The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/2018/04/)
Gloria and Bernard Magliozzi discovered a copy of the Observer in their luggage when they journeyed to Lovers Key in Florida to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary and renew their vows on the beach there on February 14.
Welcome spring in all its glory with the annual Mother’s Day Tea on Sunday, May 13 at 2 p.m. at the Phelps-Hatheway House! Each year, our costumed staff welcomes guests to our historic house for a splendid repast of tea sandwiches, scones with homemade lemon curd and jam, quiche, fresh fruit, a seasonal cake, and many pots of tea to lift the spirits and usher in the spring. A short tour of our museum will acquaint visitors with life in the late 18th century and the fashion of taking tea (or not!) during the Revolutionary War years. After the tour, join us in either the Summer House (weather permitting) or in the Pine Room for pleasant company and delicious fare. A walk through our formal and herb gardens or a stop in our gift shop may complete your visit.
The staff of the Phelps-Hatheway House and Connecticut Landmarks are pleased to welcome Lynda Montefusco to our exhibition gallery for the upcoming season. From May through October, visitors to the Hatheway House museum can view a selection of Lynda’s favorite paintings. An opening reception to honor Lynda will be held on Friday evening, May 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the historic Visitors Center, 55 South Main Street. Admission is free to the reception and to the exhibition hours of Saturdays and Sundays from May through October, 1-4 p.m.
Lynda holds a special place in our town not only as an inspired artist, but also as a passionate teacher. For over 38 years, she has owned and operated “A Stroke of Color Art Studio” in Suffield.
Cubs from Den 4 of Cub Scout Pack 266 show the no-sew blankets they made to donate to Project Linus, a non-charity organization that provides blankets to children in need due to traumas or medical illness.
Home from college for Thanksgiving last November, new Eagle Scout Evan Cashman had his official ceremony in Boy Scout Troop 260 and received his Eagle credentials. After graduating from Suffield High School last spring, Evan is now in his first year at Savannah College of Art and Design, where he is majoring in film. He entered the Scout program through Cub Scout Pack 209 and advanced to become the Assistant Patrol Leader of Troop 260 as well as a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow, the Boy Scout honor society. Along with all the other achievements for the rank of Eagle Scout, Evan’s Eagle service project was to build a sand box about 6 feet square, with benches alongside the sand, for Spaulding School. The unit has been installed in the fenced playground behind the school.
The Suffield Tree Committee has the pleasure and responsibility to follow the directives of two special Funds. The first was left in memory of Helena Bailey Spencer, in care of the Town to be administered by a committee of the First Selectman, Town Treasurer and the President of the Suffield Garden Club. The second was a bequest from Vallyn Gallivan, a forward looking woman, who left her gift in care of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to be administered by that same committee. Additional members have joined this committee and many of the past presidents of the Garden Club have stayed on. In the past few years the committee has planted 46 new trees with 39 of them planted within the Main Street Historic area.
The Suffield Garden Club will hold a monthly meeting on Monday, April 2, at 5:45 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall, 100 North Main Street. A light fare precedes a business meeting and program. Guest fee is $5 and guests are cordially welcomed up to three visits per year. Our guest speaker, Barbara Yaeger, is a professional landscape architect and accredited nursery pro as well. She has been an advisor and inspiration to the SGC’s long-term project of researching and documenting the type and health of our Main Street trees.
A great combo – eat better and save money! Your inner guidance will help you plan on starting or building on the success you’ve already achieved with your gardening endeavors. The only sure way we can be certain of eating organic produce is to be proactive and grow it ourselves. We all know there is no way we can always dine on 100% pure, chemical-free food but, it behooves us to reduce or eliminate buying and eating toxic items whenever and wherever we can. Read this:
“Glyphosate is widely used on genetically engineered crops, and the pesticide [sic] cannot be washed off, as it’s taken up into every cell of the plant.
In memory of our late volunteer and Board Member, James F. Coggins, Jr., the EAA offers a $1,000 award to a graduating Suffield high school senior who demonstrates selflessness, generosity and concern for the community through their volunteer activities.
In the Observer’s March issue, two of the four birds pictured with Abby Wolcott’s article on Page 35 were misidentified by our near-sighted caption writer, and one was inadequately identified. According to the photographer, to whom we defer, they are, clockwise from the upper left: Goldfinch, Downy Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee, and White-throated Sparrow. Regarding the Goldfinch, it is the male in spring and summer who wears that well-remembered bright yellow.