecture by Stephen May
Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.
in the Town House
Stephen May is an independent historian, writer and lecturer about art, culture and historic
preservation. He has taken particular interest in preserving, maintaining and interpreting sites associated with American painters and sculptors and has a special interest in art history as seen in his articles in
Antiques and the Arts Weekly for which he is a featured writer.
He has written for many additional periodicals such as American Artist, American Arts Quarterly,
American Heritage, American History, Art & Antiques, Art New England, ARTnews, British Heritage,
Down East, Early American Life, France Magazine, Islands, MidAtlantic Country, Pennsylvania Heritage,
Preservation Magazine, Sculpture Review, Smithsonian Magazine, Southern Accents, Southwest Art,
Travel & Leisure, and Washingtonian; and newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Christian Science
Monitor, New York Times, Washington Post, and Washington Times.
Their Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Art of the Civil War will survey the ways painters, sculptors
and photographers--North and South--recorded the conflict and the home front during the Civil War.
As May states in his article titled “The Civil War and American Art” in Antiques and the Arts Weekly,
“Artists, filled with anxiety and surrounded by the impact of strife, sought to come to grips with the horrendous conflict that photographers made so graphic for so many. American painters of this era worked
almost exclusively in landscape, portraiture and genre, with the former the predominant form.” The lecture will cover ways in which artists recorded the war on land and sea, the ways in which photography
brought images of battlefield reality to the home front, and how a French artist, who did not witness the
battle, created the finest painting of our Civil War. Artists to be discussed include Homer, Gifford, Bierstadt and many more.
The art and studio of John Rogers will be emphasized. In its May 1975 issue, American History
Illustrated magazine featured an article, “Sculptor for the Union,” that viewed Rogers’ works as legendary in representing the mood and pathos of the Civil War.
OFFICERS AND GOVERNORS
2013-2014
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - FALL, 2013
PRESIDENT
R. Bailey Stewart
SEPTEMBER 2013
2
Mon
Society Closed: Labor Day
9
Mon
Board of Governors Meeting
7:30 p.m.
11
Wed
Volunteer Docent Coffee
10:00 a.m.
12
Thur
Quarterly Meeting: Art of the Civil War
8:00 p.m.
*20 Fri
Rotary Club LobsterFest
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
*21 Sat
Rotary Club LobsterFest
12:00 - 8:00 p.m.
21 Sat
Open House at the Little Red Schoolhouse,
211 Carter Street
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
17-26
School Tours
**28 Sat
Bram Dijkstra Speaker
4:00 p.m.
Charles Reiffel: The Fate of a Silvermine Painter Who Chose Art Over
Fame
VICE PRESIDENTS
Sperry DeCew
Edward Vollmer
TREASURER/MEMBERSHIP
Janice Luddy
SECRETARY
Robin Wolyner
OTHER GOVERNORS
Frederick R. Afragola
James Bach
Susan Bishop
Kathleen Bordelon
Carl Bulgini
Douglas Dooley
William Gardiner
Stephen Gravereaux
Leo E. Karl, Jr.
Mark Markiewicz
Thomas Monahan
Barbara Porterfield
Fisina Tomaselli
Joanna Williams
EX OFFICIO
Rob Mallozzi
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Edmund J. Chrostowski
Andrew M. Clarkson
V. Donald Hersam
HONORARY
Shirley Bird
Ruth Kellogg
Sonia Macdonald
Silvermine Exhibit Held Over though October
OCTOBER 2013
5
Sat.
7
Mon.
1-3
14
Mon
8-31
Modern House Tour + Symposium
Board of Governors Meeting
School Tours
Society Closed: Columbus Day
School Tours
NOVEMBER 2013
1
Fri
Guerrero Exhibit Closes
1-15
School Tours
4
Mon
Board of Governors Meeting
21-23
Days Closed for Thanksgiving Break
DECEMBER 2013
2
Mon
Board of Governors Meeting
7
Sat
Holiday Tea & Open House, Exhibit & Sale
25
Wed
Society Closed: Christmas
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Janet Lindstrom
EDUCATION DIRECTOR
Kim Mellin
ARCHIVIST/LIBRARIAN
Jennifer Milani
*Tickets will be available in the Historical Society office for this wonderful charity event.
Invitations to follow.
**Tickets are necessary for this event.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The governors elected at the Board of Governors annual meeting on June 3, 2012 are:
Frederick Afragola Kathleen Bordelon Carl Bulgini Janice Luddy Mark Markiewicz
Thomas Monahan Barbara Porterfield Joanna Williams
The officers elected by the Board are:
R. Bailey Stewart, President Sperry DeCew, Vice President
Edward Vollmer, Vice President
Janice Luddy, Treasurer
Robin Wolyner, Secretary
MANY THANKS…
To the local organizations that generously granted funds to the Society this past year.
The Rotary Club to restore the Hanford-Silliman House windows.
The Sewing Group for its continued support of the preservation of our sampler collection.
Great support was also received from a number of foundations listed under membership.
A Special Program: Saturday September 28 from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
On Saturday, September 28th, the Society will cohost with Norwalk Association of Silvermine Homeowners (NASH) a special lecture by Bram Dijkstra titled:
Charles Reiffel: The Fate of a Silvermine Painter Who Chose Art Over Fame
If, as the art critic of the Los Angeles Times wrote in his review of the recent San Diego Museum of Art Retrospective of the
artist’s career, Charles Reiffel is “probably the best early modernist painter you’ve never heard of,” the trajectory of his career demonstrates the danger that stalks the artists who choose art over fame.
For during the decade between 1915 and 1925 Reiffel had established himself as one
of the most admired and well-publicized progressive American painters working in the
New York region. However, when, at the height of his critical success he discovered the
rugged beauty of the Southern California back country landscape and chose to settle in
San Diego. He rapidly lost most his East Coast fame, and, even while painting some of
the most powerful expressionist landscapes ever painted in the region, he soon descended into abject poverty and died virtually forgotten in 1942. In this presentation, the
work he did during the years in which he became president of the Silvermine Guild of
Arts will be emphasized. These works caused the critic Peyton Boswell to compare him
favorably to John Singer Sargent.
The speaker, Bram Dijkstra, is professor emeritus of American and Comparative Literature at the University of California,
San Diego. He is the author of numerous books on literature and the arts, including Cubism, Stieglitz and the Early Poetry of
William Carlos Williams (1969); Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-siècle Culture (1986); Georgia
O’Keeffe and the Eros of Place (1997); American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950 (2003); and Naked:
The Nude in America (2010). As curator, he has been responsible for several exhibitions relating to the work of San Diego
artists, including Belle Baranceanu: The Artist at Work, at the San Diego History Center (2006); Art of the WPA Era From
Collections of the San Diego Region (2006) and Masterpieces of San Diego Painting: Fifty Works from Fifty Years, 19001950 (2008), both at the Oceanside Museum of Art; and Charles Reiffel: An American Post-Impressionist (2012), at the San
Diego Museum of Art, which he organized and for which he authored the museum catalog essay.
