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Arthur Capen Title A name given to the resource School - Diary, School Planning Committee Type The nature or genre of the resource Papers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-04-29 Description An account of the resource These records date from 1953; and are contractors bid documents and insurance bonds. They are contained in brown legal-size envelopes addressed to Arthur Capen. 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Originals at Hampshire County Registry of Deeds, Northampton. Included is one 8-1/2' x 11' looseleaf handwritten paper mentioning School district numbers 1, 2, 4, 7, and 9. Mentions also that the Health Center opened December 10, 1950. (see Box 40) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 20.3 x 24.1 cm (8 x 9.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCH04 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 25 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Researched, donated by Julia Sharron Title A name given to the resource School - Legal, Copy of Registry of Deeds, Sites of One Room School Houses Type The nature or genre of the resource Papers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1847/1873 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). summer 2000 Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-04-29 Description An account of the resource These items were found in the trunk at the Capen/Riverside Schoolhouse. Trunk is still in the schoolhouse as of this date. 7 letters to Thelma Packard and some papers from school mates graded by Ms. Packard. Dated 1937. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 21.6 x 27.9 cm (8.5 x 11 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCH08 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 25 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. from Capen/Riverside School Title A name given to the resource School - Letter and Papers, Thelma Packard Type The nature or genre of the resource Papers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936/1937 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/c3a9ae3f16100c4918ced5e3980e6e0a.pdf 557634625f11880450f9aa3519c40997 PDF Text Text € �The oY istariec THE Vt ‘ traton a ae jiiass. 01098 “JONATHAN EDWARDS” 1737-1812 CHURCH “THE OLD CHURCH" 1812-1876 �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, SATURDAY, JUN E HistOf orFirst y Church 6, 1936. Given By Miss Caverno As Part Of Celebration Significant Events in First 175 Years of the Church’s 275 Years of Activity Are Described by Professor Emeritus of Smith, Long Active in Affairs of the First Church, The historical address in connection with the 275th anniversary of First Church of Christ in Northampton (Congregationa!) was delivered this afternoon at 3.30, ia the church auditorium, by Miss Julia Harwood Caverno, a professor emeritus of Smita eollege, and long active in the affairs of First church. Her adGress was preceded by organ music from 3 to 8.30, and fol- you may| But minister or no, be sure they did not leave their were no They religion behind. roving adventurers, they took their wives and children along to make homes. Our founders, coming from the vicinity of Hartford and re-enforced - later Dorchesfrom by a contingent in town meeting in} ier, decided 1457 — three years after thy founding of the town—to look out for a minister, lowed by the historical tea in} First church chapel at 4.30. Miss| principles Caverno’s settlers were Puritan, grims from Plymouth) history, in full, is as} follows: When in 1934 our neighbor ghurch at Hadley celebrated couneurrently the 275th anniversary of the town and of the chuici:, we of the old chureh in Northto wonder if we) began ampton came of a less godiy stock than they. If our town was founded in 1654, why did it take seven years to organize a church? For begins with record our church the simultaneous organization of ihe church in 1661 and the ordination and installation of its first| Mather. | minister, Rev. Eleazar of that old, We are very proud tall, calf bound ledger with the consisting record of the council, mesrather, delegates—or of sengers, as they were called— from the cburches in Dorchester, Roxbury, Springfield and HadJeigh, and the ordination at the hands of Rev. John Russell and Rev. John Eliot, Sr., the apostle and followed by to the Indians, the creed and confession, all done in an exquisite angular page, after rErinted hand, page looking like the manuscript of a mediaeval monk. 3ut a little study of the history of various early settlements relieves the founders of our own from the imputation of religious ¢lackness. The movement of these smalt colonies was like the swarming of bees—the hive grew crowded, there was plenty of land farther on, and a swarm went off and started in elsewhere. Sometimes they were the off lucky enough to carry queen bee with them. The HadJey settlers began equipped witnwhom they had Pastor Russell, carried them. off from Connecticut with movement on which was One the based of the Puritan (for not was our Pila sturdy belief in the religious responsibility of the laity. Every is, however, One curious fact worth noting. When a small town a minister now, iz left without “Whe is «ven the ungodly say, going to marry us and bury us?” But here we must face a strange manifestation of the logic of our Of the seven Puritan ancestors. sacraments of the Roman church, they had retained but two, bap iism and the Lord’s supper. This they alone are may be because in the New inculeated directly Or it may be, more Testament. -frobably, because the practice of the dead had conie prayers for under ban from the abuses in the prein indulgences of sale Reformation times, and that the man was a priest in his owr complete control by the Church houschold and family prayers at of England of marriage rites had least oneé in the day was an been so unjust to dissenters, that almost universal custom. But the. for some years the early Puritan “meeting house” which they churches relegated the control of built very early served equally and of burial entirely marriage well for secular business on week In their power. secular to the cays and for church services on theory they did not need a minihe Lord’s day. To read Scripfunerals. ister for weddings and ture, to offer prayer, and even to | Later they came to crave one and prophesy (the technica] term for the two services were restored to preaching) was a legitimate funcreligion. ° tion for laymen. But the supply The search of the town of ef laymen gifted for such reine tions is usually limited and the: Northampton for a minister, bewas successful in apparent unanimity with whicn) gun in 1657, One wants to know how John Strong was elected ruling | 1658. to work, but of that elder when such an office was in-| they went stituted shows probably when there is neither record nor tradition. It is, however, fairly easy that talent had been discovered. have must what The office of ruling elder was a to conjecture happened. Northampton may. not Presbyterian one, later dropped bave known whom it wanted, but in Congregationalism. Few knew pretty clearly churches, however, exist without it probably a layman who really is a ruling what it wanted. And when someconsulted an influentiai elder, whether elected or not. one friend in Boston he said, in efCertainly Elder John Strong left ‘We want a godly minisan impress, not only on his own,| fect, who is at the same but on succeeding generations ier—-one and ig perhaps the only one of time a gentleman and a scholar.” And the arswer might naturally the early settlers whom every one te, ‘“‘What you want is one of of us could name. the Mathers.” tf’ must be confessed, howIn 1635, when the Massachuever, that his arrival. at about the time of Mr. Mather’s was iimely, For the laymen of the carlier party had developed theologieal differences to the poinr where the general court had advised them, in the absence of a minister, to confine their services to singing of hymns, prayer and reading from some good book or sormons, | setts Bay Colony was ceeded to the throne bad become Archbishop terbury. He had ample ie only five years old, there had landed in Boston an English Puritan minister of about forty, who had already won distinction as a preacher for genuine piety, for the courage of his convictions and for deep and wide scholarship. His hope for reform in the Churcau of England had become fainter since Charles I had suc- and Lad of Cancourage �—but would not courage be more fruitful in the hardships ot New England than amid the persecutions of Stuart England? A letter from Thomas Hooker, the great divine of Connecticut, to New England a minister to whom they could look up—one who owned and used books. The min ister was also the only profes. sional man in the community. For some seventy years he was whom he had appealed for adthe only guide of the community vice, is a luminous exposition of | in law and medicine. the motives which weighed with | When, therefore, Harvard coimen of his stamp. It is revealing lege was founded Richard Mathe: cf Thomas Hooker that he ofprepared four of his six sons {o1 | fered these considerations as a entrance and all of the four grad basis of decision, of Richard uated with honor—being able in Mather that on this basis he definal examination, among otner cided to come. “If I may speak things, te translate passages my thoughts fully and freely, from the Old and New Testathough there are many places ments in Hebrew and Greek into where men may receive and ex- the Latin tongue, and to explain pect more earthly commodities, them logically. They had lived at yet I do believe there is no place home in an atmosphere of books this day upon the face of the —the catalogue of their fath earth, where a gracious heart and /er’s large library is still extant. a judicious head may receive And they seem ail to have inherited ‘“‘a gracious heart and more spiritual good to itself and judicious head.” The two older do more temporal and spiritual to England and good to others.” Bearing a “‘gra- sons went back both remained there for careers cious heart and a judicious head,” Richard Mather, with his of distinction in pulpit and uniwife and four young sons, set versity. But just about the time, when Northampton be sail for New England. Providence in 1657, for a minister, Inseemed to have opened a way for gan to look the youngest son, sailed his services here, for shortly be- crease, England—and sailed fo1 fore a swarm had left Dorches- for on June 29th, 1661—tvo ter to settle in Connecticut, car- home rying with them their pastor, the late, as you will see, to be pres- Rev. Mr. Warham, There Wa2&3|/ ent at his brother's installation over the church in Northampton. The church had been cau- | need to rally the broken fragments in Dorehester and form a new church and this task Richard Mather accomplished. But it is well to remember the Reverin For also. end Mr. Warham due course of time his daughte1 Esther became the wife of} Bleazar Mather and, after his} death, of Solomon Stoddard. For was the milseventy years she ister’s wife in the First parish, able, capible, devout, and hou- tious—the young minister had served a three year probation from 1658 to 1661. When tenure was to be for life it was well to Summer and winter the candiHe had preached to their date. , Satisfaction, married to their Satisfaction, it was now time to organize the church, ordain and install the young man. As was usual, he was to be given a cerored. And she lived after Mr. tain amount annually — oftener paid in produce than cash, Stoddard’s death, through seven and years of fruitful ministry on the land, some of it for life, some of it in fee part of her grandson, Jonathan simple. The settlers built him a house—and-his neme | Edwards. But while we have an | ticipated three-quarters of a lot was at the corner of Mair century, Northampton is waiting and Pleasant streets. His back for its church and iis minister. garden occupied Shop Row about up to Merritt Clark’s In good English Puritan fastion, and the they wanted one in whose schol- house faced on Pleasant street. they could The bond had been particularly arship and standing between Increase take pride. None of the pioneers close always and Eleazar Mather, of Northampton were university the two American born bred men—all of them belonged sons of their apparently to what is called “the father, And Increase came home substantial yeomanry.” But they in -season to do team work with were Englishmen of a period in his brother in a controversy—or following the revival of one might better call it a probwhich, one of learning, great strides had been lem—which had become of educa- intense interest in the New Engmade in the conduct churches—one which is tion and of opening it up to the land middle classes. Like all the Re- usually called for brevity, “The Covenant.” It had formers, they laid great stress on Half Way and brought about the calling of a of Seripture the guidance of churches in 1657— had the King James version, new council satisfied no as “the only perfect whose decision had and fresh, by the request rule of faith and practice.” But one—and finally Great and General court of that of the no fetish made they to gv (I trust you all know your legiswanted translation; they among lative body by that title) a Synod wanted They farther. favor of the Half Way them such men as had made that was in by a vote of 60 to version, scholars? who could go Covenant The most learned historian back of the English text and 10. comments, verify or explain its meaning, of Congregationalism of unanimity in the from the original Greek o1 “The want by the Hebrew. For a thousand years decision was emphasized Europe had been without any quality of the opposition rather And of the such scholarship and was stil) than its quantity.” thirsty for it. They wanted in ‘opposition were the Mathers. It might not be necessary to com- | Ment at all on the Half Way. Covenant—which for a century was a vital part of the history of this church—if it were nota name still on every tongue. I have known only two men in this | church in the last fifty years who | probably ever knew what it real-| ly was. The rest of us have a glib formula, which is practically this, “In order to vote in town meet- | ing it was necessary to be a) member of the First church, so_ Solomon plan Stoddard for admitting reputable citizen invented practically to the munion and thereby giving the franchise. But Jonathan wards didn’t agree with this thereby became unpopular.” A had very wise the theory old that glib formula, on named and him Edand man’s mind, remove fixst which clogged us demolish first relied so long. 1. Forty years after the Half Way com-| philosopher in order to set the truth into a il was necessary to the error space. Let a) any | which we the that have passed away Covenant was defined before Solo-| mon Stoddard introduced a modification of it and justified it by a theory which has associated his name with it—and practice well beyond brought his half way. 2. Before the Half Way Covenant had been passed by the Synod in 1662, came an order from the King in council annulling any demand of church membership for freeholders. And though the colonies sometimes gave grudging adherence’ to royal orders—or flat disobedience —the Great and General court of Massachusetts promptly repealed the old law demanding church membership for the franchise. | 3. The Way ticut, movement Covenant which for the Half started had in Connec- never required church membership for the franchise. 4. None of the writers in the controversy at the time ever mention any relation to the franchise. What then, was the Half Way Covenant? And why was it de-| manded? No one had thought of| needing tion tion was had it till the born. been The third born older genera- | genera- in England, each member baptized and confirmed *in the English church. Even in the reaction against a process, often no doubt careless and sorfunetory, whereby they had been routed into church-membership, they never doubted the validity of their baptism. But they had an idea of a church, existing in purity, in which somewhere and perience had haps through of sin, perhaps den sense of contact with and exile had through some exactually felt—pera scorching sense through a sudpeace—a personal God. been Persecution the proper background for such experiences. Their own children were baptized in infancy and were expected to �[repeat those experiences © and| \thus be recognized as truly re- ever knew in the external part) and was.intending—as a large of the duty before, the men genproportion of Harvard graduates generate, Yet many of them erally carrying regularly and well of that period did, to make his grew up, married, were godly three parts of the music and the career in England. But in some and upright people, even perfectwomen a part by themselves; but appealed to| now they were evidently wont to ly sound in doctrine. But in them | way Northampton with unusual heart and the divine fire neyer.-seamed te him—perhaps there was no loss} sing of dignity in considering a posi- voice, which made the duty pleashave kindled. Without that vivifying experience they could not| tion which had been held by one; ant indeed.” of the Mathers. The date of his) come into church membership, And at the end of 23 years of call is not quite certain, but he: service, Jonathan Edwards and without the parents’ church was probably came in 1670, and he summarily membership the children could dismissed by the not be baptized. Yet, as an early. certainly married Esther Mather, church, supported by a mutual of his predecessor, council. historian says: “The grandfath- | the widow within that year—and was iners found with grief these chilOne point in the tragedy of stalled in 1672, If Eleazar the situation, however, is rarely dren excluded from baptism, Mather was a gentleman and a noted by modern _though it was to have their offwriters, who scholar, Solomon Stoddard was a naturally have not spring under the shepherdly govgrasped the ernment of our Lord Jesus that gentleman, a scholar, and a man conception of the normal life they had brought their lambs of affairs. Tall, handsome, court- tenure of the pastorate. It was a into this wilderness.’’ Had they ly, he reigned over not only the relation like marriage and _ the set their standard of church church, but the town, conducted break carried the humiliation of membership too high — should either in person or by letter its a forced divorce. they weaken it to the point where affairs with the Great and GenGne hundred and fifty years to any baptized person not scaneral court, had a good head for a day after his dismissal we did ,dalous in life might be admitted land values and a proper sense honor to his memory in a service to full communion without eviof what was due himself, and widely known and widely attend- | dence of regeneration? The Bapfiled to the utmost the conceped from the world outside. The’ tists had avoided this difficulty tion of a prince of the church. bronze relief on the wall of the by dropping infant baptism—a The Half Way Covenant seemed church marks one of the great’ logical solution. But the bravest to him inadequate, as it probdays of our history, and the ad-: logician often weakens at logical| ably was, and he developed his dresses of the day are printed results when the question conown theory of church memberin a volume. cerns a baby — and especially ship, whereby not only the right The church which stoned a when the logician is a grandfathto have their children baptized prophet came in the end to the er. The Synod of 1662 solved—| but the right to partake of the conclusion of his cousin, Major: or shelyed—the issue by institut-| communion was widely extended Hawley, who led the stoning. For ing a sort of ‘associate member—the theory being in effect that in later years, though still conship’, which admitted parents to the very partaking of the comvinced that the separation was the privilege of having their munion produced. a sanctifying necessary, Major Hawley repentchildren baptized but not to the effect. That he added in his well ed with fasting and prayer, the privilege of the communion nigh 60 years 630 persons to the manner in which it was done. table. It was literally a Half membership can be ealled a fair Though Mr. Edwards remained Way Covenant. harvest, but doesn’t indicate a in Northampton a full year. after Though it had been voted by a padding of the rolls, or a neceshis dismissal, he was rarely in-' large majority in the Synod, sary lowering of quality. In other vited to preach and then cnly each church was free to follow than theological troubles—in the supply could be the course it chose. As long as | } tragie times of Indian wars, he when no other found. Finally a vote of the town Eleazar Mather lived—which was was a tower of strength. And forbade his occupying the pulpit. not long — he held to the old though to the world outside the / And for three years the “largest ‘basis. His brother, Increase, who fame of the First ehureh of | lived to be 84, was in his Northampton lies in its being the and wealthiest church outside of Boston”? went without a pastor. later life as ardent an advocate church of Jonathan Edwards, by experience of the Half Way Covenant as he though a tablet outside and a Some of us know the demoralization—a sort of had been opponent. Solomon memorial within bear witness to dry rot—that settles in on a Stoddard’s theory and practice our appreciation of that honor— church between ministers. But will be set forth later. But bear at. the bottom of the heart of all with that added to the feuds, the in mind that the Synod of 1662 “old Northampton,” this church jangled nerves and the general went half way for people who is the church of Solomon Stodlet-down after strain one cannot craved, not a vote in town meetdard, wonder that eligible ministers ing, but Christian baptism for It would be idle in a sketch were wary of Northampton. Some their children. In the Synod of like this to attempt any study of special Providence brought them, 1662 and the discussions folJonathan Edwards c~ of his relahowever, in 1754, John Hooker, |lowing, Eleazar Mather seemed tion to this church. Called in not as salient or brilliant a per,to have borne an equal part with youth, a singularly lovable young sonality ag either of his predeceshis brilliant younger brother, in man, to be associate pastor with sors, but evidently inheriting the record of whose long career his grandfather, Solomon Stodfrom his great grandfather, is chiefly found involved the little dard, he succeeded him two years we know of our first pastor. He Thomas Hooker, “the gracious later, and beeame, after a due heart and the judicious head” o, thirty-tw of died at the age novitiate, the motive power of a sorely needed at this point. If after eleyen years of service in great spiritual and moral awakwe have m traditions of him, it Northampton. But if—as I think ening almost unparalleled in the is perhaps/because his pastorate it would be fairly easy to estab-— history of Christianity. Never in corresponded with those restful lish—it was he who patiently any other period has the First gaps in the book of Kings, where pages of | church beautiful wrote those lived in so blinding a it is said, ‘And the land had rest our first record, he had the soul | glor> as in the Great Awakenforty years.’”’ } Curiously enough, fact artist—a an of and fingers ing. And out of how fresh and peace, he came to which has been unknown in aN! peasant a dawn that sun arose for a man the fore at the outbreak of the one can perhaps his art was age when even be seen from a | lost since the great days of the | fragment of Mr. Edwards’ own Revolution. He had a gift in. dealing with young people and, monasteries. narrative. although by nature no propa| after months few Within a “Tt has been observable that | gandist or fiery partisan, the friend some Mr. Mather’s death there has been scarce any part duty fell on him of addressing in Bos- of divine worship of the town intercepted wherein good| the troops as they left home for a posi- men amongst us have had grace| ton on his return from Barbados. so drawn forth and their hearts’ service. And from him, what the in chaplain tion as old hymn calls “a cheerful courHe was then so lifted up in the ways of God Solomon Stoddard. age’ seemed to flow out to the graduate a old, years 27 about as in singing His praises; our| frightened, undisciplined recruits and fellow of Harvard, had been} congregation excelled all that I and send them on their way with �steadiness. But he was not to. see the end of the struggle, for he died suddenly of small pox. in 1777 — after twenty-three years of service. The town, so the record says, was generous to Mrs. Hooker, giving her the use of one-fourth of the land sequestered for the minister and the manse till it was needed for his successor. The latter arrangement worked out very nicely, for, though the next minister, Solomon Williams, came within a year, he was very glad to board with Mrs. Hooker, soon married her daughter, Mary, and kept on living in the manse for the rest of his days. It is worth noting daughter here that perspective of the years that fol-| lowed, we may well say that passing of Solomon Williams mark the end of an what we choose era. the did With him closed the mighty dynasty of ministers chosen for life—five of them covering a span of 175 years. With him ended the last trace of the imperial position of the First church. Bit by bit in the latter half of the 18th century Northampton’s far. flung territory had been carved into separate towns with separate churches. In the early 1$th century a tide was setting in of another i may to call de- nominationalism, but which may in its essence have been 4 ‘Te~ surgence of interest in religion. The old man had seen Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalians St — Governor Strong — whose public career is one of the and Roman Catholics come in, brightest in Northampton’s crown had bidden good-bye sadly and and who was no less notable In perhaps not with the best of his service to the church. grace when the first daughter Solomon Williams was a Yale church, the Unitarian, set up her graduate, continuing the break own home, and in the last year from Harvard, which had begun of hig life bade good-bye to anwith Jonathan Edwards and conother and made the installation tinued through John Hooker. He prayer for the Reverend John had also been a tutor at Yale Todd, the first pastor of the Ed|for five years. He carried on the wards church. The | tradition of a scholarly minischangeth. The old order | ter, was no less an autocrat than First church had set out on the which path Solomon Stoddard had been -— sober but pleasant another though perhaps less a prince. It she was for to tread was not necessary in his day for hundred years. that the the minister to be either a lawfact It is a curious and yer or a physician—the first phyfar-sighted historie eye is sician in Northampton dates from can see objects or even appraise 1730. But he was eminently at a diseasily motives more fitted for a role in which the tance. I have known the First clergy of New England were long church since 1883—fifty years of famous — that of finding out this last century are within my young people who could profit by own memory. I must also have education and either teaching known several people who could them himself or seeing that they Williams as Solomon remember got teaching. Nothing can be clearly as I can remember Mr. and |prettier than the story which personalities But Lathe. | Mrs. Lesley tells of Parson Wil- events in the foreground are too jliams’ interest in her father, vivid, in the middle distance are |Judge Lyman, a delicate child, too faded to focus clearly. It has |whom the minister offered to/seemed, therefore, wise to the _teach in private and quietly fitted and to the historica' committee |for Yale at the age of eleven. historian to collect and file while | His theology became archaic, his it is still possible, along with the ‘speech old fashioned, but he official records, such unrecorded never lost the love of his people. events and personal memories as our second Yet the rise of the general level we may, and leave of education, which the clergy last hundred years, period—the the _ hishad done so much to foster, left to be interpreted by them without the old easy pre- torian of 1961, at the 300th aneminence in the community. niversary of the First eiurch, Through his time the church books were kept by the minister, because at the outset the minister was the only clerkly person. Two years ‘are wanting at one point later, because of one young minister of whom it is accusingly written, ‘“‘He kept no minutes.” Thereafter the laity took up the task. He had secn the fabric rise { of the fourth meeting house— the old white church—one of the crowning glories of Isaac Damon’s architecture, known even now whenever New England churches are studied. One of Carlyle’s unforgettable phrases is this: “Our clock strikes when there is a change from hour to hour. But no hammer in the horologe of time peals through the universe when there is a change from era to era.” Yet, looked at from the �Autobiography In the Steps of St. Francis A. A. MILNE ERNEST Abraham RayMonD Jane Welsh Carlyle Neighborhood; House One Man in Townsenp My His SANDBURG ScuppER Story of Greenwich M. K. Stmmxuovitcu Time; the Adventures Mrs. Last Tragedian; M. Booth All in the Day’s Work Benjamin Franklin The Education My Life & D. Memoirs BB I. M. TarBetu BT Doren BF VAN of a _ Liberal O. G. VitLarD BV E. 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THE Modern American New Voices Masters; 629.1 Published 917.46 915.34 916.7 by the Albany Public Library Vol. XIII JANUARY, 1940 No. 398 917.8 943.085 917.48 QUINN SANDERSON 591.92 590 591.9 580 551.58 581 591.5 A BoswELL, STANLEY Jr. Harriet CASSON First Artists of the World J. T. 759.1 Who 730 FLEXNER 759.1 PRENTICE 726 Ramsay 738 The John Tribute to Langdon Pruyn Made Possible V. L. Pruyn Rice Library of the Cathedral SARTELL American Potters and Pottery Collecting Antiques for the Home H. H. Saytor, Joun Ed. 749 ScHwartz 780: The Story of Musical Instruments 978 by iTul Lins age eat 919.4 914.81 Painting of To-Day Old ; ARTS Peyton Sculpture Ey HISTORY Life in an Air Castle; Nature Studies in the The First Penthouse Dwellers of America 914.85 Hadhramaut on the 917.55 R. Past and in the Snow America’s At- FRASER ODELL 983 North MAXWELL Mrs. F. P. 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Watkins, Strolling Player, 1845-1863 The They BF Lincoln; the War Years Cart DESCRIPTION BM H. W. URTRIIRORTO ROOT RNYRIRYO RYAN EROTICA RYN RORY ONY RYN Albany Public Library TYCO NEY COON NYY OY YC NY EY AY NYY CATHY YY OY 1 �THE Harriet Langdon Pruyn Rice The friend, When Albany Public Library lost its most devoted and a Board member of liberality and under- standing, when Mrs. Harriet Langdon Pruyn Rice died on July 3, 1939. In this first number of The Bridge for 1940 the Library of service. expresses its appreciation of her years Mrs. Rice was born in Albany where she graduated from St. Agnes School. She spent long periods abroad during her early years, notably in London where in 1886 she was presented at Court. Throughout her life she showed a deep interest in the Dutch traditions of Albany and in Holland, from which her father’s family migrated in 1660. In recognition of this interest Queen Wilhelmina presented her in 1924, at the time of Albany’s Tercentenary Celebration, with the Order Nassau. Her home in Albany was always the entertainment of distinguished visitors It was fortunate for the City’s public their users that Mrs. Rice selected them as beneficiaries of her service to her native shared her world outlook with them. Her of Orange- a center for from abroad. libraries and the principal Albany, and gifts to the John V. L. Pruyn Library collection and the books bought from the Fund which she founded in 1927 are predominately international in scope. Among them are several hundred biographies of British and other European men and women prominent in nineteenth and twentieth century world history. The building itself, an example of Dutch architecture of the 17th century, is a reflection of her interest. At the time of her death she had been a trustee of the Albany Public Library for fifteen years, but for many years before libraries in Albany. that she It was her mother, Mrs. Anna Hybertie Pruyn Hamlin Pruyn, public jr., in joining library as had been a in 1900 friend of public that she interested Parker Pruyn, her sister, Mrs. and her brother, John V. L. with her a memorial to to found her and father, house John V. a L. Pruyn, chancellor of the University of the State of New York from 1862 to 1877. Mrs. Rice herself donated the land which Her gifts of of years they in recognition was the site of her father’s birth. books have been extensive. For a number took the form of a “St. Nicholas Eve” gift of Dutch custom. Later the John V. L. Pruyn Book Fund already referred to was established. Characteristically she gave the Fund her father’s name rather than her own. being dominated all expression A concern for the Library’s wellher relations with it and found in a conscious effort to avoid taking advan- tage of her position as its most liberal donor. She imposed her own limits—very modest ones—to her personal use of the books she gave to avoid interference with their general availability. The best evidence of what the City has gained as a result of the life-time interest of one citizen its institutions lies in a history of the John V. Library and a description of its collections and in one of L. Pruyn activities. 1901 JOHN the John as a free Albany was established in V. L. PRUYN V. L. public new. 1893, Pruyn library, The and Albany the LIBRARY Library the was free Free library Library Young opened Men’s idea had in in been Association had made its Library free to the public in 1899. When in 1922 the libraries of the Young Men’s Association and the Albany Free Library united, the John V. L. Pruyn Library became a branch of the new system and was presented to the City in 1923, together with the rest of the Association property as part of the contract by which the Board of Trustees of the Young Men’s Association, reorganized, became the governing body of the Albany Public Library. The City built an addition in 1927. T. Both building and annex were designed by Marcus Reynolds, the well-known Albany architect. Its architecture is appropriate to Chancellor Pruyn’s Dutch ancestry and is reminiscent of the homes of early Albany. A touch of old Holland is found in the small stained glass panels used as inserts in the windows. Many of them relate to Albany history. For example, among them are the flag of the Dutch West India Company under which Albany was settled in 1624-1664, the Albany city seals of 1686 and 1752, and emblems of the five Iroquois Indian nations who were the City’s early neighbors. Other inserts are printer’s marks, to this library of literary taste and culture. BOOK COLLECTIONS AND of history and biography.” These subjects, together with belles-lettres, have been emphasized in the selections made for purchase during the past 38 years. It was then and is still a book browser’s library. An atmosphere of invitation and leisure characterize it even at the present time when its book collections have grown from 3,000 to 24,000 volumes, and its borrowers include large numbers of hurried shoppers and business men and 1901 John V. libraries L. collection of nearly have Pruyn developed Library 1,800 books on subjects of such concern establishments as management, English. The large number and a practical now has a side. business over 50 magazines to Albany commercial advertising’ and business of young business people who use it find conditions quite different from those recalled at the 1901 dedication by Mayor Blessing who told of his difficulties as a young man trying to get together a working library on an apprentice’s wage of $2.10 a week. In 1901 chitdren were not considered when a library was planned. By October 1906, however, the John V. L. Pruyn Library had a children’s to Here the work with children be a normal part of a public is carried to the on, and public and from which has now library’s activity here library service is rendered parochial schools of the neighborhood. Planning reading for adults is the innovation in library service which the last decade has introduced, just as the 1890’s brought the children’s librarian and the 1900's the library for the business man. Such a readers’ advisory service is now conducted at the John V. L. Pruyn Library under the supervision of the Readers’ Adviser for the main library. Business men and women take advantage of it for its aid to advertising, salesmanship and business management, but many readers are enrolled in cultural courses as a means of supplementing their education. In the year just ended 130,348 books were borrowed from the John V. L. Pruyn Library. The number of borrowers registered is 7,027; but many persons regis- tered elsewhere in the system often find it convenient to get their books here in the midst of the shopping and theatre center. Recent Additions to the Pruyn Fund Collection BIOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES the same time we expect to have on our shelves 3,000 well-selected books, especially full in the departments The City. come appropriate Professor Lewis Boss said at the opening in 1901, in behalf of the Library Committee of which he was chairman: ‘‘There will be provided for the reading room a choice selection of the best periodical publications. At women. Since at once the inadequacy of the space provided and began to advocate the building of an addition for a children’s room. Finally in 1927, this addition was made by the librarian who saw Semi-Centennial; Some of the Life and Part of the Opinions of Leonard Bacon An American Artist’s Story LEONARD BACON BB GerorcE BIDDLE BB Free Artist; the Story of Anton and Nicholas Rubinstein Cc. 8. D. Bowen Thoreau H. S. Cansy The Young Melbourne, and the Story of His Marriage with Caroline Lamb Lorp Davin CEciL A Goodly Fellowship M. E. CHASE Lillian Wald, Neighbor and Crusader R. L. Durrus The World Was My Garden; Travels of a Plant My BW BF BF Tilden G. BM BC FarrcHiLtp Jones D. BT Days of Strength; an American Woman Doctor’s Forty Years in China Mrs. A. W. FEARN Samuel Explorer BR A. C. Frick Adonais, a Life of John Keats Dorotuy HEWLETT My Wife and I; the Story of Louise and Sidney Homer Sipney Homer Elihu Root Puitip JEssuP Flowing Stream; the Story of Fifty-Six Years in American Newspaper Life Mrs. F. F. Ketty Adventures in Giving W.H. MatrHews BT BK BH BR BK BM �Gambrel-Roofed House Of Deacon Hunt Recalled On Charch’s 275th Anniversary ~~ View of Main Street in the Old Days Shows the Old Edwards Church, Store Now Occupied by Merritt Clark’s, and Winthrop Hillver’s, Now the Food Shoppe In connection with anniversary of structure Was the old of First the historical gambrel-roofed “Merchaats’ Row” or “Shop Row,” was occupied by Charles Smith & Co. (the “Co.” being 275th church, a interest house Marvin M. French, who served an Mr, Smith). | apprenticeship with were ‘merchant tailors” | They, of Deacon Ebenezer Hunt, the hatter, on Main street. On the corner of this lot stood the old Edwards church, erected in 1833, a low brick building, with a small steeple, the whole presenting :n inferior appearance. Its | vestry was in the southerly | part | | | of the basement, the entrance be- and sold readymede clothing and all kinds of “‘gents’” furnishing goods. The same bus'-cess was later carried on there by Merritt Clark & Co., and has continued as the Merritt Clark store for some 94 years. In the store next to Merritt ine on the west side, near the Clark’s was Winthrop Hillyer’s, later Kingsley’s drug store, and southerly end. In iis day the gambrel-roofed | now the Food Shoppe. Thus, according to H. S. Gere’s “R.ninishouse of Deacon Hunt was one of the principal residences in town. cences of Old Northampton,” from which the above facts ere} The accompanying view was from taken, ‘‘was the original store on the Varner House across the ‘Shop Row,’ established by Dr.; street, located where the Draper Ebenezer Hunt in 1768. Mr. Hill-’ hotel sow is. The old residence yer kept drugs and groceries, the was erected in 1770, and wes sucsame as his predecessors had eessively occupied by Deacon Ebenezer Hunt, Dr. Ebenezer Hunt done. He was clerk for Dr. Hunt and Dr. David Hunt, and stood and after Dr. Hunt’s retirement one hundred years, until it was he took the business and amassed destroyed by fire in 1870. The a handsome fortune during his wame fire also destroyed the Edlong business career. The ~ drug wards church, store enjoyed the singular disAt the time of its destruction tinction of having been devoted to the house was owned by the Benonly one business for about 165 Jamin North estate .and was years. used for stores and workshops. The old hitching posts seen in John Hannum, the watchmaker, the picture have long since given had a shop in the second story. way to parking spaces for autoon the west side, and it was in mobiles, and trees on that part of that shop that Samuel Wells, the Main street are a thing of the clerk of courts, was fatally shot past. while handling a pistol in OctoThe accompanying eut was takber, 1864. The stores below had en from a large framed picture been occupied by “Villiam F. Arloaned to the Gazette by Mrs. noid, Arnold & Searle, Arnold & William L. Waite of Chapel Tillotson, Walter W. Pease and R. street. 3. Fair, dry goods. A similar picture is included in The building next to the Hun the historical exhibit being held house, comprising a part of what at First church as a part of the wasin the old days known as 275th anniversary of the church. �| oe First Church Opens Its Celebration With Many Gifts and Memorials Church Now Entirely Free of Debt, People Giving $2000 as Anniversary Present—190 Attend Birthday Party at Hotel, With Greetings from the City, Smith College and Other Churches Here and in County —Former Pastors Among Those é guests was attended by 190 peoby an Dinner was followed pie, otf speaking, interesting program during which many greetings were prought pastors by churches other from eounty western and and in laymen city, the the of part state, and by church people from outside the state. _ The significance of the eccasion Present —Deacon Wright Gives Reminiscences in Northampton (Congregational) First Chureh of Christ which opened its 275th anniversary with a banquet at Hotel eonNorthampton last evening, received, in addition to many eratulations and best wishes a number of substantial gifts and memorials which were announced by the pastor, Rey. Ray Gibbons, who served as toastmaster during the after-dinner speaking. A number of these announcements came as birthday sur- | prises. Last evening’s birthday party! the church people and their by note, Mr. Gibbons stated, and he Mr. Gibbons ealled upon Chas. W. Walker of the church board of added that “for the first time in assessors and chairman of the fi- 'séveral years the church is entire } ly free of debt.” {nance committee for the celebraMemorials and gifts are as fel-| tion, who announced that the effort to raise $2,000 as a celebralows. : Momorint tion gift by the peopie of the ichureh wag successful, the entire In memory. of Jo: was was by the keynote, enlivened the by but wit toastmaster the evening and various humor and colorful Charles speakers, concluding with Deacon by c reminiscences M. Wright. The evening opened with James Rev. by yocation the inHenry by of this city, followed Larson yoeal solos by Miss Marion L. Van_ of the soloist derburzh, soprano chureh choir. Greetings Brings of City Howard E. Chase, president of the Northampton common council, L. Charles Mayor representing Dunn, who could not be present, brougs. the greetings of His Honand or the city he felt, He government, said that the city appreciates the of development 2ud education characte. of young people by the A community without a chureh. church, would be a com- munity without law and order. President Neilson Speaks What he called some — pre- nn college of {mith history’? natal William Allan by Dr. was g.ven Neilson, president, when he said vas doubt ir the beginning y the college was to he loHatfield or Northampton, ‘amount being raised. He said the| Kellogg and Caroliy tipped the effort had met with a L fine eat loge. sliver flower vai thing that / and one. in it were .sponse on the part of members} children. scales in favor —if In memory of Mrs. Theresa and friends of thc church. he added jocularly —- was favor, many | Out of the $2,000 the church; presence here oi 50 the Mrs. E. TherBates Dudley and risk | any with ing = be able to pay for an $800 dispens s, churche by esa Dudley Krause, candlebras, that the students might be at a Mrs. Hobbie and Sara B. Mrs. This home. a spiritual for loss Frances K. Abbott. church, he addive leading was H, Emma Mrs. of memory In of the faculty d members Parsons, church hymnals, by Mr. ed, Hej received. weTe . Bradley and gtudents god Mrs. Oliver B. and church the In memory of Mrs. Lizzie Mari congraivlated by her prought greetings of the college lighting, choir Lyman, and iis gratitude. daughter, Ethel Louise Lyman. ch. From the Baptist Chur In memory of Sydenham Parfrom the First by read given be was to r organ, lette new A 2 sons, tion to the Baptist church in addi his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Curtis person by in ght brou York. greeting James, of New B. Freen | Eato Mrs from Rey. 00 the pastor, ‘A bequest of $10,0 “God's blessing asked Parsons, part ot | man, who Minnie Davidso~. as a memo-' and many more years’ for First which is to be used i He felt that nowhere is ehureh. rial, of fellowship finer Gifts a there ao ton tothe, hamp from Nort 0 in $2,00 than of ches sum chur The | people of the church as an anni- day. \ : From the Unitarian Church wersary gift. A model of the first meeting | Rev. Georges S. Cooke, speakof E. W.| ing of ihe close relationship Mrs. and Mr. house, by This was exhibited at | his church, the Unitarian, and Tonner. and} evening, last the banauet First church, and of his preach€xhistorical the of part a be will church, said that was | ing at “first hibit. he was denounced as ‘‘unbefore thei A‘ eayel made from wood of He was referring to given by Dr. | Christian.” of a visitor old Whitney house, 5 the recent outbreak . land SunFilmer H. Cope on Memorial in his church ‘ �VIEW OF MAIN ST. IN THEOLD DAYS © ‘da He said y. First ehureh ; | | ; has) srown in every respect, but is as young as any church in the city. He brought best wishes from himself and his congregation to the church, and for a long and prosperous ministry for its pastor. A letter was received from Rey. Edward H. Cotton of Florence Unitarian church. A letter of congratulations and best wishes was received from B’Nai Israel Congregation (Jew- ;ish Synagogue) i David<M. and Lipshires, its signed Glara P. Bodman greetings of the church. i the 163 spoke of years old daughter of the Basil Florence said his D. Hall, pastor Congregational church will be 75 of church, old in October. a “‘childish compared with First church. years age” Flor- ence church, he said, might have failed but for the assistance it re- _ ceived from First church at the | time of the pastorate of Dr. Zach| ary Eddy. First church, he said, | gave Florence church its first silver service. He brought hearty congratulations and the wish that | the church may grow “from | strength to strength and from | glory to Florence ; the ! years glory.” chureh toastmaster, of future <A was letter also wishing usefulness. from read by long years old, this city members on behalf of Congregational gave with Easthampton the town First now being church of Easthampton 46 whom to start. church was organ- ized because of the distance worshippers had to go, with five miles to Northampton and five to Southampton. In those days it was deemed church, a and necessity Mr. to Johnson go said to he was sorry it was not deemed so today by many. Jonathan Edwards, he said, preathed many times in of the Florence Congregational Church Rev. 151 but the the behalf Easthampton Northampton, Rev. Al- on speaking church, a merger of the old First and Payson Congregational churches of that town, said that Easthampton wag once a part of Ed- First 275 \years old mother. church, he said, hag maintained its spirit and its work ir the com| munity, retaining its vigor and | keeping, abreast of the times. The fellowship between the churches, he said, hag never been more sincere and hearty than it is today. From the by wards church was <alled upon, | she dis@ained to speak while pastor ~yas there to bring bert.Jy Penner ; hampton, president. Rev. A. J. Penner Speaks Miss Kasthampion Represen ed _ Charles H. Johnson of East- | East | amptor Others Speak Others who spoke briefly iast evening, bringing greetings and best wishes, included Miss Montague, representing church, 157 years ford ton Towle, pastor Westhampton old; Rey. Gif- of Southamp- Congregationai church; Rey. Theodore Cole, pastor of First Congregational church of Westfield; Mrs. Elton Sherk of the Breckville Congregational church of Breckville, O., a daughter of First church here; Misg Martha Stiles of Waltham, .daughter of the first pastor of the Hampshire | Colony Congregational church of| Princeton, Ill., which held its centennial five years ago, with three of four episodes 0% a pageant laid in Northampton; Rey. Robert G. Armstrong, formerly of Northampton and now superintendent of the Congregational conference in New Hampshire; Rev. Ralph M. Timberlake, president of the Massachusetts Congregational Conference and Missionary society: Rey. Richard H, Clapp, pastor of the, United church of New Haven, a former *paster, of First church here; Rey. Charles E. Burton,’ secretary of th General Council of Congregational churches, and a brother of the hate Marion LeRoy Burton, second”’president of Smith college; Miss Sarah D. Kellogg, a member of the church since 1877; Rey. Gerald Stanley Lee and Prof. Ernst H. Mensel, deacon, who gave toasts, and Deacon Chas. M. Wright, who concluded the evening with reminiscences. Among those introduced last| evening were: Mrs. Thomas Bruce Bitler, widow of Rev. Mr. Bitler, pastor 1930-34; Miss Helen Rose, daughter of Rose, pastor the from late Henry T. 1892 to 1911, and who is writing a biography of ! her father; Alphonso Witherell, Civil war veteran of 98 years, the| oldest member of the church, and the gathering rose in his honor; Rev. Wendell Prime Keeler, pastor from 1912 to 1918, was unable to be present because of tonsillitis, a telegram from Mrs. Keeler said, expressing his disappointment. Mrs. Clapp was present with her hu sband, Rev. Richard H. Clapp of New Haven, pastor here from 1919 to 1925. Rev. Mr. Clapp spoke cf the “fine Puritan herttage” of the church, and looking toward the ‘‘greater fruition tomorrow.” Rey. Lee and Prof Mensel, in their toasts, spoke in high appreciation of gevera] of the former pastors, Mr. Lee mentioning in particular, Jonathan Edwards, Rey. Wendeil Prime Keeler, Rev. Thomas Bruce Bitler and L. Clark Seelye, the latter the first president of Smitt college, and Rev. Ray Gibbons, the present pastor. Prof. Mensel spoke of Rey. Richard H. Clapp and Rev. John Whittier Darr, the latter now in California. |: �-Deacon Wright’s Reminiscences || _ Deacon Charles M. his reminiscences of Wright, the in) early| days of the church, spoke seriously and humorously of the mode of living in those days. For, 1609 ,years First churen was the only church in town, the Unitarians | breaking off in 1825, whereupon their meeting house was struck by lightning. The spirit of the founders of First church is stul carrying on on “Meeting House Hill,” he said, The early members were sturdy, self-reliant, courag- eous people. He told “of the days when even the minister had a cow and a pig and of the town’s experience with ‘‘witchcraft;” the supposed ‘‘witches”’ being accused of being “in league with the devil.” Rev. Ralph Timberlake paid a high tribute to what he called “the spirit, ability and persdnatity of your pastor here.” He said that if he were a bishop, or haa the powers a bishop is supposea to have, he would see to it that a church had a pastor like Mr. Gib- |bons, and a_ pastor’s wife like | Mrs. Gibbons. He said there were 46 Congregational churches in Massachusetts when First churen | was organized in 1661. There we now 170,000 ~ Congregational members in the state, with some 620 churches. Pastov’s Among Parents Here those attending the ban | quet last evening, and who | introduced to the gathering, | Rey. Mr. Gibbons’ parents, ‘and Mrs. Allison were were Atty. M. Gibbons of | Cleveland, O., and Mrs. Gibbons’ mother, Mrs. E. T. Lies of New _York city, all of whom are visiting here for some time, Atty. and ‘Mrs. Gibbons to stay through for 'the General Council meetings at | Mount Holyoke and the resump- tion of the chureh’s anniversary | program on Sunday, June 21. A letter was read from Rey. W. H. Upton of the Congregationai church in Davenport, Ia., with its tradition that Jonathan Edwards made his influence felt there. Rev. Mr. Upton said he hoped to celebration on the for be here June 21. First of formerly Several out of the city, church, but now to stand, ana asked rose when. names of various people who sent points, were letters from distant from Rey. one including read, John Whittier Darr of California, a former pastor. last night began The banquet at about 7 o’clock and concludea shortly after 11, closing with the singing ef ‘“Blest Be the Tie That Binds.” anniversary proThe ehureh’s gram for Sunday will include the seriice of recensecration at 10.45 a. m., and txe historical pageant at 8 p. m., in the church auditorlum. HISTORICAL EXHIBIT_ AT THE FIRST CHURCH Some of Interesting Articles Date Back to Forming of the Parish in 166] The historical exhibit of the 275th anniversary observance of First church opened in the chape l this morning, with many intere sting and valuable articlc3, some of which date back to the forming of the parish in 1661. Some of the articles belong to the church, others have been loaned from the collection -of the | Northampton Historic: society, and many have been loaned by individuals. Many old time church records are on display, including the first records of the church made in 1661. Among the articles loaned for the exhibit pictures of Rev. Jonathan Edwards and his wife, Sarah Pierpoint Edwards. loaned by EK. P. Edwards of Stonington, Conn., a register of deaths in Northampton from the / rst settlement of the town in 1653 to August, 1824, printed in Northampton in 1824 by T. Watson Shepherd, loaned by Mrs. Stephen L. Butler; a picture of ] aac Damon, architect and builder of the fourth meeting house erected in 1812, and his drafting instruments, loaned by Miss Jane D. Smith; a Bible dated 1611, _loaned by Frederick Race; a key to the old First church, loaned Elmer H. Copeland; a _by Dr. ‘ pook on the Life and Character of Jonathan Edwards, printed ‘or Andrew Wright in 1804 by S§S. and E. Butler and scid at their bookstore, loaned by Miss Mary Persis Crafts. Rev. Roger Eddy Treat has loaned a cross, a cup and a compote made of wood from the pulpit of the old church. Features of the exhibit are two cases conlain-} ing articles loaned by Mrs, B. B. Hinckley and the Willision family. The articles loaned by Mrs. Hinckley are in the most part those associated with Rev. Soiomon Stoddard, second minister of the church, whose homestead was the house now known as The Manse on Prospect street. In the Williston exhibit is a piece of cloth of a dressing ‘gown which was worn by Rey. Sclomon Stoddard, sent by airplane to be | Shown here by Miss Agnes Willis ton, who now resides in Carme:, Cal. On the platform are two ehairs which were removed from the fourth meeting house when it burned and two chairs made by Rey. Henry T., Rose, a former pastor of the church, from wood of the Edwards elm whieh stoea on King street and fell Aug. &, 1913, One of the interesting spots in the exhibit are photographs of the ministers who have serveu the church, and others who hava been actively identified with it. Drawings of the second and third meeting houses and many photographs of the fourth cheren edifice ure on display. �Po | | | eae Sails Early American Stenciling Explained ‘in Smith Gallery Exhibit; “* “7/1 | Patterns and Designs for Home Use | | ls Pane Wall From ed Copi Can Be Early Rosewood piano 19th century piece is part of permanent is from noted collection of Katharine collection of George Walter in the exhibit, Vincent McDowell Rice. Smith gallery WIRTH INE ps7. and is included �By FLORENCE F YOU THOMPSON WANT to stencil pattern of plump precise flowers HOWE restore the gold fruits and which originally decorated those Hitchcock chairs from Aunt Libby’s—or find a suitable design you for the big up in picked —go to the black Maine George serving tray last summer Walter Vincent Smith Art gallery and learn how the old stenciling was done. An interesting exhibit of early American stencils and stenciled furniture from the collection of Janet Waring—together with numerous choice examples from various private sources, opened Easter Sunday at the Art gallery and will remain on view during the remainder of the month of April. The exhibition, which is staged in the downstairs gallery, includes examples of stenciled wall panels reproduced from the stencil-decorated walls of old houses in different parts of New England; furniture, both<of the sophisticated and provincial types; clocks, a rosewood decoration,. tinware, Venetian-blind piano cornices with boxes, and a George Well as Lord and William Eaton; as wall stencils by Moses Eaton, among others. Her collection now numbers well over 1000 of these delieately cut, fragile patterns which were used with rare good taste and a skill which made stenciling an art.” “The story of her discovery of stenciled walls in New England houses is incorporated in her book.” The exhibition includes photographs of a few of the stenciled walls mentioned together with four panels reproducing motifs of some of them— panels made by Miss Waring, using the original ‘stencils: The present showing has been made _ possible HITCHCOCK CHAIR Interest Led Far Waring, whose stencil bellows, collec- collection of stencils, book of patterns and other objects| connected with the craft of stencil. Added to Miss Waring’s loan are important examples of the more sophis- ticated stenciled furniture, Venetian blind cornices and decorated tole ware from the homes of collectors in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. | A complete list of objects and lend-, ers appears in the catalog of the ex-' hibition. } Although it must be admitted that much of the stenciling used by the popular chair-makers preparation intricate in the of the first half stencils manipulation necessitated not only deal of talent to get of and the the repeats skill but a good the professional “lacquered” effects which appear some of the finer examples. To Be Seen in in Exhibit Notable among the more ambitious types of stencil-decorated furniture is the rosewood piano which is a part of the George Walter Vincent Smith gailery’s permanent collection. It 1s an ornately carved piece made by Thomas Gibson in New York city, probably in the first quarter of the 19th century. The accompanying illustration shows a detail of the sten- Afield book “Early American Stencils On Walls and Furniture” places her as an authority on the subject, has made a_ collection which is the hasis of the present show in Springfield. Of her, the museum bulletin says: ‘Fortunately, some years ago, before it was too late, Janet Waring became interested in this art. Her admiration of the skill of these early New England craftsmen finally developed into a major interest which led far afield.” “She discovered the whereabouts of a few of the remaining craftsmen, octogenarians for the most part, and learned of them their craft. She collected not only fine examples of steneciled furniture but the original stenceils cut and used by such men as extensive decorated furniture, fragments of original decorated plaster, tools from Moses Eaton’s kit, William Eaton’s of the 19th century (the beginning of mass production processes in furniture making in our country) was necessarily fairly mechanical and resultingly crude—the better types of the early stenciling was a meticulous | process requiring skill, taste and a, fine sense of form and composition, The beautifully decorated Venetian blind cornices, tole ware and some of the more sophisticated furniture in the present exhibition are better understood when one sees the hundreds of tiny cut-outs, exquisitely wrought, which have been arbitrarily combined to create the finished designs as they appear, with added brush work, lining and rubbing, on the surfaces of the old tole and wood. The handling of the bronze and gold powders, the tion of the stencil cut-outs, brushes, tools and metalic powders from the kits of New England craftsmen who practiced the art in the early 1800's. The excellent catalog with illustrations and copious notes, which has been prepared by the museum staff, affords a handbook on early American stenciling worthy of a permanent place in the files of the collector and student. A further courtesy to the public is noted in the table of reference material collected by:-the Museum Director Cordelia Sargent Pond, and conveniently placed in the gallery where the collection is on view. Janet her cil (All Photos from Smith George Gallery) Walter Vincent Stenciling was part of American folk art as shown by this beautifully preserved example from decoration above the keyboard, with stencil-banding below. Similar examples are owned by the Metropolitan Museum and Curtis institute. The Venctian blind cornice illustrates how the small units of houses, boats, hills and trees were combined to get the Jandscapes and river scenes so frequently found on pieces .of furniture the collection of Esther Stevens and tin or “tole” ware, as it was Brazer. ealled. A beautifully preserved example of a stenciled Hitchcock chair through Miss Waring’s generosity in is from the coltection of Esther Stevlending to the museum a portion of ens Brazer, who like Miss Waring, has made a study of this peculiarly American 19th century folk art. The Windsor chair, light yellow | with stenciled decoration on the top rail, (from collection of Mrs Arthur Oldham) is one of a set of six. In quaint old-fashioned writing on the bottom of one chair is the the original owner together name of with the date of purchase, 1822. “Polly Snell Noyes, their proud possessor’ the catalog tells us, was “an ancestor of the present owner.” Another piece from Dowell amples the the collection of Katharine Rice (one of in the show) Hitchcock type. “This settee doubtedly belongs to the same as the chair in the collection Marblehead there work are Historical indications of a different Mc- the finest exis a settee of that society, it un- period of the was but the craftsman,” states room is the catalog note. Certainly the stenciled decoration on this settee place it almost in the same category with the sophisticated Sheraton “fancy” chairs which might be used in a much ually more formal visualized when stenciled furniture. The work on the one than speaks clocks, us- of trays, || �boxes, tle bellows “pap’’ and warmer—a the delightful device lit- with as as por- He ringer above and whale oil lamp below, both set into a decorated frame worked Oldham. This piece TRAIN is of ed OF of were three good in Boston hundreds to retire demand unusual TRAY one and brothers, all Bedford, Mass., He. was forced craftsmen. interesting of of chairs. as a chair-painter when stopped for stenciling UNUSUAL The collection contribution makes an | to the of craftsmen in America.” Itinerant Craftsmen The Eaton material would He and throughout New England, going to many shops where he, aceording to the records of his day-book, paint- mean ability. But no one item in the collection is more ingratiating than the “train” tray, lent by Mrs Aurthur J. was whom and designed to warm the baby’s milk—is such as to indicate that it was done by a practiced hand of no erville, Mass. a designer and cutter of stencils, expert chair-painter, and stenciler. history indicate that the men who stenciled and painted furniture were itinerant artists, traveling about the countryside. with stheir kits, much as did the coach and earriage painters, the so called “portrait” artists and the silhouet cutters were wont to do. These men, some more, some less talented, carned a living by going to the demand, stopping as long in village or town as there were commissions to be had. The centers of manufacture, where the skilled craftsmen could be regularly employed, came later. Although velvet painting and stenciling on velvet, “theorem painting,” it was called, was quite extensively practiced, examples are wanting in the present show, except for photograph and design. The writer recalls an example of theorem painting owned by the late Evanore Beebe of Wilbraham, which she said she learned to do when a child in the Ludlow school, where the “painting on velvet” was taught little girls, much as the stitching of a sampler had been taught their mothers. Another fabric not available for the present show, is of handwoven,| the and INTEREST @ that is, “homespun” linen made in Newfane, Vt., by Louisa Allen for her younger sister, Maria Allen— probably about 1880—and developed as a bed counterpane with valence for the tester of the i Design commemorated is lent first run by Mrs of Stephenson’s Arthur interest because it illustrates the building of the subject design with tiny stencils of individual motifs. The miniature people in the train are cut-outs so small as to suggest the skill of the Orientals in handling artistic materials. The design: commemorates the first run of Stephenson’s engine on the Liverpool and Manchester railway in 1830. The French cabinet with ormolu mounts and the Japanese gold lacquers shown in the gallery with the stenciling are designed to suggest sources from which the notion of gold decoration in this country stemmed. How far removed were our provincial interpretations from the originals, are evidenced in the “mass production” chairs, stencil decorated by the hundreds and distributed by peddler wagopa during the middle and later 1800s. From Springfield in in stencils by Jarred Johnson, Sheffield, Lee, shed how the worked. In found Mass., and those found a good deal of light oh old this craftsmen latter group actually the de- sign at top of frame is marked “Mr Reuben Goodrich, Springfield 1842,” suggesting that the collection may once have been owned by a Springfield craftsman, Reuben Goodrich is listed as 4 “painter” in the Springfield directories of 1845 and ‘46 as living in Market street, Chicopee Falls, and Cabot street, Cabotville. But Miss Waring’s greatest contri-| | bution to the knowledge of the craft of stencil is made with her findings on William Eaton, whose stencils and equipment are included in the pres- ent show. "William Mass., in Of him 1819. He Eaton the was painted place, engine Oldham. furniture, and in 1830 walnut and took its “He removed to a farm in New Boston, New Hampshire, where he died in 1904, at the age of 85 years. A large collection of his stencils containing every type of design and size, both cut and uncut, was sold by his daughter, Harriet, who had been his assistant and apprentice in Boston, when orders were pressing. These stencils were brought from New Hampshire and sold to Stainforth in Boston and came to the present owner (Miss Waring) about 20 years ago from George Dickinson, painter, Som- this catalog born excelled in says: Salem,| in his day| APRIL excellent exhibition 30th. 179% 1939 Will Talk Tonight About — 'Stencilled Furniture Esther Stevens Brazer of Flushing, N. Y., will lecture tonight at 8.20 In the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery cilled lender cils. The on of sten- furniture.” Mrs. Brazer to the current exhibit of is a sten- lecture the is poster, both of a once flourishing American art, is the demonstration-lecture by Esther Stevens Brazer—‘The technic of stencilized furniture” which will be presented to the public without charge at 8.20 p. m., on the evening of Wednesday, the 19th, The exhibition closes April Collection For those who wish to learn more about the commercial aspects of the stencil process, there is the history of the Hitchcock chair as recorded in Antiques magazine, August, 1928, 'as well as the story of the findings 'made in the old Dyke mill at Montague, Mass., also in April, 1922 issue. The J. four counterpane and valence decorated in color with what appears to be stencil. The designs are almost identical with some of the wall designs shown in Miss Waring’s collection. It is not inconceivable that such a_ practice might have resulted from association with wall or furniture stencils, particularly if the homemaker on a remote Green mountain farm were in the habit of using the old handblocked fabrics handed down from parents and grandparents, Not the least important phase of “Technique open to the public. �ss “The “Yellow Day “of 1881 | | heavy rain of a few ( the thick layer of oO Incidents of the Phenomenon That Startled New England Just 40 Years Ago. Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the famous “Yellow Day” that the older residents of New England still remember vividly. A Writer in yesterday’s Boston Herald describes the jshenemenon and the consternation fiat it caused, as follows: ~ At Worcester a party of Second Ad-" lventists put on their ascension robes land assembled in a shoolhouse to lawait the event they believed the day was Lord the Ievidently | betokened. about to return and the end of the world wag:at hand. Many (crouth, “the quick eyap oration of the | in North days fog h before, and | high in the! | sky “charged with an overwhelming} ; electric wave from the far North.”| -It is now known that smoke from ‘great forest fires in the states of the Northwest and in Canada was carried south and southeast to almost tneredible distances in that year. And then a Baltimofe editor de- clared that the dark day was due to the Yadiation of a prodigious amount of! psychological heat procuced by the great number of sum\ mer conventions Boston was enter‘alning and the brilliancy of the 6rations delivered by the speakers therc| In. Adams found in the strungs aspect of Let it be noticed that Sept. 8, 1881, ars ago today, on Sept, 6, nature clear evidence also that Judg- | was the day everybody in New ‘England also prepared and when come Presiden; had Day ment Garfield was ced in wonder and many gazed in removed themselves for the “cali” and warned by railway train from the urm, upon a dense yellow mist that 'their White House ‘to H1neighbors to ‘be ready.” On neue a mpletely hid the sky, upon trees there to many lips the old rhymes—now continue his battle e foliage and lawns whose grass for life known not to have been prophecy at unavailing i is 13 days later. ere a far deeper green than usual, ae all, but merely a fake-—cailed “Mother ante ad upon human faces that invariably Shipton’s Prophecy,” were quoted {t .0:@ a sickly ‘saffron look, about iron floating on water as easily | Bor years that yellow day was a as a wooden boat, and so through the t long list of modern mechanical tre tepic of speculation and thousands umphs—predictions ‘sufficiently re,ot tales still are ‘told of the curious markable had they really been prehappenings consequent upon a freak dictions when first made—and ending /of nature whose cause is yet a matter with the alarming lines, now uppar of dispute. Boston had been soaked ently to be fulfilled: with a two days’ deluge of rain, then came a single day of normal suinmer “The world to an end shall come | xy weather; after that three or four days In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.” Word came from Hanover, N, H., so cold that overcoats were worn overhead the sky was a light with comfort. Then Mother Earth | that seemed to be seized with a severe) olive and around the horizon a light { green; while many persons there sufattack of yellow jaundice, which, forfered from digziness. Portsmouth tunately, did not endure more than 24 sent word that. the sky was a lbrid hours, but which was followed with a yellow and later a weird green. Fitch paroxysm of fever so intense that on burg reported an old gold sky. Of Sept. 7 the official thermometer in course, the darkness caused birds and the Signal Service office in the Equitdomestic animals to act as if an able building showed a temperature eclipse had occurred, bats and owls of 100%% degrees in the shade, while came out ef their hiding places and at Dedham and down on the Cape refowls ‘went to roost, and several ports of 102 degrees came into the cowntry towns noticed that frogs newspaper offices. eroaked and crickets chirped as in _-On that bilious day tens of thouearly twilight. : sands of persons abandoned the ordiIn hundreds of places the public nary pursuits of life. The blanket of Fitch- |, schools were dismissedin yellow fog gave a curious color to burg and Lowell, Fall River and everything the eye \looke@ “upon. Providence, Portsmouth and Salem, |) Matches burned with the brilliant and scores of smailer towns up and giare of an electric flash. Gag lights down the coast. Providence started gleamed white. The blue uniforms of to burn gas at noon, and at 3, when the soldiers of the Second Brigade of the gas failed, had to turn to canthe Massachusetts Volunteer Militia dles, At West Barnstable labor at Framingham showed green. Not a ceased altogether, Railroad men Blimpse .of blue sky was seen went to their afternoon shifts with throughout the day, but as the afterlanterns burning as at night. The noon wore to evening the yellow sky in the mills at North. Adams Was tinged with xreen. <At no time | women the surrounding villages fled in Was there enough wind to rustle the jand Business and leaves, the heat became oppressive ‘terror to their homes. before the sun set, and men on the ‘professional men in the cities had to artificial light through most of Streets and .in their homes found it ‘use hard to breathe. ‘the day. The deeper Of course, demands for an explana- \ fog extended over the tion of the strange conditions bomcoast from Block Island to Portland barded scientists everywhere and esund the area of greatest density Would scem to have been along the | pecially the official observers of the |) weather. The signal service officer North Shore and about (Cape Ann in Boston said that a very light fog rather than in the immediate neighlwas floating in the upper atmosphere, borhood of Boston. Nowhere was the 'of such density that the sun’s rays Sky watched more intently filtered through it and that sulphuric than at Nantasket, for that was to be illumimatter existing in considerable quannation night and elaborate preparatities in the composition of the mist ticns had been made and considerable explained the saifron tinge of all sums expended for a brilliant spectamundane things. He attributed the cle. Through the afternoon a sallow sulphuric element to the absorption sea rolled below the murky yellow of smoke in far larger quantity than sky, sailing craft were becalmed, sailusual owing to the complete absence ors said the phenomena were the of wind. Prof. Emerson, the astronomer and natural philosopher of the meteorological prelude to a typhoon. However, the moon—a harvest moon Dartmouth faculty was reported to have said that atmospheric absorpand nearly at the full—proved more tion of other colors than yellow and successful than the sun in penetrating| green, together with the presence of the heavy mist and glowered in an much green and yellow in the atmosangry red through a dark and hazy phere from fir and pine tree pollen atmosphere upon the thousands of and smoke from Canadian forest lanterns that outlined the shore of fires, accounted for the phenomena. the peninsula and the huge bonfires Street corner scientists talked about | that flamed upon the headlan)s. an earth overheated by the long! | �“Nov. 1835,a great railroad meet- ‘ing held in Greenfield by its citizens, speeches made by George Grinnell, James C. Alvord, Richard Newcomb and others.’’ “Nov. 21, 1835. Alvah Crocker of Fitchburg delivered an. address upon the advantage of building a railroad from Boston through Fitch- burg to Greenfield.” : It was coming—nearer and more near—the inevitable railroad. We cannot, if we would, go back to the stage coach-days. But I wish that just for once I could take the. old road from the north end of Deerfield street, drive over the meadows, close under the east bank of Pine Hill, wait for the ferry boat at the Deerfield river, and climb the long, |grassy hillside under its tall walnut trees, into Greenfield. But the tracks and railroad buildings, with their smoke and grime and noise, which now cover that ground, will not vanish—we should not ask it | if they could, though we could well spare some of the smoke and soot! To return to the travellers, The sun has risen, hours have passed and the landscape is a marvel of glitterjing beauty. Every twig and weed |and grass blade has its coating of ihoar-frost, sparkling in the sun‘shine. The youngest passenger ‘sleeps quietly in her mother’s arms, while the mother forgets the fatigue and discomforts of the long ride in the beauty of the’ scene around her, while she recalls with a grateful heart the happy days of Thanksgiving week just spent in her old home. All is going well; only six miles now to Worcester! Suddenly there is a lurch. The. poor, old over-laden coach settles down on one side, its spring having entirely given out. The well-trained horses stop, without further accident while the startled passengers clamber down and out into the cold, and seek refuge in the nearest farm house. The mother sits quietly in her corner, thankful that the baby sleeps, and only at the very last lifts up her voice in screaming - protest at the delay. A rail from a fence nearby repairs the damage for the time being and after a tedious hour the passengers with some misgivings lest there be further trouble crowd into their places again. They reach | Worcester safely, after the last train has started for Boston, but find a hot supper and a warm shelter for the nght. Taking the earliest train the next morning they reach home a little while before noon, the trip |of ninety-five miles having taken somewhat more than thirty hours. In concluding her paper Mrs. Thacher added: “Here. the stery ends, and I should properly end with it, but a thousand upon me memories and come I will take crowding the two or three minutes left me to touch upon seyeral of them. The long, cold trip had no ill effect upon the baby girl and before she could talk plainly she would beg her mother to take her ‘up-a-Deerfield,’? almost.as soon as she had returned to brick walls from there, and the annual May visit was the great event of the year. There were long spring days among the dandelions nad Bine ae lets, or if it rained, happy hours in the old garret where spinning wheels and old chairs were watched over by the wig block of great-greatgrandfather Dr. Thomas Williams, its rude features modelled after those engaging faces to be seen on the stones in the burying ground on the Albany road. _ A little later there wag the ball in the tavern, noted for its spring floor. This was to celebrate the Cheapside victory, as it was called. The question of the boundary be- tween Deerfield and Greenfield had been coming up again and again for at least a hundred years; now it had been a ee opposed and defeated for th@ last time, shortly before the shot fired at Fort Sumter. She was bidden to watch carefully the remarkable steps of Miss Clarissa Dickinson in Money Musk and Hull’s Victory, and were worth watching. summer of that same young, matrons months’ of anxiety always a center and indeed, they Later, in the year, old and maids, would gather in the south dooryard of the Willard house to make flannel shirts and scrape lint for the soldiers under Mrs. Lincoln’s direction. Word would often come that a regiment of Vermont soldiers was on its way down the river and that would send the young people in: search of food and flowers, and.~ then hurrying breathlessly up the academy lane to welcome and cheer them in their brief pause at the station. And oh! The excitement (and enthusiasm, when after the long and suspense, the brave old 52d Regiment, with its broken ranks, was on its way home to be mustered out and was known to have reached Springfield. _ Most beautiful of all these. crowding memories is that of the old home under the maple trees, opposite the Williams homestead, which had passed into other hands. Most generous in its hospitality, it was and most of beneficent the very influences best for the whole neighborhood and its host and hostess will always be held in honored and affectionate remembrance—their children and grandchildren rise u and 11 blessed.” . = a �& TH NUMBER 25. PERRY MASON & 00., PUBLISHERS, BOSTON, JUNE 18, 4 For the Companion. THURSDAY, OVERWHELMED. Down through one of the greenest valleys in Massachusetts has flowed for years unnumbered a winding, murmuring little stream. It is blue as the sky, and its slender breadth is bordered on one side by rich, arable intervale, and on the other by a steep hillside, almost a wall of green, covered and shaded from May to October with long, shadow-catching grass, and graceful elms and willows. Here and there the slope rises on both sides, and the river glides through as if trying to hide itself from view. The green shores of this delightful stream have attracted to themselves many a pleasant home, and by the silver waterfalls one little gem of a village after another has sprung up, each one clustering around busy mills, where the river has been caught and set to work. It is a spirited little river, and has done its best. But work has grown fast on its hands, and its taskmasters have been forced to help it. To accomplish this, a dam was built at Goshen, a few miles above the factories, throwing the water back into a natural basin, and forming an immense reservoir, But still the mills and the villages increased their demands, until eight or nine years ago, OVERWHELMED. So the mason work went on, and the dam was | It now remained for the county | determined to build still another reservoir within commissioners to examine it. They shook their’ only three or four miles of the upper factories; heads, and said it would not do. So the masons _and they met in one of their offices to examine were set to work again. The commissioners ty again declared the dam unsafe and unsatisfactodam. § : ry. Once more the contractor set his men to In one of these proposals an offer was made to work, and this time let the water on before sumdo the work for ninety or one hundred thousa nd moning the commissioners. dollars, When they came for the third time, they saw “Preposterous! ” they said, and threw it aside, an immense sheet of water covering an hundred Another contractor made a lower proposal. acres of ground, forty feet deep, and containing “Absurd! Do they think we have nothing to a hundred million gallons, lying peacefuPas a do with our money but throw it into the river?” summer lake behind the dam, and flowing out Some of the gentlemen began to get out of hu- through its escape in the quietest and most faithmor, as they had already differed with others of ful manner, their number, who thought a higher price should They were sorry they had not seen the foundabe allowed. At last, however, contractors were tions again, but on the surface every thing looked | found whose figures were more acceptable to the fair and safe as possible; so, with some hesitation, economical gentlemen, who were frightened by| they accepted the dam, the large amounts previously named. They would | Thus the water power of Williamsburg build the dam for thirty-five thousand , Haydollars, | densvil le, Skinnerville, Leeds and Florence, although really they said the work ought in to be the good old State of Massachusetts, was inmore expensive. creased , and more tasteful white houses sprung So the little river was turned aside just above up _in these Villages every year, and Williamsburg, and the dam was begun—a more busy wall w T of solid stone masonry, with an earth breast- | poopie TOteyd: , " Among the first to organize mechanical busiwork of corresponding strength. A few wise ness in the valley was a Mr. Hayden, who has people who looked on shook their heads; but since been Lieutenant-Governor of Massachutheir objections were thought trivial by the rich setts, aman of great mechanical talent, and one men who were to pay for the work. And the who was determined to use it in one way or anpoor men who were to live below the dam, right other; though how, the future must decide. One in the very sweep of the fearful flood that must day his brother-in-law came to him and said,— come forth if the wall should ever give way, said, “Tam going to try an experiment and.see if I “Well, if they are satisfied, it don’t look as if can make my fortune. My wife:said te me the we need have any thing to say. Don’t the mills other day she was tired of covering my buttons from which they have made their fortunes stand Bis they wore out, and she should think some right in the track? And-wouldn’t their fine houstter way might be invented of making them. es, and their wives and children take just the IXam going to see if Ican makea durable butsame chance as ours?” ton. The great trouble is to get the moulds,” some of the gentlemen owning the mill property | finished at last. “I will make them for you,” said Mr. Hayden; and he went to work to plan and construct the necessary machinery. With no brains but his own, he soon succeeded. The machinery was ready, the button moulds were made, and that was the beginning of the Williston button factories at Easthampton, the largest in the country. Mr. Hayden now determined upon making more machinery to use for his own benefit. A brass foundry was the result; and from that day more and more money came flowing into his} hands. The town of Haydensville, the gem of the | valley, grew up arouud him, full of busy, happy people, who looked to him for every things and | on the opening day of his new factory, he_enter- ; tained the gentlemen who came to the cefebra-| tion in his own elegant house, that was filled| with objects of taste and art. Just above, at Skinnerville, stood Mr. Skinner’s sewing -silk factory and his beautiful home: These sprang up in much the same way as Gov. Hayden’s enterprises; for when Mr. Skinner came to this country from England he was a poor boy, without a dollar in his pocket, glad to get such employment as he could. Still farther up the river, but in sight from Skinnerville, stood Williamsburg, an older and larger town, busy also with its mills, while below all these villages, looking down the river from Haydensville, peeped the white houses of Leeds, with bridges enough for a small Venice, one of iron, one with stone arches, another of wood,*but all so picturesque that you could but admire them, even while delighted with the beautiful waterfalls that everywhere tempted the eye. And so the villages prospered. Now and then some person more thoughtful than his neighbor would turn an anxious look towards the reseryoir and ask,— �They did not have to wait ‘long for an answer. “If it should give way! “What would be othe f For a short hour the floo don, carrying timresult ?”” bers, roofs, tall trees, | i children “What would be the result ?”’ said Mr. Hayden, who had stretched ot vain to | one day, as the question was puttohim. ‘The I mothers close beside @ who were “destruction of every, thing!” And he wi hod. ae as helpless as the wo me eae TRO RAT BTS eer MT ——— ‘never felt quite satisfied or safe about the dam. | It was not built-as he wished it, and he never | {* thought of it without an uncomfortable feeling upon acres of cr nls and almost powder piftthat made him want to put the thought away. wood, great dreary spaces where factories ait But the fatal day came atlast. George Cheney, houses had stood, broad meadows covered with the gate-keeper, whose duty it was to keep watch gravel and mud, and most horrible of all, here of the reservoir, had been out and made his usand there, half buried in the ruin, or lying ghast ual inspection of the dam before breakfast, and had gone to his house again without alarm or ly and grim against a tree or upon a bank, the crushed and battered forms of young girls, tiny apprehension: Up and down the river pretty children, men and women, whom the warning young’ mill-girls were hurrying to be ready for ° voices had been too late to save. their work. Two hundred men were just going Days passed. By fifties and hundreds the peointo the brass-foundry, leaving their wives and | ple from all the country round walked slowly, children at their homes. slowly, over those meadows, or peered under Just as Mr. Cheney, the gate-keeper, quietly overturned houses, and into heaps of driftwood, finished his breakfast, a strange sound, rumbling | tearing open every pile, little or big, and holding and muttering, came to his ear, and his father’s | their breath for fear of what they might find. voice was heard at the same instant,— Sometimes a fluttering, mud-begrimed bit of “Good heavens, George, look at the reservoir!” rag appeared. They took hold of it, and scarcely He sprang to his feet. One swift, terrified dared to breathe, as slowly, and with terrible glance showed him an appalling sight. Forty| | certainty, came into view the face and form of a feet of the stone-work had pushed away from} fellow-workman from whom they had parted the base of the dam. The water was pouring] only a moment before the fierce flood came. Or through in a mad tide! What did it mean?} | they saw a slipper, apparently lying on the mud, Death and destruction in another five minutes if and stooping to take it up, found the foot of the the breach should widen under the terrible preswearer was there too, and all the restlay buried sure bearing upon it! The gate! the gate! He | out of sight, and must be brought fearfully forth, would open that at the risk of his life, in the “Sights?” said a sturdy, bronzed policeman desperate hope that the vent so given might delay |from New York, who stood guarding a point the impending destruction in the valley below. 4 He opened the gate. He got back safely, but|| where many valuables from the brass foundry it was of no use. The wall was swelling and were strewn, “I thought I had seen almost eyery cracking in a way that thrust all hope aside. thing; but I’ve met the most horrible sights since There was nothing now but to leap in advance I came here that I ever saw in my life. Why, I of the cruel flood, and ery to the people to es- helped take one young woman from under a heap cape. He sprang to his horse, and in fifteen min- of lumber just over in that cove, and God help utes had passed the three miles between the res- us, if she had been my own wife Ishouldy’t have ervoir and Williamsburg, and with a blanched known her. And then again, there’s alittle baface and white lips was shouting out the terrible by lying in the chapel across the street, only nine months old; have you been in to see? It lo” words,— very sweet and peaceful now, and the h™” “The dam is gone! The flood is coming!”’ “Impossible!” said the gentleman who had its face are shaded by the white general charge of the reservoir. ‘Only last night they’ve strewed in the little went up to a gentleman ~ we looked at it together, and all was right.” ‘T tell you it is true! There are not ten min- house while roughs. * take what they + utes between the people and death.” Sir,’ said “Run to the bell, then! The bell! Give them robbing your warning! ” ‘He didn’ A man by the name of Collins Graves rodé past at that moment, and heard the dreadful words. ‘T know it “If the flood is coming,” he said, ‘““Haydensville my wife, must know it;” and away he dashed, lashing his What do, horse to a foam and shouting with every breath, | The hor? to find time as he passed the houses on the road,-— rage, who ¢ “The flood is coming! Fly to the hills for your cided who w lives!” From Haydensville another messenger took up: the ery, and with almost lightning speed flew over the road to Leeds; but the vengeful waters were close behind his horse’s feet. In one huge mass, spreading somewhat where the opening valley allowed it, but through narrower spaces towering like a black, seething wall twenty feet in height, the torrent sped. It gathered in its relentless arms, or buried beneath its boiling depths, every thing it encountered on its way. The houses where the workmen had said good-by to their families in the morning were tossed like bubbles for one instant on the sur~ face, and the next were dashed to pieces; and the wives and children that were to have said “welcome” at night, where were they? Where? That was the only question the terrified people who had escaped to the high bank could ask, | Where were the mills? Where were the stores, | the houses, the green fields, above all, the men, women and children, so busy and happy an hour | ago. » be foundation was not strong jvthle as the lesson is, ghastly ef desolation, may the readers of the Ci oinpuniog treasure it: up and remember all through life, whatéver the® are building,—for- tune, character, business, or hopes for this life or the next,.see to it that the foundation is sure, Se Leste ly oe Leo VA ee « yn of aeBR Ge VOLUME xEvi No, 41 TEMPLE PLAOE. 7 �IN: THURSDAY, REMARKABLE POEM ON NO HEREDITY, President Cleveland’s Grandfather on the Controlling Influence of Family Blood. , From the Onconta Herald. The following poem was written by Rev. Aaron Cleveland of Norwich, Ct., grandfather ot President Cleveland. The copy from which we publish is furnished by J. B. Cleveland o€ Oneonta: Four kinds of blood flow in my veins, And govern eachin turn my brains; From Cleveland, Porter, Sewell, Waters; Thad my bloed distinct in quarters. 1 My parents’ parents’ names I know, But I no further back can go. * Compound on compound from the flood Forms now my own ancestral blood, * But what my sires of old time were I neither wish to know nor care. Some might be wise, and others fools; Some might be tyrants, others tools; Some inight be rich, and others lack; Some might be white, and others black. No matter what in days of yore, Since they are known and sung no more. The name of Cleveland I must wear, Which some poor foundling first might bear. Porter, I’m told, from Scotland came, A bonny bard of ancient fame. Sewell, an English derivation, Perhaps some outcast from the nation. Waters, an Irishman, I ween, Straight round about from Aberdeen. Such is my heterogenous blood— A motley mixture, bad and good. Each blood aspires to rule alone, And each in turn ascends the throne And rules till others tear him down. Each change must twist about my brains | And move my tongue in diiferent strains; My mental powers are captive led, As whim or wisdom rules the head. My character no one can know, For none | have while things are so; I’m something, nothing, wise or fool, | As suits the blood which haps to 1ule. When Cleveland reigns I’m thought a wit, In making words, the funny hit. In social glee and humorous song I charm the fools thut round me throng; But soon, perhaps, this blood is down, When Porter next may wear the crown. Now all is caim, discreet and wise, Whate’e1 Ido whate’er advise, But soon, alas! this happy reign Must for some other change again. Sewell, perbaps, may next bear rule; I’m then a philosophic fool. With Jefferson 1 correspond And soar with him the stars beyond. While every fiver of the brain To sense profound I nicely strain, And then arise beyond the ken Of common sense and common men. But who comes next? Alas! *tis Waters, Rushing fearless to headquarters. He knows no manners nor decorum, But elbows headlong to the forum; Uncouth and odd, abrupt and bola, Untaught, unteachable, and uncontrolled, Devoid of wisdom, sense or wit, Not one thing right he ever hit, Unless by accident, not skill, He blundered right against his will; Such am I now—no transmigration Can sink me to a lower station. Come, Porter, come depose this clown, And once for all assume the crown. If aught in Sewell’s blood you find Will make your own still more refined, If found in Cleveland’s blood a trait To aid you in the affairs of State, Select such parts, but spurn the rest, Never to rule my brain or breast, Of Waters’s blood expel the whole, Let not one drop pollute my soul. Then rule my head, then rule my heart, From folly, weakness, wit apart; With all such qualities Pll dispense, And only give me common sense, , ! } i : �(Hr and (irs. request the Gay Franklin Barilett pleasure of al the marriage yoar company of their daughter (Slarjorie Graves to (Nie Horace Edminisler Bell on Fridag, (Vineteen the first of September hundred and at half after two thirty -nine oclock First (Sngreqational Cha rch 7 Worthington, (Vlassachusells 193 Worthington : Marjorie Bartlett ~ To Wed Maine Man WORTHINGTON, Marjorie and Mrs. G. her sister. bridesmaid Aug. Bartlett, 21 daughter Guy F.: Bartlett, — has Warthingtort’ 7 { WORTHINGTON, Tuttle’s Miss of Miss Helen Bartlett, as her when she becomes the t | Church ton, As best man, Mr. in his fraternity brother, Kenneth worth of Baldwinsville. chosen Bartlett, Lap- E, of Robert Chesterfield, and H. uncle Franklin Worthington, brothers and Henry Riopell and of church, to all at the Mrs. Lilly and of Lester Mr. and Williamstown Frank Sexton. Dr. and Mrs. of the wedding of the bride. | An invitation has been issued friends to attend the wedding Satur- LeDuc of be and Mrs. Morris entertained Mrs. Leland P. Cole of Seotia, N. Y., visiting at the Spruces, ; Mrs. Albert W. Fuller has returned to Springfield after visiting Mrs. bride, Bartlett Hall is of the _ bride, George Mallar Mathias. reception will follow at The Spruces, the home A of the and Opera Prescott Barrows Cummington will the bridal party Friday for luncheon .at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert 'T. Bartlett. Mrs. Morris Lilly, of Williamstown, sister of the bride, will be soloist and Mrs. Roger Barstow of Hadley, classmate of the bride at Westfield State Teachers’ College, will serve as organist. Ushers will be Lester C. LeDuc Hoe i Mr. Worthing- Bell has 31—Lucius Miss Marion Bartlett entertained the Bartlett-Bell wedding party at a buffet supper Thursday at their home in Chesterfield. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. George H. bride of Horece E. Bell of Machias. Me., son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bell of Edmunds, Me., Sept. 1 at the First Congregational Hay day at 8.15. Springfield and Mr. chosen| Aug. Harris, tenor soloist, of Springfield| will present a song recital at Miss | Francis A. Robinson of Burlington,former residents of Worthington, called on friends yesterday afternoon. �“1989 | A reception was held at the Spruces, home of the bride, with about 100 BRIDE IN CHURCH guests in attendance. matching accessories. The couple left for a wedding trip. They will make their home at 10 Free Street, Machias, where they will be at home to friends after. Octa.d. For traveling, the bride wore a Nayy and rose ensemble with The bridé was educated School. of Commerce in Westfield at the High Springfield, State . Teachers’ College, North Adams State Teachers’ College and New York University, and has taught in the rural schools of Chesterfield and for the last three years she has been a member of the faculty of Washington State Normal School of in college, he Machias. The bridegroom, graduated from Lubec High School, Lubec, Me., and the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Maine, is a mer- |chant in Machias. While was a member of Phi Mu Delta, social fraternity, and has since held national office in the fraternity, and is a member of the honorary societies, Phi Sigma and Kappa Phi Kappa. Out of town guests were present from Calais, Lubec, Bangor, and Ma- chias, MRS. HORACE Me., Dover, N. H., Rahway, N. J., New York City, Albany and Bronxville, N. Y.,. Cleveland, O, Bridgeport and New Haven, Conn., Great Barrington, Springfield, Westfield, North Adams, Williamstown, Hadley, Holyoke, Chesterfield, Fitchburg, Greenfield, Northampton, Turners Falls an? Cambridge and Scotia and Saratoga BELL Worthington Springs, Bartlett-Bell Nuptials Held N. Y. Worthington Girl Bride of Machias (Me.) Merchant WORTHINGTON, Sept. 1—Miss Marjorie G. Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bartlett of Worthington, and Horace E. Bell of Machias, Me., son of Mr. and Mrs, Elmer I. Bell of Edmunds, Me., were married today in the First Congregational Church by Rev. J. Herbert Owen, who used the double ring ceremony, Mrs. Roger Barstow of Hadley, former classmate of the bride at Westfield State Teachers’ College, played the marches and accompanied the soloist, Mrs, Morris Lilly. of Williamstown, sister of the bride, who sang. Miss Helen Worthington, bridesmaid and Marion sister of Lieut. Bartlett the bride, Kenneth of was Lap- worth of Fitchburg, fraternity brother of the bridegroom, best man. Ushers were Lester LeDuc of Chesterfield, uncle of the bride; Robert and H. Franklin Bartlett of Worthington, brothers of the bride; Morris Lilly of Williamstown, brother-in-law of the bride; Henry Riopell of Machias, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, and George Mallar of Machias. The bride, given in marriage by her wore a gown of white satin father, with long sleeves and train. She carried a colonial bouquet of white sweet peas and hlies of the valley. Her veil, caught with a> coronet of orange blossoms, was Worn by ‘her cousin, Mrs. George Jasper of Springfield, who was married 24 years ago on the same date. The jewelry she wore were family heirlooms, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaid wore a gown of aqua lace and carried a colonia: pouquet of colored sweet peas with sweet peas in her ‘hair. meee , for Le jf Meats (Danette, am ch foarte The WX ade �Hadley | /* | CLIFTON JOHNSON, NOTED AUTHOR, IS DEAD AT 74 Peunder With His Brother of Johnson's Bookstore; son of Jan. Hockanum, lustrator of ber of the Synonymous: business after an would 22—Clifton author John-| and and il- many books mem-. family with whose name is the book selling in Springfield, died today illness of several years. He have been 75 Thursday. the course came of his active into close life, Mr. | contact with such well-known figures as Charles Eliot Norton, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain and Calyin Coolidge. : Founded Bookstore With his brother, Henry R., he founded Johnson’s Bookstore in Springfield become in 1898, a a landmark firm in that which has city and where ‘he came into contact with many persons of culture. In addition to his deep interest in nature and writing, Mr. Johnson devoted much of his time and energy to the community. He made a number of gifts to. the First Congregational Church and to |! the schools of the community. Mr. Johnson leaves his wife, Anna | Wrote Many Books HADLEY, In Johnson One of his sons, Capt. Irving Johnson, skipper of the Yankee, is on a world eruise and was notified tonight of the death of his father in the regular con- tact of WiAW MeQueston dren: Mrs. Johnson, and Walter Rutter five chilof Wake- field, Arthur 8S. Johnson of Longmeadow, Roger Johnson of Hockanum, Capt. Irving Johnson and Mrs. Hector Kay of Montreal; a brother,-Henry R. of Springfield, and a sister, Mrs. John F. Simons of Springfield. “The New England Country,” “What They Say in New England,” “The Country School,” ‘The Farmer's Boy,” “The Tale of a Black Cat,” ‘The Story of Johnnycake,” “Among English Hedgerows,” “Along French By- ways,’ “The Isle of the Shamrock,” of the American Radio “The Land of Heather,” “Old Time Relay League in Hartford with the Schoa@Js and Schoolbooks,” “American Yankee. The ship was contacted be-j| Highways and Byways Series: Twelve { tween Easter and Pitcairn Isiands in | Volumes,” “The Picturesque Hudson,” | the South Pacific. “The Picturesque St. Lawrence,” i Life Identified With Books “What to See in America,” “Battle- | A native of Hockanum, Mr, John1 son’s long life was closely identified| ground Adventures in the Civil War,” “Wairy-Tale Bears,” “Pairy-Tale with books. He was born Jan. 25, Foxes,” “John Burroughs Talks,” 1865, a descendant of Isaac Johnson, | “Hudson Maxim—a Biography,” “His-; i who moved here from Connecticut | | toric Hampshire in the Connecticut.” }soon after the Revolution. <A prolific I Books edited by Clifton Johnson i |writer, he wrote many travel and na| are: |tive books and only a few years*ago “The Oak Tree Fairy Book,” “The was the author of a three-volume hisBireh Tree Fairy Book,” “The Elm | jtory of Hampden County. Altogether, Tree Fairy Book,’ “The Fir Tree |Mr. Johnson wrote, edited and illuFairy Book,” “Bedtime Wonder Tales | strated 125 books. —15 Volumes,” “Canoeing in the Wil| Son of Chester and Jeanette (Reynderness,” by Henry D. Thoreau, “A ‘olds) Johnson, he found the call of Boy on a Farm,” by Jacob Abbott, “A books so alluring that he left HopCountry Boy’s Adventures,” by Jacob kins Academy when he was 15 to Abbott, “Waste Not, Want Not Stortake a position in the Bridgman: & ies,” by Maria: Edgeworth, “The Story | Lyman bookstore in Northampton. He of Two Boys,” by Thomas Day, “Alice was there f four years and then, in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll, being also keenly interested in art and “Songs Everyone Should Knew,” illustrating, he went to New York “Bible Stories My Children Love Best,” to study at the Art Students’ League. “Mother Goose Rhymes My Children It was there that Mr. Johnson. beLove Best,” ‘Poems My. Children Love came acquainted with many painters Best,” “Don Quixote.” by Cervantes, who later were to become famous. He “Water Babies,” by Charles Kingsley, also made a close friend in Elbridge “King Arthur and the Knights of the Kingsley, a Hadley man, and together Round Table,” by Sir Thomas Malory, they went on. many painting trips. “Artemus Ward's Best Stories.” Began Writing tor Press Books illustrated by him are: Early in his youth, Mr. Johnson be“The Natural History of Selborne,” by Gilbert White, “A Year in the gan writing articles for the newspa“In the pers, the Springfield Republican and} Fields,” by John Burroughs, the Daily Hampshire Gazette print-|| Catskills,’ by John Burroughs, “Being a Boy,” by Charles Dudley Waring his first journalistic efforts in ner, “A Child’s History of England,” 1881. His long period of writing came to an end in 1938, when his book, | by Charles Dickens, ‘Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” by Ian Maclaren, “A “Sailing for Gold,” was. published. Traveling in many European coun- tries and all over the United States, his books. reflected his journeys) abroad and at home. However, his favorite region was Western Massachusetts and ‘the Connecticut Valley,; Window ‘Trish na in Thrums,” Idylls,” by Doone,” by Jane by R. J. M. Barlow, D, Barrie, “Lor- Blackmore, “Years of My Youth,” by William, Dean Howells, “An English village,”) by Richard Jeffries, “Cape Cod,” by Henry D. Thoreau, “The Maine where he liveck A great lover of na- Woods,” by Henry D. Thoreau, ture, Mr. Johnson found Hadley an “Walden,” by Henry D. Thoreau, ideal spot in which to write. He was a by WashingI “Stories of the Hudson,” friend and great admirer of John Burton Irving. roughs, while one of his favorite books His name had appeared in ‘“Who’s was Thoreau’s ‘“‘Walden”. He wrote a Who” for many years. Both his travel life of Burroughs. and children’s books had been highly Mr. Johnson wrote all his books in commended by the American Library longhand, sitting in a. favorite armchair in his Hockanum home. A wideboard set across the arms of his chair, the author spent penning his travel and tives. About him his many an hour nature narra-_ children played Association and practically were to every be found public throughout the country. Funeral services. will be held First Church here, which he was strumental in restoring in the in library in in- 1920s. and chattered to their hearts’ content. | A picture of this church by Lincoln There was. just one thing they were| Barnes won first prize in the Amherst not permitted to do—-that was to bump | Photo Exhibit this year. inte and jiggle his chair. In this home | About 10 years ago Mr. Johnson “atmosphere which he loved, scores of opened a farm museum near First books were produced by a man who Church. Featuring farming implenot only was a writer and an artist, ments from the earliest coly»nial days but also a genuine dirt farmer. For, to the iron machinery age, the muamidst all his artistic endeavors, he seum attracted hundreds «f visitors found time to farm his land and cherannually, ish.a real affection for the soil. Rey. Roderick Holmes, pastor the ‘First the service liam Church MacLeod, and emeritus, Wednesday at pasrcor of | Rev. will 230. J. Short of Northampton, C. E. conduct Wil- a per- sonal friend of Mr. Johnson’s, will play the organ. Deacons of the cnurch will act as ushers. Burial will be in Hock/anum Cemetery. �e Bump de Lapham) Mrs C. Kilbourn Surlru �_ALBANY, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, ‘JULY 5, 1939 ss “The “presentation was as made on he- | half of the queen by Dr. DeGraeff after the tercentenary sce of Albany’s Dutch Some time Rice and audiences ® settlement ‘Netherlands beth, afterward Mrs. with and queen * both were queen the Belgians. then with intimately granted| of the | Eliza-| On during many visits. Carillons enchanted them and their of Belgium brought to. them the hope, later realized through a public subscription conducted by The Knickerbocker that Albany also would aitienanedon PPuyn Wels ve Rice,Rice, wife whoof died WilliamMonday. Gorham | | — RICE | b | lit y} % : | As a Mrs. Rice ee St. Peter’s band heiped years ago, gram a Which was and among and her ae played Harriet married became Albany’s sponsor a_ sever al special Langdon pro- Pruyn, | ¢chancellor |State she | ganizations, including Mohawk which her See the of New The ™ost of ee home was |Bergier, pastor “church, _ the family of a so she could large of Protestant iba gence Marin Club ore at in eciues | as none Srseeok I of Orange oRenowned French.| Iwhich’ maetiied Pe Beas Se neOn ee of fie. Alli- distinguished Returning ee pre- -was drawing room, Mrs. Rice sented to Queen Victoria. by men sorsome and of and 5 the women| hean Bassett, Johnson,Moore, once “Robert editor ofUnder Cen- pruyn for of Nassau. h Gone Library f ee land on of Mr. and Mrs. Rice to London in 1890. they | her husband |L. P. Jacks was/H. Mrs. Henry she| Mrs. Finley, | Miss | and Dove to the American Humane Association only a short time ago. |dent Basides Judge bury and Mrs. Mrs. Wiliam Thomas Mott r oe Washington visited » the ° Later ner mother, Mrs. John V.L.) yt, Be of was first | ‘it. |Pruyn, took the house of Lady Ray- | inherited from her father, the latest bac University Chapter, DAR; Dutch Settlers So- in America. Mrs. Rice entertained| | ciety of Albany, Society of Colonial|every governor and every member, | Dames. Albany Country Club, So-/of the Court of Appeals since the ‘ciety of Graduates of St. Agnes and|day she and her husband occupied Eugene | 47, master hus-| ashes York. chool i Vance Francaise. She was decorated : |went to Paris, where Mrs. Rice was |iby Queen Wilhelmina with the Or-| |tury Magazine; with Hus- Church carillon, eT to Colonel Rice in 1892) ; |Dove a leader in several or-| e her graduation from a St.yout Anite lSchbel th 24Bk. Abbond the placed Her to Sponsor, Precedes Funeral Church, to in her honor, Born -Monarchs Se ee by royalty were girl itoric Luropean SD om stione Gathered ur he Many custinetions gavaered CUur= ‘ing the lifetime of Mrs. William |Gorham Rice. @ 1 a Mrs. William Gorham Rice was buried in Albany Rural} Cemetery today beside ancestors who brought to America one of its most famous names. At 1:30 p. m., a half hour before funeral services in his-| Received E eigning Honors | in Historic St. Peter's NE Albanian R | them on City Carillon, band Felped GIVEN es Native ec Program ! | | 4 News, have Albany Pays ae at Burial | © 4) Of Mrs. William Gorham Rice “=. MRS. if it g Colonel Rice King Albert of the Belgians bestowed the Order of the Crown, Mrs. Rice and her husband made it a point to take August holidays| in Europe, often stretching their Visits to six weeks. Greatly fond of Holland ana Belgium, they came to know both! ‘countries WirSeos ay Colonei| | Rice the of dre nee Joey of Samuel Seabury, Church Osborne, Prof. Morgenthau, W. former state John Dr. of England, commission- Finley; Mrs. and education, Sea- Mr. and Osborne Mr. and Mary Woolley, former presiof Mount Holyoke College; Rice,| Herbert Hoover, Ray Stannard occupied the home of Viscount! who died Monday afternoon in he: lwhite, George Foster Peabody and from 1910ds Roosevelt. is sur- FranklinMe D. Vis- | suite at the De Witt Clinton. Gorham! Halifax, whose son, the present ts WEG ecat Het Viceroy| yiveq by a son, William later became is serving as count Halifax, of Incia and mes rent, Ezeh. Aug. 30, 1924, there came ree honor to ioh presented ae Orange-Nassau mina of the nition “6! country of gr. | University Li a ae ee of at law of professor Wisconsin. of Pub-| of ee ey your “in faithfulness ancestors recog- to and Intensely the |Mrs. of \family Rice, that proud member came of to of her the Her life. lineage,| others. America 8 the. Bond Neut euests from 1 to 6| Library were closed |lic Mrs. Rice when she m. today in tribute to Mrs. Rice,| |bishops, of Lp Order the with |Colonial Wilhel- fone of the library’s trustees. Queen by Netheriands your | pice foreign Pruyn| fro Schadl represented priests, Dames teachers all : e ey professors, regents, of America : In having all these people | guests Mrs. Rice walks pvarians was carrying and as her out ; a lyour untiring efforts in maintaining | Antwerp in 1660, sought always to! tradition of her father, who always her| was among interesting people. No. 13 \k| of traditions the out tradition and spirit Sage lcane | Dutch Rice was born, was \t| /Duich colonists in Albany and in | father, the late John N. la. Pruyn, ilk, where Mrs. ie i ‘looking after their interests.” �THE KNICKERBOCKER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1939 Jhostess TO DISTINGUISHED GUESTS IS DEAD 1 center oy her for such father. folk, invited there| | The house at 135 Washington was| yuilt by Mr. and Mrs, Rice after} heir return from. Washington} where service signed Mr. Rice served commissioned. It by Richard M. Hunt as civil! was de-| and his | on, Richard H, Hunt, who designed| nany fine American homes. ! | The former home of Mr. and Mrs. Rice at 135 Washinzton (now the headquarters of the American Humane Association) was opened to many distinguished guests of the city during Mrs, Rice’s heydey as society hostess. All of the Court of Appeals judges in the last 30 years were entertained there, Above, Chief Judge Frederick E. Crane is heing received by Mr. and Mrs. Rice at one of the last of these notable events. Below, Mrs. Rice is greeting former Attorney General Hamilton Ward and Mrs. G. Ashton Oldham at another of the gatherings that always highlighted the Albany social season. | | | �MASS., TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1940 EXHIBIT SHOWS BOOK PRINTED 450 YEARS AGO First Volumes Book of Sentences,” “Book of Hours” in the exhibition for mander in Chief covery of facsimile of the Armies of the a Hermit copy of Who Lived “The Whole Upis a Booke of Psalmes,”’ printed in 1640, and often called the Bay Psalm_ book, the first book to be printed in North America. It came from. the press of Stephen Daye in Cambridge. Old-Time School Articles Shown by Thomas Aquinas, issued in Venice in 1481. Printing, which began tentatively in 1440, was still in its infancy, and books published before the year 1500 are therefore called “incunabula” or “cradle books.” The number of such books extant today is not numerous and the library is fortunate in having three examples. The volume by Aquinas is beautifully printed 'with two columns to a page, with extremely wide margins, on magnificent paper that shows no sign of deterioration after 459 years. Another example of these early books is the “Constitutions of Pope Clement V” printed in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1482. Both of these are large volumes with each page decorated by hand in claborate blue and red capital letters, Included ~~ wards of 200 years,” 1786. Also included in the exhibition The first book printed in Springfield, issued when the Revolution was still going on and Springfield was a small village, the first book printed in the United States (a facsimile) published in Cambridge, and a book printed in Venice before Columbus discovered America are among the exhibits in Rice Hall at the City ‘Library. The library is joining thousands of other libraries this year in celebrating the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing. The oldest book in the collection is “Fourth Books U. S. A.” Other early Springfield imprints exhibited, which are still in excellent condition, include “The Deserted Villiage, a Poem by Dr. Goldsmith,” 1788, and “A Wonderful Dis- Library Special Display Includes Many Historic the Springlield The earliest books printed in Springfield were done by Babcock and Haswell, owners of the Gazette. Their first book was “The American Latin Grammar, or a Complete Introduction to the Latin Tongue,” published in 1782. The same year they also printed “A Poetical Epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esquire, Com- Books, Writing Material hibited at Atheneum WESTFIELD, tion of and other boys and red in articles girls in schoolhouse the seum of Jan. schoolbooks, 18—An exhib. writing used the by day opened Edwin Smith the Atheneum. of this Ex- utensils Westfield the little afternoon Historical A horn book given by Miss Graves, former Westfield High Mu- Linda teach-| er, is one of the most interesting features. It is called a horn book because the letters of the alphabet are written on paper and this is covered by horn, the single page book being mounted on wood and provided with a| |string so children could wear it around |their the necks. An abacus consisting of rows purpose of comparison is the “Book of wooden beads strung on wires to be of Hours” which was copied by hand used by children in learning simple on parchment in the 15th Century about the same time that printing mathematics is another interesting was being introduced, The close refeature. semblance between this manuscript And for the dull student who could and the early printed books shows not learn his figures even with this, how the first printers naturally dethere is a handkerchief which has the signed their type and decoration after multiplication tables stamped on it— the beautiful manuseript work. what could be. nicer for doing a little From the early English press is innocent cribbing? a copy of Higden’s “Polychronicon,” There are also three of the famous printed by the famous English print- \old New England Primers, one of them er, Wynkyn de Worde, at Westminvery old indeed. It bears no date, but} ster in 1495. De Worde was the a notation in the cover indicates that} successor to Caxton, the first to print it belonged to a woman who died in a book in England. 1798. Among the early Springfield pubor any who may have wondered | lications the most interesting is the at the beautiful penmanship which so} first newspaper published here, the many people used to have there is aa) Massachusetts Gazette, or the Springanswer to the question of how they field and Northampton Weekly Adperfected it. An old copy book full of |} vertiser, The first issue appeared on practice handwriting, with finely |; May 14, 1782, before peace was conformed, artistic letters appears in the cluded with Great Britain. Much of }collection beside an ancient quill pen, the news tells of peace negotiations an ink well, and sand shaker, used for and of the naval war between England blotting purposes. and France which continued into This book came from the old Fox 1783. District School in the Sackett Road, Many notices appear describing deand is dated 1820. There is. also an serters from the Continental Army arithmetic book written by Emerson {and offering rewards for information Davis, principal of the Westfield Acad|of their whereabouts. Runaway horses emy, and an attractive little girl's ;and runaway slaves are frequently adjlunch basket carefully decorated with vertised. | hand-painted | flowers. $$ | �/ | History of Samplers Related : 1944 |Pe Meeting of Women’s League WESTFIELD, Jan. 18—Mrs. Law- ;rence Holcomb of Malone Avenue gave jthe history of samplers at a meeting this afternoon in the conference house of Second Congregational Church | Women’s League. | Exhibits In connection with ous league members both old and new on each was shown the history. Mrs. } | } j by Holcomb Members the talk varihad samplers, display, and as owner gave its had several on ex- hibition that had been in her family for many years. One bore the inscription, “This I have done, I thank my God, without the correction of the rod.” The first sampler was made in 1618, Mrs. Holeomb told her audience of approximately 35, and their popularity has never waned as with other types of embroidery. The speaker told of the different kinds of samplers including the family register, motto and memorial. The oldest sampler on display was one owned by Miss Eliza Kellogg of Franklin Street which was made in 1794 by her great-great-aunt. Mrs. Holcomb suggested league members make samplers and spoke of one made by Mrs. George Hubbard of Little River. Mrs. Roy Gilmour Pavy had several samplers on exhibition. One was the work of her maternal grandmother made at the age of 12 in 1832, and the other belonged to her paternal! \WASS.: FEBRUARY grandmother. played Mrs. two, Mrs. one Herbert James being O. Atwater 125 Sanford dis- years showed old. sev- eral, one 151 years old and another over 100 years old. Mrs, Edward Cooper displayed one, the property of Miss Anna Spelman, which was made by her mother and which is 109 years old. Mrs. Many Displayed Peter Prout exhibited three modern samplers and Miss Annette Sackett told of one which dates back 108 years. Mrs. W. C. Holt displayed a sampler which belonged to her husband’s grandmother and Mrs. Ralph Sizer showed one 105 years old. Mrs. Denison Densmore had a sampler exhibited which is 182 years old and Miss Della Couse told of hers which is 117 years old. Mrs. Fred Cooley was also among the exhibitors and Mrs. Charles Doering brought a sampler which is the property of Mrs, Clinton Smith. Dessert was served by the Broad Street Group with Mrs. Pavy as chairman assisted by Mrs. H. R. Thompson, Mrs. Holt, Mrs. L. J. Prior, Mrs. Frank Strong, Mrs. Mrs. Prout. The Herbert Men’s Club R. Thorpe supper and will be served Jan. 23 by the Northside Group. The next league meeting will be Feb. 15 when the speaker, Miss Ruth Carlon, will take as her subject, “Food for health.” 25, 1940 Collection of Buttons On Display In Public Library Hobby Series of Mrs Charles Slight of Agawam Buttons of All Sorts, Useful and Exhibit Is Hobby and Contains Ornamental © a Visitors library this The first in Rice week hall can at find the at City;with least;New brass England uniform buttons, railroads thel| are repre-|; of the one button, one and game,|/sented nursery that to answer lone the by worn of this lot, was !“Button, button, who has the button?”