Local politics in the 1940’s. Anything sound familiar?
"Greatest Generation" Life Lessons
Alfred Duryee Guion (my Grandpa) – First Selectman
Politically, the pot is still boiling. Monday I got sore at Mr. Sexton’s manner over the phone and closed off on him, after which he reported in a letter to the newspapers that I was ”rude”. He then followed this with the demand to call another town meeting, which being in legal form, I had to do (scheduled for this coming Friday) for the purpose of “abolishing the Finance Board of the Town of Trumbull”.
This has at last aroused the right-thinking people to a serious realization of the danger of letting him get away with his ideas, and in consequence, on Friday last, there was a meeting of leading citizens from all sections of the town, Democrat and Republican alike, in a combined attempt to get out an overwhelmingly strong representation and put this fellow and his…
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Thank you for sharing my Blog with your readers, Janet. I really appreciate your help in passing along the lessons from the Greatest Generation.
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