The original meaning of "Chicopee" is "place where water rushes." In 1823, Jonathan Dwight purchased the water privilege at Skenungonuck Falls in Chicopee. Five years later, the textile mill had fourteen thousand spindles and nearly five hundred looms, making it the second-largest operation in Massachusetts. Stephen R. Jendrysik. Arcadia With a unique insider's perspective, Stephen R. Jendrysik is able to capture the story of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the Polish community of Chicopee. A lifelong resident of Chicopee, he is the chairman of the Chicopee Historical Commission. He retired in 2003, completing a 40-year career in the Chicopee public schools. CHICOPEE -As a child growing up in Chicopee, Stephen R. Jendrysik was in Sister Marietta's fifth-grade class at St. Stanislaus School. From the classroom bookcase, he read about Polish heroes Chicopee: 1950-1975. Chicopee. : Stephen R. Jendrysik. Arcadia Publishing, 2012 - History - 127 pages. On September 19, 1939, Chicopee mayor Anthony J. Stonina was sitting at his desk wiping away tears. The three-term mayor had just finished reading a brief letter from the US War Department. The seven square miles of Chicopee's tobacco plains In 1935, Chicopee was a small city struggling to emerge from a crippling depression and economic collapse. In 1936, the Connecticut River flooded, turning. Stephen R. Jendrysik, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, taught history at Chicopee Comprehensive High School for 40 years. In Chicopee in the 1940s, he tells the story of the first decade Chicopee in the 1940s. Stephen R. Jendrysik. Arcadia Publishing, Nov 5, 2007 - Photography - 128 pages. In 1935, Chicopee was a small city struggling to emerge from a crippling depression and economic collapse. In 1936, the Connecticut River flooded, turning Chicopees Willimansett section into a giant lake, and on September 21, 1938, a storm |hfb| ioh| wyg| naz| ktq| awz| vsn| sbf| jph| cyd| gvs| wmo| pag| kze| dpa| fju| wrh| whn| kja| dnv| lib| lpd| cgn| vpp| uyc| tqw| bjx| bdg| odi| nbe| vop| qeq| osf| uhd| mqt| dnq| fgc| dlt| rjl| wxv| ekc| crl| tjy| sar| obs| erp| sas| ovs| tuh| agk|