Cost for the lecture to be held at the Society Town House is $15.00 per person. Checks should be made payable to
the Norwalk Association of Silvermine Homeowners (NASH) and mailed to: NASH, 115 New Canaan Ave., P.M.B.
731, Norwalk, CT 06850. NASH is a 501(c)3.
Diluted Debate on the Waterfront
Community squabbles have a way of flooding the public forum with torrents of rage that eventually subside into harmless
little trickles and then quietly dry up altogether.
That's been precisely the course followed in one of the most divisive issues in New Canaan history, fluoridation of the public
water supply.
About 55 years ago, emotions rose to a fever pitch. Debate verged on hysteria in any one of about half a dozen conflicting
views on the matter and lengthy public hearings were jammed with crowds exchanging bitter accusations, each suspecting the others
of dark ulterior motives. But less than a month ago, in the waning days of the State Legislature's session, a public hearing in Hartford
on a fluoridation bill attracted only about 20 people. There was only one speaker, it was all over in 10 minutes and there was no action.
Although the State did not enact enabling legislation until 1965, the addition of fluoride to public water distribution systems
to combat dental caries had been gaining support in many communities, including New Canaan, for several years.
Supporters claimed the chemical effectively promoted dental health and cited data indicating a sharp decline in tooth decay
among children in Colorado, where fluoride occurred naturally in water sources. Additionally, the Center for Disease Control hailed
use of fluoride as a “health success.”
The idea gained momentum in New Canaan, but, just as quickly and perhaps even more passionately, opposition forces
developed and the battle was on. The teeth of children in Colorado were turning yellow, critics charged. Bitter foes of the proposal
saw a “sinister communist plot” in the idea of piping chemicals into private homes. Some religious groups rose up in opposition, saying the fluoridation program would constitute “medication without consent” in violation of their beliefs.
Proponents of fluoridation were just as strident. Rejecting the program would be hard-hearted, they declared, akin to utter
disregard for public health and well-being, especially that of children.
Still others took more moderate stances, perhaps in hopes of compromise. The fluoride would go only to those consumers
in the public distribution system, they noted, and a large percentage of New Canaan consumers drew their water from their own private wells. And there were voices of doubt, even in the medical and dental professions. Some questioned the effectiveness of fluoride
in combatting dental caries and expressed concern that any
potential benefits would be outweighed by “side effects” harmful to general health.
So the arguments on all sides were adamant at
hearings and it was decided that a fair decision could be
reached only if the town meeting was “adjourned to the voting
machines” in a town-wide referendum. Maybe it was an exercise in futility, however, because Lee Glidden, president of the
New Canaan Water Company, announced that his board of
directors had agreed to fluoridate the water supply no matter
how the vote went.
His “defiance” turned out to be a non-issue. Voters
approved fluoridation by a wide margin. Water was
“fluoridated” in the filtering plant at the Oenoke Ridge reservoir. The tumult and the shouting was over, there never were
any studies to indicate which points of view might have been
Dr. Brown is shown where fluoride will be added to water main
most valid and the whole matter was soon all but forgotten.
Indeed, a half dozen years after water was fluoridated, an enterprising news reporter, Bill Guillotte, who was new in town
then, decided to see what all the shouting had been about. Over a period of several weeks, he drew water from kitchen faucets at
homes in various New Canaan neighborhoods and had each sample analyzed at an independent laboratory in Fairfield. Results
ranged from “over-doses” to traces that were hardly detectable and were reported in an Advertiser story headlined “Fluoride on tap?
Well, more or less.”
Now, more than a half century later, the local debate appears to have been much ado about little. With a reservoir too
small to warrant costly new filtration systems required to meet standards prescribed by law, the New Canaan Water Company ceased
operation. Aquarion, a British company, now owns the supplies and distribution systems serving most of Fairfield County and decisions are not really in local hands. The company says its water includes chlorine “for disinfection,” lime and sodium hydroxide to protect pipes and “could include fluoride to prevent tooth decay.”
Inconclusive arguments about the pros and cons of fluoride continue, however quietly, and State Sen. Joseph Markley,
Southington Republican, vows renewed efforts to repeal the Connecticut law that he says permits “use of public water supplies to
deliver medication.”
Now the public water supply is in public debate again, but the focus is on proposed rate increases and fluoride is not even
mentioned.
---Ed Chrostowski
Annual Report
For
2012—2013
A MUSEUM, A LIBRARY, A LEARNING CENTER
124 Years of History
A Year of Preservation & Maintenance
New Canaan Historical Society
Statement of Financial Position
June 30, 2013 and 2012
The financial statements of the New Canaan Historical Society are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. Permanently restricted net assets constitute the endowment fund. Unaudited–for management purposes only.
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Other current assets
Investments at market value
Buildings, Land and Collections, less depreciation
Total assets
Liabilities:
Current liabilities
Long-term liability - mortgage
Total liabilities
Capital:
Unrestricted net assets
Permanently restricted net assets
Temporarily restricted net assets
Contributions restricted rental deposit
Net income
Total Capital
Total liabilities and Capital
2013
$252,530
65,514
479,746
1,628,493
2012
$251,402
315,472
488,108
1,656,406
$2,426,283
$2,711,388
16,201
0
16,201
16,898
0
16,898
1,355,994
469,085
583,242
1,761
2,410,082
1,618,070
369,085
739,994
-10,000
-22,659
2,694,490
$2,426,283
$2,711,388
2013
2012
$15,300
124,891
37,736
56,054
20,862
254,843
$94,130
171,834
21,600
40,180
17,792
345,536
136,173
20,784
19,391
35,910
28,824
43,756
5,500
$290,338
196,460
21,413
41,010
23,789
67,020
44,600
10,502
$404,794
57,000
24,744
32,256
55,711
25,206
30,505
2,711,388
$2,426,283
2,657,573
$2,711,388
Statement of Activities for the Two Years Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
Changes in unrestricted net assets
Operating Revenues:
Grants
Contributions
Programs and activities
Membership Dues
Investment and other income
Total Operating Revenues
Operating Expenses:
Staff
Insurance
Museum, Library and Office
Programs and activities
Maintenance
Utilities
Professional Fees
Total Operating Expenses
Excess of operating revenues over expenses
Other Income
Rental of property
Taxes and mortgage/maintenance costs of rental property
Net rental income
Increase in net assets
Net assets at beginning of year
Net assets at end of year
OFFICERS AND GOVERNORS
2012-2013
PRESIDENT
Prudence Parris
VICE PRESIDENTS
Sperry DeCew
Edward Vollmer
TREASURER/MEMBERSHIP
Janice Luddy
SECRETARY
Robin Wolyner
OTHER GOVERNORS
Frederick R. Afragola
Barbara Al-Haffar
Victoria Ambrose
James Bach
Elizabeth Chilton
Douglas Dooley
William Gardiner
Stephen Gravereaux
Leo E. Karl, Jr.
