Velte, Paul Christian Jr., (1914-1976), was CEO of Air America, a large airline owned by the Central Intelligence Agency flying primarily in Southeast Asia from the 1950s until 1975; used Air America Huey helicopters to help with evacuation of Saigon in April 1975, rescuing more than 1,000 Americans and Vietnamese; Ridgefield resident 1955 until death, was active in Ridgebury Congregational Church and Boy Scouts.
From Jack Sanders, Who Was Who in Ridgefield.
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This little notebook opens another window into the life at the Peter Parley/West Lane Schoolhouse.
Third grade students from Branchville experience a one-room school with educators from the Ridgefield Historical Society
The virus came to town in September of 1918 and claimed the lives of Ridgefielders.
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