This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/3480.2.2 Message Board Post: Stonina was a popular mayor during the 1930s here in Chicopee. I believe he was Chicopee's first Polish mayor. His most notable accomplishment as mayor was to persuade government officials to build Westover Air Force Base on the tobacco fields in Chicopee. The Stonina family also ran a car dealership on Exchange Street for many years.