Mark Markiewicz
Barbara Porterfield
Fisina Tomaselli
Joanna Williams
EX OFFICIO
Rob Malozzi
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Edmund J. Chrostowski
Andrew M. Clarkson
V. Donald Hersam
HISTORIAN
Edmund Chrostowski
HONORARY
Shirley Bird
Ruth Kellogg
Sonia Macdonald
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Janet Lindstrom
ASSISTANT
Kim Mellin
EDUCATION DIRECTOR
Kim Mellin
ARCHIVIST/LIBRARIAN
Jennifer Milani
A REPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT
As we come to the end of another glorious year of the New Canaan Historical Society I wish to submit
this report for July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013:
We had a very busy year which included some exceptional programs. First was Around the Cracker
Barrel with ‘oldtimers’ chatting about their ‘good ol’ days’ in New Canaan to the delight of the audience. We hosted the Rotary’s LobsterFest, an annual event, which was the most successful since its
inception. The Little Red Schoolhouse held its Open House. In October we enjoyed the pumpkin
patch on our great lawn which was cut short by Hurricane Sandy!
In November we opened a unique exhibit “Seeing Red: Little Red Riding Hood at the Historical Society”, selections from the collection of Peggy Rice. Catherine Orenstein, author of “Little Red Riding
Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality & the Evolution of a Fairy Tale” regaled the adult audience. Town
Players performed their version of “Little Red” on their Powerhouse Stage. The children were delighted by the performance of the WonderSpark Puppets as they presented “Little Red Riding Hood and
the Big Bad Wolf.” We concluded the exhibit with a program presented by the Wolf Conservation
Center as they introduced us to Atka, a beautiful white wolf.
We had a beautiful ‘Evening of Music’ presented by Maestro Aaron Rosand and his esteemed students at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, held at the Duncan’s lovely Modern home in Wilton. It was a great honor and opportunity to attend this excellent program.
We enjoyed the Civil War series of lectures including screen writer of ‘Copperhead’, William Kauffman, and music from the era by New Canaan Summer Theater, The Greatest Hits of the Civil War:
America’s First Professional Songwriters, and Simply Lincoln portrayed by Howard Wright. The final
‘piece de resistance’ was the Preview and Cocktail Party of the new movie, ‘Copperhead’, produced
by our program chair and her husband, Susan and Bob Bishop.
We opened two new exhibits in our Silvermine Room. They were Germain Glidden, Artist/Athlete
(Glidden was the founder of the National Art Museum of Sport), and The Knockers - on Paper, both
most interesting. We also opened two exhibits at the Gores Pavilion, Pedro Guerrero, Photographs of
Modern Life (Guerrero was Frank Lloyd Wright ‘s photographer), and Architects Revisited: A Second
Look at New Canaan Architects 1953 - 1983.
Selleck’s Corner Chapel and Cemetery has asked the Historical Society to take over curating this
important historic landmark. Their Board has presented this to the Society. It would join our curatorship of other off-campus landmarks, The Little Red Schoolhouse and Landis Gores Pavilion at Irwin
Park.
We enjoyed our social events, Docents’ Coffee, Valentine Tea, Donors’ Cocktail Party in January,
Volunteers Luncheon in May. Our Fund-Raisers were the Preview and Cocktail Party of the movie
Copperhead, a huge success, and the Ice Cream Social which attracted the usual enthusiastic crowd.
We again presented our colonial life educational program to over two thousand children from our area
schools. Also we have our summer Colonial Camps for children from five to ten. Eagle Scouts have
given a big boost to some of our projects.
The Annual Meeting program held in June was a fascinating presentation by the Butterworths and
their architect, Tom Smith, and builder, John Ulicki, about the preservation and renovation of the Benedict-Butterworth House, the oldest home in New Canaan.
I would like to thank the Board for its support and cooperation throughout my two-year term as President. I am very grateful. I have had a wonderful experience working with everyone at so many of our
wonderful events. Our programs this year were exceptional thanks to our Program Chair, Susan
Bishop, who brought them to a higher level! And thank you to all the volunteers who make this Historical Society so very special! And of course, a big thank-you to all the Donors whose generosity make
it all happen!
With you “in the Spirit”,
Prudence Parris, President
STANDING COMMITTEES, JULY 1, 2012 - JUNE 30, 2013
The Executive Director is ex officio on all Committees
The President is ex officio on all Committees other than Nominating
ACCESSIONS AND DE-ACCESSIONS
Kim Mellin, Chairman
Marilyn O’Rourke
Edward Vollmer
Robin Wolyner
Lila Zwart
BAYLES MEMORIAL INTERNSHIP
Supports Summer Intern
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
James Bach, Chairman
Tina Duncan
Stephen Gravereaux
Joel Riccoboni
Raymond Wheeler
CONSULTANTS
Deborah Bede, Costume
William Earls, Preservation & Design
Delores Gilbert, Dolls
Henry H. Stair, Computers
Edward Congleton, Computers
James Wilson, Audio Visual
COSTUME
Deborah Bede, Curator
DEVELOPMENT
Tina Duncan
Fred Afragola
Betty Branch
Joanna Williams
EDUCATION
Hazel Hobbs
Janice Luddy
Susanne Megrue
FINANCE
Janice Luddy, Chairman
Fred Afragola
Douglas Dooley
GORES PAVILION
William Earls
Alan Goldberg
Pamela Gores
Mark Markiewicz
Douglas Marshall
Emily Nissley
Tom Nissley
GORES PAVILION DOCENTS
Helen Belluschi
Susan Blabey
Betty Branch
Peg Bull
Lyn Chivvis
Mark Markiewicz
Susan Pollish
Tori Ready
HERB GARDEN (Garden Club Members)
Shelia McMann, Chairman
Patricia Albus, Chairman
Diane Beck
Laura Chase
Mary Griffin
Betty Grymes
Dianne Lynn
Alice Runette
Shirley Bird, Honorary
HISTORY AND RESEARCH
James Bach
Ruth Carroll
Edmund Chrostowski
Marilyn O’Rourke
Don Souden (Killiam Collection)
HOSPITALITY
Barbara Porterfield, Chairman
Members of the Board
INVESTMENTS
Edward L. Winpenny, Chairman
James Bach
Ed Congleton
Douglas Dooley
William H. Kirby
Janice Luddy
LEGAL
Sperry DeCew
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL
Victoria Ambrose, Chairman
Ruth Carroll, Photographs
Barbara Gilderdale, Negatives
Zoe Kirby, Clippings
Kim Mellin, Registrar
Lila Zwart, Recorder
LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
Mr. Stephen Gravereaux, Chairman
James Bach
Jill Geerlings Brown
Ruth Ann Kelley
Susanne Megrue
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Janice Luddy, Chairman
Betty Branch
Lorrine Stair
Edward Vollmer
Robin Wolyner
MUSEUM CURATORS
Deborah Bede, Costume Museum
George Cody, Cody Drug Store
Delores Gilbert, Dolls
Steven Gravereaux, Little Red Schoolhouse
Harold Hartnett, Printing Office
Douglas Marshall, Gores Pavilion
Kim Mellin, Hanford-Silliman House Museum
Thomas Nissley, Gores Pavilion
Raymond Wheeler, Tool Museum
NOMINATING
Fisina Tomaselli, Chairman
Fred Afragola
Leo E. Karl, Jr.
