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When Donna Sue Groves decided to honor her Mother Maxine by painting a big quilt block on their Ohio tobacco barn, she did not realize she was starting a movement! Today barn quilt “trails” are found across all 50 states and Canada!
1. A man born in Suffield, although ordained as a minister, preached a popular vegetarian “religion.” He urged his listeners to eat dark, coarse bread and crackers and abstain from meat. Who was he? a. Virgin Graham
b. Lindsey Graham
c. Bob Red Mill
d. Sylvester Graham
2. In 1841, President Benjamin Harrison named Francis Granger of Suffield to be the Postmaster General of the United States.
One plan for Suffield’s 350th anniversary celebration is to republish Robert Alcorn’s book, The Biography of a Town, along with a Volume 2, which would be a compilation of Suffield stories from the last 50 years that brings us from the late 1960s, when Alcorn’s book left off, through the past 50 years to 2020. Our tentative idea is to call it 50 Stories for 50 Years. We are looking for residents (or former residents) who have a story to tell. The stories might be about growing up in Suffield, about the farming community, about your church, your committees, your non-profit group, education, real estate, development in town, etc. and how these stories have evolved over the past 50 years from the 1960s to now.
The Suffield 350th Anniversary Committee is committed to a celebration with something for everyone. Here’s a quick summary of some of what we’re working on right now…
The 350th Committee has lots of exciting events, programs and projects in the works for Suffield’s anniversary celebration, and we need your financial support now to make them a reality. Please consider becoming a 350th Sponsor. There are multiple levels of sponsorship available with recognition at events and in promotional materials. To learn more about sponsorship levels please check www.tinyurl.com/Sponsor350, send an eMail to Suffield350@gmail.com or leave us a message at 860-758-0115. Thank You!
1. d. Sylvester Graham 2. a. Governor of New York State & c. He was put forward by the Massachusetts Whigs as a candidate for the Vice-Presidency 3. a. The fourth version of The First Congregational Church, no longer standing & d. The Second Baptist Church 4. c. The trees suffered a blight 5. c. […]
1. In 1802, it was voted that students provide what for their teacher? a. a quarter cord of wood b. a horse c. housing and meals, payment shared by all d. blackboard and school books 2. What was opened in 1809? a. the Connecticut Baptist Literary Institution b. the first bridge over the Connecticut River in Conecticut c. the “Poor House” d. the […]
Congratulations to Mary Fiore and John Emrick! Both contestants correctly answered the trivia questions published in the February issue of the Observer. Answers to February Questions
1) e. Depot Street
2) Yes
3) b. 1743
4) c. Crooked Lane
5) c. Bog ore
6) a. Separates
7) b. One was the U.S. Postmaster General, and the other was the U.S. Assistant Postmaster General at the same time. 8) c. Oliver Phelps started a silk manufacturing plant in Suffield, inspired by a packet of mulberry seeds sent to each parish in Connecticut. (Mulberry trees are the food of the silkworm.)
9) Yes
10) a. Impartial Herald
One of the projects for Suffield’s 350th anniversary celebration is to republish Robert Alcorn’s The Biography of a Town – Suffield, Conecticut 1670-1970, published in 1970 along with a Volume 2, which would be a compilation of Suffield stories from the last 50 years that brings us from the late 1960s, where Alcorn’s book left off, through the past 50 years to 2020. Our tentative idea is to call it 50 Stories for 50 Years. We are looking for residents (or former residents) who have a story to tell. The stories might be about growing up in Suffield, about the farming community, about your church, your committees, your non-profit group, education, real estate, development in town, etc. and how these stories have evolved over the past 50 years from the 1960s to now.
Get ready for our semiseptcentennial anniversary in 2020 by helping to create a board game celebrating our 350-year history! The illustration above is from a game created for Scranton, but “Trivia Quest Suffield & West Suffield” will be modeled on our community, featuring prominent buildings, public lands, and community organizations framed by the Connecticut River and the Congamond Lakes. The board consists of yellow, blue, orange, red, green and purple spaces. Each color has a corresponding dollar value. Questions are progressively more challenging based on the monetary value, with yellow being the easiest and purple the most challenging.