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Town of Worthington, Annual Report, 2014. Cover shows Worthington Library, photograph by Ed Pelletier. Includes reports from various town boards and entities.

Archival copy of DVD - interview with Bob Randall, November 2012, Berkshire Hills Productions, interviewer: Kate Ewald.

Archival copy of DVD, from World War II, Veteran's Day Commemoration, November 10, 2001 event. Included on the DVD are: Donald Mollison, William Coffey, Donald Coffey, James Coffey, Milton Perkins, Bob Epperly, Ernest Robinson, Kenneth Pease, Harold…

This video depicts the mechanical harvesting of a spruce plantation that was planted in the 1930's as part of a 'make work' project on the part of a wealthy landowner.

Here is a picture of our Golden Retriever dog, 'Yukon' playing in the snow. This video is hosted on Vimeo as a test. Another, related video of the cutting of our spruce plantation is hosted on YouTube. Looking at various alternatives for video…

Video. Brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped and put into a box truck for transportation off site.

Video. Saplings and brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped in anticipation of transportation off site.

The first of an estimated 1,700 trees is coming down. It snowed last night; powder snow has shaken off the tree as it is being cut.

The 'feller buncher' consists of a boom, grabbing hooks and a disc. The disc has teeth that are about 1-in x 1-in x 1-in, far larger (as expected) than a chainsaw. The hydraulically-driven disc is visible at the end of the boom. The operator just…

Cutting spruce plantation. The 'feller buncher' with one operator has been working for about 1.5 hours; he has taken down about 50 trees or so. The machine can cut a 12-inch tree in about 1 second! This is extremely efficient timber harvesting!

Spruce logs from spruce plantation have been cut and stacked. They are to be skidded to a central location for further processing.

Logs are in queue for further processing. The picker is picking up clean boughs for chipping. The ships will be used to generate steam at Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.

The spruce plantation has been removed using a 'feller buncher'. The logs have been removed from the site. The green needles on the ground will decompose. It will be necessary either to graze a few goats in the cut area, or plan to brush hog the…

The spruce plantation has been cut. The logs are queued for further processing. The pollards are stacked for chipping. These tree-tops are clean, they will be chipped for burning as bio-mass at the Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.
Our dog…

Spruce logs have been cut to length and loaded into a truck for transportation to a saw mill. These logs will be used for building a log cabin.

John Jarvis (1888-1967), immigrated from Lithuania in 1910 and eventually settled in Worthington along with his sister, Mary. His farm at the corner of Indian Oven Road and Old Post Road (no longer extant) was known for its large number of turkeys.…

John Jarvis (1888-1967), immigrated from Lithuania in 1910 and eventually settled in Worthington along with his sister, Mary. His farm at the corner of Indian Oven Road and Old Post Road (no longer extant) was known for its large number of turkeys.…

1908 postcard, black and white, lithographed showing "Post Office Corner, Worthington, Mass. W.M. Shaw's Store" from south. Mailed to Mrs. J. G. Blackman in Holyoke. Message reads: Aug. 16, 1908. I am glad you liked thew pictures even though you want…

Sign on doorway to S. Worthington Methodist Church

Alter and pews, S. Worthington Methodist Church