Janice Luddy
R. Bailey Stewart
ORAL HISTORY
Edmund Chrostowski, Chairman
Patricia Brooks
Ruth Carroll
Wilma DeiCas
James Wilson
PERSONNEL
Hazel Hobbs, Chairman
Fisina Tomaselli
PUBLICATIONS
Joseph Budd
Ruth Carroll
Edmund Chrostowski
Marilyn O’Rourke
Staff
PUBLICITY & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Susan Bishop, Chairman
Kathleen Bordelon
Tina Duncan
Betty Branch
Edward Vollmer
TYDINGS
Janet Lindstrom, Content
Edmund Chrostowski, Editor
Kim Mellin, Production
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
In this annual report, the Historical Society acknowledges membership and all additional contributions in addition to
matching grants received between March 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013
Leading Lights:
SWORDSPOINT FOUNDATION
(MR & MRS ROBERT BISHOP)
Pace Setters:
JENIAM FOUNDATION
MR & MRS THOMAS M LUDDY
MR & MRS A JAMES BACH
MS LIZ CHILTON
Benefactors:
MR & MRS RAYMOND WHEELER
MR & MRS DAVID S BRANCH
MR & MRS STEPHEN AMBROSE JR
MR & MRS MAHER AL-HAFFAR
MRS J OTIS CARROLL
MR & MRS EDWARD B CONGLETON
MR DOUGLAS J DOOLEY
MR & MRS ROB HENRIKSON
MR & MRS JAMES MELLIN
MR ROBERT PERKIN
MR & MRS WALTER A SCOTT
MR & MRS ERIC P SHEINBERG
MR & MRS PETER SKAPERDAS
MR & MRS R BAILEY STEWART
Patrons:
MR & MRS J MICHAEL FARRELL
MS RUTH A KELLEY
BLUESTONE FOUNDATION
MS KRISTEN L. JOHNSON
MRS GOUVERNEUR M NICHOLS
MRS HOWARD BIRD
MR & MRS DAVID BROWN
MR SPERRY A DECEW
MR & MRS AUSTIN O. FURST
MRS JANET LINDSTROM
MRS WALTER E MAC DONALD
NIGEL MAC EWAN
MR & MRS CHAPPY MORRIS
MR & MRS K F MOUNTCASTLE JR
MR & MRS WILLIAM F MURDY
MR & MRS HENRY O'NEILL
MS PRUDENCE PARRIS
MR & MRS AARON ROSAND
MS JANET G SCHMITZ
MR & MRS DENNIS SWANSON
MR & MRS RICHARD J TOWNSEND
MR & MRS KENNETH TROPIN
MR & MRS BRIAN WILLIAMS
Sustaining:
OLD GLORY DRUM SHOP
MR & MRS THOMAS HUGHEY
MR & MRS HENRY STAIR
MR & MRS FREDERICK AFRAGOLA
MR & MRS CHARLES FROLAND
MS LOUISE GOODRIDGE
MR & MRS MICHAEL D HOBBS
MR & MRS MARK V MACTAS
MR AND MRS THOMAS NISSLEY
MR & MRS MICHAEL AVGERINOS
MRS ROBERT G BLABEY JR
MR & MRS THOMAS BUTTERWORTH
MR & MRS LAWRENCE CALDWELL
MR & MRS REID CAMPBELL
DR SVEN W ENGLUND
MR MICHAEL FEDELE
MR M FORMICA & MR B HIEIUSTRA
MR AND MRS PAUL FOWLER
MR & MRS STEPHEN P GRAVEREAUX
MR & MRS V DONALD HERSAM JR
MR & MRS JOHN P HORGAN
MR & MRS LEO E KARL JR
MISS MARY K KARL
MR WILLIAM KING & MS CHRISTINE
GLIDDEN
MR & MRS HOWARD LANDIS
MRS JOHN LUKE
DR & MRS GEORGE H MEGRUE
MR & MRS LEWIS MOTTLEY JR
MR & MRS H F POWELL
MR & MRS WILLIAM RANDON
MR & MRS ROBERT L SEELERT
DR & MRS JAMES SLATER
MS MARILYN WILLIAMS SMITH
BARBARA GEERLINGS SOLDIERS
MS TERRY CODY SPRING
MR & MRS PAUL A STEIN
MR & MRS HUDSON G STODDARD
MR & MRS RADFORD STONE
MR & MRS RICHARD S THOMAS
MR & MRS GLEN WOLYNER
MR & MRS ROBERT WYCKOFF
MR & MRS RANDY CORBET
MR & MRS JOHN CORCORAN
MR & MRS THOMAS COUGHLIN
MR & MRS JASON CURRY
MR. & MRS. RICHARD DEPATIE
MR DAVID DEPEANO
MS JOAN DIONNE
MR JOEL DISEND
MR & MRS JOHN DUNN
MR & MRS FRANK Z ELMASRY
MR & MRS JOHN F ERDMANN II
MRS MARY FEARON
MR & MRS SEYMOUR FEIN
MRS MIMI FINDLAY
MR & MRS WESLEY C FREDERICKS JR
MRS ALAN C FULLER
MR& MRS WILLIAM GARDNER
MR & MRS ROBERT GIBBONS
MRS WILLIAM J GILLERLAIN
MR & MRS ALAN GOLDBERG
MR & MRS DANIEL GRACE
MR & MRS JAY GREENBLATT
MR & MRS PAUL GUTH
MS TONYA GWYNN & MR PAUL HEYMAN
Supporting:
MS NANCY HARDING
MR & MRS JOHN J BURNS JR
MR & MRS JOHN HELLMANN
MR & MRS BILLY C CHRISTENSEN
PETER & GWENYTH HEMMERS
MR & MRS KENNON JAYNE
MR & MRS DAVID L HUNT
MS. JOAN BEHRE
MR & MRS BRADLEY IRWIN
ARCHBISHOP PETER L GERETY
MS. ALICE JENNINGS
MR THOMAS H GILLESPIE JR
JONATHAN & KIMBERLY JODKA
MR & MRS HARRY HAZLEHURST