|rarest \ for the library is showing a collection|Pony Express riders. of all kinds, from those that were} The display has been attracting most useful, before zippers came in,j|much attention from antiquarians, |to political campaign and slogan but-| who look with favor on the hunting \tons. The exhibit is the fifth in albuttons or the buttons made with held|Sandwich glass or those made from a being hobbies of special | series \by the library and is the collection of portrait of Jenny Lind, of which there Mrs Charles Slight of Agawam. is a whole series. The hobby is button manufactured in| unique the production of} | this city was made of hard rubber, ala length |sort of forerunner of the “plastic age." | history. This tubber button was made by the) Dickinson Hard Rubber company and} |MrSlight has found many interest- jing facts concerning |buttons in all parts of the world, | |}which make the hobby something) more than just “collecting.” | On display at the library are pre@sidential eampaign buttons of Grant, Zachary Taylor and Harrison. There lare pewter buttons, painted China | buttons, each a miniature portrait) ‘and quite rare. One card is covered we in that of the displays cover time and contain so such much �OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND SCREEN PROGRAMS FOR THE WEEK AT LOCAL THEATERS ie | AT LOEW’S POLI ° Selznick’s Technicolor Production of Margaret Mitchell’s ‘Gone With the Wind,’ Starring Clark Gable and Vivien Poli Leigh, at Loew's ‘HIS GIRL FRIDAY’ FEATURED AT BIJOU Martha Raye Heads Own Stage Unit at Paramount— *A Child Is Born’ at Capitol As Melanie in ‘Gone With the Wind’ ‘Gone With the Wind’ Rules at Loew’s Poli “Gone to mark With a the new Wind” high in continues motion picture entertainment at Loew’s Poli, where a special policy obtains during its stay here, There are continuous run programs starting at 9 o’clock each morning and arranged so that patrons arriving at 2.45 o’clock are assured of seeing a complete show and there is a reserved seat showing each night only ane performance. If, as it is claimed, one million man-hours of labor went into the production in the first place, before the year of road-showing is finished “Gone With the Wind” also will have set a new high in time needed to present the picture in the various key theaters of the country. Nothing like the magnitude of this production has ever been. attempted by Hollywood before and the hours of labor represented in preparing the film for public consumption is being repaid in full measure, if the Springfield experience is to be taken as a criterion. In the first place, careful casting was effected in order to establish the authority of Margaret Mitchell’s famous book, In the second place, ordinary production values were thrown out the window in order to reflect inherent in the story. the spectacle Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland are he principal players. The film is produced “GONE Springfield in technicolor. WITH THE WIND” Years, months, weeks and days of | Preparation have come to an _ end ;So far as “Gone With the Wind” and | Springfield theatergoers are concerned, The filmization of the much-read Margaret Mitchell novel reaches the Loew's Poli sound screen today, with a daytime schedule that is continuous, baa ae at 9 o'clock and so arranged | Chat a patron may see an entire show jif he enters the jthe afternoon, theater by 2.45 in | Springfield's premiere is an eve| ning affair in an official sense for ;the local preparations . have been |largely centered in making it gala. Into this opening has. been brought much of the ballyhoo that is Hollywood’s, but Springfield-made in every other feature for the reason that the advance sale indicates that Springfield | is making tonight's reserved seat per-} formance something of its own in a theatrical and social sense. The theater entrance is spotlighted and there lobby. The jbe limited available are in microphones size of to the the in the the audience will number of seats theater itself. The advance sale has taken care of that. “Gone With the Wind,” as the Pubs iic has been duly informed for the last three years, has Clark Gable as Rhett Butler; Vivien Leigh, a young |} English actress, is the Scarlett O’Hara| of the story. Leslie Howard is Ashley Wilkes and Olivia de Haviland is Melanie. This quartet. carries the principal threads of a story that ran into nearly 1000 pages. ! Already it has been decided to carry i the picture through a second week,| ‘at least. �JANUARY 27, 1910 _ Wind” the With “Gone || ‘ ‘ _ Gives Its Answers to Curious eo | “Hero for ing what champions schooling. Mitch- of Miss Picturization ell’s Long Novel Justifies _ the Public Interest a Day,” happens when “Vaudeville a picture disclosto college sports they end_ their Revels” and “The Amaz- | ing Mr. Williams” will have their final performances this afternoon and By A. L. 8. Wood | ed | evening. open Wind” the With “Gone yesterday at Loew’s Poli Theater and, for two or. three audiences, answered signed McDaniel was faithful When Hattie “Mammy,” of role the the questions that everyone has been lfor asking. The questions are standard. servant of Scarlett O’Hara, in “Gone Inevitably, time is discussed. To With the Wind,” which today enters ENTERS THIRD. WEEK public long -accustomed to an hour! the third week of a continuous run at Loew’s Poli, she turned back the cal- and some odd minutes as the proper space in which to discuss all problems of life, love and eternity, a picture that uses three times as much is a phenomenon. Well, “Gone With the Wind” takes no more time than is necessary to transfer an extremely long novel to the screen. That, in effect, is what the producers have set / out to do and their object. taken for Next, curious it they have appears, Clark granted about accomplished Vivien but Gable everyone Leigh. Can is is it be endar three-quarters nearly of a cent- ury. and lived grandmother Hattie’s. worked on such plantations as the Tara desctibéd in Margaret Mitchell’s | She South. of the Civil War novel of the kindly, might well have been loyalty whose fiercely possessive type to her white be She would today, to see come the never wavered. she alive proud, were heher granddaughter servant the motion on mistress of picture “quality screen. folks” possible, they speculate, that in all the There is no better known “Mammy” Her South, to begin with, all America, at in films than Hattie McDaniel. one time, and, finally, the wide world | round, face, great size, exbeaming talent, versatile and eyes, no one could be found except Miss | pressive = see Leigh. The subtleties of character which marked Scarlett O’Hara in the keep her in demand at all times. } She book might very well escape the more} averages sixteen screen roles a year. Hattie was born in Wichita, Kan. casual examination of the camera. In on June 10, 1898, the daughter of Susan , | fact, they do. Miss Leigh does not Holbert and Henry McDaniel. Her succeed in gathering the various conmother was born in Nashville, Tenn., tradictions into the body and mind of and her father in Richmond, Va. She | oe person. So, Scarlett, to one who was the thirteenth child. Her father has not read the book, goes through was a Baptist preacher, whose ser| the rods of film being various perjmons were enlivened by songs ofsons. As a picturization of the ruth|fered during the services by Hattie’s less daughter ofthe South, Miss Leigh mother. is perfect. She looks as she should Fame first came to Hattie when | even to those who have gone into the she sang over the radio in Den-}|} | theater with a very clear idea of what ver. She was the first colored | the likeness should be. girl to croon over the air waves. Her Mr, Gable, a competent actor in any lcontralto voice has remuined one of circumstance, is much better as Rhett her assets. In the picture, “Show- Butler than ever his admirers would boat” she sang “TI Still Suits Me,” with expect. The contradictions of a charPaul Robeson, and ancther number acter who must be as ruthless, almost with Irene Dunne. as selfish as Scarlett herself and still In 1924 and 1925 Hattie was a headbe as chivalrous as a Southern gentle- |) pee: on the Pantages circuit and she man, which he distinctly cannot asbecame known as the colored “Sophie pire to be, calls for more art than Mr. ‘Tucker’ and the female “Bert Wil-|' | Gable is often required to use. | Following a series of suc-|! i liams.” | These two are crimson figures to go to}; she decided cesses, in 1931 against a wistful and pastel backgreeted Disappointment Holly wood. ground of Before the War. Except for ‘her first efforts, but finally she ob| Ben ttte MecDaniel’s Mammy, a_ black with picture a in part tained a good | note accentuating the crimson, the That was the start and Lew Ayres. characters who live in the background ‘since then she has been in constant are pastel, too. demand.’ This is no faultfinding with Olivia In “Gone With the Wind,” Hattie| perDe Havilland an@ Leslie Howard who is just another example of what produce the very effects required of fect casting has accomplished. third them and, through subordination of The picture continues into its strong characteristics, make an effecweek here with no change in policy. tive contrast for Scarlett and Rhett. Daytime performances are continuous, so}: The screen has-been permitted to starting at 9.30 in the morning, and the use all its resources in this photoplay. entering anyone that arranged asis It has technicolor at its best; freedom theatre by 2.45 in the afternoon The in space and with masses of men. Besured of a complete performance. , cause of the freedom a panorama entire decisive period in American tory is transferred to the screen. are performances evening seat showings and start as of an hisBe- cause a book with liberal ideas of the use of words was to be transferred to|~ another medium, the camera, for once, was not troubled by theater-time and other such deadlines. The effort to tell an author's story instead of an adapter’s successful terest version has and justifies in it. been greatly the public in- |’ reserved 8 o'clock. �“Gone With the Wind” Has 1g) Figure ine Attracted 87,000 : People Estimated Yesterday Afternoon to Be Increased by Seven More Showings By A. L. 8S. Wood Some idea of the velocity with which “Gone With the Wind” blew through the Connecticut Valley may be’ gained from the report that 87,000 patrons passed through the doors of Loew's Poli during the three weeks’ run, up to yesterday afternoon. With seven more performances, counting the one _ last night, and with 2400 seats available for each performance, only a nodding acquaintanceship with arithmetic is needed to perceive that quite a few people are still interested in a_ thoroughly publicized entertainment. You can stick type three inches high in front of some and still not be sure they actually read what they see. As wdiely publicized as ‘‘Gone With the | Wind” who \the has been, know Winds,” | "Gone | Winds the still there picture “Gone By the Wind,” Are Gone.” Is as and are those “Gone the even Are Wind,” “The | �SL resi Ses a ee aries ye aS See ae : , MAS . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, “SPRINGFIELD | Fire Destroys Huntington School In Huntington Is Burned Town’s Most Disastrous Fire Does Damage of $80,000 Estimated HUNTINGTON, Feb. 21—Fire destroyed the two-story Murrayfield Schoo! here tonight at a loss estimated by Superintendent of Schools Leon M. Orcutt at $80,000. In addition equipment in school records to 1880 and to the building the eight and reports covering schools town, Russell, Blandford gomery were lost in the trous fire and grades, the dating back and most in this Montdisas- in the town’s history. Sends for Help The Huntington Fire Department, shortly upon arrival at 7.45, sent in calls to other towns for help and apparatus was sent from Westfield, Chester and Russell to fight the blaze that ate through the wooden structure in a short time. Firemen were able to save the adjoining high school building and the home of Mrs. Agnes Besaw, loeated very close to the building. All the windows in the high school on the side facing the Murrayfield were broken by the however. a A large bell in chool toppled into loud crash and heat the the sent of the School flames, belfry of the basement with a shower of sparks high into the air. The a product of the Civil War, bell, was brought to this town by Gen. Benjamin Butler who commanded a Union army The at bell the was Battle taken leans convent and Murrayfield School of New from Orleans. a New installed in when it. rected in 1889, —~ Origin Is Unknown Or- the was oA Origin of the fire was undetermined| and varying accounts of where the fire may have started were heard. Parishioners of St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church which’ is located diagonally across the street said that when they came out of the Wednesday evening Lenten service they saw flames about inthe center of the building. Others said that’ they saw the | fire first in the building’s attic. maintain that the fire started basement. Others' in the A meeting of the school committee, finance committee and Selectmen will be held Thursday to plan for arrangements for the 148 pupils. | �JANUARY { (Photo | 28, 1940 by Gieigaeay MISS ELIZABETH S. JASPER Mr and Mrs George of their M. Jasper | engagement | Belcher, son of Mr and Mrs daughter, of 76 Virginia Elizabeth Clarence street Shirley, L. Belcher to announce David the Mather of 21 Lester street. �Northampton Main Street Crowds Routed by a Doe Children Trampled, Women Knocked Down, | Men “Dig In” to Escape Small Animal | | | NORTHAMPTON, March 6—A small doe that suddenly becky out of nowhere and loped along the street, created /more excitement and activity in Main Street this afternoon’ than had been seen since the day of the hurricane. | > Children were trampled, ee were knocked down, men ‘dug in” behind piles of snow along the Main | and/| wildest the in curbing Street performance | minute five funniest witnessed outside a comic movie. Stumbles Over Doe One unidentified woman, fleeing from the “wild animal,’ actually stumbled over the doe as she made for a’ protecting doorway, rode two or three steps on ‘the animal’s back | before sliding off onto the sidewalk. A badly frightened Irish setter threw a perfect block on another | woman who sought safety in the S. K Ames store, and downed the shopper | in a shower of bundles. The woman | | narrowly missed injury as she landed \ |partly on the sidewalk and partly / on the step into the store. Pedestrians stood along the cant and watched the’ doe amble up Main Street after rounding the corner from King Street, but the action began when the deer, apparently frightened by the traffic, bolted for the south side of the street, dodged between parked cars, crossed the sidewalk| ‘and show store. dove through window of the plate glass | Hédd's Department t Rea Out Again Darts Knocking ‘over forms and figures in the show window, the doe. butted |/against venetian blinds separating the window from the interior of the store, before wheeling about and darting through the. gaping hole in the show window, As badly to the it cut emerged sidewalk. from about the the window, head, the doe spotted the Irish setter and gave chase and pedestrians scattered right and left. When the woman shopper and dog went down, the doe flashed by, bowling over &@ woman near the entrance to Ann August’s shop, and continued on the sidewalk where it turned peared down to Pleasant right and the Street disap- street. Patrolman Outdistanced Patrolman John W. Zalesky, at-| ; tracted by the crashing of glass, gave, |chase to capture the deer but was soon a outdistanced. wreck of the As the window doe of made Todd's, | clerks and customers made a dash for the stairway to the second floor, to} add to the confusion. Two weighty women became jammed in the swinging doors of a store as they scrambled for cover while most unconcerned spectator to*the event was a fouryears-old girl who stood in the department store doorway, showing no emotion. The walls and unbroken windows of Todd’s and some of the merchandise displayed, were smeared by blood from gashes suffered by the doe. Finally escapfhg from the heart of Pee business section, the doe made its} way | pair to of near-by jexhausted farmers meadowland discovered condition and where it in a an summoned |Game Warden John J. Broderick, who | was forced to shoot | cutting her open, the animal, Mr. Broderick Upon | found twin fawns inside. He theorized that dogs had scared the doe from the woodland on the city’s outskirts and said that reports of similar disturb| ances caused by dogs have recently ‘come to his attention. | DOE DISTURBS NORTHAMPTON CENT: ————__— ADM mom � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. Loose-leaf binders are scanned with a professional flat bed scanner with the result that optical character recognition is of reasonable accuracy. Books are scanned photographically with the result that optical character recognition is less accurate. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927/1960 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Worthington Historical Society Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2021-12-09 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936-1940 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1936-1940 Description An account of the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook' in gold. 'Elsie Bartlett, 1936 - 1940'. This is a brown book with hard covers. Frontispiece is two pictures of the 'Jonathan Edwards' church (1737-1812) and 'The Old Church (1812-1876). Contains newspaper clippings on a variety of subjects including but not limited to Albany, NY, Springfield, MA, Northampton, MA and surrounding towns. Includes an account of an unusual weather phenomenon that occurred '40 years ago today' in September 1881. In includes a recent (June 18, 1874) recollection of the Williamsburg Flood of 1874. Includes accounts for the release of the movie 'Gone with the Wind' and the fire at the Murrayfield School in Huntington. Also includes accounts and historical events involving people from Worthington. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 21.6 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm (8.5 x 11 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR07 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 13 Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, 1936-1940 No. 7 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbook Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bartlett family Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Paper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Worthington - other unspecified Mediator An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. In an educational context, a mediator might be a parent, teacher, teaching assistant, or care-giver. db edited item 01/06/2019 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/1a8c212bcad8c7680fc809d8cfae9d23.pdf d9b3ac02397d72051f04f158ce988eeb PDF Text Text Seat Tae Be i? e �She if Worthington Historical Society, AST & Worthington, Mass. 9 Sas, 01098 �f aS THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, MASS, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940 Worthington Married 50 Years on Sunday | | BATESTONOTE — WEDDING DATE AT TOWN HALL | || | Worthington Couple Wed in Amherst 50 Years Ago | Next Sunday WORTHINGTON, Mrs. Frank Bates 50th wedding Worthington in Amherst Rev, B. Drennan. J. Native AND ' MRS. FRANK BATES -- 1—Mr. celebrate anniversary Town married Mr. Bates MR. May will of Hall. May and their} Sunday at| They 5, were | 1890, Goshen was born in Goshen by| | May| 11, 1868, and Mrs. Bates, who was} Mary Jane Laughlin, was born in} Uxbridge Feb, 4,, 1871. They have |eight children, five daughters and) three sons and 18 grandchildren. The | daughters are Mrs. Roland. Goodwin} of East Templeton, Mrs, Raymond | Taylor of Cambridge, Mrs. Francis Blodgett of Springfield, Mrs. Ruth Porter of Dalton and Mrs. Richard / Bartlett of Scotia, N.Y. The sons are Frank Wilbur of East Walpole, Z oe |Clinton Thomas |Gerald Bernard of Williamsburg of Scotia, N. Y. and} | j; Mr. and Mrs. Bates moved from 'Goshen to Worthington in 1904 and have resided here since, where Mr. Bates has been employed as manager | of farms owned by summer residents,} being signally successful. Mr. Bates \has served on the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee for 12} years. Mrs. Bates is a seventh de-| gree member of the Grange, an hon- | orary member of the Juvenile Grange, : was secretary of Grange No. 90 for) wo years, was Ceres for two vedRe| and substituted in many other offices |and still shows a keen interest in all, Grange activities. At present she is} a trustee of the Loyal Ladies. | Mr. and Mrs. Bates will receive their | friends and neighbors at the Town Hall from 3 to 5 p. m, in observance ‘of their anniversary. Worthington — | Mr. and Mrs. Bates Married 50 Years) | | | Worthington Couple Greeted | in Town Bates| Frank Mrs. and Mr. at the Town Hall in honor of | In anniversary. wedding 50th itheir the morning all of their children and} | family a had dren 17 of their grandchil reunion and a buffet lunch at noon. Jn the afternoon there was a pro| of music by the Bates family,| | gram saxaphone,, cornet, piano, ‘ineluding | drums, vocal, exhibition dancing; an) Laughlin,} by Bernard poem |original | original also brother; Bates’ | Mrs. Bates Tay-| Katherine |}poem by Mrs. llor and a mock wedding. Mr. and| Mrs. Bates received many gifts. | Guests were present from West) Newton, Chelsea, Dorchester, Walpole, | Sesrere Waltham, | Whitinsville, Goshen, ‘WilCambridge, Greenfield, River, | Swift Chesterfield, liamsburg, Ashfield, East Templeton, Scotia, N.Y. } Springfield and Cummington. | Dalton, | greeted | Sunday : | _ Hall WORTHINGTON, May 6—About 200 nue �c 2B -Se Bcc Gee Sec Golden Anniversary Frauk W. and sary J. Mates May 5, 1890 - May 5, 1940 Morthington, Mass. Would you exchange for gold or crown, The grown-up babies that tied you down And their little ones who frolic ’round The old house, barn and green grass mound. Good friends and neighbors true and sound, Who come today from miles around With greetings and warm hands propound All worth while treasures above the ground. —B. L. �_ Idtosyncrasies Now being married for fifty years, Smiling and laughing thru grief and tears, This clean white paper I will smear With written notes of your career. And dedicate what I have to say, As friends and clans their tribute pay, At your little cottage farm today To your Golden Anniversary. Now Frank was fully satisfied Mary was made to be his bride, And would pull together with the tides, Until the day they closed their eyes. I know not just the words he said But brother Frank can use his head, Perhaps he did not have to beg, I presume the proper tears were shed. No mother-in-law took him to task, No mothers and fathers were even asked, No one in fact, had aught to say They simply gave themselves away. And without a candle, cat or cot, Frank went out and a license sought, Then to a clergy, and side by side My sister Mary became a bride. To sew the buttons on his pants And thus his comfort might enhance, And find a shirt once a year, fit to wear, At the town of Commington’s cattle fair. To wash and iron and scrub the floor, And every year do it o’er and o’er, Three times a day to cook the meals, No matter how jaded the body feels. And when at home at close of day, He hoped to find her blithe and gay But often found her the other way, Much to brother Frank’s dismay. However, that’s the way with human clay, You must live, give and take, they say, Or marriage bonds would bust each day, And children would go the orphan’s way. She, no doubt, thought it grand To have a man at her command, Some one to love and to scold, Some one to care for her when old. Some one to brush away her tears, Dispel her sorrows and calm her fears, Some one to drive away dull care, Some one to smooth her tangled hair. Some one she hoped she would suit, Some one who would not use his boot, Some one with whom to share life’s joys, And be the father of her boys. And Frank played mule and pulled the load, O’er many a hard and stony road, While Mary stuck to her abode, And did the house work as she chose. Thru years of sickness, disease and pain, Shadow and sorrow, drought and rain, Raging blizzards and hurricanes, They stiil held fast to their marriage claims. As when to Goshentown they came, To fight the future, lose or gain, And by the cows, pigs, hens and huy, Have lived to see this wedding day. For fifty years is quite a span, For any woman or any man, To be yoked together on the land, By the simple words of a clergyman. Having now reached the golden goal, And my foolish, jubilant story told, May it trace When a smile on memories scroll, this young couple are really old. FACTITIOUSLY—BROTHER BERNARD �1740 | Twins Are 77 Years Old Today FRA | WORTHINGTON, May < W. AN ) FRED 10—Tomor- {and row is the 77th birthday of Frank| Wilbur Bates of Worthington and |Fred Wilson Bates of Cambridge, |N. Y., twins. Mr. and Mrs:~Frank Bates, who observed their gofden wedding day on May 3, will go to Cambridge to celebrate the event Sunday. Natives of Goshen, the brothers were in the dairy and lumber business there from 1896 to 1904, being among the first men in that section to own a shingling machine and the first to use a pair of Western horses. Krank Bates, who moved to Worthington in 1904, served as selectman W. BATES committeeman for 12 In more recent years, before years, retiring, he managed farms for summer residents. He and Mrs. Bates have eight children and 18 grandchil| dren, Mr. school and Mrs. Fred Bates had 11 children, nine of whom are living, and have 28 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. They will ob-/| serve their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 16. Special recognition of the twins’ birthds will be given today in a broadcast at 9.30 4 m., by radio station WGY, * | | | | �MARY JANE AND FRANK WILBUR BATES GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MAY FIFTH 1890-1940 �Chae hiluate To MOTHER AND FATHER On GOLDEN Shaip WEDDING ANNIVERSARY May Fifth 1890-1940 Two score and ten years ago, Mother and Father, you were joined in holy matrimony. We are met here to do you honor and to dedicate anew our lives to passing on to our own children the principles of character which you have so nobly striven to inculcate in us. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. It is indeed a privilege for which we are grateful, one that comes to few sons and daughters. Fifty years of wedded life, intermingled with joy and such natural sorrows as man is heir to, stand as a monument to your mutual devotion and to the sanctity of marriage and family. We, your children, can never forget your loving care in our tender years nor your affectionate solicitude for our welfare in our mature years. You have given your all to and for us. It is far beyond our poor power to reward you. You do not ask it. But we shall be very happy, if today in some small measure you are conscious of our affection for you. As you look down the long vista of years well lived, may your sunset of life be suffused with a happiness that cannot be disturbed. The few joyous moments that we spend today in your presence will soon pass, but the sweet flower of today’s memory will live with us all. When we depart and gentle darkness drops its soft mantle over your beloved hill country, may the peace that passeth understanding be with you. May each new sunrise bring you joy. WORTHINGTON CARD OF THANKS Mr, and Mrs. Frank W. Bates wish to | thank all their friends and relatives who] | so generously remembered them and made | their anniversary such a happy occasion, o [Ady. �_ _ | On in the Vicinity of the Armo ry and} | the Rockingham A Fy Graves &. Sons: Sell Interests g of DETAILS Veteran | : The is it the hardware Graves as of is of A. street, Has 65 Years. sale George osg Street Merchant Main | eo of Firm Head is & stated more than the oldest on of good George’A. Graves W as Ses Sons, down Mr. Graves oy sadh George A. Graves { Veteran Main Street Merchant Who Passed 87th Birthday - Yesterday. the Edwa L,, Arth ur theC., Hi.rdGraves. After torn as dealt! stories of the part in many of the history & & was once the quar- | | Am, moved to the Hale block at the corner of Court street and stayed there 10 years removing to the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance company’s old building in Main street and eight years later into his present quarters. Me Beeh for business Sons He Brown seme being Herb old store i . ANNOUNCE NOT John He has many and has taken that are a part the-etty. sons and Collard. | where House. next to After Mr. Graves and his partner | took over the business of Adams & Richards, it was known as Brown & Graves for 12 years. Mr. Graves then bought Brown out and _ earried the ; business on alone until the firm .be- tGt came Fred E. Carlisle and Harry | ters business in wool. old days, | ncidents : : in 324 of Main authority, usual interest, since | established hardware, firm in the city. The purchasers are | reported to be Fred WH. Carlisle of; North Adams, formerly a wall know hardware man of this city, atitidarry| Collard, A. formerly Graves (be & known a Sons. as clerk Carlisle The for new & George] firm. will) Collard. The | Graves’ will retire from all interest in the business. Mr. Carlisle wae seen at \the store yesterday morning, but he de} clined to give the details of the transactions, saying that a statement would be made Saturday. | Mr. Carlisle came to this city from | Boothbay, Me., in May, 1894. He first tentered the employ of Homer Foot & | Co., at 139 State street,and he was with | them three years. He was with the pe. BE. Russell & Co. of Holyoke for has a Graves & Sdns was man & Brooks company street for three years. with the of 141 is a Chap-j New ito |up this buy a $17 suit during by loaning (founder of of the the clothes it year. to Smith He Oliver | | a | farms { land only six b dings in Main still borderéd the river, | | save Smith, of| position | ane | and the east of Main street was a marsh. of the old railroad tracks there| were farms and one store. The prin-j | North ' cipal business of the city was and by other win- greeting busine and be- in the morning or afternoon, seemed possible that he is known Ommetcial bringfiel in the d with Adams & Richards in their hardware 6tore where the Athol building is now. He stayed with that concern until, with Josiah Brown, his.former em, ployer, he bought out the business. business there} Whe n Mr. Graves began busine | were Son, enter in 1847 he married Miss Martha 8. ae etn gd Scott of Westfield and the same ha taking years throughout the i city and Western Massachusetts. Du ring the time that he has been in\business in this city, Mr, Graves has seen the entire building of the :eity beng years. Springfield 65 city, street. At the present time, as senior ber of the firm, George A. Grave s Northampton, and taking a note bears |! ing 16 per cent. interest. To this nest egg he added year by year until he was 17 years old whem, he went into Josiah Brown’s general store to learn the business. He stayed there six years getting $50 and board 'and clothes at cost the first year, $75 $100 the third, $125 the, the second, fourth and $150 the fifth and sixth “came to for this reputation of the Main street, cele-_ mem | & invested charities the who in began business in Springfield when hethere WwW. only six brick buildings in Main fng- and greeted tore hardly it typical thereby street, jing George A. Graves has earned his right to the ‘title ‘of the oldesf merchant in Main street .by of business in the city. born in Hatfield, May and Graves, in business ss men | with whom he has been associated )for years. For a man who as a-‘boy | of 1 0 years struck ‘out for himsel | Mr. Graves has had a remarkable f, j Teer, and is today as active as he cahas been at any time of his life. men and women who went in to To the| shake /hands with the veteran merc hant: in ihis s Lyman) pusiness man, Possessing all. the sterling qualities and square business methods. At the age of 10 years he struck out in the world for himself having absorbed considerable of the rule of three in the district schools of Hatfield. His first wages, amounting to’ 16 2-3 cents a day during hoeing time, 20 cents during haying }and 25 cents during the arduous work of cutting broom corn, were earned |on a farm. On this salary he managed A. been oldest merchant in ted yeste rday < hissina 87thsitetbirthday char“ = = —a ,acteristica lly, by appearing in on hisot “store7 in Main \year and afterward formed a partner| ship with Oliver C, Alderman, and they {bought out the hardware business of C. J. Blackstone. After being associated ‘for a year and a half the partnership| (was dissolved, Mr. Alderman con-} tinuing the business and Mr. Carlisle 'gaing to North Adams, where he estab-} ea the-Carlisie Hardware company.: Mr. Collard besides being with George} A. George ning carried| the lines. He came to] spring “of 1847 ~to émploy of idams & Rich- ards, hardware dealers, then located in tl ne block opposite the Massasoit | House. In the 23 years that the firm i rema ined in the building Mr. Grav es became a member of the company. ,¥eom its first. location the house went ; to Court Square, and then returned to Main Street to take quarters in the j old Massachusetts Mutual Insurance building. In 1888 the present quart ers in 32 4 Main street were procured, and here the firm is located. ; (The first year he w as in | Hatfield his salary was $50, business with in | board keep.) When he came to Spring‘| field, the farms still bord ered and extended to the hill, and the river the land and east of were farms North pal on the Main of the business in the street old and of the vicinity Rockingham was railroad 5ne store. of. city the House, a tracks The was marsh, there princi- carried armory Mr. and Graves Was once in business next to the quarters’ where John Brown dealt in wool. He h as many stories of the and has taken part in many old days, that are part of the history of ineidents Friends kept coming in to see the city. him all and day, he had the same answer to ‘them all, that ne ‘was better than ever.” | �Forgotten Facts About Springfield - e e Et eee a a a area Mayor Daniel L. Harris Driving Down Ames Hill To Demonstrate The Need Of Lowering The Grade WTEN Daniel L. Harris was mayor of Springfield in 1860 there was an agitation for the lowering of the grade of Ames Hill. There was considerable opposition to the plan and Mayor Harris was strongly in favor of it. To show. how steep the grade really was he had the above photograph made of himself driving down the hill. The mayor won his fight and the hiil was cut down to its present level. �SPRINGFIELD, MASS, SATURDAY, JUNE ‘Bachrach MARION L. BARTLETT Miss Marion L. Bartlett, named a teacher at the Van Sickle comes ton Transfers Marion the be of principalships of the city’s noteworthy Bartlett, status of principal 27 elementary case is that who principal School, is a of the Washing- graduate of the Wheelock Kindergarten Training School. She taught in Acushnet, Fairhaven and Norwood before coming to this city in 1917 to take a teaching position at the Jefferson Avenue School. She taught there until 1920 when she was made principal: of the Alden School, a post she held until 1924. She was principal of the William Street 1930 School pal and on the unassigned principals list during the past year. | 14 A Bachrach M. BOWKER M. Bowker, who be- ROSA Miss Rosa principal of the Carew Street School, is a graduate of Westfield Normal School. She holds a B. S. degree from Boston University. She taught in Montgomery, Freetown and South Deerfield from 1907 until 1914 when she became a teacher at the Barrows School here. She taught there until 1929 when she went to the Sixteen Acres School where she served as head teacher until 1931. She was principal of the Worthington Street School from 1931 until it was closed in 1938. $he has been 2%, 1939 She head School from when she goes from of the was 1924 named Carew Street that ashington until princi- School. position School. to involve schools. of Miss is elevated from unassigned principal to of the Carew Street | School. Miss Bartlett is widely-known | throughout the city and is a past| ioe lub. of the Springfield Teachers (Photo MISS Miss Bachrach) ELVYENE Elvene | Springfield by Taylor, Teachers’ TAYLOR president club, is of the} honor-| jary chairman of arrangements for a| jeoncert by the All-American Youth} orchestra under the leadership of Leo- | pold Stokowski, which is to be given| jat the Municipal Auditorium Friday | night, the 23d, at 8.45, for the benefit | lof the child welfare fund of the club. �JANUARY By Payson Smith 13, 1940' Mary Lyon Picture Found 1737 Mass. Pioneer in Developing| Public Schools Praised Special to The Springfield Union WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—A_ year- long observance of the Horace Mann centennial was climaxed here tonight with a stirring address by Payson Smith, former commissioner of education in Massachusetts. Pointing out that it was just 100 the Na-| years ago that Horace Mann took up his work as secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, Mr. Smith described him as a pioneer in developing public schools. “His greatest achievement was the transference of the school system from an institution of the church and private enter-| prises to an agency of democracy,” he said. “Horace Mann established a New Deal in education.” Tonight’s tribute to Mann was un-| der the joint sponsorship of tional Education Association, the Interior Department and the Office of Education. It was part of an Ameri- can Education fur Week progrant. 10% Pe GRADUATE This recently discovered daguerreotype Mt. Holyoke College, is the most woman educator in the early days of Mary Lyon, authentic likeness of of Mt. Holyoke, then founder of the famous a seminary. Picture of Mary Lyon in Prime Discovered After Long Search Small Photograph, Then Oil Painting and Finally Daguerreotype Are Brought to Light \ | MISS DORIS R. OWEN WORTHINGTON, June 9— Miss) | Derik Ruth Owen, daughter of Rey, | jand Mrs, J. Herbert Owen, will be} }graduated from Northfield Seminary| |}on Monday. She has heen active in 'the religious life of the campus and) | has sung in Estey Choir. She plans Ito enter Guilford College, Guilford, N. I {C., next fall and will major in die| tetics. | || | — WORTHINGTON, 'They jeroy SES \Cole See SiS June \ 9—Mr. and |Mrs. Edward Cole of Highland Street celebrated quietly their 58d wedding| lanniversary at their home Friday. |Mr. Cole attends to a vegetable-garden jand oS —s| ® Worthington Mrs. Cole takes care of the home. have two children, Mrs. BE. Cutler of Richmond, and of Highland | grandchildren. Street Pom-| Arlin | and four |! | SOUTH HADLEY, Jan. 12—The A photographer declared that it story of a long search for a picture| wags taken from an oil painting. Miss of Mary Lyon, founder of Mt. HolBlakely, librarian emeritus, yoke College, a picture “as she looked |Bertha while rummaging among old things in in her heyday at Mt. Holyoke—one the storage room of Student Alumnae that suggested the humorous, grave, Hall, noticed a stack of discarded undaunted woman who could dream pictures, Among them she found a a dream and fight for it to its finished reality,” was told by Miss Ada lL. F. cracked and frameless oil painting of Mary Lyon—the painting that had Snell, professor emeritus of English at Mt. Holyoke, in the latest issue of been the original of the photograph. No date was found on it, and the the Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly. painting has been retouched by AsSomething Else The search was for something else sociate Professor Rogers D. Rusk of the physics department. than the familiar miniature of the Mystery Solved turbaned young teacher, done in 1832. One question still remained unanOther possibilities included the only furnished the likeness known picture of her, taken while she swered—what for the oil painting, since Miss Lyon, still lived, a “faded daguerreotype scording to records, did not sit for showing her old and worn beyond her it? Reporting, on the results of the years; and two done after her death search to President Roswell Gray by two of her pupils, Louise Jewett, Ham, Miss Snell arrived at his office and Mrs. Susan Tolman Mills. one morning, and his secretary, Miss The first clue Migs Snell found was Cgpeland, remarked that she in a small photograph in an old Olive had a picture of Mary Lyon that Miss album, a dark oval likeness on a white Snell might be interested in, and ecard background, showing Mary Lyon in the prime of life with “an at- | brought out from the files the daguerrotype from which the oil painting had tractive face with arched eyebrows, been made—the end of the long search. long nose, .Jovely..curved lips and Miss Copeland had found the daguersoftly pointed chin. ‘This picture Miss Snell had reproduced for use in the|reotype in her desk when she took it| college history, but the quest was to over, and recognizing its value had put it away. discover the picture's origin. �PAYSON CHURCH PASTOR RESIGNS Rev. Charles H. Hamlin ten Risk IS jice, of at was | People ‘the and to to a of surprise to this and call the close we may relation. place. T council such to} convenient| later choose of I take this step no longer wish to do am in this verdict settled work while the be- perfect health, Last March I} to recover my! to tell. your support ing kindness his: 1 thank you all 28 the | impressive preacher. He has go far in the ‘doing things’ touch of God then I have faith, of man other turned with his “Now in the ing is ‘so much Yet as matters | we have had ‘but all that ‘law, ‘that more of close my to do, so whole feellittle done.’ Maker. go in this, our world, full due of success, have gained is but which under God According to the not that make first which is which is spir- natural and \ afterward that which is spiritual.’ The | needs which first thrust themselves! upon sight have had earliest atten“tion, A reform or two has been car180 through, while some spiritual but less conspicuous needs, although de\t i sirable listill (| beyond wait ‘here to there be has “Within the all reforms whatever, realized. been past Yet headway. two years even evening | Services have been held, which you ‘frequented not because you ought to, |but, a so different thing, becatise you }wanted to. We have also had social | occasions which as never before rallied jus for a good time all together with one accord in one place. We have gone ‘so far that we cannot but choose go Iptartiee. The present leader may pass jas did the captain in the first cruise ‘around REV. j Pastor CHARLES of H. Payson Church, Hasthampton, Who Has Resigned. — the voyage ' was to HAMLIN. thought home. but by of and So the brave “Chrigt’s ‘you his stamp upon this community and all ‘grieve that his health has required {that he take this step. He has labored \for an advanced church, one that would be a great power im modern eivie life. No man has taken a deeper interest in the betterment of the community} Everything Hamlin. Mr. Rev. ithan that #értained to a clean town, physi- globe, all | mat that of toed. I go us in while i reach i sure that time had gone so far, hard as go on, going back was not to - ‘It is expedient measure. de is equally as. yet full ie of his personal true among. the it be came humble away,’ our ship us for for No can Not till the presappearance has ' been withdrawn can even a man’s ijiviends do their utmost, of their free ||uninfluenced selves, to realize what they have caught from him that has life of seemed worth while. Time will sift out, even to has appealed merally, eally and him and he has preached such a gos-| z the last of them, my shortcomings, ut all that was best will hold and pel. Rev. from school C. H. Hamiin Yale college and and then’ universities of Germany. From was studied Leipsic 1876 merge graduate the Yale Divinity a to year and: 1879 in Bonp! he: ike, in was | pastor of the Congregational church jin Chester . He then went to tis South ‘church in Pittsfield, where’ he remained until 1885, when hs* came to Eastiiampton. ‘Two years ago last January tho 25th anniversary of*his pastorate was celebrated. gram ered turned ; er. It was a three days’ and the praise that was upon Mr. Hamlia would the head of almost any preach- The “sey ices: pro- showhave whole town united in the until , 80 |rest into the that the last from my general soul whether goes here’ labors or my mankind home there, to works once follow me. Therefore while a time it was good to come, it God, while is I shall. upon| even| better now to go. Up! upon our feet} and with thanks for all the past and hope for all the future all together let us sing Blessings ‘Praise Flow.’ God from Whom) All at Nov. 8 — The untroubled brow” her modest. gracefully from cot- life at ago. - abandoned She hope suffered a for stroke } her 10 days ago while motoring. She visited | the United States @ year ago during! centenary celebrations for Lewis Car- |} j roll, who wrote “Alice in Wonderland’? for her 72 years ago. America, cap- | | tured by her grace and charm, readily} {understood how the quiet young | ;mathematies teacher who loved chil-} above immortal ment and Carroll, Char es all else was classic Lutwidge | boating with In a forms | oe her for able two Dedson, wonder-| name was| conceiy ved in Wonderland” 10-year-old sisters delicate piece the preface Carroll to create| her amttsement“ whose real {the idea of “Alice jand partnership’ our we was but that decadés ‘recovery. an the the germ of that shall yet be won. Nitual, to and clear today Physicians /dren was usurping the direct upon the heart of man, conversion Ene. » the dying nation lov-! and direction of whom a gentle Oxford don cindered | the white rabbit and the Cheshire cat/ from the depths 6f his lively imagi-! to make too much of doctrine, I have sought to hold the balance true by promoting practical reforms. Again when the swing appeared to have gone | left) child Sheis Mrs Alice Liddell Hargreaves, the original Alice in Wonderland, for, always has and therefore always will. “While I shave been with you, when the temper of the time seemed to me that) all for push He has presented the4 a forcible and original mén-} has been a deep thinker and) ‘truth in ner. He an and wrong while, is which lis worth Har- Critically Til tage, slipping the age of 82. eharm. Particularly I thank the children whose geod will always and especially in these later years has been years Liddell wee lay community. For. Rev. Mr. Hamlin has _@a supreme and unfailing joy. I know been able and beloved pastor of ‘not yet how I shall get on with life the Payson church. He has preached ‘when. their and your upturned glances a virile religion and has insisted that ino longer meet and greet my own, but to be effective. itemust oppose all that| in the need the strength will come, nearly ‘Mrs Alice | | « for and for the gracious which gave it grace DYING IN ENGLAND. | greaves, Original in Story, | it, 4, 1934 , “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” |S as vigI keep “tT am humbly thankful that more of my life has been given you than by any possibility remains to give to any other church or cause whatever, What you and all of you have been, now are and always will be to me and mine goes down too deep for any words NOVEMBER Parish.| hereby resign| you to unite mutual at The another winter I should risk not only my voice for speaking, but much more. Even pefore this advice I felt tired as never hitherto, so that I had concluded that even if he gave me leave io go on, that I had better stop, but in Preaching complete Church close. voice. My doctor tells me that should I undertake the same load through Payson church, which close of the morning serv-| a filiing Payson cause I can |}orously as I the the me date as pastoral EASTHAMPTON, June { H3 resig‘nation of Rev. Cliarles H. Hamlin as ‘pastor with a only somewhat spent. left you for some days Further One Cause Withdrawal. ‘came the sanction SURPRISE to Voice “To E came just before pronounced. The bowed heads and’ “My Dear Friends: I my pastorate and ask Parish 28 Years. ACTION of Resignation. the Doxology was letter follows: at Head of Easthampton Letter the letter today the benediction was pe_ple listened with the Thames.| of poetry which toe the published of her “clear} with the mock} }untroubled brow” and made of this | phrase a synonym for innocent child| hood. She had asked him for a story, one | with lots of “nonsense” in it, and on ‘that sunny summer afternoon he began to tell the unforgetable tale that} | began with Alice’s precipitous descent| ‘down a rabbit hole, carried her through} jamazing adventures | while | Alice Liddell! on spoke | |turtle, the walrus and the carpenter| ‘and Humpty Dumpty, and ended with} |her awakening and the realization it} was all. a beautiful dream. i �EDWARD PARKER HAYDEN Late Haydenville Artist, Innis, Whose Friend of Pictures Are to Be Seen at the City Library The late a collection Edward Parker Hayden; of whose paintings is to be seen at the City library. under the auspices of the Springfield Art leacue this of month, /¢° his 7, 1922, many a where Royal at life-long he at the age landscapes, exhibited the was Haydenville, ruary the which were resident in Feb- of 68, Many National Academy, museums, died have been Academy, London, painted and in in the } | | EDWARD PARKER HAYDEN picturesque region in which he was’ born—in Cummington and Goshen, in SETH the Swift river and Westfield river valleys, the region which inspired some of William Cullen Bryant's bestknown poems. a painter, Mr George Inness, friendship of American @and In his early days as Hayden enjoyed the probably the greatest encouragement . landscape painters. of | The opening reception will be held this evening. and the exhibition will be free to the public from 1 to 5 week of Funeral B. CRAFTS. Whately Prominent Resident. of funeral 21—The Jan. WHATELY, in the Conheld was Crafts B. Seth gregational church yesterday afternoon, Rev. i poem. ducted R. M. of Wood Hatfield read who paid Manwell, John Rev. the principal service, a conhigh days, 2 to 5 Sundays and 7.30 to 10 Saturday evenings until it closes on; ) the 28th.- SETH B. CRAFTS. Who Representative Whately Citizen Died Sunday. L Rey. John Lane tribute to Mr. Crafts. pera few related Hadley North of also Lane Mr. reminiscences. sonal followed was He a prayer. recited Bernardston, of by Rev. Eugene Frary Members benediction. the gave who of Masons of lodge Sun Morning of Conway The conducted Whately male the Burial three selections. Whately cemetery. rites. Masonic quartet was rendered in the �First Day of Spring in Worthington am a MARCH 21, 340 Potten | Springfield Union A typical greeting to spring in Worthington. Emerson Dav is shovels energetically most to break through the 10-foot drift that : almost hides the Cong regatio nal Church from the that Easter services may be conducted there on Sunday, Spring is here—officially at least, but as far as residents of Worthington and other hill towns are concerned it is still midwinter.. That is, unless one} eonsiders drifts from six to 10 feet high lining the highways and almost obscuring the ground floors of homes, spring weather. Snow, Rain, Lightning And while the wintry gale was ‘sweeping across the snow-covered fields of Worthington last night, a| typical summer thunder and lightning| Springs, Stafford over broke storm Conn., about 8. The storm continued a about an hour and caused only a light dimming of the lights. Spring‘field escaped the ‘pyrotechnics’ but yas visited by rain that lasted for several hours after a day of sunshine jand thawing weather. Of course, in the last three or four It Hardest Fight in Years has been the toughest fight for many a year the highway crews have had in Worthington to keep even the main highways open, for night after night the wind would sift in a fresh batch of snow, which by morning would have obliterated the roadway again. Now that the sun has worked on the snow, the danger from drifting is over barring more snowstorms, it has become so tightly packed. Only recently, in order to keep surface drains open it was necessary to dig down through 12 feet of snow and one workman was so far out of sight his fellows had to yell his name before they could find him. 3 Just known a few that a Photo of one day h ighway so days’ ago it became Mrs. Smith, who lives on the old Brewer place on one of the } back roads, had run out of grain for| the stock on the farm. Word got around and relief was immediately forthcoming by the Pine Tree Patrol days there have been a few hours when the miniature mountain ridges |of Boy Scout Troop 706 under the of snow have settled somewhat under leadership of Scoutmaster Davis. the rays of the sun, several feet, in | Loading 300 pounds of grain on a fact, but on the whole even the flock toboggan, the Scouts donned skis and of juncos with their white breasts and snowshoes and transported it quickly brown backs failed to offer enoughacross the fields and blocked roads to realism to the imagination to think the farm. To attempt to break a path seriously of spring in Worthington. through by snowplows at that time In front of the Congregational would have cost the town several hunChurch is one of the highest of any dred dollars which it could ill afford. jof the drifts and Emerson Davis was The sharp contrast in 85 miles is performing a “labor of love” yesterday almost amazing. One starts out from by energetically shovelling out a narSpringfield where there are almost as row path through the snow to allow many bare patches as there is snow. Easter services to be conducted SunMt. Tekoa, at least the west side, is day. Certainly, few of the townspeoalmost stripped bare of any snow at ple would have cared to clamber over all, as one approaches Huntington. the mound in their best bib and tucker But from the time Knightville is even for such an occasion. reached and one begins the long climb The motorist driving through the up through South Worthington to the community is often unable to see anybroad plateau at the top all is changed. thing of single-story homes, except The snow beside the road begins to perhaps the chimney and roof peak cover the guard rail fences, then and even yesterday there was evidence creeps up and up until they are ob-that in some of the houses the snow scured, and by the time the hill is had been stacked up almost to the three quarters negotiated one cannot second floor by the wind. see over the tops of the drifts from an automobile, except when passing driveways that have been broken out, WORTHINGTON Gazette of 1867 cently: reported Tells of Drifts 100 Feet Deep May 4.—-Many things of forgotten } interest come ‘to light during bouse- | cleaning. Sueh an artiele recently found was a‘copy of a Hampshire Gazetie datéd May 28th, 1867, in which appeared this item: ‘The great snowdrift at Worthington reslowly but was to the still measurement 23rd.” 100 feet approach $0 feet on deep, of deep yields summer, } by actual Thrrsday, May �MARCH 21, 1940 THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, MASS., THURSDAY, | Worthington Still Buried in Snow | & ra Springfield | | Some idea of the battle Worthington residents have been making shown above, Such drifts, which originally reached practically to community, have settled several feet under the strength of the Collins and bottom, the Pine Brook Lodge, almost hidden from a grown-up could watch The Union ely a Cork rind the window. in recent weeks against Union the Photos snow is the second story of many homes in the sun’s rays. Top, the home of H. E. the read. In fact, one small child and picture only from the second story 2 �After Million e Mileson ‘EL? |) Western Mass. 4-H Dele ae in . May Live in Western Mass. N. Y. Motorman Looks to Hills but Shies Hinsdale Because Trains Go Through === EDN eepaY, JUNE 2 3° at S | NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (AP)—A man who has piloted Ninth Avenue elevated trains a million miles in the last 34. | years said tonight he didn’t care if they tore down the “el”’—_ as they are planning—that he just wants to get as far away| from trains as possible as soon as possible. Four times a day, since 1906, Michael ; oldest motorman six days Kenny, on the a week| Mass., and 64, the|ble places, line, has run }|ington—which | trains up and downtown. | The romance went out, he says, with | e passing of the steam-cngine days,| ' when each engineer tried to get his pet | train; now you may not draw the same train twice in a year. For years he has lived overlooking} the New York Central railroad tracks, .and has tried to ignore those trains. Now his he just wants birthplace, to settle West have three possiand Worth- a. combined r= popu-| lation of 980, BUG ese rots Mrs. Kenny says his professed antipathy for trains has never fooled her. “Wherever he goes, he'll probably be} hiking to the nearest depot every day to watch the trains,” she said. She suggested they might settle down in Hinsdale, Mass. | th /near has his eye on Peru, Windsor down Stockbridge, “No!” & roared Albany Kenny. goes through “The there!” Boston HARVEY ‘Started Charks 174) — — Roymond Dion gsge Hy Baowm — The and VOLUNTEERS t d i ea Area Believed H c Draft Draftless 5 ve Ha its filled BT ni quota, from . r eater Tarty Forty ‘Basthampton, leaving military town the at largest service. one The ‘A board agent, to from to the ys : i beacuuarte’®:. Tha 5 7 seen er Poy, niet whien iteers aged - who The the jn attend to Byston, three ‘since and thel conway sehCeetvas ne the two! with date 9 5 mages fi i to a On Ee oo net a, s : 0 bringsng pi ee rejections, bringi e have there , n, addition additio , In 5 to 105. their] pass thei o fas ee Ania 57 volunteers who failed Peas ons. physical examinati group adaws : was vegetable o9.| 20- bea Womiak rasan Be aes OF hadaeus year-o eunton street, who volunteered with arents’ consent. j off, aes starting : were given a : Wi cea rita pinata “hot a judging contest.: When the National Junior: Vegetable in formed was Association Growers’ elected was 1939, )Harvey er, Decemb tane aec obese eéerat |leeera asi sey a ae an tui ansith appeal his inability oe aektea 10 were.larly sendoff, erdeparticu send ae ee clerical assist- voluntary rable ‘T—age Bs erable voluntary three pusses | considsox an tet(eth intTmptc te, weaina. men ston Street treet | /ONES ance. the Northa of eran bigs bar gistrants registrants \ — ‘ smpleting their questionnaires No the induction); Pe “rest eeoe “dibarecg £3,80 able are si well scome tly eae bus,)|uunaided ee Pe ,eae < eperen the Sergt bus,|| » first’st:Johneneistfrom. ered s 20banc second tl ected unconn anyone aot lion Le peat eee -0f"4 81s ahold yo for com pany in prinefi eld. of cS chores: iar charge J nry ot Jr, Kites 1 40 Center street was)| wl ° 4 was} ign Bae @ th the adyisors as\\wi fee of the § ||ing, s in charge ve brief After See case Bee of 10 third, which in ae e otf ee Tet at Cet OR iaal artridg line as “advisor. last will|lthe ‘oun. hars , to erided followings the hampton they shee the Springfield at tav qualiiie r rea eae? é 1€)5 where Adwords = ve 4 stav Tmiry Veanee for Camp will join other, oe members ae eae Status - of of the 26th | |administe associate r members euischy oaths at B advise ate Sel Tae eyes corlaine Board Henin! AS 1 — March |e Madeline A, Pelchat board Raymond “ G. "Gravel, Agnes 4 : adehne Sigmond, Oe Sipe ae the | LaForce, E x Jacauels Melvean, “|iR. La- J- Arthur Mel R. ntington, Laurion, Holman’ P, Huntingto Rita on J. bers lawof ly ion, aaClift Le Sass gtier. servi i ee de, M._ 3 vicece noard law||praolman il s . cases in *3 e | ma} service se ee eee NW imporP it is ee 48 Congresdahe tt ola niet and Sree Magli bea ase poardton§ ry hamp dvisoEast “ “he eaey Say 0 ae : Goa baker hue n esyeeof athe wome Car d\ , shoul l. s board appea trant the oO d regis be} yut shoul — ‘board n}, asing Ue. ) icatio beftant to ft incre teersh of ines board, Sek the volun ve atoons, Be é ing value fi or at nd clarif 0 eecca ¢ increasing ers Ss a a vs. afliSe ». where Ao sae Bs leo before S*. boar@ this s of statu igh tf ee et in are called me una beco ithat Be 8; iow Oe regan to oyer s othe only aot davit of cr Sen sare s, empl OS ndent are ace rs ro nate than a pee e the ... Giner asri-|~ town hall, wher and amployers sant We ae or ine seed Gus &@ , aest isplotig re-| reques ions serio ions ae 5 re record there \ ayurt4 where quest r wel © ‘ejco hae us recor webe cylture, + or account) on aon scheduled, -a«c whe ay. c ms today \ for, annoesunceced poard Be Sdward : John- ; toe ee a : office, as eer was Sa £schec ng pro rty rights, , occupational| anJohr are | ordi rea, 4 sch Jarry d for ers Edwar was, the memb boa -d serg for the area are ‘dine officthe as prope has rights o © che & 4 weather. of ails cy ed ikis especially aer @ependenwasic ro rment | \defe ,+ ate W.|S% Br. Oliver advic Darker, r, wees s . The eShe ReWiiiam j BH,er Parke in athethe) ‘Atty in ence son of 42nop e ewood sperisonce: ey 5 Ridg jer the ads, the This Pas statu y e, under free Buzze is H. Milo 2 Ct m. CSG:, COous syste | a renerin Hlast-#BCC d. and ba sneys ee cre By Be. ha of vate leader elevat Cobb and sen been ed)the) poard Saar uate to 2 time The 1 nis i ee tg at.) neede -d has received the gene) £ the ersy isis befor leader eawy National guard Mghosen alified as asso-))"visor*~y before the question of the; attorne) bo operapati , r | than eted | rathe ompl a c tg ts Son oa aes of the publi epa hampton, et beige . ule group le is committee. part in the iding a conference pase Atty ns divisio ne nublic relatiovie yo by division|n| ns The young tered be| ay ne pMaj ¢ David obese pop 2a nation. entire a ee man, national , and the executive 1939, he took 3 0 | N. Donais, wees lettel sroup draft to obliged Rev Rev. John of and year Tost Ofof eethe eh ara Pasth the of men. 3 gelect > the onlyhas draft the record of being which not board in New England been 5 member In 1938 be Digna, ie represoenent 7 B. yesentaeetive avi chair. elk of. th d sentative at eiard’= Fawoton trict, and W illiam has BOE Gerdaof chief Mas. was most the Lor¢ to “Give <si were time ost and also junior counselor at the Hampamp. : In 1938, he mare : Cael x 4-H cam . es aa ue Siroee aco the best you Yai, sive to he La ne ec ati ee eau aaneCEeD ste service*man men ’young t the ofof 1933 gate to tHe State ‘LH sachusetts State College, Mark at a jead clean lives the nake the and to make By tre military rman selective current of eee > army; : i y 1— Histor March 64 volunteers when district as morning Easthampton, today as ‘made this town ett Postmaster LY young men fo in airman d—Ch Pe Sacred the of, ae Sie tore E.| Louis Rev and Skowronski, Providence of ator Or Heart t pas Whitchurch, ehureh, reed th e x, respective a their urged chunét id who Methodist Rme hceee De att g me yr Only y boa ‘ New Englan Makes Statement packed with relatives | jumbering petween 800 tienge, post, Veterans P lifeie i rd B : plas, Miaad. ote at theSs. exercises. doaach er ee gens Rapalus, ee Supple he e draft aboard, who was 8 Ef, Comdr ick McCarthy 0 program; “the charge ot 3 in chars é fn F, + J Patrick a earoien Wars, who John Knoxx of LEAVE to wairavas nat Witheé Speakers : FAREWELLS AMID y Ee Ww. PTON { ate whog in Harvey Billings started his 4-H club work in 1933 by taking over the family garden. In 1936, he won the Massachusetts Horticultural Society medal for garden club work, and in 19387 added poultry to his 4-H project work. Today he has 3800 birds. In 1988, he was Hampshire C ty e- aa ae BILLINGS fine e send-| and 5 coUurt-cpftes on, asthampt 1 army ciate i Ta me. e alectiv tive calls selec the increasins 1der for eeeee the town re hall ¢ nm | ster at 1.30 evenings, and Thursday a and a Thursty S Monday anda) a tis TO . out. filled . = �1940 Worthington, rthington 99__| | Mrs. Packard New Master of Grange Officers Installed by Deputy | Charles Brown “To CERES chief her annual rites be paid, On the green turf, beneath a fragrant shade, When | | ple Spee ee tt TE LC LL WORTHINGTON, Jan. 9 — Deputy Charles Brown and suite of Pittsfield installed the following officers of Wodthington Grange Tuesday night at Lyceum Hall: master, Mrs. George 0 Packard: overseer, George O, Packard: lecturer, Mrs. Maude Elmes; steward,} Walter L. Higgins; assistant steward, Harry O. Tinker; chaplain, Mrs, Walter Higgins; .treasurer, John Jarvis; secretary, Arthur G. Capen; gatekeep-| er, Glendon Mason; Ceres, Miss Joyce Mason; Flora, Miss Catherine Hewitt:| Pomona, Miss Elsie. Bartlett; Lady ie sistant steward, Miss Thelma Packard: | co committee, Walter Higgins, b3n Mrs.. Fred: Sears, retiring master, was presented a past master’s gavel winter Then Then Then mertningien, 948 Hillside Pomona Officers Installed Clayton Nye New of Plainfield Master WORTHINGTON, Jan. 12—The following officers of Hillside Pomona Grange were installed last night at Lyceum Hall by State Deputy Raymond Warner and suite of Williamsburg: | Master, Clayton Nye of Plainfield; overseer, Royce Granger; lecturer, Archie V. Leland assistant lecturer, Mrs. Emma Granger; steward, Alfred Morey; assistant steward, Stewart L. Howes; chaplain, Mrs. Harriet Higgins; treasurer, Mrs. Alfred Morey; secretary, Mrs. Florence Streeter; gatekeeper, Reno Liimatainen; Ceres, Mrs. Edith Packard; Pomona, Mrs. Isabel Cole; Flora, Mrs. Clara Howes; lady assistant steward, Miss Esther Work; executive committee, Franklin W. Streeter. Donald Harry Army. Mollison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mollison, has enlisted in the He is stationed at Ft. Devens. ends, and spring serenely shines, fat the lambs, then mellow are the wines, sweet are slumbers on the flowery ground, with thick shades are lofty mountains crowned, Let all the hinds bend low at Ceres’ shrine, Mix honey sweet for her, with milk and mellow wine, Thrice lead the victim the new fruits around, And Ceres call, and choral hymns resound, Presume not swains, the ripened grain Till crowned with oak in antic dance, Invoking Ceres, and in solemn lay, Exalt your rural queen’s immortal to ye reap, leap, praise.” —VIRGIL. CERES was the daughter of Saturn and Rhea and was goddess of Agriculture and civilization. Her manifold cares were shared by her daughter Proserpine, the goddess of vegetation. Ceres was general- ly represented as a fair, matronly woman clad in flowing draperies, sometimes crowned with wheat ears, and bearing a sheaf of grain and a sickle, or with a plow} WORTHINGTON, Dec. 4—Worthington Grange elected the following officers Tuesday night: master, Mrs. George O. Packard; overseer, George O. Packard; lecturer, Mrs. Phyllis Dingmond; steward, Wilbur E, Eddy; assistant steward, David Wright; ichaplain, Mrs. Stanley Mason; treasurer, John Jarvis; secretary, Arthur G, Capen; gate keeper, Charles Eddy; \Ceres, Miss Helen Brown; Pomona, |Miss Elsie V. Bartlett; Flora, Miss 'J. Catherine Hewitt; lady assistant | steward, Mrs. William Sanderson; executive committee for three years, Emerson J. Davis; alternate delegate {to the State Grange in Springfield jnext week, Arthur G. Capen. It was | voted to send: the lecturer-elect to the State Grange. and a horn of plenty disgorging its wealth of fruit and flowers at her feet. Groves were frequently dedicated to her. iAgt In the Valley of Enna there is a lake embowered in woods which screen it from the rays of the sun, while the moist ground is covered | ~~ Worthington Mrs. G. O. Packard Is Grange Master THE LEGEND OF CERES with flowers and Spring reigns availing. At length weary and sad she sat down upon a stone and continued sitting nine days and nights in the open air, under the sunlight, moonlight and falling stars. Finally Ceres continued the search for her daughter from land to land and across the seas and rivers, till at length she returned to Sicily whence she at first set out. She stood by the bank of the river Cyane where Pluto with Ceres’ daughter made himself a passage to his own dominions. The river nymph would have told the goddess all she had witnessed but dared not for fear of Pluto. So she only ventured to take up the girdle which Proserpine had dropped, and waft it to the feet of Ceres. Ceres seeing this was no longer in doubt of her less, but she did not yet know the cause and laid the blame on the innocent land. Then the cattle died, the failed to plow come broke in the furrow, the up, there was too much seed sun, there was too much rain,—the birds stole the seeds,—thistles and brambles were the only growth. Finally a wood nymph informed Ceres of the fate of her daughter, telling her how Pluto had carried her to Jupiter to his underground home. When Ceres heard this story she was greatly distressed and hastened to the throne of Jupiter. She implored her stay procure the return of her daughter. Jupiter consented on tion, namely that Proserpine should one condinot during food. to demand in the Accordingly, lower world Mercury was have sent taken any Proserpine of Pluto. The wily monarch consented,—but, alas, the maiden had taken a pomegranate which Pluto had offered her and had eaten a few of the seeds. This was enough to prevent her complete release, but a compromise was made, by which she was to pass half the time with her mother and the rest with Pluto. Ceres allowed herself to be pacified with this arrangement and restored the earth to favor. Thus the failure of the crops typifies the carrying off of Proserpine by Pluto, and as the seed corn when cast into the ground, lies there concealed and then re-appears, so Proser- pine is alternately taken away and restored to her mother. Some authorities state that the pleak winter months are due to Proserpine’s stay with Pluto and Spring and Summer returns when she returns to her mother, Ceres. The worship of Ceres surpassed all other religious celebrations among the Greeks, and was among the most important. e GRANGE eternal. Here* Proserpine was playing gathering lilies and violets when Pluto saw her, loved her, and carried her off. She screamed for help to her mother and companions. Ceres sought her daughter all the world over but it was all un- Worthington INSTALLS ITS NEW OFFICERS WORTHINGTON, Jan. 17—Officers of Worthington Grange were installed Tuesday by Mrs. Lou Sweet of Cummington assisted by Mr, Sweet as |marshal. Emblem bearer was Mrs, Gertrude Howes; Florence bel Streeter; Streeter, regalia all bearer, soloist, of Miss Mrs. Isa- Cummington Grange; pianists, Miss Winifred Dueas of Huntington Grange, and Miss | Marvis Snyder of Worthington | Grange. | Officers installed were: master, Mrs. George Packard; overseer, George Packard: lecturer, Mrs. Lawrence Dingmond; steward, Wilbur §. Eddy; assistant steward, David Wright: chaplain, Mrse Stanley Ma/son; treasurer, John Jarvis; secre+ ‘tary, Charles Brown; Flora, anist, Arthur Capen; gatekeeper, Eddy; Ceres, Miss Helen Pomona, Miss Elsie Bartlett; Miss: J. Miss Catherine Josephine Hewitt; Hewitt, pi- �| ENDS COLLEGE WORK PAGE IWELVE THE BOSTON HERALD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1941 a ° ’ Huntington's Folly a Warrid~ Mer b, (19 3 --The new subway extension up Huntington avenue has not only stimulated streetcar travel in that vicinity but has also caused historically-minded Bostonians to wonder just how the avenue received its name. It was originally known as ine: eS a wg lon . Western avenue, and its history parallels that of| the transformation of the Back Bay from a valueless acreage of swamps and tidal Chil dre flats into the city’s best known district. Ralph Huntington was born in Worthing-| _ton in western Massachusetts in 1784, and in 1808 came to Boston and opened a business office on State street. He prospered only mildly until 1812 when he transferred his mercantile MISS ETHEL 1. i3F ——— LYMAN LEAVES POST AS SMITH COLLEGE MUSIC LIBR ARTAN activities to St. Domingo in Rete fae duit West Indies. There for twenty years he “prosecuted a large and lucrative business,” probably in rum. In the 1830’s he returned to Boston a wealthy man, and immediately began dabbling in several speculative enterprises. One of these was joining “the projectors and proprietors of the splendid Western avenue, connecting Brookline so closely with Boston.” That, as a collateral descendant has impiously remarked, “was a jolly way of saying that he was a partner in buying | up acres of water-covered land and having a road built through the middle of it in the ont dopbine ‘ Miss Ethel L. Lyman Plans | hope that some day it could be sold for many times its purchase price.” Although to Continue Survey Work the highway was built, the land along it in Washington | failed to lure customers, and the project Aug. NORTHAMPTON, 26 — Miss| College Smith Lyman, Louise Ethel librarian for the last 15 years, music will and_ position her resigned has in Washher home make henceforth her will continue D. C. She ington, survey of music collections and libraries which she began in 1936. Graduate of Simmons Miss Lyman is a graduate of NorthSehool, Capen School, High ampton Eastman the and College Simmons School of Music. For several years she was employed in the Clarke School liof the art later was head and brary Library, where of Forbes department until accepting her poshe remained sition at Smith College. During her service in the Smith Coloriginated Lyman Miss library, lege been have that innovations many adopted by other college libraries. She has also been active in college musical productions. She is a charter member Library Association and of the Music a member of both the Western MassaLibrary ASsochusetts and American ciations. She is chairman of the music Congregational First of committee soprano: soloist has been and Church Church Baptist in the choir of First and Methodist \ Episcopal Church. St Do the go bY became known as “Huntington’s folly.” Huntington, however, had no: lost all his money or his business skill. He was president | @@ the*Roxbury Mill Corporation and a large ||stockholder Water Power and director Company. of These the Boston concerns held | the power rights on the tidal water which ||flowed in and out of the Back Bay twice | daily. In 1857 they entered into an arrangement with the Commonwealth to fill in the bay and to share in the expected profits. The venture, which took nearly twenty years to finish, proved highly successful, the Commonwealth netting a profit of nearly $4,000,000 and Huntington and his partners | becoming exceedingly rich. | On his death, he left much of his wealth } | to the recently created Massachusetts Institute of Technology—hence Huntington hall in the old Tech building on Boylston street—| and the city of Boston, in recognition of this and other bequests to public institutions, jjrenamed Western avenue in his memory. | So, when you ride through the new subway ;to Symphony hall or the Art Museum, give ''a thought to the imagi:ative lad from Worthington and his now well-justified “folly.” | =~ . y Maw: BAST Gv �Williamsburg Honor Studentsa?” Are Announced Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAMSBURG, 29 — Among : those entertaining parties on Thanks‘giving, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mason ‘will have one of the lafgest parties, ‘including Howard Mason |honor ! school | | *and son, Donald; Mr. and Mrs. Law- | *rence Mason, George Smith, Mr. and | *Mrs. Ray Bailey and family of North-ampton, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bra‘man and family of Huntington; Mr. }and Mrs. Horace S. Cole will have Mr. and Mrs. George Torrey, Miss Olive Cole of Pittsfield, and Mr, and Mrs. Waldo Cole of South Deerfield; Mr. and Mrs, Wells Magargal will have as guests Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood and Mary Lou and Miss Maizie Magargal of Springfield; Mr. and Mrs.. Harry Bates will have Mr, and Mrs, Charles. Kilbourn and daughter; Mr. and Mrs jeorge Hathaway’s. guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hathaway and fami-! ly, Mr. and Mrs. Russed Hathaway and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stevens and family, all of Dalton; Francis Hathaway of Readsboro, Vt., and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hathaway and daughter of this town; Mr. and | Mrs, George Packard will entertain Mrs. Lena Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis; Col. W. G. Rice of Albany will be with his sister, Miss K. McD. Rice; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bartlett’s guests will include Mrs. Hattie Brierly on Mr. of Springfield, and Helen and Mrs. Bartlett Lester the Misses Mariof of Ches- Henry Springfield: bett will Shannon Mr. and entertain and baby of and Mrs. Al-| Mrs. Mr. James Cor- fred Stevens of this town, and Mr, and Mrs. Sidney Bailey of Northampton, | Mr. and Mrs Ernest Thayer will have as guests Mr..and Mrs. Ray Britt | and Mr. and Mrs. }ily; Mr. and. \ guests will be B, L. Shaw and fam- Mrs. Harry Mollison’s Miss Josephine Hewitt | of this tewn and Miss Ruth McLaugh| lin of Manchester, Conn, 23—The Christmas en be present. here greatly several enjoyed. This play years The was ago egiv- and committee is hoping for a very. good attendance. There w ill, be a Christian Endeavor. candle light service at the church Sunday evening at 7 The subject of Rey. White's Christmas sermon will _ ei onderful.”’ See ee ett e C) The high over Russell Miner, Sylvia | petuates and Bisbee, Packard, Edna Faith Dresser, Lida Doris Shaw, Irene Metz, Sincage, Mildred Shaw; three imaginative Boston | over the Chicopee tive team, LaRochelle. Judges. Eva were» High Roswell School and of negaJohn Jorgensen Goshen. of tee Bar- Q. Please give the Indian names for the various months such as June, ; the Rose Moon. E. E. 8. | A. According to one tradition the} names given to the moons, or months,| by the Indians were: January, the Cold Moon; February, Hunger Moon; March, Crow Moon; April, Grass Moon; May, Planting Mon; June, Rose Moon; July, Thunder Moon; August, Green-corn Moon; September, | Harvest Moon; October, Hunting Moon; November, Frosty Moon; December, Long-night Moon. EB. A, Pliny the Elder said: ‘Man is the only one that knows nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting ‘of nature only, but weep.” man to projects an per- energetic who in the country—projects men with abundant well dering Fontaine of was born pub-— Herald the other day printed public WILLIAMSBURG, Dec. 18 — The Williamsburg High School affirmative debating team composed of Charles Bartlett and Lucius Merritt, Jr., this | afternoon won a unanimous decision name that Boston an outline of the street’s history. For some time after the street was | built it was known as “Huntington’s | ‘Folly.” The description “folly” has been appliéd many times by thej |wrek, Jean Warner, Shirley Knight, John O’Brien, Charlotte Otis, Margaret Johnson, Ruth Munson, Merton Nye, John Polwrek and Marjon Sylvester. Over Chicopee’ the unaware in lic interest, through having street cars removed from its surface, the KuPol- ‘Williamsburg Wins / fF 70O° avenue tion, or at least of reawakened sub- jects, Josephine Cerepowicz, Pita | lash, Dorothy Fisher, Katherine - Massachusetts probably in Worthington in 1784 and went to Boston in 1808 to seek his fortune. As Huntington avenue is now enjoying some degree of rejuvena- Robert Newell, Eloise Bartlett, Clary, Doris Dymerski, Thelma Ror, enters tainment committee, of whieh Mrs, Lester LeDuc is chairman, is going to give the play, “Good King Wenceslas,” at the church Monday evening at 8 o’efock, The author of this. play, Miss K. McDowell Rice, of Worthington, is planning to 17 Q. Who said that man has to be taught to do everything but weep? CHESTERFIELD Dec, -— of the cent or Western are Huntington for the last five-week marking period ia pested by the principal, Miss Anne T. Dunphy, today and includes: In five subjects, Ruth Beebe, Jean Crone, Betty Damon; four subjects, ‘rus terfield, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartlett and family, and Mr. and Mrs. George | Bartlett and family, and Raymond Margargal; Mr. and Mrs. Byron Smith will have besides their family, Mr. and Mrs. Dee. re! of students averaging 85 per | Haydenville, Miss Margaret KE. of Easthampton and Thomas Springfield. Le Duc Most people as men beyond who their all were parts of conceived resources soon depth. by as floun- © Ralph Huntington, who had pros- | pered in the West Indies trade, returned to Boston in the eightasnal thirties, having been out of. the AR Nov. Huntington From Worthington ee Thanksgiving Day In Worthington WORTHINGTON, Mr country for 20 years or so. In those days the area of Boston now known ee Worthinglan 43 i 1, 194] as the Back bay was a bay, or pond, and the land through which Huntington avenue was laid appears to have been largely under wate r, The street was built, as planned, to connect Brookline with Boston, It Se e-TRnNTt cipere ten peeetPalanan edensarensennandntns nibenjatneniscsmmuae tL ay did not prises attract and thus commercial won enter- the title of “folly.” But Huntington was interested in the whole Back bay devel }opment, and, when the state and private owners joined hands to drain the land, Huntington avenue became an important thoroughfa re in the new Boston, Huntington, whose fortune was ‘probably founded on trade in West | Indies rum, became one of the lead= jing early benefactors of the Massa- 'chusetts Institute of Technology, |The street which had been derisively |known as “Huntington's folly” but lwas officially named Western ave| {nue \his was renamed death. Huntington Hampshire |belongs to fore 1855 |present | bestowed [ington in the citizens boundary jis his honor a well- known family name, one town. That was Norwich, name of in is said honor of in settling Problems. and also town beand its to have Northampton, after Judge who some been Hunt- aided of their �MkACH | | 24-/740 Furs Cover Shivers Of Easter Paraders Year’s Fifth Ave., ears By RUTH at early afternocn PHILLIPS. yesterday, looked like Broadway Eve. —except that it was a little lighter and somewhat chillier. * on New Styles made the best show-* ling they from could, under furs peeping and out muff- 1 | ilers. Proper gentlemen) iclutched their toppers and tried to keep looking digni-| Chapeaux Balmy punctu- | fied. Handkerchiefs ated the scene. By But it was Easter—from the Battery to the Bronx, on the side- walks, in the avenue where out, and 11 it had hit 27, The wind | nor’wester, | Easter. | and out when its high. for outdoor the sun the was parade blew a_ whistling But it was still There was ice skating at Rocke- |feller Plaza instead of the usual flower display, and for the first time in years the J. Finley Shepards neglected to set out hyacinths | This is the earliest Easter in 27 | years and could have been worse.| The sun was so bright that a few valiant churchgoers wore their in the window boxes of their Fifth | | Ave. mansion. The men were more splendid than the women this year, and at | fashionable St. Thomas’ Church, | Fifts Ave. and 53d St., there were |toppers of all degrees, from black Spring coats and print dresses with | aharb fur jackets, But for the most part, mink coats covered new frocks, leaving the fashion scouts with a choice of concentrating on hats or shoes. | ito pearl gray, gray and lavender lascots and pearl pins. Several |soberer males wore mink-lined| overcoats. The greatest crowds massed , the vicinity of St. Thomas’ 'the Vanderbilts worship), The most comfortable fi. seStrut “Their St. in| Pat- | praved a the sniffles of tribute the for sister's envy. The avenue and its famous churches |i were crowded from dawn until dusk. | costume in the Fifth Ave. crowds was the ski suit worn by James Townsend Smith, 6, son of Mrs. Eugenie Claire Smith. A group of hardy worshipers | gathered in the Central Park Mall| at 7 a. m., for the “All Nations” dawn services conducted by the Churches of God of the New York area, to pray for peace. Finery (74@ “hill winds in New York City, how-| of | minions the keep not did ever, new their strutting from millinery Avenue, Fifth breezy down finery matron a mink-coated many where (where rick’s Cathedral (where the Alfred E. Smiths and Jim Farleys| worship), and St. Bartholomew’s on Park Ave., the steps of which form a fine grandstand. | the Easter parade this year | was the millinery, It was! more capricious than ever, | with birds, flowers and fruit, tucked beneath bright veils| on feminine heads, and few-| er than usual strong men | clinging fondly to silk top-| pers as an icy breeze whistled ;about the ears of the fash- | ionable set. | At 7 o’clock in the morning, the temperature had risen to 20. By |bravely | touched my THE only balmy thing about | churches, on every New Yorkers turn in the parks services. JANE — t | | | Corsages Bloom | On Fift Avenue, fresh flower corsages bloomed on almost every shoulder, pink and white gardenias |getting most of the breaks with pink sweet peas and orchids second pick. i 2 The coach and four covered with celebrities, who tried to keep | their teeht from chattering... The| reporters—taking notes and blow- | ing on their fingers. Q. When was the last time Easter came on March 24? A. L. A. Faster last fell on March 24 in 1799, the year | �.Fifth Avenue... in the Easter Parade A pretty picture...Mrs. Francis J. O’Hara, of Boston, and her five children at St. Patrick’s. L. to r.: Mary Jane, 10; Hope Ann, 3; Mrs. OQ’ -~n> Bradley, 4; Robert, 7, and Frank, 8, in Eton s:'*- Smiths Join St. Patrick's Worshippers , Al Smith in their (Mirror) and his wife scorn one of the coldest Easter Days on record new finery as they leave St. Patrick’s Cathedral for procession. 5 Fifth Ave. Easter Ps \ �; ‘‘ uF ; ROTH'S go Aq MMB393 THE CLOISTERS VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST GRILL 799) MM St -GUILMEM MEL TaeO. 5 URT CLOLSTER. re THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART AND RESTAURANT 1599-1601 BROADWAY, NEW YORK THE METROPOLITAN CITY MUSEUM OF ARI THE CLOISTERS �I n th e te Ie FE ae as t P er ara d e Fifth Avenue was jam-packed opposite St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Men and women gaped for a glimpse at the Easter fashions as New York paraded on the avenue. Spring was in style, but Winter was ae. eich Nt oes Shae aT hd he Nia eae mire. hie ShaLalita al ads a in the air. Mirror) | tei iy �=i Will Be Open to Visitors. SAS hs Shiai See ee Deerfield’s Famous Houses sear det _ SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1930 as e4 ‘4 4 WHICH . —_— Oo STAGE COACH | TERCENTENARY e+ * RESURI cCELEPRATIO WiTH\ SHIRVIVED /2@ MASSACRE, F FERFIELDERS 772 SHIS [OAC CQASTUMES �Mee PT aS le nt be Pliet aes - . (H I & ¥ PREATED 4 a | ey �Woorway oX* Jean WM LLIAMS HOLLSE, SHOWING WITCHES’ CROSS �A “neeiene the Withstood Two Centuries of Homes That Time nearest settlement to the east,” post of civilization in New England.” It was that the on this Indians far-flung descended outpost in 1704. | On the main street stood 41 houses] | with barns and outbuildings. Sur-| rounding the common Second Time In History Secrets of the Past Will Be Yielded Up to Public Gaze—Landmarks Warfare—Stanch was a hundred | oe Historic “Street” Will Throw Throw ( ona the Doors of 17 Old Houses From August 4 Through 9—For Indian Albany half writes John Sheldon: “North the wilderness stretched away to Can-| ada without the cabin of a white man between. It was the northwest out- For Week In August! of ; and miles of pathless forest lay between binge Receiving Join eee was a stockade 12 or 14 feet high, with gates open-| ing on the road north and south. Inside the stockade were about 15 houses, and outside on the street Have north were 12, and on the south | 14.) On the evening of February 28, 291 inhabitants were to be found in these ERE THE WORLD goes by, where gigantic elms arch over an buildings. ancient highway lined with weather-beaten and time-worn houses. | Then the raid, a result of the war-| Billowing smoke bushes float their clouds of bloom in old-time |, fare between the French and the} gardens. On a warm summer’s’ afternoon peace pervades this British, Two hundred French solsleepiest of New England villages. Strangers motoring down the shady | diers and 140 Indians marched tunnel of the “Street” well may. wonder what secrets of antiquity lurk swiftly from Canada, surprised the behind these classic and reticent lintels. stockade, killed or captured pracThe past it is that hides behing wooden columns and capitals, intaglio tically all the men, women and chilrosettes and broken pediments, a past close to the heart of American _ dren within its walls, and, when rehistory, the tale of those pioneer times when Deerfield was a small settle-| inforeements were reported to be ment in the wilderness 50 miles from the nearest white dwellers on the coming from the south where lay east, when Indians coming down from the north massacred 49 and carried Hatfield, hastily retreated, taking captive 111 of the settlers, when life was a perilous affair and homes were with them their captives. The vie-| al to be carved from the living wood of the surrounding forests into the simple yet beautiful shapes that today command the admiration of even| ‘tims of. that massacre lie in a com| mon grave in tke oid burying ground : the passing tourist. = year there will be 17 old houses — on the Albany road, 48 of the 49 _ heaped into a mound, surmounted by | How many an outlander (and do standing, as it were, in a receiving line to greet the visitors who are ex-| a stone, “The Dead of 1794.” not all good Yankees so esteem those Wounds of War Gealed _peeted from all parts of the country; born outside New England’s bor- ‘and. for a week, from August 4. Today Deerfield shows few signs. | Past Made Real of the bloody horrors of that night. ders?) driving for the first time through August 9, they will show through Deerfield’s mile-long street fovth their treasures of pine panel- In Memorial hall there is a stout old | has felt a sharp stab of happiness i:+, wide floor boards, summer at the sight of these old houses and oo: ms, sliding shutters, to whomso-. doorways which are known wherever ever cares to come. Silent and early loved. American As doorways architecture beautifully and houses is be- proportioned are to be found tangueless, these old hewn timbers ~2 Dutch ovens, wavy-lined window panes and 14-foot square and undoubtedly and more history museums there speaks are with commanding are to be found places a louder voice. as good, old times, of hardships |the deep snow-bound suffered in winters, of ar- In |dors unquenched even in disaster; for or | to the imaginative | chimneys, | in other parts of New England, say corner cupboards and French wallat Portsmouth, Salem, Newburyport; papers, may speak confidentially of. where timber door with a hole hacked. through its two-inch thickness; this } the past calls with better, doors and period rooms. But|a voice louder than the cockcrow of somehow the past becomes real and|ihat golden cockere! surmounting human on this shady street; and Deerfield’s church. came from which was of the raid. to the the old Sheldon one south of the Outside the few house survivors the stockade | houses were not | molested, and many of these lived on | defying the passing years, ,the most “notable perhaps being the Frary| Sampson house. But a signpost out| side the Parson Williams house is | typical of the those “very | fate of | early 17th-century dwellings, whose an anti-| his relates even the youngest sons and daugh-— Known to History ; that the present house was built in ters of the middle border, those Almost no school child but knows | _ 1707 for the “redeemed captive.” newer Americans who have cast the name of Deerfield. oa ‘up took After the raid Deerfield | away the past in their mad pursuit | | life anew, going back to its cultivaweightier mattets ta political and of the frontier and the disappearing| tion of the wilderness, building a economic conflict are glossed over in western sun, cannot but experience a school books, the tale of the Deer- | houses again. Of the 60 or so which pang of recognition, a sharp feeling now constitute the village, 19 were field massacre is printed in red letof kinship with this austere and sc’ or part before the | built in whole ters. And indeed it is the type story happily preserved fragment of Purihalf were standNearly on. Revoluti | of American beginnings, the account | tan pioneering. the war of 1812; and a 1 during ing | of that sturdy little band of settlers} All those who have ever felt this few actually heard the echoes of the| will be glad that the old houses of which set out from Dedham to make | Today these houses: 1704 massacre. Old Deerfield are to give up their a clearing in the uninhabited Con: | stand stanch on their foundations, secrets for a week this summer in necticut valley. In 1689 the first for have they not resisted the oncommection with the Massachusetts | settler came to. the 8000 acres of slaughts of the New England. winBay colony tercentenary. Only once land granted these pioneers, Samuel Their doors” ters for two centuries? before in its 257 years of existence Hinsdale whose family name is per: are worn. by rain and wind and sun has Deerfield, the aloof, the secreey in. the Hinsdale-Cowles | so that the old wood has a grain and tive, the proud, condescended to open se at the head of the “street.” By | _ texture satiny and soft to the touch, its portals to the public. That was the beginning of the 18th century yet somehow hard and enduring. The four years ago, when in one afterDeerfield, having been founded as a noon 4600 people passed through the town in 1678, was an established] — beams that cross the ceiling are un-, cracked, the timbers supporting the | _ _Ss 15 houses, all dating before the Rev-- community though very much isolat-| four corners of the framework are | olution, which held open house. This | ed. “Its nearest neighbor was Hat. still upright and sturdy, the floors } survival, today | quarian | into would send ecstasies, . . | �are unwarped, the pine mellowed and eo become as richer age till its warm dull brown seems ‘like a protection against New Eng_land’s comparatively Arctic climate. It is these houses which will speak fer Deerfield during its open-house | week, when it is expected and hoped | that hundreds of the 1771; with descendants the Hinsdale-Cowles, 178 the Dickinson-Smith, 3790; the “Lit~ tle Brown House” on the Albany road, where George Fuller lived and painted, date unknown Whiting, 1806; Childs, 1750. Features of of and but the Some of old; the Higginsonthe Houses A rapid trip through some of these | the fouriders of Deerfield will come houses brings out those distinctive | back to their ancestral home. Even | features which have given Deerfield | today many of these houses are in its own special niche in the antithe possession of direct. descendants quarian’s affections. Starting at the of their builders; and the furnishnorth énd_ of the “Street,” one comes| ings, the old pieces of maple and)|) to the Hinsdale-Cowles house, built | walnut, the iron-ware, the mirrors, in 1738, now in the possession of| | the glass‘and china and silver (which collectors covet and which in reality Edward R, Cowles. Beautiful French wallpaper, printed by hand from | are museum pieces) have come down| square wooden blocks, is to be found through inheritance also. Among the Early 'in Settlers The following partial list of early settlers whose descendants are might well | families many other be added which came names to this later, that unexpected it is tery, gray, hoped that all descendants and everyone who may be interested in visiting Deerfield and the old houses will be reached by this invitation.” The list follows: Abercrombie, Allen, Amsden, Arms, Ashley, Bard-, well, Barnard, Beaman, Belding, | Billings, Broughton, Carter, Catlin, | Childs, Dickinson, Farrington, Field, Frary, ‘Fuller, Hawks, Hinsdell, Hinsdale, Hitchcock, Houghton, Hoyt, Mather, Nims, Rice, Root, ius- sell, Saxton, Severance, are to be found other names of fam- ilies first: Burt, ‘|ward, which were among Deerfield’s Ames, Birge, Bradley, Bull, Chandler, Corse, Felton, ForFrench, Graves, Harvey, Hunter, Locke, Long, Mattoon, Merriman, _Mitchell, Morgan, Munn, Par ae lock Or, © Phelps, Seldon, Shattuck, room of a de- sum of money in a lot- Printed"in shades of blue and the paper shows. shipping scenes, canals, drinking from a man and.a horse the same fountain, ladies in the high-waisted dresses of the Empire period, and. similar| charmingly period details. Across the homestead, street for is the which the Sheldon land was of this house, there being five of them downstairs. Deerfield settlers early learned that shallow fireplaces threw _ off a larger amount of heat into the | room and built theirs on this plan. ‘The fireplace in what used to be the hall of this house is interesting as having a higher mantelpiece than common. Beside the fireplace in the] dining room is a gun closet, where | rest two very old muskets; At the end of this room opposite the fire-| place is some nice paneling which was only recently found to be under| the paper and plaster. The main} stairway is also interesting as it) starts from the center of the tiny front hall and then divides, stairs going up to the right and the left at right angles. A gallery over these stairs. another detail to that the once was In the bedrooms be mentioned is wainscoting goes around only the outside walls, In the attic the split lath can be seen with which the early settlers made their roofs. The stage coach drivers used to sleep in two tiny rooms opening off the big | attic. Farther down the street is the In- | dian house, a contemporary duction of the old Sheldon repro- | house,| whose battered door is to be seen in| Memorial hall, This building is now used as a sort of museum where the. bought in 1708. This house has ale | products of the Deerfield arts and ways been in the possession of the crafts workers are on sale. Near-— Sheldon family, now being owned by Sheldon, Miss Smead, Stebbins, Ware, Wells, Willard, Williams, Wright. In the old burying ground on the Albany road, which has not been used since 1800, living this country. This paper, which is a panorama of scenes in southern France and northern Italy during the Napoleonic era, was imported by an owner of the house who made an list of and north amples are believed to be extant in are | called back to Deerfield for the tertencenary celebration is issued by the committee in charge, which adds, “There the sign and type of which no other ex- side door as the chief enThe fireplaces are a feature trance. Susan B. Hawks, .a direct de-g scendant of the ree Sheldon, and. of any estate is the oldest holdin; in Franklin county. “Here one sees the usual paneled wall on the firee place’ sSide, shutters that slide into the Wall instead of folding, builte in cupboards for pipes and whatnot, Dutch ovens, etc. But the most beautiful part of this house is the pine) paneling in the hedrooms upstairs, of “ounkin pine,” which has never been | painted. The wood is beautifully by is the home of the Allen sisters” who for years have made Deerfield famous with their photographs of the old houses and the spreading elms. Just Church » Built off the in common, 1824 where the stockade stood long years ago, is the church, without which no New Eng- land village would be complete. This’ was built in 1824 after a design by ~ Sir ,Christopher Wren and is of. prick, with a white steeple, sur| mounted by the golden cockerel, Another| and darkened, which was bought in 1731 for a sum feature of this paneling is that the | not exceeding £20. Within are to be these boards, some of them over two feet! seen the high mahogany pulpit and | bearing people afternoon, and wide, run horizontally on the out- original square box pews, with a Texas from ‘ names motored the in- and foot rests. Michigan, California and Georgia, side walls and vertically on old iroml side. An interesting bit of This The Manse, just across the. street, | especially to see the houses. to be seen here is the waffle iron) now the property of Deerfield acadyear an even more impressive home| over 200 years old. The batten door, emy, was built in 1768 and is especoming is expected. design, is What visitors to Deerfield the a characteristic colonial noted for its perfect propor} cially splendidly proportioned and leas its |_ tions, Legend has it that the build-_ first week in August will see is very fore- old hand-wrought iron hinges a colonial their er hunted for 13 years to find wood | what much latch. This house was the birthplace which would be free of knot-holes. | fathers lived among. In all 17 houses of the: George Sheldon who le © | ShelThe The dining-room, now painted in a will be open to the public: “The History of Deerfield.” ; ‘Georgian green with rose plaster don homestead, 1754; the Billings | Five Downstairs Fireplaces Here Sheldonno house, walls, has several unusual features, | house, 1750; the The Stebbins-Apercrombie house,| the arch of the fireplace being very| 1772; the John Williams, 1707; the 1750; the ‘now in the possession. of Edward A, inter esting, as is a built-in por Childs-Champner-Keith, Abercrombie, is a spacious finely Nims-Hackley, But the prize piece of this house is Barnard, 1708; the house, The heavy) undoubtedly the Tecessed fireplace in| — 1710; the Frary-Sampson, 1683; the. proportioned beams are hand hewn and excepthe study. ; Manse, otherwise known as the BarThis house was at 1768, tionally large. house, nard-Willard-Wynne one time a tavern, kept by the Bard~ though an ell survives from before wells, and the barroom was in what ement, Sheldon-B the the massacre; Inci-} is now the south living room. , before 1800; the Bunker-Allen, { ebbins- Abercrombie, | dentally it might be noted here that. wall old pepe shouses had north Tyler, Smith. the houses were mellowed Four years ago, when opened for only one | nd south P +urs and aoe of "them �Down the Albany road which t ' tage coach used to take is the Par- | Cp son or John Williams house, built for the minister when he had been ran- somed from the Canadian captivity, | also owned by the academy. Its} doorway-is one of the most beautiful in Deerfield, of the broken pedi- /ment type. The treatment of the| windows is also very interesting | architecturally aand gives the house | ‘that distinctive quality which makes | “it so much admired. There has been remodeling inside so that the interior is perhaps not as tharacteristi- | cally colonial -as other houses in} Deerfield. A secret stairway used to run from the attic to the cellar and now runs from the first floor to the second. Part of this house is used as a dormitory for the school. Where Weeping Willows Droop On this road also is the “little brown house,” and still farther along the old burying ground, where the first person buried was Joseph Barnard, died 1695 from a poisoned| arrow. Here weeping willows droop | the warm air. Further on down | in the meadows are the athletic fields | of the academy and a flat expanse of | ground wheer airplanes can land if necessary. Occasionally Deerfield) does have visitors drop down the skies. from py eee et Le | Back on the “Street” one sees the | Frary house, which escaped the fire |in 1704. This house, too, was once a tavern, the as was street, the house in the days across when. Whigs and Tories had to have their own meeting places. And here Benedict _ Arnold stopped on the way to Ticon| deroga. - _ So on down the south, the highway The Barnard toward house, now _owned by Edith Barnard Delano, the well-known writer, is one of the oldest, dating from 1708. In another house lives Miss Margaret Whiting, sister of the late Charles Goodrich Whiting, who 35 years ago was one of the founders of the blue and whiteindustry in Deerfield. < ( One could spend a year in Deerfield and only begin to scratch the | surface of this rich archeological vein. At any rate many hundreds of visitors are- expected to spend some | pleasant and profitable hours there next month. Whately 19¥@ Dies at Age 62 | Dec, 24 — Homer 1, || Crafts, 62, died today in Franklin County Hospital, Greenfield, after a brief illness. He was born in Whately, the son of Maria Forbes and Lyman} Crafts, and had lived here practically all his life, At one time he served on the Board of .Selectmen, and he had also serveil fot many years as assessor. He was a| member of Mt. Sugarloaf Lodge of} Masons, South Deerfield. Mr. Crafts. leaves. two daughters, Mrs. Lewis P. West of Hartsbrook, Hadley, and Miss Elizabeth M. Crafts of Northampton; and one sister, Mrs. Karl S. Putnam of Northampton. The funeral sregational with Rey. will Church. be in Whately Thursday Con- at 2, _ B. F. Gustin, pastor, Burial will be in- of-| — ” ay Dies in Deerfield Death Follows That of Her Sister by Four Days Former Teacher Widely Known for Photography DEERFIELD, Feb. DEERFIELD, Miss Allen from was an born attack in ter, Miss Frances Miss Allen was \» Deerfield on May ter of Josiah A. of Deerfield, eas Alien. public Aug. 10, 1854, the eldest daughter of Josiah Allis Allen and Mary Stebbins Allen. She was educated in the public schools, Deerfield Academy and was graduated from the State Normal Schocl in Westfield in 1876. She was a‘ schoolteacher Whitinsville. in Deerfield The funeral will be held and at ne MRS CAROL GIBBONS, | SECOND READER New IN Mrs Carol Dwight (Briggs) Gibbons died early today in her home, 131 avenue. She was born in Chatham, Eng., and was the daughter of the late HEdward Dwight Briggs and granddaughter of the late former Mayor Albert Dwight Briggs of this city. She had lived here since 1898 when the family moved from England. For many years she had been jan active Christian Scientist, being a member of the Mother church, : First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, ,,and of its Springfield branch, which she had served as director and second reader, She leaves her husband, Frederic 'C. H, Gibbons; three daughters, Mrs ‘Irving G. Wickman of this city, Mrs of Wellesley G. Hichstaedt of Longmeadow, and two sons, Frederic Briggs Gibbons of this city and Kenneth Briggs Gibbons, a student at the sehool of fine arts, architectural ‘\department, Yale university, and eight ‘}gvrandchildren. - Three sisters, Mrs A, A. Magowan of Pittsburg, Mrs H. EB. Noel and Mrs Elsie Burlingame’ of this city, and a brother, Albert Dwight Briggs of Scarsdale, N. Y.; her stepmother, Mrs Alice M. (Gibbons) Briggs of this city; three stepsisters, Mrs G. H. Haig of Flushing, N. Y., Mrs C. H. Knight of Philadel- ;|phia and City. The Mrs funeral A. V. Sturtevant will ‘| Dickinson-Streeter be parlors held of this at Sunday England Allen 38 the at) 3 o'clock, with .organ prelude. Her.j/bert W. Carey, Christian Scientist, will read the service. fh the State her Normal profession — village landscapes, por-. trayals of rural life and _ portraits won nation-wide attention.» She was one of the pioneer members of the Deerfield Arts and Crafts Society. Surviving are two sisters-in-law, Mrs, Harriet Allen of Olean, N, Ye. and Mrs. Harriet Allen of Deerfield, three nephews, Carlos and: Francis BE. Allen of Deerfield, and -Marcus Allen of Glendale, Cal.; four nieces the Misses Agnes, Ruth and Mary y ; from and for a time was a member “of the staff of Deerfield Academy, Miss Allen retired from teaching and was associated with her sister, taking up photography.’ Their photographs of ) * SCIENCE CHURCH, DIES Sumner Mary” S, Allen. born in- Wapping in 14, 1858, the daughand Mary Stebbins School in Westfield, She made teaching - home Sunday at 2 p. m. Rev. Frederic M. Tileston officiating. The services will be private. Burial will be inj} Laurel Hill Cemetery. 18—Miss She attended the Deerfield schools, Deerfield Academy and ey graduated She retired from teaching to take up photography. Associated with her sister, Miss Mary E. Allen, their photographs of the landscapes of the village and surrounding country, their portrayals of rural life and their il: | lustrations and portraits achieved na- | tionwide fame. She was very active in the administration and work of the | Deerfield Arts and Crafts Society in| its most successful period. Miss Allen is survived by her sister, Miss Mary FE. Allen, two sistersin-law, Mrs, Harriet Allen of this town and Mrs, Harriet Allen of Olean, N. Y.; three nephews, Carlos Allen and Francis E. Allen of Deerfield, and Marcus Allen of Glendale, Cal.; four nieces, the Misses Agnes, Ruth and Mary Allen of Olean, N. Y., and Mrs. Eunice Blickley of Bristol, Conn., and several grand-nephews and grandnieces, Feb. 'Electa Allen, 82, died suddenly today in her home in Deerfield Street just — four days after the death of her sis- 14—Frances| Stebbins Allen, 86, died today at the| ancestral Allen homestead in Old| Deerfield Street pneumonia, “Deerfield — § Mary Alien, 82, at 86 bs Succum | Arthur B. Woodward | Hills and Mrs Madeline Homer L. Crafts “WHATELY, d Ht Berha len Frances §. Al of Olean, N. Y., and Mrs. |Eunice Blickley of Bristol, Conn., and several grandneices and grandnephews. ‘MISS HELEN E. WIELAND ae _ WEDS AT NORTHAMPTON “194 ig | <s% | Secretary for Publicit y at. Smith College, Becomes. | Bride of Whitney F. Hoyt, Artist Northampton, Feb, 15—Miss Hel Elizabeth Wieland, secretary for man licity at Smith college, was married | to W hitney Ford Hoyt, artist, of New | York city and Rochester, N. ¥., in a ) informal ceremony held this afternoon in the little Chapel of the Smith col| lege library, W. Burnet Easton, reli) Sious director at Smith college, officiated, using’ the single-rin g service, An _ informal reception followed in the pe es Alumnae house, he bride, who is the daughter o Andrew Wieland and Mrs Sar wine land, both of Hartford, Ct. had her! [sisteey Miss Alice Wielard, also of. Se rtford, as her only attendant, She , Was given in marriage by her brother | William Howard Wiela nd, of Hartford, artin B. Hoyt, Tt, Of Rochester, i -Y., was best man for his brother, — { The bride 's dress was an afternoon | crepe in black and multicolor ed print Black accessories and a corsage of | orchids completed her ensemble, Her sister was attired in an ensemble of hlack and aquamarine and Wore gar2 denias, Following a wedding trip in the South, Mr Hoyt and his bride will aud }imake their ‘ir home in New York city _ The bride attended schools in Hartford and was graduated from Smith college in 1935. She was a member of the reportorial staff of the Daily | Hampshire Gazette Northampton in graduation, fol| lowing which she join ed the staff of the publicity departme r nt at Smith eol-jlege. She has been sec oe. for pubj licity at Smith since 19 Mr Hoyt has studied at the Fon| tainebleau school : in EF ranc || Paris under Can 1iNe Lia e, and in usu. He has ; exhibite Live. years. after: her’ d in N ew York and, in 1939, one-man city at the Montross ¢: show in that ry. Mr Who is the had his first sor n of the ee late Mr mee Martin R. Hoyt, of Rochester, N, y.| ( | Was recently fe atu red as one of five i artists exhibiti Memorial ng at Art gallery th = t poster 2 red �a =O ; | | SPRINGFIELD, MASS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923 . Youngsters Want Worthington _ Street Building Opened Again; Ore = Parents Spurn Other Classes Re & Protest Closing of Wor thington Street School SCHOOL BOARD A the TO GIVE HEARING _ PRIDAY NIGH “1 Parents Support Children dren Hearing Street and former pupils of the Worthington ofthe there open closed. wore recommended. He against of parents had said She Street before wanted said the the School parents school of Committee. the ep opened as a |} It parents was not of children generally a safety vi 7 31 iwas closed in June, pupils were Not Enrolled Elsewhere | Uocalovecs to Tapley, Hooker, School So far as could be jiearned, a ma| Street and Armory Schools. jority of children who attended the School records today disclosed that school when it closed in June, were ‘total enrollment last spring among not permitted by their parents to en-« children who are residents of the roll in other schools to which they | neighborhood, was 158, including had been assigned. kindergarten. When the school bells rang through Highest eprollhent at the demonstration, “We want our school of the placards, Others to go to Worthington and “Please, Mr. Man, school.” 2 3 | No Money Available : back,” said one | Dr. John E, Granrud, _Superinread “We want | tendent of schools, commenting upon Street School’ | the picketing of the school and the we want our | absence of ; her the children from classes pointed out that ee a school this morning the children | was in 1928 when 425 children atupon the boarded-up | tended classts. Since that date, howStreet building, armed | ever, the total number has been deplacards and began a | creasing steadily. mass-picketing not \ | per- bp te School this morning refused to at« i measure. She said they objected to tend other schools and began a cam-| the distance their children would be paign of picketing in front of the | forced to travel to the other schools.: ancient structure, | ‘When the avettnington Streak schoo} out the city converged Worthington with crude that only a dozen or 20 children were required to go any great distance in order to attend the schools to which they have been assigned. No immediate action was threatened ea BH ts a Friday said a committee is no money with which to the school even if such action | ee peamaed a determination not to per= | ever, that any-—step. will 7 j mit their7 children to gor to other | along . thisic line until;j the 5 “Gah Schoc 0] schocls to which they had been as- | mittee has a chance to ; signed following the closing of the | stand to the assembled Worthington Street School until after | Friday night at the hes a meeting Friday at 7.45 p. m. in City ir <2 Carrying their fight into a sphere usually reserved for labor disputes, Hall abandoned perform.in-tront building. Other parents peered from] adjacent window Traffic crawled slowly past the s. building as occupants}! of busses and private vehicles watched] the demonstration. Refuse to Send Them to Other Schools a half hundred half dozen tothers gathere on side-lines and, watched the dchil-| ( | is 3 �President of Teachers Club Which Is Sponsoring Lecture . MISS MARION BARTLETT Is president of the Springfield Teachers’ Club under whose auspices an illustrated lecture on “Fiji and Its People,” will be given in Classical High School tomorrow evening by Dr. Albert C. Smith, noted botanist and associate curator of the New York Botanical Garden. Tickets may be obtained from club councillors or at the door. The lecture, which will begin at 8 o’clock, will be open to the public. �Public School Developments—III. ‘important ml This Illiterate Minors rocks, =aninunianes and ing growing irritable at what it was all about. The state law requires that uncomprehending eyed, and the in and home, and sat she heavy- wondering ever, that law the may they adds a clause excused be just, Being young people. foreign born, in the Many and from homes have little place. where of them books all and ect succeeds, more added from time to books wili be time. The same card will But | these system be used installed at the in City these library “baby” in- stitutions, the library officials having co-operated with the teachers by providing pockets and ecards as well as evening nearly year. information. The next problem these would tive. books The was covered be both so how drab brown to have that serviceable and covers they attrac- supplied by the school department for use on text books appeared dull and uninviting. Over these the teachers have placed gay jackets of colored art paper, decorated with the illustrations from the publishers’ book jackets, are) and finished off with a coat of shellac two women, tion next as an additional protective measure. Many afternoons’ work was necessary before all 60 books were covered, the come reading problem was to get them inter- both of whom teach also minded”? The and cataloged. where the libraries will be at the three schools. The unlike any in evening schools else- | be issued for home reading where in the state if not the country, | of two weeks and will be | was conceived, |much the same way as they established books will to get idea them of these “library school libraries, The probably only fall, covered question remaining is just for periods charged in are at the public libraries. The purpose of the | new project is not only to introduce the supervision of Miss Mason by Miss these young peeple to good reading Marion L, Bartlett and Miss Bessie L. | but to get them to patronize the City library and its branches. Holcombe. of the evening schools fac- ( The actual work is being done wnde- | all mi- sonal, refuses to consider individual circumstance. curriculum for the entire school in day schools, giving up much of | their free time. But the result will probably more than repay the effort. ested in reading so that they would! The books will be ready for circulahunt up books for themselves. But how nors between 16 and 21 who have not attend test grade passed the sixth evening school, The law, being imper- family the The was bored classroom But this clean bill Chestnut street and Indian Orchard schools. For years Miss Mason has felt the need of bringing a cultural influence into the lives of these retarded r ‘ — 2. load for the 19-year-old girl. She had to rush home as soon as the whistle blew. prepare supper for ‘her husband and then hurry off to school. She was | education, books to are used evening school books have been purchased by the department. If the proj- fall, a miniature “public” library will be established at the State street, because she a heavy law, minor, illiterate an was by required as week | i. The City Library association has for | years loaned deposits of its various schools where they The New Library Feature When the evening schools open next evenings three school night of the ad- schools is being completely overhauled along with that of the day schools. attend-_ and example by the which of health was not accepted as an excuse from further improvement. Innovations are being added constantly, keep-— factory, for a husband ing ‘house made system migrant the on going marriage was Working at the one local evening has placed it Dr .|among the best in the country. Strayer’s report five years ago recommended changes in all divisions of the Springfield school system except the department of evening schools and im- Work of Evening Schools for Rosa’s is but vances school taken have changes place in the Springfield public The system since then schools. has also come under the administration of the present superA intendent, Zenos E. Scott. series of articles outlining these recent developments and what in the readjustment is now stage are being printed on this articles were Previous page. printed June 18 and June 19. . 5 the publication of the report five years ago- or ulty. )The scheme has been worked out scientifically and with great cun- how- saying if mentally ning, or physically deficient. Only on very rare occasions the books being covered in amination tifully of the nicely illustrated printed, volumes is Currleulum such high The evening schools of this city have within the past few years been placed on a par with the day schools, perhaps no other city in the state such an attractive fashion that to see them have is to want to examine them. And excertificates giving proof of | physicians’ physical disability been presented to. the Springfield department of evening Revised pee Since Strayer having special beau- course minors printed. certain ‘has In a of been this, study standard. for worked again, <A illiterate| out Springfield and is_ a pioneer, school education. The mental clause few other cities in the to lead to a desire to read them. was called to use even less often, Rosa | Each library will consist of 20. country having sucha course for the and her retarded sisters and brothers | ‘books. To select these, the two evening schools. to attend classes, learning| continued teachers read more than 300 books at Dr Scott and Julius H. Warren, for| nothing and becoming more and more | the City library. Their problem was mer assistant superintendent of rebellious. to find reading matter for boys and schools, co-operated with the followA Pioneer Testing System _ girls of 18 years or more, yet it could About | was a year evolved and a half to test the ago a plan learning ing not be the same as that which appeals the ordinary young man or woman | limit | to of illiterate minors which places the of | Springfield public schéol system once) of | more among the pioneers. The scheme } was worked out by Harold P, Thomas, director of research, in co-operation| with Dr George E. Dawson of the} that he has educational a pupil’s reached possibilities, |are conditions test or rather is given. The |}is commonly grade. |out of | swered To 115 record the end in sus- of or when class his | there | but |) old used to the questions correctly. determine sixth grade, have to be the 40 an- Even if a pupil of 16 or 18 can only do second or third grade requirements, ent idea status is also and be obtained future personally Mason or tions are limit, he mental may of his pres-~ capabilities. interviewed He by Miss Mr Thomas. If all indicathat he has reached his is excused through the clause in the state law. All the evidence is placed before Dr Scott, |} who makes the final decision. This e method has eliminated a great deal of waste in the evening schools, the saving in happiness being as great and worth while a th financial ain.» also out this Miss Gertrude K. Holland. é While the standards of the evening schools have been raised to the level of the day schools, the limited time necessarily curtails the program, so that only the high spots are covered, arithmetic, English and the social studies included. “Dick “The being stressed. In arithmetic Pease; ‘drill and conversation are taught. Byrd,” by Fitzhugh Tattooed Man,” by “The Book,” by the John In; every phase an effort is made to give the pupils only as much as they can profitably use. Because these pupils are employed! Vanishing Comrade,” by Eliot; “Firewood,” by Eliot; “Damascus Steel,” by Murphy; | “Pollyana,” by Porter; “Mary Cary,” by Bosher; ‘‘Lad,” by Terhune; “AdWevcnn of Buffalo Bill,” by Cody; “Laughing Last,” by Abbott; “Smugglers’ Island,” by Kneeland; “The Wonder nite are committee for in working the important things taught in the The list of 20 books, which follows, {fourth, fifth and sixth grades are covshows how much thought went into its ered, Under English, spelling, letter selection :— writing, reading, English structure, by Fitzhugh “Martin Johnson,” like Rosa’s, a special| Green; series of examinations | Green; Otis classification test Howard make favorites revision in the daytime, the new course of. study has been constructed so that it. relates to and interprets their every-_ day life. It provides for special help in simple, correct English because these minors have been unable to re-! C. Win- main in day school and because some. ston company; “Treasure Island,” by of them are foreign born. It recogStevenson; “Robinson Crusoe,” by Daniel DeFoe; “Black Beauty,” by } nizes that their need for inspiration is great because they lack a, knowledge: Anna Sewell; ‘Midshipmen All,” by of how others have successfully solved. Fitzhugh Green; “Dr Pete of the the probiems of life, and that they Sierras,” by Mary M. Davis; need to acquire certain habits, atti“Katrinka,” by H. E. Haskell, and tudes and ideals in order that they “Lance of Kanana,’ by Harry W. may. live together happily. French. The course includes oral English, social science, silent reading and arithmetic, and has been so planned) as to help the pupils pass the sixth grade test. But the cultural and moral | side is not neglected. The teacher ‘e y urged to give the pupils a point GE pects’ from minors course:' Miss Mason, Miss Margaret M. Maley, chairman, j tt. Miss Cora Blanchette, Miss Frances E. Bolger, Miss Mary E. Fitzgerald and> that age. There was also the danger selecting too simple stories. The 20 books which were finally yosen, a copy of each of which will placed in the three schools picked library experimenting stations, present varied types. Some are of | psychological laboratory and Miss} the adventure class for boys, while Josephine Mason, director of evening | schools and immigrant education. It | others are frankly girls’ stories. But the majority should appeal to both jhas the full approval of Superintend| groups. Many are recent publications, ent of Schools Zenos E. Scott. When the teacher or principal curriculum illiterate | view | their which lives. will broaden and is — of enrich �St The andards following Se standards of attain- ment are listed:— 1. The ability to read with a fair de- — gree of facility ber se and to comprehend paragraphs and short stories. . The independent reading as of news-_ LL STUDY AT| SMITH COLLEGE, } papers and of worthwhile magazines. | 3. The ability to express himself| | clearly and 4. An convincingly. increased vocabulary emphasis on the choice 5. The ability to write ly and business letters. 6. The problems with the of words. simple friend- \ First Springfield Teacher to Win Scholarship; to Use Sabbatical and Leave ability to solve arithmetical which function in daily life. 7. The appreciation of the influence of the character of the founders and leaders on the foundation and growth of our democrac?. 8. An appreciation of the interdependence of man. 9. An appreciation organized society. 10. An appreciation tation and inventions country. of the of how have value Miss of year’$ award united+this our economic country life. have 13. An appreciation of nities open to those who mocracy. er 14, A knowledge She and The classes for illiterate minors are not the only ones in the evening school system which have been improved since the Strayer report was made. A number of courses of study have been worked out for the adults in the’ jimmigrant. and Americanization | classes, jable for Because no tests were availthis group, two were devised by Miss Mason. Though these classes are also under the jurisdiction of Miss Mason, they are actually a different phase of evening school éducation. Another change has been the establishment of an evening junior high school. While still in a tentative stage, and quite unlike the regular day junior high school, it provides a suitable link between ‘the regular evening schools and the evening high school. The work in the latter starts with the ninth grade. Until several years ago, the only training to bridge the gap be- | | tween the two night schools was the {| |seventh grade at the High School |}Commerce. The present junior or preparatory school includes the seventh and eighth grades, has a new course of study, of high} both | and | was ment oppor- citizenship. the Marston } | of study of at announced 18 West- Marston significant schools from yesterday chairman education Col- The | be- is the first teach- scholarship notified Smith yesterday. particularly Springfield a Wakeman, the opportulive in a de- of industrial Miss in receive affected tunities in Springfield. \ 15. Courteous habits. 16. An understanding of the attitudes and ideals of sgcial relationship is jcause which arise from this growth, 12. A knowledge of how the natural of our G. graduate lege, it was transpor- 11. A knowledge of the reasons for the rapid growth of our cities and an appreciation of the social problemy resources Edna ernview Avenue, a teacher of math-} ematics at Technical High School, has} been granted a scholarship for a of at the ever by Smith to Smith. Seth} depart- College. Seeks Master’s Degree Miss Marston will take a sabbatical leave of six months followed by a six weeks’ leave of absence to com: plete her year of graduate study.