FFH 13

Shirley A. Pavone and Rita Morton
at Shirley's Retirement Party in 2003
from Connecticut Valley Hospital
where she worked after the closing
of Fairfield Hills Hospital in 1995.
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Greenwich 1A; Shelton 1A; Cochran 2B &1A, Fairfield House, Litchfield house and Connecticut Valley Hospital after the closure in 1995.

Shirley A Pavone, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sacred Heart University

Dr. Aurora Alcantara left,
Shirley A. Pavone center,
Dr. Marietta Sonido right,
at Shirley's retirement party.

Go to Part XIIIb
So Many People, So Many Memories...
Fairfield Hills Hospital
In August 2008
A Dream Abandoned and Destroyed!
Pictures Were Taken And Sent To Me By James Divita.
For so many of us this will be a sad journey to what once was almost home...

Part I
Working at Fairfield Hills(State) Hospital - How I came to Fairfield Hills Hospital - Summation of my
immigration story - Arlington, Virginia and Washington, DC - Meeting Pete in Danbury, Connecticut - Mrs. Morrell's
Guest House - Working at Danbury Hospital - Hearing about Fairfield Hills Hospital - Getting a job there - Mrs. Adams
and Mrs. Schwaller - Central Linen Room - A Listing of Former Employees at FHH--People I Knew and Loved -

Part VI
Working in Fairfield House - 11-22-1963, I watch the Kennedy assassination
on television in Fairfield House - Having a shot of Bourbon with Jack Shanley - I want to join the Navy
before getting drafted into the Army - I pass the test and an angel in the form of a Navy corpsman
         tells me not to join - I take his advice - Soon the Army will be "knocking on my door" -
         I decide to visit my mother in Berlin before being drafted - I convert to Catholicism with the
           special help of my old mentor, the Jesuit Pater Manitius - Stopover in Amsterdam - Back in the USA -
          My draft notice is waiting for me - "You're in the Army now"! -

Part VII
1967, I return to Fairfield Hills Hospital after three years -
            My last days in the US Army - discharge troubles and Army bureaucracy - The General intervenes
   and makes things "right" with a phone call - Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, N.J. - Fort Hamilton, Staten Island, N.Y.
       - Pete, Ingrid, Pia and "uncle" John Kilpatrick - Return to Fairfield Hills Hospital in Newtown, Ct. -

Part VIII
Back at Fairfield Hills Hospital
A wonderful welcome from the "old-timers" there - John Kilpatrick
has a new Jeep "Wagoneer" (One of the first SUV's) - Back to classes - My new classmates - Gerold Brown is gone
from FHH, fired in what I believe was a set-up and malicious... - Also my good friend Jerry Hatchey is gone as well
as Mike Schengrian... - I am angry about Gerald Brown's firing from FHH -

Part IX
First day back in class - Mr. Bouton is droning on and on - Some of my new classmates:
Thelma Oliver - Kenny - George Gilligan - Bob Totten - My state of mind, -Herbert Marcuse,
C.Wright Mills, Mao's "little red-book", Ramparts magazine -
My mystical admiration of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his "New Deal",
Falling in love with Thelma. - Sage advice from my friend John Kilpatrick...

Part X
Picture Page courtesy of Beryl Carr
with pictures of Beryl Carr, Cliff Kearnan, Paula from the pharmacy, Florence Brown, Ms. Raeford R.N.,
Dover Seawright, Dr. Didios, Dr. Seanado, Tommy Ferrell, Andres Vaga, Flo Erickson, Carol Lockwood,
Lynn Wilson, Mary D'Agusta and many more employees.

Part XI
Various Pictures and Historical Articles from a Pamphlet
Issued to FHH Employees in 1983

Part XII
This Page Is Dedicated To The Loving Memory
Of Our Friend And Co-Worker At Fairfield Hills Hospital,
Evelyn M. Brown
With A Collection Of Pictures Sent To Me
By Her Loving Granddaughter Penny Lee. Group Photo From The Early-To Mid- 1970's
Probably Taken In Cochran House Basement O.T. Room.
Far Left Standing Is William "Billy" Lawlor, Center-Table Is Charlie Gallagher,
Second From Right, Standing, Is Kay Hodgman....
All The Others I Know And Worked With, But I Don't Remember Their Names.
Also Pictures of Dino Lopez, Georgia Lasorco, Kay Barkasy-Colgan and Frances DeManuel.

Part XIII
I Thought This Memorial-Page Would Be A Proper Place
To Put A Few Of My Own Pictures, Since
I Met My Wife, Donna, As A Co-Worker
At Our Beloved Fairfield Hills Hospital as well as my first wife Thelma
...Also Pictures
of Steve Hirst, Pete Wagner, John Kilpatrick, Bill Lawlor,
Jerry Haffke.

Part XIIIb
So Many People, So Many Memories...
Fairfield Hills Hospital
In August 2008
A Dream Abandoned and Destroyed!
Pictures Were Taken And Sent To Me By James Divita.
For so many of us this will be a sad journey to what once was almost home...

Continuation of my story:

Part XIV
The Continuation of My Story
Training on Greenwich-House 1A - Thelma and I get married
Watertown-Hall

Part XVII
Jimmy Fowler and I become involved with
with Satguru Maharaj Ji and his Divine Light Mission.
The story is yet to be told.
On this page is a short summary of our involvement
and a very extensive article about the Divine Light Mission
from the July 1973 issue if "Ramparts" magazine.

Part XVIIa
This page is the continuation of the Ramparts article
from page XVII.

Part XVIII
The Jesus Movement
Fall 1973 - Fall 1974
Rev. Carew a Catholic Priest at St. Joseph's Church
In Danbury Started a Charismatic Jesus Group
and I was part of it for about one year.
This article is dedicated to Patty Stoops
a friend of Thelma's whom I met again at these meetings.
--This page contains an article by Bob Chuvala
whom I believe to be FFH employee Paul Chuvala's son.
The article is extensive but my own story
about being part of this group has not been told yet.