MRS GORDON L JONES
MR & MRS CHARLES L JACOBSON
DR & MRS JOHN KERCHOFF
MAREN LINDSTROM & DENIS LAVALLEE MR & MRS DAVID KILBRIDE
MR DOUGLAS H MARSHALL
MR GEORGE KOLLITIDES
MR & MRS CHARLES E O'ROURKE
JOHN KRIZ III & ANGELA JAMESON
MRS WALTER F PEASE JR
MR PETER C LANGENUS
MR & MRS STEPHEN S ROACH
MRS DOROTHY LEAR
MR CHRISTOPHER V SMITH
MR & MRS KEVIN LYDON
MRS HOWARD D BLOSE
MR & MRS FRANK LYON
MR & MRS J. CHRISTOPHER CODY
MR & MRS MARK MARKIEWICZ
MRS GENEVIEVE N RADTKE
MR & MRS A BLISS MCCRUM
MR & MRS JENS RISOM
VIRGINIA MCKAY
MR & MRS JAMES SCHLUMPF
MR & MRS THOMAS L MCLANE
MR ROBERT TRUDEL & MS AMY ZINSER MR & MRS RENVILLE H McMANN JR
MR EDWARD VOLLMER
MS KIM D MILLMAN
MS GLORIA MAJOR-BROWN
MR RICHARD MINOFF
MR & MRS HARLAN E ANDERSON
MS JUDITH A MOIST
MS LOUISE J ANDRONACO
MS DORIS M. MOLINARI
MR & MRS DAVID ARGANBRIGHT
MR & MRS EDWARD MONAGHAN
MR & MRS JAMES W BARTLETT
MR & MRS GEORGE MOORE
MR & MRS STEPHEN BASSOCK
MS SHANNON O'BRIEN
MR & MRS RICHARD BERGMANN
MRS LORI ORDOVER
MS ERICA BERGMANS
MR & MRS STEPHEN M PEET
MR & MRS ERVIN F BICKLEY JR
MR & MRS ERIC K PETSCHEK
MR & MRS CHESTER BILLINGS JR
MR & MRS WILLIAM E PIKE
MR & MRS JOSEPH BOCCUZZI
MR & MRS JOHN PIONTKOWSKI
MR RICHARD PIERRE BOURGEOIS
MRS BARBARA PORTERFIELD
MS BARBARA BRYANT
MR & MRS ROGER RAVEL
DR & MRS SHERMAN BULL
MR AND MRS MICHAEL REEVES
MR & MRS CHRIS BURNS
MR & MRS PAUL W REISS
MR & MRS ROBERT E BUTMAN
MR HANS F REISS
MR NORMAN CANFIELD
MR & MRS ROY A RIGGIO
MR & MRS JOHN CHARLES
MR & MRS ROBERT ROCKAFELLOW
MR & MRS WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER
MR JOHN E ROORBACH
MR & MRS MICHAEL CHU
MR & MRS JOHN ROSS
MS ALISON JEAN CLARKE
MRS. JUDITH C. SCHURMAN
MR GEORGE F CODY
MR & MRS LAWRENCE SERVEN
MRS HENRY S COLEMAN
MR MATTHEW SHEPPARD
MR AND MRS ROBERT SPENCE
MR & MRS DAVID SQUIER
MR & MRS GARY J STASS
MS JILL W. STEVENS
MR & MRS NED SWANBERG
MRS JOSEPH C SWEET
MR & MRS WILLIAM TAGGART
MS SHARON TAUBER
MS ELEANOR TEICHNER
MR & MRS HERMAN VAN DER VOORT
DR GWYNETH WALKER
MR. SETH WALWORTH
MARTIN WEINBERG & M PEDERSON
MR & MRS ROBERT G WIDEN
MS AMY WILLIAMS
MR & MRS JOHN WOYKE
PATRICIA YOUNG
MR & MRS B M ZWART JR
Members:
MS MELINDA THOMSEN
MS MARJORIE BRUNO
MS JOYCE MACLAUGHLIN
MR & MRS HOWARD ARONSON
TOM AYOUB
& CHRISTINE DOMBROWSKI
DR & MRS RICHARD BANFIELD
MR & MRS FREDERIC BECKER
ROBERT & YOLANDA BEL BRUNO
MR ARTHUR BETTAUER
MR CRAIG BLOOM & MS ASHLEA
EBELING
THE BEDULA /BRADLEY FAMILY
MR & MRS WILLIAM BROCK
DRS DAVID & CHARLOTTE BROWN
MR & MRS JOSEPH BUDD
MR AND MRS J.J. BUONGIORNO
MR & MRS LAWRENCE BYRNE
MRS ALLISON G
CAESAR
MR & MRS RICHARD CARR
MR EDMUND J CHROSTOWSKI
MS BARBARA COUGHLIN
MRS THOMAS G.
DAVIES
MS INGRID DEANE
MRS WILMA S DEI CAS
MRS RALPH DI DOMENICO
MR & MRS GILBERT H DUNHAM
MR & MRS PHILIP DYK
MR & MRS DONALD J FAGER
MR & MRS MICHAEL FIELD
MR & MRS JACK T FRANTZ
MR & MRS JAMES FRENCH
MS MARION FUCHS
MR & MRS ROBERT GALLOIS
MS DONNA GORMAN
MS NAN M GRAY
MRS GEORGE W GRIFFIN JR
MS MARY C GRIFFIN
MR & MRS PEYTON GRYMES
MR & MRS KENNETH HANNON
MR & MRS ROGER HEINE
MR HERBERT C HELLE
MR PETER S. HELLER
DR. WILLIAM & SALLY HINES
MR & MRS HUGO HOLLINGER
MR & MRS DONALD HUDSON
MR & MRS ROBERT JEFFRIES JR
MS KAY PARKER JEX
MRS JOHN JOHANSEN
MR & MRS RUSSELL JONES
MR & MRS RICHARD J KARL
MR & MRS STEPHEN KARL
MR AND MRS ARIS KEKEDJIAN
MR & MRS WILLIAM H KIRBY
KERRY & REMY KRIVOSHEIN
MS ALICE M LAMBERSON
MR & MRS JOHN LANAWAY
MR & MRS MARK LEFLER
MR & MRS THEODORE LUNDBERG
MR & MRS GEORGE MARANIS
MRS VIRGINIA MARION
MR. BILL MATASSONI & P VALENTINE
MR & MRS DONALD MCCOUCH
MR AND MRS WILLIAM G MC DONALD
MR KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN D.M.D.