} In the Springfield Public School Sys-} tem, a sabbatical is limited to a single} semester, consequently she will have ‘Ito take a six months’ to complete her year’s leave work. in order} She will study for either the master of arts er mastér of education degree, begin- | ning in September. Miss daughter Eva B. early schools Marston tinued the was and her was born late education Somerville and of Marston, was High in the education Boston, H. in at and received her Somerville graduated School. graduated in William She . She from Jackson 1920. con- Col- and was grdauated in 1920. She began teaching in the fall of 1920 as instructor of mathematics at Leicester Academy. In 1926 she was appointed the State teacher of mathematics in. Street Junior High School and moved to her present position Technical High at midyear, 1981. She is a member of the at College Club, the Springfield Teachers’ Club. and the Teachers’ Economic Associa-| tion, �es | taal Vliss Mary Chap bin! >= Receives Frietids — On Anniversary| Reception and Tea in Nephew’s Home 2 % Miss Mary ? dolph F [F EP : ; Street, Mark Her 90th Birthday DeEtte 90 years Chapin old of Ran- yesterday, received over one. hundred of her friends during the late afternoon at (a reception and tea given in honor of her anniversary in the home of her nephew, Alfred H. Chapin of _ | Mulberry Street. Erect and smiling, her white hair set off by her afternoon costume of teal blue with shoulder corsage of mimosa, she had: a word of welcome for friends who had come to offer their congratulations, and for them all a phrase of special remembrance. The drawing room was filled with flowers which had been sent her as birthday tokens. Miss Chapin herself carried a charming colonial nosegay in colonial arrangements of tiny rosebuds, forget-me-nots, sweetpeas and heather which was a gift of the women’s guild of Faith Church of which she is a member, of in She is now an honorary member the Travelers Club of Chicopee which she was formerly active and of Daughters (all these ‘eeption in Steadfast Circle of Kings of Chicopee, members groups attending the her honor. of re- | In addition to the many gifts of | flowers, Miss Chapin expressed pleaflowers, Miss Chapin expressed pleasing cards and letters she’ had received from former pupils in the Chicopee Schools, many of whom she had not seen for years. She taught for 387 years in the grammar and high schools in Chicopee, retiring in 1914 at the age of 65 as she wished to | spend the remainder of her years in leisure. Soon after retirement, she came to Springfield to live. In telling of her teaching career, she said that while she had started at a particularly young age, 17, to teach, trouble - with her eyes had | made it necessary that she. give ! up the work after the first years. Some years later, when her eyes were recovered so that she could resume her profession, she “felt she did not know enough” and so enrolled in Westfield Normal School, as it was then known. Accordingly, her active life as a teacher did not begin until she was much older. i She Samuel is a descendant Chapin. of MISS . _ MARY DeETTE CHAPIN Of Randolph Street, a descendant of Deacon Samuel Chapin and for many years a teacher in the Chicopee Schools, will celebrate her 90th birthday on Friday when a reception and tea will be given in her honor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Chapin of Mulberry Street. Mr. Chapin is her nephew. Miss Chapin is a native of Chicopee, the daughter of Lysander and Mary Ferry Chapin and, starting her teaching career at the age of 17, she taught in the grammar grades and high school there for 37 years. She is still actively interested in educational movements and current affairs. Over 100 of her friends will attend the reception. Pouring at the Deacon tea will be Mrs. J. F. Benner, Mrs. Leo Ley, Mrs. C. A. Pease and Mrs. A. J. Lane. Assisting will be Mrs. Joseph Morrill, Jr., of Rye, N. Y., Mrs. J. L. Bolton Dockrell and Miss Hope Chapin, Mrs. Neil Chapin, Mrs. Gordon S. Ley and Mr. Chapin’s sister, Miss Florence DeEtte Chapin of Cambridge. Mes. Alfred HH. Chapin �ELT Se | Chapin Home on Crescent Hill to Be Closed ar 2ST anee Se. TTT _ SPRINGFIELD, MASS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938 Springfield Union Photo Scene of brilliant society events, one of the city’s outstanding private residences architecturally and scenically, is expected to close within a few weeks. The mansion is now occupied by A. H. Chapin and is situated at 4 Crescent Rd. Affording a splendid view of the city, the original house on the site was designed by Calvert Vaux of Boston. An architect’s book of design published in 1864 showed the house in the process of construction. It was originally built by George E. Howard, who sold it to Edward Brewer. The residence then fell into the hands of H. Curtis Rowley, president of the G. & C. Merriam Company, who later sold it to Mr. Chapin who has occupied it for many years. The last three owners have rebuilt and altered the mansion extensively. Mr. Chapin will move to the former Whitcomb house at 15 Mulberry St. The mansion was named “Paignton” home of the early Chapins. in memory a of the English �Tribute Is Paid to Ch urch’s First Pastor : é : : Don Jose Browning Photo One of the high lights ef, the 50th anniversary services of the First Congregational Church at Worthington yesterday was the placing of wreaths on the graves of former ministers particularly on the graves of the church’s firs t ministers. Pictured is a scene in the old Center Cemetery as Charles Allen Bisbee, Jr., of Chesterfield, and Nancy Buck, of Williamsburg, place fleral pieces on the graves of Rey. Jonathan Huntington and are his wife. lineal Rev. descendants Mr. of : t¢ nts Worthington K I, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH TO MARK ITS ANNIVERSARY WORTHINGTON, of the July 9—Plans are 50th anniversary of the present building Worthington Congregational Church, to be held Sunday. Rey. George A. Tuttle, field secretary of the Massachusetts Congregational Conference, service the on hills.” will speak the Special at the morning subject, Program Nathan Gottschalk, Miss Selma Medinkoff, of the Playhouse “Steeples in the violinist, pianist, Hills, in and both Cum- mington, will play at the morning service and the church choir will sing the “Gloria” from Mozart’s Twelfth Mass, After a basket lunch on the lawn of the church, a pilgrimage will be made to the graves of the first minister, Rev. Jonathan Huntington (1771-1780) and his wife, and Rev. Fredrick Sargent Huntington, pastor when this church was built, and wreaths will be placed on their graves by descendants or friends. a At the was the first minister. generation. The boy ‘Stevens of Northampton will conduct a service of reminiscence, Rev. J. H. Burckes will read a historical sketch written for the dedication by Rev. F. S. Huntington. A feature of the service will be the roll call of those who were members of the church at ~ a number of repairs on the church in preparation for the anniversary and a special committee of the Friendship Guild under the direction of the ! trustees has redecorated the interior| of the vestry. VOTE OF THANKS GIVEF . .| A rising vote of thanks was given Miss Katharine M. D. Rice at the recent annual meeting of the First Congregational church, the moderator, this church. Rev. James H. Burckes speaking as follows:| “Before accepting the resign-| ation of Miss Katherine McDowell | Rice from her office as trustee of, the Worthington Congregational| church, should be an expression of appreciation of her services to As trustee, her re-| cord of attendance at the meetings of the board is but an indication of the devotion with which she fulfilled those duties. But for nearly 60 years she has in innumerable ways been giving that same loyal service to this church. Fifty-five years ago she was pre- sented with a book of Whittier’s complete poems by her Sunday school class. All through the intervening of our porters. years, she hasbeen one}| stanchest and ablest supIt is with regret and a) realization of loss that we and girl —. afternoon service Walter 1. the dedication and answers from descendants of those who have died. Nine of the 176 are still members of | the church. The trustees have made Present Building Dedicated| 50 Years Ago; Special Program Tomorrow complete for the the dedication of Huntington the seventh grant her request to be relieved of her responsibilities. But before we do so, let us express to her our grate-| ful appreciation by a rising vote, of thanks.” nn mas �re ee ( / ~ In Tribute to Dr. R. H. Conwell Scene*in South Worthington yesterday as members of the family of the late Dr. Russell H. Conwell made their annual pilgrimage to pay homage to the memory of the noted educator. Left to right, grouped about the marker and boulder honoring Dr. Conwell, are: Mrs. Harriette Conwell, Rev. J. Herbert Owen, pastor of the South Worthington church; Harvey. F. Kasmier, speaker; Mrs. Agnes Quinlan, granddaughter, and Leon M. Conweil, a son. The Beautiful Conwell Boulder at South Worthington & — �; - In 1907 Temple full university. roximately was chartered as Today 12,000 it has students, ap- the “ti iny basement school has developed into twelve distinct academic de- ‘partments, A. TRIUMPH OF LOW FEES IF group early {faculty Democratic Plan of Temple Growth in 50 Years By CHARLES E. BEURY, President of Temple University. PHILADELPHIA. EMPLE UNIVERSITY will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with a week crowded with academic activities, be| ginning today. As educational institutions go, Temple is comparatively young, and yet in the half | century of its existence it has established a record of achievement which it would be difficult to duplicate among American universities and colleges. The university is unique in many respects. Its romantic origin, its idealistic educational purpose, its astonishing deits usefulness to virtually the grasp of Thomas all. of College Diamonds,’’ a large fortune. the which in a Basement, forerunner of the famous Baptist Temple. Within a month 200 young men and women had enrolled. Hnrolment continued _to in grow a few by leaps years and the bounds, years, or until his Dr. Conwell labored rf and t first college | é building was established, For a little more than forty death in 1925, for the success of the project, eventually enjoying | the satisfaction of knowing that. few educational institutions had developed so remarkably within the lifetime of their founders. It is estimated that during this period Temple had imparted education to 100,000 ambitious young men and women. Dr, Conwell himself gave millions of dollars of his _ to finance the education sands of students. earnings of thou- official Its present assets D. Sullivan, uni- sanc-| came Charles > “Pastor”? Conwell taught them in| his own study, and later a class was-opened in the basement of his church, completing 4 |the celebrated inspirational lecture him the G. Erny and others. But in the main they are the result of thousands of donations, from $50 upward, received from people in modest ¢ircumstances who appreciated the need of carrying on Dr. Conwell’s work. Temple is of humble origin. In 1884 seven young men who were members of his congregation importuned the Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwell to prepare them for the ministry. He was later to become _famous as a theologian, educator, jhumanitarian and as author of brought and to it in the form of gifts, some} ranging as high as $1,000,000, from hosts of friends, including Cyrus H. K. Curtis, Edward Bok, Mrs. To a continuance of this policy the university remains definitely pledged, “Acres roll of 750, dowment. Temple was founded on the broad the little tion of the university in all sapere ments. How Temple is fulfilling its eau-| eational aims is indicated by the record of service of but one department. More Temple graduates are to be found among the principals and higher official positions in the Philadelphia school system than from all other colleges and universities combined. Temple University is without en- principle of ‘‘democratic higher education,’’ which, by means of low tuition fees, placed higher within the The University Today. Especial prestige has come to the School of Medicine because of its outstanding teaching personnel. Tothe Chevalier Jackson Broncho-scopic Clinic at the Temple University Medical School and Hospital come patients from all parts of the world. Recently the School of| Dentistry and the School of Law were awarded Grade A ratings by the standardizing agencies, thus ;community and its steadfast ad.herence to a principle stamp the university with an individuality all its own. learning schools; iversity’s campus building units have increased in value to $7,000,000. <A new library is just under construction. University Brings Huge velopment, or of volunteer teachers of the Eighties has grown into a || �eetrerconiteessiianen WORTHINGTON PHYSICIAN PREPARES TO BOARD OLD-FASHIONED “TAXI TO VISIT PATIENTS pace shows : Dr. F. A. Robertson visit to his WORTHINGTON, jare times when an in jand the village g : him a race. | winter doctor when elements take story—for snow-covered about hills, to board one of the old-fashioned taxis for a J. B. Stamp of Worthington is the driver. March 8—There | automobile is a | But different of Worthington, the ‘ worthwhile conveyance, particularly: jwhen the stork accelerates his wings \ } patients is forced nature a the to run and hand village | the it’s | a. doctor. A GS ee a EN Williston Academy Graduates 15 During the recent blizzard when one | of the local residents suffered an in- | { ] j * jured ;many person miles to might a This be transported neighboring found for \treatment. i } ‘buck the snowdrifts with his car. Since that time Dr. Robinson has ) } f learned there are other, than snow-, drifts to be surmounted when it is| necessary to visit many of his patients when Dr. F. ‘village doctor, was town } | i : jury it was necessary to press into | \service a yoke of oxen that the in[ necessary A. Robinson, the local tried unsuccessfully to scattered through the hills hereabout. He has discovered there are places where he eannot go with his car for, despite clear skies and warm days,| many of the hills are piled high with snow and drifts. So he goes as far as possible with his car and then transfers to a horsedrawn sled. Many imes this change in transportation is \Drvearranged with some “It “that jmight } ‘nothing for of his patients, — proves,’ says Dr. Robinson, regardless of what anyone think to the contrary, there's that getting will ever places.” beat old Dobbin ENT ce ue ee J Use ! �The Hustling Juveniles q the. ' ; The Juvenile Grange has met again To open its meeting and to close it again. Who? The Juvenile and its Matron. We are attractive on our green, All dolled up and a joy to be seen. Whe? The Juvenile and its Matron. We're not out to fight the foe, You might think so, But, To oh We're make dear, out the Grange we like to go a better one. It’s our duty now and then To come to the Grange and to go home again. Who? The Juyenile Grange and its Matron. —[MARVIS C. SNYDER, Lecturer Worthington Juvenile, No. 14. Better SEW JUVENILE couritry or with the one have started Granges greater signs of at Worthington, in with the more pep promise than Mass., which has been running scarcely half a year, | yet has developed great capacities and is no; because a | | already proving itself a real asset to the little country town among the Hampshire “county hills where it is located. By hay-_ ing food sales and editing a monthly “newspaper” entitled Juvenile News, these youngsters expect to be able to make a contribution to the Educational Aid Fund of the State Grange and to carry other projects which money. of regalia, charter and more require a little Besides paying for a complete set than staves, pins, framing — of other expenses, five dollars | there is still in the treasury and — further money-raising projects in mind. At the meeting of July 25 a candidate was initiated and a good sized class is expected ganized in the in late April autumn. the Although wide-awake or- young ae ry All Make members already have their manual work | well committed and open and close their, meetings in excellent form. One of the interesting projects the Juveniles have undertaken is cleaning ing the various school the and Ma and Can Showing Than Worthington up and beautifygrounds in town, members being divided into groups made responsible for the different school locations. Before any work is done a picture is taken of to be followed by after the Juveniles wide-awake matron venile year’s ergetic is Mrs. Grange captured the school grounds, another in contrast have finished. The of Worthington Ju-: Walter master, leadership L. Higgins, under last whose Worthington en- Grange first prize in the state-wide com- _munity service competition in Massachusetts. In a recent issue of the Juvenile News: this promising young organization greeted Grange members. and _ their friends in the following cheery terms :— May Worthington Juvenile Grange, No. 14, grow in membership and in quality. May it pursue in joyful fellowship its playtime and service. As we pause to think of this organization of youth, inviting all to its membership, either active or honorary, the question immediately arises, “What will this organization grow to mean to our community?” Will it drift, will it follow or will it lead? Let us hope. that it may lead when it can; follow when right; but never drift. Follow the adult Grange in the good of the old; lead the youth in the good of the new.. Ths Horses Juveniles pe aes, ENTS. Ore King’s Few i ie “All the Men’) _A WONDERFUL START BY MASSACHUSETTS GROUP Utes (Tune: King’s t Gey Song Mass. Ra eae at Worthington, �‘SPRINGFI LD, 1 — | CITY NEWS. vhas been with the Massachusetts Mu- MUIR NEW HEAD _ OF DEPARTMENT AT MASS, MUTUAL ‘Succeeds Sidney J. Smart, Long Time Employe, Retired Announcement was made yesterday lof the appointment of David J. Muir fas manager of the conservation dejpartment of the Massachusetts Life SIDNEY at company J, SMART conventions and agency meetings. He is a native of Springfield and a graduate of Technical High School. For many years he was a star bas-| ketball player. He is now a resident of Wilbraham, Mr. Smart, the retiring manager, is an old-time employe of the company. He has lived in Longmeadow for more than a quarter of a century had a summer home for many years. in and has Worthington ; He joined the Massachusetts Mutual in 1897 and served as a field repre- DAVID J. MUIR Insurance Company to succeed Sidney J. Smart, who;has retired. Mr. Muir was appointed assistant manager of the conservation department. He has been a speaker on conservation topics | | sentative in various parts of the country until 1904, when he was transferred to the home office, Later he was placed in charge of the policy revival division and in 1917 he was appointed manager of the conser } tion department. j An ardent fisherman, Mr, Smart is) fond of angling for trout in Berkshire| streams. He is a charter member of| the Worthington Golf. Club, is a! Shriner well Lee and longtime Lodge member of Masons, of Ros-| �i 5 = ro § Climax of the sixth annual Laurel Week celebration of the Westfield River Parkway association was the crowning of a queen. Pictured is the procession across the common at Storrowton as the queen and her attendants, led by George E. Brady, town crier, marched to supper following coronation. Virginia Brady, Westfield; Barbara Boynton, Russell; Shirley Johnson, Southwick, and Dorothy Donnelly of Chester are attendants. Grace Miriam of West Springfield, queen, and Roland Smith, beare?, �ie TESLA zal my ence tet emt ei tet ripcmecienp-sendagaciennas - Western Mass. Laurel Qu Ria f Don et peter reteeeete ae er ng a Miss Grace Doty Laurel Jose Browning of Riverdale St.. West Springfield, to be Week Queen 3 Storr ‘ton this evening. Laurel Week-Opens Today; _ Queen Will Receive Crown Tour to Worthington Will Be Followed Ceremony at Storrowton This Evening By Ernestine Photo crowned | Members of the pugrimage will have the opportunity of walking along the | trails which have been developed for the enjoyment of the public, The return trip will be made through Westfield, Little River Village and along the borders of John C. Robinson State Park, to Storrowton. by Storrowton All Perry Supper A. D. Robinson, president of the Westfield River Parkway Association, will lead the pilgrimage. A New England supper will be served in the Town House at Storrowton about 6.30. the original 17th and 18th Cen- tury houses and buildings in Storrowton will be open. Members of the committee urge those who cannot attend any of the opening ceremonies or the pilgrimage, to enjoy the highways and reservain an impressive twilight cere ony at the Storrowton Colonial tions throughout Laurel Week. Although the bloom is not as profuse Village, West Springfield. the crown bearer, Woodruff Smith of this year, the committee recommends Westfield, and place it upon the head Grace the Laurel Way, Route 20, and Doty, West Springfield High of the dainty little blonde selected| Worthington “Happy Uplands,” which School senior, selected for the honor to be Laurel Queen for 1938. { is on a country of being Laurel Queen during Laurel road off Route 112 near the center of Worthington vil| Week, June 18 through To Have Town Crier the 26th, e cosappropiiate in will lage. be attended crier by town some A of Wes-| | coronation tern Massachusetts’ the herald will prettiest young | tume, Tewomen, pilgrimage selected laurel to represent regions ‘event when the where Village at 6 Olaurel is now in bloom along ‘turns to Storrowton highways and in parks and reserva- ) clock, tions, | ‘The sixth’annual Laurel pilgrimagé ; Garden, The queen’s attendants will include at Grandmothers’ form will Miss Dorothy Donnelly, Chester; Miss| Smith Ave., Westfield, at 1.30. “Happy of home Barbara the Boynton, ton, Worthing Russell; Miss Vir- ' Uplands,” ginia Brady, Westfield, and Miss Shira retired minister, J. H. Burckes, will pilgrimage the of ley Johnson, Southwick. objective the pe Massachusetts’ sixth annual Laurel Week opens officially today with motorists from\ many sections planning to join in the laurel pilgrimage from\ Westfield this afternoon and the | climax of the festivities, the coronation of the Laurel Queen _ The coronation will be an impres- - which will proceed along Route 20,1, _Sive ceremony in which the queen | enjoying the roadside laurel plantings of Public ,and her court will by the Department form a_proces- | made sional from the fine old pre-RevoluIt is expected the pilgrimage Works. at maze tionary laurel Potter at the Mansion arrive across the ; will village green and on to the Storrow| “Happy Uplands’ at 3 o'clock. | ton.church portico. i of Westfield, will take the Herbert R. Thorpe master of ceremonies, laurel crown borne by a ee �Attend Wedding Of Couple Here To Becomes Bride Of David Belcher Couple Wed to David M.| of will be present at the wedding hecome bride of David Maher Belcher, son of Mr. and Mts. Clarence L. Beicher of Lester Street, Saturday evening at 7 o'clock ‘it will be followed by a small recepDorothy tion in the Jasper home. |Birchard Mulroney will play the wedding marches and Miss Jasper’s uncle, Melvin Miss Swartz, will sing. Mabelle Booth of Foxboro, Congregational Andrew those Miss a other Hall of classmates, of Westfield Foxboro, who and Miss will Dorothy Miss Shirley Frances Bettina receive will be Mrs. Rev. Among P. Swartz of A. and and Rochester, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. William Booth, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Hall and Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Sturtevant of Bexbexso. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kilburn of \VRashinctos, Dr. Clarence Kilburn and Mrs. Kilburn’ of New Haven, Miss sity next month, will be maid of honor while the four bridesmaids will include Nichols attending with officiating. Donoghue of Washington, Mr. Mrs. Melvin Swartz, Melvin, Jr., classmate of Miss Jasper at Massachusetts State College, who will receive her M.A. degree at Columbia Univertwo Church, J. Stanton her M.A. from Radcliffe in June; Mrs. | William Eastman of Dallas, Tex., formerly of Washington, who is now a guest in .the Jasper home, and Mrs. William Thorpe of Pittsfield. The best man will be Charles <Al- Mrs. William and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Merrill W. F, H. Mrs. of Valdina A. Boston, Sturtevant D. T. K. Mather, E. Mr. and Mr, and Mr, and of Sudbury, Sharpe and of Mather, Elmer On_ Friday _ |\Sexton tat a _ \lowing and evening of Jasper dinner -|Monday -\hostess home aunt, a in for Mr. Street, the rehearsal guests da Delta Westfield, were for Jasper’s Mrs. Mather and Frank the party at which many sisters bride-to-be, who is a member nae of the her Mu. honor The chapter on a of also recent the her) of the entertained at in| gifts associates in ment of the presented by the calculation Massachusetts received tained sented of miscellaneous Mr. and Mrs. gifts, College last year. cher received his education |College, Hartford. Mr. pleted was her soloist. costume The with bride com- her mother's} soms. Her bouquet was of steph-j boro, maid of honor, and liam H. Eastman of Dallas, Bettina Hall of Foxboro, Mrs Tex., Miss WilMiss Doro- j thy Nichols of Westfield, and Mrs William H, Thorpe of Pittsfield, bridemaids. Charles Albert Mosby of Jer- sey City, N. J., served Mr Belcher as best man, and Robert Jasper and Charles Riordan of this city, Thomas Eliopoulous of East Longmeadow and Donald Tucker of Foxboro ushered. The maid of honor wore a frock peach taffeta with matching ac- with corsage of sweetheart sweetheart roses Belcher, a gown and cor- and steph- Miss Barbara. Andrus, Miss and Miss Elizabeth Clapp of this city, Ee jand Mrs William Valdina of South Sudbury. The couple aunt, | trip |bride Bel- at Trinity of have left for a wedding unannounced wearing away destination, a slate blue the gar- |jbadine ensemble with dark blue ac-_ jcessories. They will make their home at Manchester,. Ct. : Mrs Belcher was graduated from Classical was Z George oes ~rrattic Duty Jasper, president of cea Springfield District Men’s Republican’ Club, is one of those avivers 5.40 Gory impulses. Caught in one of the worst) traffic snarls at Taylor and Spring) Streets yesterday, George got tired | of waiting, got out of his car, walked) to the center of the intersection and | ‘| started to do traffic duty. He suc-| ceeded in unsnarling. the snarl but) — he reached home two and a half hours| se fF : “Miller, Miss | Joan Belcher high school and Massachu- setts’ State college and has been employed at: the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance company. Mr Belcher ; |. wedding veil of tulle which was fastened with a wreath of orange blos- |, Boston, Harriet while on a recent evening and preher kitchen gifts. Still another State Em-. with > Stanton,— reception followed the ceremony| at the Jasper home where decorations were of spring flowers. Assisting in} serving were Miss Frances Merrill of| The future bride is a graduate of _ | Classical High Schooi and Massachusetts J. A enter- affair was a shower given by her Miss Ruth Jasper of Avon Place. the bride, sage of anotis., her departMutual Jasper Andrew roses and stephanotis. Mrs mother of the groom, Wore of planinum blue silk jersey |Life Insurance Company. Mr. Belcher’s mother was the hostess at a shower in her home when Miss Jasper friends Rey officiating using the single-ring service. Mrs Dorothy Birchard Mulroney played the wedding music, and Melvin Swartz of Rochester, N. Y., uncle of chiffon the home of Mrs. John W. Harris of For-| est Glen Road, Longmeadow. | Another occasion was a shower of miscellaneous pastor, bouquets were of pastel spring flowers and roses. Mrs Jasper, mother lof the bride, wore a gown of flesh alum- evening the eessories and carried a bouquet of pastel flowers with cluster of talisman roses. The bridemaids wore similar frocks in pastel shades, two of} peacock blue and two of maize. Their] of Lamb- | Springfield The ceremony took place at 7 at manuel Congregational church jof fol- wedding. Nichols was shower at sorority [es 8. will entertain bridal evening Miss at a pantry the Miss and Wearing a gown of white satin made with court train and_ short puffed sleeves Miss Elizabeth Shirley Jasper, daughter of Mr and Mrs George M. Jasper of Virginia street, last night became the bride of David Mather Belcher, son of Mr and Mrs_ Clarence L. Belcher of Lester street. Mr.| anotis, gardenias and white orchids. Members of the bridal party inScarsdale, cluded Miss Mabelle Booth of Fox- Mr. and Mrs, R. B. Martindale, all of Windsor, Conn., Mr, and Mrs. Harry Mather and Donald Mather of Hartthe staff of ushers will include Robert ford, Mr. and Mrs. John Hube of Tor-' rington, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson S. Jasper, brother of the future bride; Charles Reardon, Donald Tucker, a and William Nelson of Meriden, and Manchester, Glastonbury postgraduate student at Massachusetts others from State College, and Thomas Eliopoulos. and West Hartford. -juncle ton here: 'this evening of Miss Elizabeth Shirley Jasper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Matthew Jasper of Virginia Street, and David Mather Belcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Belcher | Congregational Church. in Emmanuel the by of Lester Street. The 7 o'clock cereThe ceremony will be performed will take place in Emmanuel pastor, Rev. Andrew J Stanton, and] mony will Street, Virginia the ; Town Will Witness Jasper- , Belcher at Emmanuel! Belcher Bridal Church by Rev A. J. StanA large group of out-of-town guests. daughter Jasper M. George Mrs. and Mr. Jasper, S. Elizabeth Miss L A D I R B G N IN EVENI ‘Daughter of Virginia-Street Large Group From Out of Marriage Will Take Place Saturday Evening in Emmanuel Church ‘lof wee Many Griests fe : Jasper Elizabeth aN 2 a ace graduated from Trinity college and is employed by Pratt & Whitney at East Hartford, Ct. Guests attended the wedding from jwashington, Boston, Worthington, ‘Foxboro, Haven, hester, Rochester, N. Y., New Hartford, Windsor, ManGlastonbury, West Hartford, Torrington and Meriden, Ct. | — �eT ae eR ISG eT PE aa ee Mrs David M. Belcher and attendants IN ‘LILLIA N RUSSELL, LOEW’S POLI 1440 te Te ‘Lilian Russell’ Tops Program at Loew’s Poli e Again the gay nineties Hollywood the chance the curtains of time glories of the past,through Cn perenne et cen of Lillian Russell, first glamor girl. eee speiedonithohewstinienmitpecsies. tet en One retin een given the perhaps Under career #America’s the title] of “Lillian Russell,” this picture is} having a Loew’s Poli screening this} week. Alice Faye has the name part) and Don Ameche and Henry Fonda,| play the two men so prominent in her career, The life and loves of Lillian Rus- } sell were colorful and Hollywood is} said to have supplied this varied back-| ground. PnP ns have to draw back and recall the Sharing it are Edward Ar-| nold, as Diamond Jim Brady, Warren, William as Jesse Lewisohn, the copper king, Leo Carrillo as Tony Pastor, Helen Westley, Ernest Truex, Nigel) Bruce, Claude. Allister, Lynn Bari, Weber and Fields, Eddie Foy, Jr., Una O’Connor and Joseph Cawthorne. Lillian Russell introduced and popularized more songs than any other entertainer of her time and in this} picture Miss Faye sings such tunes as “After the Ball is Over,” “Rosie, You Are My Posie,” “My Evening Star,” and “The Band Played On.” There for are also Don Ameche. Florence Rice two is special the numbers| heroine of 1 “Girl in 313,” on the same bill. Stolen jewels in. her purse, a loaded pistol in her hand, she becomes an amazing charcter as queen of the’ snatchers. Kent ‘Taylor, Lionel Atwill and. Katharine Aldridge are other principals. The manner in which Miss Rice outwits an entire gang of jewel thieves makes for the entertainment. Ricardo Cortez directed from a “cay | play by Adams. Barry Trivers and a Clay Soh _ Edward Arnold and Alice Q. Please give the names Russell's husbands. EK. T. Faye. of Lillian H. A. The first husband of the actress was Harry Braham, a musical conductor. Her second husband was Edward Solomon, a. composer. Subsequently she was married to John Chatterton, an operatic tenor known as Signor Perugini, and finally to Alexander P. _| ambassador. Moore,’ publisher and �lag Jy 198 2THE SPRINGFIELD Deertield SUNDAY UNION AND ybParcd REPUBLICAN, SPRINGFIELD, Academy Glee Club Sponsoring Concert At West Springtield Friday Night to Aid Jobless To Receive Degrees at Dartmouth College Top row, left to right, Richard T. Foss, Perry Weston, Harold D. Webster, Kenneth C. Steele, Colin E. Campbell, all of Springfield, and Lawrence L. Durgin of East Northfield; lower row, Joseph F. Huber, Jr., of Northampton, Walter I. Bachelder, Sidney T. Harrington, and Judson §S. Lyon, all of Holyoke, and Welle& T. Seller of Greenfield. �JUNE ¥ Me MacDuffie School For Girls—Left to right, Judith Lynde Blague, Sally Elizabeth Goward, Adele George Athana, Jean Thomson Riley, Frances Ann Fitch. Bradford, class president; Nancy Bowles, Marilyn Stoughton, Shirley Grodsky, Marion Hubbard Kane and Ruth Mary 23, 1940 �erat tee of the January cold wave in Florida still ft _are talking about this one, according to the | _ Associated Press: A woman, asked the ages of her four children, declared she couldn’t remember. Pressed, she finally said: “Well, I got one lap child, one creeper, one porch child, and one yard young’n.” Q. Please give President “Josenhi Lincoln Is Host to Haigis 40-19 36 deeb Sa | ¥& Invesricators who sought to determine _ the needs of Negroes suffering from effects Coolidge’s | Quotation on persistence. H. N., A. It is as follows: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persis- | tence. Talent will not nothing is— more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not—unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not—the world =i 3 is full of educated derelicts. Persistence ind determination alone are omnipotent.” -Q. the over __.A. What did Henry importance W. his 50? On to BF. 55th Ford industry birthday say about of in meyw 1928, Mr, Ford said: “Take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world, and there would not be enough left to run it.” | acy: Please give the names of the Presidents who have refused a third term and their reasons for doing so. J.L.8. A. George Washington was weary of | service, believed he was not needed| and that he was entitled to seek the| repose of Mt. Vernon. Thomas Jeffer-.| gon feared the presidency might de-| generate into an inheritance. Andrew Jackson tired, |choose and to said that, Calvin run. Thought for he was Coolidge Ungracious old did and not Donors assist, The dead are not asked. to give or a few tickets buy, Lend, I list To be rid of these cares that Man has only to die. The ‘admiration was mutual when Joseph C. Lincoln, famous Cape Cod author, recently entertained John W. Haigis, Republican candidate for governor, at his Chatham estate. 1 hey conversed earnestly on national and state politics and Mr. Lincoln expressed sincere wishes for Mr. Haigis’ success in his campaign for tonest government on Beacon Hill. �= GENERAL NIESSEL DECORATING YOUNG AMERICAN AND FRENCH RED CROSS MEN BESIDE THE GRAVES OF PERLEY RAYMOND HAMILTON, CLINTON, MASS., AND JAMES WILSON GAILEY, NEW PARK, PENN., MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE IN FRANCE WHO WERE KILLED ON JULY 28TH BY AN ENEMY SHELL. oon ereen pietrnecesteeeheetntnett recent rene (Kadel & Herbert.) ] | �THE LIGHTS OF HOME. Written for The Auburn by JOSEPHINE Within each RICE home Each heart its On every face Citizen CREELMAN the hearth-fire glows, own emotion knows, a smile, a tear, On every lip the questioning fear,— Tomorrow will our Our Khaki lads, Tomorrow boys who roam,— see lghts of home? spread the starry field, The Nation’s and the home’s fair shield; Let bells their joyful welcome peal, Let people join in prideful zeal; Wives, parents, sisters, sweethearts meet Their splendid lights of home to greet! And when the day has turned to gray, The march and music died away, Let windows shed their eandle-light Its radiance stream into the night. Above, the heavens a spangled dome, Beneath, the tender lights of home; A eityful of taper-stars Greets men who fought “neath stars and bars! * * * But in the jubilating throng Is heard the note of sorrow’s song. Let heroes’ lights from ‘‘Stars of Gold’’ Shine into hearts grown sad and old; It was their wish to do and dare, They wear the crowns great heroes Our hearts reach out across the sea, Their spirits answer ‘‘Men wear. are free!”’ March for E.V.B. for wemorial OVER (Dedicated By to Phere the Auburn Josephine Day from HERE Rice B Oys . “Over Creelman. Don’t you know how proud we are Splendid men in France afar, , Don’t you hear the paeans raised Over Don’t And On you the the see the smiles now-forgotten faces of us all, and Here? tears, fears Over Here? Don’t you touch the immortelle For the dear, brave lads who fell, That we weave with trembling hands, _7 Pha / A1.. Over Here? Don’t you hear when twilight dies, Prayers to see you with our eyes, Don’t you hear the “Welcome Home” Over Here? The Auburn Citizen, Met/13, 1918. / UL. Unttons wr? [r boaslhl ° nme. Fa Yu. jy oe LE oa (AA 43 PHC. <> Greeting IE Ze hoe 31, 1919 the autho �THE BLUE BIRD’S NEST BY Josephine Rice Creelman ‘The blue bird we’re looking for! We need him for our happiness !’ Maeterlinck. Spring’s harbinger, the blue bird sweet, Emblem of happiness complete, I longed his beauty to encage, And thus life’s sorrows to assuage. I coaxed him to my sun-swept floor, With crumbs tossed through my open door ; I held a branch of snow-white birch To make for him a steady perch ; I mimicked his low, liquid note To win a warble from his throat; Of straw I wove a little bed, I lined it soft with feathers red. Alas, he stretched And flew to where his sapphire wings, his high nest swings glint and night-winds On lofty dark-green hemlock bough, Where mornings sough. I took a bonnet cast aside And made it neat with riband wide ; I stitched a robe with lining warm, A red wool shawl threw ’cross my arm; I walked a mile to widow’s cot To give, nor wine nor corn forgot ; I washed her babe and swept her room, Garnished with flowers to break the gloom ; The Collect, Prayers and Scripture read, In Shepherd’s Psalm the children led. Homeward I went at close of day, Five early stars told its decay, I stooped to ope my low door wide, The blue bird’s nest was built inside ! From ili Jao th i THE CHURCHMAN May 20, 1916. Vall Ae Mi] �CHRISTMAS by Snow’s Josephine Rice Creetman mantle makes the Christmas white, Its flakes are falling airy, light. O may it make us pure within, To let the lovely Christ-child in. ‘The bells now sound across the snow; O memories of long ago— Of childhood’s days all bright and fair, Before our hearts Knew grief and care! Still deeper are our thoughts ‘today, We see the manger sweet with hay, The Bethlehem stable rude and small, The ox and ass that crowd the stall; And Joseph grave and Mary mild Together with the Holy Child; In swaddling clothes the infant sleeps, A guardian angel vigil keeps. The Shepherds ’biding with their flocks ‘By stubbly fields and jagged rocks, The hale old men, who gladly heard The message of the angel’s word: “Fear not, but now rejoice instead, These are-the tidings glad,’ he said; “For unto you is born this day : A King, a Saviour! Homage pay!” We hail the silent, star-lit night, Angelic host in vision bright, We hear their song of our Lord’s birth, Of “Peace to men, good will on earth!” O may we choose This sacred To worship The From Greetings North Auburn, little Hall iN. Y. the shepherds’ night of gS babe of blest with Noel, them, Bethlehem! trail, �— DEATH OF BELOVED REV JOHN NORTH a LANE. Ww. HADLEY PASTOR. Had Held Pastorates in Whately and North Hadley Which Covered More Than 50 Years—Resigned at North Hadiey Only Last Sunday. ‘Rey who W. Lane, resigned his The winced Wrerrricd whee Le thes pastorate JOHN W. John W. Lane was soles but Mr Lane || | LANE. born years, finally installed as pastor over the North Hadley church, May 1, 1878. Mr Lane had a successful pastorate at North Hadand the esteem in which he was held by his people was fittingly shown by an observance of the 25th anniversary of his instalation in 1908. Mr Lane was for a number of years a member of thet Hadley school board and vice-president of the board of trustees of Hopkins academy. Mr Lane married, in 1868, Miss Mary Haynes of Townsend, a graduate and teacher at Mount Holyoke college. Bight ; children were born to them, of whom five are living, John E., a physician, of Seattle, Wash.; Amy S., a teacher in Saginaw, Mich.; Wallace R., a patent lawyer in Chicago; Wilfred C., a lawyer, of Vals. dosta, Ga., and Susan K., a graduate’ nurse, of Montclair, N. J: The funeral| known because’ of his devoted labors of 51 years in the two neighboring parishes of Whately and North Hadley. Rey 18 12, 1878, North Hadley in November, 1877, and was arrangements REV continued its close, March had maintained a deep interest in the people of Whately, and there was hardly a year since that time that he had not preached as supply or performed some ministerial service for the people of that town. He was invited in January, 1900, to preach a sermon there in observance of the 40th anniversary of his first ser| mon in Whately. He received attractive calls to other pastorates when in Whately, but whenever he intimated any intention of resigning his people came strongly to his support and ee inducements for him to stay. Mr Lane began to supply in 83, of North Hadpastorate of the Congregational! church of that place only last Sunday, after a pastorate of 33 years, died last evening of an attack of pnetmonia, with which he was seized Wednesday. The news of the death of Mr Lane will be learned with sorrow through a | wide section, in which he oe well| ' | ley, John This since at New- | field, N. H., September 7, 1827, and was the son of Charles Lane, a tanner, and | Hannah French. The family genealogy has been traced to William Lane, who was a resident of Boston in 1648... Mr Lane’s early education was secured in Franklin seminary, Pembroke academy and Merrimac norma] jnstitute. Mr Lane entered Princeton university in the class of 1856, but he came to have a preference for a New England college and entered Amherst college the following year.in the corresponding class, being graduated in 1856. He then entered Andover theological seminary, from which he was graduated in 1859. Mr Lane was instructor in elocution at Amherst college from 1858 to 1862, continuing this work for two years after he became pastor at Whately. He was also instructor in elocution at the Amherst agricultural coflege from 1885 to 1890, while he was pastor at North Hadley. Mr Lane began to preach as supply at Whately January 29, 1860, but was not installed until’ October 17, 1860, at which time he was also ordained. The sermon on that occasion was preached b Rey Dr Austin Phelps of Andover seminary, the grdainiog prayer was by President W. Stearns of Amherst college, the ones to the pastor was by ex-Presi- | dent Edward Hitchcock of Amherst college, the right hand of fellowship by Rev John W. Underhill of North Amherst, and| the address to the pore by Rev John| | M. Greene of Hatfield | have not yet been made. �apres teeestomentts ane Pesineiemanee SE} 1940 1 ELISHA F. BLISS STRICKEN AT 69 ‘Baker’s Wife,’ French Film, | | Shows Excellent Acting an Ran Mt. Holyoke Resort for Many Years Elisha French day morning don Street. June 28, Francis Bliss, in Born in 1871, E. died his home was of ciation | Conn., the the Publishing Co., first Mark Twain's pooks. probably best known Sun- 31 Claren- Hartford, he Bliss early at son of American By publishers of Mr. Bliss was for his asso- with Mt. Helyoke. Builder’s Grandson and 1900 in death until the Mountain owned Bliss Mr. Later ‘laged the Oxford Lunch in manand Springfield. was | House. of proprietor few ‘There are tions and visited who * he 1908 when period the during House ‘tain Mr. Bliss was there who do not reassociahis from for him member long experience Funeral Tuesday the on a most amassed. had he lmountain lentertaining store, of information con‘cerning the development of Mt. Hol-; the Connecticut Valley. yoke and | | i interest, keen with watched He therefore, the steps which have been of Mt. taken toward the perpetuation of area recreational a as Holyoke nature of to lovers interest special ' beauty. civie and Sara Mr. Bliss leaves his wife, Mrs. in 1900 married he whom Bliss, W. met in| and who. from. the time they shared 1892. him with his experi- | a son, Elisha | ences on Mt. Holyoke; a daughter, | of Springfield; F, Bliss and| Conn., Haven, A. of New Lois Washington,| a brother, Francis ®. of the; of member & was He CG. D. | oral Church. Park -Coigr inj held be will services funeral at 2} Tuesday Home funeral Byron’s in Spripeels | will be Burial m. ip. Cemetery. , HOSPITAL HEAD| _ 40 TOLEAVE POST r } SR ‘Miss Miriam Curtis to Go to Syracuse, N. Y. NORTHAMPTON, Nov. 27—-Miss Mi- riam Curtis has resigned as superintendent of Cooley Dickinson Hospital after 15 years in that position, according to announcement today hy Aubrey B. Butler, president of the poard of trustees. The resignation will become effective Feb. 1, 1941, superMiss Curtis will become when intendent of the Syracuse Memorial} | N. Y. in Syracuse, Hospital Directed Nursing School L. S. Wood * * treatment naturally drives the picture to a dependence on acting, a dependence that Hollywood would be foolish to assume. The story is farce ma: terial in America and generally is farce material anywhere, certainly in France.-The new baker has a wife. The baker starts out to be a comedy baker, with a comedy bonnet, com: edy clothes and a comedy moustache. His wife runs away with a giamourous shepherd, The scene is set for chases and other such Mack Sennett devices but the story stops being a farce and slides off into allegory and pathos and universality of theme and one thing and another, ag It is an, told by the as obsolete extremely simple story, | use of methods that are as the aside is to the An American audience will only need a moment or so ‘in which. to stage but you will be making a seri become acclimated, The French tech- ous mistake in theatergoing if you do | “nicians, directors and cameramen ap- not see ift*The’ considérable impresparently have not progressed beyond sion the pieture makes is undoubtedthe neilithie or pre-Sennett civiliza- ly a product: of Raimu’s ‘fine acting. tion of Hollywood, Primitive technical He presentsa character for whom ~ #you ‘are able to feel sorry as you laugh. The cast js unusually skilful} for that matter, ee Moun- the A. “The Baker's Wife’ which opens a first-run engagement at the Arcade today was shown in preview at the little theater in the Broadway y¥esterday. This is the French picture that has been causing a furor in New York where it is still running after about a. year. The stir it has caused is perfectly understandable in the American edition adapted’ and titled by John Erskine. The grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John| built and developed who French W. the present Mountain House as a re19th of the part latter in the sort Century, Mr. Bliss spent many years| 1891 From home. mountain in this in French Mrs. assisted he to 1900 After of the hotel. the management jher ads ht HJ se arce Material, by Skill of Star, Raimu, Is Made Drama of Simple, Tender Love of MassaCurtis, a graduate Miss in Boston, Hospital General chusetts to Dickinson Hospital from the came she had where Hospital, Haven New for five been assistant superintendent For 10 years she also served years, as director of the School of Nursing in the local hospital. state in both active has been She and national hospital affairs, as presiEngland Hospital New the of dent Association in 1929 and 1930; member of the board of trustees of the Masfor Association Hospital ;sachusetts and at present chairman ‘four years; of |of the council of public education’ in 1935, In association. state Me hospital in recognition of her ability given a felshe was administration, of College American in the Jjowship Hospital Administration. { �- Worthington President of Powers Paper Company Worthington Tribute Is Paid igyo Walter Powers \ Dies Mrs. Creelman’s Funeral Tomorrow Country Club Closes Course for President WORTHINGTON, Sept. 9—The flag| Auburn of Walter C. Powers of Long-}| meadow, well-known summer resident.| Mr. Powers’ death came as a sreat | shock to all who knew him. Recently| he was elected president of the Worthington Country Club, which he was instrumental in founding and in which he has always ‘taken a keen interest. In addition to being an enthusiastic golfer he was an ardent fishermen and founded the Walton Club,. which has the rights along the stream flowing through Worthington and Huntington where he engaged in his favorite trout | | | | fishing. (Phito by Bachrach) e WALTER C. POWERS _ 440 Worthington WALTER POWERS IS DEAD; HEAD OF PAPER COMPANY WORTHINGTON, | | Son of Former Springfield Mayor Had Brief Illness— Funeral Tomorrow Cemetery Chapel Walter C. Powers of street, president of the company, and of Springfield, pital yesterday 1880. Mr 134 Long Hill Powers Paper afternoon Powers after a brief the late Leslie J. of the city in 1879 has been a life- long resident of this city as has his entire family, and one of his ancestors was one of the first selectmen here, He became president of the Powers Paper company a few years ago, having served as vice-president for many years. Educated in private schools in this city, he graduated from Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology B,, Lewis J., and Philip C. Powers, all of this city. The funeral twill be held at the Springfield cemetery chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2.80 with Rev James Gordon Gilkey, pastor of South Congregational church, officiating. Mr Powers was a member of the ‘Colony club and a former member of | both the Springfield Country club and ; Longmeadow Country club. Much of ;his time was spent in Worthington |where he had a summer home. He |was instrumental in founding the | Worthington tained He erman much was and Western number Walton of Golf club interest also an enjoyed in and main- affairs. accomplished the Massachusetts years its ago sport he fish-| in many| streams, founded club which has acquired 194{ Miss Mary P. Burr of this town, instructor of art in the local and the been ap Haydenville schools, has pointed as art instructor in the Helen Williamsburg |B. James School in land will begin her duties there March 13, WORTHINGTON, A) the rights| ‘along a trout stream flowing through| | Worthington and Huntington where| he engaged in his favorite type of fishing. Wife Sept. 18—The fu- used in neral of Mrs, Josephine Thorpe Rice Creelman, wife of Dr, Harlan I, Creelman, will be held at the First Consregational Church Friday at 2. Mrs. Creelman, daughter of the late William A, and Hannah S. Rice, was} born May 2, 1865, in Albany, N.° Y.,} and was educated in Albany until the family moved to Worthington. Mrs.} Creelman died Tuesday in Auburn, N. Y. She was married to Dr. Creelman} while he was pastor of the local} church. Mrs, Creelman was a poet whose verses have been school readers and widely reprinted. Among the favorites are ‘My Mother” and “The Blue Bird's Nest.” For the last 30 years Dr. Creelman has been professor of theology at Auburn Theological Seminary. Dr. and Mrs. Creelman maintained a summer home in town. Besides her husband she leaves a sister, Miss Katharine McD. Rice of this town, and a brother, William G. Rice of Albany. Bartlett funeral home has charge of arrangements. The officiating clergy will be Dr. Harry L. Reed of Salisbury, Conn., president emeritus ef Auburn Seminary; Dr. Frank L. Gosmell, pastor of Second Presbyterian Church of Auburn, and Rev. J. Herbert Owen, pastor of the local ehureh, Burial will be in North Ceme- tery. | Grange Program The program at the open meeting of Worthington Grange Tuesday inthided; prayer by the chaplain, Mrs. Stanley Mason;. ritual service; National Master Taber's address read by Mrs. George Packard; discussion on “Common cold’ led by Melsome Pease; solo by Mrs. Harold Hathaway; reading by Mrs. Packard; roll call; address by worthy state Flora, Mrs. Lillian Atkinson of Westfield. Howard Mollison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mollison, broke his leg Tuesday and is confined to his home. were. andj ;then entered the employ of the paper company of which his father was president. Besides his wife, Therese (Wilcox) Powers, he leaves three brothers; Frank 4—The' son of a former: mayor died at Springfield hos- illness. His father, Powers, was mayor and ‘in Sept. Misses Olive and Fay Neil will leave Thursday for Fort Thomas, Ky., to! attend the wedding on Saturday of their grand niece, Miss Julia Allen, to Lieut. Newton E,. Armstrong. After the wedding Miss Olive Neil will return to her home in Columbus, .O. Miss Olive Neil has given her summer home to her niece, Mrs. Joseph E. Morrell, Jr., of Springfield. Mrs. Morrell will be remembered as Miss Julia geben, daughter of Alfred Chapin, who formerly owned Lafayette Lodge. The last bridge party of the season was held at the Country Club Tuesday. Mrs. Florence Bryant and Mrs. Charles Allen were acting hostesses in the absence of Walter Powers who was host. Professor's Was Albany Native | jat Worthington Country Club will be! at half-mast this week and the course was closed today in recognition of the death 740 1947 The lett) ‘nue, held at 2, ing. tery. a funeral of Mrs 14s Martha. (Bart- of 34 Commonwealth aveGray will be widow of George L. Gray, noon at the home tomorrow after officiatRev H. Hughes Wagner cemeGrove Burial will be in Oak | L. Gray Mrs Martha 81, |} Gray, L. (Bartlet) artha of 34 Compeg patios Sf Gray yesterday died e, ave yes had "Wort hir agton but | She — al ‘at r the past 60 years. ur Arth a ghter, Mrs = dau Ned a was 4 She 2a > e this city. Met hodist church. at Trinity home il be held at the H. Rev 2,.-2, at noat hee Se al Buri ng. fficiati ner Wag hes Hug etery. es Oak "Grove cem ciate °S iets | �In loving memory JOSEPHINE who RICE of CREELMAN entered into the life eternal, SEPTEMBER 17, 1940 �Obituary notice of Mrs. Creelman printed in the Citizen-Advertiser, Tuesday, September 17, 1940 Mrs. Josephine Rice Creelman, wife of Rev. Dr. Harlan Creelman of 118 North Street, died this morning. Mrs. Creelman daughter of Hannah the was the late William Seely Rice youngest of Albany, and where she was born and received her education in private schools in that city. Subsequently, the Rice the family moved homestead at Worthington, Mass., in the Berkshire in 1892, she Creelman, gational was Hills. married of that There, to then pastor of the Church to Doctor Congre- community. Since 1895, Doctor and Mrs. Creelman have “Ashmore had their Lodge,” summer home, in Worthington. BEYOND University 1908 she resided where “She heard Life whispering the final word, And through the mist that closed about her eyes She saw Death hold aloft his flaming sword To sever the last shred of earthly ties. A moment’s darkness, then a burst of light, And precious voices swept the Stygian sea; Beyond bewildering suns she held her flight Singing and laughing in her ecstacy.” (FirzHucH L. MInnIGERODE) sor in Doctor the and from in Montreal, Creelman 1899 Canada, was Congregational to profesCollege, collector of antiques a series of articles fordshire Ware” which in Garden.” “House also a and writer pcem, “My “Mother of on was Verse and “Staf- published She verse. Mother,” in was Her short published and Prose,” in com- piled by her sister, Susan Tracy Rice, (Moffat, Yard & Co.) has been reprinted in numerous incorporated in periodicals different and school readers, Mrs. Creelman is survived by her husband; a brother, Col. William G. Rice of Albany; a sister, Katharine McDowell Rice Mass.; a nephew, G. and Rice, Jr., University From 1893 to 1899, Mrs. Creelman’s home was in New Haven, Conn., where her husband was instructor in Yale She was a wrote and his Worthington, Prof. Her died William family, cf Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Rice, of sister, in August, of the at Madison, Susan Tracy 1937. Funeral services will be held at 8 o’clock, Wednesday evening, in Willard Chapel, in charge of Rev. Dr. Harris B. Stewart of Aurora, formerly of Auburn Theological Seminary. affiliated with McGill University. Since 1908, she had lived in Auburn, where her husband was a member of Auburn Seminary faculty. In 1918, they acquired the beautiful old Casey residence in North Street, which has been Congregational Church of Worthington, Mass., of which Mrs. Creelman their home Dr. Mrs. marked since. Creelman social was charm a and woman won friends in her different homes. of many The further at 2 o’clock, was services will take place Friday a member services Conn., for many will Harry afternoon, be L. years. These conducted Reed of president-emeritus Seminary. Cemetery, Burial will Worthington. in the by of be Rev. Salisbury, Auburn in North �Memorial SCRIPTURE Services A memorial service was held in Willard Chapel, Auburn, N. Y., Wednesday, 8 p.m., September 18, 1940, conducted by Rev. Harris B. Stewart, D.D., Pastor of the Presbyterian church, Aurora, N. Y., and Rev. William J. Hinke, D.D., Professor Emeritus, Auburn Theological Seminary; with Professor Harry S. Mason at the organ. Usuers: Weir Stewart and Douglas J. Gilchrist. Bearers: Revs. George E. Davies, Dr. Ralph A. Philbrook, Caspar R. ‘Gregory, John B. Dobson, A. Ray Lewis, Edwin G. Saphar, Albert D. Stearns, David W. Moody. (All alumni of Auburn Theological Seminary.) The following were the selections read at the service in Willard Chapel: Psalms 23; 27:1-6. I Jno. 4:7-9. ScRIPTURE PASSAGES 121. Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9. Matt. 25:34-40. Rev. 22:1-5. Rom. 8:35-39. John 14:1-6. PoEmMs “We know not a voice of that river, etc.” (Christina Rosetti) “Tt singeth low in every heart, etc.” (Rev. John W. Chadwick) “Through love to light! O wonderful the way, etc.” Tribute by Dr. Stewart. See page 5. (Richard Watson Gilder) A second memorial service was held in the Congregational church, Worthington, Massachusetts, on Friday, 2 p.m., September 20, 1940, followed by the committal service and interment in the North cemetery of that town. Those in charge were Rev. Harry Lathrop Reed, D.D., Salisbury, Connecticut, President Emeritus of Auburn Theological Seminary; Rev. Frank L. Gosnell, D.D., pastor Second Presbyterian church, Auburn, N. Y.; Rev. J. Herbert Owen, pastor of the Worthington Congregational church; with Mrs. Nima Conwell Tuttle at the organ. UsueEr: Edward Clark. Bearers: Harry Bates, Henry Snyder, Fordyce Knapp, Clayton Knapp, Franklin Burr, Ernest Thayer. (Mr. Clark and the bearers were all former parishioners of Dr, Creelman in Worthington.) PASSAGES AND POEMS read at the Service, Worthington, Massachusetts The same as at the service N. Y. See above. in Willard Chapel, Auburn, Among the selections played by Mrs. Tuttle was the music to which Mrs. Creelman’s poem ‘““The Blue Bird’s Nest” is set. Tribute by Dr. Reed. Tribute by See page 6. Dr. Stewart at the Service Willard in Chapel “In such a company as this it is not necessary that any eulogy should be pronounced. We are Mrs. Creelman’s friends and neighbors and our presence here this evening is an attempt to express something of what she meant to us. Scarcely a person present to whom Mrs. Creelman has not endeared herself by some kindly thoughtfulness; some gracious remembrance that has deeply touched us. It may have been a card on a birthday, or a note on an anniversary — some little gift or poem, poem perhaps that she had written herself. In countless ways by intimate personal touch she added to our joys and shared our troubles. For she was genuinely interested in people; — not people in the mass, or the abstract, but as individuals. She was interested in you and in me and eager to render us a kindly service, “She was specially interested in the students of the Seminary, and I see here this evening many former students who have come longer or shorter distances to pay this last tribute of appreciation. They will long remember the many happy hours spent in their home, for Mrs. Creelman was a frequent and always a gracious hostess, with Dr. Creelman by her side, an equally charming host. “She had wider interests too — in art and china, in antique furniture, in literature and poetry. And she was a poet in her own right, giving beautiful poetic expression to kindly thoughts. But these wider horizons never caused her to lose sight of the persons who were near at hand. They were her primary interest. “Tt is for this that we cherish her memory. And we are all grateful for having known her, and for the enriching that has come to us by reason of the courtesy and kindness, the friendliness of this cultured, charming, gracious woman.” �Tribute by Dr. Reed at the Service Worthington, at The following is one of Mrs. Creelman’s unpublished poems, ‘Written mid-winter, 1913,”’ which she entitled: Mass. ““T will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. From whence cometh my help? My help cometh from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.’ “Among these hills, which Mrs. Creelman loved, from which she drank inspiration, from whose Maker she received help and courage, we gather to pay our loving tribute to her memory. “Many she spent of you knew so many her best here in Worthington summers, long or short. where “She was best known to me in her beautiful home in Auburn, where for more than thirty years she and Dr. Creelman were a large and influential part of the Seminary circle. Her home was a center of gracious hospitality to that ever changing Seminary family of students, who came from other homes all over the world, stayed for three short years, and then scattered far and wide, finding homes of their own, and furnishing them in part with the memories and influences of Seminary life. “In many of these homes I visited in the years past; and there was no one of the well-remembered Auburn Seminary group for whom former students inquired with greater eagerness, interest and affection, than for Dr. and Mrs. Creelman. “Tn the city of Auburn the number of their friends, warm and genuine, has been remarkably large; men and women from THE LAST MESSENGER I hear thee coming in the distance far, Like sound of bells that tinkle on the necks Of lambs. The sound seems coming past the hill. I am not ready though I hear thee come; I must in mercy heed the widow’s cry, And walk two miles where only one was asked, Bestow my coat and cloak on needy man, My brother more than seventy times forgive. I am not ready now, my prayers not said Enough, and yet I surely hear thee come, And now thou art not very far away. Oh, let me utter the unspoken word; ‘There ever seemed to be beyond more time For good: to love my neighbor as myself, Perchance to lay my life down for a friend. Yet now I know thou surely comest near! I hear, I hear! but oh, remember, Death, every walk of life. The good I would have done! “Often I have heard some one say: ‘Mrs. Creelman is a real gentlewoman; genuinely a Christian lady; never does she say an unkind word or think an unkind thought of any one.’ And I must pass with thee from earth this night. “She was pre-eminently guileless — one in whose spirit there was no guile. She was tactful, hopeful, cheerful, peaceful. She was generous, magnanimous, courteous, noble. “She loved ‘high things and great’; she loved beauty, color, poetry, music, flowers, birds and all of Nature’s wonder and mystery. Most of all, she was one who loved her fellow-men; loved friends and friendship and friendliness; loved life, and all that makes life refreshing, ennobling, protecting, immortal. “To her fragrant memory, and to the immortality of her influence we offer today our tribute of affection and gratitude.” I am not ready yet. Thou comest on! Not one day more? Oh, may I find that thou art not unkind, Nor fear of evil in the shadowed vale. Through all my days hath goodness followed me, I, ever, in Jehovah’s house shall dwell! The sound of bells grows nearer, sweet it is, It fainter grows and now I fall asleep. �can ernest emma a ee Le THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 Worthington . Woman Perishes in Fire | Church Elects | New Officials. Granted| Owen 'Rev. J. H. Months Leave Two On Yacht at Woods Hole Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, 73, Saved by Captain Who Tosses Her Overboard; Companion | June 7—The First » WORTHINGTON, of WorthingChurch Congregational ton held its annual meeting Thursday J. Herbert Rev. pastor, The night. Owen, was granted a leave of absence during July and August to attend the biennial sessions of the General Counat Churches Congregational of cil Berkley, Cal., as a delegate from the The State Conference. Massachusetts church will be supplied by,ministers in abpastor's the during this section Mrs. the direction of under sence Owen. Other matters business of Killed WOODS HOLE, Sept. 4 (AP)—Tossed overboard by an alert captain, Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, 73-years-old socially prominent aunt of W. Cameron Forbes, former U S Ambassador to Japan, escaped with slight injuries late today as flames swept her yacht Dolphin and took the life of her secretary-companion. Dazed by an explosion which preceded the fire, Miss Anna M. Vickerson, about 60, was burned to death. despite efforts of Capt. George Fisher to rescue her, included discussion of a new heating system, on which no action was taken; acceptance of two bequests from the estates Fanand Stevens Eugene Jate of the nie B. Look which together amounted to $1500; and a request to the town to take some action relative to the land on which the church stands. |Since the separation of church and town affairs in 1865 there seems to of of transfer record no been have y propert to the chureh so that the }church still stands on the town common, according to Arthur G, Capen, church Fisherman clerk. Social Mr. and Mrs. Lewis resolutions Sr., Mrs. committee, WARE, March 7—Donald W. Howe, philatelist and collector of old documents, today received a quit-claim deed sent him by F. J. O'Neil, Jr., of Chicopee Falls, the instrument dated March 17,. 1815 and apparently sealed in blood. The two seals at the bottom of the face of the instrument consist of two small pieces of paper covering two separate and dis- Mrs. C. 8. Kilbourn, Miss E. V. Bartlett; solicitors, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. C. C. Tinker, Mrs. C. K. Osgood, Mrs. L. ©. Mason, Mrs. R. G. Hathaway, Miss M. P. Burr, M. F. Packard, Raymond Magargal, Walter L. Higgins, C. K. Osgood, and A. G. Capen; music committee, Mrs. R. G. Hathaway, C. B. Smith, Geral- dine mond Smith, Mary P. Magargal. Corners Burr, and Ray- | Graduation Supt. L. A. Merritt presented diplor.| as to the following eighth grade graduates today at the Corners school: Marie Connolly, Elinor Eddy; Roger Lefebvre, George Packard, Shirley Packard and Ernest Robinson. Shirley Sanderson and Frederick Dodge of South Worthington and Ashley Cole, Jane Ann Sears and Gladys Wight of West Worthington received diplomas from the eighth grade Wednesday. All schools closed today. Mrs. Fred G. Sears, secretary, has sent out notices of the “Old Folks Gathering” in West Cummington to be held Wednesday at the parish house. This annual occasion draws elderly people, from Dalton, Cummington, Hinsdale, Peru, Chesterfield, Worthington, Windsor, Savoy, Plainfield, Hawley, Adams and other towns. Any elderly person is welcome. Children’s Day observance has been postponed in the First Congregational Church pastor until will June preach all, stand,” Mrs. Georgiana Levi'S. Robinson, 23. On on Sunday “Having the done Robinson, widow of was buried at Cen- ter Cemetery today with rites conducted by Rey. J. H. Owen. She died in Pittsfield. She leaves two nicces, Mrs. F. H., and burg. M. Mrs. Burnham D. I. of Nashua, Mahoney N. of. Fitch- and hands and rushed about. futile attempt to Robert Rapp, 21, the yacht in ¢ rescue Miss Vicker- son, was treated for burns. Mrs. Forbes, wealthy summer resident of near-by Naushon Island, and Miss Vickerson were on their way to Boston when the explosion occurred. The two women and Capt. Fisher were in the rear of the boat at the time. The blast hurled them several feet. As the fire spread, Fisher tossed Mrs, Forbes overboard and then triec to rescue Miss Vickerson, but was driven Hans jumped to hold a small back. Harriman, “a fisherman, into the harbor fully clothed Mrs. Forbes above water until boat was sent to her aid. Gets Deed Sealed in Blood Zarr. committee, Mrs. S. 8. Mason, Mrs. G. O. Packard, Mrs. Lb. H. G. Porter, In face who E797 C. Sweet; flower committee; E. J. Davis, Mrs. H. S. Cole, Miss Josephine Hewitt; Dives Mrs. Forbes was taken from the harbor by a fisherman who dived from the pier to which the 30-foot cabin “|eruiser was tied. Sne was reported suitering from burns, abrasions and a possible back injury, but her condition was not regaraec as serious. Capt. Fisher expressed a belief that the explosion was caused by gasoline in the bilge. The blast blew out the entire rear of the cruiser, which was reduced to a shell in a few minutes by the flames. Capt. Fisher was burned about the The following were elected:' moderator, Mrs. H. lL, Bates; deacons, M. F. Packard, three years; Walter L. Higgins, two years; trustees, Mrs, F..H. Burr and M. F. Packard, three years, Richard Hathaway; clerk, Arthur G. Capen; treasurer, Mrs. H. G. Porter, Sr.; benevolence treasurer, Mrs, Eben L. Shaw; auditor, Mrs. Harry Mollison; Sunday school superintendent/ Mrs. E. G. Thayer; nominating committee, Mrs. R. G. Hathaway, R. Magargal, Mrs. D. Porter; church com- mittee, ee | | tinet blood stains, evidently that of the husband and wife who signed the document. The couple identify themselves as ‘quitenees,” a legal phrase long since discarded for the word “grantee.” The deed is written in the characteristic flourish of the letter writers of the early days of the Republic and is drawn up on the rough foolscap Paper in use in that period, �1930 — New Northampton Home of Mrs. Coolidge | The new home of Mrs. Grace G. Coolidge in by the Northampton is shown former first lady. above, almost : ready oO eee eee eee eh lee At Republican Club Meeting Springfield Leaders at the meeting of the Springfield District Men’s Club last in = Clason, Hotel Atty. Kimball Gen. Robert night. .Left to T. Bushnell and president. right, George Rep. M. Union Photo Republican Charles Jasper, R. club for occupancy elle �W4I = r Is Married Carvel to Collins The annual business meeting of the Women’s Benevolent Society will be held Wednesday at 2 at the home of Mrs. Herbert Porter, Sr. Reports will be read and election of officers will take place. | Worthington Daughter of Former Local Woman Becomes Bride in Cambridge Miss Mrs. Mary Edward formerly of Brewster, Ballatine this of city, daughter of. nv the her evening. at Yale mother’s home Kingman Brewster, University, last came Friday a student| from New| Eaven to give his sister in marriage. She was unattended and wore a gown| of ivory moire with fingertip veil of | tulle. She was graduated from Miss| Hall’s School in Pittsfield and from| Smith College in '36. Mr. Collins, a member of the faculty at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., was graduated from Miami University and received his master’s degree at the Universic.- of Chicago. Tea Assistant Elects Daughter bride of Carvel Collins, son of Mrs. John E. Collins of Columbus and the jJate Professor Collins at a ceremony in |, , dent of Officers: Former Is New WORTHINGTON, Presi- Head Jan. 23 — The; Women's Benevolent Society elected, the following slate of officers for 1941: president, Miss Elsie Bartlett; vicepresident, Mrs. Irene Porter; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Helen G.! Burr; directors, Mrs. Millie Smith,} Mrs. May Kilbourn, Mrs. Anna Devlin, Mrs, Agnes Mason, Mrs. Florence Bates and Mrs. Marguerite 21, 1941 May Retire This Year From Bench Women’s Society Cambridge, became . MARCH Zarr; Judge Brewster in Federal ‘Court Since 1922 A yvacaney may occur in the Federal District Court this fall by the retirement of Judge Elisha H. Brewster, formerly of this city. Word reached nom- inating committee, Miss Josephine Hewitt, Mrs, Agnes Mason and Mrs. Helen Tatro. Reports of the officers and committees were read and mention made that the retiring president, Mrs. Millie Smith, had held office for three years. It was noted- that this is the first itime the daughter of’a former president has served. Mrs. Herace FF, Bartlett, mother of Elsie Bartlett, being president many years ago, There will be no service at the First Congregational Church Sunday as the} pastor, Rev. J. Herbert Owen, will be away. At the Town Hall Friday night, starting at 7.380 there will be two basketball games between teams of}! Cummington girls and boys versus local girls and boys. On Saturday. afternoon at 3.30 Dr. Mary P. Snooks of Chesterfield . will give a health talk to the local girls’}' basketball team at the Town Hall, JUDGE ELISHA H. BREWSTER this city that he fully intended to} leave the bench this summer, but} when he was reached in Boston he said that he had not reached a final decision yet. He does not reach the age limit for retirement until Sept. 10 and he said that he will not step down anyhow juntil that date. He said that he would the} in time some until decide not then will de-| and his action summer { : pend upon how he feels. He is now the senior judge of the court, He has been on the Federal bench since 1922. The judge is a nagraduHe was tive of Worthington. law University Boston from ated school in 1896 and opened Up a practice here the same year. His appointment to the Federal bench came from the late President Warren G. Hard-| ing. He makes his home now in Cambridge. : St. MRS. | | GEORGE Germain Photo JASPER Member of the tea committee for the “open house” of the Springfield Distriet Women’s Republican Club, tomorrow afternoon in the clubrooms, Main Street. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who is to be the guest speaker, will be accompanied by Mrs. Lodge. Also. expected to attend are Governor Leverett Saltonstall, Mrs. Saltonstall, Congressman Charles R. Clason ‘and Mrs. Clason. �ens and = se Se ies man the ~_ Octogenarian Believes Appetites Will Change | Thomas A. Frissell of Hinsdale, 80, Thinks It Will Prohibition| Generations to Make Two Take indulged in. Persoanlly IT never used tobacco and I have been a abstainer for 72 years.” ‘% Effective—Recollections Remembrances ITTSFIELD, A, Feb. Frissell, Hinsdale, the years 27—Thomas retired merchant of harking back over to 1860 when he join- AbstiTotal Massachusetts the ed “prohibition the calls nence society, ever has world the reform biggest take two generaknown and it may said. he appetites,” to change tions Mr Frisseli, who is in his 81st year, is the leading apostle of temperance in Western Massachusetts since the days of George Nixon Briggs of Pittsfield, who was governor of the commonwealth from 1844 to 1851. He joined the Good Templars in 1866. He voted for the national prohibition ticket from 1884 to 1920 and since then he jas supported the Republican candi@ates He has been the prohibition party nominee for state treasurer, senator, representative and county commissioner, great many tions He letters on temperance. has to written various a publica~ “There is no question but that the nation, state, cities and towns are bet- ter off with prohibition than under Mr Frissell of recalls that ha¥ been 1877 at busigess in 1893 Cleveland there were failures. Bears on the Country Will Go Broke “From all of these business setbacks the country emerged better off than ever before,” said Mr Frissell. “I believe as did J. P. Morgan, the elder, that whoever is a bear on this country goes broke. We will pull out of the present business situation with greater prosperity than ever But one thine we must learn, that is, to economize. We have been altogether too extravagant. People have forgotten how to save. We can’t keep on spending more money than we earn for any length of time and have it. There are too many who are buying gas and radios, instead of food, During the panic of 1893 I was in busi“ness and had to trust many people ‘who were out of work. I recall that two families ran up bills which totaled $650. When business improved they Fifty paid years every word was as ilies thought independence Mr cent ago the with average interest. man’s good as his oath. Fammore of their financial tpan they do today.” Frissell’s earliest recollections were of the old farm in Peru, where be and his father and grandfather were born and there his great grand~ father was one of the first settlers. In retrospect he said:— “My father, Augustus Caesar Frissell, died when I was four weeks old, leaving a widow and six children, the eldest of whom was 14. Some of the wise men of Peru went to my mother and told her the farm would have to be sold to settle the estate and the family separated among relatives. My mother rebelled. ‘I shall defy the law,’ she said. ‘I shall keep my family together.’ And she did. “During 'weather and her that and terrible great children depth cared winter of of zero snow for 14 head she of stock. All of us children had measles or whooping cough. The day after the funeral of my father, which occurred November 16, 1851, my mother Her father had cut two into four-foot were have total hogs, lengths, Seventeen years later when my broth- j |chureh that was “When I was burned. 14 I drove a horse | with wagon load of hemlock bark 13 | miles to the Gwen Coogan tannery at i Pittsfield. One day Mr Coogan counted out $63 in’pash as payment for the bark and, giving me the money, If in Pittsfield occurred the family where at Dalton has on in 1916. subscribed to school*board Edwin the to read The to us when I said Mr Fris- the at Hinsdale for 21 years, having charge of finances, The maple sugar harvest from our orchard of 300 trees was the big event of the spring on the old farm. Always when the snow was deep, the better the run of sap. One of our neighbors, For Curtis, used to tap 2000 Caretaker of Cemetery 31 years the town of trees.” Peru has given to Mr Frissell the work of look~ ing after the Peru cemetery where his father, grandfather and great-grand- father are buried. Ee has raised an endowment fund which now amounts to about $700 and the income is used for its maintenance, Mrs Frissell, who was the daughter it for more than 70 years We used of Mr and Mrs Silas Bingham of \ to get our Civil war news from The Hinsdale, died two years ago. They Republican and I recall how thrilled celebrated their golden wedding. Mr ;.we were to read of the exploits of Frissell has two sons, Thomas A., Jr, the old 87th and 49th Berkshire regiof Hinsdale, who, on January 1, 1927, ments. In 1858 or *59 my mother | succeeded his father as proprietor of read in the Barkshire. Eagle a brief the general store on Main _ street, account of the sunrise prayer meetHinsdale, and Nelson Emmons Frising at the First Congregational sell of Gardner. He also has three church at Pittsfield in which it was grandchildren. For 47 years Mr Fris)stated that ‘while the weather was Retired’ Hinsdale Merchant an sell was the Hinsdale agent of the | bitterly cold outside the spirit of the American Railway Express company. Lord helped to make the church Apostle of Temperance When at the age of 19, Mr Frissell |; warm.” My mother said she wished left the old farm in Peru to go to |she could live near the church so as Hinsdale, his mother gave him the that ‘it is a disgrace to be helped ,to be able to attend that meeting. following advice which he always has financially by anybody.’ : % | It was such an excellent way to start remembered :— I early began to at: “My mother was Laura Emmons 'the new year. “Don’t waste your time and your Frissell, a direct descendant of Col tend those meetings and have missed aie in hotels drinking and gam. David Mack of Revolutionary fame, but few during the past 50 vears.” who settled at Midlefield. When my Vigorous at 80 father realized that he could not live On New Year's day, 1931, Mr Frishe called my mother to his bedside sell started at 6 a. m. when in his and told her how he wished she could 80th year to walk the 11-miles from keep us children together. ‘How about his home at Hinsdale to Pittsfield tor Thomas?’ inquired my mother, My this service. He intended to catch a father replied, looking. at me as I lay trolly car at Dalton, but an automoin the crib: ‘I'll commit you to th¢ bilist picked him up before he reached eare of a kind heavenly Father whi -Dalton. Mr Frissell's interest in the has promised to be the God of th sunrise prayer meeting brought forth widow and fatherless.. And He neve a letter from Rev John Gratton, pashas broken His promise.” { tor of the church, in which he said: Mr A Deacon for 30 Years Frissell joined the Peru gregational church in 1866, a “I Co} wish we had a little spirit around, especially of my younger folks.” year more among of. that Some » “Father was a strong abolitionist in which 54 persons united with t pre-Civil war days,” said Mr Frissell, church. In 1876 he joined by lett.) “Mother was not so sure what would the Congregational church at Hins)pe for the best interests of the ecundale, where he is now the second old; est member, Mrs Abbie Taylor Plum} kett, 85, being first on the list. HA has been a deacon, for 80 years an} on January 1 retired as trustee afte 30 years’ ‘service. a massive structure, 58 by 45 feet size. The belfry supports were and death sell and which gave them a supply of meat until April 1. The neighbors put in a, two-years’ supply of wood which my a beef block “My mother began Springfield Republican | was seven years old,” with the help of neighbors, killed and in snow frivolities Entertained Mary Teyon In 18385 Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke college, and Rev Mr Hawks of Buckland, went te Peru to solicit funds for the seminary, which Miss Lycn hoped to establish at South man The old church on Peru Hill wher in his yout Mr Frissell worshiped was built ‘in 1807 and it was burne on the night of February 22, 189% packed those in administration many which Wendell hotel now stands. She was the fourth woman physician in MasSachusetts. She served as the first president of the Pittsfield W. C. T. U. a He woolen mills, two sawmills, a gristmill and a basket shop failed. Four harrels of pork, each containing 200 pounds, sold for $25. Also during the second at four through Hinsdale ties building was completed in and 10 months at a_ cost have bread and milk for supper— »home-made wheat bread.” Mr Frissell’s. older sister, Miss Seraph _ Frissell, was graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1869 and from the University of Michigan medical college at Ann Arbor in 1876. She established her office in the old Bower- the depressions, ash. | | placed it in An inside coat pocket that had made especially for me. | mother was a large amount of money | That Hadley. “It was midwinter and they | for a small boy to be carrying around er, Solon, was 21, Ebenezer Haskell| stayed Just before leaving, at our house overnight,” said| in those day settled the estate for $1.50. | Mr Frissell. Ccogan saic to me: “Tell your “I- have heard my moth- | Mr “My mother was a very devout, remother she has sent me good bark. fer tell of Miss Lyon’s indomitable ligious woman. Family devotions in If she has any more next year I will spirit and her exalted purpose in the the morning after breakfast were a buy it. If you are as faithful in all cause of higher education for women. part of our daily life. She read from | Her work as you were in drawing plea was accompanied by such| your the Bible and.led the family singing. | sincerity and conviction that when she | this load of bark, you always will have We never missed church on Sundays. plenty’ of friends and plenty of work.’ |left the next morning after my father No matter how cold or stormy we “When I was a boy Hinsdale was had fixed her sleigh, she carried $50 hitched up the horse and drove three the principal market for Peru butthat my poor parents and Grandmothmiles to the old meeting house on the ter, eggs and potatoes. I never have MORE MORE MORE hill and attended two services. We known the ice crop to fail in Berkwere generally through diuner at 3 iny er Frissell had given her for the semshire. One winter over 40 years ago inary. Grandmother gave her also a the afternoon and then we all had to the crop failed in Springfield, and bedquilt for the college, for all such learn our Sunday school lessons for Berkshire dealers stored thousands of gifts were welcome.” the next Sunday and read what retons. In June I shipped 500 tons te In 1840, Miss Lyon went to Peru ligious books we had, It was my Springfield. mother’s sublime faith, courage and} again for money and a Sunday collec“Town-meeting days in Peru were tion taken at the church for the semdetermination that sustained her dur-| | big events. Practically the whole inary totaled $500. In 1841 a large| ing the first years of her widowhood. town Was there. The minister of the wagon load of furniture collected by Despite all her cares and hard work church opened the meeting with prayfarmers was taken to South oc-| Peru she lived to be 88 Her death er. The highway appropriation alto help furnish students’ curred at Springfield in 1898. One of | Hadley ways caused the most discussion. Good rooms at the new college. About that my mother’s favorite mottoes was feeling prevailed in debate and raretime Mr Frissell’s parents personally ly was it acrimonious. I can recall went to South Hadley to inspect the when Peru had six schools. There is THOMAS AUGUSTUS FRISSELL seminary and Mary Lyon observed: only one now with five pupils. I was “This is the day when all the girls old regime,” said Mr Frissell “In Hinsdale conditions are 100 per cent improved. Our best citizenship would not réturn to the old state of affairs.” number 14 by 20 inches, all of white the slavery question. He quickly one of | turned other doubters. Next summer ($4900. It was located literally on the we are to have as preacher at the! ag “Th ron ridge of the commonwealth and ola home Sunday gathering in Peru Rev Ransom Nichols» whose great‘8, tall, stately steeple could be seen gSreat-grandfather, Shadrach Pierce, ptm iles. } With his eight sons, built the old ;The year of Early Life In Peru— Lyon Ent ertaining Mary of ee Se deck ee His grandfather was on committee. It has been the bed a described feet long and 13 inches square, Th main rafters were 10 inches squai i try. Shortly before the war, Rev Moses Longley drove over from Plainfield and preached in the Peru church an eloquent and convincing sermon on the evils of slavery. Warren Pierce who was chairman of the selectmen at the time, and his wife, left the church and later severed their membership. The abolitionists then gecured as preacher for the next Sunday Rev Samuel Harrison of Pittsfield, Negro minister of the Second Congregational church, After hearing him my mother no longer was oo et in doubt on pling. “Don’t find fault with your board« ing place, for if you do, folks will think you were not used to getting much at home. “Don’t criticize another’s religion or his church. If you live up to your own, you will have your hands full.’ Mr Frissell speaks of Thomas A. Macken, now of the Pittsfield firm of Macken Brothers, provision mer- chants, as one of the most dependable boys he ever had to work for him. “At the started to age of six, Tom Macken pass out hand bills and temperance literature for me,” said Mr Frissell. “If I gave Tom to distribute om Maple 381 handbillg street they were left at 31 houses. later. he worked for me on Saturdays. When a custodian was required for the schoolhouse got the job. His older I saw that Tom Macken He was one of my boys, brother, Luke, is just him. I predicted those boys succeed.” Thomas Augustus Frissell, the tle of temperance, bears lightly years. He has lived to see his like would aposhis 80 dream come true, in name at least, and he believes the common sense, moral fibre of the seated nation to is too overthrow strong the and “great deep exe periment of changing men’s appetites.” | | | _ �The Pera-chpreh choir of 40 voices * | of which Mr Frissell was a member, |j became widely known for the excellence of its music and helped to at- tract worshiped from far and wide, | “I remember well the straight, high- |i back pews, the gallery that extended , around the church and especially the sermons of Rev Nathaniel G. Bonney that always lasted at least an hour. | The Sunday morning congregations ; averaged 400. “Now they do well if | they have a dozen,” said Mr Frissell | rather regretfully as he reminisced | upon the old days. “Those devout| | men and women never thought of |staying home from church on Sun. | days. They were strong in the faith } eho choir the | singing was church largely school was that their recruited met life. from weekly. 2 | DIES IN HINSDALE | | | The 4 We} also had a lyceum. My mother did not believe in dances or card playing \ and we children ne er attended nar. } <= | The Highland Club will meet at! f, THOMAS A, FRISSHEL HINSDALE, April 5 — Thomas A. Frissell, who has voted the prohibition ticket ever since he joined the party in 1861, and who has conducted a general store here for many years, died late today. He was born in Peru, the son of Augustus Cesar Frissell and Laura Mack (Hmmons) Frissell Coming to Hinsdale Dec, 25, 1870, he became a clerk in the Bowen Store nine vears juter bought out the establishment. He retired in 1927. Several times he sought election as state treasurer on the prohibition ticket and he served several terms on the local school board. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, AT IOTA CHI SORORITY SOUS CHINESE DINNER Sa eI at Tae se Vaet te CS AU (the First Congregational Church Tues| day with a social hour at 6 followed by | supper at 6.30 with business and re-| ports. At 7.45 an organ recital will | be given by Arthur G. Capen. At 8 | |) the topic will be “Hill-town industries lot the past” by these speakers: for Cummington, Mrs. Almon D. Howes; j Plainfield, Miss Priscilla Dyer; Worthjington, Mrs. Edward J. Clark; Goshen, | Alvin Barrus; Chesterfield, GC. A. Bisjbee. At 8.45 there will be an illusj trated lecture by William M. Hyde ;of Ware on “The Ware Industries, | Ine.” A change in the constitution| ;soes into effect at this time. Annual dues are to bé 50 cents and the dinner charge to be separate and payable at jeach meeting. Left to right: Kathie Maddalena tan secretary;y : treasurer; Betty’ ‘Shearman, Barbara Pauly, publicity: chair- aerate Moran, president, and Doris Acklin; hostess, at the Chinese dinner at which Mrs, Acklin of Oak: Grove Avenue entertained yesterday afternoon for Iota Chi Sorority. Charl es �SPRINGFIELD, MASS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940 ‘Shawl Collection Exhibit . Attracts Much Admiration Miss Charlotte Phillips of Worcester Has Display | at Exposition | No exhibit. partment at of the the homemaking Eastern States deEx- position is attracting and admiration than more interest { the display of shawls Charlotte \lips owned of jof by Miss Worcester. which was These Phil- shawls, inherited each from some member of her family, are being viewed by hundreds of visitors at the Gilbert House in Sterrowton this week. Although Miss Phillips has cherished her collection for years, she did not realize its unusual value until two years ago when she attended an exhibit of the New England Geneological Society and saw that her'shawls compared favorably with those in that display. | “My ‘India, | shawl At from now rights the Mrs. John collection on display Adams of in the Miss Dana wearing Charlotte Gilbert House a French Phillips shawls include a Chuddar, Kashmirs a wool Persian of sea island cotton, paisleys and plaids from Scotland, silk .shawls from France and one small shawl from the first woolen mill in this country,” d Miss Phillips when asked about the varieties included in: her collection.! “The red India shawl is probably the} valuable. Great’ Uncle -Daniel; founder of Adams Express, £ it for his wife on their first trip to Europe. am tradition says he paid $1000 for it,’ added Miss Phillips. “Of course we know that one could pay as high as $3000 for such a shawi but in the days before the Civil War there weren’t so many fortunes.” Kashmir of Worcester, in Storrowton. Asked about the reason for the higk price of India shawls, she pointed out that only in the Vale of Kashmir could goats be raised whose under coat of wool was fine endugh to produce these shawls. Hifforts to raise imported goats in France and Scotland failed because under these different conditions the goats’ wool was just as harsh as that jof native animals. So excellent are |the handmade dyes, that Miss Phillips’ wool shawls have been kept in excellent condition by washing. The fringed silk shawls, including jone in brown brocade lined with green, | were very dressy and of course had less warmth.’ Some of these are triigular, some square. ‘The India s are either square or_ scarf Coat Cést 21 Cante & ape, the latter some y one yard. three and a half DIED ELY—At (Brooks) of 1461 Streeter Monday at tery, ) 446 Jose Browning Photo Among the exhibits at the Middlefield Fair was a coat and cap for a small boy; made from a misses sport coat: total cost 21 cents. Mrs. Esther Cooley Page, state clothing specialist from Amherst, left, is seen showing the garment to Mrs, Helen Johnson of Dalton. Harriet Kelso, assistant to the judge, makes note of the fact.a first prize award went to the exhibitor, Mrs. R. F. Lam- ; bert of pee. / para Yee. 22% Ely, at the at 2.50 wife West Diego, p. street, m., funeral Cal., of of the died inson-Streeter row afternoon organ prelude G, organ Church Mrs Ruby Wednesday be Ruby} Ely Dickinson- Staite with of 18th, Springfield. the White will | Henry West 305-507 at Springfield. who / fy) Cal., parlors company, The £ Diego, 70, Interment Fly, . Paced 2. San Riverdale Funeral Don from embroidered held at street. prelude ceme- (Broo ks) at San the Dick- cemetery, West funeral parlors tomoran at 2.30, following Li, at 2. Rev Harry officiate and burial will Oidfield will be in White-church Springfield. Westfield. the 9 Boston, ROGERS—At of Rogers i, Miriam of hushand Rogers, 63 in his Roxbury, West street, Park 258 an | Waterm the in services Funeral year. Boston, } avenue, Commonwe&lth 495 chapel, | services by followed 10, at morning. Monday at the Congregational church in Chesterfield, 1G) Mass., at 4 p. m. �> ruiuessathancaastenan Set 1 s ty, the Ist, Agnes 63, wife of George H. Gibb of MRS GEORGEH. GIBB, RETIRED TEACHER, DEAD G $5 Field Road, Longmeadow. Funeral at the Parlors of the Dickinson-Streeter ComPany, 305-307 State Street, Springfield Saturda at 2 pm. with an organ preiude at 1.30 p.m, Interment at Hillcrest Pari Cemetery, Mrs Agnes H. Gibb meadow, pital MRS GEORGE H. GIBB, RETIRED TEACHER, DIES The funeral of Mrs Agnes E. Gibb,| wife of George H. Gibb of 55 Field road, Longmeadow, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the parlors of the Dickinson-Streeter company, with Rev Dr James Gordon Gilkey, pastor of South Congregational church, officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest -ark cemetery. Mrs Gibb was born in the village of Newmains, Scotland, in 1877. At ithe age of 14 she began teaching the younger children in the local school which was owned and operated by the Coltness Iron \company, She received her early teaching training under these unusual conditions, and at the age of 20 went to England to teach in a primary school in Barroford (Lancashire). After teaching there for seven years she married Mr Gibb who was a native of her own village in Scotland. In 1910 Mr and Gibb came to this country and] Mrs lived for ¢hree years in Indian Orchard where Mr Gibb was employed by the Chapman Valve company. After a brief stay in Cleveland they |. returned to West Springfield where Mr Gibb began in 1914 a period of employment with the Gilbert and Barker company which has_ lasted until the present time. Since 1928 Mr and Mrs Gibb have made their home in Longmeadow, Mrs Gibb served as a teacher in the Springfield public schools from September 1916 to July 1938, when she retired. She taught in the pri-| mary grades at the East Union street school and the Worthington Street school. She was a member of South Congregational church, and since 1938 served as the director of the junior department of the South church Sunday school. Her only near surviving relatives are a brother living in Montreal, and a sister living in South Africa. lial WORTHINGTON, Jan. 14 — | H in a Miss Sadie Gascoyne, 71, died this afternoon in the Brockton Hospital as the _result of injuries | December, suffered fall in City | ere Wasa. native of New York years. and had Burial this resided town, will be here in Thursday for 35 North Cemetery, | afternoon, Rey. J. Herbert Owen, Congregational Church, with} pastor of the! officiating. will | tery. | pastor GASCOYNE IN BROCKTON DIES yesterday 55 at Field road, Lor the Springfield after a brief illne Mrs Gibb was born in the village of Newmains, Scotland, in 1877, At the age of 14 she began teaching the younger children in the local school Which was owned and operated by the Coltness Iron company, She received her early teaching training under these unusual conditions, and at the age of 20 went to England to teach in a primary school in Barroford (Lancashire). After teaching there for seven years she married Mr -Gibb who was a native of her own Village in Scotland. In.41910 Mr and Mrs Gibb came to this country and jlived for three years in Indian Or'chard where Mr Gibb was employed | by the Chapman Valve company. j After a brief stay in Cleveland they lreturned to West Springfield where Mr Gibb began in 1914 a period of employment with the Gilbert and Barker company which has lasted until the present time: Since 1928 Mr and Mrs Gibb have made their home in Longmeadow, Mrs Gibb served as a teacher in the Springfield public schools from September 1916 to July 1938, when she retired. She taught in the primary grades at the East Union-street school and the Worthington-street school. She was a member of South Congregational church, and since 1938 served as the director of the junior department of the South church Sunday school, Her only near surviving relatives are a brother living in Monjtreal, and a sister living in South Africa. The funeral will be held Saturday jafternoon at 2 at the parlors of the | Dickinson-Streeter company, and bur- i144 Worthington SADIE E. Gibb, wife of George! of died be at Hillcrest. Park ceme- Rey Dr James Gordon Gilkey, of South ehurch, will officiate. Tribute to Her Work | The following statement was issued | from the office of Dr John Granrud, | superintendent of schools, today:— ; “It was,)with deep ‘sorrow that the} | Springfield) public school. system’ jlearned today of the death of Mrs Agnes Gibb, a teacher for many- years in the public schools of Springfield. “Mrs Gibb's early professional training was in Glasgow, Scotland, ! | where she graduated from a teacher-| | training institution in 1898. She later} became headmistress of an infant |school in Scotland and continued to teach young children until she came to live in this country. “Phe quality of Mrs Gibb'’s experience in Scotland was recognized by the sehool system of Springfield shortly after she made her home in our community, Her appointment, to the teaching staff of the Springfield public schools was during the: superintendency of Dr James°°H. Van Sickle, her service beginning in September, 1916, and continuing until July, 1938 -She was assigned first to the primary department. of the Kast Union-street school. Two years latei she was transferred tothe same department in the Worthinton-street school an ter to the department of special classes in that school. “While remarkably successful in al! of her teaching experience,.Mrs Gibb’s work in the special class department, Was outstanding, She was recog-| nized in our city and throughout the state aS a woman who had unusual influence on the lives of older boys and s. This influence can never xe measured, Her capacity for hard work, her high professional standards her vital personality, and her dee;| interest in boys and girls all combined } to make her a teacher who will live} long in the lives of men and women | who have come under her guidance ” during their early “years. hh, Gels 29%, /74/ “GIBB—At 474] Howatt Funeral son-St Street, Lo Gibb, -at reeter Friday prelude at 1,30, Park Cemetery. he 5 29th, 7 Field Geo �_SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: NOVEMBER 3, 1940 in Happiness and Health Out _ Pounds s of Chesterfield Weaves Baskets And !::':""t0e=" Soe asker | |lett Higgin Finds Sturdy Philosophy in an Old Colonial Industry By EDWARD ARDLY in COTTON anything . England than H. : is discovery isolated 3 more in interesting} here and of corners develops eby and -speaking | onality; i white these|ers. going of and back settlers and to odd the was simple-thinking|capacity a the their famous days Indian making indus-|they of the So ranged you in two he mills. to bushels from remarked, $2 20 Their viver which from the first the shaping-bloci and), Wove Ceiling at Night Thirteen years ago he moved : : j erfield $15. to ,| Pounding his ey by teach-|reflecting the glamor of those old days | "sed installed for. it was river, on the Chesterfield bas-|the it ing rapidly around price see,” inherited os ae jersey a woolen England of;New story family for power provided the eet, set built hill, hammer up the and of shop up 9 20 century-old | _planing-block Bartlett and his a 20-horse power surroundings a the father, and motor. That shop ' might Higgins has been Mr honest,| old, the of states contorm to the product, ~he made a sturdy pioneering spirit. The other|kets as far back as he can remem-|the machines, “I was born a_ basket- ceiling of’ basketwork, Weaving 1 | The first experience he can re-|maker. My father did not originate jnight day we paid a visit to a man who, ber. We doubt if there is-a similar YY] he bought it from Wil- ceiling all his life, has preserved these quali- call is handling the weaving-strips in|the business: in New England, if anywhere, father’s basket-making shop atiliam T. Bartlett 44 years ago; and ties. His name is Benjamin G, Hig- his in Ame us. He was a pioneer in that} We Chesterfield hollow. “In tho ©| Will Bartlett had inherited the process f ‘ gins. He has lived during his fortyWe have excel. | ParHaular location, though today one ‘factory|as a family formula. six, Vears of life in Chesterfield. And days,” he said, “we made We sold chiefly to llent reasons to believe that the Bart-|°°s 4 little “eluater. oF Dulldings, iyhis livelihood is pounded-ash baskets. baskets,’ wholly. eluding h own house across the he built of by the way, road, which _ woods, lumber he, himself, cut in the SERVICE DOES ILL shaped and put in place. *% CENTURY-OLD } . Separating the ash } . . is one of the more ‘ exacting ‘ jobs : which . See : : eas i strips MACHINE go to make the ; finished r product. Agso these many interested visitors back see in process an art reaching not only to Indian weavers but thouSs: inds of years earlier, for Neanderthal men and women wove baskets even before they made earthen jars, so the basket becomes, perchance, the earliest container used by men. Finishing weaving a small clothesbasket on which he had been working when I entered, he greeted me cordially, drew up two chairs. threw a box of discarded ash-strips into the stove and applied a match. Sitting down he informed me that I had arrived at a particularly opportune time for a talk, for the basket was save the rim and seasoning. done Then, when every one was comfortable and the stove was drawing well, the basket-maker crossed his knees and began a story which, while it may have lacked dramatic climax, certainly did not lack original material, enthusiasm for his work and characteristic American ingenuity and courage. . Here it is. The “Ox-Cart Neep” “Years ago, in the days of mys fatker and Will Bartlett, they scoured| the Chesterfield woods 10 and 15 miles to find an ash-tree suitable for their purpose. That was my custom at first. But one day, while wandering through the forest, as good fortune would have it, I chanced on an ash grove, owned, as I learned, by a real estate man in Springfield. He, being willing to sell, and I eager to buy, presently I found myself owner of a grove of fine ash trees, That I trees all the me given has “rove ve needed in the last 15 years, and seems good for 15 years more, should that baskets braiding continue I I go spring Each time. of length trees, my select woods, the to out into down, cut the butts them chop the to them haul and logs, 12-toot it because use ash-wood We shop. is tough, pliable and straight-grained; and, more important than all, because it is the only wood whose grains wilt separate by pounding. A good ash tree will run up 20 or 30 feet before it branches away, in what we call in the ‘ox-cart neep,’ meanChesterfield while we a in Once ing the crotch. twists that a grain with a log get for is useless, hence winds, and and above all, the log must make strips which positively will not crack and splinter. the shop, the in “With the log here is to split it into proper proce next This we do with sections or wedges. sections The wedges. and _ beetle pieof form the into shaped ere machinethe under placed riangl and pounded about 20 mintime to sepis sufficient That utes. of the wood, arate the seasonal layers it is this pounding process that settlers white The all-important. Indians the from learned the method who pounded out the layers by hand and hous made them with and The great canoes as Well as baskets. separated and of the pounded value seasonal layer is that you get an enstrip, your in growth season’s tire hacia a single solid piece without �ioneer Style — Mass Production in Reverse seam or grain of any kind. Properly woven into the finished product it }makes what we call ‘a lifetime’ article. It seems to be one of the lost arts, for we know of no othe men who use it.: If our tree, say, was 40 years old, each log cut from the trunk gives us 25 strips, for we cannot use the heart, and must allow for imperfect sections. Since the tre¢ srows fast in favorable seasons and slow is unfavorable, the strips are ol different thicknesses, and must ly planned to equal diameter. Reversing of Where the Hammer Must Be Dett Process “The method of pounding doés away with need of soaking and steaming, for we weave in the strands when they are full of Sap, and hence supple. This braiding the basket green means of course that it will shrink. We make allowance for that, building it deeper, and then hammering thi strips solidly into place, following the seasoning hours. The strips, being jthin and narrow, season quickly. II jWwe could work that fast, we, could make a basket from tree to purchaser in five or six hours, “In the Ga¥s of the early manpfacturers, ash baskets Went almost entirely to industrial plants. Today, the business has changed entirely. Wi: reverse, here, the custom general in these times of mass production and distribution, and go back to the old days of rugged individualism, when the shoemaker measured the foot of his customer and cobbled the. shoe from sole to uppers. We work ty order; and each and every basket goes through that door individually supeivised and constructed. “Each basket IT put together is a personal achievement. I have had helpers, but none of them seem able to get exactly the knack and proper touch. I might enlarge this floor, hire a dozen men, and substantially increase the output; but, I wouldn't be selling as good baskets. The added “venue would not take, for me, the place of Knowing that this shop was sending out a product that might have been made better and more durable. “We offer a choice of upward of 20 | varieties: Clothes-baskets (four sizes), ple-be ts, gloth hampers, gardgnbaskets, baskets for fruit, vegetables, flowers, ferns and wood, and four sizes of market-basket. At the moment, the most popular container is one for automobile party lunches. It is eight inches wide, 14 inches lonz and 12 inches deep. I devised th: model after talking over the proporions with customers. . —~ ay “Makes a Living “Visitors never a but I know every one of them would like to know, what there is in it for the basketmaker. Well, tell my friends that I make a living; and what is worth a great deal more, I love my work. I have to work evenings to catch jy and don’t get pay for overtime; but I get returns that satisfy me more than double wages. I’m a happy man. t have my home with a good wife in it, and a splendid cat nothing could persuade either of us to part with. My baskets make me plenty of interesting friends. You can see for ,yourself the distant prospect of lovely countryside through these windows, Im working hard, but I’m making a living, and the future looks bright. I wouldn’t change places with anyone I know, To be sure, now and then, I find logs that are crossgrained, brittle and worthless, and lose half a day. That's disturbing. But maybe that is life, after all. And bye-and large, nine out of ten trees! [ cut down. are straig it-grained and excellent for my work.” One doesn’t ask his neighbors what his profits are; but I discovered incidentally, that on a recent autumn weekend is hard working basketmaker $50. That, however, Was a vare day, and one to rejoic with his family over. He must sell baskets to pay his bills: but ufter the financial obligation is taken care of, lhe is satisfied. He really works for the thrill of creating something useful and beautiful, and charges hardly enoush to pay for. materials and Ben Higgins of Chesterfield has found no apprentice to help him in his work. mote useful haskets.” manufacture for per-}ter and labor. With orders always ahead, he|ing. artistry and ets, isn’t published in| 1 rose from the chair by the stove needs no publicity; and never ad-}manence, of ba It is a sort of in-/and surveyed the new basket on the vertises. The best he can do is 500|the school-book with distinctly added interest a these are that | form }baskets year; and allituition and conscientious effort understanding. spoken for before they are woven. |makes a person-an honest and skilful and “Come again,” he invited. “Come in J Proved Doctors Were Wrong |worker, in love with what his. hands I'l) take you out.to my Why, then, doesn’t he employ help-|make, and so, at peace with himself the sprir ers? His reply is that the basket/and all the world. maple-sugar orchard at sugaring-off pertime. Incidentally, we put a thoufrom tree to purchaser must be Ben Higgins and his artistic baskets pounds of sugar-eakes through iectly and faultlessly made; and sojreveal in this jazz-infected, sleek and sand the molds, and sell them here in the far, she h found no apprentice whom |stream-lined time what lif might slimmer.” he could trust to that extent jhaye been in the good old days when Ben Hig‘ 2ins with his pioneer hgme, Ten years ago the doctors told Mrjevery man was his own shoemakei I ns that he had an inevrable sand carpenter, produced the food he | his friends, his maple-st r, > his sickness and could not live move than|ate and the clothes he wore, and}pounded ash baskets; most ’of all with a few months. He decided to prove}helped his neighbor when the .barn{itis wholesome, happy philosophy that that they were wrong, took up his|burned .or the children had scarlet-|2ll anyone needs to have the conbasket-making with more vigor, and|fever. ' tented mind is a good home and confound health, a livelihood and an art. So he says he is a pioneer, even in|genial work, surely is the kind of The extent of his education was the/this year, 1940. Certainly that is;citizen America needs to preserve the biief training of the village ponoer What he is. “If have a continuous de-|way of life outlined by the great But what he knows about the design-|sire,” i he ays. “It is to make bet-’founders. �OCTOBER 28, 1940 Mrs. Clifton Johnson Sails Monday for South Africa to nd oin Son There on “Yankee” Ernestine Per Until she was 64@She had never Setting forth on a big adventure, been much further away from home across the seas at the age of 65 is an than New York, With the passin experience that does not often come of her husband, her responsibilities| to a woman who has spent her life at-home were ended. Then came her | in a little New England village. But f fir taste of adventure. She flew neither war nor old age are going to across the Pacific in the Yankee keep Mrs. Clifton Johnson of HoekaClipper to surprise her son, Cap. Irvynum from adventuring across the ing Johnson, in Honolulu. After a seas to Cape Town, South Africa, and visit there, she came back by’ ship| back again to South America before te the West Coast and home. This she returns to her litle white cottage} time the journey is to be longer and at the foot of Mt. Holyoke mountain. fraught with many more dangers, but it does not daunt this grey-haired, When the Egyptian shiv, El Nil, sets sail from New York Monday, motherly little New Englander. leaning over the rail blithely: waving “Tr the ship strikes a mine and good bye to her grownup children will does go, down, it will_just be another be the little grey-haired mother and adventure,’ she answers to all warngrandmother— Anna Johnson. Even ings“from her shocked friends. the ship, manned by a crew with gay, The “Yankee” has left Singapore| baggy trousers and rakish caps of the and is on its way to Sumatra. After} fgyptian navy, seems like a scene a stay there it will go on to Zanzebar, from Arabian Nights and a_childand then on to Cape Town, hood dream come tiue to Anna JohnIt is the only round-the-world cruise son. which is continuing despite the war, it is understood. One of the diffieulNow it can be seen where Capt. ties which Captain Johnson has had irving Johnson of the ~schooner due to the *, came when he Pad “Yankee” inherited his love of adto leave his German cook on shore. venture which has taken him sailAshe had sailed with him on all ing in his own ship around the world, previous voyages, this was a _ real for Anna Johnson is the mother of Another cook was quickly reCaptain Irving. She hopes to join} blow. and the: journey went on. | him in Cape Town and sail across the | eT iited His mother feels confident that the seas again to South America in the “Yankee’’ will come through, despite “Yankee.” The vovage as. planned fields, submarines and destroywill include South American ports and } mine ers. the West Indies. The home port of Her creative energy has left its the “Yankee” at Gloucester, will be mark in the little village where she Feached April 27, 1941, it is expected. came to tevwch school and stayed to The journey across dangerous sea She to Cape Town, with the little New | marry and bring up her family. has always been active in encouraging England woman on board will take at worthy community enterprises. least one month, Then she will have } all little red brick school huilding another month to wait for the arrival| The of the Yankee. She expects to be able near the Johnson home was turned into. a eommuhity center largely to enjoy a visit with friends of Capiain Johnson in Cape Town so that through her efforts. She is active in She will not be alone during the the Wwoinen’s clubs, the Grange and weeks in which the ‘Yankee’’ is sailin the Hanrpshire County Home ing toward that port. Bureau. She has. been a recent speakAnna Johnson has lived a full life, er at a number of women's club gathbravely facing many responsibilitic erings where she-has told about her and home-eares in bringing up. her} trip on the Clipper to Honolulu. family of three boys and a girl. All} One of the Yandmarks in Hadley, are now. married, and she is a grandereated by Anna Johnson and her mother, Arthur and Roger Johnson 4 husband is the Old Hadley Farm Mulive in. Longmeadow and carry on} seum, Here is stored a collection of jearly farm implements which reveals jtheir daily work in their uncle's in an intimate way the history of the ‘bookstore. The daughter is married early settlers who purchased the land and lives in Canada. This summer from the Indians, tilled the soil and Anna Johnson devoted herself loyalbuilt some of the first homes in the ly to taking care of the new grand- Pioneer” Valley region. child and the mother. “i wanted if Proud of her American heritage and to be born in the United States,” ‘she| stanch in her loyalty to the American explained. way of life and its individual freedom, For many years Anna Johnson deAnna Johnson at 65 feels it is time she voted her amazing energy and keen set forth to see the world and to make intellect. to aiding her husband, Clif friends in far places she has read and ton Johnsen, who wrote over thirty | heard about and secretly hoped to see books that were published before he} throughout a lifetime spent in the litdied. Many of these books reflected tle New. England village sh¢ calls the love of travel that was one of| home, a his deep interests, but his ee | were in the United States. Throughout the years of responsibility to her family, Anna Johnson} had controlled her love of adventure,| but it never died. She entered sympathetically into the plans and the fi s- | cinating experiences of Capt. a Johnson and encouraged-him to take his little family along with him on his round the world journeys, even though she dearly loved the two little roly poly grandsons who have live | more on the sea than on the land, “Some day I’m going adventuring, and 1 don’t care how old I am either. | don’t want to die in my _ bed,” she declared one day, years before} she had a chance to see her desire| for travel realized, ! Of York Hockanum on will Monday MRS. CLIFTON JOHNSONfor sail on Cape the Town, Egyptian South ship, Africa El Nil, where from she will ew join her son, Capt. Irving Johnson on the Yankee, returning home on a voyage planned to inelude South American ports and the West Indies. | | �Mts, Johns Of Will Meet Son, Irving, in Cape Town Tancres Sub Risk, Sails Monday Ship With Yankee Arab Crew to | on Egyptian See Skipper of Mrs. Clifton Johnson of Hockanum, mother of Capt. Irving Johnson of the Yankee, will sail from New York Monday aboard an Egyptian vessel, El Nil, to meet her son in Cape Town, South Africa, Her mind is made up and no amount, of warning about .war and submarines has deterred her in the slightest from her purpose. To her family’s warning that the ship might meet a sub, she said: Just Another Adventure “If I ever see a submarine, that will just be another adventure.” And when asked what she would do if the submarine blew the ship up, she declared that she has lived longer than she expected to, anyway. The boat itself is something that has given another son, Roger, a good laugh. The ship El Nil is captained by an Englishman and the four mates are sailors of assorted nationalities. The crew, he said, is made up entirely of Arabs, red fezzes and all. Roger hasn't quite convinced his mother, however, that the ship’s hold will be filled with camels. Considerable difficulty was experienced trying to get a passport for the passage and her return trip home on the Yankee. After several months of snipping themselves out of a snarl] of State Department red tape, a pass- port finally was obtained. Only last week, however, all passports were recalled for new stamps... When Mrs, Johnson received her passport again it bore a stamp making it possible for her to travel anywhere m the Western Hemisphere. But that was all. She went to Boston and after a long distance call to the State Department in Washington was finally" given approval to gc to Capetown. Because the Yankee carries no passengers she had to be signed up as a member of the crew forthe return voyage. She was listed.as “blacksmith.” Passage to Capetown will take about a month and it will be another}: month before the Yankee arrives at Capetown. Her son said she might stay with friends, the Ninham Shands, in Capetown until the arrival of Capt. Johnson, or she might take another boat and anum a year Shands meet visited the ago. him at Beira. Johnsons in The Hock- Mrs. Johnson has been traveling considerably in the last year. In the spring she flew to Honolulu where she met the Yankee. Upon her return trip she was met on the West Coast by Roger and taken on another trip through the country. : Bound for Zanzibar The Yankee let Singapore Tuesday bound or Zanzibar. From there it will go to Beira and Capetown. According to Roger Johnson, only one radio message has been received recently. It was a call for some winter clothes for two-years-old Robert John- son, �VE MBER 5, 1940 Mrs. Anna Johnson Sails — On Egyptian Ship El Nil To Join Schooner Yankee. 40h | >—-— By Ernestine Perry To Join Yankee Crew — On deck of El Nil yesterday this When Mrs. Johnson joins the Yanfirst Egyptian ship to steam out of kee crew as “blacksmith” she says New York Harbor left the Jersey City she doesn’t expect there will be alk dock was a 64-years-old grandmother, horse on board, especially not a 'TroceQueston Johnson of HockanIf she is called upon tc um, bound for Cape Town, South Afris Jan horse. shoe a horse, she could do it, Weca, 10 meet her son, Capt. Irving clares the versatile, grey-haired Johnson of the round-the-world schoonadventurer who lives in the village of er, Yankee. Hockanum by the Corinecticut River She has signed up as ‘a “blackwhere eight generations of Johnson's smith" member of the crew on the! have lived. As the job of blacksmith Yankee's return trip from South Afriis one of the few open for crew meni-'|) ca to South America, the West Indies, bers on the Yankee which already has and back to Gloucester on April 27, its lamp-trimmers, sail menders and 1941. She will be the oldest member the like in its 18 of the c Passenger-crew, , and the youngest are her that is the one she two grandsc signed up for, Arthur, who is four: As for danger, well, there are suc) &0ing-on-five, and Robert, who is.two. things as U_boats,,; but “T’feel as if I had already arrived thitr’ John. son said as his mother in a foreign’ country,” said Mrs. John~vent up the gangplank onto f0n as her keen blue “El Nil’ that he 2s noted the | does not think colorful garb of the Egyptian she will be in as stewards danger as she was and the Arabic signs on a boat on El Nil with| much trip which they had in. her own doorits yellow, red and green decorations. yard during the 1936 She viewed the precautions for flood. He j ehtly thought then they were both going to . black-outs without a qualm., be drowned nere were as waves the black-out blue ‘lights were so high If Mrs. phere,’ all decks. In_her' , Sve times. | not snow =—— it was stamped by the Se : ‘OFF FOR SOUTH AFRICA VP PASE | allowed on the docks when Sailing. and 21, 19410" outside. the light low enough so that. it would waters reached the ridgepole, Mrs. Johnson was born in North|| not be seen by U-boats or planes. In ampton, but the the lot and the har, the entire MecQueston family windows were painted with a thick soon moved to elm-shaded Old Hadley, she attended school and was coating of deep: blue that must make| There €ven the Egyptians look a little pale. graduated from the Academy. Att “Tf we do meet a submarine, it will sixteen years of age she taught house be just another adventure to me” de-| school in the red brick schoo] and continued teachclared Anna’ Johnson’ calmly, as she| at Hockanum, ing until her marriage to the late observed these war-time danger sig“T’ve lived longer now than I Clifton Johnson, author and illustraright to expect. I've always tor for such famous writers as Sir to go to far places and see James Barrie, She has two brot hers, | Ive read about and dreamed of Robert J. McQueston of Old Hadley life. If I: don’t go now, J prob- > sre of J age) Her children will, so neither war nor| les or vurpedoes are going to || | She had cast her absentee ballot— keep me home.” | 'for Willkie she says. Her seven pieces Arabian Nights Setting | |of luggage were all packed a week In an Arabian Nights setting, Mrs. i l azo. As she is to be not only a blacksmith but also Santa Claus, the postJohnson will dine in the saloon with} its Arabie decorative scheme, She will | man and the librarian for the Yankee, my luggage includes a suitcase full be waited upon by stewards with wide| |her flowing white trousers gathered at the | | of Christmas gifts, mail, and one with | aar books from Johnson's Bookstore operd the waist, bright red jackets ated by her sons, Arthur and Roger. embro ered in gold, and their black hair topped with a red fez. In the} In the rest of the luggage is packed her clothing which includes overshoes, lounge where she will spend many slacks, sweaters, pajamas with feet in hours readir some of the suitcase she is taking them for wear on the ikee, as well full .of books to the as clothing for the. voyage on El Nil. Yankee, she will be surrounded with All goodbyes had been said to her ; teal marble walls and carved mahog- | any. | friends and neighbors in Hadley and} Northampton. She had listened at} The first port of call will be Trinidad and the second wil] be Pernam- | least to all the good advice of those | who said she was crazy and to those} buco, Brazil. Then will come the long who said they wished they could go erc Sing of the Atlantic Ocean to the along too. Then came-word from tip of the Cape of Good Hope and one Thomas Cook & Sons, who were hanof the crossroads of the world, Capedling the booking of passenge rs, that town, South Africa. After Mrs, Johnsailing would be postpon as the cared @o0n disembarks there, the ship will go had not all been loaded. t #team on to Mombasa, Kenya Colony “T certainly was not going to listen: and through the Suez Canal. to all that advice again,’ explains There are 97 passengers aboard Mrs. Johnson. “Even time stood stil! Nil and a miscellaneous cargo with clocks stopped, and I felt like an been loaded in place of the cargo of intruder in my own home. All telephone calls had ceased and mail was cotton that was brought to New York | no longer delivered to me. I finally and Boston ports by this first Heyp:| came to the home of my son, Arthur, tian ship to come into New York har- | and his wife in Longme and bor in many adow, years. The majority of | then we al] came on to New York exthe passengers are American mis ton- | pecting to sail Friday. It wasn't, so aries returning to their posts in South} had here as there were so many ; Africa and other parts of the Contithings to see and do to take up my |nent including the Nile region. Some mind—a no friends to look shocked nd jof them will have to continue their | to see me around eating three meals | journey in native boats up the Congo| | River a day.” before they arrive at the little| One of the unexpected adventures |mission posts Where they serve as was What she called ‘a preview of her medical missionaries, nurses and teachsailing.” With a special permit which ers, ‘opened great iron gates guarded by Has No Worries jarmed police, Mrs. Johnson and her U-bceat dangers are not worrying | party were permitted to pass through Mrs. Johnson. All that has worried rows of armed guards, Customs offi|}her is that something would happen | cers and detectives that keep all visito prevent her from sailing. First ltors away from the Jersey City pier ; there was ths long, uncertain str ugRegulations prohibiting visitors on | Sle to get a passport, then the weary docks are getting so stringent that ; Week of waiting during which the -telegr messeng are not even aph ers , Sailing date and time has been changed | had Department of State, Washington. She immediately went to Boston and after considerable effort persuaded the consul to telephone the State Department officials at Washington and exPlain the extenuating circumstances. “I think they were impressed with my age when I pleaded that I probably would not be able to go if I waited until after the war, and the fact that Uncle Sam would not have to bother about getting me home again as I would be coming in my Son's boat,’ explained Mrs. Johnson, as shé showed the new stamp in her passport which reads: “It is not valid for travel in any country outside the Western Hemisphere except the Union of South Africa to. join son; traveling on a vessel of a non-belligerent country; seen at the British| Consulate General, Boston, Mass, U. S. A. this 16th day of October, 1940; good for the single journey ta South Africa; passport expires May state: || they nearly swamped the boat in the I mn with its Arabic 18 over the 14,|| front yard of her little white home there was a long metal shade to throw || Where the Connecticut River flood 1 Johnson Yankee ingenuity and tenacity of purpose she would never have been on the deck when El Nil finally started her voyage. Although she had her Passport about a month ago, the Government took itaway again a week | before she expected to sail. When it was returned, it was stamped, “This passport is not valid for travel in any country outside the Western Hemis- Mrs. Clifton Johnson of: Hockanum bids good-by=to her son, Arthur, of Longmeadow, as she:feaves on the ©1 Nil, ftom New York harbor yesterday en route to Cape Town, South Africa, to join Captain Irving Johnson and make the return trip on his schooner Yankee. the ship is aa ac l eet � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. Loose-leaf binders are scanned with a professional flat bed scanner with the result that optical character recognition is of reasonable accuracy. Books are scanned photographically with the result that optical character recognition is less accurate. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927/1960 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Worthington Historical Society Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2021-12-09 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Elsie Bartlett 1938-1942 No. 10'. This is a light brown book with a speckled hard cover. Refers to 50 year anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bates, March 1940 snowstorm, business at West Chesterfield Basket Shop among other newspaper clippings and photographs. Most of the work contains clippings from 1938-1941. There are stray clippings from 1911, 1913 and 1934. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 26 x 32.4 cm (10.2 x 12.8 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR10 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 13 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, No. 10 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938/1942 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/acc60998ed35b6254f0aec21e9b67dbe.pdf d5543070319ba2ff294acc0e0ca62948 PDF Text Text e �Worthington, Vers, A Farm mt With it Pak 66 ES, I'm thinking of buying Cousin Adrian’s old place and planting a good part of it in potatoes.” The young farmer from Aroostook County, Maine, was paying his first visit to a city relative. The talk had drifted from personalities to } crops, and thence to plans for the future. “But, as I remember it,” suggested the man from the city, “the barn over there -was nothing to , brag about. The house could be made mighty attractive, but you’d have to-do a lot of repair work “No. on most As the barn, a matter likely tear wouldn’t of fact, if I buy the old barn 4 A farm without you?” a 4+ the down.” The place, I'll thought seems in- hen yard. On the farms of long ago often overshadowed the farmhouse itself. Where was to be found a more enjoyable place at which to spend a summer’s vacation than at Cousin Adrian’s It back barn? sat “hovering ing half farm, with from the its immense, house, about it. The open, revealed a sturdy old mysterious air huge sliding door, standa semiobscurity in which might lie the most interesting secrets. Barn _Swallows flitted about outside, occasionally disappearing through a broken window pane. Inside, the soft cooing of pigeons melted into the hayscented half light. Even the hens approached the barn with caution, standing on one leg with the other poised hesitatingly, and inquisitively cocking their heads on this side and on that before entering. As one entered, a whir of wings startled him probably as much as he startled the feathered invaders, intent upon securing a few scattered oats or bits of cracked corn. A hen in a near-by haymow cackled presence. deep One stood disapproval still, a seemingly eager Peck! from of the little awed moment, until things quieted down. filtered in through chinks in the wall, visitor’s for Then that was supper In such a memory returns a Sunlight and only busy on grazing the in to childhood and the game of hide and seek. What scurrying about in the sweet-smelling hay, making tunnels, and nestling deep in its softness, quiet as mice, until routed out by the seeker! One dared to jump from the highest beam to the half-filled mow below. And the jump brought forth the cheers of all. Then voices were heard. The men were coming in from the fields. The door slid fully open, screeching as it was forced back upon its rusty track. The flies which selves drowsily were up'a great humming here and there. The the sturdy thumped: kind of patiently plod of upon the action to until the had been sunning them- stirred to activity, setting and buzzing as they flitted clank-clank of chains, and horses, as their then made iron uneven floor, brought the quiet barn. They unharnessed, shoes a new rested their way to the water tub, where they drank deeply and ' contentedly, then looked inquisitively around, and ambled off to their stalls. A bark was heard at the shed door. It was Trixey with the all old hands the cows. They filed quietly in, and slipped their heads through the stanchions. The horses whinnied and pawed the floor. After each manger was filled with sweet clover farmhouse, again and went And with a cry the youngsters see who could find the most. Pp How easily winter spent a out to when the thought at the scampered off to bak old carries farm. one How back to the friendly the Abarn seemed in. that season The mysterigusness. which hovered about it in the summer was gone, and there was an air of protection about it. Settled deep in the snow which had drifted: high about its base, it looked hospitable and inviting. One readily accepted the cordial invitation into its fold, out of the biting January wind. The big doors were closed tight. No swallows flies flitted about. The broken windowpane had been stuffed with rags. The hens were cuddled together in their house. It was rather cold inside, refuge drifted bea place were came “Say, you youngsters,” sounded Cousin Adrian’s cheery voice, “if you want to drive Betsy to town tomorrow you'll have to get busy and find some eggs for Aunt Dolly.” floor. were stalls none. the cows the the skimmed milk out to the calf, and they shouted with glee as it eagerly sucked up the contents, and nosed about trying to find more where there was a horses The all away a teasing fly. Ping, ping, ping, ping, went the streams of warm sweet milk against the bottom of the tin pail. The pail, full to the brim with the creamy foaming milk, was carried to the house to be sep-arated. The children were then allowed to take but other everywhere, “Git over thar, Molly.” Sitting on the little stool, with the pail between his knees, Cousin Adrian started to milk, being interrupted now ‘and then by Molly’s playful tail, as she switched sprayer and cultivator. the distant pasture. the in over or and yet much like a tap dancer. From steady crunch! crunch! crunch! the rattle of “Old Jake’s” halter chain, and the pawing of his hoofs, broke the silence. It was midafternoon, nowhere, to gather the bits that spill over. Peck! Peck! On ‘the rough barn floor it sounded barn to watch the milking. credible to the New Englander. A barn to him is just as much a part of the farm as the well, the pasture or the the huge barn hay, Cousin Adrian came down from the haymow to give out the grain. As he emerged from the grain room, with its bins of oats, cracked corn and barley, his measures filled to the brim and ‘overflowing, the hens came running from all sides, SOMEONE & barn! a Barn in from here All was and the howling there, quiet. and In the wind. lay cow Snow in shed ridges had on one was greeted by a blast of warm air amidst the whinny of the horses and restlessness of the cows. The wind might blow outside, but it was warm there. The snow beat against the windows as wind about. picked Then, looking content been a and out it up in from the cold the drifts moonlit and hurled yard again, in the it and back at the barn, the stock, warm and in their cozy retreat. The barn which had place of mystery, was a haven of peace contentment. FPS “But,” continued the city man, How are you going to manage?” “Well,” drawled the farmer, “it “why no barn? could be easily done, I believe, as up there in Aroostook all we can raise profitably is potatoes. All our planting, cultivating and fertilizing is done by machinery. Milk, butter and eggs we can get from a neighboring is a dairyman. good-sized machinery.” So, you garage see, for all the we really family car need and “Yes, but what’s a farm without—” “But, I’ve been a-thinking,”’ interrupted the youthful farmer, “that I will keep the old barn after all.” “Great,” sighed the city man. L. F. M. �SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 26, 1942 _ Cummington Fair Don ’ Look And Learn By A. C. Gordon 1. Which was the in which the United participated? 2. Which state longest States war} has claims the greatest water area? 3. When were khaki first worn by American 4. Are male or the best sirgers? uniforms}, soldiers? female birds} 5. What poem, composed by a youth of seventeen, is said to be America’s _ first great poetic work? Answers 1. The Revolution, which last- ed 80 mouths. The Civil war lasted 48 monins, and the participa. \tion of the U. §. in World War II was 44 months, : 2. Minnesota. 3. In 1898, by Theodore Roosei velt’s Rough : Riders. ioe es " by William “See! Cullen Bryant. ~ It was Plutarch who said, “It is a wonderful thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ances-| tors.” | | told you not to, brush too hard.” Jose Browning ¥ Photo �SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 26, 1942 Cummington Fair ses Don Jose ' Look And Learn By J. Which in which the participated? A. C. Gordon was the United longest States war} oe has work? Answers 1. The Revolution, which lasted 80 months. The Civil war lasted 48 monins, and the participa. |tion of the U. S. in World War II 44 months, : 2. Minnesota. 3. In 1898, by Theodore | velt’s Rough Riders. 4. Male birds. 5. *Thanatopsis,” Cullen Bryant. by Roose“See! William It was Plutarch who said, “It is a wonderful thing to be well-descended,| but the glory belongs to our ances- tors.” Photo : 2. Which state claims the greatest water area? 3. When were khaki uniforms first worn by American soldiers? 4. Are male or female birds the best singers? 5. What poem, composed by a youth of seventeen, is said to be America’s _ first great poetic was Browning ¥ | I told you not. to. brush too hard.” 4 Saale ame) �a Historic House 16-1947 In Heart Of City Has New Owners Twenty-seven room residence between Forbes Library and First Baptist church, on West street, believed built in part at least a year after first settlement of Northampton G. Chase). as a town. (Photo by Fred Oid Residence, Scene Of First Wedding In The City, Bought By Dr. And Mrs. Dow Main Part of West Street Structure Was Originally on King Street, Where It Was Owned by David Burt, a Founder of Town. Land Was Part of Original Grant to David to Joseph One of the Northampton first on Burt wedding Wilten, oldest and in November and joined 15, homes by Dr. 1655, David 4,6 street and much historicai Baptist ry, the city Holton and 8 situated when were has _ been Frank and Mrs. Dow from of New britain, Ct. numbers in of the matrimony, purchased of First Settlers. Later Passed scene this Mary in Gne Hawley E. Dow Earl Higbee Bearing the on between West the church and Forbes libra 2/-room dwelling has significance. The main part of the old house was originally on King street, “The story of the land upon which the house stands is also most interesting, as part of the original grant to David Wilton, one of of the munity, there until 1893. Part of the time, time. : settlers, pillars is passed by and of the one com- marriage of his only grandchild, Lydia MarShall, to the first Joseph Hawley. This original grant included the| First Baptist church and the old| school lots, so that the Harwlax;; a 3 uponp gram mar school is built possesthe once jand that was sion of the Joseph Hawleys. putIn 1893, the property was bee.) Netta Hig chased by Mrs. where +he home of Robert E. Edwards was later built. While on Kins street, it was first owned ‘Later, by David Burt, ene of the imporine tant founders 9f the town. The These house was moved to its present by Dr. location in 1740. The Thayer family took possession of it in 1856 and inaintatned their home Miss Thayer conducted a private school in the house. “Jt seems hardly possible,” to quote from Miss Kneeland’s in “Some Old Northampton Houses,” “that such a house could have been built a year after the first settlement of the town, but there are proofs that the house was not all built at one time and some very simple structure of that date may be the nucleus to which additions were later made. Although much changed outwardly, tne interior has been betes preserved as in olden the first seven Dr. Higbee added the offi OS.S: his- medical for oftices have been occupied Dow since July, 1920. =} �NOTABLE PHOTOGRAPH of the First Church of Christ, Northampton which is being shown in the outstanding collection of photographs of Connecticut Valley’: meeting houses, which is to be exhibited at the William Pynchon Memorial Building by the Connecticut Valley Historical Society Sept. 2 to 30. This church burned to the ground in 1876. This photograph is a reproduction of one of the earliest photographs made in Western Massachusetts. �Pa phe Miss 4.30, | RUTH EVANS Forest 326. of Evans Ruth Miss | Park Ave. was today elected president! for Association American the iof Rec-| |Health, Physical Education and of the annual convention at lyeation | ithe organization in Seatle, Wash, ‘ supervis is assistant Miss Evans in) physical education and of health | the Springfield Public School System. MRS. [Steiger J. “ROGER Photo] NOWELL The hospitality committee of the Springfield District Women’s Republican Club, under the chairmanship of Mrs. J. Roger Nowell, is making annual js to be the June an arrangements garden event party of June for the which 19 campus of the American ternational _ College. LIFE BIOU— “Great Hixpeétations® 12, 2.15, sian New Heal Of National Group MISS a: on In- 6.45 and 9.10. Make Hit in ‘Great Expectations’ -old Anthony Wager, Two newcomers to the British screen, 13-yearExpectations” now and Jean Simmons, 16, are starred in “Great younger “Pin; the plays Anthony playing at the Bijou Theater. and Miss Simmons is * “Estella” as a girl. “Great Expectations” Superb With Emphasis On Acting To transcribe Charles Dickens into language that present-day movie-zo0ers could understand is the task that J, Arthur Rank has undertaken in presenting “Great IeExpectations,” which opened an engagement yesterday afternoon at the Bijou. To the Victorians Dickens was an extremeiy popular novelist. His characters were in the language just as the comic strips are today.. Everyone knew and talked about Pip and Dombey, Mr. Pickwick and Scrooge as we are familiar with Terry and the Pirates, Superman and all the rest. Direction Is Marvelous Today no one has the time or int clination to wade through the lengthy stories of Dickens but there is such a wealth of material in each story that a dozen movies could be made from each. Dickens’ mission was to show contrasts in English society ‘nd the horrible brutality which existed toward the lower classes and children, To get these queer characters onto the screen so that they might be understood by us today was the stupendous task of the director, David Lean. As in “Brief Encounter” and “Blithe Spirit” he has done a marvelous job. The production is not lavish as Hollywood would do it but rather depends on excellent acting in every member of the cast. Anthony Wager, who is Pip as a boy, is as charming a child as we have ever seen on the screen. He stays Pip until he -is 14, then when the transition comes and Pip is grown and he is played by John Miils. it is so cleverly done that you have to keep looking to see which one it is. The little girl, Hstella Jean Simmons, does a good bit in an*unsympathetic role. She has been adopted by a queer, typically Dickensian character, Miss Havisham, who wants her to torture all men, to revenge an unhappy love affair of this eccentric woman. The story of “Great Expectations” is complicated and full of side plots. In main, it concerns a little hoy who is an orphan and takes food to an] escaped convict. The convict is aj twisted character like all of Dickens| people. He prospers and.supplies Fip with money to make a gentleman of| him. | Of course Pip and Estella are in} love and finally marry. It tribute | to the direction that the very same} audiences, including fair-haired little ones, will sit, through. B_ pictures, dripping with blood and horror and never bat an eye but when Magwich (Finlay Currie) grabbed Pip in ihe cemetery the sheer brutality made the audience shriek. A lovely touch was when Pip tore the curtains and let] in go the sunshine and he and BHstella| out through the garden. The leads are excellent. John Mills, who was the interne in “Brief Kn-j counter,” was a gay and convincing} Pip. Estella grown up (Valerie Hobson) is very capable. Francis Sullivan is an excellent Jaggars and we } glad to meet on the screen fri Joe Gargery, Magwich, Miss Havisham Pocket and Wemmick. Believe it or not, those are the correct names. | Rep Wiccan �Sapte. (9, 1447 (TAY Public Schools” Year’s Calendar The endar lows: public Springfield the for school year schools as is cal- fol- Sept. 3, Schools open—Beginning of school year (Elementary schools—one session first week, close at 11:45 a.m.) (Junior and senior high schools have regular sessions) closed—Hastern 15. Schools Sept. States Exposition. Oct. County Schools 17, Teachers’ closed—Hampden ConAssociation Nov. Day. Nov. giving Nov. 11, closed—Armistice closed—Observance Oct.. 13, Schools of Columbus Day. vention. Schools 27, Schools closed—Thanks- | Vacation. 28, Wednesday, November, 36, all schools close at 11.45 a.m. Dec. 1, Schools reopen. Dec. 23, Schools close for Christmas Vacation, Jan. Feb. winter 5, March Schools reopen, 20, Schools Vacation. Mid- for close 1, Schools reopen. 23, Schools close March 26, Schools closed—Good | Friday. April 19, Schools closed—Patriots’ Day, ' April Vacation. May of May 3, Schools 31, Schools for Spring reopen. closed—Observance Memorial Day. June 14, Beginning of last week of school year (Elementary — schools close at 11:45 am.) schools close at 11:30 HEIRLOOM WEDDING GOWN — Outstanding among the _historically interesting gowns to be worn by the “lovely ladies of Storrowton” during the Eastern States Exposition, Sept. 14 to 20, is the one pictured above. This is an heirloom wedding gown which was worn by Frances Trefethen French on the occasion of her marriage to Francis Edward Bliss, Sept. 28, 1870. The wedding took place in the Summit loaned : by House Elisha F. on top Bliss of Mount of Holyoke. Clarendon bride. St., . The gown has great-grandson high schools close June 18, Schools Vacation—End of ¥ schools close about (GJunior high a.m.) (Senior at 2:30 p.m.) close for Summer school year (all 10.00 a, m.)} been of the ‘Century of Fashions’ Will Be Exhibited at Exposition _ Storrowton One Models Work of Boston Sculptor, Been Dressed by DAR of the most historially interest- ing of the heirloom gowns to be worn by the “lovely ladies of Storrowton”, during Eastern States Exposition, Sept. 14 to 20, when the Research Group of Mercy Warren Chapter, DAR presents its “Century of Fashions”, will be the costume of the first bride ever to be married at the summit of Mount Holyoke. This beautiful gown, fashioned’ from untold yards of white organdy was worn by Frances Trefethen French upon the occasion of her marriage .to Francis Edward Bliss on. Sept. 28, 1870. She was the daughter of John W. French through whose efforts the present Mountain House and inclined railway up Mount Holyoke was built. Mr. with lished among “The ae that time was associated Co. many in Hartford of them Mark “Innocents Adventures which Twain’s of Tom Pub- pub- books, Abroad” Sawyer”. and The wedding ceremony took place in the Summit house as it now stands and the house is exactly on the boundary of Hadley and South Hadley, the couple had to take out marriage licenses in both towns. Storrowton’'s “lovely ladies”, a group of two dozen exquisite life sized models were fhe work of an artist and sculptor in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and were purchased for the colonial village by the late Mrs, James J. Storrow. Miss Mary Moseley of Prov'{ncetown is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bates. s Miss Marion L. Bartlett and Miss Helen Morse of Springfield week-end at his father in the American lishing WORTHINGTON were Bliss Have at The Celstirn Spruces, On Friday 14-1946 Miss Bart-| lett flew from Chicago to New from her return York City on convention council safety the where she was one of the speakers. Mrs. Laura. week’s leave her teaching Mrs. Clifford Tinker substituted in the grammar school. Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. Lilly and daughter of North Adams ; spent Sunday at The Spruces. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sexton B. Deane resumed have closed their summer home ajand returned to Springfield for today after of absence when the winter. �REVIEW CLUB PLAYS BRIDGE—Following their annual luncheon, which took place yesterday in the Capt. Charles Leonard House, members of the Review Club enjoyed a bridge party instead of the usual study program, Pictured about one of the tables, left to right, are Mrs, A. G. Fletcher, re-elected president, Mrs. Edwin T. Malone chairman of the program committee, Mrs, Arthur N. Heald, newly elected secretary, and Mrs. Frank A. Sexton, the new treasurer. OUTLINE Springfield CAMP Girls’ for the Girls’ Club PLANS—Miss Club, looks Camp, over Maxine the Mishnoah, Keith summer with Miss (left) director of the program Catherine of activities M. Strong (center) and Mrs, Norman W. Martin, chairman of the camp committee. The group met at the Kensington Avenue School, where Miss Strong is a teacher, yesterday afternoon to discuss the season’s pro- gram for second the camp year. The of which Miss first group Strong is to be director of girls will go out on June for 26. the �Easter The Saxon goddess named Ostara or Eastre, the goddess of the East, the beginning of spring, gave her name to our Easter. In olden days the month of April was dedicated to Eastre. There creak when As Spring festivals with dancing and singing and feasting | were held in her honor. Colorful crowds in their finest dress young swains everywhere made merry wooed bore their tidings in of the ladies the market and birth places,| laughter of spring. Legend has it that the sun danced on Easter morning. The “Big Parade” of Easter Day| _ originates from the old superstition that it is | unlucky not to wear something new on that day. The original Christian Easter was really a thanksgiving festival. Feast tables were set within the churches. The rabbit or hare as an Easter from upon symbol arises the fact that the Easter date is dependent the moon, and the hare, in ancient my- thology, was supposed to come out and play, produce its young, and carry on most of its activities by the light of the moon. The egg as a symbol of Eastertide symbolizes birth, new life, a reawakening, about to the egg or seed. It is a day of reflection spiritual and material, come forth on the good that are from things, constantly re- newed by the urge of all things to grow and aspire upward. To us of. this hemisphere it co- incides with the awakening of spring. Flowers and fields are brightening and all around are evidences of the supernal goodness of life. We have come to a springtime when the sleep of winter ends and the blue skies and warming | sun and returning birds bid a dormant world arouse itself and become again the lovely, ing creature it once was. Easter is a day on which we celebrate feast of Resurrection, commemorating the umph of life over death, echoing with puls- | the. tri- those in- timations of immortality the saddest skeptic never wholly banishes from the depths of his consciousness. Like the earth, man seeks to renew himself in the annual resurrection of the spring. This is an impulse beyond reason. | | Easter repeats the word all generations of men lean to hear: “Though He be dead, He shall } | live.” In this resurrection of the spirit as in the perennial response to the message of Easter, it is plain that more than the habit and ritual groove the paths we follow. The habit and ritual could not persist unless the faith and the tradition still influenced —— and inspired. are a May and in the meant soon spring, men little as he a the women visit dirt started old morning on from to remember the roads his enough who tin were peddler. settled rounds through in the country. Boys and girls used to watch for his} red cart drawn by a pair of chunky geldings as it came along the road. The cart was built to serve his purpose, with sides that lifted up and back doors that opened wide. There were fancy blue and gold decorations, half hidden by brooms and baskets, mop handles and wash- | boards. There’ was. an iron railing around the flat top where burlap bags held rags, sheep pelts, raw furs and anything else the peddler could turn a penny with when Old Jake to make a was a living, he made a welcome visitor. of course, but He he trade. had never cheated. Father always claimed he was a firstclass psychologist. After Mother bought a new cream skimmer, a cooking utensil, broom and a new sewing basket, he took bolts of beautiful silks, kitchen satins, percale where she could and gingham really into appreciate the their beauty. In those days women folks made their own dresses and the annual cloth purchase was a major event. Sisters and Mother had a happy time choosing the patterns they wanted for dresses and material for aprons and shirt since County waists. Many times Father would buy a pound of Jackson balls and some cinnamon sticks. And ag the trading went on, Old Jake gave us news of other families in the towns he had visited, friends we had’ not seen Fair last fall. It was business, of course. But the visit of the tin peddler was much more than that. He was a friend We knew we striped hard and bag and knew each would each get with candies. firm place a generous Tin peddlers in our of a us by name. green and red number have nation’s of mixed had a long development. As far as research goes, the first ones were a couple of young Irishmen in Connecticut who started out, with tin utensils they made them- selves from metal sheets purchased from England. The bright shining tins sold quickly to housewives who had always used heavy iron| and pewter. Perhaps a few wooden nutmegs were sold; legend says so. But by and large niche filled a needed peddlers the itinerant while less the nation carriages and was getting hard ready roads. for horse- �Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; hursday, ¥ ebruary WORTHINGTON Fire Damages . Bartlett Home Worthington, Feb. 13—Fire of undetermined origin damaged the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bartlett. on Tuesday. None of the family was home at the time the fire was discovered by Eben L. Shaw, who had passed the house at 12 noon when everything seemed all| right, but when he returned 15 minutes later smoke was pour- ing from the lower part of the building. Mr. Shaw drove to Pal- mer’s garage where the fire truck is housed and after telephoning the alarm, started back with the truck. The newly or- ganized volunteer fire depart- ment responded with alacrity and no doubt saved the home from there complete destruction as was a wind of gale propor- tions blowing at that time. Mr. Bartlett was called home from his work on the state highway and Mrs. Bartlett, who is cook for the school lunch project, was also called. Damage from fire was confined to the living room | and a near-by clothes closet, but the whole house was very badly smoked and the family lost much clothing. It was estimated that the house cold not be repaired for less than $1500. 13, 1947. |Rey. E. C. Clapp /7”4 Worthington Resigns Pastorate NORTHAMPTON, Sept. 13 — Rev. Ellery C, Clapp, pastor of West Farms Congregational Church for more than 22 years, has submitted his resigna- tion to the January parish 1. Mrs. trustees, Clapp effective has asked to be relieved of her duties as clerk of the parish and choir director, effective at once. Rev, Mr, Clapp, who was born in Bay State, served for many years as chaplain at the Hampshire County House from from ceived of Correction. He graduated Northampton High School and Amherst College in 1902. He re- his divinity degree at Andover Theological Seminary in 1906 and was ordained to the ministry in Lisbon, N. H., where he had his first pastorate after teaching at Smith Academy, Hatfield, and Russell Cornwell Academy in South Worthington, |: |i Mr. and Mrs. Fre G. soak 47 announce the engagement of their| daughter, Jane Ann, to Philip <A, Vondell, son of Prof. and Mrs. John H. Vondell, A summer wedding is| planned. on road, William G. Rice of Madison, Wis., to Maynard L. and Mary ' Poland Snook of Worthington, land on the Huntington Chesterfield roads, Worthing and! ton James D. Carroll of Buffalo Jessie Carroll of New York aha city. to Henry and Mabel M. Cheetham of Somerset, land on the Hinsdale road, Se Worthington, April 15—Mr, awa Mrs. Charles O, Williams entertained Sunday at a sugar-eat to celebrate their 51st wedding anniversary which occurs April 22, | tion of Deputy , Sister, and Mrs, July 10—Kenneth to Golden Col., to at the University Barton left yesterday Chief Martin of North- ait | C. Edith interclub match Worthington Sunday in Worthington. 4F4T7 William | 1?47 | ampton. Announcement has been made of a gift of $1000 to the First Congregational Church from Mrs. John N. Yale | of Willimansett in memory of her| An George and Nellie D. Hull of Worthington to Howard N. Ma‘son of Worthington, land on ing thetenCum . min¢to ie n road » Worth - | Worthington Colorado, .Mrs. i |for Servird, Col, in company with | Clifton Sears of Cummington. Mrs.| | Barton will Visit her parents, Mr. | j and Mrs. James H. Priest. i | Rev, William P, Barton has chosen| | for his topie for the 11 a. m. service ,at the First Congregational Church | Sunday “Faithfulness rewarded.” } Chief C. K. Osgood announces 4 combined fire drill of Cummington, Chesterfield and Worthington volunteer fire departments in Worthington ‘| Saturday at 6 p. m., under the direc- Ringville the Worthington-Ringville Worthington, Paul has returned |;resume his studies | énd Worthington road, Wortthington. John J. Adams of Agawam to Frank J. and Alma V. Carney of Sprigfield, land on Worthington. Worthington lof H. Brown of West Springfield, land on Worthington road, Worthington, John Ji Adams ef Agawam to Francis P. and _ Mary C. Morrissey of Jand : | | | Springfield, | The Women’s Benevolent Society will meet at the home of Mrs. John Ames Wednesday from 10 to 4. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen left |Sunday to spend the winter in St., Petersburg, Fla. | He preached his first sermon in October, 1908, in the Massachusetts Reformatory when substituting for one of the assistant chaplains, and he served as an assistant chaplain from 1904 through 1906. He received a master’s degree from Amherst College in 1909. Mrs. Clapp, the former Vera Chapman of Westhampton, is a former schoolteacher and for many years a church organist. 94@ =~ Worthington Fe 26 bi de J. Adams of aes to Wilbur (4197 Worthington, Oct. 20—Mrs, Laura B. Deane recently was honored by 50} guests at the Spruces with a miscellaneous shower, Mrs. Deane who has resigned as principal and teacher of; thgrammar grades in the Russell, H. Conwell Sciool, to take effect Oct.| 24, will be married soon to Robert H. Parks of Turners Falls. Mrs. Marguerite Zarr, Mrs. Lucie Mollison and Mrs. Helen Magargal were hostesses j for the parity, at the local Foster. ) will ‘between links. be TO | conducted| :Williamsburg RESIGNS Dalton | MARRY py | Williamsburg, Sept. 29—Mrs. Laura Deane of Main St., principal of the! Worthington Grammar School, has) resigned as of October 24, and an-| nounces her approaching marriage ve Robert H. Parks of Turners Falls. | | �14 47 : Miss —Booth Photos Joanne Bartlett Two Scotia High School Girls Win Panhellenic Scholarships Two Scotia high school girls were awarded the Schenectady Panhellenic association scholarships today at the association’s annual spring luncheon at the Tower inn. They are Miss Joanne Bartlett and Miss Barbara Summers. Miss and 104 Bartlett, Mrs. Fifth attend daughter Richard G. St., Scotia, Plattsburg of Mr. 8s : Bartlett, plans to School of Nurs- ing. At Scotia high, she is a member of the National Honor society, member of the senate, president of the Foreign Relations club, advertising manager ; of the school newspapers and year book and a member of the |. band. **He hadda bad day at the office—that’s all I’ve been able to find out.”’ �| “APRIL9, 1947, ~COLLYER OWN BOOBY TRAP the telephone caller who touched off| the original search of the Collyer! home March 21 when he told police he. had seen Homer’s body in the old! brownstone house. Couldn’t Have Been Langley Police at first speculated this must have been Langley, but that theory was discarded with the finding of his| body today. Perhaps the most baffling mystery about the brothers was their motive | in accumulating an extraordinary col- | lection of junk which literally filled} every room of their home from floor| to ceiling. | The items ranged from grand pianos | New York, April 8 (AP)—Langley| than a dozen of them—to an} Collyer, 61-years-old recluée, was! —more |found dead today under the debris in, antique auto, yellowed newspapers and| TOPPLING JUNK IN 5TH AV. HOME KILES RECLUSE 'Rich Eccentric Died Before Ill Brother, Who Starved Without His Aid lhis fantastic Fifth of one of the shield himself Avenue 'brother, 65-years-old |found March Homer, 21. | | home— advertising posters, and the jawbone| ! booby traps he) of a horse. | Police carted more than 100 tons/ and his brother! | of this weird assortment out of the! | from the world. | . His body, stumbled on by police as} house before they reached the climax| today. | the climax of an 18-day search, lay! of their search Langley was reported seen in many | | sprawled only a few feet from thei |spot where the emaciated body of his! places in the metropolitan area and a: | victim | set to Found Dead In Home was nine-state alarm was sounded | for him, |. LANGLEY COLLYER that he and Homer both but some of the police searchers never porters ‘lost confidence they would find him held degrees from Columbia University. in his house. Langley had devoted his life to his. He described Homer as a former Their belief that he was dead was |brother’s care. But the blind and; lawyer and said he, himstrengthened when he did not appear admiralty crippled Homer was not able to repay! self, was an accomplished musician, for Homer's funeral April 1. the devotion when Langley was explaining the numerous pianos in| Fascinated Crowds caught beneath the toppled pile of) : Detectives who found Langley’s his home with the assertion: junk which became his tomb. “T enjoy playing on different ones.” bady said it was covered by a fourDetectives said Langley’s left arm The Collyers could trace their anfoot layer of debris. An _ old-fashand foot had been gnawed by rats, back to Mayflower days. ioned suitcase rested directly on his cestry indicating he must have died before Members of the family were parishbody; there also were bed stands, his brother. . Malnutrition was a conmetal screens, boxes and cartons of jioners of Trinity Church as earlly as tributing cause in Homer's death and 1697. Homer was a one-time lay ofpaper in the collapsed trap. it appeared certain he died because The searchers’ first hint that the ficial of the church. Langley no longer was able to brine Little of Value Found back-breaking hunt had ended came him food. Neighborhood legend had_ it that | they saw a foot and then an when Police Commissioner Arthur Wal- arm. with| Bones were visible where the the Collyer house was stocked ‘ander said the finding of the body rats, which antiques and priceless ones infested the house, had | rare jsions which the brothers sought fe-| gnawed at the body. confirmed detectives’ belief that LangOutside the dilapidated mansion, | verishlly to shield from all outsiders. | ley was dead in the house, had been But when ‘sweating policemen took | in’ trapped by one of his own devices situated on the fringe of Harlem the task of clearing the house} up a section of Fifth Avenue now defiand had predeceased Homer. two, weeks ago, they found little of) Dr. Thomas Gonzales, chief medical| nitelly unfashionable, more than 1000, value. Instead, there was a collecéxaminer, estimated that Langley had/| persons were gathered for the climax tion of junk which frequently | been dead from two weeks to a month. | to the Collyer story. howls of laughter from the| The three-story brownstone house |brought He added that an autopsy would be| }erowds outside as the articles were performed tomorrow to determine the | has attracted throngs ever since Ho- {tossed to the ground. cause of death. | mer’s body was discovered. On Easter The search was begun on the top/| The position of Langley’s body, de- | Sunday thousands drove by to view |floor through skylights in the roof} the home and photograph it. tectives explained, left no doubt that| Langley Collyer was a furtive little | because building inspectors feared the he was burrowing through one of the floors would collapse if the debris man who wore gaiters and other aptunnels which made his house a lawere removed from the lower stories purtenances of a gentleman of the byrinth, when the debris collapsed | first. | 1880's. He frequently made nocturaround him. { But here also were rusty bicycles, nal walks of 10 miles or more to The discovery of the body ended the| gas chandeliers, dressmaker’s forms, Brooklyn to buy food for his brother. amazing legend of the Collyer brothers| an electric generator, a miniature ar-| Although the brothers’ wealth was but it left many questions unan-| senal, a buggy top and numerous | estimated at more than $100,000 by awered. pin-up girl pictures. their attorney, Langley often begged Neither brother ever had explained Always afraid of intruders, Langseraps of food from neighborhood |ley had arranged the debris in an why, despite education, wealth and stores and he declined to pay iningenious maze so thatit was necesfine family background, they turned! come taxes, Sary to proceed through most of the their backs on the world nearly four} Took Pride in Culture rooms on hands and knees. A false decades ago and barricaded them-| Last July, on one of his rare daymove brought a pile of debris down selves in the one-time Fifth Avenue| light <cusions in the world, when on the unwary searcher, mansion. a bur-’ | he appeared in court against But one of his traps worked too A minor mystery which intrigued} glary suspect, he proudly told rewell. police searchers was the identity of| Siarved to Death o Brother �Warthiagion 947 | MISS SAGE Worthington ENGAGED Worthington, Oct. 27—Mr. and Mrs, *reston Sage of Manchester, Conn. announce the engagement of sol daughter, Priscilla, a nurse at Hillerest Hospital in Pittsfield, to Ht |) Franklin Bartlett, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Guy F.. Bartlett. | Worthington, ring ceremony Ida Joslyn commenced Falls. her duties Miss | | | | Sage, who was an electric clock. ing the week-end fore returning to chester, Conn. Miss Sage is MARRIED IN HARTFORD Were Mr. and Mrs. H. Franklin given was the of Worthington. former Miss She Priscilla E. H. Newcombe of| Rev, William Barton has chosen t for his Sunday morning topic “Are f Our || in on goes of what Aware | We | World?” i ; i of Durgin Lawrence Mrs. Dr. and | |Amherst have bought the Charles A.! home.| as a, summer house |Kilbourm William! by built was house | This the || probably was in 1782 and |Ward Cullen William which |\Ward @Store in one of his letmentioned | Bryant OfPost The Worthington. of ltars |p in ‘this in 1794 established fice was The store was later owned by house, There is still a -heavy | |B. C. Porter, |door in the house that has a slot in Alletters. for dropping it to allow fred Kilbourn, father of Charles Kilre= | the place when he -pourn bought 1870 | in War Civil the from turned eel in remained since has it and { family. )| town by the) was has been nursing Co. in at! Pittsfield. Mrs. Horace E. Bell in Machias, Me.,| Christmas. Upon young couple will in Worthington, their live at return the The Spruces! Married 25 Years Postmaster and Mrs. Merwin | F. Packard celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary Sunday by keeping open house when about 60 friends, neighbors and relatives greeted this worthy couple. Mr. and Mrs. Packard have lived in the apartment over the general], |Store which Mr. Packard bought from |E. J. Bligh 22 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Packard have two | Gaughters, Mrs. Charles Eddy and | Mrs. Leon Palmer, both of this town, two sons, Cullen, now in Tyler, Texas and Warren at home, and_ three grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Packard received gifts of money and many other beautiful gifts, Henry Dassatti T. C. Martin C. home Commerford has bought the Mrs. at the Center Martin frofn of Philadelphia. | x brides- After a week’s honeymoon in Maine, | Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett will visit’ Mr. Bartlett’s: sister and family, Mr. and! spend- Winchester, Mass. will perform the| double ring ceremony assisted by the | pastor of the First Church of Christ. || |Rev. Russell J. Clinchey, A. recep: jj jtion will follow in the Church House. } Gustafson, Bartlett Electric Sage. at The Spruces bes her home in Mane Worthington, Dee. 4—Invitations are in the mails for the wedding at First Church of Christ, Hartford, on ‘Dec. 20 at 2 of Miss Priscilla Sage, idaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston| age of Manchester, Conn. to Horace | Bartlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. PF. ; Bartlett of this town. Miss Sage, who} has been a nurse at Hillcrest Hos- | | pital, has chosen as her attendants,| her Sister, Mrs, Perley Trombley, as jmatron of hohor; and her sister, i Mrs: Arthur N. Gustafson, as brides-|i maid, both of Manchester. Flower| eirls will be Joanne Gustafson, aj! niece of Miss Sage and Judith ue Magargak, a ni ece of Mr. seen The best man will be C. Raymond | Magargal, | brother-in-law of Be! pbridegroom-elect. The bride elect’s| Arthur Mrs. SAGE-BARTLETT WEDDING DEC. 20 Rev. this Hillcrest Hospital in Pittsfield, and) Mr. Bartlett after serving in the U. S. ‘Army aAir fForce two years oversea s| has been employed:at the General | Worthington - Me 'erandfather, of \ maid, George and Charles Bartlett, broth-’ ers of the bridegroom and Arthur Gustafson, brother in law of the bride were ushers. C, Raymond Magorgal, brother in law of the bridewas best man. Sroom Mrs. Morris 8; Lilly, of North Adams, sister of the bridegroom sang. A reception followed in the Church House, }} shower by co-workers at Hillcrest Rospital, Pittsfield, was presented with Es F. Mrs. | | Dec. 11—Mrs. Cc. K. T. Bartlett and Mrs. were hostesses at the! night at a miscellan-!} honor Miss Priscilla] be married the 20th in| to H. Franklin Bart- Priscilla Bartlett Pris- Miss Sage given in marriage by i father wore a gown of white velvet with finger tip veil and earried a white prayer book with 3 white orchids while her sister, Mrs. Perley Trombbley, was matron of honor. Her sister | Bartlett ee, G. Miss~ church, as | W orthington Worthington, Osgood, Mrs. R. George Bartlett Spruces Tuesday eous shower to Sage, who is to Hartford, Conn., lett. in Hartford,.,Conn., bride’s grandfather, Rev. E. H. New- | comb of Winchester, assisted by Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, pastor of the Mrs.| principal and teacher in the Conwell School today. Miss Margaret Vaughan will close her home this week and return to Haddonfield, N. J. The Grange will confer first and second degrees on six at Lyceum Hall Tuesday night. Dec. 283—In a double at First Church of Christ cilla Sage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Sage of Manchester, Conn., was married Saturday to Horace Franklin Bartlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Laura B. Deane was presented| a floor lamp on her last day of| teaching. in the Russell H. Conwell | School by the superintendent, School ; Committee, teachers and pupils. Mrs.| Deane is soon to be married to Rob-| ert H, Parks of Turners | PRISCILLA SAGE BRIDE __ OF HORACE BARTLETT j ' �CENTER THE MEETING HOUSE OF THE FIRST CHURCH ' CHURCH OF CHRIST IN HARTFORD (CONGREGATIONAL) THE ANCIENT CENTER BURYING CHURCH GROUND HOUSE �Massachusetts ” CHURCH OF CHRIST in Hartford at Newtown, (now Cambridge) in the Bay Colony Se in 1632. In 1633 its leader and first minister, the Reverend Thomas Hooker, was welcomed from England and “‘recognized”’ as minister. In 1636 the Church moved as a church body over the Bay Path to the west bank of the Connecticut River where they settled and in 1637 named their settlement Hartford. This was done in honor of the town of Hertford, England, the birthplace of Reverend Samuel Stone, teacher of the church with Thomas Hooker. THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE was built in 1636. It was a plain square structure and served as the meeting place of the new settlement for both religious and civic purposes. It stood near the present site of the Old State House. THE SECOND MEETING HOUSE was built in 1640 and was also near the site of the Old State House. ae —= | ae ae? = THE FIRST was “gathered” THE THIRD MEETING HOUSE was built in 1739 “on the corner of the Burying Ground” — where the Meeting House now stands. INTERIOR OF FOURTH MEETING HOUSE THE FOURTH MEETING HOUSE was built in 1807 and has been in continuous use for 140 years. �THE ANCIENT BURYING GROUND was “set apart” by the town in 1640 and continued to be the only burying place until after 1800. The tall brown stone monument set up in 1835 by the Ancient Bury- ing Ground Association at the the town and church bears the of the town. These names and recorded graves in the Burying in the brochure entitled, 200th anniversary of names of the founders the names of all the Ground may be seen RESTORATION OF THE ANCIENT BURYING GROUND, published in 1899 and on file in the Church Library in Center Church House. THE BURYING GROUND is not, and never has been, the property of the Church. It was, and is the property of the town or city and is under the care of the Park Department of the City of Hartford. FOUNDER’S ANCIENT MONUMENT BURYING IN THE GROUND �®& CENTER CHURCH the First Church HOUSE is the Parish House of of Christ in Hartford. The site and the building were provided from the gift of the family of Francis Buell Cooley in memory of Mr. Cooley. It is the home of the Educational, Social and Recrea- CHURCH HOUSE * tional Activities of the Church. HISTORICAL IN 1639 a significant step was taken in the political development of the towns which constituted the Colony upon the Connecticut. The representatives of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield met and framed called the “Fundamental CENTER NOTE we should now call Orders,” what they a document a “Constitution,” to which order direct the government of their united communities. and In the shaping of this document the minister of the Hartford Church, Thomas Hooker, had great influence and it may not be too much to claim for him that it was under his inspiration — perhaps especially under the inspiration of a notable sermon preached by him when tution” these delegates took form. assembled — that this “Consti- �UNDOUBTEDLY he had strong support from the leaders in the other towns and notably from Roger Ludlow, the civic leader of the Windsor community. It may be that it was Hooker’s idealism as to the possibility of a government wherein every person should find an adequate place that stirred the repre- sentatives of the three towns to undertake the framing of this instrument, while it was the trained hand of Ludlow that fashioned the terms in which it was formulated. There is honor enough in the significance of the event to provide distinction for all concerned in it. Professor Johnson in his “Connecticut”? wrote, “The birthplace of American democracy is Hartford.” �+ Pied = Fa Her FEY] | Treadway Tribute | Is Presented By Senator Lerche (Special to the Gazette) Poston, Feb. 19, — Senator Ralph Lerche (R) of Northampton yesterday moved to insert ‘the following tribute to the late Allan T. Treadway of Stockbridge in the journal of the Mrs. Worthington, | former member and president of, this honorable body, the Honorable Allan TT. Treadway of Stockbridge, at the age of 79 ‘House of Representatives durling the session of 1904, and as a jmember of the Senate during the of charm sixty-eighth Congress 1945. He and dignity. was a man the late Patrick Ruddy, she and has She a the Dickinson hospital since Fe}: | ruary, 1945, as a result of a fall. She leaves four brothers, John Thomas, of this city, and Philip and Patrick, of Ireland, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 815 from funeral Northampton Ahearn’s Mass home, with a requiem high in St. Mary’s church at 9 o’clock and interment in St. Mary’s cem- jetery. @ef. SF -/74% 6. Utley of this! home Tuesday at 2, Rev, El- Memorial who also church here, two sons, was liver : Mrs. ; Mount Com- John L. a Burgin (8° | a4 Burgin, wife | (Brown) Mrs. Marian Main Road, of Burgin I. John of West of formerly | Worthington, night alt | Springfield, died late Tuesday She was born in} the Merey Hospital. 28, 1894, daughter May Derby, Conn., (McMahon) Nora and Watson of she husband, her Besides | Brown. of West Clyde sons, five leaves AlL., Jr., of West Springfield. John isco, bany, N. Y., Joseph of San Fransc at George, and Harold and aw» Cal., 7 home; livan, \George, a daughter, Springfield; Wilbur and Mrs. three Henry Arline Sul- brothers, Brown of; will funeral The Springfield. west funeral be held at the Curran-Jones home, at a time to be announced, the from place take will Funeral at 8.15 Friday Parlors Curran-Jones high requiem a by followed a.m., Conception Immaculate jn mass will be in St.) Burial at 9. Church “ Thomas Cemetery. dedication address. In a Holyoke and Pelham foothills and the fertile valley — Mr. McCloy said “it has been the custom of the ages for peoples to gather to pay honor to those who have died in battle. We do not aspire to equal with our words the great memorials of history, but we can fully partake of|. their spirit.” Declaring that ‘‘here today we reidentify our tribute, cherish it, and fix its memory among our hills,” Mr. McCloy said in part: “The fullness and quality of our individual resolution, rather than the words uttered, will mark the adequacy of our dedication. “Youths have been called from this college at least twice within the lives of most of us to take up arms! against aggressors. Twice the world | has seen their free and thoughtful) reflected in boldness and| character brilliance. Twice have they thrown the final balance, Recalls Hardships “There are many among you who fought with them. It is only those who have themselves drawh on their! last remnant of resolution who know} the meaning of their hardships and courage. The whole earth is their sepulchre. “There is no war to end all wars — no war to make the world forever safe. Men who fight for freedom merely win the opportunity to con-| tinue the peacetime struggle to pre-| serve and advance it. “It is given to few to die leaving} something of themselves to eternity.| Men strive for gain and personal con- |} tentment. Some find these things, but} the true value of a life is tested only} by the part it has played in the un-| folding story of human progress. } “We seek to install this monument) deeply into the life and soul of the | college. It is placed to overlook a spot of great activity and a scene of will be funeral The children. conducted Tuesday afternoon at New 2 at Woodlawn cemetery, York city. - the setting dead to the hearts of all Amherst men — the warm late spring sun playing upon the beauty of the Worth- T. Dedicated Two thousand alumni, undergraduates and friends of the college assembled in the morning near South College, overlooking the newly constructed war memorial and athletic fields similarly dedicated, to hear John J. McCloy, class of 1916 and former assistant secretary of war, de- ington, D.C. and a_ stepson, Kingsley Martin, and six grand- since resident of Northampton 1886. She has been confined to’ and Martin, Jeaves Bridget been Nellie Emma a jew- merford Martin of Germantown, Pa., and Jack Martin of Wash- MISS SUSAN RUDDY Mrs. lery Clapp pf Northampton officiating, Burial will be in the Center Cemetery. ington Grange and the Women’s Benevolent society. She was interested in all worthwhile community enterprises. Miss Susan Ruddy, 76, of 54, West street, died at the Dickin-| son hospital this morning aftera was born in She iliness. long daughter County Caran Island, (Dunne) funeral 10—Mrs. in 1910 to Thomas Com- gregational His record is one of outstanding devotion to the service of his state and country. As a mark of respect to the memory of the late Honorable Allen T. Treadway, I now move that the Senate adjourn. of mother,, an associate of Edison in the advertising business in New York. Mrs. Martin purchased a home in Worthington in 1907, but had not mate her home here for about 10 years. She was an author, including among her works, “Lady of the Dynamo.” She was a member of the Con- years K.! town, and two brothers, Frederick of! Amherst, and Walter of Los A ngeles, | The funeral will be held at Bisbce’s business on Maiden lane, York city, Mrs. Martin was merford of his life to the interests of his constituents as a member of Congress from 1913 to the time of his retirement at the expiraof March 20—Samuel as A, Edison and for many years a resident here, died yesterday in West Chester, Pa. The married clusive; and very ably, and with distinction presided over the Senate as its president during the years 1909 to 1911, inclusive. in the year for Carmelita B. Martin, 78, a ~former associate of Inventor Thom- elry New | the sessions of 1908 to 1911, in- tion Martin, Resident of Joined daughter of Edyin and Beckwith, who conducted | vears, He served as a member of thirty-two Carmelita April Saturday night. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Maybelle Utley, a son, Samuel! of Hinsdale; a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Finney of Wilmington, Del.; his} Church and Grange There Pittsfield: devoted Associate Many Years Worthington, Sen- ; It is with regret that I call to ‘your attention the death of a then Chesterfield, Utley, 50, died suddenly in his home| Dies In 79th Year ate which was delivered by Senator Michael H. Condon (D) of He SAMUEL K. UTLEY, 5 CHESTERFIELD, Woman Formerly Edison Chesterfield ¢ | | great repose, playing fields eternal hills. Tribute to Dead and the! : “May it be given to those who, in the long life of the college, rest at this monument, to catch beyond the horizon the moving banners of an! heroic column. : “They are the dead. They bid all! to go on in the struggle for a world they thought was building. | “It is to that column and those who have the vision to see it, and the faith to respond, that we dedicate this memorial.” �Ree - 8 F ‘ Waid Pura ‘ <H Writ on Bek 15°, snoushe THER WILL : Neth have BE that one accidentally Mrs. Kathleen Clarke ‘| Kathleen E. (Bartlett) Clarke, of 46 School St., died at her home yester day. She was born in Worthin gton, ahen of the victims against | the jet before going to bed. The Gurneys apparently rented BURIED the daughter of Noyes and Helen (Horan) Bartlett, and had made her home in Springfield for the past 20 might brushed the] wears. Services for Gas Victims tolnere ana they were taken from ther=| eh, Az Saturday The bodies of Orsen his son, Donald, 24, gas by killed dentally at 83 Bliss St. early buried be will ing, the day late Gurney, 54, and} who were acci- yesterday by side from Springfield Snrine ated in oe jSaturday at 2 in Hi i tor be in North ser double funeral will be held at the Mc-| funeral home Saturday at ©" 1.39. pA. Deaths Accidental Medical Examiner W. A. R. Chapin! gave the cause as accidental death by) inhaling illuminating gas after viewing the bodies of the father and son/ in the Bliss St. rooming house, In dications were that the son, who had recently only received an honorable}, to the door. rt's Albert's Hs. potato vines fie i Gree te ary bis Soe) asphyx-| teas Cemetery ean eS aefire 4depar eas ato -.potato had h 5 » held purial here. aet farm been burned was ; / on Beckwith, Kenneth First where and | field secre- and had was his tried found father’s reach lying was His | ce a een The Gurneys had been living at the rooming house a week. It was learned yesterday that the father had been separated from his wife, Mrs. Mary Gurney of 19 Bank Row, Greenfield, but Mrs. Gurney agreed to have both ‘bodies taken to Greenfield for a double funeral service and burial. A sister of the father, Mrs. Esther Brewster, resides at 32 Vassar St., this city. She was notified of the tragedy yesterday Calls Police ae The bodies were found about 8 a.m. vesterday by Mrs. J. Quinn, who operates the rooming house. She summoned police, who found gas escaping from a partly opened gas jet on a two-plate gas stove, which the men had apparently been using tO cook meals occasionally. Investigators MRS.; ALICE 'G. SKELTON x ONT aa Worthington, July 13 Skelton, 81, for over home of a resident of 0 died 60 years . her son-in-lay ay in uph dauzhter delia scl ee years (Hldridge) of | Ralph py bese la son, D. Rice Mrs a Plainfie - | Springfield. ag died; 4 He 7 Meisenney lton, all | and | of} CAR | Baptist Church. She Ange (Fe | Deaths leaves one t9HT Charles Kilbourn Charlies Kilbourn of Worthington, a former water commissioner and life long resident of that town, died Monday morning following a heart attack in the home in which he was born, A veteran carpenter, he had built many of the homes in the Worthington area and was well known to a majority of the summer residents, He retired a number of years ago. He leaves a daughter, Bernice; a-sister, Mrs, Sidney Smart, both of Worthington; a brother, Joseph, of Oregon, and several nieces and nephews, The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the Worthington Congregational Church. Francis Hathaway Believed to Have Dozed at Wheel in Dalton 83, 13—Francis July Dalton, Hinsdale, Rd., of River Hathaway, the father of three children, was almost instantthe | when night Saturday lv killed a into driving reamed car he was town tree near the Dalton-Hinsdale On Way Chief that Home Martin F, Hathaway, O'Gara a re- beater looked and a crash heard he said around to see Hathaway's car against the tree about 10 feet off the high- | way. Hathaway was dead when| 14 dausnt sbenoy. Cr Gurney who AS Berkat the Od employed engineer “ og 7 © 7 hire Mills of the Crane Company, kk. was returning to Hinsdale from wor Hathaway and Eugene Winchell, also on of Hinsdale, were the only drivers the road at the time. There was conwet. | siderable fog and the road was Chief O’Gara said that Winchell reHathaway | he and that both ported about 30 miles an) | were only driving W. inchell erade. the slight up hour the Wt” A ts (guy Brierly MAN KILLED ported moved rents Skelton, three. ves: of A. a and cioveaasOn: Sana 2 leta cer, -M married Perley Mareh 24, 1909. She James ‘Shipman, HINSDALE Police Rice of Plainfield. She had made her| residence in Plainfield since leav Ns her -hon here in October, 1943. “ funeral was held “Saturday in Congregational Church with buria North Cemete She, was born in Goshen, my 1865, ee line. eee Se CaM on the floor | in the bed. | a number The funeral of Mrs. Hattie F. Brier- | y of 595 Buckingham St. was he | Wednesday from 3ryon’s funeral ath e home hot , Rev. Millar A, Thornton officiated. Bearers were Clifford Smith , Harold Cutler, 3yron Henwick and | oak Arnold Hall, Burial was in Oak Grove smetery, discharge from the Navy, had awak-|)}tary of the Congregational Conferened during the early morning, wad|ences of Western Massachusetts will noticed the room was filled with gas| Speak at the 11 a.m. service Sunday.| body while Hattié for son, Ralph E., of Syracuse, N. Y vy One sranddaughter, and two great-grand-| children, She was a charter member of the First Baptist Chureh and of the Fortnightly Club. ‘The fun- | eral will be held from Byron's Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at! 3.30, burial in Oak Grove TSE T spread into another field. Mr, and Mrs. Walter Tower leave | Friday for a 10 days’ hunting trip ia | New Brunswick. i Mrs. Harry Lapham of Longmeadow jis staying With her sister, Miss Jo| sephine Hewitt, who is ill. Rey. Mrs. had Mrs. Hattie F, Bale of 14 Northampton Ave,, died Monday afternoon. Born in Suffield, Conn,, 81 years ago, ;she had lived in Springfield for the past 65 years. She was the widow of Albert H. Brierly. For many years, she was pastor's assisiant at the ‘ oe he of Orson Gurney and tormer local residents t to| Will T ! 147 tc Oct. Worthington, ireenfield, their home town, where aj _ oH Seems Carthy e Worthington morn. | funeral | Donald, side cemetery at Worthingtorn aa afternoon. Both bodies were taken yesterday | room| their in j——— Clarke home ars funeral McC arthy the {to | Greenfield. Mrs, of years been employed as a secretary at the Hotel Kimball. She leave s| a sister, Mrs. Carl W. Merrick of Springfield;, and two brothers, John T, Bartlett of Lee, and Herbert L. Bartlett of Pittsfield. The funeral will be held at the partors of DickinsonStreeter Co. Wednesday morning at 11 with an organ prelude at 10:30. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. | 3liss St. room when they met in this| city after the son had been dischargt _ jfrom the Navy, police said. anes [found in the son’s.clothes showed no | good naval record. The bodies | as vondared by Dr. Chapin to be i‘ =) moved to the ‘St. Pierre funeral home Be Held in Greenfield bike 16-19! b« / ¥ 7 reached Winchell him, Examiner Medical Albert See of Pittsfield who viewed the, body, expressed asleep the at belief that the wheel. Hathaway Chief feli O’Gara' that the informed said he had been a working been had man young dremely hard in recent weeks. The car was not badly damaged. ——— | TLBOU! — Charles “Worthington, ilbourn, 76. the at) Mrs. Terrell Dis 7 Suddenly at Work Northampton, May 19—Mrs. Doro- thy (Hill) Terrell, 60, of Chesterfield, director of children’s work at People’s Institute, died suddenly while at her | work in Carnegie Hall in Gothic St. this afternoon, Dr. Thomas F, Corriden, was medical due to a examiner, heart said attack. She death was born in F. and Allston, daughter Mary (Bradbury) of Charles Hill, and People’s Institute years. had been a resident of Chesterfield since 1942. She had been employed at for four She leaves one daughter, Miss Lois E. Terrill of Chesterfield. The body was! removed to the Ely funeral home and funeral services and burial will be in Germantown, Pa. �1947 | Whately GEORGE John J. Kennedy Dies in Whately KenNov. 19—John J. Whately, late Roger Neary {nedy, son of the (Lynch) Kennedy of Dingle, County| Kerry, Ire. and a resident of Whatley for nearly 60 years died in| his home early today. Up to two |years ago he had been active on his farm but ill health forced him to re-| lax, | ] In his younger days he made two \trips to Canada in company with; jseveral young men from this locality | to engage in tobacco. raising which |was a new industry at that time. |. Upon his second trip back he was Imarried to the former Miss Chris| tine Lippitt of Windsor, Can. Nov 31, 1898. He came to Whately and| 48 years ago bought the Solomon White farm and since then has been | engaged in operating it as a dairy and tobacco. farm, Had» he lived until Friday he had planned with Mrs. Kennedy, to visit his only daughter, . Mrs. Richard. Casey in Framingham, where an observance of their 49th wedding anniversary to be noted. Besides his wife, Mrs. Christine (Lippitt) Kennedy, he leaves two sons, John H. and Roger D, Kennedy at home; a daughter, Mrs. Richard Casey of Framingham; three grand children. EF, TORREY) ©} 17—George Nov. Northampton, iEmerson Torrey. formerly of Chestertwo years had field, who for the last t., died lived in this city at 22 Hospital Dickinson at night | Sunday jafter a long illness. He was born of son 14, 1867, May Chesterfield lin Emerson jrey, and W. was and Sarah (Fiske) Tor- married in that town survives who Feeney, Margaret lio }him. He also leaves a_ sister, Mrs, Rhoades of Williamsburg, a Clayton i son, George E. Torrey, Jr., of WorthHelen Mrs. daughters, six lington, and Mrs. } Sarazin, M Viola Torrey |Mary Steinberger, all of Northamp-| ton, Miss Elizabeth Torrey of. Pittsfield, Mrs. Mabel Naughwright of {Cumberland Mills, Me, and Mrs. | Doris Rouleau of Amherst, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 at the Chesterfield was a Church, of which Mr. Torrey member. UNE 17, 1949 Retires After 49 Years - Whately Whately. Nov. 20—The funeral of John Kennedy, who died yesterday ‘at his home. will take place Friday morning at the home at 9 with high mass of requiem at St. James church, | South Deerfield. at 10. Burial will be jin St. Mary’s Cemetery in Northampton, M. F, Peterson, right, treasurer of the U. S. Envelope Co., is shown as he congratulates Frank A. Sexton of 78 Virginia St. on his retireMr. ment today after more than 49 years of service with the firm. Sexton was tendered a testimonial luncheon this noon at the Colonnade by members of the*company’s General Office Employees’ Association. He was presented a wrist watch and a purse of money. Frank A. Sexton of 78 Viginia St. Mr. Sexton will enjoy a two weeks’ vacation before his name is placed on the company’s Service Roll on July 1. A native of Springfield, Mr. Sexton, who will be 68 on July 25, joined the company’s Morgan Envelope division on Harrison Aye., April 1, 1900.. He served aS a clerk and sales representative for the Morgan division until it was discontinued in 19386. He then became associated with the general office of U. S. Envelope on Cyhonor this noon at the Colonnade| where he was presented a_ wrist press St. watch and a purse of money by memIn his younger years Mr, Sexton as mascot for the Fire De| bers of the company's General Office| served Employees’ Association, Sexton, partment. He is a 82d degree mason Mr. | with his wife, took off for Worthingand a member of Melha Temple of ton where he will spend the summer Shriners and the Faith Congregain his attractive cottage: tional Church. | retired today after more than 49 years in the employ of the U. S. Envelope Co. here. The veteran employee whom Eldon | V. Johnson, president of the company, described as “most loyal in his work and attitude,” wasted no time in seeking out the fruits of his new life of leisure. Following a luncheon given in his �94 Worthington Dr. William Lyman, : Worthington, Noy. 20—Mr, and | Mrs. George E. Torrey, Jr., are the | parents of a son, Douglas Alan, born | | Tuesday at Dickinson Hospital. } | Mrs, Leland Perry Cole of Scotia, |N. Y- is pita Mrs. Horace ©. Cole. | Walter Tower brought home a 135 | pound six-point buck shot in New | Brunswick. Supt. L. A, Merritt is attending (AP)}15 March Va., Lynchburg, 75, theoDr. William Eugene Lyman, of relilogian emeritus of philosophy ary, gion of Union Theolog ical Semin New response dressings. completed ;noon and | A few for workers for the gave 1926, Dr. « Ends Charles 34 years | | | ; | Z , Nov. 17—The | Club room at Lyceum Hall will be| open Wednesday afternoon and eve-| nings for making surgical dressings | for the Veterans Hospital in Leeds. | Mrs. Harry Bates, who is in charge| of the work, invites all ladies to} assist this worthy cause. | Mrs. tarry Mollison announces that \| the Christmas Health Seals will he mailed on Nov. 24, earlier than usual. Arthur Rolland, Francis Grange1 and Alfred Stevens are in Pittsfield,| Vt., on a hunting trip. | Worthington Grange will confer the || 3rd and 4th degrees Tuesday night | | at Lyceum Hall on a class of candi-| | daates. Mrs. Vivienne Irwin of Russell, will speak at Lyceum Hall wednesday night on town affairs. XY y.. Mriends and relatives to the number 170 gave Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond 'Magargal a surprise house warming | | Sunday afternoon and evening in their | new home just completed. Guests were | ‘sent from Springfield, Greenfield, | field, North Adams, Deerfield, || Turners Falls, and Chesterfield. In | of ‘the evening {conducted jwith the a Rey. brief William service immediate Barton present ; were | young couple and received by refreshments EEE ne ee eee eee Priest of Demeter 194s The Berkshire Evening Eagle, Monday, | the April 5, 194825 Lee | John T. Bartlett John T. Bartlett, 79, died at his jhome on Greylock Street this {morning after a long illness. He | was born in Mount Holly Springs, Pa., but had spent most of his life in Lee. Mr. Bartlett was a butcher by trade and also served as meat inspector for many years. He is survived by his widow, the former Mary Ann Sayers of Brooklyn, N.Y.; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Williams funeral of of Montague; Lee, one and arrangements five are as Funeral were A) Bartlett Funeral The funeral of John Bartlett | was held this afternoon at 2 from his late home on Greylock Street. Rev. Frank Ratzell, pastor of the Congregational Church, officiated. The bearers were Frank Abele, George Alter, Charles Tucker, Louis Henry, Joseph Lyman held mington, Mass., Dr, Lyman. after Another Grange era. ended at Columbus when “Charles M. Gardner retired after serving 34 years as High Priest of Demeter—chief ceremonial officer in the Grange. He was succeeded by E. Carroll Bean, master of the Maine State Grange. The Columbus session was possibly the Jargest in Grange history. More than 18,000 persons received the Grange’s seventh and highest degree—5,500 more than ever before at a national meetine The served, v as High retiring yet incomplete. Kelly Home is in charge. jand Mrs. Dorothy Bartell Lilly sang! |*Bless This House’ Many beautiful | | useful Gardner, son, Richard | grandchildren. of dedication |' relatives Service at Columbus (947 | Womens’ M. Long of the National Grange, receives the best wishes of National Master Albert S. Goss. Goss was re-elected to his fourth term at the recent meeting at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Alexander jand family of Springfield are settled jin their home which they bought | from Rev. and Mrs. James H. Burckes, | Rev. William Barton, pastor of the | First Congregational Church will conlduct a Thanksgiving service Sunday jand his topic will be “Perpetual Praise,” Worthington York, New to 1940. He, College since | degrees from an herst, Yale and Bowdoin. Funeral services will be conducted in the Sweet Briar College Chapel Wednesday. Burial will be at Cum- Brown Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pease of | Quaker Town, Pa., have moved into | their new home on the McCormack Xd. Worthington, today. His widow, Dr. May Ely Lyman is| of religion at| professor and dean Sweet Briar. They were married in jand Cullen Packard a farewell party Wednesday night at the home of Mr. jand Mrs. C. R. Magargal. Brown and Packard left this morning, to go by auto with their trailer house which they have built this fall, to visit |George H. Brown, Harold's brother, jand family in Tyler, Tex. Then they {plan to go to St. Petersburg, Fla. | died his retirement. surgical Harold City, had lived at Sweet Briar The November quota was in one day with an afterevening meeting. friends York in the taught Lyman City seminary from 1918 |New England conferences of school | superintendents in Boston. Mrs. Harry Bates was pleased with the Dies Theologian, Keenan and Morris Landers, all of Lee. Burial was in Fairmount Cemetery. bithplace and home of } �ee : , ne | a W orthington ee | | | My S. Tatro : Vhile Worthingion, | 7 Vineent Greenfield, Bartlett, ja former late . Business Dec. 71, of resident last night at of. this the months’ Y., and! town, died| a N. Y., where he} past week, fol- : McClellan | Carolyn (Graves) illness. Bartlett. | He) that time. He married the former Bessie Gur-} ney of Worthington, who died about! 12 years ago. ' of the building of the His next position was manager of the Artifi- cial Stone Co. in Millers Falls, which he later purchased from F. O. Wells. Early in the depression years, he moved the business to Greenfield to what was the old Production Machine Co, foundry on Upper Wells St, After closing the business, he became associated with his son, Richard G.| Bartlett, in the Bartlett Construction Co. in Delmar and Scotia, N. Y, During the recent war, his son closed his business to enter the service and Mr. Bartlett returned to Green- field to assist another son, David, in his business while his associate, Mer| rill Davis, was serving with the Coast | Guard. Upon the Mr. Bartlett went return to join of Mr. Davis, his son Rich- ard in the new Bartlett Construction Co. in New York state. While a resident of Greenfield, Mr. Bartlett was a member of the Turners Falls Rotary ganizers Greenfield and Club and charter Rotary one of members Club, the serving or- of the as its) president. He maintained a perfect attendance record in Rotary for years and was an honorary member of the Greenfield Club at the time of his death, During his residence in, Greenfield he was actively interested in Green- field as a winter sports center and served as president of the Greenfield Outing Club when it was sponsoring winter carnivals and professional winter ski jumps which attracted a large ‘number of people from all over the |ecounty. He was a member of the Second Congregational Church, He leaves three sons, David D. of Greenfield, Richard G. of Scotia, N. Y., lIrving L., |N. Y¥.; a Jr, of Saratoga Springs, brother, Guy Bartlett of Worthington; three sisters, jon Bartlett of Springfield, Bartlett of Worthington ter Le Due of and Chesterfield, Miss Miss Mrs, also MarElsie Les- sev- eral grandchildren and nieces and nephews, | The body will be at the Hodgen fu- neral home tonight and Tuesday. Fulneral services will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 at the Congregational Church in Worthington. Dr. Kenneth R. Henley of the Second Congregational Church will officiate. Burial will be in the family lot in the North St. Cemetery in of the late She had Worthington. Hiverett member in |St., Florence. | Stanley and Mientka Mills i Mrs. Rd., to of ‘Society of the Mrs. Home Messier-Lacombe funeral urday vat Sa0,. high mass of Chureh Notre Dame at and She Women’s tolewed requiem 9. | | o* will be in of Burned Officers Elected three years; C. Kenneth Osgood; trustees for three years, Mrs. HE. G. Thayer and Arthur G. Capen; clerk, Capen; church treasurer, Mrs. C. K. Osgood; benevolence treasurer, Mrs. E. L. Shaw; auditor, Mrs. F. Burr; superintendent of church R. Porter, school, Mrs. E. G. Thayer; nominating committee, Miss Elsie V. Bartlett, Mrs. C. R. Magargal, and Mrs. Walter Mollison, missionary committee, Mrs. Clifford Bartlett church and Mrs. Daniel Tinker, and Mrs. committee, Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Lawrence George H. Charles Eddy; Mason; music Harry Bates comniittee, Mrs. C. R. Magargal and Mrs. Richard Hathaway, flower committee, Emerson J. Davis, Miss Josephine Hewitt, and Mrs. William’ Barton; resolution Herbert G. Porter, and Mrs. Harry committee, solicitors, committee, Mrs. Mrs. F. H. Burr Bates; laymen’s| Ernest Mrs. Walter St., a Hy = COINCIDENCE Mrs. George H. born Oct. 12 in Noble was born —; on the Stanley and 12th. G. Thayer;| Mollison, Harry Bates, Mrs. Clifford Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. C. R, Mrs. Mason, G. Arthur Mrs. Tinker, Magar- Wright, Gwendolyn Frew R. Porter, local students Rob- Capen. cast. Children’s Day The and postponed until of the measles. Nine in Rod will play Cummington and are exercises June 20 Gun Club Sunday at the Daniel in the have on been account Baseball Cummington 2.30 team p.m. Nine members of Worthington Grange attended the mock Republican convention held by Cummington Grange when Herbert Haskell of the local Grange made the nominating speech for Pennsylvania and Arthur Codding made the seconding speech. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Snook will attend the graduation exercises at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, Sunday when their son, George, will receive science degree. a bachelor | Bartlett} 1 Les- Hospital, | Worthington Grange will sponsor the play “Gone with the Girls,” to be given by Huntington High School at the local Town Hall June 17. Jessie At the annual meeting of the First Congregational Church these officers were elected: Moderator, Arthur A, Codding; deacon for H. and ert T. Bartlett, Walter Mollison was painburned about the face and Tuesday when she opened the door and free gas caught fire the pilot light. Church Mrs. gal, Destroying House Woman ! Williamsburg, 12, 1948 Worthington, June 11—Fire caused by lightning aAuring the thunder showers late Tuesday completely destroyed the house of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Mix in West Worthington. The house has unoccupied since last fall and the only furniture was a sink and range and bathroom fixtures. The fire was not discovered until 4 a. m. when it was too late to save it. It is not known whether there was any insurance as Mr, and Mrs. Mix live in Garrison, N. Y. G. and lehild of Mr, and Mrs. Guy F. }and | Bolt Sets Blaze, A. to Mr. : | x | Westfield. An interesting coincidence jis that this baby is the 12th grand-| Worthington Mrs. fully arms oven from Mrs. Cemetery. JUNE , Mr. Hlie, home Sat- Burial and Chestnut j are the parents of a son, Gerald : 1 aay Sie ees Perpetual 19 z Mrs, was Benevo- ince Py in oe : amd ce % Mr. 124 Horace Bartlett Worthington, 5 Besi tus sisters, Holyok Hat si Dickinson Worth-| #1 1921. three and of OF at a daughter | Amherst;fand | and Mr. born | Mr. and Mrs. Martin Finn of 98 Pine Helen} Holyoke lived ee ais aera ae ane | His first residence after marriage | was in Whately,’ later moving to Greenfield where he entered construction work. One of his first positions | Was supervisor Weldon Hotel. that of general born Bail? 3essette, both Ace A OnaeOn. |Help |Was educated in the schools of Wor- | thington and graduated from Willis-| ton Academy in Easthampton at the | age of 17, one of the youngest gradu- | ates at was Theodore Tatro in husband, she leaves lent Mr. Bartlett was born in Worthing-| ton on Jan, 30, 1877, the son of Horace and ried her Mrs. Lucius! N. Mary Hospital in Cambridge, jhad been confined the lowing several | 6—Irving Saratoga, She was Hospital today to Mr. and Mrs, A. M. Kasprzak of Cloverdale Acres, Flor; ence. Oct. 18 births included sons to | morningyin| 4 this early’ ; daughter ington for the last 18 years. She mar-| ive in Greenfield Construc. tion sleep. daughter é . . Long Man Y.) Mz (N. Y.) Saratoga her 25—Mrs. NEW CITIZENS A | As leep| Nov... 64, ; died Tatro, DIES NATIVE, ° Dies | of Bartlett| | 3 = an Zs �, as N EAR Worthington Y ANKEE O ctober 1948 Mas sachu sett e 33 i uaa lS �tt PRINCE FOR KNITS | es Worthington PORTERS FETED ON ANNIVERSARY Golden Wedding Observance Brings Parties MISS MARGARET | | HAMLIN i MRS. MISS HAMLIN LEAVES U M for eliring ter 2 30 Years Amherst, ,Hamlin, ‘at the . 8—Miss placement Prince notee University of Charles was and Near y |. out by the at occupy. | tained The for 10, { pastor Mrs. First 1949 today Ean by women Ralph 1918 From ee i | ? aes position on December theBs iis to first for women ‘ |Bjappointed | counsellor 194 1904 Sees: to 1913, 89 ae me oe ps a Cones peor cuech she agen A native of Pittsfield, Bere touk her peor hae eee f She ; B, ace ete ate A, at pursued eas cn had ie ta served ey e cake Kasthemp.| Miss Hamlin apnea, Smith College further : studies co cagAma |Fl of : in at ga | | i was K eep | Dee, 31—OQwners : aq = holders reported ad been flooded ea 2 The | were cellars of pumped that ; because those their of with first out of, and the cellars aie | heavy 3 as soon and oil burners oil burners| in; as the After her marriage Pittsfield and in 1933 of j}day afternoon fitheral wil be of. of Buffalo, Buffato, held wiih of the church been an Benev- have three and Miss Betty in 2. Y. N.:*. Buffalo burial there. L, held Ly “and { ‘ lakoten. Lx. : ‘ ky eed obs a - L9G h-e#A4: tf ere x the rare) buttle taby's Be Y oes Men . ee The| town , ca fi yYLa nrthe Le many (me nmilturs she she | Sun-} use hamel to 8. III, and ~ ies Dorothy Hewitt of Cambridge and Mrs. Carl Alderman of West Chester| field; a sister, Miss Janette Otto of | Buffalo, N. Y.; an two brothers, Wil-. O'to R. - (wo. established her permanent residence! in Worthington. She leaves two daughters, Miss Ctio the Porter of Dalton. Porter bas Drive pumps to Worthington as a young gitl visit her cousin, the late Miss N. Jacob of for many four grandchildren, Daniel, ad a Edward and Janice of this town (ter. many Mrs. Abbie Hewitt | Dr. Mrs. A Worthington. Dee, 31—Mi's. Abbie Corning Otto Hewitt,. 80. died today at a nursing home in Ashfield. She was born in Buffalo, N, Y. and came tliam’ Church, of the Women’s Lak homes| of the the rounds made oil burners the cellars housing| burners were tackled. | Heacock. lived in Church treasurer | instances the cellars filled up again quickly. in reaching was slower water The the danger point of coal than it was had with coal and | Brian eee Busy Epunins were kept on the rush in| ‘Worthington throughout yesterday and last night as numerous house- ents tha Porter of Hartford, Conn.; and twa Sons, Daniel R. Porter of this town Jv., of Dalton; G. eee ay pene euars Pumps Worthington, at years ago and has Providence, : ll C d d dinner daughters, Miss Alice Porter of New York City, Miss Carrie Porter of See Worthington Se Ry eee oode ; enter- daughters organist Congregational Mr. A, 1, was active member olent Society. Massachusetts, | President Porter until two Meter, Serving under five administrations| jof the university, Miss Hamlin was family of First Congregational years and jwill retire effective Aug. 31, after |nearly 20 years of service, it was an-_ {nounced the a ton Corners by Rev, bieEdward Camp,= a : JANUARY Tuesday with § Porter home Mr. and Mrs, Porter were married f : he bride’s fou 3 at the home parents, Mr, of the. bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs, Orrin Gurney at Worthing= lady-in- zabeth eee ee aCe, Princess ‘ \Mrs, Porter moved into the house at Worthington Center which they still for for of Edinburgh. a Cole, Miss Blise V. Bartlett After their wedding trip Mr. and |: is the proud Anna land Frank H. Burr were present at | their wedding on Dec. 14, 1898, which |Was a very cold and snowy day. and friends She written L waiting to Ce gs Margaret officer relatives |Mrs. 80, who has for thanks a lettersheof knitted apossessor pair of ofmittens 7 31 Service July many side of this town, : Placeme forN ‘ WomR nta, Officer Af | en ANNA knitted hundreds of mittens every new baby in this town e AUGUST ON | re COLE Of Worthington, OF ° Worthington, Dec. 14—Mm and Mrs, Herbert G. Porter, Sr., have been feted at three dinner parties in observance lot their 50th wedding anniversary, ;Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Porter had dinner with Mrs. Porter’s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs, Philip Gurney of Cummington. Monday their son and daughter-in. law, Mr. and Mrs, Daniel R. Porter, ) entertained 16 guests at a dinner in jtheir honor, Three of these guests, Arner 7 ye alt he Mesa A Law (9: ACL bd gar bo ’ 2 �ce MISS seendant of Rey, minister at the of First brother Elisha olq Congregational of the Mather, “meeting famous Church Rey. ton Post Office, and after his 19 first house” and WHATELY Cotton Mather. She and her husband lived in the family homestead in Pleasant St., on the site of the present Northamp- death she purchased property at 19 Arnold Ave., and there. was matron of a boarding house for Smith College students for 20 years, until college authorities discontinued the practice of housing students off-campus. Mrs. Mather keeps in touch with nearly all the “house presidents” of those 20 years, and at least exchanges Christmas cards with them every year, After giving up her college dormitory, she lived for many years with A, TT. Phillips of 218 Prospect St., and has been at the Lathrop Home since June 21, 1945, SMITH Miss Olive Smith, a ieacher at the| Sumner Ave. School, pwas granted a| year’s leave of absence at the meet-/ ing of the School last night to act as an exchange teucher in Great Britain. Miss Smith will teach at Burton-On-Trent in Derby. Miss Margaret Halsey will take her place here. Miss Smith is a graduate of Bridgewater State Teachers College and helds a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts. PUTTING FINAL STITCHES on the edging of a hand crocheted bedspread which has been three years in the making is Mrs. Etta Mather, 93, oldest resident of the Lathrop Home in Northampton. The spread was orginally promised toa raidiive as a wedding gift, but, as the couple now have their first baby added to the family, Mrs. Mather ‘thinks it cannot still be called a “wedding present.” The dainty, spry little woman, who wears a size 14 dress and goes downtown to do her own shopping. was working without eyeglasses, and when asked if she ever has to wear glasses, looked up brightly and said, “Oh yes, when I’m going anywhere.” Mrs. Mather, the former Etta Barrett, was born ang educated in Monson, and was graduated from Monson Academy. She came to Northampton {in 1875, and before her marriage was a dressmaker, having learned the trade at the old Ferry and Dickinson establishment in the city, at that time the largest such concern in the Connecticut Valley. Her husband, Dwight Mather, who died in 1901, was a de- OLIVE HIRAM R. DICKINSON, DIES IN 86TH YEAR | R. DickNoy, 13—Hiram Whately, | oldest resident 85, this town’s |inson, j and a holder of the gold-headed cane at today suddenly died |of Whately, 'the home of Irwin Bryant of Green| field, where he had lived for the past | six months. We was the son of Noah and Ades | Dickinson and had been line (Seott) of his most town in this a farmer several are survivors only The | cousins. the at held be will funeral The Whately Congregational Church Tues~of Gustin B. day at 2 with Rev. pastor of the local former | Amherst, officiating. Burial will be in | church, } Whately Cemetery. \ �| GREENFIELD RECORDER-GAZETI Restoration — Of Deerfield Off port, man ship faith, ie ~ room of the “White make to a aims which second continue are not Williamsburg, the cultural, it has been the house in educa- Parson ‘to faith John showing finished, and furnished in a don since Parson It was Ashley was a ell.| more' aj voices make in the 18th century. Redeemed Captive” by Rev. | John Williams, the first minister jin- Deerfield who was taken to | Canada at the time of the massacre. ;One may read a.letter writien to }Rev. John Williams during his} captivity by Rev. Cotton Mather, a well-known preacher in this vicinity at the time. There also will be a “Life of Cotton Mather” and a' a Flynt be completed hopes the in March house or April. will. Se sae friends at a the home of Mrs. Arthur July was miscellaneous Mrs. Henry Rolland as L. Fox, and and the assisting available exhausted; he come | a raised in prayer its final plunge. story of how in a moment them to up his supply gave of aban- life. as the ship is about to I in men of crisis. men’s hearts of divergent There once back FROM HONOLULU’ tell us how to get to the Kingdom. four Gods chaplains when © didn’t they they silly Doroby 40 at M, en98,Gave | Lives Over Wide Area During Late War | Remains of 11 Western Massachu| setts serviceman who lost their lives during the war are being returned to three weeks to this country from Honolulu aboard the U. S. Army Transport Cardinal O’Connell. The vessel’s arrival will be announced by the San Francisco Port of Embarkation. e Will Be Notified Next of kin will be notified in advance of the return of remains. From 10 days will elapse after arrival of the ship before Distribution Centers of the American Graves Registration Service will be able to advise next of kin of the date they may expect to receive remains. Armed foices dead originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in India, Burma, the Solomon Islands, and the Territory of Hawaii are among those being brought back to this country. wey = Worthington. Mollison, W. Harry Army;:} W. Mollison, Donald a 4! absorb we pray found Wes omen i can be no It look, to four themselves tossed about in the Atlantic. If we keep that in mind we shall not be bothered by so many deubts, prejudices and narrow thinking. Miss Fairman who received many beautiful as well as useful gifts will be married Aug. 14 to Chester Wroni ski. HISERVICEDEAD BEING RETURNED | views of this great story of the war. they’d CHASE PVHE own. nursing our little prejudices and ridiculing the other fellow because of the route he has picked different Snyder with co-hostess, MARY ELLEN the Catholic, church or religion. If these four chaplains could ; shower men was These 18—Miss honored of the Jewish is good that we should remember. Too many of us are prone to look down the nose at some other human being because we don’t like his Feted at Showers Worthington, thy Fairman George After the meaning 1 Dorothy Fairman the ship. intolerance = Worthington Rev. P, Washington. simple react {hymn book*used in Colonial times.| |The collection has many books of sermons associated with , Deerfield | people, Pa., home From this incident we should learn a lesson that will inspire us for the rest of our lives. It doesn’t matter much how. or where you worshipped wh-n the water closes‘in and the spark of life is extinguished: Truly these men fulfilled the highest tradition’ of an exalted calling. They died that others might live. They laid down their lives for their friends, It is The parson’s study will be one of the most interesting rooms, for there will be an early edition of | “The f of York, disabled veterans was dedicated to their memory at the Bronx Veterans’ Hospital, New Yerk City. Another tribute memorializing their heroism is a painting by Dudley Summers dramatically portraying their last heroic moments. The picture depicts the chaplains standing together on the bow of the battered and heaving ship with arms linked together and print of King George, third, made in 1769 was appropriate. For another there is a map of Massachusetis and southern Vermont made bv the parson. It shows Deerfield, but not Williamstown, because the parson, who was.a trustee of Williams college, iried to have the college founded in Deerfield. As far as possible the lighting is +Colonial in style and shows various itypes of candle-stieks and Janterns jused They down lains is a three-cent’ postage stamp, scheduled } for release by the Post Office Department May | Last year a therapeutic pool for} 28, 1948, that} Tory, was jackets of the side is decided trans- He remained aboard the ship and went down) with it, offering words of encouragement to the last.” ; : The most recent memorial to the four chap- | primitive style, with the idea that; the rest had been added through | the: y¢« as the parson became! more prosperous. Pictures present-| ed a problem. schools couraging Ash-} the projecting Referring to the interior house, Flynt said the south the early | troop When distinguished ~- service crosses were awarded posthumously ‘to the four chaplains, the citations of each contained the lines: ‘“Heroically and calmly moved about the deck en- ley’s day was-found on a barn! ‘door in South Deerfield. _ From; this it was possible to obtain a ltracing in the chaplain, Rabbi Goode, display a ‘bookplate reading: “They died nobly ‘together that. others might live nobly together in “brotherhood.” The Association For Childhood Education of York has established “A Living Memorial of Good Books” in honor of the four chaplains. An interfaith memorial chapel is being erected in the crypt of the Baptist Temple at Philadelphia, where the father of Chaplain Clark V. Also from a Protestant) Poling is minister, to delve into numerous records and look over many sketches in order to decide upon an’authentie style of architecture. He gave credit for much of this research io Mrs. Donald McCormick, William Gass, and the Smith college art department. A map of Deerfield street, which showed 3, 1948, the ship. The but necessary Greenland SS Dorchester, was torpedoed by a Gersubmarine on the prowl. This was the of the four chaplains, two. of Protestant one Catholic and the fourth, a Jew. When with tional, and artistic atmosphere which has permeated the town from early days. He is trying to retain the “old Deerfield rather than build a “new Deerfield”. As an example he cited the work on the old Ashley house. The work has had to go.slowly because at times, of of Feb, them to soldiers lacking such equipment. joined hands and prayed as they went church,” Thursday afternoon, to hear a talk | by Henry N. Flynt, who described. research necesary for restoration]' being: carried on here. Flynt spoke first of the coast hours the moment of supreme test came these men ripped off their life preservers and handed DEERFIELD -- There was a large attendance at the-meeting of|| the Woman's club inthe recreation the morning . i Progresses The Four Chaplains | Worthington _ \Dorothy Fairman Lists Attendants’ to in Rev. by Church be Dorothy $—Miss Aug. Worthington, Fairman, m, p. 3 14 at Aug. married Congregational First P. W. has Barton, : announced her attendants as follows Mrs. sister, her of honor, Matron Mrs. bridesmaids, Smith; Richard and Miss of Westfield Hall William Beatrice Capparelli of Pittsfield. Windsor, of Wronski Matthew be} will bridegroom, the of prother best Smith Ross and of organist, ton Ushers man. will Frank West and be will Wronski. be Richard Cummington Kenneth soloist. Mrs. Davis John will of be Dal- �J ANUARY yt ar 1948 Pegey Wood Gives Excellent Portrayal Stockbridge, Aug. 10—The late Sydney Howard, whom the Berkshires have claimed “with pride since severai| contributes | years before his death, this week’s Playhouse offering, anc thereby adds considerable luster tc an already high loca! reputation, This year director William Miles has chosen from Mr, Howard's works his “Ned McCobb’s Daughter,” the exciting study of Maine characte under stress. With Peggy Wood in the title role and some visitors augmenting the Playhouse resident company, the play emerges as one of the best serious works of the season tc date. i oe Miss Wood, making her first appearance in Stockbridge, in other than a comedy role, gives a performance of intelligence and sincerity. She has considerable competition ror che evening’s honors from Edward Andrews, who, in his playhouse debut, presents a portrait of a MISS merropolitan | | Be at Playhouse Star of Next Week’s McCobb’s Daughter’ of Mr, SANDERSON and Mrs, William Sanderson of Worthington, whose engagement to Cullen S$. Packard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merwin F. Packard, they announce, The wedding will take {place in the early summer, bootlegger of the middle 20's that was so accurate as +o cast slight suspicion on his past. The excellent supporting cast includes Judson Laire, who returns for Peggy Wood Willi?: SHIRLEY Daughter | See 1448 MISS ‘Ned; Peggy istars of \play, ithe first produced in New York iNew York in Victor Herbert's “Naugh- ty Marietta.” Such success as “Love 0’ Mike,” “Maytime,” “Buddies,” “Marjolaine’ and “The Clinging Vine” brought her greater prominence, while her performances in the title role of Shaw’s “Candida,” in the all-star revival of “Trelawney of the Wells” and in George Arliss’ production of “The Merchant of Venice” gained her further laurels as a straight dramatic actress, Her London debut in the leading role of Noel Coward’s “Bitter Sweet” established her as a reigning English favorite, while later New York appearances in “Old Acquaintance” and “Blithe Spirit’ added to her \wide following on Broadway and on} |tour. Also in the cast will be Edward | Andrews and Judson Laire in two im(portant roles, while Kendall Clark and /Raymond Greenleaf of the Playhouse company will repeat the characterizations they acted in the San Antonio production. from the merce in High School Springfield of and Com- is em- ployed by the Dentists and Surgeons Supply Co., in this city. Mr, Smith is employed in Framingham. Plans have not been made for the wedding. j by Theater Guild, was hailed at the ‘time as “one of the most significant and was |ptamplen of native drama,” }successfully revived with Miss Wood jin the leading role last winter at the | Theater San Antonio Drama Festival. The name of Peggy Wood has main{tained its place among the leading isinging actresses of the American stage since her first appearance in FAIRMAN Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs, Malcolm I. Fairman of Worthington of the engagement' of their daughter, Miss Beverly Ruth Fairman, to Richard B. Smith of Amherst and Worthington. Miss Fairman was graduated Worthington Wood, one of the foremost| the American stage, returns Stock;to the Berkshire Playhouse, bridge, next week for a revival of the late Sidney Howard's comedy-drama, “Ned McCobb's Daughter.’ In con\trast to the role which she played in iStockbridge with Jane Cowl in “Old | Miss | war the before Acquaintance” | Wood will be seen as the title char-: jacter whose decision to compromise iher ideals in the interest of practical-| lity is happily delaved by her own |hard-headedness and ingenuity, The BEVERLY MISS DOROTHY FATRMAN Worthington, Dec. 29—The Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm I. Fairman of Worthington who announce her engagement to Chester F. .Wronski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wronski of Windsor. Miss Fairman was a graduate of Springfield Trade School and is employed by the Wesiern Massachusetts Electric Co, in Pittsfield. Mr. Wronski is a veteran of World War It. being in service 34% years-serving 58 months in the European Theater. He is employed in. Pittsfield, Plans are being made for a midsummer wedding. \ “Worthington era 14—Rev. Aug. Worthington, this the ceremony performed Barton egational afternoon in the First Congr hy Fe uirman} Cc hurch uniting Miss Dorot Maicoim Mrs. and Mr. of uehter son Wronski, Chester and rman, of Wronski. Frank Mrs. and of Mr. was decorated The church | Windsor, i and | by Emerson J. Davis with greens yellow. flowers. marrag> in given was bride The lace| was gown Her father. by her fover Skinner satin with long, pointed and finger fitted bodi l sleeves and She cat illusion, veil of French } tip orchid with bouquet a colonial ried : stephanotis. center and CumminsRoss of West John Mis. Davis Kenneth and ae organist lton was j of Dalton sang “O Promise Me” | | and inhard ye ” } Yr r ; Richara Mrs. Truly. You Love “f méewas of the bride, sister Smith. ‘afternoon | tron of honor and wore-an 5 tania Rava a6 marquisette and ca rel of yellow gown bouquet of orchid| ried a colonial Phe | breath. baby's. and pompons af | Hall William Mrs. bri jesmaids, | 1d. and Miss Beatrice Caparell Ww marquisit 2 orchid of Pittsfield, wore afternoon gowns and carried colonial yellow pompons and bouquets of baby’s breath. gown was traveling bride’s The +4} navy= blue with uit; an aqua summe are on They and white aceessories. Islands an auto trip to the Thousand ace and Canada. R. Mrs. John Ames and Mrs. Daniel refreshments of charge had Porter in was Rolland Arthur Mrs. and charge éf the guest book, | } } | �1999 Worthington hte es JANUAR 28, 1948 Y | |“ / Physician Opens Office ‘fice ini Town: Worthington, Jan, 17—Dr. Walter is opening a part time parlor of the parsonage. |The town has been without a resident physician since Dr. Snook ree signed. T. Zimdahl ||office in the | Dr. Zimdahl is a graduate of Syra~ | cuse University and under the Bing{ham Rockefellow Woundation is on the teaching staff of Cooley Dickinson Hospital, MISS MISS Wilbur H. 8. announces Eddy the daughter, ALICE Miss Charles H. of ; EDDY Worthington engagement of H. Alice Eddy, Larro, son of his the Army schools three and years. in was with the tank destroyers of the Third Army in the European Theater. Plans have not been made for the Danghter of Mr. and Afrs. Arthur H. Pomeroy of Worthington who announce her engagement to George W. Piekford of Buckland, formerly of Boston. Miss. Pomeroy Will be graduated from Huntingfon High School in’ June. Mr. Piekford was graduated from Arms Academy, The wedding will he June 27. Something Wonderful Here hear a great America. this with with are wrong of things wrong SHIRLEY NO.1 CLASS BRIDE that things the are plenty | There we) and country, also! are There them. about deal America. with but! a, many things that are right with Americ them. about enough hear not do we || | that fact the in lie may explanation The have lived most Americans, native Americans, of life. too close to the good things of our way easily to Perhaps we have come by them too really realize how good and how numerous they are. and Mrs. This has not been true of Mr. resid- | now Jews, n-born Russia Levin, Samuel wedding. They know about some of | ing in Brooklyn. Their son was Sergt. Meyer| the good things. in Capt.| Levin, a bombardier, who was killed battle- | se Colin Kelly’s attack on the Japane parents the ago days few <A . ship, Haruna to the Secpresented a portrait of their son pan (8 TAT Worthington Worthington, Jan. 16—Mrs. Agnes (McEwan) ssby Mason, 59, wife of Howard Mason, died Saturday night at her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Mason was born in South Hadley and spent her early girlhood in Worthington. She has been a director, vice-president and president ‘of ° the Women’s Benevolent Society of First Congregational Church. : Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Ezzold, and a step-daughter, Mrs, Lewis Britton. both of Westfield; a step-son, Henry Cosby of West Springfield, and several grandchildren, also two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Egleston and Mrs, Dorothy Butler, both of Westfield, jand four brothers, Peter McEwan, Wallace McEwan and William McEwan, all of Westfield, and Walter McEwan of West Chesterfield. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 in the First Congregational Church, Rev. William P. Barton will officiate, Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield. pot many about talking are Too people is more vight is what about talk needs this country thing One who Mrs. served He POMEROY to Blanche Larro of Westfield. Miss Eddy was graduated from Huntington High School in 1946 and is employed by Buxton, Inc., in this city. Mr. Larro attended Westfield SHIRLEY John. Eddy is taking the leading role in “An Old Spanish Custom,” an operetta to be given by Huntington High School. Miss Dorothy Mae son also has a part. The School Committee will meet Tuesday at the Spruces. Supt L.A, Merritt, who has been recovering from an accident, will attend. The Rod and Gun Clyb wil hold a “Vietory” dinner at the Rapids Wednesday night. speech. the over in Czarist a little he said, “we we gave something fine We have traveled son. are proud to say that to our country in our all made Americans,” foreign-born “Ag Levin Mr. and Air, of retary No world. could | country other and free- | compare with the ideals of liberty ted | persecu were Jews We dom that are here. SHIRLEY POMEROY William Worthington Invite Residents States.” Many at the First Rev. William the ceremony. of Americans — tha Barton for was U. the thousands S. trying will to they gripe and try owes them, country, tunate really a little bit about lyn the ah said. Levins For and have} understand| There | say. They | who will not, they mutter | When it. our gates to} we open world, | When grumble about what the counand forget what they owe the they ought they But | it was| United | who a few of the displaced people of the they ought to remember the Levins. || will | sons Levin will be other ought to think about complain because and Congregational, P. thousands Mr. wha. invita13—An_ June Worthington, townspeople to all is extended lion to attend the wedding and reception to George Pomeroy Shirley of Miss 27 at 2) June Monday, Pickford, W. Church. perform had their given Pickford To June 27 Marriage pm. we here here it was something wonderful; equality to every one who came to the Huntington, May 27—Miss Shirley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pomeroy of Worthington, will be the first member of this year’s graduating class to be married. Graduation exercises will take place Thursday, June 28, and on Monday. June 27, Miss Pomeroy will become the bride of George of Buckland, rights. no Russia; try to realize to are. what there Mrs. is They ought the father something Levin’s little for- how from to fine think Brook- about speech, | �Deacon Chapin | escendan 100 Years eTetd queer enema eee Miss Mary DeEtte Chapin, a diree descendant of Deacon Samuel Chapin, one of the founders of Springfield, will be 100 years old next Thursday, She is presently in a nursing home at 2 Dartmouth St. Until a few months ago Miss Chapin was in quite good health and she was able to keep up her correspondence with many friends and former pupils. She taught in the Chicopee schools for 87 years—the last 13 in Chicopee High School. She retired in 1914 at the age of 65, When she retired she expressed the intention of “living the rest of her life in leisure.” She came to Springfield to live at 98 Randolph St., where she remained until she went to a nursing home a few years ago. She is a member of Faith Congregational Church, in which she was aclive for many years. She is an honorary member of thé Travelers Club of Chicopee and a member of Steadfast Circle, Kings Daughters of Chicopee. Miss Chapin, a native of Chicopee, is the daughter of Lysander and Mary (Ferry) Chapin. She has one nephew, Alfred H. Chapin of 180 Long Hill, and one niece, Miss Florence D, Chapin of Cambridge. Hak les 1744 MARY CHAPIN, 100, DESCENDANT OF DEACON, IS DEAD 9 }#4 os FR oo Old Thursday, Mary DeE. Chapin Tomorrow Marks 100th Anniversary * Native of Chicopee, She Taught School There for 37 Years Miss ‘Direct Descendant of Founder Of City Receives Gifts From | Former Pupils | } visited Miss ‘Chicopee, | buy a who Chapin dropped “birthday the box” and piant. their until sent they pennies could Many of Miss Chapin’s former pujpils are grandmothers now, but they still enjoy visiting her, and her ree imarkable memory always provides @ lstory of their school days. ' Until recently, Miss Chapin was jable to keep up her large corresponds jence with friends and former »apils, on. LO: |She taught |years. the 12744 | School, /age in Chicopee serous it: o7 last 13 in Chicopee Hig before of 65. She retiring now in 1914 | Circle, |She is and Kings a at the lives in a nursing home at 27 Dartmouth St. Miss Chapin is a member Congregational Church, an member of the Travelers | Chicopee. a member native of Daughters one who 20, of DeBtte Chapin, Deacon Samuel a direct Chapin, of the founders of Springfield, observed her 100th birthday Jan, died Saturday Was ‘her flowers in honor of the anniver;sary. One of her favorite gifts is a ‘large azalea plant tied with a pink satin bow and lettered “100” in gold. i It we nt by children of members of \Steadfast Circle, Kings Daughters of jin Mary descendant at 27 Dartmouth Miss Mary Dette Chapin, a direct ‘descendant of Deacon Samuel Chapin, ‘one of the founders of Springfield, i will be 100 years old tomorrow. | Many old friends and former pupils [have , She was born St. in a nursing home Schoolteacher in Chicopee, Jan. 20, 1849, the daughter of Lysander and Mary (Ferry) Chapin. A graduate of the Chicopee schools and Westfield Normal School, she taught for 37 years in the Chicopee the last 13 years School, where she course business Miss Chapin public schools, at Chicopee High instituted the first retired in 1914, and years, She moved to Springfield, where she lived for a number of years at 98 Randolph St. She was a member of the Chicop ee St. Church, and attended Faith Con- gregational Was the Church in later active/in the Travelers’ Club and Steadfast Circle of the* Kings Daughters of Church Guild, Until |Chapin Chicopee, a few kept up with her many pupils, She leaves a ‘ and Faith months ago, Miss her correspondence friends nephew, and former Alfred H of Faith honorary Club of of Steadfast of Chicopee, Chicopee, tha |daughter, of Lysander and Mary | (Ferry) Chapin, She has one nephew, | Alfred H, Chapin of Long Hill St, and a niece, Miss Florence D. Chapin | of Cambridge. CHICOPEE Chapin Descenant, 100, Responds by Proxy to Roll Former Chicopee Teacher Unable to Leave Springfield Abode to Attend First Congregational Ceremony Chicopee, call of Church was rrr rer tener rere of Jan. the the 18—At First first name that of Miss Mary Springfield, the annual roll Congregational called a memper this year DeBRitte Chapin, of the church since 1876. Miss Chapin was born in Chicopee January 20, 1849, and will be 100 Thursday. Since roll call was instituted in 1899 she has answered the eall nearly every year either in person or by letter. Last year, when she was 99, she answered by letter, but the infirmities of age have overtaken her this year and when her name was called Miss Linda C, Baker responded for her, She displayed two photographs of Miss Chapin taken on her 90th and 95th birthdays, lent to the church and Sunday school by Mrs, Alfred H. Chapin. Miss Baker, a life long friend of Miss Chapin’s, as was her mother before her, spoke briefly ‘of Miss Chapin as a neighbor, friend, and teacher, and of her love of children and of her keen wit. | os MARY Chapin of DeETT | f Springfield, Florence D. Chapin CHAPID and a filece,| of Cambridge. The funeral will he held at the par-| lors of Dickinson-Streeter Co., Tues- | day at 2. Rev, Alden S. Mosshammer and Rey, Asa W. Mellinger will officiate. Burial will be in Chicopee St., Cemetery, Chicopee. | �Safely ae color sound Presented tor Showing in City Schools film on safety, which was first review ed by students at Howard St. School and so generally accepted that letters urging its purchase for showing in all schools in the city were sent to Mayor Brunton, today was presented to the Accident Prevention Council, Pictured during the presentation, from left, are Lawrence Sandrini, Marion L. Bartlett, advisor; Lois Perrone, James Leonel, Executive VicePresident Ralph W. Ellis of the Saftey Council, Safety Officer J. Albert Murphy and Robert Stone, assistant manager of the council. While snowflakes windows, started the the program fell outside Howard-St. annual today in spring the the;partment Schoolithe child school A group of pupils, who had served as a special preview committee for a new color sound film, “Let’s Stop and Go Safely,’ presented the film to Ralph W, Ellis, executive vice-president of the Hampden. County <Accident Prevention Council, who in turn gave it to Safety Officer J. Albert Murphy of-the oe Springfield Police De- Mrs. Cohen, Retiring Federa-| tion Head: Honored || Miss Mary Pottenger, chairman of the education committee of the | Springfiell Federation of Woman's | Clubs entertained members of the ex-| ecutive board, in honor of the retiring president, Mrs. Monte Cohen, at a tcok home yesterday afternoon. places in in High Miss St. Edith Robson Miss The affair | Miss Eliza- Pottenger’s and new! beth Wassum = presided at the tea table which was centered with an arrangement of tulips and white lilacs, The spring theme in decorations} Was carried out throughout the rooms with vases of violets. | Miss Marion L. Bartlett and Miss Evelyn Holston were cohostess ses with Miss Potienger, | Guests attending the tea, were those! |who have served with Mrs, Cohen lon the executive board of the fed- ration the of Safety in his parochial Marion Howard the use and Bartlett, St. School, Curriculum program in schools. principal is of chairman Committee of the Springfield schools and because of this the children in her school were asked to preview the new film. They were so enthusiastic that the students wrote letters to Mayor Daniel B. Brunton and asked him to secure a copy for use in every school and before special groups in the area, The film is the first copy exhibited east of the Mississippi according to the producers, and the importance during included Norman \Schmidt, Mrs. W. Mrs. the last two Harry C, Fletcher, Franklin vears . They | Riley: Mrs, W, Mrs. | Ruth, Sturgis,| Mrs. Jarmes I, Shannon, Mrs. Nora Giadden Winton, Mrs. Cordelia, Sar-| gent Ponl, Miss Mabel L. Welcker, Anna G. Carmody, Miss Lida Noyes, Mrs. Samuel E, Goidell, Mrs. Peter Curto, Mrs. Henry B, Dow and Mrs. O. N. Christensen. Mrs. Christensen has-been elected to suc« céed Mrs. Cohen as president of the federation for the 1949-50 club year. of to be River, shows each child serving as his own traffic officer. It specifically shows the dangers of playing in the streets and dashing: from between parked ears. In a letter to the children, Mayor Brunton responded with the information that he would be pleased to make the film available and commended the work of the children and safety groups, SUCLAL MAY 4 ‘hs. ee ‘Miss Pottenger Hostess at Tea fea Miss safety building. to public (OFOR TRIP TO TF SeNCtON Miss Large Group Leaves Capital Friday West. Springfield, large group March from West 25 March ~~ | for 20 — A} Springfield will join the trip to Washington, D. C.,| from March sored by to the ‘Education, State The 27, spon- Department members will of! visit the Pan-American building, the Washington Monument, the National Capitol, Court The the non will Tomb of and Art the also be party p.m. Station, Sunday p.m, United the Mellen The 10.20 the and States Supreme Smithsonian Institute. the Unknown Soldier, Congressional Library Gallery, Mount seen. will March 25, leave from Springfield, and evening, March. Ver- Friday the at Union will return 27 at 9.05 | �-~ireneeemuniiniiiaenmamntaal ‘Back-to-Camera’ - Technique Useful Sylvia Sidney Employs It Advantageously Some actresses like’ to act with their hands. Others depend on facial expressions te put the of the ranks filled with those inflections to them across. screen who use catch the And great tricky are vocal interest of the camera. But Sylvia Sidney. costarring with John Loder, in Terrence Rattigan’s London ana New York comedy hit, “O Mistress Mine,” which is a Playgoers offering at Court Square theater, for three days only starting next Monday and ineluding a matinee on Wednesday, has other ideas. I've ever done.” “In almost every picture I've made,” says the actress, “I’ve managed to talk the director into letting me do at least one scene with my back to the camera. Personally, I think they’re some of the best scenes “back -o-the- She thinks it is the Neck” routine that was in helping her to make movie stardom. “When I was instrumental the grade to going school,” she recalls, other students and to dramatic “I watched found ihat the the majority of them worked with conventional tricks of the trade. They made eyes, giggled, wrung their hands and generally ‘chewed-up’ scenery all over the place. When I tried out for a leading role shortly after that and asked the director if I could do a scene with my back to the auBut | | dience, he thought I was mad. he let me try it. tried to COZY MOMENT—tohn Loder and Sylvia Sidney stars of the Terence which the Playgeers will preRattigan comedy, “O Mistress Mine, sent next Monday through Wednesday, with Wednesday matinee, at the Ceurt Square. | “T had worked it all out for my-} self beforehand, and it played so well It convinced me that I got the part. then and there that I had a piece of| sure-fire stage business. Ever since the on back my turned I’ve then camera as often as an indulger.t dicried I have me. would let rector backhysterical been backwards, fact } In backwards. giggled wards, J have eeivable showing express emotion my face every est actually| without \ to the camera.” Greenfield Men a9 In Court on Z%L Vagrancy Charge Two Greenfield men who allegedly solicited funds in Hinsdale while agents acting as Salvation Army this Court appeared in District morning on charges of vagrancy. Gotdon E. Watt, de-| who 40, scribed himself as an ordained minister and a member of the Salvanot tion Army for 18 years, pleaded His guilty to the vagrancy charge. 2 2Tcompanion, Robert N. Wood, admitted year-old farmer-laborer, Bail was set at $200 and the), guilt. . case was continued until tomorrow arrested by state police, When contained a pockets Watts’ Mr. of womlist of names and addresses keys. en as well as some skeleton womens He told Judge Alberti the of. those fromé “one came names and that he lonely hearts clubs into his lused the keys for getting his wife is |own apartment when jaway. According ort, Mr. to Watt the state went police from re- house Army to house wearing a Salvation and for money, asking and leap Mr. Wood was said to be lelothes. \the driver of the car. ¢ PE ey ry aa ANNIVERSARY EVENT—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burr of Huntington, above, were guests on Sunday noon of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Burr of Westhampton, on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. The couple are from Huntington and Mrs. Burr is the former Ethel Pomeroy of Worthington. �Silver ‘Sheepskin’ Won by | | Former Worthington Man | Kenneth W. Paul, Maine Veteran, Colorado School of ; Mines Grad On May 28 Golden, liam Paul, Col. May formerly Worthington, will 16—Kenneth of Old North be granted Wil- the Rd., pro- | fessional degree of geological engineer at the 75th anniversary commencement of the Colorado School of Mines May 27. He will receive the unique diploma etched in silver which the Colorado School of Mines uses instead of the customary “sheepskin,” Paul is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, national social fraternity, and ‘served as president during the 1948“49 aoe year. He is also a member eof the following organizations: The Society of Exploration Geophysicists Tau Beta Pi, national honorary fraternity; Sigma Gamma Epsilon, national honorary fraternity; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Interfraternity Council: the Cosmopolitan Club, an organization of students from all countries organized to Hromote international good will among |the student on the Mines campus; and |president of the Mines student body | during the 1948-49 school year. He is a veteran of 38 months in’ the United States Marine Corps. Mrs. William D. Worthington, May 18—Edward J. Clark, 83, of Worthington, died this morning at the home of Mrs. Louise B. Sandy in Ashfield, where he hai been staying for some time. Mrs. Clark was a native of Worth‘ington. and lived here most of his life. His wife, Caroline J. (Hewitt) Clark, died a year ago, May 10. Mr. Clark was a charter member of Cummington Grange and Hillside Pomona Grange, and a former officer of Hillside Agricultural Society, He was one of the founders of the Worthington Library Corp. and was its secretary and treasurer for several years, He leaves three nieces, Miss Eleanor Clark of Buckland, Mrs. Alan Dick- KENNETH ‘and /en’s ‘She ‘bers was an officer in the local county groups of the WomChristian Temperance union. was one of the older mem- of the Massachusetts Eight specified | Wilcox granddaughters, Mrs. Powers, S. Callander, ence ers, H, of $5000 will of late of Louise Hubbard each Mrs, 134 all and E, of Springfield, ; The residue of estate son, string Powers her of former genuine left and $1000 Richard employees, pearls J: Flor-| Pow-.| was di-| each G. March 4, son, Charles F. Mosher of Green.| igrandchildren and one great: | |great-grandchild. Mrs. Morris E. 'Lilly of 127 Pleasant street, this | icity, is one of her granddaugh.- | | ters. | Funeral arrangements have /not been announced here, but the to the Sim- | of the will. Mrs, officiate. The body in will the and to Blizabeth Powers died| April 17 — Joseph 74, died Saturday aft- Miss Jeannette Wright jliam P, ernoon at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, following an operation. ‘Mr. Wright was born in North Adams but had lived most of his life in Worthington. He leaves his wife, Julia M. Wright, one son, Charles Wright of Greenfield, two daughters,| and Miss Jes- sie Wright, both at home, and one granddaughter. The funeral will be at the First Congregational Church Tuesday afternoon at 2.30, Rev. Wil- from in to @ Joseph E. Wright Worthington, Emory Wright, Barton will officiate. Burial will be in North Cemetery. The family will meet friends Monday evening 7 to 9 at Cummington. Leslie’s Miss Elsie V. Springfield Friday Nel- Gast Powers of this city. R. Dunca n| Ciapp and Dudley B, Wallace are’ ex-| ecutors will Longhill | vided among. Josephine Powers Clapp, | | Frances ‘Converse Powers, Martha | Alison Powers Blake’ and Lewis J. lPowers, Jr., who will receive 20 per) Anderson Mys and two of Hast EB. Clark were Marguerite F. the and Therese Marsh, Lewis Tenn. be cremated and burial will be Center Cemetery, Worthington, Case of West Springfield, and Josephine S. Larsson of Berkeley, ‘Cal, | Fueces of jewelry also were distributed | ;among these direct legatees, Mrs. Al- will the Ashfield a which was filed for probate in the Registry of Probate yesteray. Those named were Francis C. Powers, | Martha Allison Powers Blake, Enola| | Agnes field, 10 grandchildren, 20 great-. mons funeral home. Burial: ve in Hillside cemetery. in Bristol, The funeral will be Friday at 1 in ‘the Leslie Porter funeral home, Cum‘mington. Rev. Philip H. Steinmetz of | Wood, Cal, and David Powers Pardee }of San Jose, Cal. Mrs, Clapp also will | inherit the Loneghill St. home and al ; diamond ring, accomling to the terms | | of the will. His- ‘bert N. Hardy, Jr., of this city ‘is the wife of one of the present ‘proprietors of the restaurant in |the replica of the fort. | Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. ‘Guy Bartlett of Worthington, ay body will be brought bequests of Charles Sears of Goshen, nephews, Dwight T. Clark Orange, N. J., and Ethan of Westfield. |cent each, with 10 per cent each go-| jing to Clark Dawley Pardee of Hay-; | torical society and was a descendjant of some of the defenders of ‘Fort Massachusetts who were captured in the famous siege of the fort and taken to Canada. One lof her inson PAUL Mrs. Powers Will Bequests Revealed ness. ‘also W,. e Mrs. Mosher was the daughter| of the late George and Mellitta P., Fuller, and was born here March 22, 1860. While in North Adams! she was an active member of ‘the First. Methodist chureh and held offices in the women’s organizations of the church. She EDWARD CLARK, ONE OF LIBRARY FOUNDERS, DEAD ton Man Long Active in Grange Mosher, Tuesday in Mound Park hospital,| 3t. Petersburg, Fla. She had made 1er home in that city since 1922,| Death followed a lingering ill-| | Rites Friday for Worthing- Mrs. Lillian A. (Fuller) Mo- | sher, 88, widow of William D. | Mosher and a native and former| resident of North Adams, died! « Worthington | | with her sister, funeral home Bartlett went to to spend Haster Miss Marion lL. Bart- lett. Miss Maizie Magargal of Springfield is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wells Magargal. �a gee ye Elderly Woman Killed ‘| ~ Worthington poyq Worthington, lian A. Adams, burg, March Mosher, and Fla., 11—Mrs. 89, a native a resident died of Mareh FS Lit- of North St, home in Florida after a long illness. She ;was born in North Adams, Mareh 22, 1860, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gedrge |Fuller. She was married to William B. Mosher, and was the mother of four children, two of whom survive. | Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Bartlett of Worthingtor, and a Charles F. Mosher | Death of Mrs. Nellie Miller Is Second in Two-Nights in "Hamp Traffic Accidents Guy son, of Greenfield Northampton, March 9—The fourth {crossed the street, according to po-4 jserious accident in poorly-lighted jlice. The bus driver was identified as | {Locust St. near Cooley Dickinson|Daniel D, Montisione of 73 Hawley; and St. Petersburg, 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and a _ greatgreat-grandchild. The funeral was held today at the | Palms ‘burg, Memorial and in second funeral will be held, at Methodist Episcopal Church at Kuceter, Rev. Elmer N. Haley the 2.30 will officiate, North Burjal body Adams will be where at Hospital life a entrance, of Mrs. Locust Peters- be to the St. will shipped Fila, Home — By Bus in Northampton Peters- 9 at her ~sip St. It tonight Nellie took Miller, was the 70, of traffic accident in Northampton two nights. Was Crossing Street a Mrs. Smith ton future date, Atul ntaadog : Miller, cottage grounds, was Street on housekeeper the struck Railway by Smith’s Co. a MRS. HATTIE Northampton, May (Mayhew) Eddy, 79, endon al Church Thursday 744 EDDY 10—Mrs. widow of | Hattie} Harry} \R. Eddy, for many years a resident! of Florence until she went to Worth-| ington five years ago. died last night} at Dickinson Hospital after a short! iiness. She was born in Westhamp-| ton Dec, 27, 1869, daughter of Jerome| and Myra (Hall). She was born inj Westhampton Dec. 27, 1869, daugh-} ter of Jerome and Myra (Hall) Mayhew. She attended Worthington Congregatidnal Church and was a member of the Women's Benevolent Society of that church and of Williamsburg Grange. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. | Mrs, Harry A. Strong of Easthamp- | ton, Mrs. John J. MeCarthy of this| [city. Mrs. Charles Allen and Mrs, Walter Tower of Worthington; four j sons, Wilbur S. of Worthington, Carl 2.» plumbing inspector in this city, Philip of Williamsburg and Henry IL. of Florence; a sister, Mrs. Louella {Hubbard of Springfield; 17 grand‘children, and nine great-grandchil‘dren, Funeral will be in the Worthington Congregational Church Thursday at 2, with Rey. William B. Barton, pastor, officiating, Burial will be in Center Cemetery, Worthington, Friends may call at the Newell funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9, at 78/|tive at bus the) 2 p.m, Bur-| Mrs. Cemetery. will be in Springfield ial funeral Byron the at be seen may Bliss and m. p, 2-10 from Wednesday home, 9-10 a. m. Thursday from for his Sunday all thy getting, special collection overseas relief. Miss Bessie sermon get will Ames will 25—Rev. Wilof the First has chosen topic, “With wisdom.” be taken ‘ A for quietly cele-| cards of and spring Benevolent president gifts flowers among Society, for six from them the of which years. a box she was Women’s body carried Thomas of the diminu-| to nearby F. hos-| Corriden, | said Mrs, for Miller, - who Smith’s was| Mrs. Virginia School faculty mem- some letters. eee ope Me-_ ber and resident of the Smith cottage, was crossing Locust St. en route to |Parker’s store to mail to the store telephoned had She shortly before the accident to informa for stamps needed she attendants her letters. 