The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/2021/12/page/5/)
We are happy to announce the Suffield Historical Society will hold its holiday exhibit at the King House Museum on December 4 and December 5 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Our theme this year is Vintage Sports Paraphernalia, and we will be showing equipment, photographs and memorabilia. Come and enjoy our exhibit and holiday decorations in Dr. King’s lovely 18th century home.
On Sunday afternoon, November 10, 1957, a small crowd gathered in the Suffield High School auditorium (now Suffield Middle School) for the charter meeting of the Suffield chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library. December 2 The Emergency Aid Association has started the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals in this town and packages of 100 seals have been mailed to every family in town with an explanatory letter.
Richard Purcell Horan is the first and only FBI Agent killed in Connecticut. It happened in Suffield on Good Friday, April 18, 1957.
There are signs sprouting up around town. They say things like “Need Comfort’” and “Seek Joy,” and “Peaceful Place,” but perhaps the most important sign says, “Ask Questions.”
Saturday, December 4: Suffield Holiday Festivities; Dress warmly!
Please take special note that the Christmas Eve service will be held at 9 pm
In Fellowship Hall at Second Baptist Church, exhibitors stand ready for the crowds to come during Christmas in Suffield.
Excited shoppers look over craft merchandise in the Bazaar at Sacred Heart Church’s Father Ted Hall during the town’s Christmas in Suffield shopping, Saturday, November 6.