0-10 Min: Creation of Synagogue at Liberty Street; less orthodox; congregation of 50 families; 1935; in 1926 the reform synagogue was formed; Malino was familiar with traditional background but reform practice; Rabbinical school in Cincinnati- Stephen Wise; Brought up in New York; Didn't like the city; wanted to become the Rabbi of a community;
10-20 Min: 1935 was a critical time; striving for the respectability of Ridgefield; a lot of tension; places where Jews could not go - Candlewood Lake; Rotary would not allow Jews; Pres. Jenkins asked Malino to join Rotary; Jenkins informed Malino that they would not admit a Jew; Rotary was important in the 1950s; Lion's Club admitted Jews; Masons had restrictions on advancement for Jews; hat unions would give a union card to blacks;
20-30 Min: Visited many of the Christian churches and was eventually accepted, but not at first; Danbury reflected the anti-Semitism which was prevalent at the time; Prejudice was a more accepted form of human expression; Republicans asked Malino to join the Board of Education in 1948; Freddy Wilson; Tom Keating; Charlie Sweeney; Harry Adams Hersey; on the board of education until 1969 as a Republican?; politics on the school board;
30-40 Min: Major issue was new schools; Catholics opposed the building of municipal schools that would compete with the Catholic school system; Conservatism on the board; School system was antiquated; built a lot of schools; had to promote the school agenda through various community groups; no kindergartens in Danbury; before consolidation, the school budget was presented at a Town Meeting - Town meeting could only lower the budget or turn it down;
40-50 Min: CT opposed compulsory education; State authorized local boards of education which operated within the municipality; Danbury Taxpayers Association; Board of Finance; Perry Katz; END OF SIDE 1; Henry Dick; Construction of the Synagogue; built in 1926; Lutheran church attempted to prevent Synagogue: Ed Salari?;
50-60 Min: Changing attitudes to education; population 22,000 in 1935; immigration after WWII led to changes to the education system; Danbury became more sophisticate, tripled in size; growth of surrounding area also had an effect; Eagle Pencil - had a huge effect; Union Carbide; change from a small town to a small city; provincial and prejudiced but it was a community; Danbury is the only town without it's own paper - News-Times is regional;
60-70 Min: Danbury had more town pride;