4 The bus, which police said was driven by Montisione was headed, empty, toward the street railway company barns a short distance from |the scene of the accident, Mrs. Miller, dressed entirely in black \had nearly reached the store side of the street when she was struck and dragged some distance, Not Seen by Driver Montisione told police he did not see the woman and was unaware of anyone in the road until he heard a jbump. He stopped the bus, found | Mrs. Miller lying in a snow bank at ithe side of the road and ran to ‘Parker's store to ask that police and the ambulance be summoned, He then drove the bus to the garage and returned on foot to the scene of the accident. : Sgt. Cornelius O’Keefe, in charge of the investigation, said that identity of the elderly woman was established by Patrolman learned Mrs. Arthur Bertrand who} Miller had telephoned Parker's store and had failed to are jrive there. Mrs. McRoberts complete'ly established the woman's identity. | Patrolmen Stephen Czerapowicz and James Whalen, who took part in the investigation, spent a busy time flagging down speeding motorists passing the scene of the accident. Motor Vehicle Inspector James J, Baker of the Northampton Registry office also took part in the probe, learned that Mrs. Police said they Miller leaves two sisters, Mrs, Frank Macomber of Chesterfield and a Mrs. i Summer Resident ; * _ Dies in Monterey ° 1 e » Great Barrington, Aug. 25— Miss \IXathleen Elizabeth Hurty, 67, for the | ast 15 years a summer visitor in \Monterey, died Wednesday night at Fairview Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in St. Thomas, Quebec, jAug 19, 1882, the daughter of James M., and Ellen (Gerrans) Hurty. Miss Hurty had taught school in New York City for many years until her retire- ment ———_= Dr. SSeS she | Roberts, | brate her 93d birthday at the home of her nephew, John Ames, on Saturday. Miss Ames has received many| was where ousekeeper Worthington |* +) 7 Worthington, March liam B. Barton, pastor Congregational Church, crumpled widow police School | as The in | medical examiner pronounced her) ‘dead of a fractured skull, crushed \chest and multiple body injuries, | Northamp-} BLISS—in this city, the oth. Sara W, Biiss, | ar ang ie S| dN widow of Obituary the|St. second fatal) pital a year ago. A brother, George A. iHurty of New York is the only sur}vivor. The body has been taken to the |Birches funeral home, Private funeral services will be held and the jbody will be eremated �. Williamsburg’s 74 Flood Still Recalled as Worst Hampshire Area Tragedy aS eee Hantington } 7+/( z Dorothy Mason — t Heads Seniors Appalling Loss of Life Recorded as Tons of Water Slam ough Mill River Boundaries Williamsburg, a date May forever 10—May stamped 16th, upon the house of Mr. O. G. general charge of Spelman, the dam. Destruction Obliterated; by Northampton 1874, Dam; who Governor Started had Relief So Thor- in Neareh at TM Through Work | growth of industry in both villages j}and need was felt for more extensive {water supply. It was about 200 fect} lin length, 40 feet high, 175 feet at 1ts base and 14 feet at the top. It con- sisted of a stone wall laid slope. of the On the upper side dam was riprapped, in cement, in the center, six feet ‘thick at the base and smaller at the top, with earth on each side, forming a water Price the bani $21,000 | The contract price was $21,000, but! | , extra, work was done, so that the original cost was $23,462. At first the county commissioners refused to ac| cept it, and suggestions for improvement were carried out, so that it cost i between $30,000 and $40,000 before finished. ‘Phe break, occurred in the east half, which was believed to be the stronger, George Cheney, about 35, gatekeeper for three years, went out as usua’ that Saturday morning at 6 to look things over and all appeared as usual. At 7.30 while at breakfast he noticed What appeared to be about 40 feet in length of the bottom of the reservoir shooting down stream. He rushed ; to the gate, opened it to relieve the ipressure,. then jumped on his horse and rode bare-back to the village to warn people. He went first to the Governor a Relief work was immediately begun. | All surrounding towns contributed minds of all inhabitants of this town Needed Convincing |}money and clothing. The state marie worst as that of the flood disaster After convincing him he rushed on} an appropriation of $100,000 for the to the livery stable for a fresh horse. ever experienced in Hampshire Count? rebuilding of roads and bridges. By The only general alarm in this village Damage Heavy the end of the year, the work on the seems to have been the ringing of The damage to the town—milis, highways was very satisfactorily comthe church bell. In the meantime dwellings, roads and fields—was esti| pleted; but all the intervening years Robert Loud from his farm overlookmated at more than one-third of the have not restored to the town its ing the reservoir had seen the break, valuation of a million and a half, and former industrial prosperity, nor led and ran the mile and a half to the still more appalling was the loss cf it to forget the sorrows nor the herolife—145 perished, 60 in this village, grist mill where the John Hill house ism that marked the spring of 1874. now stands. Unable to speak, he gave 34 In Skinnerville and Haydenvilic In March, 1875, at the annual town the alarm by pointing to the rising and 51 lost their lives in Leeds. li meeting, the follawing resolutions stream. Cheney rode his exhausted Was estimated Williamsburg lost 45 were offered by Rev. John F. Gleason horse to Belecher’s stable and while buildings, Skinnerville and Haydenand were unanimously adopted: ville 40; every bridge (10 iron and as| there, Collins Graves, who was dc-| “Whereas, The town of Williamslivering milk around the village, saw many wooden) were destroyed and} burg has received the hearty~ syinthe haste and drove up. every dam in the river either seripathy and generous aid of the comhis milk He then started off with ously damaged or destroyed. in consequence of the diswagon on the famous ride for Hay- munities The little red house owned by Don16, 1874, which denville which was the means of astrous flood of May ald Bickford is the only one left of saving the lives of 300 people working swept. away one-third of our property, the original 15 houses between the in James’ mill, Skinners’ mill, and the including many of our manutacturing telephone building and the concrete industries, thereby rendering many cf Brass Works. So close was the water bridge. In Skinnerville, William Skinour families penniless, behind Graves that when Cheney ner’s silk factory, a wooden structure mounted to follow to Haydenville, the “Resolved, that we tender ow of four stories, was carried away alwater was up across the road so he thanks to the state of Connecticut, most instantly. Not one of the 102 was obliged to turn back. Jerome which by her legislature sprang «6c employees in the mill was lost. His Hillman was another hero who took promptly to our relief. ‘They whc Joss was estimated at $100,000. His an active and important part in warn- |give quickly, give thrice.” large and elegant residence was saved ing Haydenville of the approaching | “Resolved, that our thanks are duc and later removed to Holyoke where flood, lour own Commonwealth for reaching it still stands. Tolled Bell {down to us in our hour of need 4 Highways Impassable helping hand, loaded with an approAfter. riding through the street, Practically all the highway from priation sufficient to restore our highshouting to all whom he saw, he Williamsburg down through Hayderways and bridges. dashed up to the village church, ran ville and along Mill River to and “Resolved, that Wwe express our in, and rang the bell. One person, | through Leeds, was made impassabie. to all others who by their James Ryan, was a young boy who ‘gratitude So thorough had been the destruction sympathy and substantial aid have happened to be up in the village with that many of the boundaries of real contributed to our comfort and relief.” an old horse. He overheard the talk estate were obliterated, and many of of Mr, Cheney and Mr. Belcher, and the survivors were unable to locé drove home. His mother sent him on the sites of their former habitatio Ss to Haydenville to warn his father, and The dam on Mill River which gave he saved his father and several others, Hrom Haydenville the news was Ashfield way was situated off the earried by Myron Day. He warned the Road on the land now owned by the hands at the cotton mill, raced for Rod and Gun Club and covered 11i two miles with the flood just behind acres at an average depth of 24 feet. him, and succeeded in gaining suifiIt was built in 1865 by the Mill ciently upon the waters to save many |River and Williamsburg - Reservoir lives at Leeds, 'Co., which had organized with the DOROTHY MASON Huntington, Oct. 19—Miss Dorothy Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mason of Worthington, has been elected president of the senior class at the local high school. Besides being one of the top ranking students, Dorothy is a member of the basketball squad and is one of ;the soloists in high school musical productions. She is a “bus” pupil, traveling 32 miles a day to attend school here. Other officers elected are: Mary LaGoy, vice president, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Gilbert La Goy; secretary,« Patricia Margargal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wells Margargal of Worthington, and treasurer, Stella Siembor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Siembor of Pleasant St. Present At the time Gov. Talbot was at the Fitch House, now Draper Hotel, Northampton, having come from Boston with his family and other reiutives to attend the services in the Haydenville Church on Sunday, where Rev. Mr. Kimball was to preach a memorial sermon for the late’ Hon. Joel Hayden. The water which rushed down the Ashfield stream was about 15 or 20 minutes in passing through the town, and as soon as the waters had subsided the dazed people began to search in the rubbish. By noon a group was organized to make a systematic canvass for the names of the lost and to hunt for their bodies. As fast as found, these were placed in a longs gruesome row in the chapel of the Haydenville Church and in the Town Hall in Williamsburg. The scenes there were heartrending. Saturday evening a relief meeting was held at the church and necessary commitiees | were appointed for burying the dead, relieving the needy and_ soliciting | funds. AUGUST family cause First are: celebrate Stanley S. Mason, Cavalry Pictured ‘right ANNIVERSARY above above, Mrs, Division seated Ethel their in from Osaka, held left born DELAYED—Members birthdays Jr., had was Mason, PARTY August. the belated just returned Japan, in to in October. 1946 in lison, from This with the be- Mrs. was Joyce Joyce Mollison, Mrs. Mason’s daughter, Mol- in | Addison, Vt., on Aug. 14, 1903; Mrs. ‘| Worthington on Aug. 29, 1924; and Mary Haskell, Mrs, Mason’s mother, behind is Stanley, born in born in Addison on Aug, 20, 1880; Mrs, standing ‘daughter, born in Worthington, Aug. 29, 1934; Philip Don Mollison, Mrs. Mason's grandson, born on Aug, 21, Mason’s the celebration in Worthington; Mrs. duty of year, born Earlville, N. Y., on Aug. 30, 1929. Stanley returned recently from 28} months of service, He spent six months in Japan. �( ‘s FROM ANOTHER DAY—No, you’re not seeing double. This is a stereopticon view of the Williamsburg flood of 1874 when more than 100 perished in turbulent waters and destruction was great. Photographic techniques weren’t what they are today, in those days, but the tragedy was recorded for posterity and Williamsburg people, in some instances, still peer at the double images like that reproduced here. | MAY ES WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1949 pa '} { | } | fe-/¥74 ; MISS OLIVE ACTIVE AT K. HORRIGAN NEA DR. GATHERING—Supt. ALDEN H. of Schools enship was one of the speakers at the audio visual the National Education Association convention in and Miss Olive K. Horrigan, assistant supervisor BLANKENSHIP Alden H. Blank- aides section of Boston Monday of adult education, guidance and placement is vice-president of the Council of Administrative Women, a section of the NEA, ahd attended yesterday’s meeting of this section together with Miss Helen M. Fletcher, Miss Esther Roy Miss Mary Bacon, Miss Rosa M. Bowker, Miss Helen O’Connell, Miss Margaret J. Davison, Miss Fannie M. Bemis, Miss Marion Bart-_ lett_and Miss Irene Horrigan of the Springfield school system. Six members of the Springfield education Association are delegates to the classroom teachers division of the convention, | Mrs. Margaret Burke, Miss Una Hilliker, Miss Grace M. Connell, Miss Mary nedy, Cyrus B. Gannon and Henry A. Hewitt. H. A. Ken- , �Worthington — Lois E. Shaw Bride | _ Of Bradford Fisk Worthington, May 28—The wedding of Miss Lois Ethel Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eben L. Shaw of West Worthington, and Bradford Porter Fisk, son of Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Fisk of Huntington, was performed Saturday in the First Congregational Church by the pastor, Rev. William P. ated Barton. with ‘J. ei Se ats tes (Quinlivan Worthington Miss Shaw Feted As Bridal Nears Worthington, May 6—A miscellaneous shower was tendered Miss Lois Shaw a recent night at the Town ‘Hall by Miss June Parish and Miss Shirley Robinson. Mrs. Charlotte Howe assisted with her attractive decorations, Many beautiful gifts were received by the guest of honor, A wedding and a bride’s cake were features of the program. Miss shaw. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eben 28 to rirst L, Shaw, will Bradford Fisk Congregational be married May of Huntington in Church. Worthington WORTHINGTON Worthington, Eben L. Shaw invitation to friends to the May have ‘7 NOTES 19—Mr. and issued Mra, a general all their Worthington wedding of their daughe ter, Lois, to Bradford Fisk of Hunt. ington on Saturday, May 28, at 2 p, m. the ie jand to Church, @ongregational First the reception to follow. | There will be no church service or | Sunday school in the First Congregational Church this week because of the Sunday school convention in Ches- | terfield, * * * Mrs. Ida B. Joslyn, teacher of the grammar grades in the R. H, Conwell School announces the “A” honor roll las follows: Martha Shock, Mary Lou |Osgood, Janice Porter, Caroline Bart[lett “B” honors, Charles Joslyn, Shirbas Dassatti, Rosemary Granger, Alan | Rida, Richard Sanderson, Shirley Chiliton, Forrest Frew, Joan Kerr, Mar'garet Hathaway, Charles Sawyer, and Arthur Ducharme. * The 4-H Wednesday Conwell ” town night in School when to award camperships boy for Camp Howe. ~- a a committee met the Russell H it - to was a decidea girl and ‘SCHOOL TO USE ANOTHER ROOM for to Be Named Third Class Teacher {of School 9 — The Jun Worthington, to has found it necessary | Committee {reopen the third room in the Russell H. Conwell School to make better. acten present The commodations. with and crowded been have lyooms and the expected large entering class year, this one graduating only with no is necessary. . While. room more teacher has been selected as yet, Supt, L. A. Merritt has several applications, Lewia Mrs, and Joslyn Carl Mrs. Zarr, local teachers, attended the anAssonual banquet of the Teachers’ in Goshen ciation Mr. and Mrs. Roy M¢eCann have returned from an auto trip to Golden, the gradthey attended Col., where uation of Kenneth Paul from the Cole who Paul, Mines, of School orado returned diploma At the received them, with etched in silver. Church Election annual * Congregational meeting Church of these a unique the First officers A, Arthur Moderator, elected: were deacon, Arthur A. Codding; Codding; clerk, Arthur trustee, C. K. Osgood; Mrs. cy church treasurer, G. Capen; treasurer, benevolence Osgood; K. auditor, Mrs. KF Mrs. Eben L. Shaw; H: Burr; Supt. of Church School, Mrs. comnominating Ernest G. Thayer; Mrs. Elsie V. Bartlett, Miss mittee, Mrs. C. Raymond Hathaway, Harold Magargal; Missionary committee, Mrs, Ralph Smith, Mrs. W. P. Barton, Mrs, HathaHarold Mrs. Tinker, Clifford church committee, pastor, deas way; cons, ford ton, Harry Mrs. and Bates Mrs. Clif- music, Mrs. W. P. Tinker; and Magargal C. R Mrs. Richard Hathaway; flowers, Mrs. Bare Mrs. Jo- seph Landa, Mrs. Harold Stone, Mrs, WwW. P. Barton and Emerson J Davis; resolutions, Mrs. H. G. Porter, Mrs, ¥, H, Burr and Mrs. Harry Mollison; L. Bates, Mrs, Mrs. Harry ‘solicitors, Clifford Tinker, Mrs. Ralph M. Smith, Mason, Mrs. H. Franklin Bartlett church flowers was by decor- Emerson Davis. Miss Marilyn Moore, a cousin of the bridegroom, sang “O, Promise Me” jand “Because,” accompanied by Mrs. Richard Manley of Huntington, as organist. The bride’s gown was of white brocaded marquisette with fingertip veil. She carried a Houquet of white roses and sweet peas, The matron of honor, Mrs. Leonard Tufts of Northampton, a sister of the bride, wore an orchid and carried yellow carnations and yellow rose, The bridesmaids, Miss Shirley Robinson of Worthington, Mrs. Raymond Fisk, Jr.. Miss Shirley Church and Miss Elaine Fisk of Huntington, wore aqua and pink marquisette gowns and carried bouquets of pink and orchid carnations. Bonnie Rae Fisk of Huntington, a ‘niece of the bridegroom, wore an ‘orchid marquisette dress and carried a basket of flowers. The ring bearer 'was David Underwood of Huntington ja nephew of the bridegroom. The best man was Stuart Fisk of Huntington, a brother of the bridegroom, and the ushers were Leonard Tufts of Northampton, Ryamond Fisk, ‘Jr., Linwood Fisk, and Gordon Fisk WEDDING TRIP—Waiving smiling good-byes after their May 28 wedding in First Congregational Church, Worthington, are Mr. and Mrs. Bradford P. Fisk. The bride the former Lois E, Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eben L. Shaw of West Worthington. The bridegroom's parents are Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Fisk of Huntington. Worthington The spring and ‘sg AalUvIS ‘SIN ‘TesreseWw UY ‘OD SIN Arthur G. Capen; Laymen’s committee, Emerson ade janitor, Pease; Clarence Davis, Huntington. The reception fol- mother, wore lowed in the church parlor and the couple were assisted by their parents in receiving, Mrs. Shaw, mother of the bride wore a navy and white print | with corsage of pink roses and Mrs. Fisk, the ‘a green | For lof yellow iskipper bridegroom's and white roses. traveling blue suit print Mrs. with with Fisk blue corsage wore and a white | accessories. After a wedding trip Mr. jand Mrs. Fisk will reside in Huntjington where the bridegroom is em|ployed by his father, superintendent \of streets. Both Mr. and Mrs, Fisk | sraduated from Huntington High ‘School and the bride has been sec-} jaetary in the ALA office in Spring-| field, �1949 sic Worthington COUPLE TO LIVE IN WORTHINGTON Lois Ashe to Wed Harold E. Brown Worthington, April 29—The engagement of Miss Lois Ashe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Volney D. Ashe of Troy, Lois Ashe te Harold Brown Wed in Pittsfield N. Y¥., to Harold E. Brown of Springfield, a former resident of this town, was announced at an open house party. at the home of Miss E. Laura Hedges in Pittsfield with whom Miss Ashe lives. The wedding will take place July 23 at Morningside Baptist Church, Pittsfield. | The Morningside Baptist Church in Pittsfield was the scene of a wedding High School, attended North Adams Teachers’ College and Pittsfield’ Secretarial School. She is secretary to Alan, J. Blau at England Brothers, Owen, Miss Asne, a graduate of Co, in Hast Mr. Brown spends Worthington where legal residence. Rey. First on the topic “What have C) The trustees of the First | in his} ing The open et MISS we to discontinue practice of the every-member on May 27. the will Congre- long annual ganvass roll stand- week call.|}, will; LOIS ASHE | take place on July | 28. Day by former Ethel afternoon of the Church-on-the- of bride, daughter Ashe, Mrs. Sr., John C. of Mr. of and Troy, Mrs. was J. Whelton, Oslund, C, the Raymond Margaral of Worthington was best man, while William M. Ashe, brother of | of Pittsfield, whose marriage to Harold E. Brown of Biltmore St., gational Church met last night and made up a budget for $3145, $200 less than last year, The annual church meeting will be held June 7, It was voted bride, attended in reserve?” at the service at 11 Sunday. Sunday School is at the same house. The minister Volney William P. Barton, pstor of the Congregational Church, — will preach yesterday Hill, Lenox, formerly of Worthington, officiated at the 8 o’clock ceremony, using the double ring service. William H. Adams, Jr., was organist and Harold Jenks sang. Longmeadow. week ends he retains here ward Brown of Biltmore St., this city, and Worthington. Rev. J. Herbert | Mr Brown attended grammar school| iin Worthington, was graduated from Smith Trade School in Northampton, living in Worthington until he entered the Army where he served four years, He is now employed by the Tyler interest when Miss Lois M. lL. Ashe of Troy, N, Y¥., became the bride of Harold Hd- Pittsfield| Pittsfield. Equipment of Jar the and Worthington Cullen 8S, ushered, Packard Frosted white organdy with roll col- to and the lerina pearl buttons waistline length, was and from full worn by the neck the bride skirt, bal- with a shoulder length veil of illusion caught to a braid of organdy matching her dress. She carried a colonial bouquet of white carnations flecked with delphinium. Her matron of hon- or wore pink frosted organdy of simjlar design and a shoulder-length il- Lois ‘Ashe to Wed Harold E. Brown lusion veil earried pink delphinium, of matching ‘carnations color. with flecks She of A reception took place in the church parlors for 300 guests, The bride's mother received in gray silk print Wedding Will Be in Pittsfield Church July 23 with white accessories and corsage of white carnations. The bridegroom’s Mr. and Mrs, Volney Ashe, Sr, of | Troy, New York, announce the en| gagement of their daughter, Lois, to sister, Mrs. George Fisher of Woronoce, who also assisted the couple in receiving, wore navy blué crepe with wedding will take place ‘the Morningside Baptist field. in the Also shoulder, her line was Cyrus W. Bower, Miss bridegroom, the of stepfather Ruth BH. Parker was in charge of the guest book, have gone to Mr: and Mrs. Brown on their} Niagara Falls and Montreal wedding trip and on their return will traveling For in Worthington. live the bride wore a pink tissue chambray dress with hat to match. The bride is employed as secretary to Alan J. Blair of England Bros, in | Harola E. Brown of Biltmore white St, The Miss Ashe is employed as a secretary at England Brothers in Pittsfield, | and Mr. Brown is employed by the} Tyler Equipment Co., East Long-| meadow. = About wedding 30 local Saturday Morningside field attended the afternoon Baptist of Church in the in. Pitts- Miss Lois Ashe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colney Day Ashe, Sr., to Harold Edward Brown of Spring- field {ring and Worthington. ceremony was The performed double by Rev. man and jJ. Herbert Owen of Lenox, a former i pastor of the local church. C. Raymond Magargol Cullen Packard was was | | people best one of the ushers,| accessories and white carna- on tions recéiving on July 22 at! Church. Pitts- Pittsfield, and Mr. Brown by the Tyler, Equipment Longmeadow. is employed Co., in Hast �‘Zz pe Sanderson-Packard | | In Church Wedding _ Worthington MISS SANDERSON SHOWER GUEST Worthington, June 12—A wedding of local interest took place this after-_ noon in the ‘First Congregational) Church, when Miss Shirley Sanderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Wil-| liam Sanderson, Sr., became the bride) jof Cullen 8. Packard, son of Mr, and Worthington, May 24—<A miscellanfor recently given was shower eous of daughter Shirley Sanderson, Miss at) Sanderson, Mr. and Mrs. William BartH. Franklin of Mrs. the home to be is who Sanderson, Miss lett. married June 12 to Cullen S. Packard, gifts. of many was the recipient } | on a class deSrees fourth third and of six June 24 at Town Hall. State in-| Shearer, G. Donald deputy, specting | will be present. Society Benevolent Women's The all-day for an will meet Wednesday Harold Mrs. with meeting sewing Worthington. in West Stone | The spring meeting of the High- | ‘and Club will be conducted in Goshen | ding BuildMemorial James the John at ; jing Thursday at 4. This week the First Congregational| annual | its conducting is. Church || every-member canvass and solic itation of friends to meet the budget of $1845. , 'The solicitors are Mrs. Clifford Tink-| Mrs. C. RaySmith. Ralph er. Mrs. Bartlett| Magargal, Mrs. Robert mond Bates. Harry and Mrs. Watkin ,Blan BRIEFS FROM WORTHINGTON | Worthington, Tune 10—-Mr, and Mrs. | Leon Palmer are parents of a daugh-, ter, Nancy Lee. born June & at Cooley | Dickinson Hospital. Grandparents are| Mr. and Mrs.. M, F. Paékara@ of this } town and Blandford. Miss Mr. and Shirley Mrs, W. Palmer of | Sanderson was ‘given ia pantry shower at the home of her sister, Mrs, Robert Nelson, by 25) |friends and relatives. Miss Sanderson is to be married Sunday in First Consregational Chureh at & to Cullen S, | Packard, Her parents, Mr, and Mrs, |W. F. general to the Sanderson, wedding Sunday dren’s Church, invitation Day will in and be have to the extended a| townspeople| reception. observed First as Merwin FE. Packard | Chil-| Congregational| | marches. Mrs. Edith pesnewey sang “O Promise Me” and “Because.” ae Robert Nelson, sister of the bride,| was matron of honor, Mrs. William Sanderson, Jr., of Athol and Mrs. Kenneth Pease, Jr. of Blandford were bridesmaids, Julia MacNair of East Longmeadow, a cousin of the bride, was flower girl. Harold Brown of Springfield and Worthington served Mr, Packard as best man. William L.| Sanderson, Jr, of / 4 Miss Marion of thé Howard will entertain lL. Bartlett. principal St. School, Springfield, the of teachers Howard Country St. School at Worthington Club Tuesday at dinner in honor of Miss and Wayland Carolyn’ Miss. Davison, Bertha. this year, are who retiring . of Worthing- ton. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Rey, William) P.. Barton, minister of the church, performed \the ceremony which was followed by ja reception in the church parlors. | 'The church was decorated with laurel | ‘and evergreens by Emerson J. Davis. Arthur G. Capen, chureh organist, | gave a recital as the guests meats bled and played the traditional wed-* confer | will Grange. Worthington ‘Mrs. 2 ibe Athol, brother of; the bride, and Warren’ Packard, brother of the bridegroom were ushers. The bride wore a gown of white marquisette with fitted bodice full skirt with chantilly lace and a} long train. Her fingertip veil was arranged with a Juliet cap and she carried a bouquet of white roses. The matron of honor wore a gown of orchid marquisette with matching hat and carried a colonial bouquet of yelbridesmaids The carnations. low gowns were of green marquisette with matching hats and they carried colonial bouquets of pink carnations. The flower girl wore yellow organdy and carried a nosegay of jmixed flowers. Assisting in receiving were their parents. Mrs. Sanderson chose a navy print dress with a white jacket, and white accessories. Her corsage was of pink roses. Mrs. Packard wore a coral isuit with white accessories and her corsage was white roses, The bride wore a gray garbandine suit with black accessories and a corsage of red roses as her traveling loutfit. On their return from a trip through the White Mountains and Vermont, the couple will make their home in Worthington. Mr. and Mrs. Packard are both graduates of Huntington High School and both are employed in ‘Worshingten. Worthington Firemen Raise $311 at Ball; Plan | New Firehouse: Fire 17—The June Worthington, s that $311 was Department announce with recent ball and at the cleared hopes treasury the in money other for its equipment, to build a firehouse Rev, “Mr. P. William Congregational at 11 Sunday tory.” and Barton Church “The on Mrs. of First will preach greater vic‘tia A. Arthur Codding and son, with their daughter, Mariel, ra, Robert, have returned from Auro graduated was Robert where. #., from Aurora College. 949 Worthington ‘Anne Bartlett Is Christened Worthington, Oct. 17—Anne Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Franklin Bartlett, was christened Sunday afternoon at their home. The ceremony was performed by her great-grandfather, Rev. Edward Newcomb, a retired minister, who spends the summer with his son-inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. War-} ren Rausch. Anne will be one year | old on Oct. 18, which is also the 80th birthday of her great-grandmother Mrs. Edward Newcomb. Mr. and Mrs. | Bartlett entertained fifteen relatives at a dinner party preceding the christening to celebrate the two birthdays. | �Worthington - SINGLE PUPIL " GETS DIPLOMA: AWARDS GIVEN. Worthington School Has One—Girl Graduating Class Worthington, June 12—Lone graduate to receive her diploma today at the Worthington School was Miss Martha Shock, Awards Given Exercises at the school included presentation of awards to numerous pupils for high standard of scholarship by Arthur G, Capen of the School Committee. Awards were as follows: Attendances, Charlotte Hathaway, Richard Hathaway, Judith Dunlevy, and Norma Osgood; honor roll for year, average, Martha Shock, Mary Osgood, and Janice Porter; B average, Caroline Bartlett, Shirley Dassatti, Charles Joslyn, Rosemarie Granger, tichard Sanderson, Shirley Chilton, Joan Kerr Arthur Ducharme, Forrest Frew, Alan | Rida, and Margaret Hathaway, | Reading certificates were presented those who had read five books from! the state-approved list, as follows:| one certificate, Alan Rida, Richard; marie Granger, Joan Kerr, Charles} |Sawyer, and Harry Ridgeway; four | certificates, Charles Joslyn and Martha} Shock; five certificates, Janice Porter} and seven Shirley Dassatti. | Prizes in poster competition were: |First, Mary Lou Osgood; second, | Shirley Dassatti, and third, Rose Marie | Granger. Camp-o-ship wards were | given to Martha Shock and», Harley | Mason, penmanship certifichte to ; Martha Shock, and diploma for eighth grade graduation to Martha Shock, | GETTING READY—With graduation only a few days away, Martha School Russell H. Conwell of Worthington’s Shock, lone member eighth grade graduating class, rehearses the class will with her teacher, Mrs. Carl Joslyn, who'll make a June 16 trip te New with the nearly 14-year-old student. | Worthington York moresmemynstitiominiescee SS - GRADUATINGONCLAREC EIVES _ AT WORTHINGT < HER DIPLOMA | LONEGRADUATE 10 GETDIPLOMA Martha Shack Sole Member of Conwell School Class Worthington, June 6—The graduation exercises of Russell H. Conwell School will be Friday at 8 in the Town from The the Hall, There the eighth is only one graduate grade, program will school, under Martha Shock. include music by direction of the music supervisor, Mrs. Torrey; a playlet, “The George E. Graduate’s ties,” Barton. rn Dream,” by the school, and an address “Taking Advantage of Our Opportuniby Rev. William P. Miss uade c well Martha Shock, from School, grade 8 at the lone Russel! accompanied Joslyn, Carl Mrs. teacher, trip to New York City. by is gradCon- on her a �Product of Old Whately > Pot i Cider Toby That Bears Name of E. G. Crafts and Date of 1888 Found in Farmhouse; Probably Only One of Its Kind. By HE FRANK “find” MacCARTRY. of quarians the and enthusiasts of early England New the an 1883 cider-toby by Mrs. Helen ducts at an examined pressed the hobby of pottery recently M. antique Merrill, shop Longmeadow. have year especially opinion piece that anti- for the collecting pieces is acquired who and Several the for con- tea-house experts who have ex- it ts “unique,” which in collector's parlance means that it was the only one of its kind to be made; and this opinion was borne out by investigation among descendants of the man whose name is stamped on the piece. This old toby, or pitcher, was made at Whately in 1853 and bears the mame of E. G. Crafts. Although Whately is‘one of the oldest towns in the Connecticut Valley there is distinctly an expression to the face and features and to the decorations at the base which would make one think that it might have come from the tomb of King “Tut.’ This has caused much theory and speculation among the pottery experts. Thistle, Rose and Shamrock. The toby is u trifle more than inches in hight and about inches at its widest part. The seven seven decodark rations are of gilt, red and green, and the face is the regular light pottery color. Three stars are on euch side between rim and hunalle top and the upplied decorations on each side combine the thistle, rose and shamrock, doubtless a tribute to the founder of the Crafts family in America, Griffin Crafts, who came from Yorkshire, Eng. on Gov.: Winthrop’s agship the “Arabella,” and settled in Roxbury in 1681, Across the forehead of the grotesque face Ws the legend, indented in the pottery, “A. iiend. ‘To, My. Countrey”; on the} iit eheck is a. G, Crafts, Whately, THREE VIEWS Mass.”; ‘on-the right cheek, “O. The. Dimocratick.. Press.” and across the chin and lower lip, “United Wee Stand. Divided. the handle 1833." in Wee. faded Fall." gilt is Beneath the date The piece is in perfect condition except that the lobe of the right earvis missing. An earring hole is drilled in the lobe of the left ear and it is not improbable that such a hole was originally in the other ear and that this caused the lobe to be perhaps when someone hang the pitcher up. First Whately broken off,— attempted to Pottery. The toby pitcher is, of ,course, very probably of political significance, but what the reason was for its making would be next to impossible to ascertain. Thomas Spencer Crafts, now living at Northampton,,a nephew of |. E.G. Crafts, and a grandson of Thomas Crafts, who established the first Crafts pottery plant at Whately in 1802, could only say, relative to the political significance of the toby, that all of the Crafts family had always been strongly Democratic. Mr. Crafts, now 72 years of age, is the son of James H. Crafts, who was also a potter of note, sueceeding to the business of his father in 1818, fr. G. Crafts, wnose name the toby hears, was Elbridge Gerry Crafts, an uncle of Mr.*Crafts. EE. G. Crafts was jborn in Whately on Dee, ABA OTA 86 iit Will Le. seem, Hint > he. was but 19 OF OLD CIDER TOBY MADE IN years of age when the toby was made. The history of Whately, printed in 1899, and compiled by James M. Crafts, says: “About: 1802 Thomas Crafts commenced the pottery business near where Lyman <A. Crafts now resides, but removed it to Clayerack in 1806, and was interested as owner or in company with others until 1847, manufacturing common brown earthenware 1821 until 1832 he until 1821. kept six or From eight hands at work making black teapots to the value of about ,4000 per a year. He remodeled his shop and commenced in 1833 the manufacture of stoneware, continuing for 15 years.” Bears The history the son, E; G. on the toby, Son’s Name. makes no Crafts, whose being mention of name associated is with his father in business, though doubtless he was in such association, for juter he, too, became a potter. “Perhaps it was during some stirring political strife that the futher made the pitcher and stamped. his son’s name upon it. Thomus Spencer Crafts and other members of the family now liying are quite sure that this toby is the only one of its kind ‘ever made. Mr. Crafts is of the opinion that it was made by Thomus Crafts, although it bears his son’s name. Te says that Thomas Crafts was a potter of unusual skill, who might have turned out such an exceedingly difficult piece of the potter's art, while WHATELY family tradition credits Elbridge Gerry Crafts with being simply an ordinarily good potter, but not by any manner of means possessing the skill of his father. Thomas Spencer Crafts feels sure at age of that never had the skill piece on his potfers the 19. E. G, Crafts to turn such a wheel, especially -Mr. Crafts. said that the family from whom the toby was purchased had. for many years been close friends of the family of his uncle and he thought it very likely that the cider toby was a ‘family piece’ which was presented at some time or other to the people who eventually sold it. �hg <9 orthifictbtt S ociety Fair, Fancy Work Sale On Aug. 17 'Town Hall Scene of Event for Which President, Mrs. John Ames, Has Named Committee Worthington, Aug. 11—The Women’s Benevolent Society will conduct annual Fair and Sale of fancy on Aug. 17 at the Town Hall. Doors will Open at 2.30 open at 2.30. Mrs. } &. | Worthington, Aug; 15—A_ special ‘town meeting will be held Aug. 23 at Town Hall to act on these articles: To vote $146.25 from the machinery ifund for six months’ interest on power grader; and to transfer $1000, from: machinery fund to machinery mainj\tainance account. To transfer $1000 from old age aseral fund to and welfare $1000 from account: gento Mrs. Jay ap- propriate $500 from general fund to insulate the Town Hall and_ select-| men's room, | To appropriate from bridge account to a sum of money pay damage on auto of Ted Mix; to vote to raise and| appropriate money for construction of| a fire house and to determine how the money shall be raised. To vote} to appropriate money for construction | cf a municipal garage and fire house,| refreshments, Mrs. Homer ‘chairman, and Mrs. C. C. Gan- John ‘Town Will Money Will be Found account and good; quilt: Mrs. Warren Howe and Mrs. Franklin Burr; doll: Mrs, Howard Beebe and Mrs. Esther Kerley. WORTHINGTON TO CALL MEETING POR FIRE HOUSE sistance G. Thayer zel; ger, Ames, president, has appointed these committees: Food-table, chairman, Mrs, Carl Joslyn, Mrs. Henry Snyder, Mrs. Robert Lane, Mrs. Henry Cheetham, Mrs. Alberie Albert; aprons, chairman, Mrs. Walter Tower, Mrs, Caroline Henderson and Mrs. Herbert _Tower; Gift table: chairman, Mrs. Howard Brewster, Mrs. Harold Stone, 'Mrs, Roy McCann, Mrs. Clarence | Pease, and.Miss Elsie Bartlett; candy table: chairman, Mrs. Elisha Brewster, Mrs. Warren Rausch and Mrs, FayPotts Stevens; white elephant: Mrs. Er- Worthington nest their work Smith; Grab Bag, Mrs. GranByron C. Kenneth Os-}| The school committee will meet Aug. at 2 p. m. at the Library, Rev. William P. Barton, pastor of First Congregational Church will preach Aug. 14 at the 11 a. m. service on the topic: “The sacred flame.” Arrangements are being made for the Grange Fair Aug, 23. There will be a supper at Town Hall followed by movies, Mrs. Leland P. Cole who has been visiting relatives and friends has re-} turned to Scotia, N. Y. 16 FIREMEN LEAVE.” CHURCHSUPPER, ATTACK FLAMES Morning Union Staffer’s Worthington Cottage Hit by Lightning 6 Worthington, o'clock, July the fire 20 — Just truck before was called tto West Chesterfield, just over the Worthington town line to put out a fire in a tree which had been struck The burning by lightning. Tree Splintered tree was right splintered, through the the tree. They tried to call Department of Chesterfield, and center was of the Fire but all the phones were out of order, and that’s why they called Worthington. At about 7.15, before the fire truck thad come back, the call came in for a fire at Dick Bailey’s cottage, Chico\pee correspondent of The Springfield Union. was also roof and is assumed caused by that lightning, this fire Originates In Kitchen fire originated in the kitchen, The and It burned through the rafters in the of the ell and burned one wall, one sill of the ell part. Before the fire truck got there there were quite a few volunteer firemen there and they formed a bucket brigade and worked on the fire until the fire truck arrived, Ht is estimated that the damage is between $1800 and $2000. Most of the firemen and had were to go at the to the church fire supper, in best clothes. No one was in cottage at the time of the blaze. Bailey was notified of the fire, arrived on the scene about 8.30 night, their the Mr. and to- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. Loose-leaf binders are scanned with a professional flat bed scanner with the result that optical character recognition is of reasonable accuracy. Books are scanned photographically with the result that optical character recognition is less accurate. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927/1960 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Worthington Historical Society Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2021-12-09 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Elsie Bartlett 1942-1949 #11'. This has dark reddish brown embossed cover with 'Scrap Book' in gold. Contains articles concerning local townspeople who are well known to this day (2021) and other items of local and regional interest. First article is about Cummington Fair with lovely newspaper photograph. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 26 x 31.8 x 1.3 cm (10.2 x 12.5 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR11 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 13 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, No. 11 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940/1949 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/aad8764cb1887eedd06344b6e84d2fe6.pdf 9454599a6ff2b00aee7af0d54f256ecf PDF Text Text �ee in CAp eal 1/ ee NGS 2 <7} +he ui? | : Waethingion : Historical Society, =e Worthington, Wass. 01098 di 1590 Academy li of Music, Northampton, Hb Mass. wii rete FEPLH EEE EEE AA Bat anneren �WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1943 In her first visit to the midshipmen’s reserve school at Northampton. today, Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt Was given an opportunity to review the WAVES both indoors and outdoors. In the upper picture she and other navy officers watch the WAVES pass in review on the lawn in front of Faunce hall at Smith college. The lower picture shows a closeup of the reviewers, left to right: Capt Herbert W. Underwood, WAVES school William chief; Bullis, Lieut-Comdr Mrs Roosevelt Mildred and H. Lieut McAfee, director of Eli abeth | G. €Crandall. the WAVES; Comdr ; �MARCH 24, 1943 Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt FIRST LADY AT NORTHAMPTON leaves the armory with Capt Herbert W. Underwood, A ing officer of the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's school, her recent visit to training center at Smith college. after command- reviewing the WAVES (Republican staff during photo) �Members of First Lady’s Reviewing Party | Members of Underwood, Mrs, Roosevelt's reviewing party at Smith College today. Left commanding officer, Lt. Comdr. Mildred H. McAfee, director and Mrs. Roosevelt. | In the rear are Comdr. William Lt. and Elizabeth B. Crandall, F. Bullis, USNR, officer-in-charge [Springfield Union Photo to right: Capt. Herbert W. of women’s reserve, USNR, executive First Lady Reviews WAVES WAVES looked (right), attending their who best the today is shown and’ Lieut-Comdr eyes midshipmen’s for here Mildred the with visit Capt reserve of Mrs Herbert H. McAfee, in review. as school at Franklin H. the officer midshipmen. of . Northampton D. Roosevelt Underwood midshipmen (left) pass of. the school �Northaninton: Mass.. Wednesday, March 24, 1943—Twe President’s Wife Visits City | | Left to right: Malvina Thompson, Mrs. Roosevelt’s (Photo personal by Herrick Studio) secretary; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, | and Capt. Herbert W. Underwood, commanding officer of the Waves Midshipmen’s school here. Pic: ture taken in front of U. S. armory on King street this morning. Photographers of All Sorts Have A Field Day Here | Police Have Hard Time Keeping Tabs On Mrs. Roosevelt The officers of the Northampton police department asSicned as special guard for Mrs. Roosevelt on her visit to this city were chase most of led the a merry morning. Apparently uninformed as to the route and time of the First Lady’s schedule, the officers time spent trying to most of ascertain their the Picture takers had a field day here this morning during the visit of Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt, and it is unofficially estimated that hundreds of pictures of all types were taken, some probably good and others bad. Included in the group was Mrs. Herbert Underwood, wife of Capt. Underwood, the commanding officer of the Waves here. Coming out of John M. Greene hall after her chief address of the morning, Mrs. Roosevelt remarked to Mrs. Underwood, “You are a very busy photographer.” A large number of professional, navy, Waves and civilian photographers took pictures of the First Lady wherever she went. �First Lady Reviewing WAVES at Smith : Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown inspecting members of the WAVES this on the Smith College campus in Northampton, . Students * j Delighted, y e mut Give h Be Gi o iy First Lady T Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, student body appeared at of human with She was T 1 ¢ a whether 1|She told + & || must tremendous applause of her talx. Mrs. Roosevelt accorded an ovation at for | Tells the and| end world | bridge Ovation in which Of Work Done By The study {farm work Women of were 91 new English languages mentioned told | Mrs. Roosevelt as being the students that doing the very | ticular importance. She of and bv par-+ spoke best they know how, here in col- || also of the necessity for training lege, is working for their coun- | and in connection with this, told try. This does not apply however, to those who are doing only fairly well or to those who are using only half their abilities, She stressed the urgent and ever js gone, out, values values are. become gone, the and then -most_ use those you love are alive. the students that they the their gap imagination. between | selves and our Allies and to | world lies before the students the | today—a received pointed review important thing in life. The only thing which concerns you is at Smith college, | Situations will arise and new assembly in John | problems will have to be solved. /M. Greene hall this morning |a brief talk. the women Roosevelt material Their Abilities. Fellowship and Scholarship Awards, Announced by Miss Anslow, Director of Graduate Study Mrs. at by to our- so This' doing may grasp something or courage| the spiritual strength, to Do to the Best of of those who live within the Morning at Chapel. Urges Them the surprise and delight morning TT Photo Union went on to say that when bricks and mortar crumble away, when es Big * | old life of these ‘irst Lady Pays A Surprise Visit To & = {Springfield |Something of the work that | women in England are doing. | She saw the women in England | at their work and found that | against great odds they have growing need for trained minds, || proved that anything women are pointing out that a very difficult | trained to do, they can do. The Se ee ~ �WAVES TOLD OF. Mrs. Roosevelt’s Visit to the City Outlined in Detail| Will Start Schedule Review With of Drill in ArmoTo Attend Classes. ry. Inspect _ Quarters — Waves, Spars, Marines i | of OVERSEAS DUTY BY FIRST LADY Semiofficial Forecast of Foreign. | Service Follows Inspection, Wins Applause Later Defends NYA Program in an interview with the press, Mrs Roosevelt defended the NYA war training program, declaring that it would be “ridiculous waste” to refuse to use schools and a trained staff of teachers to fit young people for war jobs. She added that she would like to see older people enroled for training under the NYA program. Few Spectators On Hand Accompanied by Capt Underwood, Mrs Roosevelt arrived promptly at the state armory at 9.15 in a light sedan. Only a handful of spectators) were on hand, despite wide publicity iwhich had preceded her arrival in| the city. Mrs Roosevelt wore a_hip-length fur coat over a black-serge suit and an aquamarine blouse. She also wore what women reporters said was an admiral type hat and a veil. Her black hand bag was engraved with jher name and black shoes completed her ensemble. Divesting herself of her coat, Mrs Roosevelt accompanied Capt Underwood and Ensign Howard Effinger, drill master, on an inspection of two platoons of WAVES, who stood at attention in the drill shed. She exanced comments with Capt Underfwood about the appearance of the { |WAVES, smiling broadly as she did so. Northampton, March 24—Declaring that members of the WAVES ‘should permitted to serve overseas and Mrs. Frank rank!lin D, Roosevelt’s | be probably will soon, Mrs Eleanor. Schedule for inspection of the| Roosevelt told a large audience of Naval Reserve women midshipmen at John M. Greene Midshipmen’s school (WR) hall today that members of the auxilon Wednesday, more jiary forees will be afforded an outthan matches the daily opportunity to cement good program of students. The First standing relations between America and her | Lady’s day at the school will beAllies in the war, | gin in Northampton at 9.15 a.m. Mrs Roosevelt's address was given with the review of two platoons in connection with an official inspecdrilled by Ens. Howar d Effinger, tion tour of the WAVES. training school at Smith college. U.S.N.R, drill officer, in the The first lady’s assertion that the Northampton armory. Later in WAVES, as well as members of oth- | Go Through Brisk Drill the morning she will observe a jer auxiliaries, should be sent over-| Afterward as Mrs Roosevelt, Capt class in physical training in the Underwood and other WAVES ofseas if they are needed, drew proSmith College Alumnae ficers stood in a reviewing line, Kngymlonged applause from the audience nasium, sign Effinger put one platoon of of nearly 1000 navy women. WAVES through a brisk drill, which| Several classes : in indoctrinaTells of Wrens’ Dutles ‘included about every formation in! tion, including instruction wm Mrs Roosevelt said that women in the book. The navy women marched] naval personnel, the military services are learning and in ships perfectly and with a precision which} and aircraft, have been included self-discipline. She emphasized the would have pleased a West Point, difference between the duties of the on Mrs. Rogseveit’s schedule. At Mrs Roosevelt looked on} WAVES and the British Wrens, a 'drill master. 11.30 a.m., “following approvingly. When the drill was brief ir: woman's naval unit. Because Britspection of Northrop and Gillett over, the WAVES stood at attention ain’s manpower problem is much as the visitors walked out. Mrs | halls, she will address the entire more acute than that of the United Roosevelt left immediately in com-} / School in John M. States, she said that the Wrens are Greene hall. pany with Capt Underwood, and a called upon to perform many men's ' After inspection of hotel quaraid for Faunce hall. There} tasks, which will not fall to the WAVES ters at noon, Mrs. Roosevelt will few spectators on hand again’ WAVES. She declared, however, that were attend a luncheon party at Ofshe left the armory, American women are capable and when ficers’ Mess in Wiggins’ Tavern._ ‘willing to perform more arduous and An outstanding feature of Mrs Roosevelt’s visit was virtually the Coolidge Guest At Lunch-| visky tasks if called upon. Mrs. complete absence of police guards. Hopes for Better Allied Xelations eon Mrs Roosevelt ealled for better re- The only officer in sight was Cruiser Patrolman John W. Zalesky, who Among guests included at the lations with and better understanding Calvin but be Mrs. eon will of our British Allies. She said that directed traffic near the armory, been somewhere else beDavis, Herbert Americans are apt to be prejudiced could have Ccolidge, Mrs. there was no tie-up of any of Smith against the British but pointed out cause wife of the president It struck spectators as strange that American boys who were in the ears. F. Davis, college; Mrs. Hallie that the first lady should travel British Isles any length of time soon college jlost de an of women at Smith just like any. other ordinary their dislike of the ways and about theatre, and! customs and professor of As for Mrs Roosevelt she of the British people and citizen. G. Ham of} came to know and get on with them was just herself. Presiden’ Roswell Mrs Coolidge Til on a friendly basis. “As we get to Mount Holyoke college. Mrs Roosevelt arrived in the city know them, we get to like them,” she To Visit Mt. Holyoke last night and stopped over at the said. Mrs. luncheon Following of Capt and Mrs Underwood On the world which is to follow home Roosevelt will go to Mt. Holyoke Washington avenue. The resithe war, Mrs Roosevelt declared that on will visit jit would not be worthwhile for the dence, which is owned by Mrs Grace college, where she Coolidge, herself a former first lady, quarters in ‘people of America to go through classes and inspect bathed in light until well after what they are experiencing now un- was 3.20 p.m. Rockefeller hall. At Meanwhile, Mrs Coolidge less they believed that it would re- midnight. she will address the Mount Hot: reported resting. comfortably at for a better was yoke battalion and return to ,sult in a foundation Cooley Dickinson hospital where she state of affairs in the future. Northampton at 4.15 p.m. is confined by illness, described as a Must Work for Peace Of fficers of the school ace She is running, “Peace,” she said, “is nothing you respiratory infection. com anying Mrs. Roosevelt on get by writing treaties. but by work- a temperature and may be suffering | her inspection party throughout ‘ing for.” Peace, she added, only comes from a form of pneumonia. No alarm felt over her condition, hospital and stays if people work for it day by is the day will include Commander officials maintained. Mrs _ Coolidge’s William Bullis, USNR, executive }! day.“Everything we learn in this pe- iliness prevented her from attending | officer; Lieut. Elizabeth B. Crannoonday luncheon tendered Mrs, riod,” she declared, “is going to be a dail, officer-in-charge of mid- useful in building the kind of country Roosevelt today at Hotel ey ton, at home which will be a factor in shipmen, and Ensign Virginia establishing the peace of the world.” Rooney, who will serve as aide. “If we want to build a_ better Lieut. Com. Mildred McAfee world we will have to build a_betwill accompany Mrs, Roosevelt ter nation and be prepared to assume throughout the day. la world responsiblity.” ~~ �family in England she share rs. Roosevelt Would Let Waves, Spars Go Overseas with the audience an_ entertaining instance in which Miss‘ Sarah Churchill, quashing the age-old {manual Job On Could Do women cai | of of the Wrens service in boats along the English coast, Mrs. | Roosevelt indicated that the’ women of Great Britain’s serv-| ice branches are doing a much!) more varied type of work pro-: gram than America’s women: have yet been permitted to attempt because, she said, the manpower shortage in England is far greater, as yet, than is ‘hat in the States. Would Have Older Persons| Trained Asked what she thought about continuance of the NYA industrial schools, now that war production factories are training Tells Of Her Visits Abroad With American Fighting Men. Reviews Waves’ Drill At Armory And Attends Classes. Comdr. McAfee Delayed On Her Ar-+,‘their Women work ‘maintenance Today, That They May ‘Soon Have Permission.’ Tours Northampton, Inspecting Midshipmen’s Set-up Here. Feels that weeks before.” Describing Miss Churchill’s abilities In Interpreting aerial photographs, and the Expresses Hope, In Speaking In City rival. belief not keep secrets, admitted, following her father’s announcement concerning arrival of’ American troops in North Africa, | that she had “known that six! | it Better employes inside the shops,| *#st Lady said that she ter would be “a fearful waste not to use the NYA shops, equipped| and set up so. well,” and that she Peace. people| older would like to see given special training, as well as| youth. BY EDITH BOWIE Favors Neighborhood Block Plan Expressing the hope that the Waves and Spars may “soon brief press her Referring, in have permission to go overseas,” Mrs. Franklin D, Roosevelt, | conference, to her visit in Hart: met on Monday, when she leadaddressing an audience of more than one thousand Naval Re- | #0F¢ with neighborhood “block that said t Roosevel M. John Mrs. in staff ers,” and students school serve Midshipmen’s she definitely favored setup of Greene hall shortly before noon today, won the most enthusias- the block system more generally tic ovation among many sincere gestures of approval and af- in America, since the plan wouid permit so many generally benetifection accorded the First Lady as she toured Northampton to- cial factors, which, although not day, unofficially “inspecting” the navy’s women’s reserve set- yet desperately needed, may be: come of vital importance. For up here. example, she spoke of the help a 1 . . Expanding upon which, a of juggling gracious hour-by-hour schedule, she ‘wiched in Women Better Than Men On World Relations “One of the things we women ean do better than the men,” the this matter in| Feels conference press her following by) rigid) sand-| address,| establish to she has) First Lady said, “is among people. ons relati ly friend and) Waves that “always felt because, do it better privi- We can Waacs ought to have the there has and down through the ages overseas,” going lege of us an inherent | legislative ac- peen developed in g family adthat pointed out ique for makin techn .such granting to relative tion : pending in justments. now is permission of country we build kind “The Congress. here at home,” she continued, 38 In her very informal address, going to be a factor for peace in punctuated with chuckle-produc: _, world.” the with jing accounts of her visits “hard Mrs. Roosevelt American and lish said that fighting Scottish men in bases, EngMrs. Roosevelt said that, if the Waves women’s American (and other service groups) do go overseas, they will have much than duties assistance to more -im-} which might neighborhood a be, were she f leader a housewife not working in war production,| if she did the shopping for Sev-}| eral families on the block, so} that: busy war workers need only | stop at her home to pick up their groceries, at the end ofa fatiguing day. Omdr. McAfee Arrives Late The First Lady of the nation | | |; and the first lady of the Waves, | | Cmdr. Mildred H. McAfee (who, | arriving tardily because of im| portant business detaining her in Washington, joined the inspecthe on Commenting tion party at Faunce hall) were witnessed work” which she had seated together on the platform to- in’ John doing the Waves and Spars M. Greene hall, with Underwood day in their classes, drill, and; Capt. Herbert W. officer: commanding progra®,| Wayes’ education physical Ham. G. Roswell Mrs. Roosevelt said that the! pyecident the her those at: | “thing that -impressed Yan-| most,” just as it impressed_ her the recent Great (assistance,| very much in her there’ kees “over in all of that is travels, Britain women) which she pointed out, self disservices women’s the now are of other nationalities is being learned, being is cipline giving, “when American women r characte real a as d develope holding be might just as well not worn as_ superimposed forth.”) Their greater duty, she, trait, dinFrom her said, involved the establishing of “duration” pose. Churchill the friendly relations which are es- ner meeting with effective lasting, sential to a peace. portant tending r i, fay, | Mount ident; Holyoke Smith’s Hallie Flanagan dean college Davis, Malvina Thompson, Mrs. Roosevelt. _pres- of women, and Miss secretary to �a Waves Entertain With Songs — | The Waves entertained Mrs. Roosevelt with a short program of their original songs, for which Ensign Bethel Reubold, assistant uniform Chaplain officer, was Robert pianist, G. and Andrus was leader. Mrs. Roosevelt seemed to find especial enjoyment in the “Jinny, the Ninny” number, the popular “I Need a Guy to Tie My Tie,” which the Waves featured in their recent Vox Pop broadcast from Northampton; an “alma the school’s unofficial mater,” or “Carry On” song which was particulariy well presented, with group shading and humming, as the finale of the brief musicale. Mrs. Roosevelt Very “Folksy” Waves and civilians alike found the First Lady of America an admirable example of her intimation that women make the best public relations officers. As she progressed from building to building on campus and off, there was little wonder that she has been as affectionately Commends “T think Waves that for they Drill do wonder: fully well,’ was Mrs. Roosevelt’s comment on completion of the drill, which included _ several marching formations, with - the girls in blue lined up four abreast, and an encore of the more intricate “circles right and left,” smoothly executed. Ensign Elizabeth Walter, assistant company commander; Midshipman Laura Henry, student commandehr; Ensign Jean McMurray, regional commander, and Midshipman Dorothy Eckenrode, platoon leader, representing the first and 'second platoons of the second company, stood at attention be- fore the bunting-draped platform in the Armory. | Commander McAfee Delayed Since Commander Mildred H. |McAfee, 'Waves, national was director delayed of the in arriving, having been called to Washington on important business last night, the First Lady, after her Smith college surprise greeting of the student body assembled at termed “Eleanor” as is her hus- chapel, was accompanied to the band universally known as Armory by Captain Herbert W. “Ee. D. R.” Effortlessly, sincerely, Underwood, commanding officer she was as folksy as, say, a vil-| of the Midshipmen’s school here; lage minister’s wife come to tea. Commander William Bullis, U. S. There were hand shakes for N. R., executive officer; Lt. ElizM. Crandall, officer-inthe little reporters as well as for abeth the man-of-the-world newsreel| charge of midshipmen, and En-_ representatives. sign Virginia Rooney, serving as Nods to Youngsters aiae. Mrs. Roosevelt was also acThere for the were nods small youngsters who and_ smiles stocking-hated peered at the inspection party from sidewalk and from car window. There was a sparkle and zip about her, despite a schedule that permitted no time for relaxation all day long. A camera The sparkle and zip has ever really First Lady that no caught. is a much more striking person than any motion picture or still photograph could ever hope to portray. Because, in her voice, her genuine smile, her altogether human manner, the President’s wife not only shows she the “likes people.” people—or, ‘Just folks” In Reviews very, Drill costume She very as bearing any as trim and uniformed King hour street for nearly a half this: morning, to review a midshipman on the floor, the Frst Lady stood at interested attention in the State Armory on typical Waves’ drill, directed by Ensign Howard Effinger, U. 58. N. R. drill officer. Wearing a smart black tail- ored suit, with blouse acquamarine taffeta type the and of day, Mai- pastel corsage hats of being Waves, small its gold sole Armory, in Capt. ] car, with gracious nods and smiles for the citizens and children assembled at the sidewalk to watch the First Laay pass, party Faunce Mrs. Roosevelt and went immediately campus, Javes posed Faunce the to hall on to Smith attend her to college a_ typical indoctrination class. She for pictures outside hal! Smith review physical betore Alumnae a proceeding to gymnasium women’s education class. reserve Other indoctrination classes, instruction~in naval including personnel houses, Roosevelt and in ships and aircraft, were visited in Northrop and Gillett and then Mrs. inspected the “second Gillett, where bunks deck” at without auestion had the most unruffled surfaces and the squarest corners in their existence to date. Following her address at an ali'Waves (and Spars) assembly in John M. Greene hall, and | luncheon at the Tavern, the President’s wife, whose schedule today showed the Midshipmen’s school students that the navy is not alone ute count,” tion party in making to attend Waves and Holyoke aa um at 3.30. to return depart classes Marines college assembly “every in and She of at 4.15 for New this York. the Mount ta speak Chapin at auditori- was scheduled city at to Northampton from min- left with her inspecfor South Hadley, and to about| o’clock this morning, Mrs. itoosevelt and Miss ‘thompson, report- ed to have come here trom hart- ford, aiter arrived in the city shortly last midnight, and were Mrs. Herbert house guests or Captain Underwood, and . who reside in Mrs. Grace Coolidge’s white brick house on Ward avenue. She breakiasted with the Underwoods, and lunched, with -where the menu, varying but slightly from that pianned for the day, inciuded: Tomato bouillon, celery, pickles, carrot sticks, broiled filet of sole with lemon butter, French fried potatoes, green salad, frosted peas, rolls, peppermint stick ice cream, cookies, and coffee. (The origi- nally planned menu for the day -was to have included triea scallops as the featured dish and coitage pudding with lemon sauce for dessert, but the anx- ious chef “partied it up” a bit in of gardenias, Mrs. Roosevelt, af- honor of the very special guest.) ter having slipped off her black Mrs. Coolidge Ill at Hospital fur_jacket, fitted well into the Ill at Cooley Dickinson hospimilitary picture of the morning. tal with a severe grippe cold, Her black hat was styled in Mrs. Grace Coolidge, our former lines suggesting the admiral- First Lady, was unable to join decoration ~ Leaving the Underwood’s Arrived Last Night Althougn scheduled to reach Northampton shortly before ¥ of the “official tour” party, at oiiinearly cers’ mess in Wiggitis Tavern, at Armory and trig is one companied, throughout the by her personal secretary, vina Thompson. | the speciaily invited luncheon or- guests. Seated in the First naments on the bow at the front, Lady’s luncheon group, with her and a wisp of black veil. Her party of the day, were Mrs. Her‘black walking shoes differed pert Davis, wife of the president 'very little from these worn by oi Smith college; Mrs. Hallie F. ,the young women marching in Davis, dean of women at Smith, review before her. She carried a and President Roswell G. Ham monogrammed black handbag. ot Mount Holyoke college. Chimes at Smith Ring in Honor of Mrs Roosevelt Northampton, March 24 — The chimes in the tower of the Smith college administration building were rung festively today on the oceasion of Mrs Roosevelt's arrival, Rung only on Sundays in the past, Smith college authorities deemed the visit of sufficient import to send a musician aloft who regaled the city with popular patriotic tunes, �Mrs. Roosevelt Revi ews WAVES, — Visits C assrooms and Joins Mess ' NORTHAMPTON, March 24 — The peak of their experiences to date for imembers of the Naval Reserve Mid- shipmen was reached today by hundreds of WAVES in training here when Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Colspent the morning on thestepSmith by step campus, lege the routine living their in following these young preparation country’s for Navy. women service are in Busy Schedule From the review of two platoons shortly after 9 o'clock, through visits to classrooms and dormitories, ending with iuncheon at the officers mess the as at First the Wiggins Lady rank Roosevelt Tavern, and kept shared file up of the the at same girls, a vigorous which food Mrs. pace, “Sees Training Class The party was joined at a visit to an indoctrination class by Lt. Comdr. Mildred McAffee, director of the Women’s Reserve, USNR, who arrived from Washington during the morning. Mrs. Roosevelt showed great interest in a physical training class, which she visited in the gym- nasium, where 100 or more WAVES went through a graceful series bending and stretching exercises the tune York.” of “The Sidewalks First Lady Is Impressed by of of| to New, Luncheon for Mrs. Roosevelt was the same as was. served to the WAVES, including temato boullion, celery, pickles, carrot sticks, broiled fillet of sole, peas, French fried po- tatoes, green salad, and peppermint certainly equalling the strenuous stick ice cream, schedule of the young Navy women. Mrs. Rocsevelt expects to find time Sees Great Opportunity in her busy day for a brief visit to Young women of the Army and Mrs. Grace Coolidge, who is ill in Navy going from their own to other Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Followcountries will have their greatest oping luncheon the party left for Mount portunity for service in cementing Holyoke where a similar program of iriendship and promoting understandinspection and speaking took place. ing between the United States and Coincident with the visit of Mrs. other nations of the world, Mrs. Roosevelt, the press relations bureau Franklin.D. Roosevelt told her eager of the Smith College Midshipmen’s audience of more than 1000 WAVES School, published the first edition of student a weekly paper, ‘Sounding Off.’ The regular augmented by the paper is edited by personnel of the | body at Smith College in an address program women’s reserve, Midshipman Hazen 'that completed her morning Reserve at this Navy Van Fossen is editor and others on the inspection ‘of staff are Sarah Morgan, Vincent Dan| Midshipmens School. feel iel, Lola Curbo, Patricia O’Rourke,| would said, she of us, Most | Elizabeth Tudor, Julia Lowry, Erma) now | that what we are going through Nash, Ruth Barrington, Helen Mc-| if this | would not be worth the effort Creight, Margaret Dougherty, <Antime we do not learn a lesson from toinette S. Lyons, Lois Decker, Esther peace on &| build the the past and Johnson, Donna McGill, Florence Gill-| way only The foundation. lasting more. These editors represent the] young) democracy works, she told the reserve units of the Navy, Coast citizen works each when is women, Guard and Marine Corps, Peace work, it to make each day for if worked and stays comes only peace we have and when constantly in all learned have we what again of this born training intensive the tremendous have will emergency NORTHAMPTON, March 24—Mrs, value in building a country at home Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the will be a factor in the peace which President, spoke briefly to an early of the world. morning assembly of Smith College at midstudents today in John M, Greene in Northampton ‘Arriving Hall. night, instead of early this morning RooseMrs. Mrs. Roosevelt, entering the meet-. as had been anticipated, Capt. ing at the close of the annual anguest of house the was veit commanding nouncement of academic and athletic Underwood, W, Herbert awards to Smith students, was reofficer of the school, and Mrs. Underand promptly cgeived with acclaim which lasted for appeared She wood. tor armory several minutes. the without ceremony at Commending the students for their the opening review, wearing a smart light blue efforts to prepare themselves for the tailored suit with black black postwar world, she said she believes and corsage, gardenia gloves, minds will be valuable| Her costume was topped | that trained accessories. assets in an extraordinarily interestdress. length caracal by ia hip ing but extremely difficult world in the approved enthusiastically She which they will have to live, Using the by made showing excellent British women ag examples, Mrs. 2, who 1 and Platoons in WAVES Roosevelt pointed out that “anything their drill under the direcpresented that women are trained to do° they Effinger, Howard Ensign of tion ean do,’ and added that this was the girls, in their trim The drilimaster. tribute paid British women by everyuniforms, put their pest efforts| ohe from Navy the Army to the farmers. into their performance, which demonMrs. Roosevelt hoped that, in view the efand their aptitude strated of the tremendous experiences of the g. trainin their of y ficienc people in actual war zones, “you can led by Midshipmen were bridge the gap between this country, ! Platoons Cofy Doroth and ode Eckenr Which has not had the war on its! Dorothy doorstep, and these people who are our fin. She spoke of the emergence Viewing the drill were Comdr. Wilspiritual values and the decline| officer of the | of executive Bullis, jiam of the value material things which ofschool; Lt. Blizabeth B. Crandall, ‘is the result of close and continued , Enof midshipmen; ficer in charge ‘contact with war's destruction. the for aide Rooney, Virginia sign Roosevelt and Capt.| day to Mrs, Underwood. the pass:| watching group Anothe: First Lady Talks To Student Assembly Jean/ Ensign ing platoons included commander ; regimental MacMurray, assistant Walter, Elizabeth Bnsign Laura Midshipmen and commander, student commander. Henry, Training Program at Smith College; Also Pays Visit to Classes at Mount Holyoke �The humane Scenes area complete dolight : —New York Times CLAUDIA ahea Kaliont By ROSE Comedy Hit FRANKEN Author of ANOTHER LANGUAGE This is the charming and delightful Broadway smash hit, produced in New York by John Golden, with Dorothy McGuire and Donald Cook in the leading roles. The play is based on the popular stories by Miss Franken. It broke box office records all over the country with as many as three companies playing it at the same time; it has been purchased by the motion ' pictures, made into a radio serial; and it made a star of its leading lady almost overnight. And now it can be offered to many amateur groups and schools which have been searching for the "perfect play." "Unpredictable as a June morning and twice as rare," as one of the critics said, Claudia is married to David, a promising young architect, and they live on a farm outside New York. Although Claudia is physically of age, she is mentally still a little girl, with an attachment to her mother which has prevented her full emergence into womanhood. Her mother is no more happy over this state of affairs than is David; both understand the problem and realize that life will not continue to grant Claudia the consummate happiness and security she enjoys at the rise of the curtain. In the space of twenty-four hours, Claudia passes three important milestones. First, she tries to arouse jealousy in her husband by practising her sex appeal on a British author. Second, she discovers that she is going to have a child, and hard on the heels of this revelation is her finding out that her mother has a short time to live. The story of the play deals with Claudia's meeting of life and her acquiescence to the demands but she has achieved a that living makes upon her. The final curtain finds her still the same engaging spiritual stature which promises a rich and happy fulfillment of her marriage. The critics went “all out'' for CLAUDIA young woman, by giving it round after round of journalistic applause. "Gentlemen in white ties and their jeweled ladies threw sophistication to the winds last night and stood on their seats at the Booth. . . Miss Franken's new play was thunderously received . . . sparkling dialogue . amusing and tender, rippling with laughter.''"—New York Journal American. “It is, indeed, a study of life and death, written in simple, direct, but compassionate terms. Miss Franken's characters are vividly alive. . . The best American play of the season.'"—New York WorldTelegram. "Sprightly characterization, splendid dialogue. Written with much as distinguished ANOTHER LANGUAGE.''—New York Daily News. CLAUDIA the same insight and affection is restricted in certain territories about which we invite your inquiry. Royalty on application where available. — 3 MALES BOOKS 5 FEMALES 75 CENTS MODERN INTERIOR COSTUMES SET The Set of CLAUDIA at the Booth Theatre �“< laudia’ Ticket Sale Starts — Friday At Academy Of Music = Sree TTI . aS SQED A sale for “Claudia,’ outstanding MAYER Broadway’s comedy hit, coming to the Academy of Musie night only on March 22, start Friday. Rose Franken, author one will stage has director written an of and “Claudia,” endearing play of charming people who lead a charmed life. Sensitively written, flawlessly acted and staged, it is said to take its place the outstanding plays of years. “Claudia” as one of in a score contains comedy, both naive and_ sophisticated plus an absorbing story of life and its unpleasantness. The author of “Claudia” uses the cycle and end, CLAUDIA’S GAY FAMILY white of John Golden’s AT HOME hit comedy, “Claudia,” main Boyd an- Academy “Claudia” | The play John Music Of : Acad- Golden insignia on a is a guarantee that its selec- tin for production has been established after thoughtful and reacareful deliberation. This be can soning substantiated by to his the consistent percentage of Golwith den successes, beginning “Turn to Right,” the today that the ticket Academy Stage Plays To The Coming emy nounced up recent and one of his most pop“Claudia,” presentations, ular coming to the Academy of MuMonday, only, sic, one night , March 22. This radiant comedy by Rose Franken has been acclaimed by It is gratifying to note that the prospects are good for a full house of at the “Claudia,” the New stage at performance York the comedy, Academy Music, Northampton’s theatre. The theatre of municipal was built and given conditions abandon for stage plays, but made it necessary to them. They failed ly; dismal through non-support. Stock companies tried it—some successfulothers failures. There is always a minority clamoring for stage plays, but it has sel- distinc- dom been of splendid construction, dramatized by Rose Franken, from her fice and returns. If people want, can afford stage plays at the critics the as most contribution enjoyable tive and many in many, to the theater years, possessing all the details two popular and novels stories, and “Claudia and. “Claudia” David.” She is said to have woven a and exdelightfully laughable comedy quisitely - characterized of human interest. John Golden has play given with company life and vitality a specially composed of to the organized players who measure up to the established Golden standard. “Claudia” is a reflection of life in a suburb of New York City, where the Naughton farm uvon a small the child-wife, about more products than family live where and Claudia, knows farm developing about the actuali- The ties of human experience. | perplexities of her awakening to ‘the sterner eventualities of life are deliciously laughable. —Adv. large enough to justi- fy the claims of assured support. The proof is in the box of- stage above shown March that play prices—considerably movie rates—it will be on Monday evening, 22. The prospects are the experiment another booking distant future. will are and unpleasant- She could root for have written the same story about people in any station of life, but she chooses intelligent, nice people, the kind you Brown. Clifford as they ness will be the lot of strangers. coming to the Academy of Music for one night only, March 22. Phyllis Thaxter as Claudia, Donald Cook as David, Frances Starr as Mrs; Manager beginning or anchor for those who. live in the hope that nice things will always re- TEATS A black and of life, the asa leveler justify in the not toa when they are in a jam. �‘Claudia’ Pleasex A Packed House Academy <0 cat pots = : BEST FOR NOW By LOUISE MACE UDIENCES, both stage and screen, grow querulous when either medium fails to give them just what they expect and need. In time of war this state of mind is fairly vociferous. There are those who, with considerable justification, look for deep and probing drama on world conditions. A packed house at the Academy of Music last night heralded the return of the legitimate drama to this city with the highly entertaining presentation of | A “Claudia.” A last-minute substitution in two roles did not hamper amount of dramatic substance. “Claudia” met these latter requirements. It was amusing and laugh-laden; it gave tangible evidence of possessing and working out intelligently a problem that in itself has a serious place in life. the ; PLAYS John Golden Others production, | the action of the play whatsoever, and the part of Mrs. Brown was convincingly Beverly portrayed Bayne. by an is same exasperating, a wholly time, to perfection not trying to in that she is “play” the part of an imaginary character, but in fact she actually is “Claudia.” Since the action revolves about the “undoings” of Claudia, who entirely is brutally frank and many unacquainted with tact, humorous incidents and convergations can and do arise through- ~|out the of course the lin every instance, the innocence of Claudia’s is equalled only by band’s (Donald Cook’s) witty comebacks. Cook really is superb. and razor-sharp mind gard to puns, keeps and play, knife-like repartee her husdeft and His ease with re the audience in laughter. One scene especially brought in a ration book of C iudia presented her laughs. husband a new pair of pajamas, but unfortunately for him she “shortened” the same leg twice and when the legs are held up to view one is ludicrously shorter Whereupon Mr. than the other. Naughton jibes, “What do you think I am, a flamingo?” scatter-brained Claudia is a but loving wife in the beginning, and deeply attached to her mother. Her husband also is fond of his mother-in-law, but wants his wife to “grow up” and be just “his wife, not a little girl.” Claudia really does “grow up” in the last act, so to speak, when she learns that she is to become a mother, and at the same time that she soon is to lose her own The action throughout mother. is swift, with rapid and pleasing sprinkled dialogue, generously and clever comedy. pointed % entertained, mR, the * while demanding a certain * * * Bertha, the maid, played by Adrienne Gessner, is well done, as is Fritz, her husband, portrayed by Frank Tweddell. Jerry Seymour, the suave Britisher, played by Wilton Graff, is excellent. Julia Naughton, played by Audry Ridgwell, is acceptable, but Madame Darushka can safely be classified as a fugitive from a When comedy. Marx Groucho ‘she sang at Symphony hall in Boston, as we are told in the play, she undoubtedly made the Cabots that place. and they the were Madame Lodges in the Darushka think wrong is a comic, no doubt, but she is the arch enemy of all opera singers if we are to accept her as she appears in Claudia. “Cfaudia” is well worth seeing and has lived up to its advance A first rate job all publicity. around is done, and Northampton theatergoers really took the They are cast to their hearts. real people, and “Claudia” is a iéreal” play and a good one, ees _ * NE sentence takes care of the plot. Marriage did not bring O adulthood to Claudia until she faced the awful reality of birth and death. Simple, and yet not the easiest statement out of which to draw a three-act play. Miss Franken, it is said, summoned it from mind to paper in five weeks’ time. More than writing facility was necessary to achieve the goal successfully. One may believe she lived long with her characters—until they were not only her companions but one another’s. “Claudia” is not a great play as the theater measures its progeny. But it belongs to life, which is more than can be said of most. It is the kind of entertaimment we the public can do with happily because of its comforting assertion that the garden variety of people persist in the midst of a tumbling world. This is the type entertainment we can and will respond to now. Let the dramatic giants defer their entrances until peace and perspective are restored. lovable wife of David Naughton, played Miss Thaxter _|by Donald Cook. {has her role down be * at put to * Claudia, played by Phyllis Thax: |. ter, only OSE FRANKEN, the author, effected needle penetration of R a situation that cannot be uncommon, yet is not by any means universal. She leveled it with anecdote and familiar frustration, gave it a homey setting peopled with ordinary, and therefore understandable, folk. Thus bulwarked it could not fail in majority appeal. Several years ago the dramatist won recognition in “Another Language,” the story of a girl who though devoted to her husband found his family wholly alien to her awn thought processes, instincts and aspirations. Not so rare a situation in life as the one she chose for “Claudia.” Frances Starr, who was schedjuled for that part, was not present last night because of illness. Olga Baclanova, who was to have played Madame Darushka, _was also ill, and her part was | ‘handled by Miss Namara. The action of “Claudia” takes me piace in the country home of r. and Mrs. David Naughton, 70 miles from New York City. the ask | ' wa :3 : E a2 RF heh 6 | SIMPLE nah | Parts Played by Phyllis Thaxter and Donald Cook Are Outstanding. _ Beverly Bayne Substi' tutes for Frances Starr Is ? of Music aa _ _ Here and There in the Theater 2 at �NORTHAMPTON ACADEMY OF MUSIC presents John Golden’s production of “CLAUDIA by ROSE FRANKEN Monday evening March 22, 1943 at 8:30 o’clock �“CLAUDIA” CREDITS Miss Starr’s first act dress by Saks-Fifth Avenue; third act dress by Bergdorf Goodman. Jewelry by Nat Levy—Urie Mandel. Miss Thaxter’s first act costume by Lanz. Miss Ridgwell’s costume by Hattie Carnegie. Scenery built by Studio Alliance, Inc., painted by Triangle Scenic Studio. Electrical equipment by Century Lighting, Inc. Draperies by I. Weiss and Sons. Flowers by Universal Flower and Decoorating Company. Carpet by Hotel and Theatre Carpet Co. by Rose Franken Directed by the author Scenery by Donald Oenslager Produced by John Golden CAST Mrs. (In Order of Appearance) fem" “ Franees-Starr ; Brown David Naughton Claudia Donald Naughton Berth ‘ Fritz Phyllis : . ; : : ‘ : . ’ : : : : A Gessner Frank Tweddell Jerry Seymoure Madame Darushka Wilton Julia Naughton The Audrey action takes place in the Act I. Friday Act II. Act III. living in the country, seventy miles out of New Costumes by Bianca Graff Olga-Baclanova) A The evening following Evening room York. of the of the Ridgwell Naughton’s house in early Fall. Robert ¥t yo hd John FOR MR. Finn Harry Brown James O’Neil Master Master Burnett Gray Buford E Frederick Stahl games Duddy Edward Smith i College Department OF THE : Electrician Head Flyman Booking Agent ACADEMY OF MUSIC K. Brewster Walter W. O’Donnell, Mayor GOLDEN General Manager Company Manager Stage EMERGENCY NOTICE: In the event of an alert, remain in your seat. A competent staff has been trained for such events. You will receive information from the stage. Manager Chief of Carpentry Dept. Chief of Property Chief ‘ of Theatre Mary Armitage Box Office Carpenter Master of Properties John Gray Smith Manager Chief Usher Stroock Edward O’Keefe MUSIC Herbert J. Davis, President of Smith College, Chairman Dr. Frederic W. Plummer, Secretary Joseph Lyman day. Pollock OF Resident Technical Assistant to Mr. Oenslager, Isaac Benesch STAFF ACADEMY Boyd Elizabeth Milvend THE Papillion TRUSTEES afternoon. same FOR Clifford Thaxter Adrienne e STAFF Cook of Electrical Dept. Dept. NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and a sign nearest your seat is the shortest run—WALK route to the to that exit. street. In the event of fire please do not �‘Margaret Webster to Speak at Bookshop | Saturday Afternoon Says American 7% | Actress, Author of ‘Shake. | speare Without Tears,’ | Will Also Autograph Miss Margaret Webster, Speaking at Smith, Feels That Solution Is in Giying Adventure of Acting Back to Youth Book Miss Margaret Webster, who! is appearing at the Hampshire| Bookshop on Saturday afternoon at 4, comes from a_ long English distinguished of line actors and is herself an accomplished actress. Her mother is Dame May Whitty. She was A capacity audience heard Miss Margaret Webster, noted director of Elizabethan: plays, give brief excerpts from four plays to illustrate the main points of her lec- ture on “The Adventure of Acting,” given at 8 o’clock Soturday now a parking lot on 58th Street, but what was then an apartment house owned by Fin- Dunn, chairman est the She was born in what better is known As a girl, Miss Webster twice appeared in England with Ellen Terry, studied in Paris, and was : still under 20 matic school when, at a in London, dra-| she first met Maurice Evans. In 1937-38 she directed “Richard Ii” for Mr. Evans and followed that with the uncut “Hamlet,” “Henry IV,” “Twelfth Night” | and 1941’s exciting “Macbeth,” | re-discovering Shakespeare and | winning high praise and popularity. She has approached Shakes| peare knowing that he is “neither a divinity nor a bore,” with ‘scholarship and with a love for and understanding of, both his poetry and his plays. Her new book, “Shakespeare Without “one of Tears,” has been the best books called about | Shakespeare written in this cen|tury” ,easily and and is written with an sense of humor.” “Miss Webster i theatre was is essentially woman him, scholarship own world .C. Dunn, Smith two ‘lightly, abundant as Shakespeare a-theatre man*and_ stores and with again,” says college, who distinguished herself, of a she re- benefit literature, professor Shakespeare of to his Esther English, has written books “The about Liter- ature of Shakespeare’s England” and “Shakespeare in America,” Miss Webster will autograph her book from 4 to 5 and speak informally for a few moments at The Crossroad evening lege. ley Peter Dunne, as “Mr. Dooley.” |. Theater Is at 43" | born in New York in 1905, when her parents were acting in this country. 4. ; Vited. Everyone is cordially in- 3% at Sage Introduced. hall, by Smith Miss of col- Esther the C. -depart- ment of English at Smith college, Miss Webster spoke of her interin speak with here college Cheryl member and since desire her Crawford, of the College department. to association a former theater Miss Webster gave a very brief sketch of the history of acting up to the establishment of James Burbage’s theater on the outskirts of London in the 16th century. From the modern point of view, she pointed out,Elizabethan actors seem a little crude, but “I am not sure that that could have been so. . . that kind of acting would not have been adequate to Shakespeare’s plays.” The clear- est account of the pitfalls of acting either in Shakespeare’s time or any other, she showed, was given by Shakespeare himself in “Hamlet.” the passage warns Miss some Webster in actors quoted which Hamlet who are to give a court performance against a number of these pitfalls. Mentioning the controversy which centers around Shake- speare’s boy players, Miss Webster said that in her opinion, the playwright did not write simpler passages for his female characters. Again, she quoted a scene in which Lady Macbeth receives a letter from her husband to il- lustrate skill which must have been requisite in the boy actors. In speaking of the first women actresses, Miss Webster showed then a brief their effect on the Restoration playwrights by quoting a passage from Congreve’s “The Way of the World.” She gave history of the development of the theater in America up to the present day. “Today,” said Miss Webster, | i “the American theater is ata crossroad.” She showed that the formation of companies players in Europe after World war had brought “combining influence’ ca, also. She cited the of the theater guild companies as the American in of the last about a Ameri- formation and other examples. theater “Now, has to choose between individual stars or companies which can fulfill the needs of 48 states.” Miss Webster, herself, felt that the solution to the problem is the for- mation of companies of actors which “would give the adventure of acting back to youth. Only in that way can we render our talents to new and young authors who ing.” have something worth say- In conclusion, she read the letter sent from the scientist to his wife after the fall of Norway in “There Shall Be No Night.” �‘GLACIER PRIEST wn (142 _ SPEAKS THURSDAY Father Hubbard Will Lec- ture at College of Sir Bernard Pares - SRigaplinetzes Need of ' | | To Speak Tuesday | On ‘Russia Now’ | Our, Lady of the Elms ai Chic-) opee — Subject Is ‘Alaska in the War _ Father Hubbard, known as the “e cier priest,” will speak at the College} of Our Lady of Elms, sponsors, Thurs-| day evening on “Alaska in the war.” Conceded by many to know more| about Alaska than any other living} person, Father Hubbard has scen! Alaska by plane, foot and dog sled,| and has given the government invaluable advice on weather conditions and) other pertinent information, particularly to the war and havy departments. An expert »hotographer, motion pictures are an integral part of his leetures. His observations made more than 10 years azo are used by | Alaskan «viation companies, and he laid out a “field” for Canadian avia-| tors. He is civilian adviser to the! United States 4th arniy. | Father Hubbard has looked to the || interests of America, and has sarded } Alaskan terrain with a practical eye to its advantage to the United States army. As a consequence, he was called into consultation on matters of cefense by war department officials long before the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor. i He believes that Alaska is the jump- |i| ing off place for an American. blitzkrieg on the Nipponese. Russian Friendship For Peaceful World Sir Bernard Pares, British subject and professor of Russian (retired) of the University of London, will give a lecture on “Russia Now” at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening, April 6th at Graham hall. The ljecture will be open to the public without charge. An expert on Russia _ since 1904 when he began his career Must Try to Get Behind Misunderstandings. Says Russia Largely to Blame Russia, Sir Bernard added to these diplomatic and journalistic activities within Russig itself. During the First World war he) received the Soldiers cross and the medal of St. George for work as official correspondent for the British government on the Russ ard Pares in a lecture on Russia last night at Smith college. Sir Bernard said that we must try to get behind the misunderstandings about Russia which of teaching, study, sian front. Since and 1919, travel Sir in Ber-| Beeause ‘Tt is with the Russian people that we must remain in permanent friendship if there is to 2 world ¢ Fr. Hubbard To Lecture This Evening Despite the spring recess, the. lecture on “Alaska in the War” by the Rey. Bernard R. Hubbard of the Society of Jesuits will be held as scheduled at 8 o’clock this evening. The lecture in Sage hall will be open to the public. Fr. been head geology quette former of Hubbard, who the department at Santa Clara science degree sity, Calif, doctor of since 1925, university missionary of univer- took his at in 19387. and has Mar- Asa explorer in Alaska, he is adviser to the, Fourth army and the Thirteenth naval district. He has written several books about Alaska and is known as the “Glacier Priest.” e peace,’ threaten said to spoil the Sir Bern- peace, and that there will be no peace for the little states after the war un- less there is agreement and co- the large pownard has been professor of Rus: | operation among ers. sian at London university. He False information has been |has also been director of the one of the chief causes of our School of Slavonic and East misconceptions about present-day European studies and joint ed- Russia, Sir Bernard explained. |itor for the Slavonic and East He reminded his audience that European Review. Sir Bernard we have been living on news has published a number of that is twenty years old and that works on Russia and has lec: Russia herself is largely respontured in numerous American sible for our ignorance of the universities during the past seve strict censorship of all news eral years. leaving the country. The drastic steps taken during the first three lution Rev. Censor- Its of ship on lis News were years of the “idiotic,” stated revo- Sir Bernard, but we must realize that many reforms have been instituted out that since the then. plan farms has been factory, as proved ficent fighting of of He pointed collective highly satisby the magni. | the guerillas, wno are the collective farmers. In Russian schools respect for the family and elders is taught and enforced. Sir Bernard explained that the family has not been abolished, but strengthened, and the situation regarding mar- Yiage is very similar. In fact, the lecturer stated, it is more difficult to obtain a divorce in Russia than in the United States, since there is a progressive tax on divorce. there are Finally, no longer under any Stalin, attacks on religion, Sundays have been restored, and the chief atheist magazine has been abolished. Because he feels that we will not be able to cooperate with Russia if we do not understand her, Sir Bernard has been speaking in the United States and England, trying to clear up some of these false notions which, he emphasized, are one of Ger-| many’s chief weapons of pro-| paganda. |’ �Smith College Miss Chase Tells : Three Generations “Kindnesses Count” News Dr.. Sidney Hopes War May ‘Teach All to Live With Interest in Others. Reminds Listeners That | Dr. ing author-educator, in dis‘American Family Life sympathy peoples, we | develop more for genuine Taking what Pointing ‘the world feel friendli- spoke of for one creed , | by which her Maine family was raised, its most strictly adhered-to catechism being her mother’s caution that” “whatever embarrasses or bothers another person is wrong.” She urged that children be trained to go out their way to do “the little unnecessary kindnesses and courtesies by which of life minded young are all and | wheels oiled,” and she reof her listeners, old, that one enjoys most and can accomplish best, and so live one’s life in real fruitfulness. The speaker was_ presented by Mrs. Milo Jaquith, Mother’s club president, following dinner | served = at prettily decorated tables by Mrs. Alexander Bak and committee. In a brief business meeting the club made preliminary plans for its neighbors’ night program of Wednesday evening, April 7. The annual business meeting of the club will be held May 19, with| election of officers, to assume their duties in September. A gift to the Red Cross was voted, and approved. money-raising features ter to a 12 years two his university, Mr. graduate church years. to in He the East was train- Boston’ minister Mount both for his excellence lems of time. Recently his Dr. Lovett to Three day. Ten he Ver- a as a pas- years ago was made | of Yale Points Credos of Life “T believe in the dignity of every human being; I believe inthe integrity of all humanity; and I believe in fatherhood of God.” These are the ideas that we must keep before us if we are to out think our enemies. Dr. Lovett admitted. that in these days of news films and propaganda it is extremely diffi- | cult to believe in the dignity of every human being. “It grieves me deeply, the way a good many of our intelligent men and women use barbaric epithets for our Sacrifice Our Adversa- fellow men and then in the same breath speak of themselves in ries such a different fashion. ‘We can learn to believe in the in“As aman thinketh in_ his \tegrity of all humanity if we reheart, so is he” was the subject member to think and hope that of the Smith college vesper ad- this war will soon be over and dress Sunday by Dr. Sidney Lov- we can all be friends again,” he ett, chaplain of Yale university. added. Within the next few ménths In speaking of the third credo, the most Important decisions of the fatherhood of God, Dr. Lovthe war will be made—scores of ett mentioned the pseudo-reliyoung people will have gone gions of the nations of Europe to Help Fight down to enthusiasm is ageless, and that, since life has to be selective and one cando just everything, it is not prudent to choose the things that Yale Says 2d Frent Is In Minds Of The People Chase urged the colleges Woolsey professor fo Biblical lit: erature at Yale. He is generally recognized as a person having real understanding of the thoughts and questions of college men and women. that mothers, through careful guidance of their children, help to keep us from “losing the amenities of life in the speed of the world in which we live.” She Smith Dr. Lovett .was called to be chaplain of Yale university and has filled this position since that out that, although is different, people Miss the of the tor and as being a responsible leader in meeting the social prob- alive. the same, from took for die inside. Forgetting how to thrill to something is tragic,” the speaker continued, declaring that life is pointless unless the individual “falls in love with something—-a person, an | idea, poetry, God,” to keep en- ' thusiasm be non Congregational church in Boston and was widely known might things makes for Lovett for ness, a more general kindness among neighbors and _ associates, “The only really dangerous thing,” said Miss Chase, “is to die inside. granted is will at ing at the Union Theological | seminary, then served as minis:| suffering Americans Speak vespers service at 4.30 p. He /Sunday in John M. Greene hall. The freshman choir will sing| the anthem and in the evening a discussion will be held at Ellen, Emerson house. After graduat-| in Wartime,” for Edwards Church Mothers’ club last evening. Addressing a three-generations group, in which grand|mothers, mothers and daughters met at dinner in First church parlors, Miss Chase expressed the hope that, from our mutual university, preacher “This war as its very least| gift ought to bring us together as people,’ said Mary Ellen Chase, cussing to Vespers . Sidney Lovett, chaplain Yale Enthusiasm Is Ageless Lovett and Out- battle, Dr. Lovett em- today. They believe, he explained, phasized. “And to them I say”, that all men are brothers but he announced, “don’t put off they have no father. “I7/ would your thinking with your civilian say”, he went on, “that all men garb; the army will tell you how are brothers because they have but not why, and that why is of in God a father.” crucial importance not only in In conclusion, Dr. Lovett spoke war but also in the work of re- |O0f Henry Fossett, postmasterconstruction afterwards.” The | general of England under Queen important thing is to know what Victoria, who was blinded acit is we are to live for and to cidentally and yet persevered to what end our education here at become one of the greatest figSmith tends. ures in the country during his Dr. Lovett gave three credos time. He compared Henry Fos| of life to help us_ all to fight the sett and his blindness to Christ second front, which, he said was and his Cross, saying that these in the minds of the people. “We men believed in their fellow man must not only out fight and out and the fatherhood of God, desacrifice our adversaries; we voting their lives to the better. must also out think and out live ing of humanity. them,” he said. “In order to outlive our adversaries we must think of these things”, the speaker concluded, “until there are no more front’. �r WAVES Endigh | Two Ensigns Wed Marries Receives Navy Today Commission, Weds Officer in North- ampton Church Northampton, April 6—Three ee ES, who were commissioned enigns in the naval reserve this mornri upon completion of training at the naval reserve midshipmen’s school at Northampton, are being married within the next few days. The first all-navy wedding to take place in Northampton since the change in the marriage law for members of the women’s reserve took place today when Ensign Shirley May Bailey was married to Ensign Frederick W. Mai- wurm. The wedding of Miss Bailey, daughter of Mr and Mrs H, Grant Bailey of Columbia, S. C., to Ensign Maiwurm, son of Mrs W. J. Maiwurm of Asheville, N. C., and the late Mr Maiwurm, took place at high noon in St John’s Episcopal church, Northampton, Rev Robert N. Rodenmayer, rector, assisted by Chaplain Robert Andrus, performed the ceremony, The bride was given in marriage by Capt H. W. Underwood, commanding officer of the midshipmen’s school, The bride wore a white brocaded satin gown with full-length veil. Ensign Iva Brooker of Asheville, N. C., was maid of honor and bridemaids were Ensigns Faye Stratton of Alexandria, Va., and Elizabeth Updegrove of Easton, Pa. Ensign Eugene Curtis of Washington, D. C., was best man and Ensigns (WR) Rita Nowicki, Susie Nelms, Ruth Surosky and Alice Austermuhl served as ushers. The bride attended Greensboro colege, Greensboro, N. C., and the bridegroom, the University of Cincinnati and North Carolina State college. ~ * NORTHAMPTON, April 6— Phrough arch of swords formed by officers at the Naval Reserve Training School! attenand principals the pass here, wedding first all-Navy in the dants for laws e marriag the since here Reserve! Women’s the of members an fwere changed. Leaving St. John’s ~The bride attended Greenboro Col- lege, Greensboro, N. C., and the bridegroom the University of Cin- | cinnati and North Carolina State College. Ensign Susie B. Nelms, daughter Nelms of Mrs. Marshall jof Rey. and | Atlanta, will be married to Lt. W. E. | Hill, and U. S. Army, son of Mr, \ Mrs. Tex., of Dallas, Hill Robert J.. | at 6 p. m., Thursday in Atlanta. The bride’s father will officiate and a reception will take place at her home. a white dress bride will wear The | Her attendants will be Mrs uniform, Episcopal Church is the former ShirBailey, who, immediately ley May Miss Atlanta, of Wagonon after being commissioned an ensign | George Jane, Nellie Miss and Nash Suzette at exercises in John M. Greene Hall L Dr Ga, of TPhilomath, Callaway Tuesday morning, became the hride will usher.| Nash Dilard and Maiwurm,} Dennis of Ensign Frederick W. The bride attended Oklahoma College atthe bridegroom and Women a member of the staff of the training for school, tended Texas A. and M. WatElizabeth Ann Mary Two other WAVES, also commisBnsign and Col. of daughter USNR, sioned ensigns, U. S. Naval Reserve kins, James Morgan Watkins of Inthis morning upen completion of train- | ng at the Na val Reserve Midshipmen's School in Northampton, are to be married within the next few days. g de Farm, Athens, Tenn., will be m ied to Philander Priestly Claxton, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs, Claxton of Clarkesville, Tenn., at 5 p. m.| Thursday at Mars Hill Presbyterian Wed in Church Church, Athens. The wedding of Miss Bailey 7, daughMiss Mary Payne Claxton, sister Bailey and Mrs. H. Grant ter of Mr, of the brids groom, will be the bride's Mai- only attendant. of Columbia, S.-C;; to Ensign bride will wear The wurm, son of Mrs. W.. a: Maiwurm| a white dress uniform. The bridelate | groom's father we Rea) » of Asheville, and the se ve as best man Mr. Maiwurm, took place at noon and ushers will be at St. John's Chureh, Rev. RobDe. <O,2MAe See ert N. Rodenmayer, rector, assisted kins, Jr, and Francis Gettys Watkins. by Chaplain Robert Andrus, performThe bride attended Tennessee WesVas ing the ceremony. The bride University of leyan College and the e Ww. | Tennessee, given in mar byeeCapt-<' i: bridegroom attended The U of | Underwood, commanding officer of Tex holds aj the }the midshipmen’s schoot, The bride ee from Princeton and a wore a white brocaded satin gown >in law from Yale University, with full length veil. USNR, of Ensign Iva Brooker, maid of honor| Asheviile N. (., was and bridesmaids were Ensigns Faye Stratton of Alexandria, Va., and Blizabeth Updegrove of Easton, Pa. Ensign Fugene Curtis, USN, of Washington, was best man and Ensigns (WR) Rita) Nowicki, Susie Nelms, Ruth Surosky and Alice Austermuhl, USNR, served as ushers, Two Ensigns Wed « at Northampton �WD — Wonde 148° Rev. and Mrs. William R. Hamlin of Fearing street left this morning to attend the wed-. ding of their daughter, Ruth’ Chandler Hamlin, to Ensign John B. Flick, Jr., son of Dr, and Mrs. John B. Flick of Bryn Mawr, Pa. The ceremony will take place on Sunday after: noon in the chapel of the Brick Presbyterian church at ORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON /94 3 mar Sa Glidden Writes Of Experiences 7** On Guadalcanal of Brown Gurney George Met Says He Has Roches- ter, N.Y. Miss Hamlin is. doing research work at the University of Rochester Medical school. Mr. Flick is pursuing a medical course at the same institution and is a student assistant in physiology. Before returning Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin will visit their son, John, who is employed by the Spencer Lens company at Buffalo. Town. This Skelton Checks Vehicles La. for Division Nathaniel F. in Glidden, who Skelton of this town, wrote that proprietor of Skelly’s garage, who is stationed gt Camp Polk, La. John Glidden, flight officer for i ee eae | a WORTHINGTON . PPAF 17 #3 wrote, ‘Lakes viride, 73 wedding of unusual interest toox piace at tne varsouage| »sacurday morning, wnen wis. Anna Levlin, 73, was united in| mairiage to Samuel McMiilan, si. Rev. Arthur W. Childs per- tormed the ceremony and tne Coupe leit soon alier for two weeixs in New York and Philadel- phia. = * | “The chairman of the Red Cross} | War fund campaign in this town. Mrs. Harry Ll. Bates, announces that the drive |that the sum |collected is completed of $334 and sent in has to and been the Northampton office, This is over 11 per cent above the town’s quota of $360 and Mrs. Bates expresses her thanks and ap- preciation | making to the this townspeople for drive a success, squadron, he had met George Brown of Worthington, who arrived with an army unit. “He and his outfit,” Glidden Bridegroom, 81, i bomber t | “did a marvelous job here and were in on the final cleanup i which you no doubt have read about. “T have sideburns and a mus- tache . . . One of my tentmates had a full grown beard which had been a long time growing. When he got word he was going back for a rest, he shaved and I didn’t know him... “In a world where hate and fire are rampant, I send back to you all my very best love, and I pray soon love. day have to the Almighty that I may be back with the ones I I am more certain every that it will not be long, I faith in God.” Skelton requested to attend the meeting Friday night at 8 in Lyceum hall The program will include addresses on “Insurance of Civilian Defense Workers” and “Civilian Defense in the Rural Community.” told of having to The scroll In appreciation will be presented of the townspeo- ple’s help at the time of the air- plane also spends his summers here at Denworth Farm, received letters recently from his youngest son, John, who has been stationed with the marines at Guadalcanal and who was recently made a \first lieutenant, and also from | Gurney To Present Scroll All civilian défense personnel is crash. Motion be shown. pictures will Mrs. Guy F. Bartlett, who has been with her mother in St. Pe. tersburg, Fla., for three months, returned night, Miss turned to her Marion home on Bartlett to Springfield Ing a week’s home here. Sunday has re- after spend- vacation at her Worthington WORTHINGTON, May 19—May 23 has been set for the every-member canvass when the solicitors will call for pledges or contributions name of H. for. the fiscal year of the First Congregational Church, The selectmen will sell at publie auction May 29 at 8 p. m,. at Town | Hall the school building in the South | Worthington District. The conditions of the sale are: 10 per cent down at time of sale, balance on delivery of bill of sale, and the building must be removed from the Jand on which it stands before occupaney or any use is made of the building. Harry Mollison will be the auctioneer. Lt. Philip Anderson of the Army Air Corps at Camp Murphy, Fila., who has been granted an extended furlough, is visiting friends in town, The was omitted plane crash Worthington, in the award Franklin Bartlett account of to the town the of check up on all the vehicles for a_ division which was leaving for another camp. “There are over 500,” he wrote, “and they consist of jeeps, trucks from one| half ton to two and a half tons, light tanks, medium tanks and a few amphibians.” il �REPUBLICAN, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1944. PRINCIPAL TELLS BOARD PROBLEMS OF GRADE SCHOOL | Outlines Principal’s Problems Miss Bartlett. Says Many _ Pupils Bear Responsibilities ‘Older People Loathe to Miss “Perhaps the most difficult are the jirresponsible parents, unwilling to accept their share of the child’s training,’ Miss Bartlett observed. “Children should be sent to school on time, reasonably clean and free from the drag of emotional storms within the family. Tardiness, continued absence and truancy are bad habits.” In Miss Bartlett’s schools are two kindergarten classes, nine grade 1 to | 6 classes, three special, two open air, two adult education classes, a manjual training shop, a dental clinie, showers for childreun, a wartime child-care center and lunchroom. In addition, the school is used for Red Cross first aid classes, a recreation center for adults and for Boy Scout] meetings as well as many other com-|) munity projects. Outlines Potential Program Among the activities planned for this year at Howard Street school Miss Bartlet listed the starting of a PTA, equipping a visual aids room, reorganizing and expanding the nursery school and child care center, starting a school council, planning assemblies for the year, and a parents’ day in March and a program directed toward growth in democratic citizenship on the part .of teachers and pupils. After sketching the numerous administrative and supervisory tasks faced by the principal, Miss Bartlett pointed out that money is collected weekly for seven purposes: child care, lunch, milk, savings, war savings |“Most of this money Wartime) crackers, bank and. salvage. comes in small ‘sums but it runs into considerable }amounts and every penny must be accounted for. Stamps and _ bonds must be purchased, distributed and prayed over that they may arrive safely.” | Asked by a board member if. this city shouldn’t follow the lead of New Jersey in barring the sale of war bonds and stamps in the public, schools because some children can't afford to buy them, Miss Bartlett said that she didn’t agree. “We have to finance this war,” she commented, and added that the sales at her school were not conducted as a contest and that children were counted in toward the minute man award, even if they purchase only one 10-cent stamp monthly, of Howard Street sent principal Reports Hu- man Side to School Board Children Undertake’ The manifold responsibilities of an elementary school principal to the school and the community were described to the school board last night by Miss Marion L. Bartlett, principal of Howard Street school. A big problem, complicated _by the attitude of some parents and calling for “endless pa|tience and a sense of humor” is the maintenance of regular attendance by pupils, Miss Bartlett stated. Many elementary school children are carrying responsibilities “much oldei people are loathe to undertake,” such as waiting in crowded stores for the daily supply of fuel oil or for several quarts of milk. Bartlett should be to school|the must interpret to the on time, reasonably clean, and free | people of her community the signififrom the drag of emotional storms | cance of what the school is trying to within the family.” }do. Other community organizations: Thus did 2 Misses MarioneR L, Bartlett, ere oh principal |point } up c of Howard one ; of Boe OE enE i irae the eee ea te “Responsibility mat ularity lem,” who of oil, who stores, inei many has or a a. big for waited a task several on which in | * ae A listing “°"\earried by reg: cluded: ling Cl prob-|child Bartlett. ‘The child for the daily supply is |°™"™. problems | 4re smeres sted ed pe | oe a Cisities is |™ust beshe related to the work of the continued, since they, too, school, School, s maintaining a for attendance said Miss has to go fuel milk, of Street quarts people are loth to undertake.’ care | Gross first voting, and of | rather crowded| or much adult $s about older | quits reation inin thethe welfare wepare echil- of some of the activities Miss Bartlett's school in- education, dental manual clinic, center 10,000 lunchroom, item was the center baths Red Boy Scouts, center. One | being community during train- wartime and aid classes, a recreation amazing of of the the record taken in the year, by rec- And|~ 27 “The principal must cultivate . ../all these activities in addition to the |a friendly co-operative spirit among | regular curriculum. the staff Teachers, like pupils, The folloving pregram has been| are not created equal. Some need |adopted this year at the school: 1,! help of one kind, and some another, | start a Parent-Teacher Association; 2, |} All have strength which must be cap-|equip a visual aids room; 3, reorganlitalized. ‘The teacher who is loyal to | ize and expaid the nursery school and the school, enthusiastic .. . who sends | child care center; 4, start a school her pupils home understanding their | council; 5, plan assemblies to be givdaily experience and eager to return jen throughvut the year; 6, plan for a the next day, gets results.” | Parents’ Day in May; 7, a program Today the school building is becum- | directed toward growth in democratic ing more than ever the center for |citizenship on the part of teachers and community life, said Miss Bartlett, an and | pupils. ; �TT —— > ittle Peru’s Town Meeting Will | Be Unusually Quiet This Year ITTSFIPLD, April meeting on Monday, the town last 83—Peru town the 12th, in west- meeting earn Massachusetts, has only one contest in sight and that is for the ithree-year office of selectman, rl Rath, present chairman of the board, yas renominated at the Citizens’ caucus. His opponent is Otis O. Oakes who has held the office twice in other years. Old time residents of the Berkshire hilltop town say the reason for this political calm, the most. pronounced in 40 years, is the war. So many are employed at high wages at Dalton and Pittsfield they simply haven't time to seek town offices, or hold them if elected. The Peru roads are now clear of snowdrifts and while the polls will oe open during hours convenient for workers out of town it is predicted comparatively few will remain for the grand free-for-all fun of the ufternoon. Voters and visitors have been requested to patronize the noon luncheon concession given by the selectmen to Mrs Chester Harding Dodge, who is to sell sandwiches, doughnuts and coffee, the proceeds to go towards the purchase of an honor roll to be placed in the town hall. Seven Peru young men are now in the armed service and the town is proud of this record out of a population, in 1940, of 142. Although Peru workers at the General Electric plant, Pittsfield, and at the Crane and Weston paper mills, Dalton, contributed towards the recent Red Cross Berkshire county campaign at their places of employment Peru raised its full quota of $40 through the efforts of Mrs Dodge, town chairman, who is a daughter of Mrs Rose T. Smith, town clerk and treasurer, To Propose Purchase of War Bonds Selectman Rath is to propose at the town meeting that $5000 of the cash balance of $13,249 on hand December 31, be used for the purchase of war bonds; that $5000 be left as a working balance in the treasury and the remainder, $3249 be used toward a reduction in the tax rate, which in 1942 was $50. The total assessed valuation of Peru is around $280,000. Selectman Rath, who also is fice. He is chairman of the Republican town committee. Thomas Butler quit as chairman of the Demoeratic town committee several years ago and his successor never has been elected. A leading Republican said today: “Peru Democrats are more searce than hens’ teeth.” Bass Viol Shocked Minister Several of the eldest of the 12 menbers of the Peru Congregational church, now open only in summer, with Rev Samuel R. Swift, Hinsdale, preacher, remember their grandfathers tell abcut the ancient bass viol that once shocked a Peru prelate of the old fashioned kind. In 1924 this historic instrument was owned by Frederick A. Dean of Springfield. In 1848, just 100 years ago, Peru Congregationalists had a sort of a “musical revival.” Singing was approved, but most of the choir leaders took their pitch from a pitch pipe. A new spirit was at work and certain ambitious souls in the ehurech wanted an instrument that would really enrich their singing, so a double bass was decided upon. Franklin Stowell was the leader of the choir, several of whose members had heard that a church “down Boston way” had a double bass viol and it added greatly to the dignity of the service. If a viol worked wonders for the music in a _ Boston church, why not Peru? So a number of the leading families, including the Stowells, Haskins, Bowens, Watkins, Rockwells, Peirces, Ides, underwrote the purchase of the instrument from Woodbury & Burditt, Boston. It was a full-sized instrument Standing a little over six feet, compared with a three quarters instru- ment now used by phony — orchestra. leaders who the All had a Boston Symthe church musical ear wanted to iearn to play it, and the serious job of mastering the instrument was finally delegated, after many trials, to Deacon Ebenezer Haskell. After several months of practice, he was adjudged sufficiently skilled to play at a church service. <A sixfoot double bass then as now can give forth quite a little music, and old Deacon Haskell sawed and sawed with his bow while members of the choir sang as never before. Rev Joseph Knight, the minister, stretched his neck to learn how this extraordinary sound came from the choir loft. “Siop! Put Away That Fiddle!” At the conclusion of the final hymn the minister stretched out his arms in expostulation, not benediction, and in a_ thundering voice shouted: “Stop! Put away that big fiddle! It’s sacrilege in the house of the Lord. And we won't stand it. Don’t ever let me hear it again.” Apparently he never did, although he remained as minister of the church until 18 The sinners quickly saw that Mr Knight meant business and the costly bass viol was tucked away in a little cupboard under the stairs that led to the belfry of the old, white meetinghouse. The last survivor of the underwriting group that was formed to buy the instrument was the grandfather of B. F. Stowell, formerly of 79 Dawes street, Springfield, and the instrument came to him, After two older brothers of Mr Stowell had discovered the viol in the church: cupboard, it had a short life tax collector, is the financial genius who has placed Peru, during the past few years, in the front rank of. wellmanaged western Massachusetts towns. He is a retired New York city banker, who for many years was connected with the private banking firm of Austin Corbin & company. At the time of his retirement to devote all his time to music, he was tax departof the Corbin the head townsmen ment, and his fellow Peru coltax he is a most efficient say He is also a skilled organist lector. musi studied He pianist. and orwas years and for many abroad in church Lutheran a at Zanist Mrs Mr and N. Y., where Brooklyn, went they first when resided Rath for the sum25 years ago to Peru mer. Since permanent Middlefield When he 1938, Peru was last home, road. at has been their in 1914, present abroad, on the home his ancestral visited Rath Mr Hanover, of province Stolzenau, at for his grandfather where Germany, He burgomaster. was years many church Lutheran state the attended and sat in the pew which for generaFor family. in the been has tions practically all of his legal residence at Peru, Mr Rath has held public of- Peru’s first meeting house in which the bass viol, pastor, was hidden for many years. denounced by �of activity at old-time square iry dances. Then it was again in Henry Stowell’s After sold by Mr his coun: put away attic. Stowell’s. death it was widow to Mr Dean. If used today at a summer service in Peru the viol probably would not be regarded as “sacrilege in the house of the Lord.” The bass the little was originally a three-stringed instrument, but Mr Dean had an extra key installed and the old fashioned end pin replaced. The well-preserved instrument has a degree of artistry and craftsmanship unusual in early American bass viols. Members of Peru church wonder if this bass viol which proved such a shock to Rev Mr Knight 100 years ago is still in Springfield. Meetinghouse Burned in 1895 The Peru meetinghouse, which for nearly 90 years was a landmark, burned February 22, 1895. It was dedicated in 1808. When the federal geodetic survey was made in 1845 its spire, at about 2300 feet elevation, was a principal bench mark. The structure was built upon a rock and honor. Daniel Stowell, a noted hewer of his day, fashioned the foundation pine beams each 24 inches square. The first shingles on the roof were split by hand from a giant pine that grew nearby. Shadrack Pierce, Peru native, was the architect and all lumSer for the edifice was cut within a short radius. In 1848 the interior with the old- fashioned box pews and gallery was remodeled. The church had 14 wine dows on each side. In 1870 the 819pound bell cracked while being rung for a fire, and was recast. It is reported to have been a Paul Revere bell. At one time Peru church had over 100 members with 60 in the choir. Of the present membership of 11, eight are women and three men. The society, Which was incorporated in 1792, has a present endowment of $2000. The officers are: Moderator, Rev Samuel R. Swift of Hinsdale; clerk, Mrs Rose T. Smith; deaconess, Mrs Chester Harding Dodge; treasurer, Mrs Herbert Fairbanks; trustees, Mrs Rose T. Smith, Mrs Herbert N. Smith and Mrs Dodge. Most of Mr Swift's. salary, which totals about $250, is paid by the Massachusetts Congregational Missionary society. An old-time poem called “Sugar Maples,” has two verses about Peru's former meetinghouse reading as follows: / The waters from the west roofside Sought Housatonic’s busy tide And turned the millwheels brooks gave which which it found Upon its journey to the sound The drops which on its east roof fell With countless others went to swell The Connecticut’s constant sea-seeking tribute wave, �BMeaningsOf The * ——— | 1943. Common Terms Used By Army And The Navy AP Features WASHINGTON—Do front line terms baffie you? Then tack this handy glossary of military and naval terms up beside your global maps: Battleship —- Most powerful type of war vessel, named after _ states, Carries about 1,500 men, | is between 20,000 and 50,000 tons. Battalion—Four infantry com| panies or four artillery batteries. Battery—(Army) four pieces of artillery and their crews; (navy) the armament of a ship. Belt plate armor along — A_ thick the waterline steel of a war ship, protecting the magazines. Bivouac—To camp in the open all night. Boatswain—Navy warrant officer who superintends work about the deck. Brigade—Two regiments of in- fantry or tillery. Caisson munition three — regiments of A two-wheeled cart pulled by ar- am- horses. _ Company—Four platoons of infantry. Corresponding terms in artillery and cavalry are bat- tery and troop. : Corps—Generally two or more divisions plus “corps troops” attached to corps headquarters as conditions call for them. Corvette—A war vessel similar |to a destroyer but smaller and slower. Coxswain—Technically a boat swain’s mate, third class, who steers small boats, launches, gigs, ete. Cruiser—(Heavy). Warship of about 10,000 tons, rated about 32 knots. Carries about nine 8-inch guns. (Light). Warships of between 6,000 and 10,000 tons, also rated about 32 knots. Mount 16 six-inch guns. The difference between is | light and in the guns heavy they Deploy—Change cruisers carry. from a for- Smallest surface mation of movement to a formation of battle, whether of ships or troops. Destroyer — fleet unit. Standard speed 30-37 knots, main battery usually four to eight five-inch guns. Division—(Square) two infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, one engineer regiment, one quartermaster regiment, medical regiment troops as needed. three infantry regiments, battalions light battalion medium reconnaissance one plus special (Triangular) artillery, artillery, troop, one three one one engi- neer battalion, one medical battalion one quartermaster battal- ion, plus special troops. Both consist of from 20,000 to 30,000 men. Echelon — A formation .in which ships or troops are staggered diagonally to the rear; {army) a part of a large unit. _ Flag officer—Used freely in the navy to mean any officer of the line above the rank of captain, but technically any officer| (not below the rank of com: | mander) appointed by the Pres ident to command a squadron. Fieet train—All ships essential to the maintenance of the fight ing fleet. Forecastle—Upper deck for ward of the mainmast of a ship. G. 1.—Government issue, ap plied to equipment and to sup plies issued to enlisted men. Gig—Ship’s boat used by com: manding officer. Gunboat—Carries about 150 mien and is used for patrol work. Howitzer — Artillery weapon with a high angle of fire. its shell falls almost vertically. Machine gun — (Light) air cooled, 30-caliber, shoots 525 bullets per minute at a distance of about 3,500 yards. (Heavy) water cooled, 50-caliber, shoots about 600 bullets per minute up to about four miles. Knot—About 11-16 statute or Jand miles. . Mortar—A short, large caliber cannon which shoots high into the air, dropping its shell behind an embankment, wall, ete. O. D.