People/Business
Rock’s Last Ride
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Rockwell Rookey, who died in West Suffield on May 18 at age 95, is carried past the Soldier’s Monument in Suffield Center at the head of his funeral procession to St. Joseph’s cemetery on Hill Street.
Columns
Where in the World is the Observer?
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Current and former Suffieldians gather on the deck of their canal boat for their obligatory WITW photo in May.
Farming/Nature
Daisies
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Nature came along in spring
And sowed angelic daisies
Along a vacant roadside
Competing with the beauty of
The big red barn upon the hill.
Organizations
Soles 4 Souls
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Got some gently used shoes, sneakers or sandals? The Suffield Woman’s Club wants them! Members of the SWC will be in the parking lot of Highland Park Market on Saturday, August 24 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. collecting your new or gently loved shoes.
These shoes can help lift people out of poverty. Your items will be a gift to those in need, here and around the globe through Soles4Souls.org. Help us reach our goal of 1000 pairs of shoes!
Government/Town
Senior Center & Mini Bus News
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The Caregiver Support Program is a valuable resource for caregivers who play an important role in the health and well-being of our veterans.
Organizations
Ceremony Held at Babb’s Beach
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About 30 people gathered by the performance platform at Babb’s Beach on May 31 for the grateful celebration honoring Nelson Babb and his family. They also celebrated the new flagpole installed by Citizens Restoring Congamond (CRC). Nelson Babb’s oldest daughter, Claudia Babb Reich, traveled up from North Carolina for the occasion. The group admired the small, colorful garden surrounding the flagpole and viewed the two bronze plaques CRC had installed on boulders in the garden.
One read:
“In Memory and Honor
Of
Nelson Babb Jr.
and Babb Family”
The other read:
This Property
Has Been Placed On The
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES
By The United States
Department Of The Interior
BABB’S BEACH
7-6-2006
(Both plaques are rendered here as they appear.)
Ginnie Graves, chair of the CRC committee that managed the project, welcomed the guests and asked committee member Deb Herath to describe how the project came to be. The National Register listing, achieved 13 years ago by a joint CRC/Town effort, had never been recognized with a plaque, and the committee felt that Nelson Babb and the Babb family deserved permanent credit for their role in creating and developing the site.
Government/Town
Parks & Rec News
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Suffield Parks and Recreation Department Bowling Buddies Group Prom Night was a blast!
