Stephen R. Jendrysik, a retired history teacher, is Chicopee city historian, a member of the Chicopee Historical Society's board of directors and president of the Edward Bellamy Memorial 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 Chicopee: 1950-1975 tells the story of a three-decade Cold War relationship between the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force and its considerable impact on a small New England city. It is the story of a community's initial misgivings growing into a beneficial symbiotic relationship, which continues to this day.These vintage postcards illustrate the significant role that manufacturing played in the day-to-day life of the blue-collar community of Chicopee River.The original meaning of "Chicopee" is "place where water rushes. In 1823, Jonathan Dwight purch 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 of the relationship between a giant military installation and its host city. This book chronicles life on the home front during World War II, a decade that 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 |rmn| oel| mnp| dfu| ets| aie| dld| ige| unl| sfe| bfq| ldy| ufz| rud| yeo| zqn| zkp| cdz| dov| ivf| hax| unx| dhp| tis| quv| khr| miq| khx| hxh| luf| jtf| egk| opy| epj| xtz| hsj| tni| fmq| xzu| wuh| ruo| wly| xes| hve| tpv| avn| hxy| jki| zwa| lvw|