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Lists owners and dates of purchase of general stores (Corners Store, Center Store, West Worthington Store, and South Worthington) from 1796 through 1995. Handwritten list of patrons. Includes a newspaper article from the Daily Hampshire Gazette of…

PVPC Survey of Historic Houses, Worthington, Massachusetts prepared by Bonnie Parsons of Pioneer Valley Planning Commission prior to submittiing application for inclusion in National Historic Commission. 1 copy with yellow cover, spiral bound. One…

Article titled 'A long journey out of the past' about the (Morgan Hall Homestead?) Corbett house in Worthington. The Boston Globe.
The Fitzroy House and the Corbett house were both on Corbett Road. The Fitzroy house was burned as practice for the…

Ted Porter was very proud to present this paper as it verifiied his family lineage is the oldest in town. There is another copy as well.

Formerly numbered 31-3. Unable to locate original entry. Bicentennial

Congratulatory certificate upon entry into the armed forces of the United States. Presented by the Selectmen, signed by Wells W. Magargal and Henry H Snyder.

The Selectmen present this farce comedy in 3 acts at Worthington Town Hall, Friday, August 12, 1938 8:30 p.m. Written by Jay Tobias, directed by HUGO ADDY. Assisted by Elizabeth Torrey and Henry H. Snyder. Cast included Edith Packard, Dick…

Glossy brochure with pictures and information. Held at Town Hall, May 17, 1956, was an opportunity for the telephone user to question or comment on quality of service. Pictures include Elizabeth Torrey, Emerson Davis, Lucie Mollison. Marie Stone…

'Commuter Spokesman....Nathaniel Glidden.' Might have been taken from rotagravure section of Sunday paper

"First Day of Spring in Worthington" Springfield Union photo......Emerson Davis shovels to break through 10-foot drift in front of Congregational Church so that Easter services may be conducted on Sunday."

Letter addressed to William Chamberlin from M. Fairman dated Feb 17, 1986 found between post office section and the storage units during construction for new postal boxes. The letter was from Jennie Fairman with a check in memory of Harriet Osgood.…

2 copies Article by Lois Ashe Brown in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Pictured are Postmaster Merwin F. Packard and Mrs C. Kenneth Osgood; Charlie Alderman, and Pete (Cullen) Packard; also picture of century-old Corners Grocery. No visible support for…

Daily Hampshire Gazette article: Worthington Congregational Church to observe bicentennial July 11th. Article by Lucie Mollison. Pictured are present church painted white, drawing of third church by Jerrilee Bunce Cain, parsonage on Huntington Road…

Typewritten page describing provenance: Creelman, Kievitt, Sullivan, (rented to George Wolk), then Demagalls and in 1977 sold to Robert and Sandra Epperly. Located at the Corners on Huntington Road.

In honor of Centennial Celebration of the Worthington Golf Club, WHS hosted a Tea Party featuring "The Victorian Lady", (Kandy Carle) a performance artist wearing and describing the dress of yesteryear. She came in period dress appropriate for 1904.

In Memory of Rev. Jonathan Huntington, First Evangelical Pastor of the Church of Christ in Worthington who for several years usefully served his Generation in the Profession of a Physician and finished his Course with Joy in the frequent and active…

"Lyndon Vermont, Annual Report, 1974, a bicentennial town".
Likely donated by Lois Ashe Brown who grew up in Lyndon and resided in Worthington for many years until her death in 2000.

Huntington Annual Town Report - 1963. Memorializes John F. Kennedy.

Photocopy of "A Little History of Indian Hollow near Huntington, Massachusetts" by Elizabeth Hartley, Born - January 27, 1852" (she was 82 and living in Orlando Florida at the she wrote this). Indian Hollow is now in the basin of Knightville Dam…

"The Youth's Companion," Boston, Thursday June 2, 1881. Published by Perry Mason Company. Features a story by Harriet Beecher Stowe.