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Sports
Last Week's Bowling
The Grange took 3 games from the Airport in a hotly-contested match to decide the cellar position in the league. The battle was featured by Adam Kasnoff's record-breaking 411 for 3 games (including 1 game of 172). The Beckers, led by Pete Becker's 344, won a 2 to 1 contest from the Landowners, who found some comfort in Ed Bunton's 334. The other matches brought 2 to 1 victories to Willowcrest (over the Garage), the Firemen (over the Drillers), and the Church (over Andersons).
League Standings
| Team | Won | Lost |
| Beckers | 36 | 15 |
| Garage | 34 | 17 |
| Drillers | 32 | 19 |
| Church | 26 | 25 |
| Andersons | 24 | 27 |
| Landowners | 24 | 27 |
| Firemen | 24 | 27 |
| Willowcrest | 23 | 28 |
| Grange | 19 | 32 |
| Airport | 13 | 38 |
Church Basketball
The Bethany Basketball team took a close game from the Central Baptist Church, 29 to 23, at the New Haven Y.M.C.A. last Saturday evening. Dick Johnson was high scorer, with 8 points. Harold Simpson, Jr., and Billy Giblin accounted for 7 points each, while Kenny MacDonald and Gary Fuller scored 7 between them -- 5 and 2. The upset victory of the First Methodist Church over Bethesda Lutheran put Bethany into a second-place tie with Bethesda in the league standing.
Bethany vs. Southbury
On Monday, January 22, a closely contested basketball game was played at the Community School between the Bethany Girls and the Southbury Training School team. The score was 27 to 21 in favor of Bethany. Playing for Southbury were: Kay Doyle, D. Karsin, M. Strain, B. Pettet, B. Strain, E. Palmiera, M. Lombardi, and M. Hudok. The members of the Bethany team were: Annette Sharon, Phoebe Haines, Margaret Koval, Barbara Koval, Helen Santoro, Anitra Sarno, Mary O'Rourke, Marilyn Simpson, Myra Corey, Nancy Hoppe, Shirley Harrison, and Kathryn Trebenko. Mr. James Warburton and Miss Esther Burnham officiated.
Bethany Fire Dept. --
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blackboards still in place on the walls (as they are today). Heavy doors had replaced the south wall, and the floor had been reinforced to withstand the weight of the Ford truck, which was ready for its first test (with Woodbridge's hoses) in April.
The minutes of the meeting of April 23 record the "first fire report" -- unfortunately without details as to location and with only a brief note to the effect that "the probable origin" was discussed.
Second Truck Purchased
On July 28, 1942, the Department added to its official family a 1924 Seagrave pumper. This veteran, originally used by the manufacturer as a demonstrator throughout the State, was purchased from the Orange Fire Department, which had put it through eight years of hard service. While pumping at a fire early in 1950, it suffered a cracked block and is now temporarily out of action.
Truck Number Three
To replace the Seagrave the Department purchased a new Ford heavy-duty truck chassis and has built it into an efficient fire-fighting machine, most of the work on it having been done by the members of the Department.
Excellent Equipment
The Department now has the following equipment: Truck No. 1, Truck No. 2 (temporarily out of service), Truck No. 3, a two-man portable pump capable of pumping 200 gallons per minute, a portable lighting plant, 1200 feet of 2 1/2-inch hose, 16 feet of 1 1/2-inch hose, and other paraphernalia (ladders, Indian tanks, shovels, pikes, axes, extinguishers, coats, boots, rope, etc.) commensurate with the size of the outfit. (Detailed descriptions of the active trucks are given in the captions under the pictures in this issue.)
New Firehouse Planned
The present firehouse has long been wholly inadequate for the needs of the Department. Originally remodeled to accommodate one truck, it has had to house two since 1942, with consequent inconvenience, crowding, and structural deterioration. The meeting room, in the basement, will barely hold two-thirds of the membership, and there are no modern conveniences or facilities anywhere in the building.
Plans are now under way for the building of a new firehouse. The Department has raised a large part of the money, through carnivals and the sale of fireworks, and the Town has voted to lend the balance at a favorable rate of interest. Working drawings are being prepared, and a considerable amount of fill has already been dumped at the site, just south of the present headquarters on Amity Road. The cellar of this building may be incorporated into the new structure as a furnace room.
Water Holes Needed
As is the case in most rural areas, wtaer supplies are limited in Bethany, and the Department is often hampered, at crucial times, by this insufficiency. Residents have been urged to dig water holes, and some have done so. When the Peck Pond project was started, the Fire Department installed a standpipe near the pond, on Peck Road, to guarantee a plentiful supply of water for any emergency in that vicinity (which includes the Community School.)
Officers
O. D. Crooker retired as Chief in October, 1948, and was succeeded by Edward H. Hinman, who continues to serve in that capacity.
The other present officers are: Captain, Raymond Short; Chief Engineer, Frederic E. Cunningham; First Lieutenant, Kenneth B. Becker; Seocnd Lieutenant, Harvey V. Atwood; Sergeant-at-Arms, Dudley F. Sandell; Sec-
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Photo by Cunningham
The 1924 Seagrave pumper, purchased from Orange in 1942, and retired to temporary inactive duty in 1950. It is shown here in action at a fire.
Luciani Entries Win Numerous Prizes At Boston Poultry Show
Last week's Boston Poultry Show was featured by the fine performances of Connecticut birds, in particular those of Vito Luciani's Brookside Farm in Woodbridge. Competing against thirteen other turkey breeders, Mr. Luciani won the Sweepstakes Prize in Turkeys by taking the following indicidual prizes:
Broad Breasted Bronzes: old toms, 2nd and 3rd; heavy old hens, 5th; light old hens, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; heavy young toms, 1st, 3rd, and 4th; heavy young hens, 5th; fair sample flock, 2nd.
White Hollands: heavy old hens, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th; light old hens, 1st and 2nd.
Mr. Luciani's sons, Kenneth and Vito, Jr., won the Ralston-Purina Company's Gold Cup for the Best Junior Breeding Flock.
Mr. Luciani took 35 birds to Boston, and they seem to have repaid him for the journey.
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