A. Waldron Miller 1895: A. Waldron Miller is born to Henry and Ida Miller in Suffield, Connecticut, on October 9. (Born Alvin "Allie" Waldron Miller). 1923: Henry Alvin Miller dies. (He was a charter member of Southwick Grange and had one of the finest collections of Indian relics in Connecticut.) c. 1924: A. Waldron Miller radically transforms his family's massive lakefront property into a popular tourist destination, Miller's Beach.  1925: Five new cottages are built and the bath house doubled in size but the main attraction at Miller's Beach is the new water slide and water teeters.   1926: Miller's Beach starts a new advertising campaign announcing the opening of their new water toboggan and bathing pavilion; the campaign also touts Miller's as the safest of all Congamond beaches. Florence Luke of Thompsonville, Connecticut, is struck when a rider in a toboggan behind her crashes into her while riding down the popular incline water coaster off Miller...

1901: Harmon A. Smith is born in New Haven, Connecticut, on June 12.  1932: Miller's Beach encourages Connecticut swimmers to enter its aquatic meet being held on June 19. Participants should send entries to John Pollard or Harmon Smith, c/o Miller's Beach, or call Southwick 77 and reverse the call.  1935 Ad 1935: The Young Democratic Club of South Windsor, Connecticut, holds its July meeting at Smith's Beach in Southwick, Massachusetts.  1936: Harmon Smith, the athletic coach at Agawam High School, purchases Smith's Beach. He previously rented the property for several years, containing about 38 acres of land and 1,500 feet of lakefront. (Smith started coaching in Agawam in 1924. He worked at Miller's Beach in Southwick and at the pool at Riverside Park.) 1937: Seven-year-old Evelyn Fennelly sustains severe injuries after being struck by an automobile while at Smith's Beach on June 13. She is taken to Noble Hospital for emergency treatment before being transfe...

Author's Note: This reference guide was originally published under the title Crossroads . It has since been updated and reformatted into more of an index, allowing new information to be added as it is discovered. Like all Southwick Time Machine publications, it remains a living document that continues to evolve with ongoing research. — A Southwick Time Machine Historical Index   Berkshire Avenue Berkshire Avenue was named for the Berkshire Ice Company , which once owned most of the lakefront property along the west shore of Congamond Lake from Point Grove Road to Congamond Road and south along South Pond.  The name was briefly changed in 1955. At the annual town meeting on March 22, the town approved renaming a portion of Berkshire Avenue "Curve Street." The change was short-lived. At a special town meeting on October 11, 1955, the town voted to restore the name Berkshire Avenue. Coes Hill Road Coes Hill Road was originally known as Cross Road. It later became Coe...

— A Southwick Time Machine Historical Reconstruction   Originating from Boston's Logan Airport, Eastern Airlines Flight 663 provided regular domestic passenger service to Atlanta, Georgia, with scheduled stops in New York; Richmond, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina.    On Monday, February 8, 1965, the Douglas DC-7B aircraft servicing the flight departed New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on Runway 31L at 6:20 p.m. with continuing service to Richmond's Byrd Field (today's Richmond International Airport). There were 79 passengers and five crew members aboard.  It seemed like a perfect night for flying, as the moon was blocked by a few clouds, and the temperature was 46F.   The routine departure from JFK required the aircraft to complete a "Dutch Seven Instrument Departure," a standard takeoff procedure requiring a series of turns over the Atlantic Ocean to avoid flying over New York City. As it was p...