MR & MRS THOMAS B MCMANUS
MS MARY ANN B MEILS
MR & MRS. EDWARD NEISS
DR HERBERT F OETTGEN
MR & MRS PATRICK O'NEILL
MS. MERRY PARK
MR & MRS GEORGE PERKINS
MR & MRS JOHN PISCITELLO
MS SUSAN POLLISH
MRS BEVERLY S PREUSSER
MR & MRS DANIEL RASHIN
MR DONALD F RE SR
MRS GEORGE S RITCHIE
MR & MRS CARL ROTHBART
MR & MRS JOSEPH RUCCI
MR & MRS PETE RUNNETTE
MR & MRS JEREMY SAUNDERS
MR & MRS DAVID SCANNELL
MR & MRS JOSH SCOFIELD
MRS CAROLYN J SCOTT
MRS JENNIFER SELF
MR AND MRS FREDERICK SIEFKE
MR & MRS DOUGLAS SIMPSON
MR & MRS ELLIOTT SISSON
MR & MRS DAVID SMITH
MR & MRS STEVEN SOSNICK
MR & MRS JOHN STANCIK
MR & MRS JOHN STARR
MR & MRS ARNOLD STEIGER
MR & MRS ROBERT STIFFELMAN
MS DOROTHY S STOCKMAR
MR GEORGE C. STONE
MRS JOHN SUYDAM
MRS JULIE H TAYLOR
MS ANN M THROOP
MR & MRS ROBERT TOLLES
MRS LAWRENCE F TOMASELLI
MR JEFFREY URSTADT
MR WILLIAM WALBERT
MS IDA B & MR JOHN J WATSON
MS ELLA H. WEBER
MR EDWARD E WEED
MR & MRS JAMES L WILSON
MR & MRS BOB YOUNG
MRS ADOLFO TOMASELLI
MR & MRS FURST
MS JANE ARESTIA
MRS DIANA BAKER
MS HELEN RISOM BELLUSCHI
MS CYNTHIA B BOUCHARD
MRS RICHARD H BOUTON
DONNA CRAWFORD BZDYRA
MS ANN CLINCHY
MS ANNA KELLY CONNELL
MR & MRS JOHN CROMWELL
MS LEA CROMWELL
MR & MRS JOHN CRONIN
MS MARY CROSS
MS CATHERINE DEE
MR & MRS CHRISTIAN DELESALLE
MS ELIZABETH DELUCA
MS MIMI DICKERSON
MR. & MRS. DAVID DURAY
MS SHELLEY P. EMERY
MS GAYLE FINDLAY
MS MARY ELLEN FLINN
MRS RICHARD A FRANCO SR
MR & MRS W FRIEND JR
MRS SYDNEY FULFORD
MR CHARLES A GALLO
MS JOAN HEROLD GANSFUSS
MRS LOIS ANN GELS
MRS JEANNETTE GLAZER
MR DAVID GRAVEREAUX
MRS GERALD GREEN
MR TIMOTHY GREER
MR & MRS MATTHEW J GROGAN
MR FRANK GROMER
MR JOHN HARRINGTON
MS LINDA HURST
MS BETH JONES
MS ELOISE H P KILLEFFER
MR ALBERT KNAUS
MR & MRS ANTHONY LAPOLLA JR
MRS PAMELA LEVINE
MR ALBERT J LIEBELT
MRS EDITH L LINGER
MR THORNTON C LOCKWOOD
MRS CARL J LUSTER
MR & MRS BRUCE MACDONALD
MRS BRADLEY MACKIMM
MR MICHAEL MCKEE
MS DEBBIE MCQUILKIN
MRS GERTRUDE S MEAD
MRS DAVID H MEANS
MR & MRS LEWIS MERRILL
MS MARGARET H MOLWITZ
MR LASZLO PAPP
MRS ROSEMARIE PETRONELLA
MRS. LILA PETRULIS
MS SANDRA ROSS
MRS LOIS SANDBERG
MS JOANNE SANTULLI
MR & MRS CHARLES SAUNDERS
MS KRISTEN SCHLIM
MS ELLEN TAYLOR SISSON
MS JEAN M ST CLAIR
MRS CATHERINE ROGERS STOKES
MRS RICHARD S SUMMERS
MS CARLYN TIEFENTHALER
MR JOHN TRIFERO
MR & MRS JAMES P VAIL
MS MERYL VALLAR
MS BARBARA WAGNER
MRS MARGARET WALLACE
MR KENNETH L WATERS
MS CLAUDIA WEBER
MS DIANE WELLS
MR ROBERT WITT
MRS LEIGHTON C WOOD
MS JUDITH WREN
MR & MRS ALAN FLEISCHER
MS MARIAN MURPHY
MS ANNE YORK
MR. GEORGE ARTHUR
MR. RONALD BARLOW
MRS LESTER J BROOKS
MS CATHERINE BUONAIUTO
MR & MRS RICHARD COHEN
MR BENJAMIN C KIRSCHENBAUM
MR & MRS GERALD LIONE
MRS H S ROHDE
MS ANNE M. STEIN
MR AND MRS ROBERT WINSTANLEY
MS E. MASSEY & MS A. THURBER
MS KAROLA M SCHUETTE
MR FRANK GALLO
MR WILLARD B. SEYMOUR
MR & MRS ROBERT J BISHOP
MR & MRS ANDREW M CLARKSON
MR&MRS ROBERT CUDD (HIGLEY FDN)
Business members:
MR FRANK SPARAGNA, IND SERV.
MR FRANCO VIOLA, IDEAL STONE
MR SALVATORE ZARRELLA-CMG
IN MEMORIAM
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to the following of members and supporters. Each had a special place at the Society.
Mildred Megrue Baehr, member since 1957 and honorary Board Member at the time of her death, Mildred was one of our most loyal and generous supporters.
The depth of her support is found in the article following on “Past Supporters and Looking Forward” in this issue of Tydings
Phillip Caldwell, member since 1994 actively attended our programs and we welcomed Philip and wife Betsy at most of our holiday teas. Through the Caldwell
Foundation he was a donor of the Society
Barbara N. Gilderdale, member since 1990, spent at least one day a week at the Society indexing and rehousing the Bukovcik collection of negatives which encompassed his years as a photographer for the Advertiser. Her dedication will be difficult to replace. A poet, she also leaves a collection of her poems in our files.
Donald Hunziker, member since 2001 also acted as an adviser for the Committee on Preservation of New Canaan properties. He was an attendee at meetings
and a friend with great interest in history and service to the Town.
Albert Knaus, member since 1993 was as a retired history teacher who was also an artist and photographer. He had a special interest in our art and photography
exhibits. Al donated his photographic skills to the Society photographing many events, including the Ice Cream Social. In our collection is a large framed photo of
the exterior of the Archival Addition building which he donated.
Elizabeth Ann Lane, member 1979 - 1992, a twenty one year member of the Society before moving to Redding, CT was especially appreciative of our stories of
New Canaan.
Karola Schuette, member since 2001 loved photographing New Canaan places and over many years recorded its history through these
photos, many of which she donated to the Society. She loved the Carter Street School and photographed it both inside and out.
Gary Stass, member since 1979 served on our Accessions Committee and was an adviser and contributor to many of our exhibits. His knowledge of antiques was
outstanding and his help to the Society in this special interest will be difficult to replace.
Rawleigh Warner, member from 1993-2006. A major supporter of modernist architecture as seen in his home by John Johansen and the Mobil prototype gas
station in New Canaan by the Eliot Noyes office.
Recognizing Past Supporters and Looking Forward
The deaths this year of several of our oustanding donors and supporters brings memories of the volunteer efforts of the
generations of New Canaanites who have made this an outstanding Society. From the founders who met in the living
room of 46 Main Street to organize the Society and initially guide it, to our last four presidents, Tina Duncan, Susan
Bishop and Prudy Parris, who were not only our presidents over the last 12 years, but worker bees for events and fund
raising. Prudy was chairman of our first Ice Cream Social 25 years ago and and both Tina and Susan during their terms
guided the Ice Cream Social and other activities. Tina brought a wonderful new dimension with a series of outstanding
concerts with renowned violinist Aaron Rosand and Susan’s programs brought new light to the Civil War with the March
programs culminating with the movie premier of “Copperhead” - a fabulous event. Had our previous mentors, John
Rogers and Paul Killiam, been here they would have shared some memories of our other movie presentations at the
Playhouse, “Down to the Sea in Ships” and the world premiere of “Huck Finn.” Actors in the films who attended as
special guests were Jo Jo Matteson from “Down to the Sea in Ships” and Jim Dale from “Huck Finn.”