—Officer of the day. Petty officer—Specialist in the | navy, such as machinist’s mate, yeoman, torpedoman, etc. Platoon—Three or four squads (which consist of eight to 12 soldiers). : Port—Left side of a ship, facing forward. Right side is starboard. Quartermaster—(Navy) steersman of a ship. (Army) quartermaster corps supplies everything except weapons and ammunition, which are supplied by the ordnance department Quarterdeck—Part of the upper deck of a warship, abaft (behind) the main mast. Reserved for officers. cea Regiment—Three battalions. | Sahient—Bend or bulge -in a! battle line. . i Seuppers—Openings along the| deck of a ship to carry off water. | Service command—A military area established for purposes of army housekeeping and administration. Sick bay—A ship’s hospital. S. P—Shore police of the navy. Talker -—Navy enlisted man who stands next to the officer of the deck and repeats his orders to whatever section of the ship the arder is intended for. Most common on aircraft carriers. Torpedc bulge — Also known as “blister.” A bulge built into the side of a ship to protect it from torpedoes. Warrant officer—A rank just between commissioned and noncommissioned officers. Holds such jobs as boatswain, gunner, electrician, pay clerk and carpenter in the navy and comparable jobs in the army. �Major Eliot Cites Difficulties || A moto.zea — Gauging Modern Army Power Points Out Complexity of Companies, and Regiments Battalions Rules Out Estimate by Num- bers, Says Division Is First Meaningful Unit By Major Copyright, George 1943, New Fielding Eliot York Tribune Inc. It is not so very long since it was customary to give. a rough estimate of the strength of an army by saying it consisted of so many This was in the days bayonets, so many sabers and so manyeguns. when there were only three fight-_,° On ing’ arms, infantry, cavalry and artillery, and when the strength of the infantry could be estimated by the number of bayonets that could be put on the battle line, that of the cavalry by the number of sabers that could be wielded by fighting troopers and that of the artillery by the number and a group of guns it such companies of riflemen. usually include armored cars as well. In tank-destroyer units the basic element is artillery, the fundamental anti-tank weapon, with sufficient infantry to give local protection. Corps Next Higher Unit Divisions of various types combined in corps, which are are not units of fixed strength but have certain assigned elements of “‘corps troops,” such as medium and antiaircraft artillery, special-type en-. Thus complexity of armament begins with the very lowest unit. The gineer Units, supply trains, etc., infantry rifle company includes and are assigned anywhere from not only three rifle platoons com- two to five divisions in accordance posed of three squads each, but a with the particular task that the support platoon armed with light ‘corps is required to carry out. An army in like manner has certain machine guns and 60-mm, mordefinitely assigned “army troops” tars. The rifle battalion has three and also a heavy-) could bring to bear upon the weapons company with heavy ma-| enemy. These figures were a good chine guns and 81-mm. mortars. index of fighting strength in the The rifle regiment has three such American Civil War and were still battalions and;in addition,an antiin use at the outbreak of the first tank company and a cannon comthe latter armed with world war, even though armament pany, and 150-mm. weapons, had begun to be a little more com- 75-mm. which formerly were the sole provplicated at that time. That is why, Today such figures are almost ince of the artillery. if not quite useless. Even the in order to make sense, we have strength of an infantry rifle squad to estimate the fighting power of cannot be accurately expressed in an army in terms of the numbers terms of its fighting power by say- of organized fighting teams which ing that it consists of twelve-men. it can put into action against the It actually consists of a leader, an enemy, and that is why mere numdo not mean very assistant leader, an automatic- bers. of men rifle team division is simply an infantry division in which all of the personnel is provided with motor transportation. In a cavalry division, the basic element is horse cavalry instead of infantry, though modern cavalry divisions and two or more corps. By the time one gets to this point, it is apparent that no idea of the fighting power of an army | can be obtained by a statement | of the number of men that belongs to it. What is necessary to know is the number of divisions it con-| tains, and it then may be assumed that the supporting elements are present in proper proportion. The complexities of modern armament deny us any easier or more precise method of estimating fighting strength, and when it is remembered that this applies to ground troops alone and does not take into account the ever-present air element, it will be seen how diffi- | cult it is to translate man-power much. Every one of the infantry | figures into fighting-power figures. organizations named, from the company upward, includes a considerable number of men who must be present in order to keep the organization going and yet do no actual fighting—men such as signalers, messengers, clerks, cooks, | ammunition carriers, truck driv-| ers, mechanics, attached medical) personnel and so on Division Forms ad infinitum. a Unit It is at the level of the division that we can begin to form a reasonable estimate of fighting power. Divisions vary in strength according to the jobs they are intended to do, but in general the proportion of armored, motorized, cavalry and other special-type divisions, to infantry divisions in any given large Command will be fixed by the requirements of its mission, and to say that an army consists of such a number of divisions of all types gives a fair idea of its fighting power. The infantry division of most armies consists of three regiments of infantry, plus a due pro- portion of artillery, engineers, signal troops and the necessary med- ical, administrative and transport services, with usually a reconnaissance element added. An armored division usually armored personnel will have elements of light and medium tanks, motorized infantry and carriers, artillery on self-propelled mounts, motorized engineers and a unit of armored cars and motorcyclists for reconnaissance purposes. �apail a 14.1743 Says People Need To Find Selves and Bring Out the Best Dr. Stauffer, Speaking at Smith, Cites Improvyement in Paul After Met Jesus Christ He Speaking at the Smith college vesper service yesterday afternoon in John M. Greene hall, Dr. Milton Stauffer, minister of the Second Dutch Reformed church in New “When after Brunswick, we looking N. scrutinize at Jesus J., said, ourselves Christ, we see that we are not, most of us, single, unified beings.’ Rev. Stauffer explained his statement with quotations from Thomas Hardy, Plato, and the Apostle Paul, who wrote in a letter to the Romans, “I am a split per- | sonality, being pulled in all di- { rections.” According to Dr. Stauffer, our problems are how to know our multiple and contradictory selves, how to recognize our real self, and how to bring that self into, ° control. “Paul did not minimize his shortcomings, nor did he aamit only minor defects. His thorough self-serutiny made him | very humble; made him kindly and charitable in his of others.” Although judgment Paul tried ways, successful to improve he himself was at first. not Meeting forceful too up personality in many with of the Jesus Christ did for him what he himself and society had failed to do. “We and must follow have the a master principle will of com- pulsory cross-bearing. This is a way of picking up. the scattered beads them of our lives into Stauffer a string concluded. and making of pearls,” Dr. the Concert This Evening A concert, open to the public, will be presented this evening at 8 in Sage hall by members of the Smith college Madrigal club and the string quartet. The con- cert will include a group of Rusby Stravinsongs sian peasant sky, works by Tchaikowsky and madrigals. Elizabethan several The Madrigal club is headed by Viginia Dougherty, and its members include Louise Coffey, James daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Jane R. Coffey of Northampton, Janet McGilroy, Alice Gregson, Carol Pennypacker, Coy, Carol Twitenelf and ‘Roxanne Tuttle, mine Welch. Dorothy Kirk is the quarstring The accompanist. tet comprises two violinists, Dorothy Churchill, a teaching fellow, and Margaret Underwood; a ‘cel jist, Madeline Foley; and a viola- player, Jean Drake. hs. 243 tS Tuesday Evening | The Smith college department| of astronomy is sponsoring a lecture to be given Tuesday eve:| ning at 8 o’clock in Graham hall, | as part of the university, will liams, associate tronomy, yo’ house, observatory, guages at Smith give a brief talk of Poland. | Astronomy wildcat whar yo’ wife am.” “ Sam: “Well, he'll jes’ hab to git out de bes’ way he kin, dat’s all.” | illus- and Unithe Wil- of as- the Smith extends a and the will to House In observance celebration of pernicus college, on the history Department Open Hold of the national the death of Copublication of his book, “De Revolutionibus Orbium Celestium,” the Smith} -college department of astronomy will hold open house at the ob- servatory on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 7, 8 and 9, both afternoon and evening. A copy of Copernicus’ book, which revolutionized man’s conception of himself and the universe, will be included in a display of old. astronomical books at the obser- vatory. The Smith college bration will continue weeks and will include cum, director topic of his and cele- for two a_ public Tuesday evening, Dr. Frederick Slo- _ Wesleyan of the talk the observatory university. will be Changing Universe.” celebration a_ professor director of college of the into an_ special invitation to the Polish people of Northampton and vicinity. Copernicus wag a Polish scholar, and the Kosciuszko Foundation of New York is sponsoring a country-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of his death. Preceeding Dr. Slocum’s lecture, Dr. Manfred Kridl, visiting lecturer in Slavic lan- nicus Rastus: give trated lecture on Copernicus the Changing Picture of the verse. The lecture is open to public, and Miss Marjorie of jes’. run national celebra-| tion of the 400th anniversary of | the death of Copernicus. Dr. Frederick Slocum, director of the observatory of Wesleyan lecture on April 13, by POOR CAT “Quick, Sam, | to Lecture | The is being The “Coper- Picture national sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation of New York, which is promoting intellectual and cultural relations between Poland and the United States. Copernicus was a native with of Poland and the University connected| of Krakow. �April 15 G43 / “New Trends in Canadian-Amertcan Relations” Topic For Thursday Lecture professor of R. Scott, Frank university, at McGill civil law Montreal, will speak on “New Trends in Canadian - American Relations” at 8 p. m. Thursday, is hall. The lecture in Graham Scott to the public. Mr. open - was born in Quebee City in 1899 and attended Bishops college at He studied Lennoxville, Quebec. at Oxford university as a Rhodes scholar and received both a B. A. at hall Sage be will movies on The Saturday. “Good Neighbors a technicolor Down the Road,” ‘film of South America, and “The feature film. Mexican a Wave, degree and the degree of bachel- | for or of literature. He studied his B.C. L. degree at McGill Harvard attended and university university in 1940-41 on the Guggenheim fellowship. \ Sees Trend for More Cooperation In This Hemisphere Prof. Scott of McGill UniDisCanada, versity, adian S.-Can U. eusses and Guilook South American most planning in American- trend recent the for defense, great de- has* relations, Canadian for the significance future, clared Prof. Frank R. Scott to a Smith college audience Thursday night in hall. Graham is professor Gili university of civil in Mr. law Scoit at Mc- Montreal, and spoke on “New Trends in AmeriCanaRelations.” ean-Canadian of population da’s size in terms does with not rank the great pow- ers, yet Mr. Scote stated that she power military the fourth is among the United Nations. relations of these The trend been toward cohas not always Mr. Scott. continued operation, Until recently has been policy inde- Canada a part of the British Empire system, he pointed out, and as such has had to nanent pursue a interests. of Amercan_ pendent the various stages He described of the collaboration by which reached. has been two nations economic the wortd He credits depression and the good neighbor policy of the American New Deal government witn te start of the trade rev:procal The process. thirties of the middle treaties and President Roosevelt’s speech the Monroe Doctrine military committee on which each is equally represented, he continued. Joint military planning has led to joint economic planning on a continental seale, The adoption of a policy of continental extending to include Canada in 1938 are signs of awakened continental consciousness to Mr. Scott. Military necessity dictated the secret talks of the combined] staffs the setting up of a perma- lend-lease that portion operations, of Canadian going to England the way, explained spoke of tees set for goods only, paving Mr, Scott. He the economme commitup for post war pian- ning, committees tempt to prevent which will ateconomic dis- ruption and dislocation. “If we increasingly pool our resources and strength we could produce the most powerful democratic force to be found the world.” Continental braces planning such factors Government owned air power, war, and anywhere asserted developed as by in| em- Canadian Mr. before the Scott. the war, air power gives Canada rank as the fourth greatest nation in the world. Mr. Scott pointed out that in view vf her usstion on the world air routes, any future agreement on air control would have to include Canada, and Canadians hope for Canada will international control of the ait, he added. Another factor for future consideration is Canada’s relation to the Pan-American Union. Mr. Scott maintains that a measure of cooperation already exists, and that come apart’ gradually of this system she has gradually drawn from the British system. be- as away �oprid 194 3 (~- Kenneth Paul, son of Mra. Honor Paul, has enlisted in the marine corps. He will remain in Hamilton college until the end of the college year in June, after which he will be sent ‘to a marine and college training. for further study Vein WORTHINGTON | -WILLIAMSBURG —— at 13 . Leaves Today to (7%3 Start Training in The Naval Aviation | _ Williamsburg, cius Merritt, April, 13..— Lu- Jr., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Merritt of | North street, who was accepted |! LUCIUS MERRITT, Philip S. Brooks. Will Report on the West Coast for Duty Philip §. Brooks, son of Mrs. Nina Brooks of 203 South street, a gunner’s mate in the navy, has left for the West coast to report for duty. Brooks, who enlisted in. the PHILIP S. BROOKS (Herrick Studio) JR. navy as a naval aviation cadet at Boston in December, reported there uated of uated for 1941, duty today. He is a graduate attended Northampton Williamsburg and Commercial high school, college for one year. He was employed for some time| school school in August, from in 1936. from of the 1942, was Northampton He the was also Gunner’s navy at grad- high grad- Mate Newport, R. I., and took advanced study in this work at Washington, D. C. at the Northampton National bank and for the past’ several months has been working in the finance. department of the Springfield Armory, i ptt �SPRINGFIELD, MASS. FRIDAY. APRIL 23, 1943 “CONQUER FEAR, 1S WARNING AT LENTEN SESSION Pittsburg Clergyman ‘Addresses Final Union Service at Auditorium Fear must be conquered in the same sequence that a child makes the discovery of triumph over fear of me tion picture life, in the opinion of Rev| Bernard Chancellor Clausen, DD, min-| ister of the First Baptist church of Pittsburg, Pa., speaker at the final session of the union Holy week seryvices today at Municipal auditorium. “What will happen when the casualty lists come back from Africa?” ho asked. “What will happen when bombs fall in Amevican cities What will happen when submarines cut our supply lines? Will we have fear?” he asked his audience, the largest of |the six days of the union services. | “There is but one way or arriving at the point beyond fear,” he said. “This is much the manner in which a child who attends movies overcomes his fears. Through an evolution of } ,thoughts, first, that everything that jis happening does not necessarily af- fect you; second, that you must re- lax, and third, that everything comes out all right in the end. “In my travels I have seen the ominous black shadow of-the cloud of fear spreading over the American people. Jt is the fear of what may |happen. The only solution is to take the viewpoint of the child at the ies that everything will come out ight in the end,” he said. “Tam not afraid of what the war will do to me or mine.’ Instead I have the right kind of fear; what am I going to do for the war? Will I let it take possession of me or will I realize full¥ that all will come out in the end as God expects; as Jesus knew it would when, impaled on the ‘oss, broken, torn and bleeding, He said, ‘Not My will, but Thine, oh, Father!’ Members of the Chamber of Commerece and Rotary club attended in a bedy today with the welcoming address given by Ellery L. Vogel, president of the Chamber. Rev Walter Heaiy of Asbury Methodist church read the scripture and the prayer was read by Rev John Homer Miller of Hope Congregational church. The Technical high school trumpet octet played during the offertory. 5 : . WILLIAM p : : | NEILSON, LL.D., OF SMITH ALLAN PH.D., PRESIDENT COLLEGE �NETS Alaska atc * Lt.-Gen. Grank M. Andrews - European CMM Theater EVES PTET e OAT tit' s Maj.-Gen. (aah Bonesteel Maj.-Gen. Ira C. Eaker Ree ie mee Nim Mees] St Smee mete MES Mea ulat- tae laelreeme st acnre\ Pee C. Emmons Great ste Lt.-Gen. George H. Brett Canal Zone �Lt.-Gen. Carl Spaatz Lt.-Gen. re cle ee Li Africa. Lt.-Gen. G. E. Kenney TeV Ci hw iets @m coe Cordon ‘Lt.-Gen. Millard F. Harmon South Pacific Gen. Henry H. Arnold URC Pa Vue a0) ert Lt.-Gen. Leslie J. McNair rN) U. S. Ground Forces Maj.-Gen. Lewis H. een Middle East cis eee Re Marshall em me CU Lt.-Gen. Mark Africa W. Clark �Maj.-Gen. Russell P. Hartle Troops Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Africa in the Field CCTRa OER Southwest hay |, 19H 3 Field Day and © Float Night Held At Smith College Sports Year Closes With Two Events on Saturday. Awards Made to Students Excelling in Athletics The program of sports for the year was brought to a close Sat: urcay afternoon and evening with the 26th annual field and Float night activities, day held under the auspices of the Smith College Athletic association. Senjor hoop rolling and the final At 615 p.m., stamps. The held on Paradise professor crew, and honorary blazers were tion. Events of Field 2.30 p. m. with the riding show tion of Miss day began at Jennings, as- preliminaries of under the direc- Evelyn sistant professor of physical education. Following the horse show, stu- | dents and faculty held exhibitions in archery and lacrosse on the athletic field. Climax of the afternoon was captained the the annual faculty team. stu- dent-faculty baseball game, in which the faculty defeated its antagonists, 14-3. Daniel Aaron, assistant professor of English, bouquet, presented tee of Smith college, was donated by the Alumnae association. After the sing, the junior class, dressed in white and wearing its senior pins, took over the steps. Following the step sing, the final crew races and the parade of floats, decorated according to the theme of “Song Titles,” were two honorary blazers, presented in recognition of membership on three All-Smith teams, were pre- presented to Gloria Heath for lacrosse and Barbara Bixler for tennis. Virginia Wing, president of the Athletic association, awarded the A. A. plaque to the freshman class for attaining the greatest number of points during the year’s inter-class competi- step- by Mrs. Rudolph Zinsser of Great Neck, L. I., a former trus- were agan sented to three members of the Senior class. Margery Squire won the All-Smith blazer for last sing of the college year was held on the steps of Students’ building. The senior hoop rolling contest was won by Priscilla Buckley of Sharon, Ct. who was given a wedding bouquet containing four dollars’ worth of War step-sing were also held Saturday evening, having been postponed because of bad weather. The highest awards for athletics, one All-Smith blazer and the pond. Floats judged by Mrs. Hallie FianDavis, dean of Smith col- lege and professor of theater; Miss Marie Schneiders, dean of the class of 1946 and assistant Charles of German, and J. Hill, professor of Eng- lish. Awards for the “prettiest” and the “most original” of the ten floats, designed and navigated by 30 freshmen, ‘were made to those and Song” titled and “Wine, “School Women Days.” Ey Tati Pacific + ay ee IVF 2 Orchestra in Final Concert Sunday i The final concert by the Smit h College orchestra, under the direction of Miss Marion De Rond e, assistant professor of music, will be presented next Sunday eve- hing at 8 o’clock in Sage hall. This concert is the traditional commencement program with Senior soloists, and has been been Scheduled for an earlier date as part of the simplification of com- mencement activities duri ng wartime emergeney. The concert is Open to De Ronde, orchestra, the who has public. Miss will conduct the had intensive study of the *cello, chamber mu. sic and orchestral techniqu e both in America and Europe. In 1933 | She founded the Smith College | String quartet, and since then has given many performances, both as a member of the quar tet and as a soloist. Miss Audrey Kupperstein, senior, of West Hartford, Conn., has been chosen to p lay the annual piano concer. to with the Smith College prano; and Miss Madeline orches- The float parade was preceded by the interclass crew races. The tra. Other senior soloists will in« clude Miss Louise Coffey, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. James R. Coffey of Crescent street, so- crew. night Foley, ‘cellist, also New York city. competition for form was won by the Senior I crew, and the Speed races by the Freshman I crew At the close of the Float festivities, .the All-Smith was announced. June a senior, of � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. Loose-leaf binders are scanned with a professional flat bed scanner with the result that optical character recognition is of reasonable accuracy. Books are scanned photographically with the result that optical character recognition is less accurate. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927/1960 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Worthington Historical Society Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2021-12-09 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Elsie Bartlett 1943 of national Interest rather than of local'. This is a dark brown book with embossed cover with 'Scrap Book' in bas relief. 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Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, No. 12 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/c2c178f31ff67a710f36a53341ccfb96.pdf 99dece576c94e6e9ff0486b71192f81e PDF Text Text ey nA 5 Oo | my Tx + �M iss Els’ V. Bartlett Worth ton Massachusetts �Couple to Live About 60 friends and nelehbors abet tended a miscellanious bridal shower ‘in honor of Miss Mary P. Burr Thurs- at her gifts. homs. Miss Burr In Connecticut ‘MISS MARY P.BURR WEDS ATWORTHINGTON Miss | A wedding of interest here took Jace this afternoon at 4 o’clock in he Worthington Congregational Church, when Miss Mary Persis Burr, ‘Becomes ‘Bride af Franklyn _ W. Hitchcock at Ceremony | at Worthington Congrega~ tional Church daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Burr of that town, became the bride of Franklyn Wilfred Hitchcock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hitchcock of Windsor, Rev. Arthur Childs officjated, using the double-ring service. Worthington, May 27—The marriage of Miss Mary Persis Burr, daughter of’ Mr and Mrs Franklin N. Burr of Worthington, to Franklyn Wilfred Hitehcock,-son of Mr and Mrs Wiiaes Hithccock of Windsor, took place Steiger MISS MARY Photo BURR WEDS MAY 27—WORTHINGTON, May 17—Miss Mar y Burr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Burr, will become the bride of Franklin) W. | Hitchcock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hitchcock of Windsor, Saturday, |) May 27, at 4 in the Congregational Church here. They will be attended by Miss Ada Rude of Huntington and Franklin G. Burr, brother of the bride, of Greenfield. Rey. Arthur Childs will perform the ceremony. Miss Burr has been employed in the drafting de-! partment of Van Norman Tool Company of Springfield.eHer fiance is employed in the engineering department of Chance Vought Aircraft in Stratford, Conn. ‘this afternoon at 4 at the Arthur the The bride's gown was Worthing- white Harold Sergt Brown of church music. organist The played church was fashioned with a fitted bodice, having narrow ruffles at the shoulders and hem. Her veil of illusion was caught to a Mary Stuart headdress, and she earried a colonial bouquet carnations and pale Her only ornament cameo, pendant, black ribbon. of white pink sweet peas. was an heirloom which she wore on a Miss Ada Rude of Huntington, who attended Miss Burr, as maid of honor, Was dressed in aqua silk marquisette “made in similar style, and wore a silk marquisette with a fitted bodice and (high neckline. Her illusion veil was \fastened to a Mary Stuart head-dress. |She carried a colonial bouquet of pale ipink sweetpeas and white carnations. |Her maid of honor, Miss Ada M, Rude lof Huntington, wore a similar gown of aqua with a matching widejbrimmed hat and carried a colonial ‘bouquet. Both wore cameo pendants on velvet ribbons. Franklin G. Burr of Greenfield, brother of the bride, served Mr Hitchcock as best man. The ushers were Belvoir, of Fort Hitchcock Pyt John /Va., Capen, wedding decorated with spring flowers, and about 300 guests attended. Costumed as a colonial bride, she Wore a white silk marquisette gown jton Congregational church. Rev Arjthur W. Childs performed the doubleiring ceremony and the bridal music and marches were played by the ‘church organist, Arthur G, Capen, | The church was beautifully decorated by Emerson J. Davis with lilacs, stock and snapdragons and a _ back‘ground of white pine, southern blue{berry and asparagus fern. | Mary Burr Is Bride of Franklyn Hitchcock ~ Camp ‘Campbell, Ky., Richard Eddy of Devon, Ct., and George Torrey of this town. the in held was reception The ‘church parlors and those serving were Mrs Leslie Kellogg, Mrs George Mol-j| Mrs | Taylor, Mrs Richard tenbray, Leonard Tufts, Mrs Franklin G. Burr| and Mrs George Torrey. gray a wore mother bride’s ‘The | ‘sheer print with white accessories and| iher corsage was pink carnations and | Mrs Hitchcock's dress was gardenias. black accessories a beige shécr with roses) talisman was her corsage “and | ~ gardenias, and to Martha’s | gone couple have The trip. The) on their wedding Vineyard pale | suit, aqua a dusty wore bride ies. accessor black and blouse jpink will live in they their return, ‘After Cameo pendant on a white ribbon. She carried a colonial bouquet of “bright pink carnations. Franklin G. Burr of Greenfield, brother of the bride, served as best man, A reception ‘after which served in _ chose white was held in the church, a family dinner was the Burr home. Mrs, Burr a dress of pearl grey sheer with accessories, while Mrs. Hitch- [Steiger cock wore a beige shadow sheer dress with black accessories, and both had corsages of talisman enias. The couple left Martha’s will Conn. make Vineyard, Mrs. their roses for after home Hitchcock aqua suit with accessories for pale her and gard- a trip in Milford, which wore a Photo MRS. FRANKLYN HITCHCOCK Before her marriage, which took place this afternoon in Worthington Congregational Church, was Miss Mary Persis Burr of that town. to they dusty pink and black traveling outfit, She is a graduate of Technical High School, has been a teacher of art and was employed in the drafting department of the Van Norman Company. Mr. Hitchcock Dalton High was graduated School and is from employed by the Chance-Vought Aircraft Company in the engineering department. Ct. “Milford, of | graduate a is Hitchcock Mrs in Springfield | school high Technical in) employed was recently until ‘and Van of the department jthe drafting ck Hitchco Mr there. Norman company is and high Dalton from | sraduated lemployed-in ment. the engineering. of “Chance- Vought Stratford, depart-. ‘Aircraft in: “BhenT Chez Ltar Ct. a) rar 7a _Ke- Slay tent A. a“, FEAL fv x le 70 £et2 Az. , ie CHag D7 7A VA Cenxe/ ave Werthes ~~ i < ~Ce eet veg aktrx al Cha fe CA ee regi rete att act e hh eon Li<¢ Fran a,- V/A hte: ht TA. & z/, eA Le X cutt/ aaxct. LY ath fe a = aZy e aatees /Maecy _~— AA ee catt) fe )a ARS Sher j ie = easigaaa many whe evening received ll day �| Worthington oes Se | epee ge ‘WORTHINGTON April 13—George - Wor thington sg ewe Pis siad WORTHINGTON, Jan. 'H. Bartlett, the first pre-Pearl. Harbor father drafted from this town, will report at Ft. Devens April 14.4 He is over 26 and could have his induction postponed for a month under the new policy but as he had} given up his job and said so many | farewells he is ready to leave, | George H, Bartlett ‘14 for induction in Howard Beebe will for induction in the H. jand r 4+ Feit Pvt. George H. Bartlett of Ft. Dev-| ens SGT. Steiger HAROLD week end at his 6 — Engebi Island of the Hood, Neil, Donald Ca Miss M was Tex., who has is Betty Porter stationed. been son. has been and reports travels. . Gurn when in Africa, | at promoted transferred that he is last $ heard daughter of Mr ind. Mrs. Herbert G. Porter, who| joined the WAAC, is stationed at Ft.| | Des Moines, Ia, § } WORTHINGTON, early this morning wet sticky April 21— soon turned snow. Very flakes fell until the ground ,and trees and bushes were | snow. large Rain to a snow- was white laden with Howard Beebe left last night for | Springfield for induction in the Navy. » Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Guy F, Bartlett that their son, Corp. Horace F. Bartlett, is now in | England. Corp. Bartlett is in the | ground crew as operator and mechan}ic of radio communications. Before entering the service in January, 1943, | he was employed by the General Electrie Company in Pittsfield, The | Navy has informed Mr. and Mrs, C. , Byron Smith of the Ringville section that their son, Sgt. Harold Byron Smith, a member of the now famous \ 22d U. S. Marine Regiment that cap- , tured to} : 1994 ‘Worthington _ Sgt. H. B. Smith Took Part, April ley corporal. B. SMITH WORTHINGTON, Mr.| ~~ ‘WORTHINGTON MAN WOUNDED | te Pvt, from home. Phota in Engebi Assault induction, of gone be I and tioned at 1 } Beacl W orthington 24- for has WORTHINGTON, Jan. 26— ne egies s ceteris oT HO Franklin Bartlett,son F. Bartlett, is sta ; center at Miami | Camp April F, Bartlett, 1743 Worthington will leave April | the Army and leave April 20) Navy. WORTHINGTON, G. son 1 j| to the Devens Ft. ‘ spent Mrst We Bartlett, Franklin Kwajalein group of the Marshall Islands, was injured in action on Feb. 19, | A letter received from their son a ; day or two after the official notice] -from the Navy further revealed that | | MISS ELEANOR COLLINS Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Collins of Mill ‘Street has been sworn and expects month into the WAVES to leave later this for training, _the Marine is now aboard a Navy|. | hospital ship. Sgt. Smith wrote to his parents, now Springfield, temporarily that he residing was in| feeling home, _ . He has seen the South _ice at New two years Pacific which Caledonia, of SSS fine|: but gave them no indication that he had been injured. He expressed the belief that he May soon get a furlough] service . | i in attack against swept some 3000 clearing the in the record and), Sapte. 02, 1944 Engebi Island Japs before it, Pyt. day island and eapturing it time of five hours and a ,few minutes of actual fighting. regiment and its members have he at The| been George night was home, for H, Ft. transferred Bartlett Meade, after left Md., center SGT. on HAROLD the West a furlough| | famous 22d U. S. Marine that has been cited for its record breaking capture - Island, The taken of SEPTEMBER Worthington boy Afternoon h Pvt. parents, id not yet discov “| present |i Ri Ceremony Takes’ | Place in Longmeadow Miss the} i 8, 1945 Miss Collins Bride Today for| Regiment} valor inf of Enegfpbi |make an attempt before coming locate WORTHINGTON, gone to to hunt member is in Oct, 29 — Set. al16 at Mr, hospitalization. | News of this award had hardly grown cold when Set. Smith called his parents by long distance. from Oakland, Cal., to report that he is now) back in the United States and hopes to be home by June 1. He told his. parents that he has recovered almost, - fully from the wound and = hardly) — limps. From Oakland he will be sent to a rest center on the West Coast for! ia final check up before he is released) on a 30-day furlough that will permit a he re- Pfc. and Mrs. Walter> Tower E, Torrey, Jr., of this town , 5 Geor, ge and Mrs. Lester C, LeDuc of Chesterfie ld have Injured in this action when a fragment of shrapnel pierced one knee, he, was awarded the, Purple Heart. They presentation was made at Pearl Har-) him to come East. Sgt. Smith was that ‘Westover Field with 78 points.» Coast.! SMITH was husband, Bartlett, in the Army most three years and Overseas ‘Months, was discharged Saturday And a Trip Home Smith her | Franklin Mr. and Mrs. ©, Byron Smith of Temple Street have received two bits, of good news from their son, Sgt.) Harold Byron Smith of Worthington and this city, who left Worthington! more than three years ago to train. for the U. S. Marine Corps and be-) came one of the heros of the Kwajalein Islands, ¢ Sgt. from 39— has | Receives Award where word March Magaregal Sun- Worthington bor Raymond where recommended for citation, Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a second, son. Pfe, Richard Smith, a member! }of an artillery unit who is at a re-|. | placement C, ' Charles Magargal Africa, ‘North ultimately as a member of the 22a! Marine Regiment that made a blister- ing that WORTHINGTON, Mrs, ,celved included serv-| Funamuti Worthington } — Eleanor Webster Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Edwin Collins of Mill Street and Worthington, was married this afternoon to Elmer Lawrence Werner, machinist mate, first class, United States Nava} Reserve. The ceremony, which took place at 4 o’elock in the home of her | brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and | Mrs. Edwin F. Collins of Meadowbrook Road, Longmeadow, was performed by Rev. Robert Killam, minister. of the Church of the Unity. The double: ring service was used. | j The bride, who became a member of the WAVES in December, 1942, and has just received her discharge, wore the white uniform of the WAVES. She was attended by Mrs. Edwin Collins, while Mr. Collins served Mr. Wovner as best man. Only members. _ of the family were present. } The couple departed on a motor t- "pt to St. Louis, Mo., the bridegroom's. former home, and on their return wi'! go to Brunswick, Me., where he. is stationed at present. MRS. ELME L. WERNE R R __ The marriage Webster Mr. and Collins of Collins, Mrs. of Mill Miss Eleanor daughter of and El- Harris Street, Edwin mer Lawrence Werner, machinist’s mate, first class, USNR, was an event of this afternoon. The bride, a member of the WAVES since December, 1942, has just received her discharge. Machias, bear, Me., for two week oe �1944 ‘SEPTEMBER 14, Will Be Spring Bride Of Alexander Richard 1944 Byron Noyes and stow, MISS SHIRLEY ia: H. PACKARD ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED — WORTHINGTON, July 14—Mr. and Mrs. Merwin F. Packard announce the engagement of their daugnter, Shiriey Harriet, to Leon Wesley Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Palmer of Blandford. MISS ARLENE H. COLE MISS JOYCE MASON | ENGAGED TO WED — WORTEH-| INGTON, Sept. 18—Mr. and Mrs. } Stanley Mason announce the engazement of their daughter, Miss Joyce Elaine, to Walter Chipman Mollison, son Mrs Esther Cole of Longmeadow and Worthington announces the engagement of her daughter, Arlene Harriet, of Ashley street, this city, to Alexander Richar n of Mr and! Mrs Joseph A. of Cloran street. The wedding will be an event of the late spring. Miss Cole is employed at the Monarch Life Insurance company, and Mr Richard is a clerk at the Westinghouse Electric and Manutacturing company at East Springfield. of Mr. and Worthington May 4—A miscelWORTHINGTON, laneous shower was given Miss Shirley Harriett Packard Wednesday night at her home by 63 friends. Miss Packard is to be married May 12 to Leon | Palmer. ere eee ee Became Bride of A. J. Richard at Congregational Church — On Wedding Trip A wedding of local interest WORTHINGTON, Cole, daughter of Mrs Esther L. Cole iof Pleasantview avenue, Longmeadow, ‘and Worthington, became the bride of Alexander Joseph Richard, son of Mr and Mrs boulevard. ter of the the G. Joseph double-ring service, Capen played Miss Ruth I. yhonor and Richard Rey Arthur Childs, church, officiated, and the wedding Coburn was the bride's sand Ashley N. ‘bride, sé¢rved as of Page minisusing Arthur! music | maid ef; only attendant, | Cole, brother of the best man. C. Kenneth Osgood, A. Leland Smith, Ralph Smith and George Torry, uncle 6f the bride, ushered, The bride Wore a starched organza gown fashioned with a deep ruffled yoke, tight-fitting bodice, and bouffant skirt edged with ruffles, Her fingertip veil was caught to a ruffled bonnet arranged With clustérs of orange blossoms. The maid of Honor wore a frock of heavenly blue mouaseline de .soie fashioned with short puffed sleeves, sweetheart neckline and bouffant skirt. Assisting in serving at the reception which followed in the church parlors were Mrs Edith Packard, Mra Ethel Mason, Miss Thelma Packard, Miss Shirley Packard, Miss Lois Shaw, Migs Joyce Mason, Miss Dorothy Fairman and Miss Beverly Fairman. On their return from a wedding trip to New York, the couple will make | their home this city. at 402 Page boulevard in The bride, a graduate of Springfield Trade school, is employed at the Monarch Life Insurance company. Thé groom, also employed at a graduate the of Trade, Westinghouse The bride’s dress was powder blue rayon crepe, and she wore a corsage jof white rosebuds and lilies of the valley, Miss Palmer wore pink rayon crepe and her flowers were lilies of the valley and pink camellias. Assisting in the receiving line, Mrs Packard, the bride’s mother, wore a sheer dark green dress with corsage of spring flowers, and Mrs Palmer, Sr., wore a medium blue rayon crepe * with corsage of spring flowers. Refreshments were in charge of Mrs Stanley Mason. On their return from an. unannounced wedding trip Mr and Mrs Palmer will make their home in Worthington Center, Mrs Palmer graduated from Northampton high school in 1944 and at(tended.Northampton Business school. Mr Palmer, whograduated from Blandford Consolidated school and Westfield high school, is employed as master mechanic by A. E. Albert & sons, of Worthington. Guests were present from Westfield, j Blandford, Williamsburg, Springfield, |Newport, R. I., Conway, Ashfield and Northampton, An- to Sgt. Harand Mrs. C. « ' at Miss Barbara Palmer, sister of the groom, was maid of honor, and Kenneth B. Pease, Jr., was best man. The-ushers were Russell Cooley of! Woronoco, William Sanderson, Jr., jand Cullen §&. Packard, both of Worthington and Warren Bodurtha of Blandford. 13— Worthington WORTHINGTON, Sept. 20—Miss Joyce Mason was honored Tuesday night by 60 friends at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Herbert Haskell, with a miscellaneous shower. Miss Mason, who will be married to Walter Mollison Tuesday at 7.30 p. m. in the First Congregational Church by Rev, Arthur W. Childs, has chosen as her maid of honor, Miss Doris Swartout of Coxsacki, N. Y., and the bridesmaids will be the Misses Dorothy and Shirley Sanderson of this town. Harold Mollison of Goshen will be his cousin’s best man. There will- be no school Friday on account of Cummington Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Horace S. Cole have received word of the arrival in Italy of their grandson, Lt, Leland P. Cole, Jr., formerly of this town. Worthington, May 12—In a ceremony this evening at 7 at the First Congregational church, Miss Shirley Harriett Packard, daughter of Mr and Mrs Merwin F. Packard, became the bride of Leon Wesley Palmer, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth L. Palmer of Blandford. Rev. Arthur Childs, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony, using the double-ring service. Arthur G. Capen, church organist, played the traditional wedding marches and other selections. The church was heautifully. decorated by ene J. Davis with apple blossoms and snapdragons. ‘ | “Worthington MiSs JOYCE MASON MOLLISON’S BRIDE 27—-Miss| Sept. daughter of Mr. WORTHINGTON, Joyce Blaine Mason, married | and Mrs, Stanley Mason, was Mol- | C. Walter to night Tuesday Mrs. Harry | and of Mr. son lison, al | gation Congre in the First Mollison who | by Rev. Arthur Childs, Church Arthur used the double ring ceremony, Harold played. organist, Capen, G. Mollison of Goshen, Porter and Mrs. a of cousin the the and man best was bridegroom, a Mollison, Howard were ushers Wiland bridegroom brother of the j Jr. Sanderson, iz satin white was pride’s gown | aE he finger a and |with lace with a train Miss of honor, maid The veil, tip wore a floor length Swartout, | Doris the and net with satn blue |powder and the Misses Dorothy | bridesmaids, floor length wore Shirley Sanderson, yellow satin with net. , A reception was held in the church in charge varlors with refreshments Daniel Mrs. Clifford Tinker, of Mrs. Jr., , ea roees eee tric and Manufacturing company: is Blec- | Sept. ton, pharmacist’s mate, old Smith, son of Mr. Leon W. Palmer Married in place yesterday afternoon at 2 at the | First Congregational church, Worthjington, when Miss Arlene Harriet Mel- has been made of the of Ruth Noves of New- Miss Shirley |H:Packard and took W. Worthington WEDS BLANDFORD MAN Church Ceremony . Worthington Harry Ruth Noyes Engaged nouncement engagement ARLENE HARRIET COLE WED AT WORTHINGTON Mrs. lison. Miss Mason and Mr. Mollison are graduates of’ Huntington High School. Miss Mason is employed at Crane’s Stationary in Dalton and Mr. Mollison is employed by his father. The wedding will take place at the Worthington First Congregational Church Sept. 26 at 7.30. A general invitation is given to the public. | by assisted @onstance an. Shirley George the Torrey, E. Beverly Misses Thelma Granger, Packard, Jacqueline . Guests and Doris Helen Westerberg Hartford, were from Dalton, Albany, Goshen, Huntington, Northampton, ield, pig here. ea Mae Hinsdale. and Mrs. After Mollison a week's will. live Smith of is stationed Sgt. Cal. Smith, this town. at San Diego, a Marine, Miss Cal., is at Bar- �ae SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: FEBRUARY8, 1942 ~ Ministries Span Century at South Church First REV NOAH Served Pastor 1847 PORTER From 1843 REV DR PHILIP §. MOXOM REV DR S. G. BUCKINGHAM _ jor 47 Years, 1847+ Third Pastor, for1915 21 Years, 1894 Pas to Segond Biss RT ee een (Photo Interior of South ; church today. New by photo Leslie E. published of the tm Who present Pastor, Who whe Bowman) S walls. the first time brings out architectural details GILKEY Came Here ir �J. G. Gilkey, Its B Oidained + \ :, Springfield Union Photo James Gordon Gilkey, Jr., was ordained in South Congregational Church last night, the prayer of ordination given by his uncle, Dr. Charles W. Gilkey, at right, and the welcome to the ministry by his father, at left, pastor of the church. WRS CARL EKBERG �RU ee Married Start the at Till the City Afternoon CHARLES Climate M. Garber Photo GARDNER Worthington j¢4 ¥ From the Berkshire Eagle A European farmer was concernetl with whether his farm was in Poland or Russia, international boundaries being what they are these days. So he applied to the commissar of bound- WORTHINGTON, the In due time, came a special messenger with word that the farm lay| in Poland proper, i “Hoorayski!” Stand another he yelled. Rusgjan “I couldn't| winter.” Worthington #742. WORTHINGTON, Oct. 22—Donald Mason and A. Leland Smith are on a hunting trip in Van Buren, Me, N. F. Glidden of Worthington and Englewood, N. J., has given copies of the Jast Newberry and Caldecott medal award books, “The Matchlock Gun” by Edmonds, and “Make Way for Ducklings” by MeClosky, to the Vrederick Sargent Huntington LibYary. Mr. Glidden also offered to}} present these award books as_ they |} come out for five years, f will oe ne all-day the sewing meeting home of Mrs, ZB ‘| Wed to Richard Wellspeak in St. Mary’s Church WESTFIELD, June 27—Miss Helen T. Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Wright of Arnold Street, became the bride of Richard D. Well‘|}speak, son of Mrs. Bernatette Welispeak of Huntington, Saturday in St. Mary’s Church. Rey. James P. Kirby performed the ceremony and celebrated the mass. A reception followed at Hibernian Hall. The bride was gowned in starched chiffon with chantilly lace inserts and a long train of chiffon and matching lace. Her finger-tip veil of net, with a blusher, was caught to a tiara of -Inet and orange blossoms. She carried ‘lan arm bouquet of white roses and sweet peas. Her attendant, Miss Olena Wellspeak, sister of the bridegroom, wore dusty pink starched chiffon with a finger-tip veil arrangement. She car‘lried talisman roses. For the reception the bride’s mo‘|ther chose victory blue silk jersey with a corsage of red roses. A blue erepe gown with red roses was the choice of the mother of the bride- iat Town ene to resigned. an RE+IFY te of the Mrs. BRIDE IN WESTFIELD FS services 23 — MISS HELEN WRIGHT al social safety public {mittee on who place of Fred Sears hold Wednesday at Walter Tower. weer vicOct. 5—The WORTHINGTON, the supply to campaign book tory matter g readin boys in service with any one) is still being carried on and 18 requested | who has books to donate Sarat the Frederick to leave them Library, | Current Huntington gent and fiction popular sellers and best 1930 are re: nonfiction published since westel quested, as well as adyenture, books ani i and mystery stories, joke published since 1985. | books technical K, Collins oF Mr. and Mrs. Hai Worthington = = and Springfield primar; Sia mes van a presented school. F the local : I. Creelman Harlan Mrs. aaa Dr. and home this ae closed | have 1. to Auburn, N. ‘ned ir of Cole Perry Leland Mrs. ("Mr and s of Mr, and Scotia, N. Y., were guest H. S. Cole on Sunday. Mrs. meet will Committee School ‘The | of Mrs. at the home night | Tuesday Bartlett. ———_——"_.. F. + n, Springfield MDP tint Marioals Brow K at the sual will appear \prarian Library a {Sargent Huntington saree With “Wun at 8 p. m: in for adults ant \There will be stories shildren. ae been has Harry Bates eS ae of public as director tpointed April Harry Bates, chairman of the local Red. Cross drive, announces the final results amounted to $568.50, while the quota. was $465, Margaret Hathaway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hathaway, has returned from House of Mercy Hos|pital in Pittsfield where she was operated on. Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Desotell moved from Springfield today into the former Russell home at the Center which they purchased from N. F. Glidden. Mr. and Mrs. Desotell have one son,. Set. Leo A. Desotell, Jr., who recently | returned after completing 84 months| of combat service in the South Pacific. | At present he is on duty at the Naval | Ammunition Depot at Hingham. | Mr, and Mrs. Charles Inman are | parents of twins, a boy and a girl, | born. Saturday night at Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Sawyer are the parents of a son, born Wednesday at House of Mercy in Pittsfield. The Women's Benevolent Society Worthington {and in Service Jan. 3—Miss Grace groom, Edward Wright, a nephew of the bride, was best man. The couple left on a trip, the bride wearing an aqua tailored gabardine suit with white hat and accessories. Upon return, they will be at the home in West Springfield. The bride’ attended Huntington schools and Westfield Commercial School. She is employed at the Perkins Gear and Machine Company of West Springfield. The bridegroom also is a native schools *|Gilbert field. of Huntington, attended of that community and is with and Barker of West Spring- the Village Mrs, Fred Congregational Giles was the og noon in Chureh, Beginning for Man organist. Rev, Carl M, Sangree performed the double ring ceremony. Miss Gurney wore a gown of white faille, with shoulder length veil, and earried a shower bouquet of gardenias and sweet peas. The matron of honor, Miss Dorothy Shaw, aunt of the bride, wore peacock blue taffeta with velvet bodice and carried a muff 4, of pink roses and sweet peas, Brides» maids, both cousins, were Mrs. Leonard Tufts of Northampton, and Miss Rena McLoud of Springfield, who wore mulberry taffeta with velvet bodices and carried muffs of dark red roses. The best man was Merwin Tay= or of South Ashfield, cousin of the bridegroom, Ushers were Sidney Sears, Jr. of Goshen and Leonard Tufts of Northampton. A reception was held for about 200 at the Community House following the ceremony. Mrs. Gurney wore plum, silk crepe with a corsage of gardenias. Pvt. and Mrs, Taylor left for a short wedding trip, the bride wearing a suit and hat of powder blue with black accessories, The bride Northampton mercial is High College a graduate School and the and of C, Granger engagement of their announce the daughter, Miss Constance Winifred, to Gurdon E, Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon Arnold of Windsor. Miss Granger: was graduated in 1941 from Williamsburg Barbara Gurney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gurney, and Pvt. Richard Taylor, son of Mrs. Sidney. Sears of Goshen, were married Sunday after- Times aries, or something like that, necessary information, Army CUMMINGTON, A fool and his money are soon parted. We all know that one. Now will some kind soul step up and tell us how they got together in the first place? ‘ | Warmer to .| WORTHINGTON, May 10—Mr, and Mrs. Homer Miss Gurney Wed To Richard Taylor co From | Cummington A few years ago a well-known fesi-| dent of a nearby town made an extra} tvip to attend the funeral of a friend in a town several miles from his home by bus only to find the newspaper reporter had made a mistake in the date of the funeral. This gentleman, we believe, requested bus fare from the reporter who made t error. ptt another town, there is a promnent young woman who is notoriously late at funerals, so much so that} it has often been said there would only be one funeral that she would be on time at—her own. t To make a long story short, in this} day of tire and gas shortage, this! young matron is wondering how much a reporter owes her because of the mistake in a recent Saturday paper which reported the funeral of a boy in a neighboring town which she wished to attend on Monday at 3 o'clock. Trying to be on time for once, she arrived at 2.50 on Monday at the church to find the funeral was on Sunday! ~—— St. See. = ss, pt 14s” “ Werthington the Coim- Springfield Art School. She was. secretary for the Northampton Public Health Association, Pvt. Taylor was graduated from ‘the Northampton Vocational School and since his induction in the Army in August has been at Ft. Preble, Me. dept rt (944 Worthington Aug. 29—A white WORTHINGTON, Satelephant sale will be conducted The urday at 2 on the library lawn. articles sale will include miscellaneous WilMrs. and Mr. by contributed liam Rice, Jr., and the proceeds will be for the benefit of the Friendship Mrs, and Bates Harry Mrs. Guild. have charge of the sale. Ames John Mrs, Dorothy B. Lilly and two are visit~ Adams daughters of North Lilly Rena Miss ing at The Spruces. will also be a guest at The Spruces in home her to returning hefore Buckland. High School and. in 1942 from Smith Agricultural. School. Mr, Arnold attended school in Cummington. Pittsfield High School and Pittsfield Trade school and is associated with’ his father in’ the lumber business’ in Windsor. The wedding will take place in the early summer. The Grange voted to conduct the annual prize speaking May 25. There the Town will Hall be .motion May pictures’ 18 the eighth ‘grade, sponsored LT ee Worthington at by ? — Thayers Observe 50th Anniversary Worthington Couple Open House WORTHINGTON, Hold Sept. 28—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Thayer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by keeping open house Sunday afternoon. In spite of hard rain ali day and “gas” and tire rationing, 113 friends and relatives called. | Mr. and Mrs. Thayer were married| Sept. 28, 1892, by Rev. C. P. Ketchen, pastor of the West Worthington and South Worthington Methodist| Churches, at the home of the bride's| parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jones. | After their marriage Mr. Thayer took /his bride to their present home where three daughters were born: Mrs. Mabel Annie, and Shaw who Mrs. of died Ethel Westfield; when Debarah| 10 Brett years of old, | Pittsfield.| There are also two grandchildren, Mrs. Leonard Tufts of Northampton| and Lois Shaw of Westfield. | Mr. and Mrs. Thayer are members of the Grange in which both” have held offices ani of First Congregational Church. Mrs. Thayer is superintendent of the Sunday school. Mor ch MEs. (¥%, F244 ALICE MARY BRIGGS Mrs. Alice Mary Briggs, 91, widow of Edward D. Briggs, passed away early this morning at the Sheraton Hotel, where she had made her home with her youngest daughter and sonin-law, Josephine and Almer V. Sturtevant. She was born at Ipswich, England. The family came to Spring- field in 1898, of which city Mr. Briggs was a native, She leaves a sister, Sapte 1s 1PH¥ ’ z Gilmore Franklin Mrs. and Mr. are Street, Greenfield, High of Burr Anklin Fran of a son, the parents Main Wesson yesterday drus, born is a grandternity Hospital. The child W. Howard Mrs. and Mr. of son of Mr. and Street of Benz Andrus Great of Burr. Franklin Mrs. and r Mrs. Burr is the forme | Barrington. Harriet Andrus. ne Miss Sophia Hamby in England; three daughters, Mrs. George H. Haig}. of Flushing, N. Y., Mrs. C. H. Knight of Philadelphia and Mrs. Sturtevant; one son, Frederic C. H. Gibbons of this ciyt; four stepchildren, Mrs. A. A, Magowan of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. H. E. Noel of this city, Albert D. Briggs of Scarsdale, N. Y., and Mrs. | J. O. Young ot Wilbraham; 12 grandchildren ; 20 great-grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild. The funeral will be held at. the parlors of the DickinsonStreeter Company, © 305-307 State Street, o'clock Christian ducted Monday with an by Science first reader .afternoon at 3.30 organ prelude at 3.! Herbert service of First W. will Carey, Church Scientist, and interment Springfield Cemetery, ..jine2 ni..,. be con-| former) of Christ| will be in) �TATTLETALES of Old Albany CVMMARRS HT TSCA S SLA EE TA A AEE OOPEPNNOLY STOOD CECH ; By Edgar S. Van Olinda Wik street is the symbol of something that has disappeared) from the Albany picture. It is one) of the streets that still retains “atmosphere;” atmosphere like rose jar, shattered in a which; thous and pieces, still retains the scent of the petals with which it was once Pilled. True, the march of progress has crept up the short street that begins at Eagle street and ends at South Hawk, speaking in the social sense, of course, but Elk etreet is still Elk street, notwithstanding, Hardly a name in American history, governors—yes, and presidents of the United States—have at one time or another been inscribed on the guest books of the dwellers in Elk street. The story is told that the late Major Harmon Pumpelly Read, himself a dweller in Elk street, while taking a walk through Academy Park which is the southern boundry, a conversation who discussed ing to the overheard between two women the vicinity. Point- row of houses, one said to the other: “See them houses? That’s ‘Quality Row’—That’s where the big bugs live. Guess if we knew about them people’s lives, it would read like a book.” And so it would. According to old plans of the city drawn by Simeon DeWitt in 1794, the streets of Albany running north and south were named for birds, while those running east and west were called after beasts, A wag of the time speaks of them as “the two-legged and four-legged” streets. Under British rule, what is now Washington avenue was King street. Then it became Lion street, and later, Washington street. Little State was then “Deer;” Lancaster was “Tiger” and Hudson avenue was “Buffalo,” while Canal street, now Sheridan avenue was “F6x, for the Foxenkill which ran through that section. Eagle was known as “Duke street; Big State was Prince, and Elk street, formerly Queen, and well-named it was too in events. A the great light deal of of later Elk social street was made by levelling off the hill where the old Boys academy still stands. As the city grew, the steep hills were graded used to fill the Academy Park and the materials ravines and gullies. was once the city dump. ‘When the foundations of the Academy were being built, the refuse was taken out, dumped and levelled street on which the north had, side up to of that Elk time been a kind of glorified goat path. With more dumping behind Elk street, Spruce street appeared and the lots on the edge of the ravinejy were purchased for the most part by the owners of Elk street property for stables. Older Albanians will recall the disreputable old tenement, called by the Elk streeters in derision “The Delevan” after the hotel of the same name, For years this building looked as if it might moment, roll and Through Charles mer down the probably the hill Summer any did at last. courtesy Hamlin, Huybertie at Pruyn, of the we Mrs. for- were enabled to publish portions of one of her numerous writings about her early life which is captioned: “Coming Out Years Our Wedding.” We and had Through selected Charles Sumner Albany woman, items which told of several humorous incidents at the time she necame engaged to Hamlin of Boston, one of America’s most distinguished public figures in Washington. When we approached the asking permission to use some of her articles, she smiled and said: “Tf you wish, but in anything that . We assured her who is interested I have written” that her memoirs MRS. CHARLES SUMNER HA MLIN, the former Huybertie Pruyn of 13 Elk street, standing before the painting of her father, Chancellor J. V. L. Pruyn, which hangs in her State street apartment. Through the courtesy o £ Mrs. Hamlin, The ing Times-Union portions gave the Albany of of most the one of accurate 19th her daily publish- manuscripts, picture century of that it had ever been our fortune to see. As it was first-hand knowlege of the social side of this city by one who had had intimate contact with those she tells about. Her delightful sense of humor and her { naive way of handling her subject, I s perhaps the most interesting angle of her memoirs which are “taken from her diary through the years. Mrs. ding 4th, that During Hamlin at 1893 St. and will the tell Peter's some would have again, Life coming of church, of week, her the escaped wed- June details a less observing bride. This is an era in| the life of Albany that may never come was more simple and inhabitants of the social circle of Albany had to depend upon their own friends and acquaintances, and an occasional trip to the Continent for rest and recreation, The conductor of this daily |and Sunday column receives his recreation by having Mrs. Hamlin entertain the readers while he is | on vacation. “Coming Out Wedding. As of Albany in 19th century, have the not usually sense of biography Years added humor as and Through Our an accurate pen picture of the closing years of the Mrs. Hamlin’s writings virtue running encountered such, of in a delightful through the them, ordinary ERLISTE GTO �b E ; E : :: ° Worthington WORTHINGTON, | Bessie late Annan Irving |McCann J. of and Chapman of one Worthington son, will be H, Mrs, and Mrs. earthquake { never Woke. of the | f / Conn., are and S. visiting at. Arthur G. Capen saior boys j n the Alfred-C. Steve’,7 shelis | NORTHAMPTON, May 31—Alfred, |Corril Stevens, 88, father of Judge. | Walter | L. Stevens I. Stevens of this§ cityy. died ied || | last night at his home, 20 Monroe) | Street. He was born in Worthington and a service,' jon Williamsburg Mrs. | Effie Feb. (Culver) Miner, widow of who would have been 7 r, Rufus Northampton after a short Chesterfield, the daughter of Horace q nd Lizzie (Damon) Culver. She marrie. d Rufus Miner of Williamsburg Se pt. 11, 1911, and he | died in 1937, She leaves one cousin, Peck, of shoe He Mitchell Easthampton. Conn, held Tuesday funerz Fycacriee ao at i } Congregational ‘ will officiate. Burial wil Village Hill Cemetery, ( in of Rey, Plainville, The 2 May 31, 1856, son of LaFayette | and Laura Stevens, and lived in that | town until coming ‘to Northampton | ee ee He was one of the old- | j Lode of Nonotuck members ;&st o ee Fellows, | Odd | He leaves his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth| | (Reid) Stevens: three daughters,| | Miss Clara L. Stevens of Worthingj ton, Miss Laura H. Stevens of this| city and Mrs, Raymond B. Andrews of Farmington, Conn.: three sons. | Judge Stevens of this city; Fayette Effie Miner WILLIAMSBURG, Mrs. Terry ‘Tt sea 'R. and Alfred C, | of Worthington; | Flora B. Stevens | | two grandchildren. Stevens, ing it and t hi on Pfe.| sanding WORTHINGTON, Sept. 18 — a 21George H. Brown has been on and|new two . years after furlough day savings bank bills. Repairs furnace eisht months overseas service injeasily available were closing of the library ‘the South Pacific and India. He ape an in Guadalcanal action in peen 120 a hospital in was and Burma Caro-| days. He will report at North lina. - Mary daughter Osgood, Lou discussed as an fractured her and a tree last week plac-| right elbow, which necessitated ing it in a cast. with O. First economy Packard, Cl Glass Mr. returned meas-! and approved the spent who his parents, out to reef and a ure. { Seaman pay to discussed. The; on Wednesday | of $300 was drawn up fell from | Packard, Osgood, and Mrs. C. Kenneth Mr. of was money withdraw to voted was the from and George H.! week Mrs. to New end George York to- of Canton, | day. Skehan Grace Mrs. Mrs, Herbert Porter, Sr., and: Mrs. Ames{ Mass., is visiting Miss Bessie Brewster Edith and Mr. and Mrs. John Ames for a| Porter's | few weeks. York for a week. chairman local Bates, Mrs. Harry Mrs. George H. Bartlett spent the that announces Cross, lof the Red room quota surgical of completed and will be closed dressings the until Red the has | week Cross} new end in husband, who al- | Md. New York City with her is at Ft. Gorge Meade, both| Miss and | Funeral services and the commit. | | tal will be conducted in the North) |Cemetery in Worthington Thursday| | afternoon at 2, with Rev. Arthur W | Childs, Pastor of the Worthington | Congregational Church, officiating, | Priends may call at the Ely funeral | |}home, 2 Pomeroy Terrace, tonight |from 7 to 8, and friends are asked| | to please omit flowers, { ° Wort Jr., one sister, of this city, Worthington SEPTEMBER 19, 1944 *#42 WORTHINGTON, Oct. 23— Miss Elsie Bartlett, chairman of the drive for funds for Cooley Dickinson Hospital, reports that while the returns are incomplete, she has sent $118 to Headquarters, $100. The town quota = TOTAL #/56,08 was | COLLEGE, HOSPITAL, CHURCH TO BENEFIT *NORTHAMPTON, March 3—All her filed for music whieh is in good condition has been willed to Smith College by Laura Adella Bliss, former member. of the college music department, according to her. will which has been probate, After a number of small personal bequests, the will stipulates that the estate be divided into fifths, one of which is to be divided among the! 3aptist Church of this city, Dickinson Hospital and York City. Riverside Jesse A. Church, New G, Andre is nominated as executor of the estate, the size of which has not been deter- mined, is received. lotment The annual meeting of the executive board of the Worthington Library Corporation was in the library. elected: were held Saturday night The following officers G.! Arthur librarian, grounds Capen; Bilsie Bartlett and Miss | committee, Mrs. Therese Pow- Mrs. ers: art and library committee, G. Porter, F, H. Burr, Mrs. Herbert | George Donovan is in Wesson Memorial Hospital, Springfield, for an operation on his foot. James Bissell, principal of the school, has awarded prizes for the highest ranking students in Grade 7 to Doris Westerberg and in Grade 8 to Beverly R. Fairman and for best citizenship to James Pease, ; © Mr, Ames, Miss The. Women's Benevolent Society will hod a sale of food, aprons and| other articles at > the Town Hall | Thursday at 7.15 p. m. A free show- | ing of movies will follow at 8.30, | been Quoke. Pomeroy. |by of by Codding. guests Milford, Spruces. the The events The gifts were prethe home of Mr. and} Arthur Worthington Grang night at Lyceum Hall, sram wil include a talk on | destroyed Awarded Worthington /9%3 WORTHINGTON, June 28 — The Friendship Guild will meet Thursday j night at the home of Mrs. Marguerite “arr. Miss Marian Childs will give a talk on mission schools of the South, ( Donald Mollison, Tech 5, will return Tuesday to Ft. Belvoir, Va., after spending a week with his parents. James Murphy of the Merchant Marine has peen visiting his grandmother. Mrs. L. A. Mosher has returned to St. Petersburg, Fla, after spending { two months at The Spruces. Judge and Mrs. Elisha Brewster ‘of Springfield have arrived at their home for the season. Mrs. Grace Skehan has returned to Canton after visiting Miss Bessie Harold Stone; day lilies, Mrs ‘. Cole; ensilage corn, Daniel : R, Porter, Emerson . J, Davis had ; verre charge of collec- 14—Towns- was Prizes ay poli, C. Ly Higgins: large zin i bert Longworthy and @,. 4, asters, Mrs, Bernice Clarke Dorothy Hewitt: dwarf zinnias, night, Franklin H. Burr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Col. 19 — June WORTHINGTON, at are Keough J. John Mrs. and a few Mitchel Field, Long Island, for days, Boston | of Hewitt Dorothy Miss mother, spent the week end with her A. C. O, Hewitt. Mrs. Marine Set. Harold B. Smith of the his with a leave is spending Corps Smith | parents, Mr, and Mrs. a Byron | from ring recove after Ringville, of Pacific. | wounds received in the South Jeanette Miss of marriage The Worthington, | of Hewitt Catherine Hewitt, | O. C. A. of Mrs. daughter of West and Charles Henry Alderman Saturday place | took Chesterfield parsonage. Chesterfield at the night by Rev. The ceremony was performed in |) John Barbour. The couple will live "West Chesterfield. Seismological 1. paper. Aug. contents Arthur week-end ~ Worthington H44 Note nd Paweatuck Hewett; best sweet corn, ‘ ye Torrey, J, CG. Ll. Higgins, Davis: best canned vegetables, Nellie May Pease, and Mrs, Fayette Stevens: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eddy of Middletown, R. J., spent the week end) with Mr, and Mrs. Merwin F. Packard. = Mr. and Mrs. Franklin G. Burr of Greenfield and@ Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn Hitchcock of Milford, Conn., were been | late preacher and lecturer, has the in teacher a term as engaged high Institute, Collegiate American by ranking school for girls conducted MisBoard of Foreign the American sions at Izmir, Turkey. / Se Chap-| KF. Donald Pomeroy, aviation machinist's mate third class, has re-| turned to Seattle, Wash, after a 28day. furlough with his parents, Mr. grand- set. 54, 1944 Fair for Peases fire a week ago. sented Sunday at in WORTHINGTON, Sept. 11 — Allen 5 Leland of the ) : Service awarded the following prizes at the Grange and Community Fair: best tomatoes, George B. , Scars- C, Friday WORTHINGTON, the10th, Mrs. 622 Westfield W orthingion | people raised a large sum of money ~ and purchased bed linen, blankets, table linen and kitchen utensils for Mr. and Mrs, Melsome Pease, whose housea Conwell, and Irving finished Gifts of Tuttle Nima and great grand- Russell Springfield, Bath of 5 NDE of Worthine-| Worthington 24—BeginMay WORTHINGTON, will be said mass ning next Sunday Hall bavery Sunday at 9.30 in Lyceum will be heard until fall, Confessions aaa fore the mass, Blizabeth Porter of the W AC, oe with leave her spending been has Herbert Mrs. .and Mr parents, her the at is Porter Corp. Porter. G. in Army Air Force Bombardier School Big Spring, Tex. of Jr., Porter, G. .Herbert Mrs. N. H., is also with Mr. Manchester, arrival the and Mrs. Porter awaiting at of her husband, who is a private I will and Fla., Blanding, Camp Soe" home on leave soon, daughter widow LEP i944 Mrs. of fauenter Worthington South of possession: October. the that haped is tion Worthington Tuttle, We 17—Mrs. 80, man of Portland, Conn., and New York City and four grandchildren. The funeral will be held Saturday at} m. at the home in Worthington with Rev.. Arthur Childs officiating and burial will. be.in Norwich .Bridge ;Cemetery, Huntington, Friends are pesined to omit flowers, Mr. -and.. Mrs; Edward J. Clark have sold their property on Clark whieh has ‘heen -in the Clark Hill, |family for 78 years, to Mr.-and_ Mrs. | | Buckley of West Springfield, who will]! The spring meeting of the Highland Club will be held in the Plainfield church Tuesday. ‘Mrs. Guy Bartlett is in a North ‘Adams hospital recovering from a ‘fall. . Cathay BATH—In Burial and Searsdale, N.- Y., died early| morning in Springfield Hospital. (Two daughters suryive, Mrs. William Kirkham of Sprit field, Mrs, Roy Center, Carol Aug. Chapman, Mrs. Edith Brewster of Springfield has opened her summer home at the “Miss | Dies in 8Ist Year WORTHINGTON, June’ 9—At the annual meeting of the First Congregational Church reports were accepted and the following officers and committees named: Moderator, Arthur Codding; clerk, Arthur Capen; treasurer, May GG. Porter; benevolence treasurer, Mabel Shaw; auditor, Lucy Mallison; deacon for 8 years, C. Byron Smith; trustees for 3 years, Laurence Mason and Richard Hathaway. Comnunittees: Nominating, Harriet Osgood, Jennie Fairman, Eunice Bartlett; missionary, Elsie Bartlett, Lucy Mollison, May G. Porter, Eleanor Porter; church, Florence Bates; music, Edith Hathaway, Helen Magargal, Harriet Osgood; flower, Emerson]! Davis, Josephine Hewitt, Millicent Tinker; resolutions, Florence Bates, May G. Porter, Elsie Bartlett; solicitors, Harriet Osgood, Millicent Tinker, Madeline Smith, Edith Hathaway, |: Ethel Mason, Irma Codding, Edith} Packard, and Arthur Capen. Sunday will be observed as Children's Day. Bibles will be presented to all children who are 12 this year, | | Mrs. I. J. Chapman -ELECTION IS HELD BY FIRST CHURCH 1944 meee. Worthington Sept. jo, a Worthington 194 2 WORTHINGTON, Dec. 15—Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett are parents of a daughter, 3onnie Sharon, born Monday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Harold E. Brown of Ft. Knox, Ky., has a 10-day furlough. Christmas programs will be conducted at the Center School, Thursday afternoon and schools will close on Friday. | �‘Carhart, Draft Defier, ’” Sele paar ar ara Put in State Hospital | Confined After Firing Cabin “Because It Was Dirty,” Police aan a Make of a neighbor, Mrs. Angie procured a ;employed of | {Southampton this. district. Carhart, Set. Hartford, was where they have over- GREGORY we 8 wewe _CARHART ew Ame 4p [Allied Towns to Report Monday on Hospital Campaign Car-| SATURDAY, he A one-time graduated School sity and School objector. || resident of Springfield.|| from Springfield Trade attended of Lehigh Engineering, Univer- To Bridgewater, ! for free and that at Mast uncle, “4 Theodore ‘* r Street. They had patients is receiving the support Incomplete twice 1941 bd, as LY much will recover | FRIDAY, of of Alreturns Roach Begins Life Sentence raised BOSTON, Feb; 8 (AP) — William Roach, an orphan once named “‘allAmerican boy” hy classmates, has besun serving a life sentence in state prison for murder, Warden Francis t's W. Lanagan said today, hearty jour, ARE NAMED FOR HIGH HONORS to Take Part in Exercises chae vA eey Eee ° from Miss Elsie Bartlett, chairman of Worthington, show an increase of 60%, while Charles C. Walker, chairman of Pelham, reover as in Cook’ | WILLIAMSBURG, May 1—At a |Special assembly of the high school fences ae prneipal, Anne -T.-Diin{phy, .¢ ounced ying ig |honor students: ee Sylvia Clary and Jean Warner o Williamsburg, Doris Sincage of Hay| denville and Thelma Packard of Worthjington. They will give the graduation | night orations. Other pupils of the! class with Pro Merito rank of 85 or! over are Charles and Eloise Bartlett | of Worthington and Ruth Beebe and| | Lena Guyette of Haydenville, By vote]! of the class the Class prophecy will | be given on class night by Charles Bartlett, the history by Lena GuyetteAwill be given by Eloise Bartlett and grinds by Ruth -Beehe. service a Mrs. Graduation Towns, normal treatment separated MAYS 1990. Quartet sieeve veri stitch iach linha siaeceercteteasoniad emergency under-cost jresponse in lied Towns. dat,, Se war to the area of the Allied coupled with increasing NORTHAMPTON, June 6—Gregory Carhart, who received wide publicity when he defied draft authorities and | norts threatened to shoot it out with FBI) there men when they came to arrest him at his Chesterfield home, will be removed from the Northampton State Hospital to the Bridgewater Hospital for the Criminal Insane tomorrow, it was learned from authorities. Carhart was committed to the Northampton state institution several weeks ago when he set fire to his eabin in the Chesterfield woods be-| cause he said “it was dirty.” co their Wa became FOUR and Mr. Muller and his committee predict sharp gains in their community. The fact that the hospital trustees have made special preparations Carhart Will Go -of fy from thepe mother, ee Donald had heen taken jin tow by a couple from Bloomfield, Conn., jand delivered at his mother’s doorjstep in Hartford after the fire. Mr, { Parsons and a daughter, Mrs, Bmily /Gill, also of Southampton, spent hours yesterday searching for Elea‘nor without result. It now is feared she is one of the unidéntified dead. | ; Mr, Parsons and Mrs, Gill wave In- Under Institution creased Expense conscientious ~ Williamsburg Chairman. Expected by a been! thepe Increase Over Last Year Is termed with Parsons j following a visit to her in the hos-| | pital. Mrs. Cook has. taught. school jin Worthington. | Funeral services for the children will be held in the Southampton home of Mr. Parsons Sunday at 8 {wv ith Rev. James B. Yee officiating. ter said, repeated his assertion to Dr. Snook. The Chesterfield physician, pointing out that if he had burned down} his cabin he had no place to live-and therefore should accompany her, induced Carhart to accompany her to Northampton State Hospital, police said, In April, 1942, Carhart gained nation-wide publicity when he declared he would not obey selective service Progress in the Cooley Dickinrules and would “shoot it out’ with ison hospital 1942 Allied Towns anyone sent by the Federal Governcampaign will be reported before ment to take him into custody. He _Community noon the Monday had been ordered by the EHasthampton| it was Chest workers’ meeting, draft board to report for preinduc-| |}announced by Chairman Charles tion physieal examination. Walker today. Already CumThree days after the shotgun-pack- iW. ing draft defier had refused: to re-| mington, Chesterfield, Worthing: port for examination, he surrendered ton and Pelham have made reto federal agents who, armed, apand date to ports of results proached his hillside cabin. After when all fourteen towns are tabuseveral weeks in Boston hospitals ex: Walker lated Monday, Mr. Carhart was released and classified inpects they will show marked 4-F, ereases over last year. Recalled by the Easthampton draft A well organized campaign for| board sometime later, Carhart submitted to physical examination and ithe hospital is being conducted in was determined to be unfit for Army Easthampton, led by Alfred G. service, the hoard reported. Carhart| Muller. Partial reports already had claimed he did not believe in this | show strong interest war but objected strenuously to be- |} jreceived ing a for-j;living who is Dey pre seriously \ alls which they persuaded Carhart to don before calling Dr. Mary Poland Snook, Chesterfield physician and also associate medical examiner for in | burned in-the eircus fire of Thurs-|800e to Hartford this week to visit day and last night was on the dan-|their mother and she had taken ger list in. Hartford Hospital where them to. the circus. she has received two blood transfuMrs. Cook was taken from the cirsions. One of -her children, Edward, cus grounds with her son, Edward 6, has died of burns. Another, Eleato the hospital shortly after the fire nor, 8 is missing, and a third, Don- and Edward died yesterday morning, ald, 10, is safe and unharmed. There has been no trace of Eleanor, The children are residents le of| who with é Macomber, pair Burned; Sister Missing Mrs, Mildred Parsons Cook, jer resident of Southampton ‘shortly before 6 tonight and an-| nounced that he had burned down) www his home ‘because it was dirty.” Lawrence Macomber, son of Mrs.| Macomber, Se Investigation Set. Carter said that State Police) investigators, including Lt. Anthony | Lecaire, attached to the fire mar-| shal’s office, and Corp, Wilfred Sirois,| an identification expert, had found} that a shed at the rear of Carhart’s| lonely cottage atop a hill overlooking| the yiver valley in West Chesterfield had been destroyed by fire, but} prompt action by the Chesterfield| Fire Department had saved part of! the one-room cabin. Set. Carter said that Carhart, minus his clothes, walked into the home Southampton Edward Cook, 6, Dies in Hospital; Mother on Danger List; Holyoke Women Badly Burned Report NORTHAMPTON, April 21—Greg- | ory Carhart. 31, who gained nation-/ wide notoriety two years ago when he defied selective service regula-|} tions, was committed to Northamp-/{ ton State Hospital late this after-| noon after he had walked, unclad, to the home of a neighbor and an-j nounced he had burned down his self-constructed cabin “because it was | dirty,’ State Police Sgt. George Car- | ter revealed tonight. | Boy Fatally yu | 1 Roach, who is 15 years old, was voted “the most representative allAmerican boy” in his Junior High School class in Springfield only a few days before he shot and killed Carolyn Bennett, a 14-years-old schoo] chum, last June, Warden Lanagan said Roach arrived to start his sentence late yes| terday and had been assigned to work| in the prison underwear shop, turn-| ing out goods for the Federal government, The boy is the second youngest lifer ever to enter the state prison, Lanagan: said, Youngest was Bernard Boland, who was ‘sentenced in 1873 and pardoned 10 years later, | | FEBRUARY 9 : �DECEMBER 1, 1944 (Set: Harold Smith | Home With Bride Mr. and Mrs. Springfield ENSIGN | J. WESLEY NOWELL The wings of a navy pilot and an ensigns commission have been won by J. Wesley Nowell, son of Mr and Mrs J. Roger Nowell or 28 Westfc avenue. The commissioning were held at Pensacols, Fla. Nowell is now home on a leave and at its completion will port :to Norfolk, Va. He was uated from Technical hizh school and | Mount Hermon. At Tech he w as pres-| ident of the Tech Hi-Y and a mem-| ber of the band and the soccer team.| Before entering the n y he was em-| | ployed by the Brook Bank Note ;company as a. product on manager. the Marines | While hope DECEMBER 4, 1944 SGT. } Were married of' the WAVES. AND recently in The bride is the former m7 MRS. : the First Ruth daughter 3 HAROLD B. Baptist SMITH Church, dM H rs. 22d powe \ COLE : ' . | a Horace that news their S. have Cole Sgt. grandson. pDintigaviahes aah orized Balt DRARE ear when. Diego, “outstanding jduring performance armed conflict of with a8] I { Worthington WORTHINGTON, Arthur Ducharme that her brother, tioned at Camp * been promoted Dec. 3 — to sergeant. * 25 years at the tive Lbs duty the Mrs.| has received wotd| Stanley Neil, staShelby, Miss., has umni : B Merritt, | of positions, WHS who service with were coming here of|-ppinity Alumni completed! Gonn.; respec- |gehool of banquet honor in gift a presented shortcomings our Worthington guests of ths Setunisy Church was r successes.” Merritt ccived their initial inSmith of and “to ‘Vernie’ our loyal friend helper who has patiently borne Peep 4. P have in and vice-president. Meisse, Shirley was this The high school yearbook |year dedicated “to Mr. Merritt, in appreciation of the many years of loyal | given — has he guidance and service us,” and t superintendent York * | stationed each 24—Lu-| June2 Cal.| ee Guests Danque Chesterfield, School, James eT j;enemy.’’ The unit is eredited with {having destroyed 27 enemy fighters, |probably destroyed 17 more’ and |damaged three with a loss of four of lits own eraft while inflicting “‘tremen- | |dous material damage” on a German! |ball bearing plant. | | $ the’ jot the ggach were wedding of $25 from the association by Mrs. Vernon)te urg, of andthe G. Helen Williamsb and the E.Jj,acher janitor Warner, bomber group B-24 heLiberator jveteran ‘with whieh is serving was cited for in schools Leland} ois| 15th 10: A. clus received) recigent Tomeee ps Cols, with eea gunner | an 19:aerial | town, group, } ftaly-pased bomber ;Air Force was Tegently t Al WILLIAMSBURG, nal LORE SE GTON, 3—Mr.Ee and| . Dec. AOE WORTHIN Mrs. Warner and service home. L943 and night HONORED JANITOR : Merritt \ ee P, Oct. Smith 7, 1940. by his plans back is are of yester- His John wife, in San College and ahis native B. in in rejoiced Windsor,at S. of degree Hartford. 1920, in he Before was first coaca and at football of math c, Willimanti school high principal at of Hazardville, grammar school in Easthampton, grammar the and_ and principal basketball where he also served as first director of the play-| ground. Since coming here he has taken courses at MSC, Boston University and Harvard University. | ‘ eur sii. —_— Asi- they| | to this section after | completed, attended Pfe. indefinite Pfc. Diego, to make during their Libby Anne Rose mate, first class | R0se, both in_the Marine Congregational W illiamsburg e | » LELAND Re ees Byron A of New Corps, and reception Henry M. Noyes of Auburn,| was given them by fellow servicemen Regiment of United States | after the wedding in the parish house Mia, $ ¢ ; " SUPERINTENDENT | | | Fiat S { their They San G. Noyes, pharmacist’s of M Yas gnter o r, an bridegroom, a member of the | Sigh on to move their their . and the Marines cited by the President for courage and valor in the vasion of Guadalcanal, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Byron Worthington. this city and | C. Worthington, atic-Pacific ribbons bear three bronze stars for Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands, and Samoa action. He was a member of the 5th Amphibious Corps of the Marines and was wounded in the Marshall Islands invasion. and was awarded the.Purple Heart. He also has the Presidential citation rib- bon. : and day announced the marriage of their son Sgt. Harold B. Smith, a member of the famous 22d Regiment of United States Marines cited by President Roosevelt for its courage and valor in the initial invasion of Guadalcanal, and Ruth G. Noyes, pharmacist’s mate, first class, of the U. S. Navy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Henry M. Noyes, of Newell Road, Auburn, The wedding took place in the First Baptist, Church in San Diego, Cal., near the Naval bases where each are at present stationed. Sgt. Smith and his bride have just completed a furlough here and are returning to their respective bases in California today. They have established a temporary residence at 2627 C Street, San Diego. The bride is well known in Auburn and was active in Boy Scout promotion before entering service. She entered the Navy as a WAVE on Nov. 4, 1948 and after indoctrination and training was sent to San Diego for duty. Sgt. Smith, who attended Worthington and Springfield schools was employed for a time by the Smith and Wesson Company, here. He entered �1444 3 1944 WORTHINGTON YOUTH KILLED 'T-5 D. W. Mollison Victim of Guadalcanal | Accident WORTHINGTON, Aug. $—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mollison received - word| vesterday that rnoek | Guaad their son, Mollison, ucanal of T-5- died injuries Donald} July 30 received on when la vehicle in which he was riding over-| | turned on a slippery road. = | | Mollison was born in Worthington | Dec, 9, 1921, attended the local schools| ENSIGN RUTH MERRITT LUCIUS MERRITT, JR. ond class petty officer May 17, 1943, Kollowing training at Camp Peary, Va., Camp Endicott, Quonset Point, R. I., he was sent to Camp Parks, Cal., and overseas and since last Oc- | tober he has been stationed at New | Caledonia and other islands in the| Southwest Pacific area, | Ensign Ruth Merritt, who received | her commission at the graduation of the N. R. Midshipmen’s School, (W. R.), in Northampton Tuesday, is home on lege and leave. She leaves Saturday| to report Tuesday for active duty at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Tex. She graduated from the high school here, attended Smith Col- | MOLLISON DONALD Huntington from eraduated was jand the He joined in 1939. School High r-5 | Army lhoy | the Jan. from Army. his at to at stationed October, last went overseas With erating unit. He’ from Worthington Besides -being 1940, 8, Worthington He trained was until and Va. Col., l voir, { the first Ft. Bel- parents he he when leaves 5 x ? 7 nm G. WILLIAM MERRITT s BROTHERS, SISTER SERVE—| genfirst war. two and W Miss WLLLIAMSBURG, it | who Witherell, Charles ec f T in is the Camp Chafto © promoted at armored field artillery been has Ark., fie, technician 5th grade. At 2.30 p. m. today at the First | Congregational Church at the Center, 100 people attended the memorial service for Donald Warnock Mollison,| son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Mollison, who died July 30 in ay motor acci eee thay ad: riya eee one at the close of the service, which was conducted by the pastor, Arthur W. f | post of the The Cummington Childs. ne - Seo gan atte oe witht: Mii Mollison's., name -and-2an American flag by the honor roll on the church commons. <A gold has been placed on the church oi ss work, ' 24—There Aug. WORTHINGTON, at the annua! music will be special at “The 27 Aug. service Day Conwell Valley” in the Church White Little in South Worthington at 11 a, m. 27 a Memorial Aug. p.m, 2.30 At Service will be conducted at the First at the Center Church Congregational of son Mollison, W. Donald ‘for T-5 who Mollison Harry Mrs. and |Mr, of inGuadalcanal 30 on July died accident. in a motor received juries will conduct W. Childs tev. Arthur the service. G. Rice, Jr. William Mr. and* Mrs. D. of Washington, and son, Vimothy for the weekC., are at the Maples’ Pamela of Camend. Their daughter, Friday, bridge, will join them star honor her Bachelor of 28—Three]attended Northampton Commercial} children, two sons and a daughter, of | College and was employed for several Supt. and Mrs. L, A, Merritt are in| months in the finance department of the Navy. service. the Springfield Armory before enterG. William Merritt, carpenter’s|ing service, April 13, 1943. He bemate, second class, in the Seabees,|gan his training at Wesleyan Uniwho was graduated from the high|versity and has also been at New school here in 1981, and who, with|Orleans, La., St, Petersburg, Fla., his wife lived for several years in] Athens, Ga., and Ottumwa, 1la., beFairbanks, Alaska, where he was] fore going to Corpus Christi, and has foreman of carpentry construction| been a member of the Glee Club at} ‘ Worthington June received Arts degree at the University of lowa, where she majored in political science and has had three years’ teaching experience, Lucius Merritt, Jr., aviation cadet, USNR, is now stationed at Corpus Christi, Tex., receiving his final and intermediate training as a naval aviator and upon graduation will be} awarded his gold wings. A graduate | of the local high school in 1941, he in enlist Ft. Logan, an acetelyne is also the to die in the brothers at home, Howard Donald was engaged to Carder of Wichita, Kan. ae : - Te re : sec- | each as Seabees the in enlisted base, =A Ras ie 1944 16, SEPTEMBER ’ } | i | ROBERT BEEBE CHARLES , BEEBE8 THREE BROTHERS SERVING — WILLIAMSBURG, Sept. 15 — Three Navy. sons Sgt. HOWARD & BEEBE pe of Arthur Beebe are serving, one In the Army and two in the Robert Beebe entered the Army’ in November, 1942, and received Pickett, Va., at Camp Ed- instruction in the medical division at Camp wards before being. sent to an Army Hospital in England in hasta a | Before going into service he aig where he is ‘still stationed. 0 oh Charles Beebe seaman first class an Smith Vocational School. Beebe, second seaman Vocational __|N-¥. for class, both WORTHINGTON was Newport, to assigned R. graduates and men married School, enlisted in'the Navy and In June hoot training in. April. Smit of went together to Sampson, Howard whose home is in for I., training in trips to the gun- and Charles went ner’s mate school which he will complete this month, He : doing School. to Norfolk, Va. duty for ‘on a Merchant training Marine in ship ‘an Armed and ‘has Guard made two England. } t < - | SN acre ee RO ea ae �tevere and Mrs Cullen street, who 80th. weddine he guests at B Tower ‘will of observe Telling of Webster’s Grand Tour the ASHFIELD, home of t reir } law, Mr and M Central street, j The couple was the Con| gregational at Worthing-| ton, November ; 1914, by Rev S -| 1phen Walliams. Besides their son,| | Henry, they have a daughter, Mrs] | Elizabeth Hartwell of Agawam, whose jhusband is wi ice, stationed at | grandchildren. Mr Tower i | manager of Dale Bros Laundries, } - On some fitting time on that his knees this thanking wisdom in the mire of it seenis should spend God, again “for hearts that minds that grow wan; for darkened ways that lead us into Light; for all guidance through our man-made woes.” God's Worthington 194, | WORTHINGTON; School Committee ot night at the | V. Mrs. C. Bartlett R. will Dec. Magargal will 4. meet —. be and The Wednes-| Spruces, Miss hostesses ,_ernener eee Mrs. Pfc, set of Italian silver | | WORTHINGTON, Maude Elmes, ITH | received former a of morning 7 — Word resident, Miss Dec. of death the where 1888 in Worthington ago yéars three of ill health she when went she on to in. lactive ffairs. | |) church, and library was and of aclive MRS. nea? publie burial in observed of the with and the Peace district. of Arthur G. Capen was a birthday refreshments. cake as part : this Local -successful deer hunters ce week are: Fayette Stevens, Lawren E. TorGeorge Mason, and Stanley rey, Jr., Sheridan and Ashley Dodge, ay. Walter Tower and Francis Hathaw ‘ Nee ey G. at Arno H. Elmes of Grange. Rev. Arthur Worthington will officiate. Childs, | The hotel was built in 1905 by the late Frank ©, Wells, and was long known as “Wells’ Folly.” It is a five storied stueco building on High Street. After 40 years in the WellsSeller family the hotel has passed into new hands. It has long heen a favorite stopping place for tourists and in peacetime for winter sports fans. Maurice J. Levy of this tewn was the lawyer representing the purchasers and Whitfield Reid of West _Springfield was counsel for Mr. Sell- in be pas- Congregational ers, Deaths GEORGIAA. TUCKER and Mrs. John L, Seyler, with whom she made her jhome; five grandchildren; three Sis‘ters and a brother. The funeral will be held in the Dickinson-Streeter Company parlors Monday at noon. |Dr. James Gordon Gilkey will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel, Conn., | with services at the grave at 3 p. m. Buffalo. Committee| School regular the At | meeting last night held at the Spruces discussed | was the school lunch project and Supt. L. A, Merritt and Arthur Stanley|, investigate. will Capen G. the contract for Mason was awarded |, transporting the children from South Worthington The birthday Mrs. N. J.; three sisHeights, Victor Lagne of SpringCamilla Walker of West and Mrs. Ella H. Price of Cal.; two brothers, Eg- /liatt of Marblehead The funeral will | of Boston, McBride be held Saturday at Lafayette Church with — Mrs. Georgia Alice (Barnum) Tuck-} er, 78, of 702 Belmont Avenue, widow of Charles A. Tucker, died in her jhome Friday night. She was born in \Bethel, Conn., daughter of Romaine and Maria (Durant) Barnum and had} in Springfield’for the last 26 jlived She was a member of South | years. |Congregational Church. She leaves ‘two daughters, Mrs. Leland W. Gil- Longmeadow, Miss Elizabeth Hewitt | | of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Ella Buffalo Jr., and Pittsfield. lived| am = Two nieces. survive, Mrs. Markh N. and Mrs. Ida Armstrong of Tlion, ne ¥., and five cousins, Miss Josephi of Clark Hewitt and Mrs. Edward J. of | Worthington, Mrs. Harry Lapham in 4 of Orman morning of which she was lecwas also a mémber of tor. the) of director Church, ' gregational the) library corporation, a member of and one of the founders of| | Grange, Guild Buys Hotel Weldon GREENFIELD, April 22—Papers transferring the title of Hotel Weldon from the Seller family to Connecticut interests were passed Saturday morning in the office of Atty. Maurice J. Levy. Rex Reynolds, who heads the Connecticut. interests, will be the new president and general manager. He was formerly the nianager of a Gardner hotel, which was purchased | by the same interests a few years ago. J. T. Seller, president of the Weldon Corporation, said he had made the sale. to the interests, which he is confident will carry on the hotel's fine traditions. He will continue. to serve on the board of directors: but aside from that relinquishes active management. No change in the staff, are contemplated, ington Grange turer and she Church, C. Witt De Mrs. niece, her with Markham, in Haddonfield, Miss Hea!eoek was a member of the First Con- Friendship: | onnecticut Group — of Springfield, and Al- Miss. Heacock for 33 years. Church to} | with her mother and sister came until count Leese bert A. Walker in Street Lafayette of April wife this The funeral service will be held Pittsfield Saturday and burial will Y., the daughter of Rev. M. Heacock, | Grosvenor pastor D., D. Elmes, Pomona this Nan 8S, Heacock, 85, in Haddonfield, | in was born Miss Heacock N. J. Buffalo, N. Mrs. and The pages bear a small old-fashjoped handwriting which led those who read it to declare it might have been written with a quill. The letters are described as less than an eighth of an inch in height. In addition to the diary, Miss Hail recently found a scrap book kept by Mrs. Webster . during the tour and filled with letters of invitation to a -variety of funetions, many of them English. The Hall family has many relics of the Websters and Mrs. Hall now used a bed which once belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Webster. Miss Hall was graduated from St. Timothy's School in Cantonsville, Md., and Bennington College. She will be married on Sept.| 26 to Ensign Hamlin Dunlap Smith of South Ashfield and Winnetka, Ill. Mrs. Hall is the daughter of Col. Robert T. Emmet and Mrs. Emmet, who before her marriage was Helena Phelps. Their home is known to most| Ashfield residents as the Col. Emmet place and the connection with Daniel Webster is traced through Mrs. Em- || met to the second Mrs, Webster, who | | before her marriage was Caroline Le- } Roy of New Rochelle, N. Y. bert W. Walker of Hamden, Conn., and four grandchildren. Mrs. Elmes was a member of Worth- Dies at Age of 85 heen Elmes, 49, Sr., died Gloucester ters, Mrs. . field, Miss Springfield South Gate, Miss Nan Heacock WORTHINGTON, day Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, after a long illness. Mrs, Elmes was born in Pittsfield, daughter. of Egbert A. and Kitty (Harding) Walker, and ‘Jeaves her husband; two sens, Orman toy G. has rainy Mrs. Maude Elmes _ Dies at Age of 49 C. R: Magarzal by her husband,| Magargal who is in Italy. { : . Worthington Great Britain and the continent, being received by Queen Victoria anc dinner at Buckingham Palace, when Mrs. Webster sat beside Disraeli. It tells of being received at the court of Louis Phillippe and many other adventures in a colorful period of history. Rummaging a Worthington (745 Thurs- | sent on | The local civilian defense committee has received a recent com-} munication on exterior lighting which} will be permitted as far as the committee is concerned on condition that: light may be extinguished if an emergency arises. There is an exhibit at the library of pictures of Rome, Italian money | a 14 — attic On Oct. 80 the diary she was reading that rainy day will be published by Ives Washburn. It will contain an introduction written by Dr. Ciaude M. Fuess, headmaster of Philiips Academy at Andover, author of the standard two-volumn_ life of WebIt will contain many pictures ster, which for years have been prized by the Hall family. Miss Hall, the daughter of Mrs. Emmet Hall of High Valley and Bartow Hall of New York City, is a maternal great-great-great-grandniece of the second Mrs. Daniel Webster, author of the unusual diary, and the connection had long been recognizea by the family but the presence ot that diary was unknown until that rainy day when there was little more to do than rummage in an attic. The dairy tells of the grand tour of Blsie| \day night for the regular Christmas| |}meeting of the Friendship Guild at} _their home. and Sept. the about a year ago, Miss Helena Hall of High Valley, South Ashfield, .stumbled on a dairy which took. her on a grand tour’ of Great Britain and Europe with, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Webster which among many other |fascinating things included a» meal at 3uckingham Palace with -Queen Victoria and Disraeli. For some time: she sat there engrossed in her discovery and spent two years on a “tour” from 1889 when Webster was sent to Europe.as a special envoy. year everyone in the words of the Governor, no ill fortune can depress; for in through ' Thanksgiving Day especially “e South Ashfield. Attic Yields Diary 112} anniversary today, a dinner party: } a ‘SEPTEMBER 15, 1942 TOWERS TO OBSERVE_| 30TH ANNIVERSARY. Mr ; var dn 19 1904 / | "Chesterfield | /2 MRS. ADA DAMON SUCCUMBS AT 81 CHESTERFIELD, Dec. 11 — Mrs. Ada (Cudworth) Damon, 81, died today in her home here after a long illness, She was born in this town, the daughter of Ambrose and Elmira (Damon) Cudworth. Her husband, the late Albert Damon, died in 1987 and Mrs, Damon lived with her daughter, Mrs. Viola Weeks. Mrs. Damon was a life-long member of the local Congregational Church, Besides her daughter, Mrs. Weeks, she leaves three nephews, The funeral will be held in the Congregational Church Sunday at 1.30. Mr. John Barhour will officiate. Burial will be in Bofat Hill Cemetery. 1 | �Se JANUARY ae 1945, LT.D.F.MGURK WAR PRISONER West Side Flier Had Been Reported Missing Lt. Donald F. MeGurk, son of Mr. jand Mrs. Frank A. McGurk of 60) | Wilder Terrace, West: Springfield, who |was reported missing in action over | |Germany on Dec. 26, ,of war. according to a is a prisoner wire from the} ‘War Department received by his} parents. Lt. MeGurk went overseas last September and was pilot of a B-17 hased int Englaud. He was a gradnate of West Springfield High School and was a student at Northeastern University in Boston when inducted. ! 194° SGT, EUGENE SON OF RICHMOND PASTOR IS KILLED), A, BERNIER LOCAL SOLDIER HURT IN ACTION PITTSFIELD, May 16—Pyt. Elisha Pomeroy Cutler, Jr., son of Rev. -and Mrs. Elisha P. Cutler. pastor of the Richmond Congregational. Church, was 1, Sgt. E. A. Bernier Wounded, Gets Purple Heart 1943, and landed D-Day. in France Feet te ears N. 2. Burial Ernest and Bower Tucker, day. will Robinson, Walter School.in 1938 Pease service expects to enter the late this and. and had lived — in. Richmond ‘1928. month. DECEMBER 16, 1948 PAGEANT AT TRINITY FRANK W. BATES. | SUCCUMBS AT 81 tke a former er of the Christian Science in Northampton will conduct neral service at the home Cemetery, Y¥., since Former Tower be A. shot in the Leland deer WORTHINGTON, | W. ter, and North . Fri- George Packard, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Packard ; started work at the Armory in Springfield. Mrs. Arthur Ducharme has res ceived word that her brother, Stans ley Neil, has been promoted to prily ate first class at Camp Hood, Tex. School 81, Mrs. Mrs. died the Nov. early home Roland Bates 28 — in East his daugh- of Goodwin, had Frank today gone where to Mr. spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Bates moved to Worthington from Goshen in 1904 and have lived here ever since. Mr. Bates had been manager of farms owned by summer residents. He had served on the Board of Selectmen and was a member of the School Committee for| 12 years. Mr. and Mrs. Bates celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May, 1940, read- Smith Bates, Templeton, Church the fuMonday on Selectman, Official in Worthington Besides her husband Mrs. Bower leaves four children; Mrs. Georges Fisher and Miss Mary Brown at home; George H. Brown a_ soldier in the South Pacific; Harold E. Brown. stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky,, and one granddaughter. at ton. Mr. May | Worthington! q4y Mrs. Cyrus Charles High in Germany War Department. .graduated from!) was inducted in September, 1941. He participated in. campaigns in North Africa, Sicily,. France .and Germany. At the time: of his death. he’ was’ a}, dispatch rider for an armored. divi-|: sion. He was born in Brooklyn, WORTHINGTON, Dec. 18 — Mrs. Grace (Thayer) Bower, wife of Cyrus W. Bower, died early Saturday morning at her home after a long illness. Mrs. Bower was born in Aniherst in 1884 the daughter of the late George Alvah and Emeline (Donovan) Thayer. Mr. and Mrs. Bower moved to Worthington 16 years ago. Mr. in action Photo shortly Worthington | killed according to the Pvt. Cutler was Pittsfield Set. Eugene A. Bernier, 21, son of Victor Bernier of 58 Stebbins Street, was wounded in action in France Dec. 9, according to a wire received iby his father from the War Department. He has been awarded the Purple Heart. Inducted in March, 1943, he was trained at Ft. Devens, Elkin, W. Va., and Ft. Dix, N. J. He arrived in England on Dec. 30, after Bosworth MISS BARBARA PALMER Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Palmer of Blandford announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara, to Kenneth B. Pease, Jr.,.son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Pease of Worthing- | Besides his wife, five daughters ‘survive; Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Raymond Taylor of Cambridge; Mrs. Francis Blodgett of Springfield, Mrs. |; Ruth Porter of Dalton, and funeral will be Friday Mrs. Richard Bartlett, of Scotia, N. Y., and three sons; Frank W. of East Walpole, Clinton Thomas of Williamsburg and Gerald Bernard of Syracuse, N. Y., and 18 grandchildren, The held 2 at the Chesterfield Church ial will be in Chesterfield. and pou at bur- One > of the Trinity panels Church in the Society Chrismas for card Christian pageant Service presented by yesterday the afternoon and is shown in the accompanying picture. Those in the picture from left to right are: Mrs. L. Mullett, Mrs. W. J. Weitzel, Mrs. C. Lougee, Mrs. A. L, immene, eer was entitled Bartlett, whom and “Over the hills and through the last but not least the Bartlett ecconing to the family spokesman million dollars, snow” Boston they would terrier not “Boots,” sell for a �~ In the Fifth Avenue parade Were! ~~ hey ranced from -two Navy nurses who had passed| 4 Ouest ee their last three Easters as prison- Shik smearing Promenaders Throng 5th Ave. on a Sunny Easter Sunday | pines. ‘Tney were Lieutenants Ev- | S22. They were Lieutenants Ev- One elyn Whitlow, of Leesburgh, N. C.,|, piack rons ree pepe New ¥ w ® aged von | tached fs band, wore a headpiece to which were five tinted real Grade-A eggs, with yellow flowers and tiny in the happy day was the z |emergence again and again of the | Goked Be ee BO rumor that any hour would bring the announcement of an armistice soe Once Meee in Europe. theIt spread like a current through erbwas. and. cruelly unsettled many-a parent boy on the western front. fm & 4 of at-! Yorkthecrowd frightened them.|Fa-ter rabbits ceniah between them. Th only tension-causing mantis ae rent This hee About ‘item woman le i wy : a ee a covered yesterday staring enviously at the flower-topped Easter a +o gas ; bonnets of her civilian sisters. with Lots of dogs cut in on the fash-|: Visitors Add to Throngs - jon parade. An abashed-looking| In addition to the great out- boxer wore a red camelia in his pouring yesterday of New York’s|collar. One poor bulldog submitted| own people, the city was jammed to the whim of his mistress when with visitors. The Waldorf-Astoria lobby was sized up by the she greatest with took pink off her roses own and tied white it on hat his}: ; jnumber of tourists in its history,|head. But he looked unhappy. _ estimated by the hotel to number| One incongruous note among the more than 30,000. Just before noon|the spring flavor of the day was}. a four-wide line of people more|the sight of skaters cutting the ice): than a quarter of a mile waited for seats at Radio Music Hall. long|o" the rink at Rockefeller Plaza, City while beds of "éster lillies and yellow forsythia nodded from the Times Square was packed, and sides. so was the Rockefeller Plaza area.|_.@8S and jokers were done out Some fun yesterday because Theaters were jammed. Railroads|/°fEaster fell upon and obliterated and very aN bus and The A segment of Fifth the Avenue crowd outside St. Patrick’s Associated Cathedral “y Press heavy plane travel. parks lines reported were a April Fool’s Day. This happened for last in 1934 anc will happen again mecca civilians and service men and their in 1956. dates. People lolled about on the ‘freshly greening grass, soaking up the sun. By early afternoon every boat for hire at the Central Park lake was plowing about in the water, with soldiers or sailors at the oars of most of them. As New York’s women clicked wirephoto ¢ along in the Fifth Avenue fashion Spring &Sunshine and Good News | sivas, swe. sive “ana, back seemed to predominate in new ldresses and suits-though there’ Make It Best Easter of the War | | | | | ° . S were plenty jmoss green #6 of pastels—light blue, and pink. Women’s) 5th Avenue Parade Is Greatest Ever, With Women’s|clothes seemed to show the — of War Blue and Black Mingling With Service Colors; |Churches, Parks and Theaters Are Thronged | straight. st i Production Board orders ee ees The hats, as usua!, were gay, and| By John G. Rogers nearly all of them sprouted flowThe fourth and happiest Easter cf the war was observed in New| _ York yesterday by a spring-fevered city which dressed up and went to church and then jammed its parks and theaters and avenues in a vast pageant that rivaled the old peace- © time color and gayety. Bes , = The sun was bright at dawn and|: the first Easter paraders were out soon after. By noonday police estimated that 800,000 of them—an); all-time high—were marching on}, Fifth Avenue between Forty-second and Fifty-ninth Streets, with’ khaki and navy blue the prettiest colors in the crowd. { § Throughout the five boroughs,§ churches and cathedrals of all de-_ nominations shipers, many overflowed line for hours participate in Christian celebration of compound—at and thankful. with wor- waited ins for their turn the greatest religious The mood tereeemesis 5 of whom the to of festivals—the, Resurrection. of the people was a! once gay and grave’ It was gay for the ; multi-colored finery and the warm kiss of perfect weather that rose to a high temperature of 69 deIt was grave grees at 5 p. m. under the burden of war and the It was} of loved ones. absence thankful for the nearing victory] | and the daring new in Europe, blow at Japan in Okinawa. All in all, Zaster Sunday of 1945 seemed to be the city’s most joyous time since Pearl Harbor, and, as ‘with any holiday since Pearl Har‘por, the day seemed to belong to the men and women in uniform. The sun glinted gloriously on their brass and lighted the colors of the ribbons they wore for service and valor. Here and there in men the throngs were wounded with crutches or slings or limps. Prayers for the safety and survival of those still fighting all over) the world house were of worship. offered in every : Part | . a of the crowd at St. Patrick’s Cathedral afier the conclusion of Herald Tribune—Acme services > : i A pines. = sma ee �= |Record Throng of 800,000 Fills — In the spirit of a nation that hopes soon for peace, yet is sharply aware of the Yorkers wartime ing toll of celebrated Easter for prayer Breaking war, New their fourth yesterday, gather- and for all records parade. in the city’s history, a crowd of 800,000 saw the Easter ; ad bonnet ee eee burst es y a Ue are once ts Oe again} semes ae Presidential flamboyantly on feminine heads. citation, offered and hearts of paraders. rushed into subdued design. Cloth coats were| Harsh, fastened on her and boxy without collars, five yards of pink satin an short arm to his wife and with the other ‘while The sun struck warmth into the|yhand clutched a heavy cane. faces a nurse who a sports coat | |flowered, beribboned ‘pink Raster| felt it necessary/| bonnet. Another stuck a camellia to perch on her head a trim hat in her boxer’s collar. A large that trailed lime-green flowers. white rabbit, six feet tall, but not| The hat to end all discussion about Harvey, rode down the Avenue in Easter hats -was made of five a stagecoach drawn by four horses line and refusing to allow himself tinted Easter eggs mounted across Three men dressed as hoboes in to be pushed ahead of others, left top hats were carried Among the eggs sat| battered after all possibility of getting in- a dark band. in a horsetwo yellow cloth rabbits and tiny; along Sixth Avenue side was past. drawn buggy, mocking the Easter As the bells pealed on and all yellow flowers. Another egg dan- tradition as they have done for traffic was halted to allow the gled on the lapel of the blue suit several years, and thus becoming crowds to surge into the streets, a of the wearer. a tradition themselves. plane zoomed overhead. No one The largest Easter bonnet Some wore fur coats or fur looked up in fear, as he might adorned the head of Jewel, fivehave two years ago. Yet the war jackets; others appeared in suits, was brought home to Fifth Ave- ;while a number of women braved ton, 30-year old star of the elethe breeze in simple print dresses.) phant herd in the circus. In a cer-§ nue. oat wee a at - The outside Madison Square prints were not bold or daring emony | Patrick’s . Vincen oore 0 her trainer, Leonard Flushing, Queens, holder of the but mainly of dark background and|Garden, 5th Ave. in Gayest Easter of War | Even St. Patrick’s wearing over her uniform It The sole of his foot had been blown was an early aster, but the balmy “i i} Ss 1 '. other soldiers colors. off the tunic turned Corsages were up in many few; with dently most of the flowers found their way to hats. Suits swept away painfully weather of this year’s early spring} qrew out of a cab to attend serv- the nine yards evi- tucked under of net her neck the hat, trimme lace, an in a bow. The top hat was absent, excep ‘on the heads of the honors, horse-drawn carriages drivers o and on held good. Last year the Easterlices, both on crutches. Several Although some matched in color)sentleman from Harlem who als ‘crowd showed grim bravado. Yes-|limped their way along the lines | the service ribbons on the chests|Wore tails, cane, spats and red | of escorts, who came from all the|Carnation. terday there was a feeling of re-|that formed outside the cathedral. United Nations and from all servThe Rockefeller Plaza prome lease | in : the air—release jhard winter a promise lease, soon, from the cares of war. Blue by skies, clouds, i unmarred nmar 5 from a|Men civilian small incirclet with clothes wings wore that the sig- ices, roofed for or h hours ee : oes the vr pray This Easter on Fifth Avenue held worshipers stark contrast for two women. Last for Germany’s early Army defeat and that the Japanese i might soon cry surrender, and feel that their prayers had a chance of | fulfillment. at aes too, fervor was nurses, Lieut. Evelyn B. Whitlow of Leesburgh, N. C., and Lieut. Helen L. Gardner of Dayton, Ohio, worked through the siege of Bataan and Corregidor, nursing the wounded, before they were captured by the Japanese stronger, snree years ago on Mindanao. because of the grim one year were in neutral nade, they touch of were «were just multipliedtheir_arms They pressed deep into the churches to worship and to lose themselves in the beauty of the Easter services and the flowers that banked the altars. At St. Patrick’s Cathedral the altar held massed splendor in its white Easter lilies, deep cerise pyramid rose bushes, pink and white hydrangeas, delicate pinktinged apple blossoms, white dogwood and magnolia, yellow acacia and light green cibotium ferns and palms. St. Bartholomew’s altar, as always, was flowered all-white; graced with pear blossoms and hydrangeas. The altar at St. Thomas Church was simple in the dignity of six large vases of Easter lilies; all war. St. Thomas elaborate Parade has display Starts eliminated during the Early The parade started as early as 9:30 A. M. as worshippers from sunrise services flowed to Fifth Aevnue. They were joined by thousands who gathered for the high mass at 10 A. M. at St. Patrick’s. For the first time ampli- fiers carried the services there to listening in the overflow outside and. 30,000 persons, unable to gain entrance, | stood in lines along Forty-ninth and Fiftieth with yellow for looking, like onservative and Presidential deep to watch the skaters skim around the ice rink. As early a 9:30 A. M. a crowd gathered out side Radio City Music Hall. By mid-afternoon many who had! jammed Fifth Avenue took to Cen: tral Park, where they headed for the zoo, the lakes and the lawns.|: J Times Square was congested all day, primarily with service men This young lady adorned her hat | and women. The out-of-town news- and jacket with hard-boiled eggs.| paper two cita- by five, climbing to 872,862, and tion ribbons on their chests. It-was their first Easter in-New| Fool Day, a number of prankstres there were few who walked in the ' = appeared. One woman,: hatless, sun along the avenue yesterday York for three Wacs from Fort Dij marched in front of St. Patrick’s, a ferocious bulldog on who had not in some way felt the who were wearing their new offileading Pfc. Julie J. Pavlijwhose head she had plunked a impact of what had happened on duty dresses. the white beaches of Saipan, or of Chicago, Corp. Dolores Doerer of Baltimore and Pfc. Margaret Xx the black. sands of Iwo and among E. Kenny from New York, had the hedgerows of Normandy. plants cheerful Streets, reverant silence. As the cathedral bells pealed the melodious message of joy they brought to may also a note of sadness with the reminder that a familiar face was missing from the Easter scene—that of the late Alfred E. Smith, papal chamberlain. Among those at the 10 o’clock mass was James A. Farley, former Postmaster General, attired in morning coat and striped trousers. Spencer Tracy, actor, wearing a brown ‘tweed suit and brown hat and carrying a topcoat, after standing in stand was besieged by vis- Shoes for the most part were/itors seeking home-town papers. conservative, although one brief’) Two sky-writing planes high look might take in a red pair, a over the city during the afternoon purple pair and a green pair along spelled out the words “Buy Bonds.” with the blacks and browns. Many were studded with bright nails. Perhaps because it was April’s the war during the last year. Last country girls,” said these women Easter casualties stood at 162,282. wtih six gold stripes | gleaming on In of them spring, were also popular. The usual run of pastel colors, muted shades of rose and lime and blues and greens, stood out among the darker shades. Last year’s winners, fuchsia and purple, faded away to a poor fifth. Strident colors bowed to the dull ones, for the suits this Easter acted mainly as foils to the flowering hats. Most Shoes C ti OX that thronged to the churches, For, Raster they spent in the Japanese the first time in this war they prison camp.at Santo Tomas. Two might most of re- nities discharge from the armed | colors. Blacks, tans, toast browns, sythia and fragrant with banks of forces. The sleeves of some suits ‘beiges, navy and gray controlled Easter lilies, drew thousands dur-/' at least some of lined up fou the scene. Checks, important this ing the day who hung empty. and SUNDAY, APRIL | 1, 19457 ‘800,000 IN STH AVE, ‘FOREASTER PARADE been taking pictures since 8 A. M. and admiring the fabulous hats that floated back and forth in front of them. “We'll take care of that with our $200 mustering-out pay,” commented the corporal. It was the eighth Faster on Fifth Avenue for Assistant Chief Police Inspector John J. De Martino, who reported the record crowd. Two years ago 750,000 persons turned out, he recalled, to set a record then. Last year’s rainy, chill Easter cut the number to 650,000. “Look at the crowd today,” he ‘marveled. He pointed to one coriner. “Jammed.” Then to another. ‘“Jammed.” Then to the third. “Jammed.” And the _ fourth. “Jammed.” The weather, he explained, had brought out all the “glamor,” which was held in check by 265 policemen, detectives and policewomen under Inspector Frankg Fristensky Jr., commanding the Fourth Division. é Flowers Fashionably “blooming” Abound on speaking, Easter. Hats it was Each a head) bore its tribute to spring. Every-| one wore a hat; those who ordinarily wear a hat, wore more hat, and those who usually wear none, covered their heads with wreaths of flowers or circlets of cherries. Hats were flossy, flamboyant and fussy; in many cases elegant and expensive. Many were fantastic enough to be caricatures. Millinery trends were torn to tatters. Shepheardess _ silhouettes, solid with flowers, sailed along next to flower-pot hats. There: were hats with roses piled high and others with daisies strewn wide. Natural straw was banked, steeped, drowned in a profusion of pansies, lilies, violets, marigolds, cornflowers. Flowers were not left alone but enveloped in yards of veiling that swirled heavenhigh. One wide mesh veiling was spotted with silver sequins. t After mass was celebrated in > St. Patrick’s Cathedral | | �ao FRIDAY 2 Dr. Bonnell Sees the Light of Hope Kindled In the Eyes of Enslaved Millions of World terday that this Easter would be particularly memorable because “the light of hope has been kindled again in the eyes of enslaved millions throughout the world.” For the first time in the history jof the church two identical morn- ing services were held in order to |accommodate the throng of holi|day worshipeers. Unlike previous | years, few were permitted to stand jand the chapel remained ;pied. An estimated 4,500 | attended both services. unoccupersons | Dr. Bonnell, preaching on “The | Undefeatable Christ,” declared that Awa Tae ee faith in the Christian doctrine of \immortality was as important in | present life as it was in the life ‘hereafter. The acceptance of death as final causes a moral paralysis to creep over the hearts of men and enthrones pessimism, he said. “The recurrence of Easter raises the morale of millions of people all over the world,” the pastor said. “Hope of eternal life, which is enshrined in Christianity, inspires the human race to nobler lving. It enlarges, vitalizes life of man, and sanctity of human and expands emphasizes life.” the the Worthington WORTHINGTON, March 29— Ar- thur Ducharme will go to Springfield Saturday for his preinduction physical examination. Mrs. Arthur Merritt, Jr., of Crestwood, N. J., is spending’ a week with her mother. Mrs, Bessie Dodge. Belief in immortality, Dr. Bonnell added, would enable men to live heroically and face death unafraid. “Faith in God should not mean that in our hour ow weakness we must hold on to Him,” he continued. We must take our lives and} turn them over completely to God.” | Dr. Bonnell told how faith is aid- Mr. and Mrs. George Hull of Reading. Pa., are staying at Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bates’ home until their home is ready Miss Miss for Elsie occupancy. Marion Bartlett Bartlett with of her sister, Springfield, is spending the week end in New York City. : Rey. Arthur Childs will conduct a Good Friday service with communion ies Hailing the imminence of a victory in Europe, the Rev. Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church lat Fifty-fifth Street, declared yes- - MARCH 30, 1945 .at 8 p. m. at the. First Congregational Yservice: Arthur Capen, librarian, announces at the lithat he has on exhibition money of Japanese specimens ‘brary by Philippines the from home sent ing our soldiers on the battlefields, compelling them to fight for life even when terribly wounded. “The world has been passing through its Gethsemane and Calvary,” he said, | “but the day of resurrection is | Pfe. dawning.” Richard Smith, “The resurrection of Christ is God’s promise that violence and cruelty and death will enjoy no final triumph,” he asserted. ‘“Easter marks the rebirth of hope and the rejection of despair. The light! of hope has been kindled again in the eyes of prisoners of war behind barbed wire, of racial minorities living in constant fear of torture and death, of the hungry and the homeless and of the multitudes wandering the earth without clothing or shelter. “Only in complete dependence upon God, His guidance and His wisdom, may we hope to overpass the tremendous obstacles that lie in the way of universal world peace.” ig? Harry ia It isn’t what you do, it’s how you do it. 66 — CHINATOWN, ea! NEW YORK CITY & Dororuy Daveaca, Proprietors �MARCH 30; 194 FRIDAY, ~ _|In the Eyes of Enslaved Millions of World Hailing the imminence of a victory in Europe, the Rev. Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church at Fifty-fifth Street, declared yes- ‘'terday that this Easter would be particularly memorable because “the light of hope has been kindled again in the eyes of enslaved mil- or ‘lions throughout . For the world.” the first time in the history ;of the church two identical morning services were held in accommodate the throng day worshipeers. Unlike years, few were permitted and the chapel remained ;pied. An estimated 4,500 | attended both services. | Dr. Bonnell, preaching order to of holiprevious to stand unoccupersons on “The Undefeatable Christ,” declared that and afraid. face death her mother, ued. hold We on to Him,” he Mr. ing. we. and Pa., Mrs, Bessie Mrs. are Hull at Mr. of Read- | and Mrs. , < > ity. Bee: Arthur Childs will conduct a \Good Friday service with communion Lat 8 p. m, at the: First ‘Congregational turn them over completely to God.” Dr. Bonnell told how faith is aid- ing our soldiers on the battlefields, compelling them to fight for life even when terribly wounded. “The world has been passing through its Gethsemane and Calvary,” he said, “but the day of resurrection is dawning.” . ‘service: Arthur that he Capen, has on i librarian, exhibition announces at the li-. ao money of Japanese specimens brary by Philippines the from home sent Pfc. Richard Smith. of Christ is violence and cruelty and death will enjoy no final triumph,” he asserted. “Eas- marks the rebirth of hope and rejection of despair. The light hope has been kindled again in eyes of prisoners of war behind barbed wire, of racial minorities’ living in constant fear of torture and death, of the hungry and the homeless and of the multitudes wandering the earth without cloth-. ing or shelter. “Only in complete dependence upon God, His guidance and His, wisdom, may we hope to overpass. the tremendous obstacles that lie in the peace.” way of universal 4 XBL R MERU ! LBL 3 world i :SARSABSARSABSS It isn’t what you do, it’s how you do it W eee ey George staying Harry NP Dodge. ; is spending the week end in New York contin-| must take our lives and “The resurrection God’s promise that Ar- Harry Bates’ home until their home is ready for occupancy. Miss Elsie Bartlett with her sister. Miss Marion Bartlett of Springfield,| “Faith in God should not mean must 29— examination. ' Mrs, Arthur Merritt, Jr., of Crestwith week a wood, N. J., is spending’ un- that in our hour ow weakness faith in the Christian doctrine of ter _jimmortality was as important in the _\present life as it was in the life of Dc eteattek. The acceptance of death the ‘as final causes a moral paralysis to creep over the hearts of men and enthrones pessimism, he said. “The recurrence of Easter raises _ the morale of millions of people all over the world,” the pastor said. _ “Hope of eternal life, which is enshrined in Christianity, inspires the human race to nobler lving. It enlarges, vitalizes and expands the life of man, and emphasizes the sanctity of human life.” heroically March thur Ducharme will go to Springfield — Saturday for his preinduction physical Belief in immortality, Dr. Bon-) nell added, would enable men to live Worthington WORTHINGTON. YORK CITY & Dorotnuy Daveaa, Proprietors �scan cee seanreeaneinidimmmmimnanana tinea aeatiiemiamediie “A of delightful, nostalgic comedy manners.” — Newsweek THE LATE GEORGE APLEY By JOHN P. MARQUAND& GEO. S, KAUFMAN SEA igans 2 ae ae ER ee LYCEUM THEA. 45th St. E. of B’way, CH, 4-4256 Evgs. 8:40. MATS. WED. & SAT. at 2:40 Herewith the full array of Brahmins, relatives and friends in cory The Late George Apley,” Beecher, Margaret Dale, ” at the Lyceum. Margaret Vandamm 3 In the usual order, Percy Waram, David MeKay, Leo G. Carroll, Joan Chandler, John Conway, Janet Phillips, Catherine Proctor and Reynolds Evans. / , cs | �Be oy eae ie Worshipers leaving St. Thomas THOUSANDS ATTEND| SERVICES AT DAWN Worshipers Greet Easter Solemn Rites in the City at SOLDIERS AT ONE Radio City Music Hall, Central Park Mall and Navy Yard All Hold Gatherings As the first rays of the rising sun lit the horizon yesterday morning thousands of worshipers joined in greeting Easter with solemn rites of thanksgiving at many dif- ferent points in the city and to join Service in the This young miss had her two pet dogs dressed for the occasion as she strolled with them oh Fifth Avenue. The New York Ti mes throng Central Park Hope that a world at peace might emerge from the coming San Francisco Conference was expressed by Bishop Homer A. Tom- linson, general Overseer of the Church of God, at a sunrise service | attended by 1,000 persons on the Mall in Central Park. It was the sixth annual All-Nations Easter dawn service under the auspices of the Churches of God of Greater New York. Gathering at 6 A. M. the wor-| and Adjacent Areas 2,900 Church its shipers prayed for a quick end to the war and the safe return home of American service men. Corp. A. J. Tomlinson, Bishop Tomlin-|, son’s son, who was wounded in France last August, stood beside his father on crutches and delivered an Easter message from the wounded. “We who are wounded can understand far better what was! meant by the words concerning} Jesus, ‘He was wounded for our transgressions,’ ’’ Corporal Tomlinson said. “Out of the anguish of war and dressing stations and hos-| pitals I wish this message could| come to all—that we may live in such a way before our God that al may not be said that these, — were wounded for our transgressions.” surrounding metropolitan area. Seven thousand persons, many Music Feature of Service | of them men and women in the Music for the service was pro- | uniforms of the armed services, thronged into the Radio City Mu- vided by a fifty-piece band from! sic Hall for the sixth annual the Maritime Service Training StaUnited Easter dawn service under tion at Sheepshead Bay, led by EnLucy Monroe the sponsorship of the Greater New sign Benson Lang. York Federation of Churches. The sang the National Anthem. A ChiRev. Frederick B. Newell, presi-| nese children’s choir from the dent of the federation, presided. { Grace Faith Mission sang “Christ The Rockefeller Center Choris-| Arose” and the Starlight Singers Paterson, N. J., offered a ters, gowned in sunrise colors! from ranging from brigth blue to red, group of Negro spirituals. After the service the audience! and directed by John R. Jones, and a choir from tion at by Sp. the Naval Quonset (W) Point, Air Sta- marched forth, led by a color guard| R. I., led from Inwood 1/c M. M. Johns, pro- ican Legion. Post 581 of the Amer- vided Easter music for the service. Twenty-five hundred soldiers atThe sermon was preached by the tended an Easter dawn service held Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, min- on the Parade Grounds at Fort isteer of the Christ Church, Metho- |Hamilton, in Brooklyn. The invodist, and the Easter message was|cation and the benediction were given Searle, Grater by the Rev. Dr. Robert W.