Joseph Clark, 3rd. WRITER, HISTORIAN, BOOKSELLER , collector and publisher of short stories about TOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. The reclusive researcher, old time AM radio deejay, MAIN PAGE with interesting QUICK links.

Joseph Clark 3Rd, writer, historian, old time AM radio deejay, collector, writer and publisher of stories and books, cds and dvds about Tolland, Massachusetts.

ON JULY 17, 2010, THERE WILL BE  AT THE TOLLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, A SEMI-CLASSICAL MUSIC PRESENTATION 'THE WINDS OF TOLLAND', COMPOSED BY ANDREW BONACCI AND INSPIRED BY WRITTEN WORKS BY JOSEPH CLARK AND DELIVERED BY A FULL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY  ALAN TAYLOR.

THIS IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

 THE EVENT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FORMAL ART EXHIBITION CURATED BY  ASHLEY CLARK (BFA-SVA) IN THE CHURCH VESTIBULE THAT DAY AND THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE CONCERT.

ANDREW BONACCI IS PROFESSOR OF COMPOSITION AND CHAIR OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT OF WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE, AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS MOST UNUSUAL CELEBRATION OF THE TOWNS HISTORY FOR TWO YEARS. 

FUNDED BY A CULTURAL COUNCIL GRANTS AND OTHER PRIVATE SOURCES, 'THE WINDS OF TOLLAND' IS OPEN TO THE PUBLC BUT INVITATIONS WILL BE ISSUED AS WELL AS AN OVERFLOW ATTENDANCE IS  EXPECTED.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AN INVITATION TO 'THE WINDS OF TOLLAND' OR IF YOU INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING MONEY ( AND MONEY IS ALWAYS NEEDED, IN THESE ART STARVED  TIMES.) OR YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME TO PRODUCTING THIS CONCERT, OR EXHIBITING YOUR ARTWORK, CONACT THE SUSAN L. AND JOSEPH J. CLARK III, FAMILY LAND PRESERVATION TRUST AT INKOMING@NETZERO.NET.

 Tolland, Massachusett's (pop.425) third oldest native, only seven people in town have lived  in town longer than he.

Joseph J. Clark 3rd. was born Dec 5, 1943 (a war baby , NOT a baby boomer, he points out) Raised on a modest family farm, where he spent his youth as a lazy daydreamer, Clark, a direct descendant of TWO passengers on the Mayflower, graduated from the 8th grade, the only graduate in his class from the one room Tolland School in 1957.

After graduating from The Gilbert School in 1961, he moved on to 20 years as one of the last class of old time AM radio music deejays, working radio stations, 16 in all, along the east coast, including a 1965-67 stint as the only all night live rock deejay in Washington DC. The" All Night Pajama Party " was widely heard. Then has was overcome by homesickness and poor  spousal choices which brought him back to Tolland, a lonely end of the road in western Massachusetts.

Clark wrote his first book about the town in 1979. The consumate storyteller, he has since then  written several more  plus broadsheets, and has done videos, tapes and cds. some of which are still available.

In 2005, Clark's first official history of the town  was published by THE WICKET GROUNDS, INC.

ALONG THE TOTO TRIAL:THE HISTORY OF TOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, can be purchased online with paypal codewords "Joseph Clark III, inkoming@netzero.net   for $15 and is shipped postpaid, or by ordering directly by emailing the above, or to Wicket Grounds, Inc. 1043 Burt Hill Road, Tolland, Ma. 01034. All checks should be made out to The Wicket Grounds, Inc.

The Tolland history book is 255 pages long, soft cover. A complete chapter by chapter synopsis is online at http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/members2/index.html . 

Joe's newest book,  The Last Days of WBZY....(Ardvark, 150 pages softbound...non-fiction.) is also available  in the same process as above. This new book tells the story, abeit strange story, of Torringtons CT's first and most powerful radio station which went off the air for good in 1964, with of course, Joe throwing the final switch. Its funny, warm and laced with inside information on how those good old AM  radio stations worked...but like all of Joes work, its clean, safe  and written  for most ages. Its great fun......$12.00, postpaid.

Joseph Clark is one of those country charactors that you read about but seldom see. Better that way.

Married 29 years to Susan, his devoted, loyal and long suffering wife with a "bunny face"  Joe has three grown children and three grandchildren. He and Susan still reside in the rambling, dusty, if not spooky old farmhouse in Tolland and operate a golf driving range .