Committee for Premiere of “Huck Finn”
L-R: Kate Scott, Paul Killiam, Georgia Davidson,
Janet Lindstrom, Sunny Macdonald, Kris Johnson
and Judith Dykema
Susan Bishop and her husband Bob were
Executive Producers of “Copperhead”
Premiere of “Down to the Sea in Ships”
L-R: Frank Sisson, 3rd, Elliott Sisson Jr, Jo Jo
Matteson. Jo Jo, mother of Elliott, appears as a
child in the movie
There are too many fabulous members to mention all who built the foundation of the present Society with hours of love
and labor. But several in our recent history have made an enormous difference to our development. This year at the
age of 103 a major benefactor of the Society, Mildred Baehr died. Mildred’s first gift to the Society was an intrest free
loan to purchase the Hanford-Silliman House,- the first building on our campus and our home after leaving our one room
home at the New Canaan Library. In addition, Mildred gifted the Society $100,000 in stock which with $200,000 from
Cornelius Keating became the starting point for our Archival Addition. During her term as Governor of the Society, she
gifted her collection of Dody Birds. The collection is presently on display in the Town House Parlor. Her last gift was to
name the Society in a remainder trust a gift for the future.
Another donor who passed this year was Cornelius Keating who donated $200,000 to the Archival Addition. He was a
Govenor and then a member of the Advisory Committee of the Society. He gave generously to our many projects and
his great interest in presevation spurred him to apply for and receive an easement from Historic New England for his
home. Easements are the only preservation vehicle to prevent demolition of a home other than location in a Historic
District and he was hopeful that more owners of historic homes would follow his lead.
A gift from the Bishops through their foundation paid our morgage for 65 Oenoke Ridge, the future site for our education
center, with the remaining funds in a designated fund to work to build the center.
Those mentioned above have met the requirements of single gifts over $20,000 and their names are added to the
Silliman Society. It is rewarding to realize that individuals have done so much to build the Historical Society. As we enter
our 125th year we look forward to the continued support of our present members and volunteers and hope to expand
even further our community support.
It is through individual member gifts, foundation gifts and fund raising efforts that we will continue our preservation of the
history, buildings and artifacts of New Canaan.
--Janet Lindstrom
THE 24TH ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Sunday, June 2, 2013
The Society extends a hearty “thank you” to all the
individuals, businesses and organizations that
made the day special.
The Sponsors were:
BASKIN ROBBINS OF NEW CANAAN
& ANNA VALENTI
WALTER STEWART’S MARKET
THE BANK OF NEW CANAAN
SPECIAL FEATURES THIS YEAR INCLUDED
THE NEW CANAAN TOWN BAND
Under the direction of Brad Williams
CRAFTS & GAMES
ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR SHOW
Russ Jones, Chairman
Owners and their cars were:
B. Balaban/1990 Jaguar Vanden Plas Majestic
L. Bertley/1964 Ford Thunderbird
S. Bishop/1960 Alfa Romeo Guilietta
Spider Voloce
F. Blefari/1936 Dodge Convertible
P. Bova/1967 VW Beetle
D. & P. Bova/1985 Ferrari
S. Devito/1953 Ford Customline
G. Fitzgerald/1955 Chevy Convertible
E. & G. Greenblatt/1966 Chevy Corvette
J. Halpert/1950 Chevy Skyline
R. Heinbaugh/1936 Chevy Sedan
B. Kanter/1929 Harley JDH
A. Karp/1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe
M.S. Koly/1935 Rolls Royce
R. Jones/1959 TR3
M.C. McLaughlin/2010 Porshe Turbo
T. & C. O’Neill/1957 Messerschmidt
& 1959 BMW Isetta
T. O’Reilly/1941 Chevrolet Pickup
T. Panaro/1937 Buick Trunk Back
C. Pennella/1968 Firebird
R. Perkin/1963 Chevy Impala
2013 PEOPLES’ CHOICE
AWARD WINNERS:
TOM & CELIA O’NEILL’S
1957 MESSERSCHMIDT
S. Ready/1949 Seagrave Firetruck
C. Roy/1939 Hotchkiss Cabourg
G. & J. Russell/1986 /1986 Indy 500
Commemorative Corvette
P. Sedlak/1956 Jaguar XK140
R. Sheridan/1979 Honda CBX
A. Stewart/Model T Delivery Van
W. Stewart/1951 MGTD
E. Swanberg/1929 Ford Model A Cabriolet
T. Telesco/1964 Pontiac Bonneville
J. Vadas/1969 GTO
We couldn’t do the it without the support of the community — Thank you!
Exchange Club
Members of the Exchange Club are fabulous ice cream scoopers!
Thank you to liaison John Stancik and the following helpers:
Bob Butman
Richard Cole
Randy Dalia
Bill Harman
Bo Harrigan
Gus Hedlund
John Hess
Charlie Holmes
John Kane
Hal Lang
Mike Law
Kevin McIntosh
Marty McLaughlin
Gary Neuser
James O’Hora
Steve Pinny
John Stancik
Kevin Wilder
Vance Ward
National Charity Leagues
The mothers and daughters of the New Canaan and Canaan Parish chapters of the National Charity League also helped with
the children’s activities The liaisons were Liza Pohle, Kristen Pace and Leslie Mayock.
Finding a needle in a haystack
Samantha & Maureen Axon
Beth Bennett
Catherine Bopp
Sydney & Susan Boston
Shawn & Margaux Brennan
Tara Brunner
Sue & Morgan Campbell
Olivia & Gillian DePalo
Christina & Katie Donovan
Andrea & Ashley Dunnam
Allegra D’Virgilio
Laura & Ava Edmonds
Mary & Katharine Freiberg
Ann Gervase
Diane & Grant Hanover
Sarah Horde
Claire & Page Jones
Madison, Cassidy & Marybeth
Kane
Maureen & Kathrin Karr
Carolyn Kemp
Sydney & Kate Kend
Katharine & Julia Koller
Naida & Emma Leslie
Steffi & Jenny Loomis
Mary & Katie Lydon
Bridget & Danielle MacKimm
Katie & Karen Mackle
Karen & Katie Madde
Kit Mallozzi
Mary & Caroline Mcauley
Erin & Carolyn McGoldrick
Kerry & Jacqueline McKeown
Cece Moyle
Mary & Katie Lydon
Kameron & Katherine Ong
Jane, Alexa & Niki Orndahl
Rosemary, Shelby & Courtney
Overacker
Ashlyn, Kayleigh & Kristen
Pace
Liza & Eliza Pohle
Charlotte & Caroline Pratt
Mary Ellen & Janie Reddan
Amelia Schwartz
Patty & Skylar Severance
Debbie & Julia Simpson
Celia Sokolowski
Natalie, Charlotte & Irene
Spruck
Natasha Tohir
Liz Unger
Lauren & Maria Weingarten
Kristen & Joyce Weisenseel
Iliana, Lily & Amy Williams
Meg Wise
7th Grade members of NCL designed and
painted a new game launched at the ICS: The
Apple Tree Bean Bag Apple Toss! NCL
members pictured, left to right, Carey
Callahan, Riley Bel Bruno, Alexandra Allen and
Kim Mellin, Director of Education
Arlene Parkhurst carding wool
And a special thanks to our
Society Volunteers and Board Members
Victoria Ambrose
Louise Andronaco
James Bach
Susan Bishop
Ruth Carroll
Edmund Chrostowski
George Cody
Ed Congleton
Sperry DeCew
Douglas Dooley
Nancy Gruber
Harold Hartnett
Cheryl Hughey
Leo Karl
Sandy Lefler
Janet Lindstrom
Janice Luddy
Mark Markiewicz
Laurie McGrath
Kim Mellin
Nina Mellin
Peter Mellin
Owen Mellin
Elizabeth Moncure
Prudy Parris
Arlene Parkhurst
John Parkhurst
Barbara Porterfield
Tori Ready
Joel Riccoboni
Sharry Seaburg
Susan Serven
Lorrine Stair
Bailey Stewart
Edward Vollmer
Joanna Williams
Robin Wolyner
2012-2013 SCHOOL TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Harold Hartnett guiding a student as
he closes the frisket on the SmithHoe-Acorn Printing Press
Gretchen Gertsen in the
Craft Room demonstrating
how a scutching knife was
used to clean flax
School Mistress
Robin Foley in Rock School
THANK YOU DOCENTS FOR YOUR DEDICATION, WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU!
