Videos have been recorded as part of the Milford Memories Project of the Milford Rotary Club and are a resource to historians. All of the following are kept by me, Joseph Barnes, Esq. Some are available at Milford Library. A few regrettably are missing and are noted as such.

 

Special thanks to Jerry Patton (**) founder and guiding light of the project,

Deforest (Frosty) Smith (*) and Joseph B. Barnes, Esq. *** Video Interviewers and keeper of the records

 

Interviews with the following Individuals:

 

Mead Batchelor     (b.1/28/1924)              8/25/2000  *

Emil Usinger          (b.7/7/1910)               8/25/2000

Ruth Platt, retired teacher  (b. ca 1895)    11/19/1998 ** ***

Mead Batchelor    (b. 1/28/1924)             3/29/2001  *

Joseph Foran        (b. 7/18/1906)              3/29/2001

Emil Usinger        (b. 7/7/1910)                3/29/2001

Jim Rose               b. 9/9/1915                  4/12/2001   *

Robert Beard         b. ca. 1916                  4/12/2001

Anthony Benedosso b.10/8/1914              4/12/2001

Joe Foran              b.7/18/1906                 9/3/1999    *

Stuart Sears           b. 9/3/1916                  9/3/1999

Pink Smith             b.10/7/1912                 7/8/1999    *

Merwin Williams b.12/8/1907                 7/8/1999

Al Hotchkiss         b.7/26/1913                 7/14/2000   *

John Gunther         b.3/12/1914                 7/14/2000

Pink Smith             b.10/7/1912                 7/8/1999     *

Danforth Smith      b.8/30/1937                 7/8/1999

     Jesse James Hamblin, Architect                 10/26/2006  **

     Jesse James Hamblin, Sr.  Voice of Ken Hawkins

 

Topical Videos

Beth El Shelter            12/8/2008 **

Dick Bonner

Rev. Ken Fellenbaum

Joan Haybruck

Bob Heerema

Pat Johannsen

Kathy and Vincent Lattanzi

Frosty Maroney O'Keef

Margaret Sartor

John Sieckhaus

Eric Soderberg

 

Boys & Girls Village                          11/20/2003  **  MISSING

Janet Platt,

Dick Sykes

Joy & Ralph Carloni

Charlie Hayden

Gary Zink

Rev. Ken Fellenbaum 

 

DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution  7/9 & 8/8/2007 **

Roma Collins Moger

Evelyn Pearson Merwin

Sarah Agro

Elinor Maloy

 

Devon and the West Side Beaches     9/15/2006 **

Paul Austin

Burt Cochrane

Bill Curnin

Frank Kelly

Mike Mercurio

Pete Phelan

 

George J Smith & Sons                       10/16/2006  **

DeForest Smith (realty)

Danforth Smith (insurance)

Winthrop Smith (Mortuary)

 

Gulf  Pond Marine & Wildlife Inst.    10/24/2006  **

Tim Chaucer

Dan Sullivan

 

John Downes, Chronicler  1763-1810   10/18/2006 **

      Dick Platt and Tim Chaucer

 

Lisman Landing Dedication                 10/4/2003

 

Joseph Plumb Martin               9/1/2007

      Interview with historian Michael Margonis

 

Milford Academy                    10/21/2003 and  1/5/2004 **

Dino Caliburi

Len Ballaban

James Coffey

Nancy Hanford

Mayor James Richetelli

Bur Rosenbaum

Peter Rosenbaum

 

Milford Bank                                       11/15/2004 **

Paul Austen (PP)

Robert Beard

Robert Macklin (Pres)

Deforest Smith (Dir)

Howard treat (PP)

 

Milford Center                                    7/9/2009    MISSING

Bob Gregory

Mike Petrucelli

DeForest Smith

Gail Merwin Urban

 

Milford Citizen                                   10/23/2003 **

Linda Bouvier

Sunny Boncek

Anne Feely

Eleanor Meyers Turkington

Cap Zito

 

Milford Club   est. 1849                      11/10/2004 **

John Bergin, President

Mayor  Ed Kozlowski

Eric Soderberg

Gary Zink

 

Milford Harbor Tour   9/27/2004 **

Al Hotchkiss

Alan Berrien

Ken Neff

Mitch and Janet Quintner (Boat owner and Host)

Dick Sykes

Gary Zink

 

Milford Harbor           9/28/2004 **

CHUM (Concerned Harbor Users of Milford

       Al Hotchkiss

 Ken Neff

 Dick Sykes

 

Milford Historical Society  7/30/2009 ** ***

William Byers

Ardianne Damicia

Mike Elgee

Sandy Elgee

Virginia Hoagland

William (Bill) Hoagland

Roma Moger

Richard Platt

 

Early Milford Government      9/18/2003 **

Mayor Alan Jepson

Mayor Edward Kozlowski,

Merwin Williams

Jack Healey 

 

Milford Independent Party      10/30 and 11/14/2003 **

Alan Jepson

Robert (Bob) Hardiman

Charles Iovino

Dick Platt

Merwin Williams

 

Milford Library                       6/18 & 7/2/2009 **

Joel Baldwin

Alan Jepson

Ed Kozlowski

Librarians

      Stanley Carmen

      Sal Stingo

      Jean Tsang

Bldg. Chrmn. Richard Somers

 

Milford Monuments                 10/25 and 11/18/2004 **

     Interview with Dick Platt Town Historian

 

Milford Newspapers   6/25/2009     (left to right) **

Manny Strumpf

Hariet Racz

Sunny Boncek

Frank Juliano

Linda Bouvier

 

 

Nike Missile Site (Eel's Hill) 12/01/2006   **

Leonard Benedetto

William Finch

Eric Muth

Raymond Savo

 

Milford Retrospective from 1920's    10/16/2007 **

Ruth (Doolittle) Jeffrey

Dorothy Winkler Paul

 

Peter Pond Explorer 1778       9/18/2006 **

      Narrated by William McDonald

 

Ryder Mobile Home Park **

Gary Phillip Zink

Gary Zink Jr. (son)

Scott Zink (son)

 

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church    9/18, 11/5  & 11/19/2003 **

Frank Annunziatta

Tom Cody

Father Cronin

Joe Foran

Katie Maher

Diane Patton

Mike Petrucelli

 

Thaddeus Koskiusco Society              11/20/2004 **

Ed Kozlowski

Joe Mager, Esq.

Dr. John Nowicki

Albert Olenski

 

Williams Insurance Agency                 10/27/2004 **

Larry Urban

Gail Williams Urban

Kaye Williams

Thomas L. Williams

 

YMCA  100 years                               9/13 and 11/3/2005 **

James (Jim) Beard

Mike Boyle

William J Brower

Judy Jameson

Terry Munk

Skip Raymond

Dick Sykes