The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/2018/11/page/3/)
Last month, while dining at a local restaurant, a Suffieldian I’ve known for almost 15 years came to our table and asked us how things were going, and I told her things were not perfect. She breathed this huge sigh of relief and revealed to us that things in her life were not perfect either.
Suffield Woman’s Club members will meet at Sacred Heart Church, Father Ted Hall on Tuesday, November 13 at noon for a service project. The club will cut and knot fleece blankets to be donated to area children in need. As this is an informal gathering, members are asked to bring a bag lunch for themselves.
Women interested in finding out what Suffield Woman’s Club is all about are welcome to join us for this program. The club is a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Connecticut.
For more information about this service project, please contact SWC member Renée Wood at 860-668-8873.
A guardian angel and an attentive dog stand watch over the graves in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, on Hill Street, as the roof of the giant barn close behind is shingled.
To say Ralph Sweet danced his way through UConn School of Engineering would falsify. But there were mornings when instructors could not wake him up because he had been out square dancing the night before. A 1946 freshman at UConn, Ralph Sweet joined the 4H Club because “…they featured square dance lessons after meetings, which I skipped…” Connecticut’s 4-H sponsored a state square dance festival with callers who submitted their calls in advance “…so kids could practice them before the festival which was held on the football field, all marked out in lime in 12 foot squares. All live music…” Ralph exulted, “…and all singing squares!”
“At public square dances no teaching was done… You just dove in and scrambled around until you ‘got it!’ Square dancing thrived but centuries- old contra dancing was becoming extinct in New England. Hearing about a small, private Connecticut contra group, Ralph learned contra calls and “…itching to call to live people…” he went to Ekonk, Connecticut: “… two chicken farms, two houses, and one Grange Hall…” and called for the group.
No, it’s not a new health diet, but if you come and enjoy the pasta dinner being put on by Suffield’s PMC Kids, you’ll help them meet their goal for a big donation to the Jimmy Fund of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for fighting cancer.
The 36 apartments of the first phase of Brook Hill Village began renting in early summer, and the nine one-bedroom units went fast.
You better watch out, you better not pout… Santa Claus is comin’ to town. And if you’d like Santa to stop by your home, the Friends of Suffield can arrange it.
On Monday, November 12, Suffield High School is going to be honoring our Veterans by holding our first Veterans Day Brunch.
A beautiful backyard scene to enjoy before the winter arrives.
The Suffield Land Conservancy will be holding its annual meeting on November 8 at 7 p.m. at the Suffield Senior Center.