Jim Bach
Elizabeth Branch
Ed Chrostowski
Mary Cross
Tina Duncan
Linda Faltin
Robin Foley
Gretchen Gertsen
Nancy Gruber
Harold Hartnett
Jack Horstmeyer
Cheryl Hughey
Linda Hursy
Sandy Lefler
Laurie McGrath
Kristen Pace
Teresa Piontowski
Jeanne Piscitello
Shary Seaburg
Susan Serven
Priscilla Thomas
Laurie Walker
Robin Wolyner
Cynthia Wright
We always welcome new docents. This is
a wonderfully rewarding volunteer opportunity—seeing the children connect to the
past and meeting other docents. Come
take a look and join us at the docent coffee
on September 11th at 10:00 a.m.
COMMENTS FROM THE SECOND GRADE CHILDREN
“I liked the hearth the best because we got a bite of
corn muffin and some tea” - Giacomo
“It was so fun, amazing, and awesome” - Caroline
“I liked the tool house because she taught us how
to grind corn” - Jack
“The craft room with sheep fur was
awesome” - Catherine
“I liked the way that the staff treated me”
- Penelope
“My favorite part is the school house
because you get funny punishments
like someone has to sit in the corner
with a dunce hat on” - Matthew
“The people who acted at the
houses were really good” - Jack
A REVIEW OF PROGRAMS FOR 2012-2013
JULY
Sidewalk Sale
Colonial Summer Camp
AUGUST
Colonial Summer Camp
SEPTEMBER
Quarterly Meeting: Around the Cracker Barrel
Rotary LobsterFest on Society grounds
Little Red Schoolhouse Open House
Silvermine Exhibit Opened: Germain G. Glidden Artist/Athlete
OCTOBER
School Tours
NOVEMBER
Exhibit Opened: Seeing Red: Little Red Riding Hood
visits the New Canaan Historical Society
School Tours
DECEMBER
Holiday Tea & Open House, Exhibit & Sales
Puppet Show by WonderSpark Puppets: Little Red Riding Hood
Quarterly Meeting:
JANUARY
Volunteer Cocktail Party
Atka the Wolf visited the Historical Society
FEBRUARY
Valentine Tea with Kandie Carle, The Victorian Lady
Valentines Day After-School Tea & Crafts for children
MARCH
Connecticut at War Series:
William Kauffman: “I Don’t Want Our Boys Dyin”:
Copperhead’s Journey from Page to Screen
With music by New Canaan Summer Theatre
Music by Rick Spencer: The Greatest Hits of the Civil War
Simply Lincoln with portrayer Howard Wright
Silvermine Exhibit closed
APRIL
School Tours
MAY
School Tours
Silvermine Exhibit Opened: The Knockers - On Paper
Volunteer Luncheon
JUNE
School Tours
Ice Cream Social
Annual Meeting: Saving the Past: The Story of a Home
Exhibit Opened: Pedro E. Guerrero: Photographs of Modern Life
OPPORTUNITIES IN GIVING
The New Canaan Historical Society is always interested in adding appropriately to its collections. For the Library we
welcome books, maps, manuscripts, diaries, documents, photographs, family papers, business papers, and journals
pertaining to the history of the area. For the Costume Museum we are interested in period clothing and accessories for
men, women and children – particularly when these can be attributed to known individuals or occasions. In the Hanford
-Silliman House and the Society’s other museums there may be a place for furniture, paintings, and miscellaneous
items.
The Society is happy to receive funds for general or special purposes, including the care and expansion of its buildings,
collections, and services. Memorials to individuals may be arranged. You are invited to make the New Canaan Historical Society a beneficiary in preparing your will. This form is suggested:
“I give and bequeath to the New Canaan Historical Society, a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the State of
Connecticut and located in the town of New Canaan in said state, the sum of _________ dollars to be used for the general purposes of said society as its Board of Governors shall determine” [as an outright gift] or “the sum of _________ in
trust, the income from which is to be for____________” [as a restricted gift].
The Silliman Society
The Silliman Society was created by the New Canaan Historical Society in 2000 to fill the need to recognize donors contributing or bequeathing $20,000 or more. The donors’ names will be placed on a plaque
prominently displayed at the New Canaan Historical Society’s archival addition. The Silliman Society recognizes the Silliman and Kellogg families for their support of the Society since its founding.
1980
1980
1998
1999
2000
2004
2004
Gunnar Maske
John Rainey McGinley
Catherine M. Bangham
Paul Killiam
Mitchell Kellogg
Ruth Woodward Finch
Stephen Henry Stackpole
2004
2010
2011
2013
2013
2013
Prudence & Marshall Montgomery
Harry Hilbert
Edward & Nancy Walworth Estate
Mildred Megrue Baehr
Cornelius Francis Keating
Robert & Susan Bishop
In addition to legacies and bequests, the Society offers the full range of charitable-giving opportunities provided by the
U.S. IRS Code. Among them are the following methods of planned giving:
Appreciated property, such as securities or real estate
Charitable gift annuities
Deferred-gift annuities
Life insurance
Pooled-income funds
Charitable-remainder unitrusts
Charitable-remainder annuity trusts
The President and the Treasurer of the Historical Society will be glad to meet with interested donors to suggest specific
purposes for which funds would be most welcome. Gifts to the Historical Society are deductible for Federal estate and
income tax purposes.
Town House and Library Hours are: Tuesday-Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Museum Summer Hours are: Tuesday-Friday and Sunday 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 .p.m.
Gores Pavilion Seasonal Hours: Friday-Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Find us at: www.nchistory.org or email us at: [email protected]
The New Canaan Historical Society 13 Oenoke Ridge New Canaan, CT 06840