Organizations
Suffield Teen is CEO-Ready
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Emily Brydges, 14, recently completed the winter session of an after-school entrepreneurship academy called Girls With Impact. She plans now to go into business with the program she developed.
Organizations
Volunteers Sought for Old House Photo Index
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Delphina Clark’s photo albums are a great resource for studying old homes in Suffield, but they aren’t easy to use. The Suffield Historical Society is seeking volunteers to help correct that difficulty. Delphina (1892-1984) was a graduate of the Yale School of Architecture and became a long-time resident of Suffield, moving here about 1933.
Director’s Corner
Warren Platner, The Architect of the Kent Memorial Library (1919-2006)
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The Kent Memorial Library is unique. It is the only free-standing public building designed by Warren Platner.
Library
Children’s Summer Reading Programs
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Kick-off the 2019 Summer Reading Program on Saturday, June 29 at our Grand Opening! Woohoo!
Library
Check out KML!
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The second decade of the new millennium was a tough period for the Kent Memorial Library, but the clouds have cleared, and if all went as seemed likely at the Observer’s press time, there would be a grand reopening on June 29.
Library
Annual Book Sale Coming
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Once again Sacred Heart Church, 446 Mountain Rd., Suffield, has generously allowed us to use Father Ted Hall for the Friends’ book sale. This year’s sale will be held on Friday, September 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free on Saturday and Sunday; the admission fee on Friday evening will be $5, except for members of the Friends, who get in free.
Library
Friends of the Library Announce Book Collection Changes
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The final book collection at 61 Ffyler Place was held on June 1. The Friends’ monthly book collections will begin at the newly renovated library at 50 North Main Street on Saturday, July 6, from 10–noon.
Through the Looking Glass
Japan Occupied Part of Alaska During WWII
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Not many people know that two Alaskan islands were invaded and occupied by the Japanese during World War II. In June of 1942, about six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese took the sparsely populated Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska.