|pronounced by the Rev. general secretary of the|Williams of the Church New York Federation of |General at Fort Hamilton, Churches. sermon Lieut. Comdr. A. Ray Cook, chief Robert chaplain at the Quonset Point Na-|lain val Air Station; the Rev. Eugene C. Carder, general secretary of the/ Protestant Council of New York,| and the Rev. Edler G. Hawkins, minister of the St. Augustine Pres-| byterian Cnurch, also took part. “ at Hedley of and the the was delivered by Maj. S. Hall, Protestant chap- the fort. �—— cal ih ST. Wayes ‘7,900 crowded the Cathedral Worship At St. John’s in Laster Service | Bishop Manning Is Present After Ilness; 675 Waves Attend the Communion More than 7,500 persons, one of the largest congregations ever to attend a single service in the United States, filled the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue and 110th Street, at 11 a.m. yesterday for the Easter service of Holy Communion. The Right Rev. William T. Manning, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York, in his first public appearance in the cathedral since just before Dec. 7 when he went to St. Luke’s Hospital for treatment for rheumatism, occupied his official seat in the sancturay during part of the service. Bishop Manning’s sermon was read for him by the Rev. Canon Edward N. West. In it the Bishop | declared that present world con- ditions have compelled men to see "| more clearly than ever that Christ | who rose from the dead is the one | hope for mankind. | “We have been compelled to see,” lis the | world, he said, One the “that True One Jesus Light True Christ; for Guide, this the ;One and Only Saviour from our Sins, the One who alone can give us strength to mee the griefs, the trials, the experiences which come to all of us in this life,” | of St. John |. The the Divine eneenannnte service which was attended by 675 white-capped Waves from the United States Naval Training Center at Hunter College, the Bronx, opened with the traditional Easter liturgical procession, in which members of the Cathedral! clergy, crucifiers, torch bearers,! acolytes, and members of the Cathedral choir took part. Led by a crucifer and whitelrobed acolytes carrying proces‘sional candles, the procession formed at the high altar, marched down the south aisle and then returned to the high altar up the central aisle, pausing midway for ia station where a prayer and response ‘were sung. é The celebrant of the Holy Communion was the Rev. Canon James |Green, He was assisted by the Rev. Canon Thomas A. Sparks and {Canon West. The Epistle was read by the Rev. James-H. Morgan and the Gospel by Canon Sparks. Preceding the service, the contingent of Waves lined up on Amsterdam Avenue in front of the Cathedral, and marched in formation through the central door and up the centrgl aisle to take their places for the service. Like hundreds of others who attended the 11 a. m.-service, the Waves arrived at the Cathedral at 10 a. m. PATRICK'S CATHFNRAIL Naw Yark City 73,000 Attend Easter Services At St. Patrick’s Amplifier Set Up, s 30,000| Outside Cathedral _ Archbishop Sing Hear Mass The Most. Rey. Francis J, Spell- man, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, celebrated at 10 a. m. yesterday the solemn pontifical Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in memory of the resurrection of Christ. The cathedral was filled| for the hour and three-quarter service. About the. main altar were colorful Spring flowers, blossoms and fern. Outside the cathedral a crowd, estimated at 30,000 by Assistant Chief Inspector John J. De Martino, in charge of East Side Police, heard the singing of the mass through two amplifiers, set in trees| , at each side of the cathedral, An estimated 48,000 persons, police said, attended the seven masses during the morning. Other thousands visited the cathedral during the afternoon and evening, bringing the total of persons io approxi- ‘mately 100,000, it was estimated. |. The first words sung by the Archibishop, reverberating throughout ‘the cathedral the Gregorian neighborhood, were chanting of “Gloria |in Excelsis Deo.” plifiers were last The outside am- used during the |Three Hours Agony service on 'Good Friday, but before that had ‘not been employed to carry serv-~ ices outdoors since the requiem mass on Oct. 4, 1938, for Patrick Cardinal Hayes, who died thirty ‘days before. �i Ee Oe amen ‘eeoieeeamaaal\ ay eas eS York City. New Times Square, Geom. % hed x ee a ma S em} a Qa «¢ \, © =ewa > gh ok ¢ s ; F OSCA S TR CEN 160 ye S ESSE | Y �“The Late George Apley,” Ne : 4 : fi : S e 5 See / Leo G. Carroll, Percy Waram, Margaret Dale and Janet in the Beacon Street, Boston, set on the stage at the Beecher Lyceum �(1945 - Lo vapital Pays Last Homage iE F | To Franklin D. Roosevelt Diplomatic Representatives! j - The Bishop’s bishop prayed:— | Renee kingdom, By TOM REEDY Christ our Lord. Washington, April 14— (AP) — “Oh God, from and to Franklin last hom- D. Roosevelt in the sad splendor House funeral. of today a through Jesus whom every good sift cometh; we thank Thee for the qualities of heart and mind for this, Thy servant, brought to the service of owe nation and our world.” few John G. Magee of St John’s, Washington, read the 46th and 121st friends and the nation’s great, paid the capital’s age The: caisson ant, Franklin | Delano, O Lord, according to the favor which Thou bearest unto Thy people and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of Thee, he may go from strength t6 strength in the life of perfect service in Thy of Mourning Millions Attend Funeral — 400,000 Line Washington Streets Family Prayer “\toneoie. i ow The White Psalms. The lessons, Romans. VILI, 14 and St John XIV, 1, were.read by Bev Howard S. Wilkinson, rector of St Thomas, Washington, the ‘“Presi- And over the world millions joined in the mourning for the man who symbolized for them the ideals and aspirations of the .United States. Their high diplomatic representa- dent’s church’ ‘which Mr Roosevelt attended. Mrs ‘Roosevelt: was first to leave the room when the service ended at tives stood for them beside the bier | 4.23 p. m., and the others: filed out slowly, including British: Foreign in the famed East room of the Minister Anthony Eden “and the executive mansion. British embassador, Lord Halifax. Emir Faisal, son of King’Ibn Saud 400,000 Line Streets of Arabia, weating the ttaditional In a flag-draped coffin, the body burnoose, was the only man with ,of the fallen léader arrived from covered head. Gov Thomas EH. Dewey [Warm Springs, Ga., at 9.50 a. m,, of New York; the earl of Athlone, | Was carried along the once-triumphal governor-general of Canada, and inaugural route from the Union, sta- |) many ‘other distinguished visitors /tion to: the executive mansion, past were there. jbetween 300,000 and 400,000 capital British Hold Service residents “whe. stood in “shocked At the same time, the British colony in Washington conducted simsilence, ilar. services on the lawn of the The black army caisson brought embassy, before an improvised the late President to the door of altar covered with the Union Jack. the mansion at 11.16 a. m. At 4 p. m,, Prayers at both rites besought President Harry S, Truman joined guidance and strength for. President the widow and close elatives, assoTruman to carry: on. |ciates of many years ‘and. representaThroughout the nation, 4 p. m. was jtives of many foreign. governments the: sighal for -silent in the rites of the.Episeapal church. prayer, ~The army and navy. set In the flower-decked*.room,. the aside five mincoffin stood on a: small Oriental rug jutes of meditation, here and abroad where War conditions before an altar, permitted. 1 There will be memorial services Bishop Dun Officiates tomorrow, the war permitting, Right Rev Angus *Dun,- bishop. : of|| wherever American forces are Washington, officiatediat the simple. | ployed and American ‘ships sail. de28-minute ceremony of the: faith in’ The sun shone down brightly all which Mr Roosevelt wes a ‘lifelong through the historic day except for communicant, | a brief shower at 3.10 p.m, On one side steod a vara nt wheelHundreds of thousands, lining the chair, mute ‘synibol of the. malady | way from the Union station to the which struck the. -President down in| White House—the route of inaugural his prime but» ¢ouldn’t.’ keep him |, paradeg—saw the flag-draped coffin down. Bishop Dun-was. more: than. a- drawn by six white horses with a clergyman for he once warded off. seventh for guide, wend slowly an attack of infantile paralysis and) through the streets. like Mr Roosevelt. counted Harvard Crowd Capital’s Biggest ssiiee "eee —the divinity scthool-—-as © his’ alma ot the crowd was the mater, : , ; ‘biggest. in “Washing ston “history—be- Only a small -fraetion of the huge crowds of the morning funétal pro-} cession “remainéd outside “but they ‘were the faithful:;who refused ‘to depart, standing across. the street in silent tribute. After the service; the body rested before a guard of ‘honoft of -enlisted men chosen frem”éach branch of the) armed forces that Mr _ Roosevelt helped. develop to such -magnitude. iwAo- special train ‘stood by te--carry the body ‘tonight -«t 10: o’clock for burial velt’s estate, Mrs jn the ‘garden beloved Hyde Woodrow tiveen Many of Mr RoosePark (N. Y.) Wilson Present Mrs Roosevelt was stoically dryee through the prayers and hymns jher husband liked so much but there was many a damp- cheek. through | the room. There, too, sat Mrs Wood-| row Wilson- who endured the same| grief a score of years ago. The women were in lack, Roosevelt wore the broach that. w: her wedding gift from her. husband.j Harry. Hopkins, closest presidential ‘adviser for years, clung to a chair for support, pale and shaken. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger wept. Crown Princess. Martha of Norway dabbed at her eyes frequently. Bishop’ Dun led prayer and then recalled that Mr Roosevelt 12 years ago voiced his own deep faith that “the only thing we have to fear is fear as itself.” And as that. was his first word President, the bishop’ said, “I am: |sure he would: wish it to be his last 300,000 and wept, 400, 000. unashamed, Overhead, big bombers and fizhter planes roared back and forth, symjbol of the armed might Mr Roosejvelt worked to’ develop to such great | magnitude. Men andi: women of the armed foreés. marched in slow, measured cadence ahead: of the cataflaque and service bands played the dirge of a commander-in-chief fallen in war. Symbolic of the, unfaltering stride of the nation at war the military escort marched straight ahead down historic Pennsylvania avenue when the caisson® turned aside into ,the White House grounds. j : The: family “the chief’ rode shocked’ ‘sorrow. and old - friends in the Their (of cortege, in automobiles followed the caisson into the tive mansion ‘grounds, Truman in Procession execu- In the procession too was President Truman,.overnight successor to the “man: who’ fought. off infantile paralysis, battled from a wheel’ chair to the.«gréatest political triumphs in the “nafion's history, then was stricken down at the cerebral hemorrhage erpoon in his Georgia tage. ‘ The lome cortege age of 63 by a Thursday — aftmountain cot- left the railroad entered the Sey ‘Between the time the cofttege artugged and strained-at the leash, rived at the White House and the held by an attendant, and whimperaftefnoon funeral. service, Mr. True ing, followed his master’s body into man, attendéd to some official’ busi« the White House Hast. room, scene of the funeral set for 4 p.m. ness. He sent. to the governing hoard’ Outside navy musiciansplayed a of the Pan-American Union a; mésfew measures of “Abide With Me”. sage that President’ Roosevelt had: as companies of soldiers; marines prepared before his death, In jt, the and bluejackets. stiffened to attendeparted leader said that the “maine tion.,Then, instead of the usual joytenance of lasting peace in the: Amereous “Hail to the Chief,’ the band icas. is: bound up. with the, maintee played “The. Star-Spangled Banner.” nance of lasting peace throughout the Roaring planes returned, flying at world, about 2000 feet over the White House as the coffin was borne inside, There it was placed on a carrier and wheeled across the bronze presidential seal embedded in the lobby floor. It turned to the left, past the grand staircase and the Green room and (Continued from Page 1-A): through the sliding doors into the other’ side. was famed. East room. There it came to Brig-Gen Elliott rest where Mr Roosevelt just 12) Roosevelt, only one of the four Rooseweeks ago today attended Divine! velt sons able to return from overs services ‘as: part of his fourth-term/| seas duty in time to attend. inaugural. Beyond him sat his wife and the Only then was the hushed quiet; wives of the other sons, Mrs James of the crowd broken. ‘Thousands| Roosevelt, Mrs Franklin D, Roosevelt, rushed across Pennsylvania ayenue Jr, and Mrs John Roosevelt. to the iron fence surrounding the} Two vacant chairs separated the grounds, to get. a closer glimpse of Roogsevelt family from the 200 men the now empty caisson. and women representing the great of| Along the route; the multitude the world who came to pay tribute, milled and broke up. Government Tn the same row as the family sat: MRS ROOSEVELT LEADS FAMILY IN PRAYERS workers who had clambered about, * e the earl of Athlone, governor-general sometimes dangerously, on the big of Canada, whom King George of white buildings to watch the cortege, Great Britain designated his personal’ disappeared into their offices. representative at the services: The streets becamé so: thickly peoBritish Foreign Minister Anthony pled that police had to shut. off | Eden sat between the earl and the vehicular traffic in many places. | carl’s. wife, Princess Alice. Service busses picked up the batPresident and Mrs Harry S. Trus, talions’ of soldiers, marines, coast man and their 21-year-old daughter,| guardsmen and _= sailors, WAVES Mary Margaret, headed the front row WACS, SPARS: and women mari nes, across the aisle. who had marched in the proces Mrs Truman‘s — face showed the Scores of jeeps, transport trucks which the death of President: pulling 155-mm howitzers, and scout {strain cars returned to their headquarters,|| | Roosevelt and her husband’s: elevation }to the presidency has caused. Both their saddest task accomplished. her daughter were dressed A peddler on Pennsylvania avenue ‘she and in dark blue. folded up his board of beribboned Mrs Wilson Is Present buttons, bearing Mr Roosevelt’s pic|ture. He had sold just four. The peoAmong those gathered in the room ;ple weren't in that mood today. ;}was another . wartime . President’s Scores of the President’s closest |\widow, Mrs Woodrow Wilson. She associates stood around in the White|| sat with Mrs Cordell Hull, wife of House in desultory, unhappy conver=- lthe man who served President Roosesation. The family went into secluvelt as secretary of state through sion. \nearly three terms, “Roosevelt; Weather” | Among those in the room were the Overhead, clouds started to gather. former President’s personal secrétary, Hazy in the early hours, the ‘day Grace Tully, and Mrs Roosévelt’s twa had turned to brilliant sunshi and secretaries, Miss Malvina Thompson summertime warmth for the procesand Mrs James Meredith Helm, sion. It was what they used to call Members of the household staff of “Roosevelt - weather.” In his camthe White House, many of whom had paigning days the former President served the Roosevelt family for more chuckled many a time that he eould than 12 years, were seated in the depend on getting the best when he Green room adjacent to the East needed it, room, Through the business section, Some former. associates of Presi things were at a standstill for the dent Roosevelt and other national fige day. Stores were closed. Mourning ures were in the Blue room, including ribbon. was hung and many. windows James A, Farley, Roosevelt's came bore nothing but a large photograph jpaign manager in, 1932 and 1986 bee of the Jate President. fore the two split politiéally in 1940, The family didn't «want flowers, Labor Union Leaders Philip. Murray mourning bands and gun salutes, But \of the ClO and William’ Green of the station at 9.58 a. m. and the motoreyslé. police in the van arrived at ithe. White House grounds at 10.45. Soldiers. with fixed bayonets lined the’ way, six feet apart. One of them fainted and gashed his chin. | several ‘truckloads of blossoms arThousands across Pennsylvania rived at the White House during the avenue from the grounds jammed morning, many of them tributes from Lafayette ~park but they were so foreign governments. silent that the rustling of squirrels The earl of Athlone, governorand the chirping of birds near the stately -white-columned mansion could” be heard distinctly. and that we should go forward into the future as those who go forward, without fear, without fear of ‘the future, without fear of our allies and friends, and without fear of our own insufficiencies.” A vested choir led in a hymn that reflected Mir Roosevelt's love of the sea; “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.” Another hymn was ‘Faith of | ‘our Fathers.” ts Beneral of Canada, flew in to repre- gate of the grounds at 11.14. Then | sent his government. He visited -the President only two weeks ago. Britain the “automobile bearing President sent Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, Truman swung out of line and around to the executive offices. Mr Prime Minister Churchill wanted to Truman strode through the side come but was too busy. entrance, grave and preoccupied as Some. of the President’s. oldest though harking back’ to Mr Roosepolitical associates arrived during the velt’s final, undelivered speech in day, including former Democratie whieh he left this heritage for AmerNational Chairmen James A. Farley ‘icans:— and Edward J, Flynn, and Mayor To work for a peace not only to Edward Kelly of Chicago. Comidr end’ war but to. end the “beginHarold E. Stassen, former Republican nings of all wars—yes, an end to this governor of Minnesota, Who was brutal, inhuman and thoroughly imappointed by Mr Roosevelt to the practical method of settling differgroup representing this ‘country at ences between governments.” the united nations conference in San The caisson ‘halted before the main Francisco, also got here, Those were entrance and eight noncommissioned just names from the register of one officers under Master Seret James hotel. Bowder removed the flag-draped cofMeanwhile, for the first time since fin and bore it indoors. Pearl Harbor, the Capitol was almost Immediately following were Mrs ‘completely . deserted: The ». House, Eleanor Roosevelt, their son, Brig? meeting in extraordinary session, Gen Elliott Roosevelt -who flew in adopted a resolution of. sorrow and from London, and daughter, Anna adjourned promptly, The building Boettiger, Behind. were Col John then was closed to the’ public until Boettiger and the wives of the four after Monday’s joint session to be adRoosevelt sons, dressed by President Truman. Fala, .the President's Scottie, AFL also were there, At the close of: the- brief services, Mrs Roosevelt once more led the fame ily. They retired to private quarters upstairs, memories of a beloved hus- band and panions. father their only come �ren tnw ne i .by the other dignitaries return to Washington on present, to the special) train. i | ‘ ' s on ONE EN Mrs. Roosevelt and other members| of ‘the family walked out slowly, and went to the manor house, | Several onlookers reached earth-| ward to pick up a few souvenirs, in-| cluding some empty shells aeopced from the saluting cadet rifles. Members of the cabinet, Supreme | Court and Senate and House then filed through the tall hemlock hedge opening. each taking a final glance| at the flower-banked graveside, | jJames Roosevelt, Flying | es } | i From Manila, 90 Minutes | Too Late for Burial Rites | S . NEW YORK. j James eldest. sgn } arrived | | | April Roosevelt.of of at | | | } (AP)—Col. the Marine Franklin D. floyd-Bennett after a flight from j}an hour and a half | the burial of his ' 15 . Manila, too late father ] Park. Corps, Roosevelt, Fieid today| but was| to attend] at Hyde} \ He went directly from the airport| to. .Pennsylvania Station, -¢ ying | | there in time to meet the presidential} jtrain aboard which his wife, mother | | and President and Mrs. Truman were | }retuming~ to Washington. i | Col. Roosevelt said weather condi-| | tions, especially head winds, delayed} { his 10,006-mile flight from the Philip- pines. Mrs Roosevelt Leads Family In n P Prayers at White; House Rites . }On an Army casket } '||to '| caisson bearing a stop ATAT BODY BODY ROOSEVELT’S SEVELT’S the drawn by hedy of the before the | §2D It t ooseVve white horses, where room ‘ last n | | * ily Ol Conducted Estate at | the ro | soil. | Under. breve a Sere cloudless, his spring at F the late chief jgroups eo [on “taps,” : echoing } “Se little the P2Pers — ee recognized and of] him in the Hast sad-facea|The employes . neighbors from its sweet few qe Se peees. 6! ies . Swi Neer sad rear, with dim. There Oe ee ouanee oe burnon ier Tteeters. ¢ Rue who} anding Be nae re ae Ser ; his |lieved successor would | swift victory {of peace and e lead the at arms, plenty. paths most and he surely to a as roadway, God to wheels ‘ the|_ ago and of Supreme eat the a west. The Facing. family the its eee Court, ee Col. Johr other £n} - lven. slowly ae ath, to ete the Nation’s A come A lone | drowned along unto body Chere to me,” merey at'solemn-i to} ‘A world| -few moments boomed : melody of a bugle within the garden. A and another | overhead, The beat linine the the ander Fra was a ‘dead the The There eivath Shes = . Rev. the muffled drums |) thony distant hee series ara aeakad in upon us.” pastor repeated Prayer, a funeral PaaS ‘ dirge. Sent | slow | 4 The pee ewer were no of her fleur hus-|her de lys, only the Her. black black family and Roogevelts, thin and Roosevelt daughter the mother. services|ices Anna of the|hospital in was the head-to-toe eldest sat nearest dress, black the were veil had returned from the which her five-year-old son, Johnny Boettiger, is seriously ill. to Elliott Returns In Time only! Next black|Ljeut-Col to Anna state to t t t ‘sat John S Will Leaves E arom Anthony Anna Eleanor intomectrom Ret pete Teas Ba fee in to dust.” the husband, On his : Most . Family F her Boettiger. : iviembers’ M j } die 6 Roosevelt,jat trust. fund’ hisadtesiduacy aaa 3 a 2 is to be paid or their heirs. e aie 5 the words The will, in |gate’s Hllerton a ea the fs services diea Se i Rey. poem in’ 18 eulogy, jattempt 1870: actos wer brief in Dutchess Poughkeepsie, et satation: Sruecne Hiliott, and’ Truman ir Hyde Soa left by|the the|oy for the death fe ily eas: leav D. Housesat Roosevelt Hyde asked President: 4 WAY eee ae Bi ee library Park. that his: “+4 j the: Me an will added construed’ that as a this! res-} Surro-| upon of Y., was{"'to as yet the Mrs. late of $1,089,872 and main house Hudson and live : such asked articles’ to|th¢ use of the property Island, , Del- New terms his of heirs per- St. dames her provision at Campobello, Brunswick, Canada, cash President’s|to Hyde|A ment conveyed|ment estate there however. only and upon: conditions. bequests Church--Hyde were Pare made that el the his right five to children select each grounds| A. to the|tial eon an ne pao reir during one-fifth : | tne Mr. Roose-|Georgia Warm Springs Foundation of her net{/and personal employes and servants, adjacent Valley select Far-|sonal pronerty’ as they “may be Ry andja position to use personally in their ‘“Nolown homes.” Mrs. Roosevelt was given} assets| Sarah N. Y., property. Roosevelt last year the Roosevelt. N. their tate son. in the will directing pay- of a stated income to and payfor the care of Miss Marguerite, LeHand, for many years confiden-! secretary to Mr. Roosevelt, colon = her eeu ay xecutors and trustees are the late Marine Col. lapsed} ee seh of. p eS. President $s eldest | James toosevelt ; | The will, executed Noy. 12, 1941,) Basil O'Connor, his former law pat =| shortly after his mether’s death, pro-|ner, long-time personal friend. pr se vides that Mrs. Roosevelt have the|dent of the National Foundation for! right to select any personal property|Infantile Paralysis and chairman of! she desires. Mr. Roosevelt ;directed/the American Red Cross, and Henry} vil. followea = made the ne children could Ae lifetimes. Gene the been valuation mederal Soe ae Sion that Mrs. Roosevelt, , 2 was Mently. Was the family “Danik has estate,” Roosevelt: Park, Mr, They over by 10.45 “The fine Tae y eed clutched a 5 gz Roosevelt Franklin main late equally to his|for the Government ‘so that the gen-! The other half} eral character of the house be not |mother, on Sept. 7. 1941, velt received -nine-tenths the battle-| oy sect cite sete eae any Upon lene Mr.’An-| “Now ger; Now ae the onlyjestate written re-| the the The into separate trusts,|altered.’ The trustees for the ben-/should not be filed Court, of|place l of tolor estate: {efit of the children and grandchildren. | triction on members of the family. Mr.| crowd. | who Elliott's lips moved lof words recited President y widow, the me |be Eulogy bs eee beni continued: through the wooded|/were 4, dis-|) In the Spee Hudson, Mrs. gradually drawing nearer, a Be ; her Of SOLOS hall ‘ Mr. dead *2x0.°f God: . Near its conclusion, came to those flight of bombers Mlases Roosevelt on Roosevelt vathen (nla Uh: * BeiSe stirring are No hem-|{| ceteaa oR later, of Galatia of body minutes of East room Almighty God “we commit |is to be divided to the ground: earth to|to bé held by the °s: | the Lord’s the j with him. erate be-'at attention. the Lord,” the rector intoned. Imade public here by John. ©. “Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, ber. of the law firm of O'Connor havé mercy upon us, Lord, have | Farber. who said in a statement: fosndaex salute was| ee D, plane circling above Almost [lations. his words as he d ared ; children “Blessed nation co gun of a presidential the earth, ashes to ashes, dust their}! 10 10 a. m. aewhen a it,| ae Unione honor only =| theEeIHiott husband, | her the living that wine /that | his for for the “Aq ; oo a sec-|gzarb. It was his wedding present |to her—a small gold brooch shaped as from a batter in the library The services followed the ordinary grounds to the east of the quarter | wpiscopal burial rites for the dead. : 14—(AP)— calot was/ornament the Last was oettiger. reserved than oh life accompanied exactly exactly April Ha Sone ia ine te oes |. NEW YORK, April 16 (AP)—The|maining personal property. Any not) dent and Mrs. Truman fore av ae late President Franklin D. Rooseyelt|chosen by them will be offered as aj conspicuous role in a moment ij his in his will filed today bequeathed to|gift to the Goyernment for display vepre= members and ee reposed fol-iFranklin grave inenind them were the daushters-| pre-j/ hand of [t it was was eee her to Next eh otige® ME aes Sere hills Which sweep up to the cone was placed on ee c Washington, jband. of. ' the---President’s Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, jjond son, on the left, been brought here Washington, where was held yesterday public tance, jband played | \. { national the ground y-|Which lowed him, room of the White House. |! ton jeadence rolled above the jhills : | } at toward ‘ i Liberty one stiffly alert ee | x Fam. 63 years E Franklin D. Roosevelt had left his! An honor guard ltask unfinished, but he had blazed|jock hedge around for the black velvet skull-cap and took his|White House. Position at the head of the grave,) One symbol of her long devotion the artes : as ing the black and white surplice and|posed during 23 eats of the clergy. He removed ajin the historic late commande -in-chiet. or : ~~ Benind ine aay ee Negro cavalea Soro ed: 8 pine oe } eorepes hush.!| | cen ee re bs the Gout: of noisily : Son Attend Services — Mrs Woodrow ‘ Wilson One of Small Crowd the notes of Se even dn sorrow, - Hleanor }crest. Thee.” were|Roosevelt today led her family to] Anna, softly. Through a pray at the foot of the coffin in|child of one corner, the elderly, played state his houses of eros which gifts ouse, in notes President a anc officials e wasPS > elow _the RSS eae) estate. marines. to the stood head. head. i still wooded and and, caisson |=t2%e! of the Nearer, My Removed from a special train hepee sthe Shun Ioe mins Hudson, Just American flag over the it and handed it to Mrs. steps Truman flowered lowered the sailors had held an eoffin. folded Roosevelt. A but through cabinet, centatives of Point fired a volley of three salutes. A bugler played Soldiers. of and where library he waswhich born wag) dignitaries people—the the tne geraee, Mele the ME familyRome Aeé » eae, Nelce te het= ndwith} lies between home its pall oe oe eray-clad cadets from | United States Military academy the a plain the place at West farewell . and of the ome we Home | flower garden of his family estate. The body had | Cadets Fire Volley overnight from | Watching with strained fates were|4 State funeral |;government members of the family, in }C£ 10.30, bearded - rector . rests thes executive. rolls at sounded One Episcopal Church at Hyde Park Declining to cover her face with|same costume she had joyously worn walked across the newly clipped grass{the heavy widow's veil draped to herjto witness. her father’s fourth intoward the grave, shoulders, Mrs Roosevelt remained|auguration. Rev, George W. Anthony was wear-jclear-eyed, her face solemnly comOnly a few minutes before the serv- Park Lowered snhemnty: Sete a aecutive, sts] eminent. leaders | hoe 7 held Garden Between ative sky. were at Hyde gh, ‘eltfromenwas tn committed varie, “Wrammen pa. today 6 Roosevelt, . HYDE PARK, N-Y. April #5. (AP) Prasident: THanian. Teka ce ith 1A D. Promptly drapped | anthem ace. ative Are rites flag ‘Tie Burial Service __ D. Way e , iLast Rites the Franklin O | t i ProtoC.—|| Aeme eee SE—WASHINGTON, President House East 5 R HOL seven late White | ay | WHITE WHITE Daughter, shall of the have|T. re-| Hackett, Poughkeepsie a personal attorney. friend and a �APRIL 15, 1945| ; ‘ROOSEVELT IS BURIED—HYDE PARK, Aeme Photo N, Y.—Service men who served| | as pallbearers lift the flag from the casket as the body of President | Roosevelt is laid to rest in the garden of his Hyde Park estate. Facing the grave behind the pallbearers is Mrs. Roosevelt, flanked by her son, }’ Brig. Gen. Elliott Reosevelt (left); her daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger; and her son-in-law, Col. John Boettiger. Behind them are Mrs. Reosevelt’s four daughters-in-law. In the background Point | are 600 West Military Academy cadets. who. participated in the ceremonies. | Woman Artist Describes Scene When Roosevelt Was Stricken NEW. YORK. April: £5. (AP)—The and that, particularly making notee of the color and light on his face. “Then he raised his left hand to his left temple, then to his foreheadé Springs, Ga.. painted for the Nation and his hand went back to the arm to a word-picture of the late of the chair. ‘Yhen slowly he lay President’s last living moments. back, reclined in the chair, slipped At’ her Locust Valley, Long Island, slightly to the left, with his head home to which she returned by automore to the left. mobile, Mme. Elizabeth Schoumatoff, “Then the two cousins rushed to a tall, dark-he 1, brown-eved womhim just as the butler was coming an, told newsmen that Mr. Roosevelt into the room.” was seated at the fireplace in the} One of the cousins, she said, told little White House. In the room with her to ask-a Secret Service man ta him also w two cousins and his call a doctor immediately, secretary, William D, Hassett. “Tt went out and did that,” she “The President was busily signing continued, “Lf told him to get inpapers,’ Mine. Schoumatoff reealled. stantly a doctor because the President “There were papers rcked on the was not feeling well.” card table. The chai were covered Mme, Schoumatoff said she did not with papers as was arge sideboard. again return to the room, About 14 Then Mr. Has said: ‘Don’t mind minutes later a doctor arrived, she me, I’m just d ng my laundry. At related, and then someone telephoned that the President burst into laughMrs, Roosevelt. ter.” “Then I returned to my cottage. Hassett, she said, referred to the| One of the cousins came in a few fact that the papers were spread minutes and asked me to leave as around the room to allow the Presithey would need the cottage.” dent’s signature to dry. She said she called Nicholas Rob“Tl had brought my easel with me bins, a New York photographer who Mme. Schoufor a life-s ze portrait,’ had accompanied her to Warm matoff continued. “Il was getting set Springs. “He was at an inn at Warm to start painting when T noticed the Springs,” she said. “In an hour we President had worn his red Harvard were off the property. I didn’t know necktie. Tt was just right. He never how seriously ill the President was looked better than when he greeted and didn’t know he was dead until I me. He had on a dark gray suit | reached Macon, Ga. and the Harvard necktie was a perMme. Schoumatoff recalled that the fect blend with his blue navy eape.” President “looked vemarkably well” Mine. Schoumatof€ said one of the shortivy before he collapsed. cous who had stepped out of the Russiansketching he was woman artist who was Franklin D. Roosevelt when stricken fatally at Warm | | room then returned. Some Cconversa-~} “Phe chair he was seated&@ in was jion regarding the pose followed and! not a Wheel chair, but a chair with leather arms and back—a rather high then she began ‘painting. his head fell back “The time was 12.30 p.m. When it |back so that when in a faint it rested on the back of was getting near 1 o'clock the butler the chair,’ she said. “It was a beaucame jin and started to set the table tiful day. The sun was. coming in for luncheon, - Mr. Hassett had taken, rather warm, It was a cheerful all his papers away. The President room.” looked up from the papers he had She said she would work two more been working so hard over and said! days .to complete the unfinished port. towine? the hope that it “Weve got just about. 15 more} rait &’and expressed minutes to work, | would “With that he went back to work | library on the papers He became so en 2g ed that he slipped slightly out; of pose. His head went down a little} but | didn’t ask him to look up, He) Was extremely absorbed, Fifteen| minutes had pe phe o “I couldn't paint his face while he} was out of pose so I was doing this -be at hung Hyde in Park, Mr. Roosevelt's �au Bid Farewell to WASHINGTON, April 20° (APY — ‘Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and her faimily bade goodby to the White House She did not” stately White House which k at t had bee her home for so any years. lights gleamed within, and silence No en- today after 12 years residence. guifed the scene where before there The former. first lady motored to had been great activity. Union Station, where she took the] ' President Truman | Truman, Mrs. 6 p.'m. train for New York. Accom- Suna their daughter, Mary Margaret, panying her in two black limousines are not expected to move into the were Lt. Col, James Roosevelt and executive mansion. for several days his wife, Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt because there will have to be some ‘and his wife, Anna Roosevelt Boet- redecorating of the tamily apart-| tiger, Mrs. John Rooseyelt and Miss ments on the second floor. “Melvina Thompson, secretary to the ; This morning 20 army trucks loadlate President's widow. ed with personal belongings of the} late “A station wagon filled with’ lug- gage followed the procession. Mrs. Roosevelt expected to spend the night nd Saturday night in New York Petit proceeding to Hyde Park, Just a few minutes before youp left aruch, a the White House. family friend and | the Bernard long an adviser*io President Roosevelt, drove up in a taxi to bid the family farewell. His stay was brief. Mrs. Roosevelt and her children shook hands with Howell Crim, head ‘usher, “waved Press and, assisting ushers goodby to members of and White House police. - and the Roosevelt gates. filled velt A family Boettiger Boettiger. The Shoreham Hotel take rolled out stationwagon with clothing and of her left, half husband, Col, Boettigers up ‘temporary here. of the} also Anna Roose-} planned to residence Mrs. at the Boettiger was delayed with her packing because .of the serious illness of her young son. Johnny, a patient at Walter Reed The mously Hospital. Senate passed a, bill granting the customary for life. this afternoon and. sent to the unaniHouse the President's widow free mailing ver tee cee �THIS IS THE ELEGANT PORCH OF THE HERMITAGE. WHICH HOMESPUN ANDREW JACKSON BUILT FOR HIMSELF NEAR NASHVILLE How America Lived SIX OLD HOUSES GIVE A REALISTIC RECORD OF THE PAST he story of how a people lived is most realistically recorded by the houses slavery brought leisure to the South, rich planters began to build fine houses lowing pages is a story of how America lived, as told by the rooms and furnish- Wealthy merchants and traders in New York, Boston, Philadelphia moved they built and the furniture and utensils they used. On these and the fol- which reached their peak in the pillared mansions of the ante-bellum period. ings of six American houses covering a period of two centuries: 1) the Whip- —_ into spacious Georgian houses. They furnished their parlors with the best ple House built in Ipswich, Mass. in 1638 and occupied for nearly 200 years — contemporary pieces—graceful Hepplewhite armchairs which cost the equivalent of $12 each (today worth about $250), Chippendale tables costby the Whipple family; 2) the Harlow House built in Plymouth, Mass. in ing $15 (today about $250), Chippendale highboys costing $45 (today 1677; 3) Mount Pleasant, a Georgian mansion built in Philadelphia in 1761; worth about $2,500) and fine French and Turkish carpets. But up to 1800, last the by in lived and 1830 in 4) the Tredwell House built in New York City Tredwell daughter until 1933; 5) The Hermitage in Tennessee, built in 1819 by Andrew Jackson; 6) the Campbell House built in St. Louis in 1851 and occupied by a Campbell descendant up to 1938. In early colonial times even the most prosper- cus people lived in small frame houses with one 4 . although some cast-iron stoves were in use, the hearth fire still provided the only heat in the parlor and the only cooking fire in the kitchen. The fire was lit with a tinderbox until 1834 wheri_the first friction match was made. By the middle of the 19th Century a new aris- big all-purpose room and a few small bedrooms. tocracy founded on banking, railroading and land and mattresses of feathers or straw. The one big piece of furniture was the chest, which served as storage place, seat, low table and trunk. When gas chandeliers, but bathrooms were still a novelty. In 1851 the first White House bathtub was installed, inaugurating era of modern plumbing. They slept on beds strung with leather thongs speculating was living in elegant houses with �MAIN HALL IN THE HERMITAGE, Andrew Jackson’s home near Nashville, ends, kept the house cool in summer. It was a pleasant, impressive place to greet guests. Tenn., is spacious and graceful in keeping with the leisurely social life of the South- | The circular carpeted stairway was broad enough for the widest crinolines. With servants ern gentleman in ante-bellum days. The wide, high-ceilinged hall, with doors at both plentiful, it was no problem to keep the poplar floor and mahogany stair rail polished. �“JULY = 12, Sees 1945 = Over 5000 Troops SAID MISSING Dock in New York| CAMP Lost in Pacific; Chmielewski, , Argiro Wounded An Army captain was missing in action and two - were listed as wounded in reported Marines SHANKS, (AP) — More than today from transports, Europe The largest N. 5000 Y., July 12 troops arrivdéd aboard seven contingent Army included| 3000 officers and men of the Fourth| (Ivy) Division, who received the unit a war «as- citation tonight at ceremonies in the' Camp Shanks amphitheater. The citation was for “outstanding performance of duty against the enemy” in the Hurtgen Forest and Sauer River areas, The men arrived ‘on the Sea Bass. Other transports arriving were the A. P. Hill with 359 troops; Jonathan. Grout, 361; George W. Campbell, 876; Thomas Cresap, 408: William ae 361, ore Henry Middleton, OOle FOUR SERVICEMEN REPORTED WOUNDED Four servicemen from this area are amonsz those named in the latest Army and Navy casualty lists. In all cases the casualties occurred many weeks before the listings. and the families have been kept informed of any fur- ther . H. KE. COLLINS, JR. ualty report issued by the War and] Navy Departments yesterday. Capt. Harris E, Collins, Jr., son of| Harris E. Collins of 146 Mill Street, was listed as missing in action in the | Pacifie area. He entered the Army in \May, 1941, and was commissioneda second lieutenant Dec. 16. 1941. Fe erved for two years as a bombardier | ~ at one of the West Indies airbases guarding the vital approaches to the Caribbean Sea. He was awarded the) Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorius achie vhil ing antisubmarine patrol while as-| signed to the Antilles Air Command. He attended Classical High School| WORTHINGTON, . Cole, in jmany vears locz! 88, for this of the 2— Horace years postmas- who held * over a period of| 40 years was the telephone company. juntil the dial system was installed) ‘here about three years ago, died at his. home here last night. _ A native of Batavia, N. Y.. he came} to this community with his parenis| when he was a baby and resided here | fer several years before going to) Pittsfield where he was: associated) with his father in operating a store; named the Boston Branch. He re-| t| ‘turned to Worthington when he was } 24 years old and operated the local grocery store and post office for a number of years. He held many town offices, including that of selectman and town clerk and was a notary publie for nearly half a century, a commission he held up until his death. He was a member of the Huntington | odge of Masons. } Besides his wife, Anna. he. leaves. -two daughters, Miss Olive of Pilts“field and Mrs. George E. Torrey, Jr. at home: two sons, Leland P. of| Scotia. N. Y., and Waldo C. of South} Deertield. i Tne funeral will be held at the |First Congregational Church Tues- | jday afternoon at 2 with Rev. Harlan | ST. Creelman officiating. Burial will } be in North Cemetery and there will) be a Masonic ritual at the grave, ; 1946 ee | Worthington Cole Rites WORTHINGTON, Held Sept. 5— The NORTHAMPTON, Sept. 2 — Miss} Main | 39 of Packard Marie /Thelma Street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | George A, Packard of 61 Tower Street,| Con-| in First | Pittsfield. was married Worthington | in Chureh ler egational | this afternoon to Joseph Henry Eimiel- | Hipolit | Mrs, and Mr. of son | ewski, } Hmielewski sof 268 Pleasant Street, ithis city, The service was performed| i Rev. Carl Sangree of Cummingoe by played was musie and ‘ton. and Mrs. Re organist, i Arthur Tower, | Hathaway, soprano. iG. funeral of Horace S. Cole was held Tuesday at the Congregational Church with Masonic service con-|ducted at the grave. Rev. Harlan I. Creelman officiated. The bearers were | W4lls Magargal, Eben lL, Shaw, John Ames, Harry Bates, Merwin F, Packard and Lester C, LeDuc. Dr. and Mrs. William Lyman of} Dowajiac, Mich., former residents of) this town, are visiting Mrs, Horace! S. Cole and family. | Miss Beverly Fairman returned to, Springfield to resume her studies in| | Northampton. Ushers were Ralph and} | Bernard Levy. Thelma Tibbets of Au- | gusta, Me., was maid of honor, and, bridesmaids were Elinor, Mddy of Springfield and Margaret Deinlein of Hatfield. A reception followed at the}. Worthington Town Hall for members | of the immediate families and guests. | | The bride wore a period gown of| | marquisette with a finger tip veil and} Miss Florence Chapin has returned) to Boston after a vacation at Clover-| ley cottage. F Best Official community. town offices and who for agent Postmas-. Sept. many RETURNING SOLDIERS jamming the decks of the giant transport Queen aeerY get enthusiastic welcome from Red Cross workers filling the pier at New York. John Himielewski_ HORACES.COLE TAKEN BY DEATH ter and Town Pfe. Dean -Putnam Culver, Marine -Cerps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. ,Culver of 221 South Street, Northjampton, wounded. Corp. Walter Karwoski, Jr., Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Karwoski, §Sr., of 45 Elm Street, Hol‘yoke, wounded, Pfe. George Donald Moltenbrey, Marine Corps, usband of Mrs. Eleanore M. Moltenbrey of Pine Street, Huntington, wounded. Miss Packard Weds. SITS Worthington ; area. Ee and Guiver Military Academy and received his Bachelor of Science degree} from Syracuse University. He was employed by the Pratt & Whitney Corpo‘ation prior to military service. | Long developments. Men from this area listed include: Pfc. Herbert A. Seaman, son of! iMrs, Selina Seaman of 51 Forest Avenue, Greenfield, wounded in the Pacific la bustle man was tnain, Richard After a. Garvey wedding of) irip| the couple will live on Crescent Street,| this city, They will be at home after | Sept. 10. Mrs. Hmielewski attended grammar /Schools in Springfield and Worthing-} |ton and graduated from Williamsburg| High School in 1942. She is emiployeds at the Norwood Engineering Company, ) Mr. Hmielewski was graduated from | Northampton High School in 1943 and{ ‘is employed as a reporter at the Daily | Hampshire Gazette. i Worthington a196 — April 16— school, | Miss Jeannette Otto of visiting her sister, Mrs. Hewitt. 494 =~ Worthington Buffalo A. C. is O. ae WORTHING NGTON, Se pt. 6 — Th Friendship Guild will conduc t its pt nual! picnie Saturday at the home of the president, Mrs. Harriet Osgood. Set. Harold EK. Brown left today after a 30-day furlough for Ft. Deyens, and from there he w ent | to ate Cook, Cal, an ee ars gt. H. Franklin Bartlet t has als 2 left atien a 30-day furlough and wil! ye sent to an air field at Kats, “Rev/ Harold R. Coleman of Mexico, Me, | will supply the pulpit of First Congregational Church at the 11 a, ie service Sunday. Rev, Mr. Coleman comes as a candidate. )REV. ARTHUR CHILDS TO ENTER SERVICE: WORTHINGTON. high At Sunday morning’s service of the First } Congregational Church,, Rev. Arthur Childs, the pastor, announced that he had handed his resignation to the clerk of the church to. take effect|july 31. .po= | �ees iy , Worthington CONSTANCE | JUNE 24 WORTHINGTON, June 14—Mr. Mrs. Homer Granger announce and the approaching marriage of their daughter, Constance Winifred, to Gurdon E. Arnold, son of Mr, and Mrs. Gurdon Arnold p. of m. Cherch. Windsor in the on June South Fev, 24 at Worthington Arthur Childs | 4 will officiate. Miss Granger has chosen her sister, Phyllis, as her bridesmaid jjand her brother, Walter Granger, will ibe best een Miss showers, GGranger one has in been feted Chesterfield at two and one dienes ds. ‘|}at her home, given by Barbara Nash and Alice Atherton of Williamsburg. A feature of the evening was a mock wedding with Beverly Cole as minis- ter, Priscilla Sarafin as the bride Barbara Nash the bridegroom. Dr. Mary P. Snook received and a letter today from William G. Rice, Jr., of Washington, D. C., former resident, saying that his son, Peter, was killed in action in the Philippines on May 18. The grammar school will conduct graduation exercises Friday night at 8 at Town Hall, with Rev. Jchn P. Webster, Jr., of Williamsburg as the speaker. The Williamsburg High School orchestra will furnish selec- tions. The graduates are Shirley Pomeroy. John Eddy, Richard Pease re tee and Stanley Mason, Jr. Diplomas will be presented hy Supt. lL. A, Merritt and Mrs. Laura B. Deane will award prizes. sedi vibe neice School closed at 2 p. m. today to allow the teachers to attend the party in Chesterfield to observe the 25 years of service of Supt. gift of money was teachers of the L. A. Merritt. A presented by the: union, ‘Sunken Portland /7# WORTHINGTON, June 7—The following officers and committees were elected at the annual meeting of the] First Congregational Church last! night: moderator, Arthur Codding; deacon for three years, C. Kenneth Osgood; trustees for three years, Arthur G. Capen and Mrs. Ernest G. Thayer; for one year, C. Kenneth Osgood; clerk, Arthur G, Capen; church treasurer, Mrs. Herbert G, Porter; benevolent treasurer, Mrs. Eben lL. Shaw; auditor, Mrs. Harry Mollinson; Sunday school superintendent, Mrs. Ernest G. Thayer; nominating committee, Mrs. George H. Bartlett, Mrs. Daniel R. Porter and Mrs, Ralph Smith; missionary committee, Miss Elsie V. Bartlett, Mrs. Harry L, Bates and Mrs. Daniel R. Porter; church committee, Mrs. Harry Bates and Mrs, Clifford Tinker; music, Mrs. Cc. Raymond Magargal, Mrs. Richard Hathaway and Mrs. George E, Torrey, Jr.; flower, Emerson J. Davis, Josephine Hewitt and Mrs, Clifford Tinker; resolution, Mrs. Herbert G. Porter, Mrs. Harry Bates, Miss Elsie V. Bartlett; soliictors, Mrs. C. K. Osgood, chairman, Mrs. Richard Hathaway, Mrs, Clifford Tinker, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. Lawrence Mason, Mrs. Arthur Codding, Mrs. Malcolm Fairman and Arthur G, Capen. The church voted to authorize the trustees to comply with State building inspector's changes in the building and plans have been drawn and approved to meet the requirements. The resignation of the minister, Rev. Arthur Childs. was accepted to take efifeet July 31, but he will be released }sooner if the Army calls him, The trustees and deacons were appointed Las a committee to supply the pulpit. Resolutions were read on the death of Donald Mollison and Miss N, 8. Heacock, Children’s Day exercises will be pre-| sented June 10 at 11a.) mas ss Believed Found label of the Portland Packet -Co., operators of the ill-fated| steamer Portland, which sank in 1898 with a loss of 176 lives, Edward Rowe Snow, New England coastal) historian, said tonight. The diver. also reported, Snow added, that he saw bodies and what he thought was the Portland bell on the sunken craft. He also brought up a piece of timber, Ws Worthington eet WORTHINGTON, June 11—'The Home and Community Service Committee will have charge of the pro-; gram at the Grange meeting June 12,| Miss Josephine Hewitt will open her! home Tt ing lent Wednesday meeting of for an the. all-day Women’s Society, sow-t Benevo. erecta enema On Sunday Mr. and Mrs: G. BF, Bartlett, the Misses Elsie and Marion), Bartlett and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. MaRargal attended the class day and! graduation of Charles M. Bartlett at North Adams State Teachers College,| Mr, Bartlett has accepted a teaching! - position at Eaglebrook School in) Deerfield, | At the Children's Day exercises at the First Congregational Church Sun-! day Bibles were presented to Nettie May Pease and Marion Louise Dodge}. who have become 12 years old, and Grant Knapp, son of Mr. and Mrs.| Claude Knapp, and Linda Jean, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Orman Elmes,: Jr., were baptized. | et Worthington Meet Steam, in Germany WORTHINGTON, June 20—Set. Horace F,. Bartlett, who is in Nuremburg. Germany, has written to his family that on June 3 while he was on guard duty he saw his brother, Pfc. George H. Bartlett, walking out of the mess hall and was so surprised it took them an hour to revive him, Th: brothers had not met for one and one half years, George has hones of being reunited with his wife and} daughter within a month or. six weeks, fore aH, M7 a5 WORTHING Refreshments’ lawn in charge Torrey Guests unannounced was she roses. se | Merrick owned by by and Mr. | Mr. and | day laway i Mrs. | All A, house, Albert Mrs. of and Anthony Milton the now oceupied Martin Parish, and on Sun- afternoon. Joth families were when the fire was discovered by Rohert lane who sent for help, telephones three miles unteer stroyed Only to on the in a that section phone to call saved belonging that The was men was to on the who a the the Cummington Hit, Burns Down vol- haby Martin were car- CUMMINGTON, family, piazza, tame and hampered were which but understood from bert ilies it wet and put was only on 20 and cared no that the insurance con- tents, of-Mrs. in years. B. R. The brides marpink were ser of Mts Mrs, destination. at Mr. home and after Jones, who whose funeral will sugar owned died by Sunday be held Tues- was destroyed by struck by lightning fire this after after- Green. Tech, Sgt. Earl Eddy, who ds stationed at Jackson, Miss., and his brother, Charles Fddy, motor mae chinist's mate, of Middletown, R. 1., met this week end for the first time four Harl was tians for two years in the South Pacifie Mr. nounce their and Mrs. the daugher, in and over the Charles. a year. Homer Alenu- Gra approaching wedding Constance Worthingioe was Mrs. May an~ WORTHINGTON, of Winifred, to husband the Bartlett of Greenfield was district governor of the sd C. Lions Club, at a meeting} in the Sheraton Hotel, sterday. Hen- ry Sullivan, newly-elected president of} the Springfield cha yter. weleomed the delegates to ield in behalf of| the host club, 7 mn Foot, the pres-| jent district governor, presided. GovlLernors of other districts were guests. Larry ore New land rep| resentativ of the dons Club, co sent mem > 1200 | |Thursday night the Friendship Mrs. ‘Robert of Springfield for the Guild. Parsons are and visiting Mrs. CG. Kenneth Osgood. | Charles M. Bartlett left |Camp Red Fox, Bristol, {two months. ; Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Ocean Side, 2 Y., who chased the Chapin house, ing a week at the home Mrs. Harry Bates. of children Mr, Sunday N, H., one daughter, Rernice; | luoyval Ladies. | Cemetery. WORTHINGTON, Aug. 3na James Henry Larson of New York} will supply the pulpit of the First) Congregutional Church, | ‘be ai Highland 11 4 m. Club at will the meet Tues-| Chesterfield) Churebh with piano music by Mrs. William A. Packard of Plainfield, fol-) lowed by the business meeting. Ss | Carl Sangree of C ummington will read ithe Outlook paper and Miss Carol | Packard of Plainfield will give a song jrecital accompanied by ber moot her, | Mrs. William A, Packard. Lamch — Mrs. hostess meeting aud the funeral wilh be held Sunday| 2.30 at the Pirsi Congregational| Church. Rev. J. Herbert Owen, “aj |former pastor and now of Lenay, will | officiate. Burial will be in Nérth iday t July 2 will be bE $—- Mrs} at members. WORTHINGTON, Fayette Stevens Avg. two broibers, Frank Bates of West Springfield, and Harry Bates of Worthington. She was a member of | the First Congregational Church. a member of the Friendship Guild, a) anember and director of the Women’s Benevolent Society, a member of the] local and state Grange, chaplain of ihe local Grange, and a member of| Greenfield MM [an Heads Lions Unit Dave elected district, fs Kilbourn iMay (Bates) Kilbourn, €9 ‘wife of| ey ¢ ¢ ‘ | Charles Kilbourn, died this morning ! jat DickiosonHospital, Northampton, after a long illness.” She. leaves her | Gurdon Arnold of Windsor, to taka place at 4 p.m, June 24 at the South Worthington Church. Wororthington Was ceremony. 18—A. was Among survivors of Mrs. Lena Jones, not mentioned in the obituary Monday, is a son, Henry H. Snydér of Worthington. Mr. and Mrs. Jay CC. Gangel of Oceanside, N. Y., have bought the Chapin house at Worthington ~Four Corners June which noon. The building was located across the road from the Jones home. The structure was burned flat before arrival of firemen. fam- on house Lena day, |being the feet the fire but was saved. Mr. Alcarried insurance on the house was tool Mrs. by lack of water, which had to he ,drawn in barrels by a truck 1000 feet, Bran sacks warehouse aee fones ‘eat 145 were account. of thunder messenger had to go firemen, The house was half dewhen first discovered and the article and 18—Fire destroyed Smith BE. Mrs. leut of order showers and riage, June origin ibe 1 Arnold, son Arnold of Childs wh pink chiffin carried deep Arnold will be 1 in Windsoy sila | former ] : double-ring “l white WORTHINGTON, ‘undetermined exceeds Miss Phyllis Granger was bridesmaid for her sister and Walter Grang a brother,’ was best man, ‘The bride's dress was white net oy taffeta ‘ with taffeta top heart | line, and. three-f length She wore a fi or-tip veil ls gown tte and | ABR Constance W. ee Mr. and Mrs. Homer imarried S lay in the ington Chureh to Gurdon of Mr, and Mrs. Gurdon Windser, by Rev, Arthur the Fire Destroys | Albert House GRANGER WED 5 GUR aN performed Mrs. CUMMINGTON, June 17 — Mrs. Lena (Obrieter) Jones, 82, died today in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Sweet.» Mrs. Jones had been a resident of Cummington for 53 years. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Sweet, of Worthington, Mrs, Philip Porter of Goshen, Mrs, Hazel Burt of Springfield, and Mrs. George Packard of Pittsfield; 10° grandchildren; and two. great-grandchildren, The ftineral will be held Tuesday at 2 in the Worthington Congregational Chureh, with Rey, Cart M, Sangree officiating. aratteden the dist ine! in members over the past wear About 120 delegates were at the meeting was held fe Worthington CONSTANCE “Worthington aenenen LEYS. ORLEANS, June 7 (AP)—A diver has brought up from the ocean) -depths off Cape Cod a key bearing |the r =| ins Officers Named By First Church GRANGER TO BE WED Worthington and for for Gangel of have purare spendof Mr. and served at 12.45 by the of Rey. tadies’ So- | ciety in charge of Mrs. Charles Bisbee. At 2 p. mo. the afternoon session witl open wth music and the reading of a paper prepared by Judge Bilisha; Brews ster of Worthington and Spring-} \field: “Memories Jonathan} Huntington, first minisier in Worth-| ington, some of whose descendants \still live in Worthington, Cumming- ‘ton and Chesterfield.” — > | �TULY 46: (945 | Charge Assault By Youth Just Freed from Jail John E. Redding of Bank Row was held in $1,000 bai for the grand jury by Judge Abner S. McLaud this morning in district court on an assault to rob charge: Tall “blond, 20-year-old Redding,) released* only yesterday morning after a month in the house of correction for petty larceny pleaded not guilty to assault yesterday afternoon on Guy F. Bartlett, handy- a ee man at the Weldon hotel where Redding previously worked for a time. Bartlett was at the Franklin County public hospital today, with his faced battered and head injuries. Redding was seen by 12-year-old Clayton Peters about 20 minutes before the assault leaning against Bartlett's paint room wall in the rear of the hotel. Arriving back at :E the hotel at 2:40 p. m. after a trip |to Rugg Manufacturing company, the boy found Bartlett staggering and reeling with a serious cut above one eye. Eugene Peters answered his son’s call as Bartlett was staggering toward a. door. Bartlett told Peters then called Dr. E. C. Thorn fhim a tall blond fellow hit him. who took Bartlett to the hospital. Oscar J. Gibbs, another hotel employe, who said he found blood in the hallway out side the paint room. met Redding 4 p. m. Redding ing for ‘No, on Main street Shaking hands asked if anyone him. no “T think one,” the cops about with him, was look- are looking for me. I had a little difficulty at the hotel,” he was quoted as saying. Gibbs stated Redding’s right hand | was bandaged slightly blood and his stained, Bertram C. Blinn /View rooms on Bank \that Redding walked shirt was | of the Park | Row testified |\ into the rest-| laurant in the building and said he| wanted to change his shirt. Blinn| and his wife both said his right hand was broken open and bleeding. | Det. James J. Burns found Red-| ding in a drinking place on Federal! street and he and Officer John O’|Hara took him to the police station. While in the guard room, Redding attacked O’Hara, Burns said, and a fight ensued on the floor. He first denied having been at the |Weldon but later admitted to hit\ting Bartlett, according to police. | Shortly after coming here from | his home in Nantucket Redding |first appeared in Greenfield courts May 7 for drunkenness and , A JAGGED VD STREAK » of iM lightning crackles before the light the children neighborhood an.atomic bomb is are all so quiet back that in School you could Gig Ay eee te , ag Worthington Will Celebrate oo. o0th Anniversary. WORTHINGTON, April 11—Mr. and Mrs. Charles ©. Williams will observe their 50th wedding anniversary April Well, Ac the disintegrated. alter- cation with the police. He was given a month in~the house of correction June 26 for.a ration books theft from A. Philips Bill’s ear. Redding has police records in and around Boston since 1941 and served terms in state reformatory and a house of correction. The down roost-on the tip ‘ip of0 the dome of New , York’s Empipire State Building, 5 ildi | i above Manhattan’s streets, as the city is hit by a sudden Minas ae | This picture was s made le in the split plit second s as the lightning i i hit, 22. : _ They were married in . Brooklyn, N. Y., April 22, 1896, “and lived in Long Ridge, Conn., for 10 years where Mr. Williams was in the dairy business. In 1906, they bought ‘‘Sweet | Water Farm” in Cummington where |they have been actively engaged in ‘farming for 40 years. | Both Mr. and Mrs. Williams are |members of Worthington First Con| gregational Church and were members of Worthington Grange over 25 years, receiving the silver certificate again, hear drop. before : >on TR OBSERV E \ Te x | WORTHING TON, ON April‘ 28 — Without | and ter. Mire formal Charles shown ! ding observance, ©. Williams Mr, and of this Mrs.} field Monday, an; town,| Porter is above, marked their 50th wed-| Porter 24 at anniversary retiring from Grange work ‘and Mr. Williams is. a member of: 3 ' Bashan Hill Council Royal Arc: ANNITUD DC , Sree te ee ANNIVERSARY =| | “Pop,” as; he is known to every Bee , ffor ———— Willi meee eg aave one eg homie mee, is honoring her their 3 her home with relatives. a parents buffet daugh- ee ee Mas. April lunch �EE ST : | | { |Mrs. i — 2 daughter and the ' bride The father. her by ,;marriage her gown halo of embroidered was of medallions orange bodice The neckline. sweetheart = parents babies’-breath, _ Miss wore Gladys Hospital. Manufacturers Wide te (Times 4 a es ci the jafter at | held ;: i Soldier Home From S945 bridegroom Italy Deaths Two partment telegrams. him told wife His of starting in March this order we atk a ured; tured War; wounded: een had hadn’t while hile died : be had but while finally, and prisoner, a liberated, f had. Death of Miss Lena Smith Miss Lena Smith died yesterday afternoon after a brief illseamsness. She was a former : . years made Jrril she her home on Pleasant street. daughter of the late Joseph i Orril Drak 5 Ls tress and for many this Drake Smith, town Plymouth ~ ‘ with nearly and had since } | this town, Sheme ‘ ins, Mrs. McKinley her parents 50 years member leaves two Kimball avenue of from ago been a resident of Packard and Drake of Worthington. a to the cous- of Howard She was Providence Methodist church The funeral fromfrom the e V. nt Ee be held eld |will Wi Mitchell and Son funeral home on Union street on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, with Rev. Gor- don C. Capen, pastor of the Methj ; odist church, officiating. Burial will be in Worthington, ¥/6 # MAntH AT 1943 ers were with each on teal a wore side blue of the altar,| Her flow-} aecessories. black carried gladioli, Martha Hicks, the home. Mrs. Brown School High on Brown : rsuainae served he attended the at 82 months assigned to local overéeas Camp amp received of . March McLellan ae 6 — died a before Fannin, Fe three daughter weeks. 22, of 1849, She Nathan in Goring) Stevens. was S., their home in the Swan Mrs. Thurs- She had 11 years ents pid. : After silence ham Academy McLellan in 1934. eee she in 1874. married Mr. born on Worthington, Sybil and 2 made = Wi Witbras Frank a McLellan died She leaves one son, LeRoy Bek ee etn D0O Child, Men. Mice en was arenactive Branin McLellan aueg church Aid Sothe Ladies’ and the ciety. The funeral will be Sunday at Congregational ies the Village ee - Sangree otis “ne Danes Cee be- where discharge. y i ae cat the home of her nephew, illness an after Stevens, Ashley March and schools ummington Idella S. McLellan | No ‘thampt on. ae Mr. by the Sam is now emploved Brown are couple Co. The Hill Lumber R. making Mrs. | is a graduate of Tyler| Col Junior and Tyler Vocational recently munity. | CUMMINGTON, white} a sister of the in the employed been has lege. She office at Camp Cross Red American Mr. years. two past the for Fannin | i | crepe| wool at ing The and came ey ag the double improvised| ae Scott read before an prayerbook. . was candlelight the bride's Lindstaedter | Marie Miss and bride were bridesmaids. Corp. George Edgell! attended Davidson John T/s and ridegroom, A A receptio reception was | held as the bridegroom. held Creelman. I. Killed in action; hadn’t been killed in hadn’t died. action but was captured: been : ‘ ee Ofc “at a pilsniee been ‘captured Harlan Dr. Gat- Pvt. bride Miss gram for the annual meeting Aug, 18} The speakers | at 2.80 in the library. and} Brewster Elisha Judge will be teleerams arrived an that advised and * the 1944 H George and Tex., in a this town. at the home of placed The suit spending g pen of home Malcolm is Fairman Dorothy" the where C., |> The executive board cf the Worthington Historical Society’ met. last night at the library to plan the pro-| § (AP) June PHILADELPHIA, c. Thomas J, Gatley is home from the Italian front, reading War De- | S. ee were bride! recep- the after stationed. is The home. the at vacation a month’s Mrs. and Mr. parents, her: ae Fairman Details Gets ° Of His 7 Miss ° } left Charleston, for tion . DE ne are at } || bride’s News 29 — roses | cliff briar with banked altar, cane |} branched Seven greens. and holding burning white tapers, | delabra, was| reception’ a. ceremony the bridegroom jand n Sept. WORTHINGTON, gs | parents. Rev. P. C. ring ceremony Palmer, Harry bride, of the uncles Swartout William Swartout, Ernest Immediately Swartout, Leroy land u Hicks-Brow of Brown ceremony Ts & of Philadelphia, The ushers were} white gladioli. is John J. McEnroe USN, was best man. a Has Risen From Poverty bo of $100,000 a Year. Salary a aks World Photos.) : ae e Worthington Community, and the groom’s mother wore a floral gown with white hat and corsage of Corse h Company, of New Haven, Who by of of the wedding received jhas heen of Mr. daughter Hicks, Evelyn |Miss of Hopewell Hicks R, L. Mrs, and gladioli, white of corsage with hat t . 0 Sales: Manager / PHS yeas | | in blue} flowers, ribbons. blue and yellow with tied The mother of the bride wore a twopiece silk suit of blue with white puff R. GREEN BLANCHE A: MRS and ident P di ® ICA: th Beraye Vice Yonkers, of Brothers of: Delmar,| the flower girl, was dressed and carried a basket of yellow in- magic of feats and at-| 60 which Northampton. of Parssison Friday on} will be no school Fair. of Cummington aan | of yellow Kiebes Rae Donna gladioli. MER x AME IN WOMAN SALARIED ger Francis There account movies program the Hospital. | and about| supper the Grange cluded rain hard the of spite enjoyed 120 three-| and tiaras and carried bouquets HIGHEST General tended | L fv Dickinson} in in Dickinson Saturday In wore.a She sleeves. quarter length and} flowers ‘yellow of mimosa tiara carried a bouquet of blue delphiniums| The brides-| and yellow snap dragons. maids were Mrs. Walter Mollison, the} Elsie Miss and sister, bridegroom's to Albright, who wore gowns similar in wit of honor maid of the that blue flowered} They woye blue faille. HE T taille and Dureen| daughter Thursday are Albert Bernard 2 Franklyn Hitchcock and Mrs. Mr.parents of a son, Dale Clement, born honof, yellow neckline are z of bodice fitted a with sweetheart skirt, ’ maid Carr, of mimosa a gown designed Z been has and unit. Mrs. of born Theresa, a ene Deis ere: roses th, oftae white Muarter “Teme and} was bouquet and Mr. of three-| and blossoms attached was Hospital transwas He 12 months. overseas 45th of Infantry 180th to ferred He médics. line first of . | Division | was in the battles of Nuremburg and Munich. with with lace, Chantilly He General ge 3 The bride’s gown wee of a with designed marquisette, and fitted long waisted bodice of dutchéss | of} train long and skirt full satin, and sleeves Gibson marquisette, { | | in York on the Aquitania Friday reached home Sunday for 31 to the 165th days. ‘ : the! arrived Snook A, George Pfc. New and in given was hours. few a accompanied on “O Promise Me, organ by Mrs. Frederick Bosch Walkill. of j { resident| owned he 94S in, born Rice, local — 1a now belongs to, Miss} property which he Vheld at Vaughan I, Mereaent important offices in New York many state. Howard Beebe, seaman second class, who is stationed at Brooklyn, visited for Monday and Sunday his family Fier ‘‘Because Burger sang Floyd Col. he Sapk in buried was when years many for of Mr. G.-Rice, William former was& * feat Hor, attended 27 I. Creelman Tursday. | Albany, Miss ae Sept. 17 — Rev. and “whodied , 88, | Albany : friends. and families the of | presence f —____ Col. of funeral ,the } Harlan Mrs. }and was Swartout, Mrs. Wallace W. and Newell to Glendon 28 Pare: July }Mason, gunner’s mate first class, son Mason. Stanley Mrs. jof Mr, and Rev. Robert Clementz performed =) Sas ine a ee | the 1e in Coxsacki, Vest of {Church r + WORTHINGTON, Aug. Swartout, Mae Doris ae ' ee 6 WORTHINGTON, eee . ton Worthing | Seaman eds ie | - 4 W \ Te Swartout Miss ‘ % Worthinggton a Com- , �RE x G4& ° | Worthington | WORTHINGTON, Oct. 5—The hoys Jof the 4-H Club will collect papers | for salvage Oct. 13. { Lt, Kenneth Paul is spending a 20- day furlough from Quantico, Va., with his mother, Mrs, Honor Paul. | Rev. Henry G, Megathlin of Amherst will supply the pulpit of the | First _ Congregational Church this imonth, <A special meeting of the church members has been called for Monday night to see if the church Will vote to accept parsonage from lent Society. | | | the the sift Women’s eyes gle os oe of the Beneva« ‘ ae Worthington (99F WORTHINGTON, Dec. 31 — The oe Grange Christmas supper and party will be held tomorrow in| | Lyceum Hall, Schools will open Wednesday. Friendship Guild will meet Thursday night at The Spruces with Mrs. e V, Bartlett is invited. Hilsie Miss The publie as Corp. on Christmas Day and two months of in Guam. Richard Smith, son Smith, Byron C. Mrs. the holidays spending and |heen will parents, to return g , men of the a “teacher” after sery- of who with 7th few f I 19 Guinea, Ni w months the in Mr. Es es has his The Young with f Vv “i \ B el pe i ‘ 7 to in of Registrars Wednesday 10 p. m. Pfc, Ernest Korea, is lough at his DISTINGUISHED i | | | GUESTS left to right, Rep. at today’s Charles luncheon R. Clason, of David the Lions : Friday from y 2 will to Robinson, who has spending a 30-day home. Worthington night Tuesday BOSTON -TUESDAY, included, Society Packard Warren 0 FBOTheDe Board session People’s Grange at Lycium will Hall : JANUARY 4 be ne 1 a atiaan wr en erie this week neha will Bene Washington's The be closed. Birthday. Worthington Friday, basketball - team Cummington, 37 to 26, last }| defeated The box social that followed week. in tvealized and $37 for the ‘Women’s Benevo- "Yent Society. | | : 8, 1946 Club Bartlett, dis- trict governor, with Henry E. Sullivan, president of the local club, and Allen Brodeur, zone chairman. Rep. Clason, the guest speaker, reviewed his early summer trip to Europe when as a member of a Congressional first eled commission he visited many ruined German end. ee ‘spending 30 days with his par{ b Jeremiah Robin( ra ce and Mrs. for to Ft. Devens \ ents, hea panaret - hon metit at meet at 8. | Fab. 18--e. ~ WORTHINGTON, : Mrs. Leland P. Cole of Scotia, N. will been fur- al Worthington The} meet with his wife and daughter. | “ . | 21 — Jan. Society will 1V4%6 SIs E Pe nual business meeting and election of officers. has been Pfc. George H. Bartlett is at} from service and discharged ; home oo a! yontasay meet a 1946 Porter of Mrs, Herbert G. the anat 2p. m. for me a a and oe Tice Robinson was b beaten: at hi his game, WORTHINGTON, Women’s Benevolent ea raenae‘V. Re MissCe Bartlett has been Elsie spending a week with her sister, Miss Marion L, Bartlett, in Springfield’ and : Regi t, at definitely 184th | now is Worthington Britain, New seen), Infantry earlier, Division's but minutes own Devens Philippines Photo : Sai RichWednesday for his discharge, erd panels stars and was has foe overseas Army * as he is jumped in a game of checkers by his pretty Korean opponent, : . ilt Service Servi lub in in Seoul, Seoul, Korea, ’ for Club at a newly-built Playing Chung-Soo. hostesses. ; : eat Donald Mason, petty officer, second Class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard arand discharged been Mason, has rived home three years ice, mostly U. S. owes Z infantryman, 7th Division IN KOREA—This of Worthington, Mass., finds himself on a spot MAN WORTHINGTON Ernest W. Robinson, 19, Laura B, | Mrs. Wairman, |Malcolm Magargal and |Deane, Mrs. Raymond cities, saw hand some of the horrors of the Nazi Prison camps and traythorugh the entire ETO from England, through France and Germany to Italy, the Holy Land and North Africa. sportsw.—. HION SHOW FOR MALES—Spring styles in Larry ield; Greenf Davis, Merrill teodeled” by (left to right), ield, at the Greenf t, Bartlet David and field, Spring , Kirwan hers convention of the New England Clothiers and Furnis Association. \ �[ | LIS | Addresses Teaching Heads r 1946 . | Worthington WORTHINGTON, Sept. Worthington 24—Special | husiness meeting of the Women’s \ Benevolent Society will be held at the || home of Miss Josephine Hewitt! Wednesday at 2, | } The Grange will meet {night in Lyceum Hall, | The final Board will meeting be held er whigh its work by the Northampton of Tuesday Mrs. Mason President WORTHINGTON, Tuesday! the will be board, | Ration} night | Porter summer school and absorbed returning to} | Springfield. Miss Alice Porter, who has been! visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Porter, Sr., has returned to New York City, Her sister, M Carrie Porter, who has been at Martha's Vineyard is visiting at her home, | Atec (Republican Staff Photo) ee Katherine the Wood,” having won $50 Agnes prize and professional production for the latter offered by the Academy of music, Northampton. Survivors’ inelude Rev. Dr. Harlan I. Creelman of Auburn, N. Y, and Prof. William G. | Rice, Jr., and his family of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wis. A service was conducted at Altamont and the body will be brought here in the spring for burial in North Cemetery. B-29 BOMBARDIER PRESUMED DEAD APT, | 1745 WORTHINGTON, Dec. 12 — Mrs. Walter ‘Tower will be hostess for the supper and Christmas party of the Friendship Guild at 7 p. m. Thursday. Each member is requested to, bring a gift for the shut-in’s Christmas trees and the Guild Christmas tree: The choir of the First Congregational-Church will rehearse Thursday | night at the home of Cullen Packard. Capt. tional Church ———— |return April Elsie Baster Sunday V. Bartlett ana 1 the E oie | \ to spend 10 days in Sbrinaaers second WORTHINGTON, Josephine Thursday Hewitt will night for April open the 29—Miss | her home} Friendship Guild. There will be an auction of foods. The program is in charge of the Stevensville members. <s«_ Miss Esther Dalyrymple of Roslindale was. a week-end guest at The Spruces. Mrs. Cole Torrey, —. Horace §S. Jv., daughter with Mr..and and day in Scotia, N. Y. Cole, Mrs. } | | | Harris Edwin Collins, Jr., son) E, Collins reported & } | of as received a direct flak burst Miss Olive spent Sun- George E. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Eddy are moving into the house they have recently bought from Mr. and Mrs. Merwin F. Packard. The following are spending the week’s school vacation at their homes: Miss Marion L. Bartlett, principal of Howard Street School, Springfield; | Miss Beverley Fairman, a high schooj ‘student of Springfield, and Huntington High School students. Miss Fay Neil of Columbus, 0., has opened her summer home. : trip. Three of the 11 crew lieutenant Dec. 6;,1941, first capand 1942, June, in lieutenant 1944. He served for tain in October, at one as & bombardier years two Indies air bases guardof the West Caribthe to ing the vital approaches the awarded was He Sea. bean leaf cluster an oak Air Medal with while achievement meritorious for patrol assigned flying antisubmarine Command. Air to the Antilles He was born in this city Sept. 10, High Classical attended He 1916. School and Culver Military Academy of Science his bachelor received and degree from Syracuse University. He Delta. Theta of Phi a member was Springfield the of and Fraternity A memorial service Lodge of Masons. of home the at recently held was memby only attended parents his Robert Rev. his family with bers DIDS Worthington | cele ee were picked up by the subtrace No Dragonet. USS marine survivors. of further could be found rescue operations| sea made A rough ; difficult. in Collins entered the Army Capt. a commissioned was 1941, and May, i3— et sing the cantata, “Victory Miss JR. presumed dead by the War Depart-| ment. He was listed as missing in} action in the Pacific area May 29, } 1945. Capt. Collins was the bom-| 'bardier on a B-29 bomber which de-| |parted from Guam on a bombing mission to Yokohama, Japan, May 29, 1945. While over the target, his Henry G. Megathlin of Amherst ae occupy the pulpit of First Congrega- | cue COLLINS, which destroyed the entire control system, and the crew was forced to fabandon it in the ocean during the orthington WORTHINGTON, E. of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Mill Street, has been plane G4 HARRIS Capt. H. E. Collins, Jr., Missing Since May 29, 1945 Worthington een haem Mrs, Rice Cross, a president, WORTHINGTON, Dec. 10—Word has been received of the death in Al|tamont, N. Y., of Miss Katharine McDowell Rice, 86, .a resident of this town until two years ago. Miss Rice who was born in Albany was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rice and came to Wogthington at an early age. Miss Fice was well known in literary circles for her contribution of many: plays outstanding among them being “Good King Wencesalas” and “William of j The Grange will meet Tuesday night at Lyceum Hall. The Women's Benevolent Society will hold an afternoon sewing meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry L. Bates Wednesday to sew for the Red} ee ae ee were: 4, | vas Worthington Miss Miss Marion Bartlett, principal of Howard Street school, is shown with Miss Marian Telford of the National Safety council, who addressed a conference of teachers, principals and supervisors last night at the Museum of Fine Arts. Miss Ruth Evans, at left, acting director of physical education, accompanied Miss Telford on a tour of city schools. 25—Blected Mason; vice-president, Mrs. Maude Stevens; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Helen G. Burr; directors, Mrs. May G. Porter, Mrs. Hurma Tower, Miss Elsie V. Bartlett, Mrs. Charlotte Howe, Mrs. Ida Joslyn and Mrs. | Caroline Henderson; work committée chairman, Mrs. Ida Joslyn; nominating committee, Mrs. Lucie Mollison, } Mrs. May G. Porter and Mrs. Ida jJoslyn; program, Mrs. Lucier Mollison, Miss Josephine Hewitt and Mrs. May G. Porter; resolutions, Mrs. May |G. Porter, Mrs. Lucie Mollison, Mrs.| Marguerite Zarr; press, Miss Wsie Bartlett. afi-| Glendon Mason is starting a six] month course in a gunnery school in! Washington, D, C. | Mrs. Howard Brewster is closing} j her Jan. Thursday by the Women’s Benevolent ' | Society at the home of Mrs. Mary G. C ‘ pa of the Church of the Unity parnis to addition In cating. s, ents he is survived by two brother Collins, F-. Edwin and E. Webster L. and by two sisters, Mrs. Norman Mrs. Elmer L. Werner. Snow and—<—<—<— nr x �DECEMBER 30 1945 @ SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS ® WINCHESTER SQUARE From the air the thickly populated area around Winchester square makes this striking picture. In the center is the famous Indian Motocycle building which has been in the news recently. This is another in a series taken by our roving photographer, Ed Schmitter, with the aid of Walter Army piloting a Standard Air service plane. i | sl [Springfield Union Photo LEARNING QUALITY OF HUMANENESS—Sixth graders at Howard Street School didn’t know what. the letters SPCA stood for until they visited the animal hospital on the next street as the first step | | what in a study they saw of humane brief compositions, j | | photograph, education. there, that they drew for an Josephine exhibit Montagne They were so enthusiastic over descriptive pictures and in the school corridor. points to a drawing wrote | | | | In the above describing one of the activities she witnessed. Looking on are John Tranghese and Joyce Vivenzio. Back of the children is Miss Olive Smith, on a year’s leave of absence from the School Department to teach humane edu- eation to school children under the sponsorship of the Massachusetts SPCA. | Sixth graders in four schools, How- fee history. jard, Tapley, Sumner Avenue and| As a major activity in their hu- |} | Washington are already participating |mane education instruction, the How- | in such courses which will be ex- lard Street youngsters will do a large |! tended to other grades early in the j mural for the main corridor of the| year. They have already had four j|school, setting forth in color their) of their eight lessons, the first being experiences, | devoted to a general discussion of the “in the visit-to” the-animalnossiair; SPCA and what it does for Springthe children were highly entertained | | field, followed by a visit to the SPCA at seeing a dog given a hath, a cat | hospital for the second lesson. The X-rayed and inspection of the room| next week the visit was talked over where Stray dogs are housed which| in the class room and the last lesson some of the youngsters in their com{the youngsters had was devoted to positions characterized as “the best j Showing slides and a recounting of of all.” �PTS JANUARY 1946 MASSACHUSETTS e@ S ee aS oe @ SPRINGFIELD, STATE STREET HILL St Michael's cathedral is surrounded brary. In the upper right corner is This is another in a pictorial series of with the cooperation of Standard Air by the high schools, the museum and lithe home of the Armory’s commandant. our city from the air, taken by Ed Schmitter service. 6 �—$— | JANUARY 13 1946 % ei Lt > ao THE From the air the intersection on a different perspective. is the tip of Forest park that of the intersection. This is of the city. _ 5 known to Springfieldites as the X’’ takes In the left foreground, the wooded section comes up to Dickinson street within yards one of the most thickly populated areas This is another in a series taken by Ed Schmitter with the cooperation of Standard Air service. �APRIL, 22, 1945 300 Guests Invited to Premiere ee ‘It Happened i in Springfield’ Of ‘It Happenedi in Springfield’ eg First Showing of Film Based On ‘Springfield Plan’ Will Be at Capitol Theater Tuesday Night . City and state officials as well as| portunity to study the material Which 300 invited guests, all interested in| has gone into “It Happened in the development of interracial rela- Springfield” and have expressed the! tions, will join with the people of|belief that the motion picture show-| Springfield in making the world|ing what is being accomplished in| premiere of the motion picture, “It| this city will do much to bring about} Happened night at the Springfield world in premiere Springfield” Capitol theater, was selected of this Tuesday for important |a fand the|¢ral pic| try. better understanding an interest conditions of conditions | in bettering the gen-| throughout the couns | ture because the story it tells The Capitol. theater wil] open for} based on the much discussed “Sprir the world premiere Tuesday at 6) field plan” carried on in the public]p. m. and the pieture will be shown Schools. of the city. Those in charge] for the first time at 8.30. Among | of the program for Tuesday night |those attending will be the advisers, are making every effort to have the/ directors and consultants who helped premiere one fitting the importancelin the filming. ‘There will be no in-| of the occasion. lterruption of the regular feature proThe socalled “Sprinefiela plan” |gram of the theater until the came to the attention of the officials | Showing of the 20-minute Spring of Warner Bros. at a time when} plan picture. they considered the presentation ef at picture showing, throughout the what country can to be done | MISS EVELYN T. HOLSTON improve MISS MARY 0. POTTENGER re SE interracial relations * would. be most effective. Investigation showed that the work carried on in the local pub- | lie school system was excellently adapted to presentation in a short | feature film and necessary steps were | taken immediately to prepare the} message far the screen. | The filming of “It Happened in Springfield” necessitated not only cooperation by persons connected with the motion picture, but also by eas connected with the actual developing | of the plan in this city. Dr John} Granrud, superintendent of schools, was consulted. Not only did he co- operate in preparing the material de- sired, but he secured the cooperation | of several other members of the| School department who had been particularly active in the development of the “Springfield plan.” These included Assistant Superintendent H; urry. B.. Marsh, Clarence I. Chatto, Miss Alice Li. Halligan, Miss Mary O. Pottenger and Miss Evelyn T. Holston. Following the world premiere of “Tt Happened in Springfield” Tuesday | night, the short feature will be pre-| sented at 10 other theaters, starting’ Wednesday. It will eventually be} shown in more than 10,000 theate rs in all parts of the country. | Many persons interested in ee] better to bring about interracial relations in this country have had an opa4 ag he ee CLARENCE f T. (Photo CHATTO ARD by H. ARRY STREET SCHOOL!—A Cee Seal wis were transferred to closing of the upper floor of the Acushnet Avenue closin foreground) of the Howard Street school is shown phat ee Bosworth) BK. OM ARSH warm welcome DR JOHN eS was & RANRU ID ee ie [Springfield Union Photo the given the 121 pupils from the Eons foe ee “ildi ae an e neepi Tani’ Mis welcoming n e ee tee Sation Bartlett . ou dent incipal, stands at the left in the back. The School Committee vo arenes acne school several months ago because it was felt that it was unsafe for use. || | f | } �L746 ~ Worthington Worthington 146 Jan. 7 — WORTHINGTON, Mrs, A. E. Clarke have Jeft by auto to go through the southern states to Hollywood, Cal., to spend tne rest of the winter. The School Committee will meet Tuesday at 1 at The Spruces. last! postponed meeting j Guild The | week i i ; | on account i'Thursday WORTHINGTON, Dec. 17—By order of the Board of Health, the local |schools have been closed and a ban | plac ed on all public meetings on ac| count of scarlet fever in West Worthjington. There are only two cases in ene family but the school children bave all been exposed so it was thought best to prevent any further spread if possible, of illness will be held The Spruces. Pfe. Morris E. Lilly, Mrs, Lilly and the spent Adams of North children He arrived end with relatives. week rewill and 31 in this couritry Dec. discharge this week at his ceive Devens, Officers night at of the Grange, will be in- There will be a special town meetjing Dec. 22 at 8 p. m. There are two) articles relative to the Veterans Serv-| ice Center, which are of vital im|portance to the returning veterans of Worthington, stalled Tuesday night at Lyceum Hall by Worthy Pomona Past Master, Mrs. assisted by Lou C. Lou C. Sweet, Mrs. Sweet as marshal and Mr. and emas on ‘William Perry of Cummingt blem and regalia bearers. DECEMBER 19, 1945 Tale. 4, 1494 b ‘MAE VIRGINIA SEARS ' WEDS P. R. EMERSON MRS. ERNEST Is the former Place. Brown Her marriage Saturday, Eddy of took Feb. iB Worthington Feb. WORTHINGTON, ro Avon place 6 on Cummington, Feb. 16—for the first time in nearly 100 years a marriage Congregational was held in the church at West Cummington Thursday when Mae Virginia Sears, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Sears of married to Cummington hill, was Paul R. Emerson, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Emerson of Haydenville, by Rev Dudley Burr, pastor of the local No guests were present ex-| ehurch. cept the immediate familes. The bride was attended by her sis-} ter, Miss Helen Sears, while the| groom had his brother, William Emerson, as best man. Following the| ceremony a luncheon was served to '18 guests at the home of the bride’s parents. A little later the young couple departed for a short wedding they which after Vermont, to trip - VWifty attended the shower at Lyceum Hall Tuesday night given to honor Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hooper who were married Feb. 2 at Hope Congregational Church Chapel in Springfield. Mrs. Hooper was Miss Blinor Muriel Eddy, aughter of Mr.) and Mrs. Wilbur Eddy of this town.| A mock marriage was refreshments served, by neth Osgood and Mrs. | | arranged and} Mrs, C. Ken-| Marshal Kid- | ney, Hospital Explains | Ambulance Policy CUMMINGTON, Amy E. Birge, Sept. 27 superintendent is owned by the City of will be hospital. Both the hospital and the ambulanee committee are desirous of cooperating with the public and wish to correct any misunderstanding which may have come about through this incident.” ; Charter at home to friends at 11 hens: ane West Packard of this town and Mr. and} Mrs. Kenneth L. Palmer of Blandford. | A valentine party was held at Town the in pupils by Wednesday Hall avd B. Deane Laura of Mrs. rooms | Zarri. Marguerite Mrs. the annual fire district meeting | were} officers these night Tuesday OsKenneth C. moderator, elected: auG.:. Capen; Arthur clerk, good; WwaC. Mason; | ditors, Mrs. Lawrence | Wilter commissioner for three years, | liam Sanderson, fire chief, Cc. Kenneth 4 Osgood. Annual reports were cee) and accepted. It was voted to extend the four-inch water main from Georsey Torrey’s residence to Lawrence Mason’s resident and to replace two- ine} water pipe with a four-inch pipe between the George Dodge and Morris Smith residences. | Springfield, Dec. 18 — West Springfield’s newest men’s club was given a fine start tonight when more than 200 gathered to see the West Springfield. Lions club presented with their charter. Dist Gov David Bartlett of Greenfield presented the club with its charter and addressed a few words of welcome to the club. Among others who spoke at the dinner were Howard Teece of the hoard of selectmen who welcomed the newcomers on behalf of the town government, and Dr Franklin P. Hawkes who weleomed the men as the president of the oldest men’s club in West Springfield. Other guests included A. C.. Reid, cabinet secretary-treasurer of the Worthington At Staff Photo) At the presentation of the charter to the newly formed Lions club of West Springfield—Left to right: Toastmaster Al Broden, district David Bartlett, Mrs Bartlett, Joseph McMahon, president governor; of the Agawam “Lions club; Edmund ¢ G. Roberts, president of the West Springfield club, and Mrs Roberts. Ar- WORTHINGTON, Feb. 14—Mr, and Mrs. Leon Palmer are parents of a son, Stephen James, born Tuesday in GrandHospital. Dickinson Cooley parents are Mr. and Mrs. Merwin F. North-| ampton and arrangements must be made directly with the ambulance office. The telephone number is Northampton 154, Recently a call came to the hospital from the Cummington Fair Grounds asking that the ambulance be sént there. The telephone number was given the person just as it has always been our policy. It so happened when the ambulance office was called the driver was unable to immediately since| go to Cummington he already had three calls—one of which was to bring an émergency case, which was hemorrhaging, to the| Receive (Renukiican Northampton, avenue, nold The bride is a graduate of the loSpringfield Technical and schools cai at the Mary is employed and high Northampin tea room Marguerite by is employed Emerson Mr ton. has He Ashfield. of Anderson Ray 3% after discharged been recently years in the engineer corps. of ihe || Dickinson Hospital in Northampton,| has issued the following statement, in an attémpt to clear up a misunder- | standing regarding use of the city ambulance: “The Cooley Dickinson Hospital | states that owing to a misunderstand: | ing regarding the ambulance, it is | well for the people of the community | to know that we are glad to give the| ‘telephone number of the ambulance | office to whomever may call the hospital but we have not permission to sénd the ambulance out. The ambul-| ance Lions Bride in First Ceremony for Nearly 100 Years at West Cummington Church Photo HOOPER Elinor 1945) Schools Closed By Fever Cases) Mr. and | Lions organization, a large delegation from the Agawam club which sponsored the formation of the local| Lions and delegations from Hatfield, Easthampton, East Longmeadow and Springfield. tev Arnold R. Lewis of the First Methodist church offered the invocation and Al Broden of the Springfield Lions acted as toastmaster. The charter was presented to Edmund J. Roberts who was elected the first president of the club which has 45 members at present. Other officers are: First vice-president, Eugene Kearns; second vice-president, Preston Gilmore; third vice-president, Paul Labbe; secretary, Robert Bozenhard; treasurer, John Bertrandi; lion tamer, twister, Edward Albert Dowling, Mattson. and _ tail �~— a | : = 184s Ernie Pyle Says: “ \ Oe 1743, Bumpy a Grand Woman | | Head E She's Mrs. Stevenson, Wife of the American Red Cross in North Africa—She's Also Roving Delegate, Cheerer-' Upper, Smoother-Over and Finder-Outer By Ernie Pyle | Bumpy’s presence in a theater of NORTH AFRICA (by wireless)—} war with her husband is a strange Bill Stevenson, the head of the Amerjican Red Cross in Africa, has been repitition of history. The whole thing the experience of her own married 17 years and has two daugh- | parallels parents. In the last war her father ters, 15 and 14. Mrs. Stevenson is just Was on the faculty at Yale and freas handsome as her husband, and the 1 quently went to England to give spetwo stand out in a crowd because of | cial lectures at Cambridge. He-was their smart good looks. } there when we entered the war in 1917 Call Her Bumpy and was immediately appointed sciMrs. Stevenson’s name is Eleanor, entific attache of the American Em-| but it is a name so long unused that bassy in London. So Mrs. Bumstead| she probably wouldn’t respond if you left her children with their grand-| called her by it. Her name before her Marriage was Hleanor Bumstead, mother and and went to England to be with him. Today Bumpy’s daughters are left ever since she can reme mb she has | in the hands of their grandmother ay known as Bumpy. = while Mama works overseas. Bumpy e€: two met while Bill wa " says she remembers when her mother . ford in the midd s Re le 20's. Bumpy’s went away to war and how lonely and ta er — sone to England on business horrible she felt, yet what a thrill it Bumpy Went along. She and Bill was to show off before the other kids /knew of each other but had never || in a sort of stuck-up way about havmet. ing your mother overseas, And when Bill : says Ys Bump yY followed Bumpy left for England in the spring! him England and asked him to marry hie of 1942 one of her little girls said as | Bumpy says, w } she kissed her goodby: “Mummy, we'll be awfully loneThere is a sort of unspoken rule-i some, but we’re awfully proud too.” n Meaning, mainly, as Bumpy. says, the Red Cross against husbands and that they can go around bragging wives being together, but in this case about it. it is unthinkable that Bumpy should not be along, The two operate as a mechanism. Bumpy wears a Red Crogs | 4 i RAS | she did?” uniform, and amount WHat the hell ig in addition of to a terrific| headduarters work ‘she is a Sort of roving delegate, cheerer-upper, smoother-over and finder-outer ‘or the whole Red Cross of Africa, and| half the Army too. She travels a lot, and everywhere she goes ‘she lends her pretty ear to tales of Woe, turns her pretty smile on generals and privates” without distinction, and gives her strong shoulder to be wept upon , by all and sundry, Bill calls her “T body,” have Bill to be “the says G.I. super-nice with a girl friend.” to laugh, every- “be- cause 1 never know whom I’m talking to. Soldiers come barging into my office and sit and talk by the hour. I’ve 8o0t work to do but I don’t dare hurry them off, for it’s probably Bumpy’s latest boy friend. It's always either generals or privates with Bump. No- body in between stands a chance.” Bumpy and Bill have a way with them of making everybody crazy about them. Bumpy especially is a sponge that attracts the spilling of private griefs, The soldiers think she is wonderful, She is always getting herself in-a mess by going to bat for somebody she thinks is being mis-| treated, Like Red Cross mess downtown. No Social Climbing Bill, she is in work up to her ears and has no axes to grind. ; To everybody who knows them, Stevenson is Bill and Mrs. Stevens on is Bumpy, but to each other they exchange the latter for the slightly more intimate Bump and Billy. The Stevensons nave an Oldsmobile sedan for their own use over here. They live in a small but nice apartment on a hilly street. They have no servants, and seldom eat at home. It’s easier and cheaper to eat at the Both are blessed with indifference to social-climbing. They have entree as-a matter of course, to high circles, but they are the kind who don’t need to be seen with the right people. They dine with Lt. Gen. Spaatz, for in- vance, not because he’s a general but because they like him and have busi- ness to talk over with him. They have no purely social life whatever, They can skip that for the duration. ; The Stevensons have been overseas more than a year now. They were in ingland together, and Bumpy followed Bill down here, Bill had a few bad days when he heard Bumpy’s boat had been sunk, but it turned out sne Was on a different boat, zi Bumpy has not been back to the States at all, but Bill took a flying trip home this spring to thresh out some details at Washington headqu arters. He did his business, saw their two children, stayed a total of three oe and was glad to get back over ere. Has 83rd Birthday Hiram R. Dickinson, .83, quietly observed his birthday Wednesday at his home on North street. Born in South Deerfield, Oct. 10, 1862, the son of Noah and _ Adeline (Scott) Dickinson, he came here with his parents when two years old. For many years he conducted a successful dairy and _ tobacco farm until years ago when | Deserts Invade Motorcars But Camels Keep Right On Although the superiority of trucks over camels along. main routes has been ‘proved in desert transport throughout Africa and Arabia, the National Geographic society reports that the ancient beast is probably During the war, men | there to stay. an: their machines skimmed past plodding camels without creating envy in the hearts of unhurried nomads whose camels are the basis of their economy. A picturesque part of the desert’ scene, the camel’s body was equipped for travel over the sand, long before streamlining was heard of, A camel's foot acts on sand as a snowshoe does on snow. Although the camel may be supporting a great weight, it will not sink, The beast’s eyelashes are especiially long and its wide nostrils can be narrowed to slits in order to keep out the sand, Chest and knees are padded with leathery calluses affording protection from sand abrasions. Sight and smell are acute, and camels can endure from six to ten days without water. One camel can carry as much as half a ton 25 miles a day. Wherever } a few he retired. He was presented the gold-headed cane for being the oldest male voter in July, 1940. the camel is bred it be- comes a medium of exchange, constituting its master’s wealth. Camel milk is drunk by humans and animals alike. When the camel is slaughtered, rope, robes and tents are made from its hair; -water bottles, shoes and boots are fashioned from the skin, Camel meat is considered a delicacy, while the hump supplies fat for eating and cooking. What Camel's Hump Means Among common misconceptions avout the camel is the idea that a dromedary is distinguished by a single hump. Actually, a dromedary is a “thoroughbred” camel that can travel at great speed. It differs from or- dinary camels because of its sensitive nose, little ears, slender legs, high belly-line, and straight line from hump to hump. One-humped camels are Arabian, or African camels, ‘They are generally sandy in color, stand approximately seven feet high, and can tolerate the Sahara’s heat for long periods at a time. They are found in Arabia, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, India, Somaliland, Australia, and Egypt. Bactrian name from ghanistan, dish-brown camels, which get their Bactria, a province in Afare two-humped and red- or black throughout able mountains long, Asia, to withstand of “haggy in color, Found weather in the these zero Mongolia. coats, are camels They shorter are have and sturdier than Arabian camels, and a difference in foot structure enables them to traverse rocky, uneven terrain. South American llamas, alpacas and vicunas are members of the camel family. Since the days of Abraham and Job, camels haye plodded the desert bearing burdens—but unwillingly and with bad temper. Many a cameleer has suffered vicious bites and been deaf- ened by his camel’s snarling disapproval of too heavy a burden. ‘They are stupid animals,, unable to learn anything beyond when to rise and when to kneel. Caravans are led by mules or donkeys as camels cannot follow a path. When lost, they have no sense of direction, and when it rains they are overcome with panic. Aside from endurance, mother seems to be the ecamel’s only trait. It bears one calf at a The three-foot-high baby of the van train js carried in a sling its mother’s back until able to and is suckled for about a year, love, good time. carafrom walk, �DECEMBER 16, 1945, Story of Early Am erican Clockmaking Is Outlined By Collection On Display at Jones Library, By ROBERT HODESH RRAYED neatly around the walls of a second-floor room at Jones library in Amherst is an exhibit of old clocks. More than 40 of them, representing pretty nearly an honor roll of the great American craft of clockmaking of a certain period, are being exhibited daily until Christmas and, although Jones library has distinguished itself - often in the past for the value and ‘variety of its cultural offerings, this particular showing has heen attracting very wide attention among the discriminating and perceptive, and among those for whom the hearing and seeing of so many clocks at once is a real treat. The sound of them, each alive and ticking, would be beguiling to people of all ages, since the innocent sound a clock is one of the earliest of childhood pleasures, and continues to be a pleasure all through life. A glance at the guest book on the table in the room shews that persons with an address in Sweden, a country that has not been among the least in the making of timepieces, have Come to see the exhibit, as well as others from every New England state, and from as far away as Washington, D.C. Many The Famous exhibit ,charmed by is the Types not Included only sounds of for people so many ‘clocks, going ‘at once, but also for those whose appreciation of them has been refined to the point where they care about the makers of the clocks and cases. Louvre ‘roster Here, of in American of fact, makers is clocks. a includes’ little The Seth Thomas, Eli Terry, Chauncey Jerome and Silas Hoadley. There are clocks by lesser-known masters, some of whom worked in this vicinity; clocks with noteworthy local cennections, and some examples of the finest flowering of America’s first precision mechanical industry. About 380 of the clocks are the property of Mr and Mrs Amos G. Avery of Amherst, two avid seekers after the best in this kind of crafts- matiship, whose collection runs to almost 150, nearly all of them in running order. They have culled the most interesting clocks from their collection for this exhibit. The idea for the unique display is that of Charles R. Green, the librarian, who suggested it to the Averys, then himself solicited several ciocks from persons living in Amherst and a few neighboring communities. All Tell Correct Time Mr Avery, by virtue of his pre@minence in the field, has assumed charge of the exhibit and sets aside some of his time each day to wind the clocks so that the display does not become a mere dead museum of timepieces. Nearly every clock is running and each one shows exacily the same hour. The visitor should take special pains to be on hand when an hour strikes, noontime preferably, but almost any hour will do. A person entering the scholarly silence of the library is not quite prepared for what he finds in the secondfloor room. If he entered that room with eyes closed he might imagine himself in a very leaky barn on a rainy day. There is an infinite variety of clicking and clacking noises. Some are loud, some soft, some come in rapid succession, some in stately march. There is constant movement, constant sense of a living presence. When the hour strikes, however, then the room really comes to life. A pleasant, gentle sort of bedlam breaks out. The clocks set to ringing, gonging and chiming in a magical succession of sounds. The listener turns to hear a_ high-pitched bell strike the hour in one part of the room, and a moment later his ear is attracted by the deep-throated dignity of the Big Ben motif in another part. It seems that every pitch in the musical register has been sounded, all at once, and in every conceivable way; as if the mechanism of a carillon, with the variety of a whole orchestra, had suddenly gone awry. Even when all the varied workings’ have come to a rest, the overtones continue to throb distantly in the room. Edgar Allen Poe might easily have been inspired by this musical outburst for his poem, “The Bells,” “Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinabulation that so wells From the bells, bells, bell, belis, Bells, bells, From the bells.”’ bells— jingling and the On the left is a Silas Hoadley clock. The one in the center is known as a Terry type, being a copy of a design by Eli Terry, famous Connecticut clockmaker and designer, made by one of his contemporaries. The clock at the right was made by Seth Thomas, another famous craftsman. musically tinkling of the The visitor will shortly discover that the Avery clocks, and those that were added from other sources, depict a history of American clockmaking of the first half of the 19th century. That history, told in the most general terms, is this: At the beginning of the century the works of clocks made in America were of wood, or cast brass, and were the product of caréful and individual eraftsmanship. Shortly there appeared a great many Clocks of wood, designed for a low-priced market and manufactured by somewhat primitive mass production methods. <A little Jater in the century, about 18387, to be more exact, sheet metal of American manufacture appeared and gave e@lockmakers' the opportunity to go in for genuine mass production in a rapidly expanding market. An a example of the “wag-on-the-wall” earliest with kind movements. Its maker is unknown. This kind of clock got its name because it has no case, which leaves its: pendulum out in the open and clearly visible. The second kind of clock is most amply represented. It is the kind invented by Eli Terry in Connecticut and copied by many of his contemporaries. Shows “What Makes Them Tick” Books on clocks always dwell at considerable length on “Terry. He seemed to combine the master craftsman with an inventive genius and business ability. What he did was to remake the clock works so completely that it was veritably a new invention. He simplified the movements, arranged the wheels in neater pattern and developed a far more accurate clock than had been gens erally known before at a low price. Moreover, to make these available to nat A portion of the wall of the clockroom chiefly of American at Jones library, Amherst, manufacture, is being shown is wooden where a display until Christmas. of rare old clocks, the largest number of people, he made more interesting clocks on exhibition is owned by David J. Malcolm, who them of wood. Mr Avery has taken the face off presides over another section of this| one of these Terry clocks, so that newspaper. The clock was made by) visitors can examine the movement. Simeon Crittenden of Hawley about} The wooden wheels ‘are masterpieces 1828-30 and is important in the life| of ingenuity. They are made of ot Charles H. Gould, prominent jew-| apple wood, mountain laurel and oak. eler in Amherst, who is this month Terry found he could make them retiring after 50 years in the business. more cheaply this way and contracted It was this clock on which Mr Gould, for them by the thousand. For thinkas a boy in Hawley, learned to tell ing in such large terms he was jeered time 70 years ago. by other clockmakers, but time proved Another of Mr Malcolm's contribuhim the shrewdest of them all. The tions to the show is a rare eight-day need for telling time often and accuwooden clock, made by Charles Stratrately was just then—early in the ton of Holden. <A contribution was century—becoming pressing. An in- made to the collection by Dr Johua J. dustrial revolution was setting in and Curran of Northampton, who sent a forcing the life of the people into grandfather's clock in a _ beautiful more regular patterns. They had to case. It was bought recently at an get up at specified hours to meet auction in Ware and is one of the factory schedules, but until Terry most beautiful of all on exhibit. came along they had no useful clocks Among the other contributors are to rouse them that they could afford. Mrs KE. D. Bosworth and Owen C, He was so successful that nearly Grange of Amherst, and George Cutevery clockmaker in Connecticut soon ler, treasurer of the Jane® library took to copying him, with the result trustees. that there are now dozens of TerryCoolidge’s Fraternity Loans One type clocks. Most of the clocks on display are Terry also wrought some changes American, but one notable exception in the case containing the clocks. He is a tall clock made in England that built shelf clocks with short, delicate Ww lent by Phi Gamma Delia fralegs and on top of the cases built ternity of Amherst college. It is of broken scrolls. These made the cases more than passing interest because more elaborate and colorful, especially of its association with Calvin Coowhen brass finials were added. The lidge. When Mr Green asked Harry clocks sold then for about $14 or $15, E. Barlow of Springfield, secretarybut they now command as much as treasurer of the fraternity, for the $150 at auctions. loan of the clock, he received the The third historical step covered by following letter:— the exhibit shows the clock made “Dear Charlie: I presume Mr after sheet brass became available to Adams is bringing over the Phi makers. Production increased by Gamma, Delta clock today. You said leaps and bounds, of course, because you were interested in the story about now the makers had found the best this clock. I believe Mr Avery would means for mass production. In out- say the clock was made before 1800, ward appearance the clocks changed Jt was given to the Phi Gamma Delta somewhat. They became. more elabo- some three years ago by James B. rate, for one thing, and the church Cauthers, class of 1896 at Amherst clock, sometimes called the steeple college, cloc came-into being. ‘This latter “The interesting fact is that Mr development reflected the great interCauthers is really the father of our est in Gothic architecture in America fraternity and probably has done beginning about 1840. The clocks more for it than any other man, look like miniature fronts of RenaisFy Myermore, he was one of the sance cathedrals. The previous makel¢ t friends of Calvin Coolidge, and ers had been largely influenced by it s Mr Cauthers who pledged Mr the interest in Greek culture, which Ca dige to Phi Gamma Delta fraaccounts for clocks that resemble the termity. front of Greek temples. “When we. bought the Sweetzer Collectors Are Represented property, which is now Phi Gamma The full story of each of the clocks Delta house, it was James Cauthers on display could not be told except and Calvin Coolidge who arranged in a full-sized volume, but some comfor buying the property. Mr Coolidge mand special attention. One of the borrowed the money from the bank | �oe Here are three clocks, of the type made in this country through the 19th century, when Gothic architecture was midway popular. < on his own note for the first paylection by Henry Wing, Jr., of Greenment.” field. The case also contains a firMany people will be surprised to tree clock, made in the Black Forest learn that there was a clock factroy of Germany in 1775 and ornamented in Williamsburg from 1831 to 1839, by a steeple and cross. Mr Malcolm and one of the products of that fac- contributed a Columbian watch, made |tory is on display. It was made by for the Columbian exposition in Chi| Bliphalet Thayer and his three sons, cago in 18938. There are some early |Sears, Ezra and Willisson. Inside French watches and an English chain the clock, behind its pendulum, is a watch, with a chain of some 800 ‘paper inserted by the makers, which parts, operating like a bicycle rather lattests to the age of the clock, for than with cogs. } jthe name of the town is spelled The display can be seen today from| | Williamsburgh, a spelling which 8 to 6, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat/passed out of fashion many years ago. urday from 9 to 9, and other days In addition to the clocks which are from 9 to 6. Being the product of set up around the room, there is a such a fine collection of clocks as case containing clock works, movethat of the Averys, and added to by ments in a partial state of assembly, other persons, the display is unique and some watches, loaned to the col- in this section. - �Liad W. A. NEILSON, SMITH HEAD 22 YEARS,IS DEAD, Noted Educator, Sunday, The physical. proper ofty the col-| owned College Infirmary operated by the college, 18 scholarly writer and editor Edition. He as well City and Prominent tionary, as | editor Second of Milton’s Minor also A 1932, His own works have gins and Sources of In and honor literary of the included “Orithe Court of friends magazines, 10th year and of admirers tors, sis on examinations; music; choral greater his of dormitories; Tryon unique Art DR. Eric WILLIAM A, Alumnae Stahlberg and system: night in the Smith College infirmary after an illness of four days. Dr. Neilson, who came to this city early in the winter to make ‘his home French Legion of Honor : for his servat Hotel Northampton, was stricken |— ice in the development of the relawith a heart attack in the hotel Suntionship between college students in day, and was removed to the college this country and France. infirmary. His condition was conTribute to Dr. Neilson was paid sidered improved yesterday and his by presidents, deans and representadeath came as a shock to members of the college trustees who were in ses- | tives of 38 colleges and preparatory schools at the annual dinner of the sion here tonight. As announcement was made at a |Springfield City Club, April 27, 1937, Commenting at that time on his work trustees’ meeting In Hotel Northat Smith, Dr. Neilson said a. person ampton of the $7,000,000 expansion takes a job and does it as best he program which is planned for the colcan; if he is not too much of a fool, lege, word was flashed in the. hotel he said, the person eventually finds that Dr. Neilson, who had done more people are thankful for what he has for the expansion of the college than done. any other president, had died in. the Although a world traveler, Dr, Neil- infirmary. The adjourned. The meeting famous immediately educator, who was a native of Scotland, had been. spend‘ing his summers in Falls Village, Conn., and his winters in this city, writing a history of Smith College which he completed last week. Said to subject be conversant taught son’s world with at the college, every Dr. Neil- activities outsiae varied from peace to gardening. He is au- son declared at roots are firmly necticut Valley. chairman of Foreign the Policy the dinner that planted in He was his the Conhonorary Connecticut Association Valley since it was organized in 1927 and had presided at many of its meetings. He was also chairman of the committee on speakers for the Springfield Public tape 1934, The during educator their was first. porn year in in Doune, Scotland, March 28, 1569, the son of David and Mary (Allan) Neilson. He attended the University of Edinburgh, In recent years Dr. Neilson had receiving his master’s degree there in steadily increased the ratio of male 1891. In 1896 he received his masfaculty members. He once remarked i j ter’s degree and in 1898 his doctor’s that in a college staffed entirely by He received a women “the quality of the intellectual | degree from Harvard. of honorary degrees subseatmosphere gets a little queer.” He jnumber | quently from Brown, Amherst, Edinchanged the board of trustees from a burgh, Williams, Yale, Dartmouth and life board into a rotating one. thority for the statement that his presidency of Smith broadened him, Changes of policy affecting dent body have ,|when Dr. Neilson Smith was an been “off the stu- far-reaching. campus” assumed the college presi- dency in 1917. About 1100 of the 1900 ‘}students lived off the campus. Today all students ,| dormitories, That the are housed in campus i student individual might be given individual attention the president separated the offices of dean and warden and named four class deans, Afterward came the establishment of a personnel department and the naming advisers, Dr. Neilson of faculty and instituted student the junior year system of study abroad and established a two-year course of special honors work and in 1983 inaugurated a one year’s honors course, Standards of the music department were raised; today it is one of the outstanding college music departments in the country. & Because of a definite policy of limitation the student body has grown but little since President Neilson office. In 1917 the enrollment 1900 and shortly after the took -was war reached 2100. The demand for admission was so great that enrellment was restricted to 2000. ficials College. ford Among the foreign’ honors accorded to him have been election to the French Legion of Honor, in 1935, and a@ knighthood in the Order of Alfonso XII by the Spanish government in 1930. He was made a member of the NEILSON Princeton. Dr. started Neilson’s in teaching Scotland and experience from 1891- 1895 he taught in that country and in Toronto, Canada. _He was asso- ciate professor of English at Bryn Mawr College from 1898-1900 and for the next four years he served as an instructor at Harvard. For the next two years he was adjutant professor, then full professor of English at Columbia. From 1906-1917 he was pro- serv- among works them of | “Psalm| founded on| Dr. Neilson’s favorate passages. The Smith college choir of| Some 100 voices sang “The Seven Fold Amen” and “O God Our Help in Ages Past.” Mayor . Edmond J. Lampron headed the delegation of city. of- Smith College School of Social Work and Smith College School of Music; Copyright, funeral 90. The service was the Gallery honor the favorite literature, | office of warden in charge of social regulations; centralized buying; press board; all students on campus in campus houses; construction of quadrangle wnit of 10 houses and new symnasium; marked | president’s empha- instituted col-. ices for Dr. William A. Neilson, president emeritus of Smith college, at John M. Greene hall lace Saturday morning. Dr. Henry Petney Van Dusen, college trustee and president of the Union Theological seminary in New York, officiated at the services, with A. Burns Chalmers, college chaplain, officiating. President Herbert J. Davis read fromsome of the late Dr. Neilson established the William Allan Neilson Chair of Research at the college in 1927, Contributions of an outstanding nature made during the term of Dr. Neilson at Smith College were listed by the college as follows: increase in the graduate school; restriction of en- trance ineluding lege as trustees, faculty, students, alumnae and administra- ture,” 1920. He-was the author of numerous contributions to technical presidency attendance, sons associated with Smith Love,” 1899; “Essentials of Poetry,” 1912; “The Facts About Shakspere,” 1913; “Burns, How to Know Him,” 1917; “A History of English Literajournals large officials of the city and state, prominent educators and _ per- 1916; associate editor of the Harvard Classics, 1909; Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, 1917; Selections From Chaucer, 1921, and Roads to Knowl- edge, State Officials, Educators, at Services. Active Bearers Are Employees of Smith College acted Poems, 1899; Shakspere’s Complete Works, 1906; The Types of English Litera. ture, series beginning 1907; The’Tudor Shakspere, 1911; Chief British Poets of the 14th and 15th Centuries, and was Lt. listed Gov. the Deaf, Northampton, since 1930 Muser of Offenburg, Baden, Germany, June 25, 1906. Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Mrs, Peter Helburn of Cambridge and Mrs. Harold Oram of New York City. Funeral arrangements plete, are incom- IDE DIES IN BOSTON Was Long Identified With Greenfield Industry GREENFIELD, services for Fred March W. 10—Funeral. Wells, 65, of 81 Congress Street, one of Franklin County’s most prominent residents, who died Saturday ir Palmer Me~ morial Hospital in Boston will take place at 2.30 from his late home. The body will be entombed at Green River Cemetery. Rey. Walter M. Clarke, Jr. of Shelburne Congregational Church will officiate and Mrs. Wells has request~ ed that no flowevs be sent. Each wishing to send a remembrance has been requested to send a small check to the Community Chest in care of the First National Bank and Trust Company. Mr. Wells, who was associated with He was the early founding of industry ia Greenfield, was born Feb. 11, 1881, son of Frederic E. and Frances , (Cowles) Wells. j with his father for | F. EB. Wells and Son del] Street, which sorbed associated some time in the Company of Rid-~ int 1916 was ab- by the Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation. Later he and his father operated a large fruit farm in Shelburne where he and Mrs. Fells had spent their summers for the last 30 years. At the time of the last war he was . in- Robert Brad- among the hon- orary bearers. Also in attendance were President and Mrs. Stanley King dent of Amherst Roswell Holyoke G. college, Cooligde and a college, Ham Presi- of Mount Mrs. Calvin delegation Webster-Merriain company Springfield, publishers of International dictionary, which Dr. Neilson had been |) from of the for edi- tor-in-chief. , The honorary pbeareis were Lt. Col. Harold Dp. Hoskins, Thomas L. Lamont, John Hanes and Franklin C. Parker, Jr, of New York city, Philip Hofer of Harvard and George Stevenson of New Haven, Ct., all trustees of the ford; college; Walter A. Lt._ Gov. Brad- White, FRED execu- tive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; John E. Yidham of Wellesley Hills: Frederic M..Jones of Springfield terested and Dr. Kendall Emerson of New York city, former trustees. The active bearers, all veteran employees of the buildings and grounds department college, were William Campbell, Manning, 3yron, of One was the land off a model planned chitect the I. P. head gardener, Daniel George Geis, Charles Arthur ‘vard Henessey. David and W. WELLS in the town’s real estate de- vesspment and constructed about 46 ' Juses in the western section of the wn. He later founded the Wells ool Company in Hope Street in association with his father and he was proprietor of that concern at the time of his death. small Ed-| of his most recent interests development of the tract of Silver and High Streets where colonial development has been with James A. Britton as arand which would include a park Memorial to be known Park. as the Wells * Mr. Wells had not been well for sev- | ‘eral weeks and for several days had been taking special treatments at the Boston hospital. He was clerk of All Souls’ Unitarian Church, a trustee of the Franklin Savings Institution, vice-president of the Green River Cemetery Association, a trustee of Stoneleigh Prospect Hill School and a member of Republican Lodge of Masons. H. He leaves his wife, the former Ethel Dow, and fessor of English at Harvard, He had been president of the board of trustees of the Clarke School for and was chairman or the board of trustees of the Carnegie Foundation in. 1932, Dr. Neilson married Elisabeth 9 FRED W. WELLS © Dr. Neilson’s Funeral Here Is Largely Attended as an educator. He was editor-inchief of Webster’s International Dic- in NORTHAMPTON, Feb. 13 — Dr.: William Allan‘Neilson, 76, fourth and| probably most famous of Smith College presidents, who served from 1917 until his retirement in 1939, died to- and were built or acquired during his administration. The college now has |} 115 acres of land. Dr. Neilson was’ distinguished as a Stricken Succumbs } lege increased through Dr, Neilson's ||}regime. Of the 35 houses of residence Marcel several Wells F GREENFIELD, neral services Franklin ee for County cousins, 2s Held March Fred 12 W. — industrialist Fu- Wells, and prominent resident, took place this afternoon from his home at 31 Congress Street. Rev. Walter M. Clarke, Jr., of Shelburne Congregational Church, officiated. Burial was in Green River Cemetery. The bearers were Frank A. Yeaw, Jr., Wells Seller, Carl Libby, Joseph Ballard, Mr. King and Mr, Gardner. <r rete �Worthington 12y) 3 (C0. WELL DAY SERVICE HELD One ‘Acres of Diamonds’ Is Honored of Famous Preacher’s Read; “Gas Sermons : 1 Ban Hits Attendance ae ORTHINGTON. Aug. ¢ The anohservance of “Russell Conwell| place “today at the | South Worthii ston church where EL Conwell vorshippcd as a boy <& where it was hi: tom in later years to preach one Sunday each year. Aitendanee Small In past years at ieast 200 have attended these celebrations but on ac ceunt of the gasoline shortage there | a cmall atteadance fteday an to-| devoted of Dr. Conwell's | sermon as d today by Dr. Creeljman. ©The theme Was “Heavenly | places,” base] on the words of St. Paul: “And hath 1 ed us up tosether in hea é in. Christ Jesus.” (Eph 2: j 5 thought was emphasized that in life's jovrney pers ms differ in the| Way they react to at they see and] experience, Cne ne Ss. What’ is disWhile ancther the least f life. S on Mount Sinai and Jacob and Mout eavenly we jawareness, The rmon the | Apostles concluded es” Tuesday ithe evening. Cemetery. Burial will be Once Deputy Sheriff iCharles M. in | home and years ‘was a had he For deputy The memorial consists of a 20-foot, Gift in Mrs. Frank D. The Chesterfield was dedicated many years he Steele of West Cum- | funeral services will be helt at the Worthington. Congregational Church Tuesday at 2, Rev. James ‘Neeley of Huntington officiating, Burs ial will be in the North Cemetery. Dies Soon After Husband’s Funeral CHESTERFIELD, March 14—Mrs, Lucy -(Tower) Cole, 35, whosebusband, Ekiward M. Cole, was buried Wednesday, died early today in her ‘home in Ireland Street and her funeral will be a graveside service Fri- ‘day at 2 with a son-in-law, Rev. E. Pomeroy Outler of the Richmond Church, who officiated yesterday, again in charge of the service. Mrs. Cole was the daughter of Loren Tower of Wiest Chesterfield and in her young days was a teacher, served on the School Board for several years and was a member of the Congrega-| tional Church, Bearers at Mr. Cole’s funeral were Elmer Todd, Homer Granger, Michael Babiak and Raymond Coffey, all neighbors. UNION, SPRINGFIELD, -HONORS AMHERST HEROES—View of the Amherst College War Me-®>> which in in Hampshire Wilmer T. of Hoxsie, R. I.; eight grandchildren and four great-grand-« ‘children. MASS., MONDAY, JUNE 17, 196 of Alumni morial op- He for many of 8. Stillman sons, four mington; R. I., Charles L.. of Baw Greenwich, and ton Dalton, Robert L. of Cumming Three thousand Amherst men who served in the armed services, of whom more than half went overseas, are also honored by the memorial, It was constructed as a gift of 3500 alumni, who contributed $100,000, most of which went into the construction of the new playing fields. ' in his He leaves his wife, Mary (Tower) two daughters, Mrs. Fred Cudworth, and Fla. rg, Fairman of St. Petersbu Chris- 100-ton Chelmsford granite disc, 19 inches high with five-foot Amherst Colleg seal (Terras Irradient) at center. The 13 concentric circles, representing the stripes of the U. S. flag, will receive the carved name and |class of each of the 34 men of World War ft and the approximately 102 who died «in World War II, Fortyeight stars rim the disk and the entire area is enclosed in a 70-foot memorial circle paved with bluestone. The landscaping includes flowering hawthorne and low pines, overlooking the ‘living memorial” area where it is expected varsity football, baseball and soccer fields will be laid out. The new memorial field, located between Hitchcock Field and Alumni gym, totals five acres and gives the college 29 acres of playing fields. served several sheriff emphasizhomes ane and by today. in this town offices. County. 85, died Worthington a farm lerated town Cudworth, ~— 17 March WGRTHINGTON, Mantle IH. THE SPRINGFIELD with Street Former Worthington Official rey living by Conwell was long celebrated as inspirational lecturer and deliv- In the afternoon, an informal service was held on the piazza in Eagles Nest. Rev. John Wightman of Northampton carried on thoughts of the morning as applied to the activities of hill town churches and this was followed by an open discussion, of Transfiguration laces” SO Cali we have the spirit of duiy..of im: inaking “heavenly Dr. 11—Ed- ip y the Dr. Dr..Creel said in part: “Adventuring means practically the same as venturing. Adventure finds an essential place in life. Life itself is an adventure. The world has to be discovered anew by each one of us who comes into it. What I have been trying to emphasize this morning found marked exemplification in the character and briliant achievements of Dr. Conwell. From the Eagles Next exploit to the sunset hours of his long and event|ful career, his life was one of high adventure, There would have been no Baptist Temple, no Temple Univere sity, nor Samaritan Hospital, nor Stirring lectures delivered throughout the land had he not possessed in abundant measure the adventurous spirit.” me-of Dr, Con:|] vay the younzcommunity” and ight become in a ineas with his thought and on to ered his best known address, “Acres of Diamonds,” a thousand times. Miss Jane Tuttle, granddaughter of Dr. Conwell, sang “Eye Hath Not Seen” accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Nima C. Tuttle at the organ. Arthur G. Capen, organist of the First Congregational Church at the Center, played the prelude and postlude and for the humns which were favorites of Dr. Conwell. Rev. Dr. Harlan I, Creelman, a former pastor of the First Congregational Church and now in. Auburn, N. Y., spoke on the topie, “Adventuring with God.” the tnemory cf this famous | honor author and educator | preacher, orator, who. founded Temple University in i Philadelphia | Rev. Arthur pastor of ; Cong Chureh ft | Worthingts : of the serv-} ice at 11 and introdyu the speaker, | Dr. Harlan Crecinian of © Auburn, |N. Y. at one time pastor of the First regational Church at the Center. Jane Tuttle of New York City, r of Dr. Conwell, sang, j accompan her mother, Mrs. Nima’ -C; Arthur G. Capen, erganist of the First Congregational Chureh played for the hymns and} |the Prelude and lcetlude. | At last syear’s observ of -Conwell Sunday, the s mM was made mm it might Accordingly The Worthington Se a NT ner naaare erseanseeaesneuemgecainasiente-eneiaigreensnartpreennteiaratent mn only Author Memorial to Conweil service is a memorial March Monroe Cole, 84, died in his in Ireland Street, Sunday after a brief illness. He was born in Chesterfield and spent nearly all his life on his farm. He attended Wilbraham Academy and taught schoo] for a time. He married Miss Lucy Tower and had he lived would have celebrated his 58th wedding anniversary next June. Mr. Cole was a member of Chesterfield Congregational Church and the Northampton IOOF. Mr. Cole leaves his wife, a son, Arlin T. Cole of this town, a daughter, Mrs. Agnes Cole Cutler of Richmond and three granddaughters. His only grandson was killed in the service. The funeral will be Wednesday at 1 at the home, Rev. E. Pomeroy Cutler of Richmond officiating. Friends may call at the Bisbee funeral parlor ; Russell H. Conwell, founder of Temple University of Philadelphia, whose; boyhood was spent at Eagles Nest in South Worthington. Sunday Was ward | home oa CM. CUDWORTH IS DEAD AT 85 Edward M. Cole, 84 CHESTERFIELD, WORTHINGTON, Aug. 30 — On account of the gas and tire shortage, only about 40 attended the annual Conwell Day service at South Worthington Church, this morning, oF nan Chesterfield Worthington CONWELL DAY OBSERVED AT ORTHINGTON 1946 dud Monch jd, 1946 pee yesterday morning. >> > > a �| z “Gen. MONTGOMERY May 4 AP) — latter officer Marshal Accepts Surrender of 1,000,000 Germans YORK, the assumed the title wear and I will Mionty added, Bill Downs, Columbia broadcasting system correspondent, said in a broadcast | from Hamburg tonight: “More than 1,000,000 Germans on Field Marshal Montgomery’s 21st Army group front surrendered on this historic May the 4th, bringing hostili- |' ties to an end for the Canadian Army fighting in Holland and the British 2d Army fighting in Northern Germany. It was the biggest mass surrender of German -forces since the Armistice of 1918. “A German surrender mission headed by Admiral von Friedeberg, commander-in-chief of the German navy, signed articles of unconditional | surrender for the German land, sea jand air forces, facing the Canadian i Ist Army and the British 2d Army, at 6.25 o'clock this Friday evening. Field Marshal Montgomery signed in behalf of the Allied supreme commander-in-chief, Gen. Eisenhower. “The signing occurred in a_ tent set up especially for the ceremony in ‘front of Marshal Montgomery's headquarters on the Lunéberg heath just | to von Friedeberg, and be as Point 1, the go on with killed.’ “So at May 8, 4 p. m. Admiral = surthe delighted to do so.’ an afterthought: ‘All your soldiers and civilians may yesterday von be atternovn, Friedeberg, and Maj. Frieder went back with the news. They returned today, at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, with the complete acceptance of the unconditional surrender terms, and that’s how surrenders are made. ‘It was raining when we, arrived at Monty’s headquarters. The weather yas more like fall than spring. of Fuehrer. Von Friedehere’s rank also carries the title of general of the army, thus, he was able to negotiate for the ground forces as well. “With von Friedeberg was Gen. Kinsel, the next-ranking officer, who | is chief of staff to Field Marshal Busch, who is commander of the northern German armies, Fisld Ma shal] Busch, incidentally, is still miss ing from our prisoners’ list, but we should catch up with him soon, Next came Rear Admiral Wagner, a staff MONTGOMERY'S “GREAT MOMENT”, NEW of third point, he éaid, not agree to then I will “We were There Was led to a weather-beaten tent that had been pitched. scores of times as the field marshal’s headquarters. It wasn’t large, about 10feet wide and 20 feet long. . Family size. Inside was set up an ordinary lkitchen-siz¢ table. On top of it was a blue cloth. Between twe microphones -wa@s an ink-stand with an ordinary sfeel-tipped pen lying on top. | "The dean mission arrived and walked ta@ the front of Monty's caravan. Admiral yon. Friedeberg was invited ingide for a last-minute conference. t this time it was not completely s@ttled whether the German answer td the unconditienal surrender terms would be yes or no. “While { Monty and the General Admiral were meeting in the caravan, the other Nazi big-wigs stood in the rain, cold jand shivering, just like us reporters.| Then they marched down the grave} path toward the tent. lastly, a Maj. Friede, a staff officer to Gen. Kinsel. “This; was the party who hoped to negotiate with Field Marshal Montgomery. They were taken to Monty’s field headquarters on the Luneberg heath. He stepped out, returned their military, not Nazi, salute and asked, as if they were vacuum cleaner salesmen, “What do you want?” “The Germans replied: ‘‘We come Gen. Admiral von Friede- e: berg dressed in a gray leather coat, havy style, with a battered to accept the surrender of three Ger- German hat on his head. But the striking man armies which now are withdrawing in front of the Russians in the thing was his face, the pushed-in GevMecklenberg area.”. These three man face, deeply lined and absolutely motionless, armies, it was later revealed, were the gray and “But the most magnificent figure 8d Panzer Army, the German 12th was Gen. Kinsel, the chief of staff Army, and the 21st Army. for the German armies in the north. “The Nazi officers continued: “We He was the perfect figure of what the are very anxious about the condiworld has come to know to its sortion of German civilians who are row as the German military peacock, fleeing as the German armies. retreat complete with monocle, i in the path of the Russian advance. “Gen. Kinsel wore a light greéen,! We want you to accept the surrender fastidious German army great-coat, of these three armies.” “To; his everlasting credit, Field with brilliant red lapels. His monocle seemed to. glisten even in the duli Marshal Montgomery turned down three German armies willing to sur- gray of the afternoon. If his face had not been set in concrete, you might render to him. ‘No,’ he said, “‘Certainly not. Those German armiss are have expected him to burst into sons fighting the Russians. Therefore if for a Viennese operetta! He was that beautiful. they surrender to anyone, it must “The small fry. the colonels and be to the forces of the Soviet Union. majors and all the rest of the surThey have nothing to do with me, render party were gray ducks, by IT have nothing to do with’the haprenings on my Eastern Front. You comparison. “Field Marshal Montgomery kept go surrender. to the Soviet comthe party waiting. They stood at atmander. The subject is closed.’ south of Hamburg. . It is significant “Then Field. Marshal’ Montgomery tention around the kitchen table. Finally the Marshal, wearing an immacuthé the northern German armies asked: ‘Are you prepared to surlate British field battledress with red render the German forces on my surrendered on this artificiallytabs on the lapels and a field marore ested heath which for years has {Northern and Western flanks? Those shal's baton on his shoulders, almost | orces between Luebeck and Holland, served as the. training ground and sauntered down the path. He said and the forces’ in support eof them birthplace for German armies. It was out of the corner of his mouth: ‘This here that technically a large part of} such as those in Denmark? “The Germans said no, but they is the moment’. the Wehrmacht died, added that again they were anxious “The only nation in northern “He carried the surrender papers in| about the conditions of the German Europe yet to be liberated is Norway. his right hand. The moment he ap-j civilians on the northern flank. ‘We There still is. the Dunkerque pocket, peared, the Germans Snapped to at-| would like to come to some agreebut these events must have a trementention like puppets. The British field} ment with you by which the civilians dous effect on the Germans still holdmarshal sat dewn and stretched out, would be saved from battle slaughing out there. his hand in invitation for the Nazis ter.” Then the German commander “In the words of Field Marshal to do the same. d a complicated and difficult Montgomery,.as he walked to the tent “The cameras began to whirl and} program covering the next click, and where’ the official signing took place, Monty picked up the hisfew weeks, in which the British 2d toric document grinned; and commented to the rethat meant the surArmy would advance slowly, while render porters: “This is the moment.’ It of more than 1,000,000 Gerat the same time the German troops, mans. was a great moment, a historic moHe put up his horn-rimmed by agreement, would retreat slowly. ment, ther in the cold. rain, the spectacles, picked up the papers and “It would work well for the Gerblustering winds on the Luncherg said: ‘I will now read out the terms mans.’ Again Monty said: ‘No, I will of the surrender,’ heath, in the heart-of Northern Gernot discuss what 1 propose to do in many, a great moment not only for “The Germans sat like statues, not Britain and Canada, and fer the ;} the future—nothing.’ a flicker of any kind of emotion on “Then the British Field Marshal American 82nd Airborne YPDivision, their: :faces. 4 took the offensive. ‘I wonder,’ he said, and-the American 8th Infantry Divi“Solemnly, but with a note of trision and the. American 7th Armored ‘whether you know the battle situaumph in his voice, Monty read the tion on the Western Front.’ He pro- terms Division fighting under the 2d Army of surrender. You could tell in its hour of victory. : duced his operational map; the war that this was the moment for which “What happened was that. this was. too close to being won for it to he had been waiting in El Alamein, in drive to the Baltic carriel the °2d have any security importance, This Tunisia, and in Italy. : Army Army thrust thrust lirectly flirectly behind behin the he liline map, and what he said, was the final “One by one, the Germans signed. at of the German Army group, straw, the one factor which preciThey didn't say a word or betray a armies retreating before pitated the surrender of a million single emotion. It was strictly a Prusin the North by Gen. RoGermans. The German commanders sian ceremony for the Germans. | forces advancing westwere shocked, astounded “by ‘the prog“Then the Figld “Marshal took up|} ress of the Allies in the east and the the wooden pen with the steel: tip. |} “In the first three days it is estiwest. “‘And now,’ he said, ‘I will sign in] mated that more than a half a million “It was lunch time and they went behalf of the Supreme Allied com-'| prisoners were taken,mostly from off to lunch alone. Gen. Admiral yon mander, Gen, Hisenhower.’ this armv group retreating westward. Friedeberg burst into tears when he “The whole ceremony took about got out of sight of Montgomery, and five minutes.” he wept throughout lunch. After lunch, Field Marshal Montgomery called the Germans back for further consultations, and there he delivered his ultimatum, an ultimatum that must have hurt the Nazis as much as the landing in Normandy. “He told the Germans; ‘you must understand three things: firstly, you must surrender to me unconditionally all. the German for in Holland, Friesland and the Frisian Islands and the Helgoland, and all other islands and in Schleswig-Holstein and in Denmark. Secondly, when you have done that, f am prepared to discuss with |. you the implications of your surrender. How we will dispose of those from Field Marshal Busch to ask you ! | | surrendered cupy we so the will forth. troops, surrendered deal with how the RS we will + t oc-{ territory, how| ite ed civilians / and) y | oe Senin E BERNARD commander you do |render, replied that he should start. 2d Army, = | “‘And my arwas a rendezvous and moving, The ranged for Thursday, yesterday. but did not appear, general German he -sent word that negotiations were level than higher on a much going not could He station. his. military negotiate. a party of yesterday that “It was again officials German higher four i hoisted a white flag and drove into the British lines. Head of the party 'was Admiral von Friedeberg, com,mander-in-chief of the German navy, ‘who replaced Adimira] Doenitz while the SIR Dempsey, �bo 17%6 | . Worthington Miss Ames Feted | On 90th Birthday Worthington ‘Mrs. Burr Guest | WORTHINGTON, nual WORTHINGTON, April 2 — The | Women’s Benevolent Society held a home the at night Tuesday banquet jof Mrs, Carl Joslyn in celebration ‘of Mrs. Helen Burr’s 25th anniverEe as secretary and treasurer of the society. On ,May 3, 1894, the society was incorporated and Mrs. |Burr’s mother-in-law, the late Mrs. Burr, was elected secretary and | Na, 27 for held the office and | treasurer ‘years. Thus for 52 years it has been jheld in one family. to down sat 35 p.m. 6.30 At | tional Sees IISS Be EO rs BESSIE eget AMES oe — WORTH- INGTON, March 28 --— Miss Bessie’ Ames who was $0 years old Tuesday was given her first birthday party by her nephew’s wife, Mrs. John Ames, with whom she makes her home. Miss Ames who was born a when, she retired. Considering her advanced age, Miss Ames isin remarkable health, being able to walk out doors, read without glasses and assist ‘in the household. She listens to the radio keeping abreast of the news. bers of the Church and has in the Women's Many gifts of ing and fancy by Miss Ames, ciative thank ecards Grace her, of the She is agmem- First Congregational been an active worker Benevolent Society. flowers, cassidy, clotharticles were received who was very appre- honors and N. Mie Nellie M. Bartlett of Chatham, | who were charter members: Miss Bes-| lsie Ames, Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens and | were charter| Knapp, who | Mrs. Maud initiates. As it was Mrs. May Porter’s | was given} cake birthday, a birthday given | was Bartlett Elsie Miss her. of miniature furniture | reproductions as retiring president after ‘five> Years | and Mrs. Burr was presented a down| Mrs.; by of money a sum quilt and Lantern slides of the! Florence Bates. Harold, by loaned Alps, Bavarian Brown, and slides of old-time Worthington were shown in the evening. wishes to all her friends for the many and gifts. Her niece, Mrs. Skehan of Canton, is visiting = was born in 28, 1869 the (McCoy) He had and been Charles West Whately, son of- Louisa a resident S. of Sanderson, this city for the last 48 years. For many years he was the proprietor of a meat and grocery business here and for the past 12 years he has been the janitor at Bedford Lodge. In 1942 with Mrs. Sanderson ding He he celebrated his 50th wed- anniversary. member was Congregational Northampton |wife, Emma of church Grange. (Bradwell) Edwards the and Besides the his Sanderson jhe leaves three sons, Carlton B. of Temple City, Cal., Herbert E. of PonDetroit, of C. Roy and tiac, Mich., McCoy Mich., a daughter, Mrs. Ette of Hyde Park; a brother, Harry W. of Haydenville; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. at the) held be will funeral The Newell funeral home Wednesday at 2, with an organ prelude at 1.30. Rev. Paul T. McClurkin, pastor of Hadley Congregational Church, will officiate and burial will be in West Whately /Cemetery. Friends may call at the {funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9. an- Congrega- last night election. moderator, for three Arthur) years,| ; trustee for three Osgood; clerk for Daniel ford Tinker, R. Porter, Mrs. George Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. of Miss K. McD. Rice, Mrs.; Mr. and Mrs. Dana Loud of Northampton are at their summer home, Dr. and Mrs, Harlan I, Creelman of Auburn, N. Y., arrived yesterday and opened their summer home. e L. Sanderson, 77, of 26 Bedford terHosat Dickinson died today race, pital after a short illness. He May held 6—The Charles A. Kilbourn and Judge Elisha; j Brewster and will be spread on the | records, i 2—Charles Sept. First Lawrence Mason, Mrs. Arthur Codding and Mrs. Malcolm Fairman. Arthur Capen will have charge of out-of-town members. Resolutions were read on the C. L. Sanderson, 77, Dies in Hospital NORTHAMPTON, | Mrs. deaths e was June H. Bartlett; two members of church committee, Mrs. Harry. Bates and Mrs. Stanley Mason; music committee, \Mrs. ©. Raymond Magargal, Mrs. Richard Hathaway and Mrs. George E. Torrey, Jr.; flower committee, Emerson J. Davis, Miss Josephine Hewitt and Mrs. John Ames; resolutions committee, Mrs. Herbert Porter, Mrs. F. H. Burr and Mrs. Harry Bates; solicitors, Mrs. C. K. Osgood, Mrs. R. Hathaway, Mrs. Clif- Lt4¢ ° the three years, A. G. Capen; church treasurer, Mrs. Herbert G. Porter; benevolence treasurer, Mrs. Eben L. Shaw; auditor, Mrs. Harry Mollison; Sunday school superintendent, Mrs. Ernest G. Thayer; nominating committee, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. Franklyn Hitchcock and Mrs. Walter Mollison; missionary committee, Mrs. Cc. K. Osgood, Mrs. Clifford Tinker, in Brock- ton, in 1856, was’one of eight children of whom only one sister survives. Mrs, Edith Sentell of ‘Santa Barbara, Cal, who is 80. Their father made shoes tor the Army in the Civil War in a little shop of ‘his own. Miss Ames remembers well traveling in. Boston’s old horse cars. After graduating from Massachusetts General Hospital in. Boston, she traveled extensively. At the age of 27, she bought an estate in Worthington known as “Hitt Top Farm,” mow owned by A. E, Albert, where she catered to sumimer boarders until 1940, Church of Arthur Codding; years, C. Kenneth Mrs,} and town, this of Porter meeting with reports and Chosen were: Codding; deacon \turkey dinner. Especial guests invited| May | Mrs, A. Cole, Anna Mrs. were G. Worthi ngton ELECTION IS HELD BY FIRST CHURCH On Anniversary 1 | | f �Springfield Union Photo CLUB CLOSES SEASON—Participating in the final gathering of the season of the Young Mothers Club of the Howard Street School yester‘day afternoon were, from the left, Mrs. Lura McDavitt, leader; Miss Mary O, Pottenger, supervisor of elementary education in the Public School System, who is pouring; Mrs. Nest Cirillo and Mrs. Mary D’Agostino, club members. During the year, many activities contributing to the welfare of the home and school have been sponsored. At yesterday’s session, children of the school entertained with dancing and singing. | At Howard Street school, sixth | graders have made a huge painting |which is being framed for hanging in the school corridor. It consists of five panels, each made by a committee of seven children, When these are assembled, they will tell the story of the group’s visit to the SPCA, [Springfield Union Photo TOOK PART WITH 994 OTHERS—Group of pupils at the Howard Street School are shown as they put finishing touches to the dance which they gave at the physical education demonstration staged by 1000 public school pupils as the feature of today’s session of the annual conyention of the Eastern District of Physical Education, Health and Recreation Association at Technical High School this afternoon. In the group are Harold Martin, Barbara Laguidice, Elaine De Caro, John Montefusco, Marie Borgatti and Thomas Trangance. �1946 Second-grade pupils from Howard Street school, with Miss Olive Smith, Springfield director of humane education, examine wasps’ nests at the Museum of Natural History. They have learned that it is safe to collect such nests in the fall because they have been abandoned. They know that wasps or bees will not sting people unless they are frightened or think their homes are in danger. 19H6 Ad group from a grade auxiliar ary at Howard jel named Rusty read aloud by a classmate. | aE acters from the books the } Street school lis In the bockeaa youngsters have ee ively 2 ey fie Meant enjoyed, made by eo en : ee animal Spanchar- �TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1946 MASS, SPRINGFIELD, JUDGE BREWSTER SUCCUMBS AT 74 the 000 While Federal initiated by the AAA dairy Club. Court section. leaves his wife, Jéssie W. Brewster; three daughters, Harriet and Elizabeth Brewster, and Mrs. Windsor Sturtevant, of this city; two brothers, Kingman Brewster of Washington, D. C., Charles H., of Middletown, to Works the his a Pupils short Administration state became appointment Was Making his summer home in Worthington, Judge: Brewster lived at 240 Washington Boulevard, this city. He and for muni- as a Fed- Active Mason He was affiliated with numerous Masonie orders, was a 32d degree Mason, a member of the Knights Templar, of Melha Temple of the Shrine, the old Nayasset club before its liquid~ ation, Springfield Country. Club, Winthrop Club and Springfield Rotary judge in Boston; he turned down the to refused tax, processing AAA’s grant an injunction asked by the ‘AAA, against milk dealers, and ruled “void. and unenforceable’ .a Greater Boston milk marketing agreement 2 Public. \ Prior . District Canada Honor eral judge, he made thorough studies of various aspects of the law. He was, the author of a treatise on the Mas-)| sachusetts inheritance tax, which has been regarded as’ an authoritative work, He was noted for his direct decisions against Franklin D, Rooseyelt’s Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion. into 14, 1946 Shortly before his retirement, Brewster ruled that $100,000,- funds granted cipal funds. Elisha Hume Brewster, 74, Federal District Court judge until his retire‘ment in 1941, died at 4.30 a, m. Monday in Springfield Hospital after a brief illness. He was taken to the hospital on Saturday’ morning. Death was due to coronary thrombosis. The funeral will be in Faith Congregational Church, the’ time to be announced. Acts border visit. Judge APRIL Huntington ties were acting over their authority, he overruled an Immigration Department claim that an alien who entered this country lawfully was’ deprived of his right to re-enter if he crossed Retired Jurist Dies Here; Noted. for AAA Rulings Hit FDR “MASS.: Conn.;: He was a member of Faith (Bosworth Studio Photos) Three Huntington high school seniors, who have maintained the highest averages in their courses, will take place in graduating exercise in June. They are, left to right: Miss Jacquelyn Westerberg, first honors; George Donovan, second honors, and Miss Elizabeth Dugas, third honors. Con- gregational: Church, His political affairs were. given ‘up to devote time to his expanding legal practice. He was associated with the late Ralph W. and Theodore W. Ellis in the firm of Ellis, Brewster & Ellis. A new partnership was later formed with Theodore W. Ellis and John H. Mitchell, after Ralph W. Ellis’ retirement, under the firm name of Brewster, Ellis and Mitchell, continuing until his appointment as judge. Throughout his entire career , Judge: Brewster was frequently called on to. serve as master in equity. He was characterized by never thrusting himself forward or indulging in half-way measures. His achievements so impressed his associates and contemporaries that they accorded him a’ dis-} 1T4E a sister, Mrs. Leon M. Conwell of grandchildren, two and Somerville; Brewster and Windsor Sturtevant, of this city. Judge Brewster was born Sept. 1.\tinetion which he neyer. world have 1871, in Worthington, son of Charles claimed for himself. K. and Celina S. (Baldwin) Brewster. At one time, Judge Brewster enA graduate of Williston Seminary in gaged in verbal parry, with George Easthampton, in 1893, he received his Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright. law degree from Boston University Shaw ealled the Federal Constitution in 1896, in the same year beginning “anarchistic’ in a, speech in New his law. practice. He was married to York City. Addressing a nationalizaAlice M. Thompson of this. city June, tion. class, Judge Brewster referred to} 20, 1900. After her death four years the eminent playwright’s remarks as'| later, he.was married to “Jessie W. “Inane.” Cook, of Greenfield, June 28, 1906. Appointed We was Court by by appointed President Harding to the Warren Har- ding Oct. 28, 1922 and. served until his retirement four ‘years ago: He became senior justice in 1933. Serving three years on the Massachusetts House of Representatives, he was clerk of the House committee of publie service and served on banks and banking, taxation, and corporation jaw revisions. He was unsuccessful in seeking the Republican nomination for state treasurer during his third year in the Legislature. The decision: gaining Judge Brewster widest attention was his ruling as unconstitutional, the AAA process- ing was tax, totalling returned $7,200,000, to. Court. J. Penner officiat- | at 2 with Rey. Albert Cemetery. | Paucatuck ing.. Burial in t Springfield, Holyoke. sj. service, which! Finding that the AAA lacked power regulate agricultural products with- the itiated state, his decision against the by President Roosevelt [Springfield len, Miss congregation close of the sermon. more than about they do the clothes about the Photo Marion L. Bartlett, school principal, and Miss Armstrong. Beloved School Nurse Will that Rest After 33 Years’ Service ° A lot of people know Union VETERAN NURSE “CHECKS OUT”’-—Miss Marguerite Armstrong, veteran school nurse, is shown as she checked out one of her last eases today, with Dr. L. Jackson Smith, health commissioner, and Dr. W. J. Mullen, school physician. Left to right, Dr. Smith, Dr. Mul- gold coins be returned to the government, stating that such action would violate the fifth amendment ‘to the Constitution, prohibiting the taking of private property. Ruling that immigration authori- the funeral was up-} Supreme} ‘lequalization pool of the first Boston -Imilk marketing agreement decl lared :‘}/AAA action “void and unenforceable.” ‘|The decision was reversed, however, and put into effect again in 19387. He declined’ to.:grant injunction against 28 Greater Boston milk deal-, ers, accused of violating the. milk ordér, which was ‘another ruling atfecting the AAA. Judge Brewster also declared unconstitutional the order in- ef Martin | Marguerite Armstrong, who! ‘Miss Armstrong has done a won-_ ed as a school nurse in this|derful piece of work,” commented Dr.} 33 years, and who fs widely} L. Jacks n Smith, health commis| know n throughout the South End as/sioner. “She has taken a personal oa friend to all,” has resigned andjinterest in the children and many a will ire June 1, i nnounced | time has extende da helping hand to today. Miss is been at/their parents. She is beloved throughithe Howard Joseph's|out the South End where she has | Se hool during the g rt.of her; worked for many years.” 3 are being| what she plans to do, jlong servic Many eve }planned in her honor. } ong replied,‘ Jat would Miss Armstrong, who ts 78, tvas due} you expect me to do at 73? I am gojto retire three years ago, but was jing to rest t for at least a year.” continued in s e because of the that when it became iwar. She is a gr | yoke Fosvital: {Studied nursing duate of the Armstrong pebbeds. abroad u% ‘lin | Mrs. | 17th, the Holyoke, CROSIER—In Crosier, wife of ‘Win- | H. (Taylor) Mary Street,.} th Dartmou 21 of Crosier fred Friday | her- home, in Funeral. Holyoke. 70 Massachusetts| manufacturers. His decision ‘theld by the United States .|to Died {746 : District G. i= . Hol-|k she hasj}had several offers for! ‘Nurses are so was retiring of positions. scarce that jthe city and is well known in nursing|back into the work as jcircles throughout this area, jable,” she commented. | soon that she I'll as get Pm} | 4 �IG4A6 1946. | Worthington Miss Bartlett | aa ine ; ‘at ee ‘won te Sa. 3 Worthington WORTHINGTON, the 1746 by Country Mrs. Club H. Aug. card Seeley, 15 — party Worthington > WORTHINGTON, Prizes Rob- ‘ert Lane, Mrs. Sidney J. Smart, Mrs. P. Carson and Mrs. Charles Allen. , The Library Corporation elected the following offices; president, Franklin .H. Burr; clerk, Mrs. Hharry Mollison; treasurer, Arthur G, Capen; auditor, Mrs. George E. Torrey, Jr.; ~ Church Bride and director for Elsie Bartlett. It five was Mrs. Jasper Point MRS. ALBERT N. HARDY, epic tenes WORTHINGTON, Aug. 28 JR. — Miss M. Eloise Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy F. Bartlett of Worthington, was married today in the First; Congregational, Church to Albert N. Hardy, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Hardy of North Adams, with only the immediate families present. Rey. J. Herbert Owen .of Lenox, a former pastor of the local church, performed the single ring ceremony. The bride was attired in a tan gabardine suit with black accessories and wore an orchid. The only attend-|! ants were Mr. and Mrs, Robert Lane of North Adams. Mrs, Lane’s gown was a pale agua print and she wore yellow roses. James Morley Chambers, ,organist of St. John’s. Episcopal Church in North Adams, played the wedding marches. A reception for 50 relatives followed at the Country Club. Mrs. Hardy attended the. local schools, graduated from Williamsburg High School and Bates College in Lewiston, Me., in February. Mr. Hardy is a graduate of Drury High School in North Adams and New England Conservatory: of Music in Boston. He did graduate work at the Conservatory and was a pupil of Royal Dadmun of Boston. He entered the Army in 1941 and was discharged this year. He was a captain and served two years in ETO, Following the retirement of James Morley Chambers in January as musie supervisor in the schools of North Adams, he substituted as musi- } eal instructor in Drury High School preceeding appointment of George Fulginiti as supervisor. At present Mr. Hardy is copartner with Robert Lane at Fort Massachusetts Restaurant in North Adams. After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Hardy will live in Bradley Street, North Adams. Rev. J. Herbert Owen of Lenox, a former local pastor, will conduct the annual Conwell Day celebration Sunday at the South Worthington Church and will be the principal speaker at the afternoon service at 3. ee Worthington PHYLLIS GRANGER PICKS ATTENDANTS » WORTHINGTON, Sept. 20— Miss Phyllis Granger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer married Sept. Granger, 28 who at her is home, to be has chosen Miss Marian Sylvester of Williamsburg as her bridesmaid and | Walter Granger, the bride’s brother will attend the bridegroom, William Press, Jr. Miss Granger has been guest of honor at two showers, one in Easthampton at the home of Mrs. John Emery and one at her home given by Miss Marian Sylvester and Miss Norma Rev. John perform Mrs. Palmer last the Wells Hawley Charles gave a night of of ceremony. Williamsburg. Amherst will Eddy and Mrs. Leon miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. Palmer for Mrs, Albert N, Hardy, Jr., of North Adams, who before her marriage on Aug. 23 was Miss M. Eloise Bartlett of this town. Mrs. Hardy received many gifts, Me ot £4 Conn. service will be 3.15 follow- and Mrs. Miss Bernice numbers on Theodore Jilbourn the two Tatro held the dolls. and lucky Friendship Historical | ) Guild Society cleared from | $23 the for the dinner |served at the annual meeting of the | Historical Society when these officers were elected: president, Mrs. Harry Bates; vice-president, Walter Stevjens; secretary and treasurer, Arthur Capen. The program included a paper by Atty. Walter Stevens, ‘“Biography of Judge Brewster’; a paper written by Miss Elsie Bartlett, “Early Worthington Schools’; a paper read by Dr. Harlan I. Creelman and written’ by the late William A. Rice on his’ boyhood in | 28— These | Schools to Reopen Schools will open Sept. 4 with these teachers: Mrs. Laura B, Deane, principal and teacher of grammar room; ‘Mrs. Lewis Zarr, teacher of primary jroom; Mrs. Leon Thayer, art instructor; Mrs. George FE. Torrey, Jr., music supervisor; Mrs. Harry Bates, school. nurse; Dr. Mary P. Snook, physician, and Theodore Tatro, janitor. Mrs. ‘George H. Bartlett will be cook, as|sisted by Mrs. Arthur Ducharme for the school lunch, The same volunteers will help. ing the kome-coming service at 2. The receipts of the Women’s Benevolent Society Fair held Wednesday at Town Hall were $8438.70. Mrs. Finley Walton of Wyn Wood, Pa., a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dana Laud, held the lucky number on the quilt Aug. officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Golf Club: president, Dr. Harold Stone; vice-president, Henry H. Snyder; secretary and treasurer, Herbert Langworthy; board of directors, John Dittrich, George| Jasper, Roy McCann, N. F. Glidden and Dr. John Huffmire. rr at yl Dr. Stone Elected Former members of the Civilian Defense Committee, have been invited to Peru Sunday afternoon to the dedication of the monument to _the 16 men who lost their lives when their plane crashed on Garnet Peak, Peru, Aug. 15, 1942. Members of the Worthington Civilian Defense Committee assisted greatly in rescuing the three who were saved. The dedi-|, cation ae WORTHINGTON, I. Creelman. Woods, The Worthington Frank Sexton and Mrs. George are spending the week at 0’ — years, Miss voted to ac- cept the conveyance of the strip of land between the library lawn and property of Dr, Harlan Creelman ‘from William A. Rice, Jr. Donald Shaw will occupy the pul“pit of -the First Congregational Church Sunday at 1, Miss Louise Quinn of Rochester, ‘N. Y., and Mrs. John Hume of New ‘York City are guests of Dr. and Mrs. Harlan 11 salvage paper drive scheduled for last Saturday will be held Saturday by the 4-H boys and girls. Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Magargal 7 are parents of a daughter, Christine, born Sept. 10 at Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. The baby is granddaughter of Selectman and Mrs. Wells W. Magargal and Mr, and Mrs. Guy F, Bartlett of this town. were Mrs. Sept. | Worthington, Slides were shown which were made by Rey. Dr. W. F. Markwick of early Worthington scenes. The trustees of the First Congregational Chureh have been having alterations and repairs made on the parsonage to prepare it for Rev. and Mrs. William Barton to occupy. Rey. Mr. Barton will preach his first sermon as pastor Sept. 1, �_ WEDNESDAY, MAY “1, 1946 Worthington Mrs. Bartlett, 95, Dies in Arizona WORTHINGTON, April 30 — Miss Hisie Bartlett has received word of the death in Peoria, Ariz., of her aunt; Mrs. Helen (Hoyt) Bartlett, 95, widow of Howard Bartlett. Mrs. Bartlett moved to Arizona from Massachusetts in 1889, settling on a ranch. Two children, William Hoyt Bartlet of Phoe- nix and Mrs. Peoria, James M. McCullough survive. of Born ‘March 7, 1851, at Chester, JIL, she was orphaned when her father, David Starr Hoyt, was killed during the Kansas border warfare in Septem-: ber, 1856. Her mother had died previously. She was raised by her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio N. Hoyt, in Deerfield. Although handicapped by total deafness before she was six, she mastered lip reading, and went on to head the majority of her class at Deerfield Acad- emy. When about 16, she iL, to live with her liam T., Hanna and turned to Deerfield her future husband ried in 1877. The went to Peoria, aunt, Mrs. Wilin 1876 she rewhere she met whom she mar- couple moved to Worthington in 1880 and lived here nine years before going to Arizona. ° Howard Bartlett died in 1928 and in recent years Mrs. Bartlett had lived with her daughter, Mrs. McCullough: Besides her son and daughter, she is survived by four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The funeral was held at Glendale and Glendale Memorial Park. burial in Death Takes REMAINS OF SAWMILL CHESTERFIELD, July 30— Fire) discovered shortly before midnight, swept through and leveled the Bisbee 'Brothers sawmill here, with a substantial loss of lumber ready for finishing, despite the efforts of the Fire Department of this town and Williamsburg. Have Long Battle Nearly 12 hours after the first call,| Chesterfield firemen were still on duty just before noon today, pouring water into the smouldering ruins and hot The fire apcoals left by the blaze. headway great gained had parently before being discovered and the large in“blazing a mill was described as arfiremen Chesterfield when ferno” Williamsburg scene. the on srived was called for assistance about middepartment of that men and | night | battled along with local blaze the when 4.15, control. under succeeded Firemen firemen was in until brought } preventing Bisbee of Brothers, Chesterfield, spread of the fire to a near-by puild-" ing of the lumber concern, operated by former County Commissioner Charles A, Bisbee and Homer Bisbee, grain the housing building the and business of the concern, located across was | mill, lumber Mill River from the not burned. Damage Unestimated lumber but it was Located liamsburg the heat and the wood} between Wil-| ignited destroyed. hill the on Chesterfield, fire illuminated the tacular blaze could and sky be seen the mill} fire. Painting Wins Prize _ Shortly after embarking on her new life, Mrs. Bartlett entered a | life-size picture of her two State Pioneer tens Be tate PEORIA, one of when Hoyt . Apr. its earliest death 20— Peoria claimed Bartlett, : settlers Mrs. 95-year-old pioneer.: | Was awarded act ote lost| today} {2 Helen : : 5 ie mrizane or. Sirs. avenue. | the spec-| for miles. | woman. With her husband, the She children a blue ribbon. e's died November et recent with McCullough, . Despite \ i _,coming to this community inion, & 1889, Mrs. Bartlett for many years! mained knew the hard life of a territorial) and the Neither of the proprietors of the company could be reached this morn- |, ing for an estimate of the damage or of board); | an estimate of the number { However, | destroyed. feet of lumber had) mill the that reported it was thou-} and at capacity running been sands of board feet was piled’up for | finishing. Firemen sought to save the} and after Tuesday | h iki years her Mrs. daugh- on Northern ree the Seiten MY igen keenly interested in people ev 4 . ae ek cee world. late Howard Francis Bartlett, She) Dancing Was Enjoyed - moved to Arizona from Massachu; |. The last time s te setts, and settled on a ranch. Two Pioneers ae aie ste children, William Hoyt Bartlett of } ° Brat Phoenix, now Mrs. and of Peoria, “Mother lots of Anna James were M. reared always elbow Starr McCullough’ said room,” Bartlett, a there. she Mr. ¢p, liked around.” As far as her children could re-., ing. poe ae ter. is ore s ae , ee on a Lee c ; ” In addition to her son and daugh- Bartlett declared. He recalled that she moved to Phoenix about 10 years ago, but returned to Peoria after a couple of years because “she felt there were too many people ae she survived by four grand- children, Col. William A. Steenburgen, Boulder, Colo.: Jesse H. Steenburgen, Lindsay, Calif.; Miss|: Myrtle McCullough, Aguila, and Mrs. Ida Bondioli. Phoenix, and |four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at) call, the pioneer woman never 49 a m. Tuesday Brazil]! knew a day’s illness. She was Funeral Home Chapelin attheGlendale.| active until this past year. After Interment will be in Glendale Me-| that. while not sick, she grew,Morial Park. | | Girl Was Orphaned Born March 7, 1851, at Chester,} her} Qil., she was orphaned when weaker. father, Starr David was|: Hoyt, border} killed during the Kansas Her} warfare in September, 1856. ‘ mother had died previously. The little girl was raised by her!, and!’ Mr. grandparents, paternal Mrs. Horatio N. Hoyt, in Deerfield, } handicapped by! of her! sister, Mrs. William T. Hanna. She} Although Mass. total deafness before she was six,| she mastered lip reading, and went! on to majority the head i classes at Deerfield Academy. to; 16, she went about When Peoria, Ill., to live with her father’s! continued her education, and took} up dancing, as well as water color painting. Despite her deafness, she was a star pupil at dancing school, winning a first prize there. In 1876 she returned to Deerfield. While living once more with her grandparents, she met her fu-} ture husband, whom she married| moved. tol couple The in 1877. Worthington, Mass., in 1880, and! lived there nine years before coming to Arizona. * 7 | �ye aga _ MAY 12, 1946 Mrs Gilkey Is First Springfield : State Mother - Women to Be Named By POLLY OLIVER OTHER’S DAY has a spe- cial significance to Springfield this May 12, because Mrs Calma Howe Gilkey of 127 Mulberry street, wife of Dr James Gordon Gilkey, pastor of South Congregational church, has been selected as the ‘Massachusetts mother for 1946.” She is the first Springfield woman to receive this signal honor. The Massachusetts Mothers’ club, which made the selection, announces that the scroll will be presented to Mrs Gilkey today at the First Congregational church at Cambridge, the® same chureh in which Mrs Gilkey “srew up.” The committee also hopes to have Mrs Gilkey cited by Goy Tobin. Mrs Gilkey is the mother of three children and has four grandchildren, | James Gordon Gilkey, Jr., is pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church at Utica, N. Y., and also jis chaplain at nearby Hamilton col- lege. He was a chaplain in the navy during World war Il. He is married and has a,.young son, Peter. Margaret Howe is now Mrs Clark Richards, ~* of Kirkwood, Miss., and is the iu xr of two girls, Edith and Carol. Edith Brigham married Robert Whittemore and lives in Weston, She has one little boy, John, Every mother in town who knows her agrees that the choice of Mrs Gilkey for state mother is a most appropriate one, except Mrs Gilkey herself, who modestly contends that there are many local mothers more deserving the honor. Mothers are al|ways like that, though, so she is just running true. to the highest form, No Gray Hairs You’d never guess’ Mrs Gilkey was a grandmother; there’s not a single gray hair discernible in her softly waved hair. But you can’t talk with her five minutes without understanding why she has been such a successful mother. She is so warmly understanding, so eager to see the other’s viewpoint, so democratic in her outlook, so sympathetic in her (Arthur Mother is held of three children to “embody: those Johnson and four traits Photo) times most a grandmother, highly regarded Mrs Gilkey in mothers.” and to meet people easily in connece Mrs Gilkey feels that her family has tion with her duties as State mother,” been most fortunate in this respect, and also in the fact that they all Native of Cambridge attitude toward the world and its have been. well and healthy through Mrs Gilkey was born in Cambridge the years. , and received her education in the problems, Bringing up children has become “Whatever has been accomplished local schools there. She met Dr Gilin the rearing of our children, has more difficult since the war, she be- key when he was attending Cams ~ been done by working together,” is lieves, and the present housing situbridge Latin school, and they were ation makes family life very difficult the keynote to her recorded success, married as soon as she graduated in many cases. But she is enthusiasThe family always has been a from Wellesley college in 1916. -They tic about the opportunities Springcame to South church in 1917, and close-knit unit in their interests and field offers the children. She thinks pursuits, she explains. As an exhave remained here ever since. The they are all more or less dependent ample, they are all omniverous readhouse at 127 Mulberry street, with on institutions in tee community and its generous rambling architecture, ers. In those years when Dr and that this city is fortunate in its club Mrs Gilkey traveled abroad they took has been home to the family since and school activites. 1929. Now the big house no longer with them the children in turn. “It How state mothers are chosen for |was a wonderful way to get really echoes to the happy sounds of youth, ths finest of honors is explained by acquainted with them.” Mrs Giland is Mrs Gilkey lonely? Mrs Harry F. Eaton of Wakefield, key explained, “for during the school She looks around the room at the chairman of the Massachusetts months they and we were all very photographs of her attractive daughMothers’ committee. busy, but in our trips together we ters in their bridal gowns, at their really got to know each other.” Many husbands, and her own son in uniHow They Are Chosen summers were spent at Falmouth on “Our committee is governed in its form, and at her grandchildren, and she smiles: It is natural that a Cape Cod. choice of Massachusetts mother by When a minister has so many fammother should be tempted to be lonethe rules of’the Golden Rule foundailies in his parish to think of, and ly at times, she admits, but she keeps tion qualifications,’ says Mrs Eaton, look after, doesn’t that leave him very busy. There is the interchange “and the choice is based on the folvery little time for his own family? of visits necessary to keep up with lowing requirements :— “On the contrary,’ Mrs Gilkey quickher growing family. Too, she now “First, she must be a successful ly rebutted, ‘a minister not only can mother, as evidenced by the charachas time to devote herself even more arrange the necessary time to be with wholeheartedly than ever to comter and achievements of her individhis family, but he also offers a community projects and problems. In ual children. panionship all the richer because *of just such ways does the real mother “Second, she must embody those his daily contacts and duties as a traits “enlarge her borders” as the years most highly regarded in minister.” ‘ slip by. mothers; courage, moral strength, Children’s Problems Come First patience, affection, kindness, underMrs Gilkey is a member of the Each mother must make her own College club, Wellesley club, Springs standing, and homemaking ability. adjustment to motherhood, Mrs Gil“Third, she must have a sense of field Woman’s club, Current Events key feels, but interest in the children club, the League of Women voters, social and world relationships; and with their problems must come first. must have been active for her own is an alumni trustee of Wellesley, a member of South Church guild and community betterment or in some Whether or not a woman can carry other church activities, and is a past other service for the public benefit. a heavy outside program, she con“Fourth, she should be equipped president of the Counoil of Social tinues, depends largely on the kind of help she can get for the home. by Nature to make friends readily, agencies and the Junior league. i ee ;Ee y _ S �INPUT Te ox. Pieahowat Renosts 1246 19746 Lt. Gen. European Victory Won in Three Decisive Battles Germans Guessed Wrong at D-Day and Lost by Stubbornly Fighting in Wrong Positions, He Says in Review WASHINGTON, Covering the decisive period between D-Day and VE-Day, Eisenhower’s report was similar in bulk to the earlier final report of Gen. George C. Marshall, his predecessor as War DepartGerman mistakes. : ment chief of staff. It was accom“The war was won before the Rhine panied by a separate atlas of maps was crossed,” the Allied supreme comcharting the relentless advance against mander advised the combined chiefs of| the Axis in the Pacific as well as in staffs in a massive 123-page report on! Europe, and was dated July 18, 1945, the sweep of his armies from Nor- when SHARE was dissolved. mandy to the Elbe. The report detailed the telling blows Hitler and Field Marshal Von Runstruck by the U. S. and Royal Air stedt guessed wrong at D-Day, he Forces, with the comment that ‘‘the said, by holding the bulk of their overwhelming Allied superiority in the forces opposite England in wait for air was indeed essential to our vica second assault which never came. tory.” Then, he related, “the enemy played Although the broad tactical plans into our hands by his insistence upon for the “Overlord” operation—the invasion of the continent—were comfighting the battle where he stood un ‘As the most decisive episodes of the pleted and approved by the combined | chiefs in August, 1943, Eisenhower between months 11 history-turning related that he won agreement to Eisenhower VE-Day, and D-Day increasing the Normandy assault force listed: from three to five divisions. D-Day Battle of the Normandy beaches; 1. originally was May 1, but it was dewhere the enemy was beset by difficuluntil June 6, chiefly by lack communications layed and supply of ties sufficient landing craft and by ‘“shich were ultimately to prove his of weather. of air weakness Because undoing.” D-Day for the Southern France and consequent lack of reconnaissance, the enemy was “completely Janding had to be delayed from July 1 misled by our diversionary operations, to Aug. 15 because of the same shipholding back until too late the forces ping shortage. The scheme of maneuver against in the Pas-De-Calais which, had they proposed in the advance been rushed across the Seine when Normandy noted, was “pracfirst we landed, might well have plans, Eisenhower tically identical with that which was turned the scales against us.” 2. Battle of the Falaise pocket, followed during the campaign.” In the actual landing, he said, *‘we where the enemy “showed that fatal tendency to stand and fight when all achieved a degree of tactical surprise we had hardly dared to the logic of war demanded a strategic for which hope.’ For two months German Gens. withdrawal.” By so doing, Eisenhower said, “he allowed the 7th Army to be} Von Rundstedt and Rommel kept their encircled and ground to pieces, and) greatest strength in the Pas-de-Calais the battle for France was decided district of France, opposite England, among the bloody orchards and hedge-; guarding against the threat of a secnever marows of Normandy.” 4 ond Allied assault which 3. The battles west of the Rhine? terialized. “Rommel’s confidence in his mines éuring February and March, where; and concrete was indeed to have dis“the armies*which had been intended astrous results for the German army,” to defend Germany were shattered Hisenhower observed. beyond recovery.” Patton’s Dash “Throughout the struggle, it was In relating Gen. George S. Patton's in his logistical inability to maintain| armored breakthrough his armies in the field that the en-} spectacular from the beach area, Eisenhower reemy’s fatal weakness lay,” Eisenhower concluded. “Courage his forces had in ported that the French FFI resistance forces were of great assistance in refull measure, but courage was not ducing Brittainy, and said that British enough. Field Marshal Montgomery's handling “Wor this state of affairs we had, of one tactical situation was “masabove all, to be grateful.to the work terly.” of the Allied air forces.” Eisenhower said in a chronicle of On the score of Allied might, it was} final Ardennes counternoted that on the eve of the Rhine} the German that he took a “calculated crossing Hisenhower had _nearly| offensive 4,000,000 men in the armies under his risk” in holding -a, 75-mile front between Trier and Monschau with no command. more than four divisions, feeling sure “In addition we had available nearly that any attempt by Von Rundstedt 11,000 fighter and bomber airplanes to break through there again as in and the striking and strangling force 1940 would ‘‘ultimately be disastrous of two formidable naval fleets working to Germany.” he recorded. He said he north of the Montgomery’s 2 But in the following January a staff group from Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, headed by Air Chief Marshal Tedder, Eisenhowers deputy, received from Marshal Stalin a “full explanation” of the Red Army’s plan for its forthcoming four- pronged to 160 suceess offensive. divisions “even anticipated.” That turned greater drive out than by to be had 150} a been Eisenhower noted, incidentally, that| most of the 90 divisions which fought in armies under his command during the later stages of the battle for Europe were usually reinforced by tank, antiaircraft and other attachments to 17,000 strength men, of “well Russian over twice . the divisions.” | put the American Ardennes salient command Patch’s 7th Army | | Tuesday Marshal Model’s men with the nations who wielded OYE ry, foundering the of the stormswept Massachusetts Bay. Aboard the Portland when she put out from India wharf on that November night of 1898 on her ,regular run to Portland, Me., were 108 passengers and a crew of 68, with Capcomtain Hollis H. 3lanchard in mand. Although a storm was in the making as the ship started down the harone bor, no dréamed then that it develop into ch a tempest. would 3y midnight a fullfledged northeaster blowing, with heavy sleet and snow, and seas lashed to a white was Russians them.”’ Tragedy <a iingland’s were ;and the penetration of the last stand “national redoubt” in Southern Germany, Eisenhower said “the German war machine which had sought to dominate the world lay overwhelmed and crushed to a degree never before| experienced in the history of modern} armis.” More important than weapons, Wisenhower said, was “the indomitable| fighting spirit of the men of the Allied of the passenger side- wheel steamer Portland, carrying 176 men, women and children to a watery grave in “Before our main ‘power’ crossing of the Rhine was attempted we were already in possession of two sizable bridgeheads,”’ he observed, The Germans, he said, made the same ¢érror they had committed in France and west of the Rhine in electing to defend the Ruhr where 325,000 Field : Next Tuesday night, Nov. 28, will one of mark the 48th annive ry of the saddest sea tragedies in New seize. rounded up. With the junetion Anniversary Portland German jet-propelled fighter plane production, Eisenhower said, was “the most serious threat with which we were faced” in planning the.1945 Campaign. It was countered by massive Allied air attacks on German fuel plants, fighter fields and aircraft factories. The German failure to destroy the Remagen Bridge across the Rhine presented the Allies with a ‘‘golden opportunity” which he was quick to of DEADLY STORM 48 YEARS AGO | Nazi Jet Planes Dwight D. Hisenhower reported tonight that his European victory was clinched in three decisive battles by Allied might and teamwork and by one,’” he added. units were the Behind the combat efforts of 3,000,000 other men and women in uniform, and Eisenhower said in tribute that “no army or navy was ever supported so generously or so well.” Allied Co-operation As for Allied co-operation, he reported that the United States and Great Britain worked “not merely as Allies, but as one nation, pooling their resources of men and material alike.” The Russians were more difficult. “Up to the end of 1944 I had received no information on matters affecting the Russian grand strategy,” M. and French forces, under Devers, beat off the Germans, subsequently crushed ; the dangerous Colmar pocket in Alsace and, in the Saar, along with Patton’s 3d Army helped inflict a defeat which HKisenhower said was the “most | devastating” the Germans suffered except possibly the Tunisia debacle. Of the fighting leading up to the ' . : 3 Rhine crossing, the Allied commander said Gen. Omar N. Bradley’s tactical ,operations as commander of the 12th ,Army Group were “the equal in brilliance of any that American forces have ever conducted.” June 23 (AP)—Gen. as A. ee and s Before were jstrewn the it calmed wrecked New with and England wrecked down, 456 141 lives shore and ves lost was } disabled | ships. | “The courage and devotion to duty! which they exhibited throughout the campaign, in the grim days of the Ardennes counteroffensive as well as! in the excitement of the dash across| France and later the advances into} the midst of Germany, were unsur| pasSable,” he said. | Solin doy sues) Nery, FO, SFY forces under because it would have been “impracticable” for Gen. Omar Bradley to handle forces both north and south of the bulge. Although the Nazis’ final effort ‘‘delayed our offensive operations by at least six weeks,’ Eisenhower noted that the enemy had paid with 220,000 casualties and “widespread disillusionment’ by the end of the Allied counterthrust. Battle of Bulge During the Battle of the Bulge, Eisenhower disclosed he ordered Gen. Jacob L. Devers to withdraw his 6th Army Group forces back to the Vosges, giving up virtually all of hardwon Alsace. This, however, entailed the loss of Strasbourg, and the French protested that this would bring “unfortunate political repercussions’ and perhaps even the downfall of Gen, De Gaulle’s government. Eisenhower said the French, although ill-prepared, were ready to make a fight for the historic city, He said he ruled against the French plea on military grounls but changed his decision when he became convinced that the withdrawal might bring ‘‘such grave consequences in France that all |} our lines of communication and our vast rear areas might become. seriously affected through interference with the tasks of the service troops and through civil unrest generally.” —~<f CONGRATULATIONS the former Dorothy L. FROM Sanderson, accept. A TOWNSMAN: congratulations from Cpl. Robert W. Nelson and his bride, a tiny fellow townsman ding in Worthington Saturday night. The entire population of 471 townspeople nuptials in observance of an old Worthington custom. 5 was after their wed- invited to the �e | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1946 Ann 30, 194b Buildings Lost “WwURTHINGTON Sena Family, Which Had Previously Been Burned Out in Easthampton, Save Only a In $30,000 Fire Nelson-Sanderson 4 The wedding Louise Mr. and of Miss Sanderson, Mrs. Few Dorothy daughter William surance of F. Worthington, San- that derson, .Sr., and Cpl. Robert Wallace Nelson, son of Mrs. Margaret Nelson of Rowe, was local Barion, church, pastor of officiating in routed “T Love You the church, the th the ditional wedding marches. Miss Shirley Sanderson, REV. AND MRS. WILBUR T. of the bride, was maid, Florence Sanderson,: HALE Observing their golden wedding anniversary last evening were Rey. and Mis. Wilbur T’. Hale of Angeline Street, West ‘Springfield who were jentertained at open house, in their home, by their nephews and their | | wives, Mr. and Mrs, Rexford R. Smith of Ashley Avenue, West Spring- | |field and Mr. and Mrs. William C. Smith of Harmon Avenue, The |couple were married. Sept. 16, 1896 in Worthington. Rev. Mr. Hale lserved for 21 years in the Springfield Methodist District, He is now retired. . Friday, een Se noe ind. Nor, 26/946 |_ nephews and Streeter funeral at 2 p. m. Choir Cantata ee eee as Presents Stairs, Sunday night before a small audience: because of the icy traveling conditions. The chorus work was excellent and showed much improvement under the able training of Mrs. William Barton, while the solos by Mrs. Richard Hathaway, Miss Helen Eddy and Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Magargal were very pleasing. Harry Bates played tra- cantata “‘The Manger ditional carols the violin aecompanied by Mrs. fore the cantata tory liam Prince,” by on Barton. Christmas exercises of the Rus- sell H. Connell school were held Friday afternoon at the town hall with recitations and songs by the children of Mrs. Zarr’s room and four skits by the pupils of Mrs. Deane’s room. The trustees of the First Con- 'gregational Thursday church night Mrs. Ernest A. Worthington. will at the Thayer meet home in of West Off His Wedding Holyoke — Corp. Robert W. Nelson of Westover field, whose wedding was postponed for a from this coming Satur sister bride, of- and th. bride, First Sgt. from and Ciass tra-| | sisterj of honor; } sister-in-| Peggy Nel- Robert Walter Westover bridegroom is The bride’s were Horton mums of with Pvt.| and yellow ington ; and “Vestover Worcester,| Field. tral barns of at fui- and farin the con- undetermined — ori- Second years “Wipe-Out” Fire ago, a horse, a dog crop of potatoes, valued at $12. 000 and not covered by insurance, was. reduced to ruins. Some in the | well-kept, Uup- | adjoining farin and a_ horse after the first panic-strickea,| into the stable and lost. of “Sleet” Was Crackling of Flames | The fire was discovered, at about 1.45, by the Senas’ nearest neighbor, saw of the Mrs. flames Minta spurting barns, and Wade, from who one immediately telephoned the town’s central fire headquarters, in the Bart lett home. While residents there| were The | Worth: | bed and a cat were lost, and a stored Sound chrysanthe- Southwick. adjoining dashed back bridesmaids’ gowns were yellow| net over yellow taffeta with| Huntington, from household In this second “wipe-out” fire for the Senas, who lost all of tneir possessions in a disastrous heme blaze in Easthampton sev- was white a blue ribbon. Sena that represented the . and a string of sev- | equipment brocaded satin, made in princess| style with ull train. Her finger| tip veil was fastened to a} tiara and she carried a bouquet} of white carnations and sweet} peas. The maid of honor worea| blue brocaded mousseline gown | with matching hat and earrieda,bouquet ruins home family a few to-date barns and buildings. A cow were led to safety, vescued horse, _ Kennedy, —pvuth| Field, where the’ stationed. gown was | 20—All Joseph stored hay was also lost, and ail| bridegroom, the usheis ened Sena Their were bridesmaids. The bridegroom .was attended by William Sanderson, Jr., brother of the} Southbridge, and for the offer- Miss Marion L. Bartlett of Springfield. is at her home for the Christmas Holidays. Charles M. Bartlett of Eaglebrook school, Deerfield, is also spending the recess at his home. Puts of the ampton, be- Wil- 1946 son, were ‘lagration gin. day because his. matching headpieces and they | furlough was cancelled, will be furloughed in carried bouquets of bronze | time to be married with yellow: Noy. 30, it chrysanthemums was Stated yesterday by Lt. Col. ribbon. The . bride’s mother wore| John S. Rushing, assistant die | rector of personnel print crepe with aqua at the aix- black |trim and black accessories and base. had a corsage of red roces. The All the residents of Worthing. mother wore a ton had been invited to the core bridegroom’s dark dress and dark accessories poral’s wedding to Dorothy L. and had.a corsage of red roses. Sanderson of that town when A reception followed in the the soldier was suddenly called church parlors with ice creartn back from furlough to appear and cake and_ the traditional before a grade-reduction board wedding cake. Going away on a for a minor offense, sleeping on his post. In fixing the new date’ trip of unannounced destination the bride wore a black wool suit for Nov. 30, Miss Sanderson said with black accessories and had everyone in Worthington is still a corsage of yellow chrysantheinvited. mums. The br'de will continue to live From Worthington on Wednesday it was announced that the in Longmeadow and the bride. groom will be at Westover Field. postponement of the wedding “Guests were present from was due to “restrictions” at | Pittsfield, Rowe, Athol, LongWestover field. meadow. East Longmeadow, Chesterfield, Westfield, North- neices the Dickinson parlors Sunday Infraction week grand nephews and funeral was held at The choir of the First Congregational church presented the ae ee SaaS | Tower 94, died in East has been lther B. and Sabrina Tower. He leaves three nephews, Herbert L. Tower of Springfield, Cullen B. Tower of Springfield and Walter ‘H. Tower of this town, and sevand great nieces.. The ae | for a short time. Mr. Tower was | |born in Cummington, son of Lu-| ‘eral grand 22, | Westover Man’s ‘WORTHINGTON | Death of Charles W. Charles Wesley Tower, Friday in a rest home Longmeadow, where he November law Dec. at the buildings, all burned to ground in the early morning organist of | played the L.i5 eral Truly,” accompaned| who left nishings and personal belongings, and a decorated Christmas irce that stood forlornly, its gift packages intact, beside the black- single ring ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her father. The church was attractively decorated by Emerson ‘J. Davis,| with evergreen, white carnations and. white chrysanthemums. Before the ceremony Miss Marion Burkard of West Spring-| field sang “QO Pro.nise Me” and | by Arthur G. Capen, was rounding up the town’s val- unteer fire-fighters, Mrs. Warie ‘pnoned ‘the Senas, just at the time Mr. Sena had awakened, believing that he heard sleet on the tin roof of the farmhouse, but discovering the sound crackling of flames. to be the Hiremen Are Prompt Under New System The volunteer fire crew, under | Chief C. K. Osgood, was report: + ed to have been at the scene with | record promptness, due to the war-years’ system still in effect, -;and to recent training under di- rection of Northampton firemen, The new telephone system, instituted as an air raid precautior “ry measure during the war, | when it was decided that the for. mer church bell ringing was in- | adequate, as all sections of the town could not hear the bells | gets the quickly, volunteers out it is stated. The more | creiy took the fire truck, with its 500. | | gation booste r tank, to the scene, _ | which is outside the territory served by the town water and hydrant system. But the blaze had gained such headway that | little could be done beyond saving the furniture, tree and gift | pareels in the frame dwelling, | smallest building in the group | lost by the Senas, who were in process of building a new home nearby. Household furnishings not in use in the temporarily occupied small dwelling, but stored in adjoining buildngs, were lost in the flames. Fre Chief Osgood said that he estimated damage at about $30,000, and that the family had insurance coverage amounting to avout $7,500 on the property. _The farm buildings, built about 25 years ago by Edward Brewer, had subsequently been occupied |by a Smith family, the until Senas purchased the farm during the past summer, The family was taken in for| the remainder of the night by neighbors, and went today to Mrs. Sena’s Chesterfield. eoteemie family’s ai . home ‘s . in| |eae tw. &M, fe a0, 1746 Partial In- faim on Lindsay Hill this morn. ing, following a $30,000 fire that attended by 200 Saturday evening at 7 at the First Congregational church, with Rev. J. Herbert Owen of Lenox and Rev. William Belongings. om £ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. 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Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Yellow scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1944-1946. Vol #13 newspaper clippings concerning local townspeople who are well known to this day (2021) and other items of local and regional interest. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm (12 x 14.5 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR13 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 12 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, No. 13 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944/1946 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/eb057b5f26c1c7c3e609e3745f0153c4.pdf 75a36855a183aaf8c2e4fdc69e7a4859 PDF Text Text we Te , f LA ce Be S$ O8GHASL. 0428 Qeett tt 1 +70 ca) �Friss: ee WHICH WAY IS THE STATE members of L Company, 10Ist parade, witnessed by 150,000. - 01698 (Herald HOUSE?—Marine Infantry, National = "THE Staff Photos Corps Guard, BOSTON by Maynard detachment passing HERALD, White) from the up Tremont rae SATURDAY, Boston naval street yesterday Z Bee NOVEMBER shipyard, above, in the Armistice 12, and Day Ke 1949 �150,000 Jam Streets See eeees for Vets’ (Herald Staff Photo Parade by Maynard White’ GOSH, WILL IT EVER START—Early birds crowding the curbing on Tremont>street for the first of 15,000 marchers to appear in the Armistice Day parade, yesterday, waiting impatiently �ae Ae | e : _ ovation from BUSY DAY FOR PAIR It also was the\ end of i busy a Ky ead S | the more politically-minded in the| day for Gerard Pike, 10, of 32 Bow-| ® ® crowd when | A rmistice : an received he But Lod ge M LODGE, DEVER SALUTE viewing he approached stands set up in the re-| doin street, and Richard Moore, front | City Hall and the State House. of of The Senator exchanged smiles! - | and salutes with Gov. Dever and U. S. Rep. John W. McCormack, | House majority leader, and con| tinued down Beacon street to an- h 101 Bowdoin Dorchester. They both 11,' of| were attending patriotic House yesterday morning,| exercises State avenue, in the Hall of Flags | at the when they walked up to Gov. arc ers Dever and asked him for his autoBy JOHN O’CONNOR | other stand to review the pee graph, He obliged, and also took the boys , with officials madand military It wasn’t the best afternoon mien Legion at, Bekbow? - Avington up to his office, where he gave) for a parade from the specta-| streets. Although he wore only his them medals from Pope Pius XII tors’ point of view, so that’s business suit while marching, Lodge and invited them to be his guests | the reviewing stand in the! 0.000: pulled on his Army trenchcoat to on probably why more than 150, watch the parade. afternoon. { “Gosh, wait ’till my father and jpersons jammed pe eee-joring Standing with ae in ihe ee hear about this,” Gerard ld ‘ were Andrew P. cArdle, state mother downtown Boston nearly aw commander of the American Le- whooped. -bours .yesterday to applaud) gion; '15,000 war veterans, their ladies! of the Past Comdr. —— Frank A. Pike eg eo Bia s : . : .| chairman; Comdr. Ross Currier and their children marching in| USNR: Gol. Joseph Madigan of observance of Armistice Day. | Cambridge; Col. Joseph F. Hurley The ‘hreatened rain held off, but’ a ae Lees Peay ome bi ; ; ashington: a achinis it was a gray and raw setting aS\ James G. Wilson of Boston, holder! Senator “fenry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,| of the Navy Cross. who fought as an Army colonel in| WAC DETAIL IN LINE Europe and Africa, line of marchers ness section and led the o* the Planes @oy, Dever and lus guests stood) io.| on iy weber et ane nitaries returned their front long) thro: th the busi-| almost constantly over Seacon Hill,| eo ae ss State Over More for two hours to| ee right” of| an ee ae: izations, salutes in| Murphy veterans’ a WAC General House. | tails from Route | organ- «detachment from Hospital and de-| the Army, Navy, Marine) | Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard.) Negro ' tional components Guard also were of the Na-, in line, as! Veterans of three wars marched were college students of the Re-' jin this 31st Boston observance of serve Officers Corps, gayly-clad girl’ the end of World War I, and the trick marchers trom Our Lady} men who bore arms in that conflict’ Parish in Newton, Highland pipers easily marchers ouimumbered those among who fought World War II. Immediately : following of of Lodge, the chief marshcl, all vices and branches and ; National motorized the | the kilts of the Canadian! Legion, Gov. Dever’s home post, No | in 27 of Cambridge, and Waltham post| Senator . No. 156, led by Dot Slamin, former | National champion drum majorette. The Governor’s reviewi stan were units ya. armed Guard ; the equipment. ser- troops 3 Gold orowded with Star aa verett, headed Next in line, were thousancs of Guy American Legion members march- perber of the Mothers, eee an = led aes ol ar by their Bosten by Mrs. we ives, leader, Mrs. Cardillo, 58 Philbrick street, Roslindale. ing with their respective posts, led yEaR DUSK AT END by fetching baton-twirlers, some standing with the Governor, were: adult ~~ ,Rep.. McCormack, Rear Adm. Hewand others scarcely arrived at’ jet} Thebaud, commandment of the wne walking stage. Overhead, until parade : |First time at) joseph Naval L. District; Fenton, Lt.-Col. representing 2 P. M,, planes of the Air Force’s|yaj.-Gen. Frank A. Keating of the 33d fighter wing thundered over the First Service Command; Col. Mal-' route from pass. TRAFFIC all points on the com- ¢olm C, Harwell of Fort Banks, Col. ' Ira Hamilburg, the Governor’s aide; U. JAMMED S. Rep. Thomas J. Lane of, Lawrence, Senate President Chester! With motor traffic barred from |A. Dolan, Jr.; Rep. Robert F.} the downtown area, the backwash ; Murphy of Bosion, Democratic! of inbound streams of cars ex- floor leader; State Secretary tended back as far as Kenmore} | Cronin, Miss Marie Dever, and Mie square, the Charles street traffic) qildred Clark. circle and the southern entrances| In the City Hall reviewing stand,’ to_the city. ‘were City Messenger William and Wash-: It was almost dusk when the last, units, including the Boy Scouts, the! William L. Harris letter-carriers’} post and the Dorchester Community Corps in cowgirl costumes. reached the end of the. route,. at Beacon and Arlington streets, Selieiaitan sidewalks on Tremont ington streets. O'Donnell; George Curley, son of the mayor; Frank Pedonti of the. graves registration department: and Louis J. Brems. eran Normal movement of traffic was not restored until well after 5 P. M., nearly an hour after the parade had broken up. Sen. Lodge, wearing a blue suit, blue shirt and an American Legion’ cap bearing the insignia of his home post in Beverly, appeared to! go almost unrecognized by the, shopping crowds that overran the �1949 ~ WORTHINGTON Worthington WCANN ELECTED ANNOUNCE — SOCIETY LEADER Worthington, Oct. 31—The Mr. and Mrs. Hans Schott ington. Both are graduates ington High School. Miss annual jmeeting of the Worthington Historical |Society was held in the studio at the thome of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel F, | Glidden, Officers elected were: Presiident, Roy McCann; vice president, |Atty Walter iton and and treasurer, | paper on the homestead, Elmér imer Curtis resident, district times near called of Springfield, told his the history about former Parker the of the a for- school home, somee 4 Corners. A ‘social hour followed with refreshe 'ments. | The Friendship Guild will meet {Thursday night at the home of Mrs, ‘Daniel R, Porter. Mrs, DeWitt C. Markham will have charge of the proe gram and Mrs. Harry ~Mollison will plan the games. The Bookmobile will be at the He brary Thursday at 10.45 a.m, ~ WORTHINGTON | Mrs. were Mol- Walter lison, sister of the bride, and Leonard Shott, brother of the bridegroom. A reception for the immediate famihome, place at the Mason lies took After a brief wedding trip the bridegroom returned to the Navy school at will stay bride R. I. The Newport, with The parents. her Women's , Benevolent Society will meet for an all-day sewing mectof Mrs. at the home ing Wednesday will agent an when Smith Frank the for attachments demonstrate’ machine. sewing Electric New Twelve members of the Palette and Trowel Club are taking painting les-. of Old Maniatty Stephen sons- with | j Deerfield. Mrs. Charles Eddy is recuperating pera tonsilectomy after at home last Hospital Dickinson at formed Friday. The Rod and Gun Club will conduct the first turkey shoot of the season |Sunday at 1 at Snyder’s on Route 112. | Past Master Oliver Dustin and suite of Highland Grange will install Grange of, Worthington officers ;the |Tuesday night at Lyceum Hall. Mr. ‘moved and into Mrs. their Robert home Lane which have has lbeen extensively remodeled and redecorated. It will be remembered as ‘the Bernier No date home. M. has N. Landau’s Ine,, in! been set for the wedding, | WORTHINGTON, | FREW-ROBINSON Worthington, Oct. 283—Miss dolyn of Wanda Ernest Frew became Warner Robinson Gwen- the bride |) Sunday afternoon in First Congregational Church. The ceremony was performed}, by Rev. William P. Barton, pastor. Arthur G. Capen, church organist, played the wedding music and Mrs. Richard G. Hathaway sang. The bride was given in marriage The Frew. Bernard father, her iby bridegroom's sister, Shirley E. Robinhonor. of maid as .attended son, Bridesmaids Wright Frew sister, The of were Mrs. and Westfield of Robinson, GWENDOLYN Mrs. The attended him as Frew, and ners Miles} man Jane Peter, Ernestine Perry, Frances Beryl Church, Florence ding, shaw, Jessie Wright and Grace Following the reception Mr. and RedEllerBarr. Mrs. Miss from Miss field, The Elsie a week Marion V. end L, Bartlett third honor \ returned tional the Society Benevolent The.-Women’s A. Codwill meet with Mrs. Arthur Wednesding for sewing from 11 to 4 day. Sena found an apple Sandra Miss | a and apples ripe fully with ‘tree eighth grade School will Hall Friday and his of Russell H. on the Conwell take place in the Town night, with Corky Calkins orchestra playing. taken High part in She will in © | attend Boston June 18—Miss this town will speaker Gwenbe the at the graduation He Russell Mr. and is a son of the H. Conwell noted Mrs. Conwell have \maintained “Hagle’s Nest” in South Worthington as their summer home. } {branch with buds and blossoms ‘Oct. 18. of for the benefit A dance has banquet Chureh, late Dr. preacher, is post-} Center Health Worthington e poned from Oct. 24 to Oct. 31 becaus E. Freeof the absence of Dr. Haton man. man- Children are selling tickets for the! State at good supper for benefit of the Parents’ and Teachers’ organization on June 30 at the Town Hall. A prize is offered to the child selling the most tickets, Mr, and Mrs. Leon Conwell will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 21 at their home in Sommerville. Mr, and Mrs, Conwell were married in the local First Congrega- delegate clinic Mrs, exercises of the senior class of Huntington High Schooi on June 19, Mrs, Chester Wronski and Mrs. Richard Smith have invited friends and neighbors to an»“open house” at the home of their parents, Mr. and ‘Mrs, Malcolm I. Fairman, who celebrate their silver wedding anniversary on June 24th from 2 to 5. | visit with her sister, in Spring-| Bartlett, immunization and Himtington plan. Worthington, dolyn Frew of the Massachusetts the of Gwendolyn | son Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sander Huntington | of party & chaperoned York | to New students School High ine City last week consisting of Ernest Perry, Florence Church, Beryl Ellershaw, and Richard Sanderson, the is attending G. Capen Arthur as a in Springfield Grange Grange. from Worthington She in the D.A.R. Mareh 15, After a wedding trip to New York | City Mr. and Mrs. Robinson will make where he their home in Worthington is employed by Joseph Sena in farming. sessions Mr. EmilysPost award ernment St.’ entertained heme. Warren at their Bertram B, |bridal party of dramatics and has acted on many occasions as soloist. She is president of her class, captain of the cheerleaders squad, and an assessor in the high school town goyv- and Frew Miles were ushers and Richard Higgins of Cummington, Edward Wright of Westfield and Dwight Frew. Forrest Frew was junior usher. | A reception for 250 in the Town Hall followed the ceremony. The parents of the couple assisted in receivserved: Miss the following ing and Betty the Sehool, was bridesmaid. brother, Harl J. Magargal, daughter — Bernard Frew of Worthington is the winne® of the DAR award bride's best FREW GETS AWARDS Edward Cummington. Gloria Frew, bridegroom’s Patricia Dorothy! Worthington, Oct. 8—Miss A. Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Sat- | married was S. Mason Stanley Church in the Congregational urday son of | Shott, to Edward parsonage Mr. and Mrs. Hans Shott of Huntingpastor P. Barton, William Rev. jton. Church Congregational First of the = the ceremony. performed Attendants at of Huntof HuntMason is| Westfield. Mr. Schott is serving in the navy and is stationed in Norfolk, Va.,) Ar- ithur G. Capen. im included a discussion | The pre | Jabout gathering material for the his| : Tower read an itory of town, Herbert lextract from clipping in an old newspaper which was a description of the | building of the Congr tional Church jin 1887 and 1888. Miss Elsie Barttett fread a |Bartlett ;employed L. Stevens of Northamps secretary ENGAGEMENT Worthington, July 5—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Mason announce the engagement of their daughter. Dorothy Arline, to Edward H. Schott, son of | �SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1949 Raymond Massey Brings Strindberg Back The capiain (Raymond Massey), cavalry officer tormented by his wife (Mady Christians) about the paternity of his daughter (Grace Kelly) and the way she should be brought up, confronts his wife and tries to have the issue out, in “The Father” to Broadway The captain, finaily driven to distraction by his wife, takes refuge, alone in his room, in. read- ing aloud from the books which he treasures �ores Massey Believes Playgoers Enjoy Sterner Stuff Now By LUCIUS BOSTON, Nov. mond Massey BEEBE 12.—When Ray- opens at the Cort in New York Wednesday evening in a new translation of Johan August Strindberg’s tragedy ‘The Father,” ‘it will not be because either Mas- Cites “The Father’ as Entertainment T oday But Just a “Curiosity” 20 Years Ago Boston is sort of special,” he said. which in no way impedes the prog“Educated like.” ress of the dramatic action. Massey believes that the ayaila- sey or his backers and instigators, bility of audiences for various types Harry Brandt, Richard .Krakeur of plays is not regional so much and. Robert. Joseph, feel that “The as it is part of a time scheme— Strindberg comedy.” The had no time for Father” is Massey’s.first joint assignment in many years Father” is something that should that the tastes of Boston, New of directing a production and actbe presented for the edification and York and Wilmington are pretty ing in it, too, Most of his jobs of instruction of scholars, critics and much the same at the same time, directing were in London where students of the drama, or just he“At the moment,” he said, “there he first achieved fame by his stagcause it would be a good thing. is acceptance for a more savage, ing of “Idiot’s Delight,” in which They are undertaking it because realistic type of drama than would he also played the Alfred Lunt they believe Strindberg’s domestic have been possible while, say, the role a number of years ago; tragedy is just as legitimate a war was actually in progress. To “Journey's End”; “Five Star financial adventure on Broadway support this I'll name Olivier’s Final,” and a number of other as, say, “Up in Mabel’s Room” or ‘Oedipus,’ Judith Anderson’s trans-Atlantic successes. He has “South Pacific,” although of a ‘Medea,’ ‘A Streetcar Named Deslightly more guignol order than sire’ and ‘Death of a Salesman,’ directed more plays than he has either of these essays in entertain- For the first time in half a gen- ever acted in, although this side ment. Nor do they expect it to eration the stage seems to have of his professional character is better known in England than approach the box-office business room for high tragedy.” here. He coached, among others, of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s If this is Indeed the case, the master production, but they do be- lieve it has legitimate possibilities. $100,000 To Advance substantiate stage is also set for Massey, whose Sale this faith they quoted, as of yesterday, an advance business of $100,000 after the New York box office had been describe as red meat dramatic fare as contrasted with chicken salad entertainment,’ Ritz in Carlton Massey his apartment here. told in the the “I don’t look for any morbid trend to overcome the entire dramatic scene or even for a devastating rise in the index of murder, suicide, insanity or debased a maturing the year for passion, but I think public intelligence in 1949 holds out a chance success wouldnt have for plays a which Chinaman’s chance years ago. “This is one of them. The last time ‘The Father’ was staged on| Broadway the record shows, I) think, that it ran twenty perform- ances and was widely regarded as a curiosity and even ‘a good thing for the theater,’ but certainly not} as entertainment. That was almost twenty years ago. We’re sure to better this record anyway, just on the strength of the advance. |We're doing fine business here in Boston.” Massey took a turn around his drawing room and looked out the window St. The over Gauden’s Common of the State the Public George and Garden, Washington, the oiled dome House. Williams and Lawrence “Of course there best remembered for his “Abe Lin- are drawbacks to this part other having a husband who; coln in Illinois,’ “Hamlet” and than John Brown in the motion picture spends six evenings a week largely in a straitjacket,” remarks Mrs. “Santa Fe Trail.” “Sort of Play I Like” open only a few days. “This, again, is the sort of play “We are all of us of the mind I like to act in,” he said of “The that the theater, with the passing of time, is available to more Father.” “It’s more exacting than although a and more plays of what I like to portraying Hamlet, reporter Emlyn financial preference in roles could never be Olivier in their first roles, “Let me tell you, though, described as frivolous and who is Massey, who follows her husband on the road, during rehearsal and under a good many trying circum- stances not ‘specifically nominated in the marriage contract. “Every play has its occupational good deal shorter part, and as a matter of fact combines the re- hazard,” she said. “When he was quirements of Hamlet and Lear. playing Abe Lineoln and we were one-night stands on the There is no single moment of doing emotional relaxation 4in the entire road, it nearly turned us into secret script. It’s all tension from the drinkers. You know how in most word go, and its beautiful economy small towns there is only one good of motion makes it, to my mind, restaurant that is open late in the a@ masterpiece of dramatic writing. evening, and we naturally went “Not that it hasn’t got laughs, there for supper, but the risk of for it has, of a legitimate sort. hoisting so much as @ single MarWhat do I mean laughs? Well, the by legitimate Shavian type tini was a perilous one. Every one who had seen the show easily iden- tified the star, and they would all point a rude finger, even if he was only having a sherry, and scream ‘Oh look at Abe Lincoln, tying one on!’ It got so we didn’t dare have a drink anywhere between Albany and the coast. “The hazard to ‘The Father’ is that he is now a target for every Main roads Street Voltaire and crosspsychologist who look him every gesture, up after performances to tell him how subtle his symbolism is in whether it’s reach- ing for a stage prop or buttoning his jacket. “An audience can read significance into things that neither Pappy nor, I’m sure, Mr. Strindberg, ever dreamed of.” �The Jones Library Incorporated Amherst, Mass. NEWEST DORM ATU. OF MASS. Structure Opened This Week Houses 173 Men Students Amherst, Dec. 2—The building program at the University of Massachusetts added another dormitory to its completed list this week as Hamlin House, the for $350,000 structure Alumni Building occupancy. Houses 173 Corp., financed |’ by was opened Students The new dorm houses 173 men students, three floor proctors, and one head proctor. The men moved in this week from Chadbourne, Greenough | and Mills dormitories. Hamlin House will help relieve the crowded conditions in other housing facilities on campus. Greenough dormitory is now ; back to its normal quota of residents. ! Hamlin House is a four-story brick | structure, designed by Louis Ross, Boston architect and alumnus of_ the | {U of M. A new feature incorporated in the structure is a sunken lounge, with a large fireplace. This use of a lounge is an innovation in men’s dormitories on campus. In the basement there is a recreation room of considerable size, for | house dances, games ete. A heautiful | office is just to the right of the Knowlton some Hamlin Margaret director House time to will be used House Hamlin, for women come, is named former for men for Miss placement at the U of M. MISSED A DAY FOR THREE YEARS—Miss Marion Bart- lett, principal of the Howard St, School is shown congratulating Robert Tosoni of 25 Margaret St. on having had a perfect record of attendance at the school for the past three years. front ‘door and the office, lounge and head proctor’s quarters are finished in a rich shade of gray. A sister dormitory, Knowlton House, will be ready for occupancy by the second semester and perhaps sooner. Hamlin House will be a girls dormitory next year according to Herbert A. Randolph of the housing office. ; for HASN’T | Robert, who is 11 years and 11; Robert has helped to earn some a jmonths old, is well known as an ac-|the money for his music leasons by | |cordion player and has won five prizes| having a newspaper route, lfor his cian, /was a lup by | Tosoni, iter of eredits able to to do outstanding work as a musi-| Miss Bartlett said that there are a Robert's mother died when he} number of children at the school who | baby and he has been brought,;have had perfect attendance for a his grandmother, Mrs, Lena|year but that Robert's three year recwho works at the lunch cotin-|ord is unusual. a department store, Robert! He will atiend Classical Junior High| her for much that he has been! School next year. do. She has encouraged ith | He's planning to follow a musical his best at all times. | career, �49g0 Gift Is Presented ’*“ Will Retire Sept. 30 General Supervisor of Elementary tion in Schools Here Since 1921 Been Has Miss Mary O. Pottenger, who Educa- has tire Sept. 30. She will terminate the Perkins Normal Akron, O. She attended Terre Haute Normal School and the normal school at Ypsilanti, Mich. She has done special work at Western Reserve University and Columbia University. Her letter to Dr. Sanders follows: “It is my plan to retire from my position as general supervisor of elementary education of the Springfield public school system on the 30th day of September, With your approval I should like to terminate my work in the office as of August 31, taking the month of September for my vacation. However, if in your judgment this does not seem to be a wise arrangement, I shall gladly defer to your wishes in the matter. — ‘. “T am taking leave of my professional responsibilities with gratitude to the city which I have served; a city of beautiful children, understanding and co-operative parents, artist teachers, skillful and challenging principals and supervisors, and great su| perintendents, “J sincerely regret that the period |of my service with you, Dr. Sanders, has been so brief., I am taking this opportunity to express my hope that you will be happy in your new work! jand my wishes for great success,” 1 friends in Club, by the Miss ‘over elementary yesterday the in the of of Pottenger.| supervisor, at a tea Tapestry Fine | her Teacher's Osborne: : honored club 4500 Springfield Mary. retiring generous in the new William ston, check. | was] given Room of by| the Arts. J. Su the Goodhines. Bowker, | Mrs. Hol sitpervisor,| livan, tea was Pourers Mis Olive b, Kvelyn the sehool Cecelia of M Miss high Potter were of Sanders junior Chairman Rosa, Miss line president and Miss president. jorie With receiving Smith, her School, dent by Teachers Club Surrounded. She was presented with a nosegay bouquet and a billfold containing a services Aug, 31, taking the month of September as her vacation, i High praise of Miss Pottenger’s services was expressed by Supt. of Schools William J. Sanders and members of the School Committee. In ex|pressing appreciation of the splendid ‘work in education done by Miss Pot\tenger, Dr. Paul M. Limbert spoke of \the need for naming a well qualified successor who would carry on Miss Pottenger’s able work. Miss Pottenger, who is a native of Liberty, Ind. came to this e.ty in 1921 from the position of critic teach- er at Olive Smith Named Presi- Museaum (been general supervisor of elementary education in the Springfield public school system since 1921 and who is one of the most highly respected and beloved educational leaders in New England, announced in a letter submitted to the School Committee at its meeting last night that she vvill re- — To Miss Pottenger retiring| Miss Miss! | were Marion | Mar | Bartlett, Miss Ruth Blakeslee, Miss Rebecca | Johnson, Miss Bertha Richardson and Miss Laura Daniels. Sullivan w S presented gift a silver at the annual meeting held following the tea. Officers who were elected include: Miss Olive president; Miss Ruth Mason, dent-elect; Mi Katherine first vice-president; Miss Sadik, MISS second Dorothea MARY 0. POTTENGER Miss cretary; Vice-president: Kenney, Santi Smith, presi- || Roche,} Fannie| | | recording Mazza, Miss Miss] secreary:; corresponding Irene Oliver, } se- | financial! secretary: Miss Eleano1 Whalen, treast eY Serving on the board of directors will be Miss Elizabeth Chase, Ann Doyle, Miss Georgianna | iall, and Miss Cecelia Sullivan. Miss Christine Sauer was ch man of the nominating committee, a ted| by Miss Ethel Coleman, and Mi5s Flora Reports were the of given total numbers the and various it enrollment 574. was of committees | revealed that} the now club [ | 1 �Orel. Ae, 1956 Civic Theater Gives ‘Berkeley Square’ o This is a scene from the Springfield Civic Theater’s first production of the season, “Berkeley Square,” which had its final performance yesterday. Left to right are Rary Drury, Doris Sullivan, Mona Stevens, Tom Lennon, and Jim Chapin. The second production will be George Bernard Shaw’s “Androcles and the Lion,” Dec. 7-10. “Berkeley Square” was considered one of the organization’s most beautifully produced. The director was Arthur Wagner. x Be i : x The Old Miil exhibit staged by Sherman Morel Eddy : at the New HH, 1950 be England S Flower es Show �j Sd i ‘ ee : iE is : seis Fira Rane a e t aa a Sig aerate om cx 3 �fees cel ath | | A Worthington Worthington Worthington Will SMOLDERING SPUDS BREAK INTO FLAMES | Dig Artesian Wells: | Worthington, Dec. 1—At the special | | fire district meeting last night {t} was unanimously voted to drill one or more artesian wells on property | of water department near the present | reservoir which is almost dry. | It was voted to appropriate $2500 ‘for this purpose and it will be paid by revenue from Water Rents. Car]| | Joslyn was moderator and Arthur G.| |Capen was clerk. 1? Jy ie aaa - FIRE DAMAGES WORTHINGTON LYCEUM HALL Defective Chimney Said the Fire Truck Called to Scene Cause of Blaze in Partitions of Big Fire On | Feb. 9 Worthington, Feb, 20—The 50,000 bushels of potatoes which have been smoldering since Albert’s warehouse burned on Feb. 9, broke into flames again Sunday night between 7 and 8 o'clock, Sparks were Kenneth Osgood the winds being blown of gale force. was around Fire called chief, and by C. with |two of the volunteer firemen, George |E. Torrey and Franklin Hitchcock, | took the fire truck to the scene and had the fire under control at 10 o'clock, The choir tional Church of the First will Congrega- start rehearsing Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Magargal for the Easter music. Mrs, Barton, choir director requests that anyone interested in joining the choir attend this rehearsal. Priscilla lins, Mr. Torrey and Mrs. is visiting Leland he Perry cous- Cole, Jr. in Schenectady, N. Y¥. Caroline Jane Bartlett and Judith Ann Magargal are spending part of their vacation with their cousins in Williams- town. Mrs. Charles her home night at a Eddy about 30 combined entertained Mrs. Cullen S. Packard ard Smith. and blue ceived many served, The guests beautiful gifts. at guests Saturday stork shower for and Mrs, Richof honor re- and useful pink Refreshments were | vol12—The March Worthington, unteer fire department Was called out fire late Friday night for a chimney Hall. Fire Chief C. Kenat Lyceum caused neth Osgood says the fire was Grange |\by a defective chimney. The in the lwas conducting a card party fire | The supper. a following hall partitions | through way its worked in the hall | and part of the platform the fire. had to be ripped up to fight beat estimated is damage The ed by intween $1000 and $1500 cover surance. rd are Mr. and Mrs, Cullen 8. Packa March 10 parents of a daughter born GrandWestfield. at Noble Hospital, Merwin EB, parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Mrs. and Mr. and Packard F, Sanderson. of this town Miss Elsie V. Bartlett c of Chesterand Mrs. Lester C. LeDu end in Springfield spent the week flower show. field and attended the have Stone Harold Mrs, and Dr. the spending after returned home winter in Florida. �Going to Europe » On Concert Tour Helen Brainard, Pianist, Leave On March 12 Miss Helen music and at Brainard, Western daughter of to professor Maryland Mrs. of College, Norman A, Brainard of Union St., formerly of Longmeadow, and the late Mr, Brainard, will leave Idlewild airport on March 12 for a concert tour in Europe, Miss Brainard, who is a pianist will go to Holland, France and Switzerland. The citals will be given and Amsterdam, first at the two re- Hague Miss Brainard has given recitals in many of the principal cities in the United States including the National Art Gallery and the Phillips Gallery in Washington; in Philadelphia and with orchestra in the Town Hall, New York. Reviewers speak of her tonal beauty, her rhythmical feeling and her assured and fluent technique. A graduate of Classical:High School, Oberlin College and of the Juilliard Graduate School of Music in New York, Miss Brainard is a life member of Pi Kappa Lambda, national honorary society. Mrs, Brainard will daughter to Europe. accompany her | Who MISS HELEN BRAINARD will leave Idlewild Airport Miss Helen Eddy Engaged to Wed , Will Become Bride of John J. Quirk in June . Wilbur S. ter, Eddy son Quirk of by the an- daughJohn to J. Michael Mrs. from graduated was School Hig: of his Falls. Chicopee Huntington ployed and Mr. of Eddy Miss Worthington Eddy, Helen S. Miss Quirk, of engagement the nounces Credit and Bureau, is Inc.,’ em- in this city. Mr. Quirk is a graduate of Chicopee High School and served three years in the Navy with duty in the European Theater. | Philip | Miss §. HELEN Whose engagement Quirk is SDDY to John announced. | J. The June, Hano He Co., wedding is employed Holyoke. will be: an on March Europe. by event the of 12 for a concert tour in �Dr. Grace Bedford cian than at Stevens, 81, terrace, practicing in Northampton 35 years, died Dickinson after Minn., J. and Lucy | school in Flushing, N. leaves one brother, | uel W. Stevens of Brookline; one | Sister, Mary H. Stevens of Northjampton; and two nephews andj} | one niece. Funeral services, in charge of — ‘the Charles R, Dutton funeral home, will be held Episcopal ternoon church at 2.30, Rodenmayer, Following at St. John’s Wednesday Rev. rector, Robert atf- N. officiating. cremation, burial | will be in ‘the North Newport, cemetery, Maes Newport, N. H. iriear LBBartlett Arthur L. Bartlett, 71, of 34 Commonwealth Ave., died at his home this morning, . He was born in East Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30, 1878, the son of Lucius W. and Mary (Chalmers) Bartlett and had made his home in this city for 45 years, For the past 25 years he was an agent of the Con-| necticut General Life Insurance Co.} Mr. Bartlett was a member of Trinity Methodist Church, a life member of Springfield Lodge of Masons, Royal Arch Chapter, Springfield Commandery and Melha Temple Shrine. He leaves his wife, Leota (Gray) /Bartlett and two sisters, Alice Bartlett Forbes of Windsor, Conn., and Helen Bartlett Northfield. The Whitman of East funeral will be held) at the parlors of Dickinson-Streeter| Co., 305-307 State St. Friday afternoon at 2, with an organ prelude at 1.30. Rev. Dr. H. Hughes Wagner will officiate and the interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Year Member of in all Tuttle civie was affairs. a member of the Worthing= Grange, Worthington Be-« ton Library Corp., the W omen’s South the and. Society neyolent a leaves She Church. Worthington of Somer+ M. Conwell brother, Leon South yillé: a son, Peter H. Tuttle of Worthington and New York City and a fora daughter, Miss Jane Tuttle, teacher of New York City, mer vocal Springfield, who has lived with and het mother of late years,. will be held Tuesday funeral he | the South Worthington Chureh at | at of~ | 10, with Rey. William P. Barton Burial will be in Fairview ficiating. of F. C. Haley Ghicopee. Cemetery, ara iuntington has charge of funeral rangements, home jhim Nina 28—Mrs. April Worthington, ‘ (Conwell) Tuttle, 81, of South Worthg in ington died suddenly this mornin to Noble on the way an ambulance the was She in Westfield, Hospital G. Tuttle. of Edgar widow She was born’ in Boston, the daugh= Russeli H. Conwell, noted ter of Dr. had ‘author and preacher, Mrs. Tattle maintained her home in South Worthseveral wins spent had She ington, was she where -Westfield, in ters and clubs, women’s with identified Mrs. Robinson, Dr, in April 28—Dr. 81, died Friday Robinson came Burlington, Francis after night to a in long Wor- thington in 1925 and was school and town physician for 12° years. While living here the doctor was an active member and officer of the Grange and was a member of Globe Lodge of |Masons of Hinsdale for more than 50 years. He had received a gold pin - for 50 years membership and in March |a delegation from the lodge presented Conwell, Preacher; Native of Boston interested Worthington, illness. Haucieee of Dr. Russell H. ~ ‘ Masons his MRS. NINA TUTTLE, S WORTHINGTON, DIES SUDDENLY Y. Sam- ee 'Fotrier School Physician 50 A, ese | She received her medical degree| in-1901 from Boston university.| Elected to the Board of the Mas.| sachusetts Society for Prevention | of Cruelty to Children in January| |of 1927, she was president of the local branch of that organization |from 1936 to 1940. She was a | member of the St. John’s Episco| pal church of Northampton. She DR. ROBINSON, 81, DIES AT HOME AT BURLINGTON ae Potter college, Bowling Green, | Ky., from 1895 to 1897, and from } 1897 to 1898 she taught German, English and French at Flushing |high |: |: ter, Mrs. Maude Clark of Huntington; great 17 and grandchildren; seven. will}, Rhines_ J. Alva grandchildren, aft-| Friday services funeral conduct ‘eroon at 2.30 at Haley’s funeral par-} Bridge lor, Burial wil be in Norwich Dec. | Stevens. She received her B. L. | degree from Mt. Holyoke college, / upon her graduation in 1893. She taught German and English at Grang- Besides ‘Thrasher, (Smith) ‘Martha her son, Royce, she leaves one daugh- a (Wheeler) son, Royce of Norwich Hill. | She was born in Worthington, May 7, 1862, the daughter of Charles and physi- morning hospital of her jer, of 32 15, 1868, she was the daughter of ' Frederick Huntington, Nov, 23—Mrs. co Vickery, 87, died early this morning for more this brief illness. Born, in Meriden, | lat the home Was a Practicing Physician Here for More than 35 Years. Headed Local Branch of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children | WORTHINGTON Huntington | F 94 4 4 with a gold cane given to the |otdest member of the lodge. Dr. Robinson leaves his widow, the former EKlorence McDonald, a nurse, | The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 in. |the Church of Christ in Burlington.’ The body will be cremated, with burial. later in Rome, N. Y. It is requested that flowers be omitted, Mrs. Homer . Granger Worthington, April 30—Mrs. Grace | Morey Granger, wife of Homer Granger of Highland St., died this afternoon in Westfield Sanitorium. Mrs. Granger was an active member of | Worthington Grange, the First Con-} | gregational Church and the Women’s | Benevolent Society. Besides her hus| band, she leaves a son, Walter Granger, of Easthampton; two daughters, Mrs. Constance Arnold of Windsor and Mrs. Phyllis Press of Easthampton, and five grandchildren. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 in First Congregational Church. Rev. William P. Barton will officiate. It is requested that money for flowers be given to ithe cancer fund, ; ae rernen, Stee MRS. MARGARET TORREY Northampton, Dec. 25—Mrs. Mar- garet (Feeney) Torrey, 75, widow of George E, Torrey, died today in the) home of her daughter, Mrs, Clarence Steinberger, 22 Conz St., where she resided for the past six years. She was born in Ireland on Eeb. 2, 1875, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Feeney and came to this country as a young girl, For many years she resided with her husband in Chesterfield. She was a member of the Chesterfield Congregational Church and was very active in the work of that church, She leaves five daughters, Mrs. ward Sarazon, Miss Viola Torrey Mrs. Steinberger of Northampton, Elizabeth Torrey of Greenfield Mrs, George Rouleau of Edarid Miss and Amherst; a son, George BE. Torrey of Hasthamp‘ton; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Alexander Naughright of Portland, Me.; 12) grandchildren, and four great-grand-| children. Chesterfield 2 The Thursday funeral will Congregationa] and burial be at the; will be in} Church at} Center Cemetery in that town. Friends May call at the Newell funeral home, Wednesday from 7 to 9 p, m. aes After Brief Ulness. | a r Dr. Grace Stevens - Dies This Morning �WORTHINGTON | DR. CREELMAN, BIBLE SCHOLAR, DIES AT AGE 85 9% am fy os (4 Was Pastor of Congregation- JAMES Whately, died today p* 26—After a | Maitland, bec unswick. the University the normal school of at the degree of doctor of South Deerfield. brief New Cas- at 189% to 1899, Congregational he was College, profess or McGill University in Montreal from 1899 to 1908, and professor of Hebrew language and literature at Auburn Theological Seminary from 1908 to 1988. He was professor emeritus , there since 1938. He work was from in charge 1899 to of Old 1908 at a former St. James Church, South Worthington Resident Was Holyoke Native, Gradu- | ate of Amherst Worthington, Oct. 5 — Frank J. “Smith, 66, retired teacher of Freneh in New York City High School, died this afternoon in Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, Holyoke High Graduate Mr, Smith, a native of Yor'xshire, Eng., came to Holyoke at the age of four, was a graduate of Holyoke High ,School and Amherst College, and was @ member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. He had a summer home here seve eral years, and two years ago ne and his wife established permanent residence. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Florence Fhager Smith; a brother, Frederick, of Medford; two sisters, Beatrice and Lillian, and several nieces and nephews. > Funeral On Saturday Visiting hours at the Bisbee funeral Deerfield Brookside divinity 1916. June 15, 1892, he married Miss Josephine Thorpe Rice of Worthington who died ih 1940. In 1941, he married* Miss Helen W, Creelman of Rochester, N. Y., who survives, Served Worthington Chureh He entered the Congregational ministry in 1889 and w Ss pastor of Worthington Congregational Church from 1889 to 1898. Instructor in biblical literature at Yale University in was at 9. Burial will be in Cemetery, South Deerfield. in from and He leaves his wife, Mrs. Anna (Brennan) Carey, two sons, James of \Detroit, Mich., and Francis of Greenlfield ;three daughters, Mrs. Harvev Sinclair of Bloomfield, Conn., and L. Carey of Newington, Conn., and Mary A. Carey at home; two brothers, Patrick, in Ireland and William of Whately; one sister, Mrs. William McKenna of London; and _ seven grandchildren. The funeral will be at the Reynolds funeral home, Northampton at 8 Saturday with a high mass of requiem I tine, Me., and Yale University, which conferred on him the degree of bach}elor of divinity in 1889 and doctor of philosophy in 1894, master of arts in 1908, Temple University conferred on him Committee, 1970 | Worthington, Allen, 18—Charles this afternoon in home in Worthington illness. He leaves his '(Eddy) Edwin after wife, a Hi! his short Martha Allen and one half-brother, D. Cady of Huntington, as home funeral to 5 and parlors, 7 to Chesterfield, are He leaves Bondsville, Springfield; Reinette BERNIER School Board Member for 25 Years Had Knitted for Town Arrivals Worthington, Cole, Mrs. Viviane illness. Heneioe ife, La- n widow tonight short prade and Mis. Anite Grise of Northampton; three brothers, Ernest, Na-}; pceleon and Rheo Bernier, all of this city; five sisters, Mrs, Victoria Cousineau of Holyoke, Mrs. Albina Garvin of Worcester, Mrs. Flora Worm of Easthampton, Mrs. Laura Powers and Mrs. Rose O’Brien of Greenfield; 29 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, s The funeral will be at the Ahearn funeral home, 2 Pomeroy Ter., at 8.15 a m. Tuesday with a high mass of] ¥ requiem in Sacred Heart Church at 9. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery. eisai 88, died three sons, Adelard of Valere and Eugene of three daughter Mrs. Deyine, be ‘MRS. ANNA COLE OF WORTHINGTON IS DEAD; AGE 83 Northampton, Dec. 10—Victor Bernier, 68, of Winchester Sq., Springfield, formerly of this city, died Saturday night in Springfield Hospital. He was born in Holyoke, son of the Jate Victor and Angelina (Mongeau) Bernier and resided in Northampton for. many years before moving to Springfield about eight years ago. While a resident of this city, he opereted a market in Market St., and since moving to Springfield had been a meat cutter employed by Highland Hotel, will funeral Church, OQ. Bar- WORTHINGTON 9 Tuesday, VICTOR Chesterfield, Friday, 1980 4 IMS. Weslevan in from 3 to 4 and 7 to 9, The will be in the Congregational Saturday at 3. Rev. William ton will officiate. well as several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2.30 in the First Consregational Chureh, Rev. William P. Barton officiating. Burial will be in the Center Cemetery. Visiting hours at Bisbee’s Testament and Presbyterian Colleges in Montreal and Semitics Work at McGill, He taught Old Testament at Rochester Theological Seminary 1922-'23, Revised 1911 Bible He was a member of the revision committee of the 1911 Bible and the National Society of Penal Information. He was former president of the Seymour Library, Auburn, N, Y, He was author of: “An Introduction to the Old Testament.” The funeral will be Monday at First Congregational Church at 3 with Rev. William P, Barton in. charge, Burial will be in North Cemetery. Sept. 59, died ~ May nance , > Worthington, J. Carey Christian trustee of Smith Charities in Northampton. He was a member of Holy Name Society of St. James Church illness death came this afternoon to Prof. Harlan I, Creelman, 85, at his home, Ashmore Lodge, Worthington, Was Yale Graduate Dr. Creelman was born in Maitland, Nova Scotia, ¥son of Rev. Wiliam }and'’Nancy (Cox) Creelman, He was educated in the district schools of FRANK J. SMITH DIES: TEACHER INN. Y. SCHOOL J. CAREY June 29—James at his home in Lane. He was born in Ireland, son of the late Patrick and Margaret (Shea) Carey and had resided here for 40 years. He operated a large farm. He served the town as selectman, member of the Whately Fi- ~ e , WORTHINGTON WHATEL al Church at Worthington From 1893-tob899 1950 lot ——— Se and Oct. at She of 15—Mrs. Horace her was had lived home born here Anna A, after a 8. Cole, in all Wor- her She Was Grange Member was a member of the School She leaves L. Board for 25 years. For many years she had knitted mittens for every new child in. the town and in surrounding ;towns and for Prince Charles of Eng ‘land. a sister, Mrs. W. Pettingill of Cummington; two daugh|ters, Miss Olive E. Cole of Pittsfield and Mrs. George E. Torrey at home; |two sons, Leland Perry Cole, now ih Schenectady Hospital, and Waldo C, Cole of Greenfield; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren, Funeral on Tuesday Visiting hours will he Monday at Leslie Porter’s funeral home, Cummington, from 7 to 9, The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 in gregational Church, Rev. Barton officiating, Burial | North Cemetery, First Con- William will be P. in �19F0 ee Edward A. Rice Deerfield, Dec. 20—Edward Alonzo Rice, 69, died this morning at Ps home, 157 Sugar Loaf St., after a short iliness. He was born here Aug. 1881; the son of the late Alonzo and Maria (Arms) Rice. On Sept. 14, 1905, he married the former Elizabeth | Guilford. * He’ was a member of the Congre- @ational Church and was a member of the board of deacons and moderator ef the church. He had been at one time a member of the board of trustees. nited Hé Church was a member of Brotherhood. the He held Co. here. the office of trustee of the ‘Tilton Qibrary and trustee of Deerfield Academy. He was a former treasurer of the Arms Manufacturing Up to the time of his been employed in the death he had office of the Threadwell Tool Co., Greenfield. Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert Hiller of} Ithaca, N. Y.,.and Mrs. Leroy Garn- sey of Seneca Falls, N. ¥, @ sister, Mrs, T. S. Bacon of Springfield; four grandchildren, a niece and a nephew, Funeral services are in charge of the} Hodgins funeral home, Greenfield, and are incomplete. po Ie To CHURCH ELECTS OFFICERS Worthington, June 9 — At the annual meeting of First Congregational Church reports of officers and com- mitties were read and showed a good financial condition. The — pastor’s salary was increased $120, i These officers were elected; moder- ator, Arthur Codding; deacon for three years, C. Byron Smith; trustees for three years, Dr, Harold Stone and!! Herbert N. Haskell; clerk,! Arthur G, Capen; church treasurer, Mrs. C, Kenneth Osgood; benevolent treasurer, Mrs, Harold Hathaway; auditor, Mrs, Franklin H. Burr; superintendent of Sunday School, Mrs. Ernest G, Thayer; primary department, Mrs. William Barton; Committes: nominating, Mrs, Harold Hathaway, Mrs, Clifford Tinker, Mrs. Lawrence Dingmond; Missionary, Mrs, Ralph Smith, Mrs. William P. Barton, Mrs, George H. Bartlett, Lawrence Mason; church, Bates, Mrs. C. Raymond music, Mrs. William P. and Mrs. Barton, Mrs, Mrs, Harry Magargal; Richard Hathaway, Mrs. C. R, Magargal; floral, Mrs. Joseph Landa, Mrs, William Barton, Mrs. Harold Stone, and Miss Elsie Bartlett; resolution, Mrs. Herbert Porter, Mrs. Franklin H. Burr, and Mrs. Harry Moliison; solicitors; Mrs. Harry Bates, Mrs. Harold Hathaway, Mrs. Clifford Tinker, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. Stanley Mason, Mrs, Malcolm Fairman, Mrs. John Ames, Lawrence Mason, Franklin G. Burr, Joseph Sena, Hathaway, Raymond Capen; Roy Franklin Magaral laymen’s ence A, G. Pease, ~ McCann, H. and Harold Bartlett, Arthur representative, 7 @ GA» C. G, Clar- furr4 “WORTHINGTON FLOOR COLLAPSES, BURYING COWS; WORTHINGTON — a Mrs. W. P. Barton Is Grange Master | In Worthington TWO MEN HURT Worthington, Sept. 183—Worthington Grange last night elected these officers: Master, Mrs. William P. Barton; overseer, Coolidge W. Wood; lecturer; Mrs. George Ridgeway; steward, Richard Sanderson; assistant steward, Harry Tinker; chaplain, Rev. William P, Barton; treasurer, John Jarvis; secretary, Arthur G. Capen; gatekeeper, Harley Mason; Ceres, Miss Ernestine Perry; Pomona, Miss Marion L. Dodge; Flora, Mrs. Charles Eddy; lady-assistant steward, Mrs. William Sanderson; executive committee for 3 years, William Sanderson and pianist, Mrs. Kenneth Clifford, Weight of Hay Blamed Incident at Burr Farm; Animals O. K. Worthington, Oct. 3—Late Monday } afternoon the floor in the barn of F, H, Burr and Son, Franklin, gave way under the weight of baled hay and dropped on the 16 cows stabled below, Two WORTHINGTON Women’s Society At Worthington | Bartletts Feted | | By Big Group On Worthington, Sept. 14—These officers were elected at the annual meet- | ing of the Women’s Benevolent Society Wednesday: President, Mrs. | Eurma Tower; vice-president, Mrs. | | Hilda Ames; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Helen G. Burr; directors, Miss} Elsie V. Bartlett, Mrs. Zella M. Bar-| ton, Mrs. Mabel Cheetham, Mrs. Caroline E. Henderson, Mrs. Helen C. McCann, Mrs. Charlotte Howe. Nominating committee is Mrs. Anne Rauseh, Mrs. Gertrude Rida and Mrs. | custodian, Mrs. TO SELL PARSONAGE Worthington, Sept. 14—Arthur |ding was moderator of the late Cod: specia: church meefing Wednesday night in the First Congregational Church wher lit was voted to sell the present parsonage and when they sell it to buy the socalled Mary Pease place from Dr. Harold Stone and make necessary repairs:and improvements to make it into a parsonage. Novy. 138—Over 100 Rev, John A. Hamilton and have lived in Worthington since, Mr. Bartlett was employed at the Weldon Hotel jin Greenfield for 25 years until an ,;accident incapacitated him two years jago. Mrs. Bartlett has been newsreporter for The Union more than 25 Zella M. Barton; work committee, Mrs. Hilda Ames, Mrs. Helen G. Burr, Mrs. Caroline E. Henderson, Mrs, Charlotte} L. Howe; Mrs. Anne Rausch, Mrs.| Dorothy Beebe and Mrs. Mabel Tower; program, Mrs. Lucie Mollison, Mrs. Arline Pease, Mrs. Sarah Lane, Mrs. Harriet Osgood, and Miss Elsie Bartlett. Resolutions committee, Mrs. Zella M. Barton, Mrs. Ida S. Joslyn and Mrs. Helen G. Burr; doll committee, Mrs. Charlotte Howe and Mrs. Esther Kerley; press committee, Miss eElsie V., Bartlett. 40th Anniversary Worthington, called on Mr. and Mrs. Guy F. Bartlett Sunday to felicitate them on their 40th wedding anniversary. Guests |were present from Springfield, Aga'wam, Westhampton, Huntington, Chesterfield, North Adams, Williamstown and Turners Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett were married on Nov. 14, 1910, in Pittsfield by the i} Kerlewy: Scratches tye WORTHINGTON ee Mrs. Tower Heads Esther Get Mr. Burr and Franklin were about to start milking when it happened and escaped with only a few scratches. The volunteer firemen were called to assist in extricating the cows. A fire was averted, probably, as Franklin threw the electric switch as he got out. All wires were pulled down. As far as could be determined none of the cows was seriously injured. They are in the barn of Harry Mollison, a neighbor, until repairs are made, Clifton L. Sears of Cummington, a graduate of Perkins Institution, Massachusetts School for the Blind, where he received his early training in music, will start giving piano lessons Sept. 20 to Worthington school children. Mrs. W. P. Barton has offered her home and piano. The school committée has granted the children time provided they keep up their studies, Se for' jyears, Six of their eight children | were present and 12 of their 15 grand{children. A mock wedding was a \feature of the evening. WORTHINGTON | BARTLETTS | Worthington, Guy F. Nov, Bartlett 40th wedding Novy. 12, with 5 and 7 to 9 are invited. WED will 40 6—Mr. YEARS and observe | Mrs. their anniversary Sunday, open house from 3 as| p. m. All their friends tema a tas South nan Deaths 1958 Netti 19 Fo �a WORTHINGTON —'7S0 | WORTHINGTON |Glidden an ito be called ; Club. a 3 pe } re reasurer, Ann Mrs. | Wednesday eat “Neighbors at | |7 uesday : a ¢ night’ will be observed i 7 f n Worthingto by 8.30 Markham; | Grange at Lyceum Cummington Hitchcock|and the night | Friday N. Rausch. ini ]j arrange- | | lies floral aonee floral Rausch. Mrs. Warren with Hall with Hinsdale invite” Granges_ will Grange Hall Town in party is | birthday organization their paintings | supper for members and ving bring Le ameter Worthington, June 26—The Wommeet wil! Society Benevolent pens vice- Glidden; ae a oo : V. B. Mary of the purpose tient oe oe ato 1: oS gardeners PresiPresi wer were elec ‘ted: ted: Florence = Bi Senn ee eo sede gardeners charge? of their i having those have : wi |Mrs. far WORTHINGTON ~ EXHIBIT 150 SEE Worthington, Aug. 28 — About 150 the exhibition of paintings attended < by artists local the at club country The First, Mrs. Guy Minor) | shown. Prizes were: : (F Sonata. ae seetberiig Worrell “White Birches”; second and Miss Brainard; by sung Feat tice third, Mrs. Warren Rausch, portraits; (Orfeo),|Huridice senza, aro e oe Gluck; is ans lovals erty; Velvet Vidadite, as ik “Sonatina, “Zueignung,”’ Randall} Shoes,” _Celius Dough-| Richard Strauss,} ‘“Barcarolle,” “s Bernhardt; aan ; F Minor,”| in Fantasia Miss by Poulenc; Chopin, sung by Miss Brainard, The public. is invited to this concert by Mr. and Mrs. McCann. ‘Mrs. Roy Albert daughter, Gadsby The at There Fare ae {) } N. Hardy, Hardy, Karen Adams of North Spruces, a sa and Mrs. Jr.. Katharyn daughter, infant ond McCann, William with her] Scott, ana| and Susan are visiting ciapinaetear will be an exhibition of by the Palette and Trowel! pen ee - ae the Worthington 26. The to all residents exhibi-! of Worth-| and mention for her received painting Sturtevant Wallis New Jersey, gave , angles — in honorable of a r WORTHINGTON Worthington, Oct. 23—The Capen G. Arthur and York of New a talk on different ; meeting of the this week. is Grange Hall, attending Grange state tures : | Will meet Tuesday at Lyceum annual Boston light- hs = F painting. H. Mrs. Head,” “Child’s Bartlett house. Prize winners at the dessert card} ‘party at the country club were Mrs, S. J. Smart, Miss Elizabeth Brewster, Ball. Mrs. “Maizie’ Franklin (Argentina) the in The Palette and Trowel Club will meet Wednesday night at the studio of Mrs. |bers are | Richard Florence V. asked Luden, Glidden to bring at landscape 8. Mem- paintings. gardener ngton and members of the golf club.| |for Stanley Home Products Co. of All pictures are to be framed and be| | Westfield, will speak on Bey Eyaise at the clubhouse by 2.30 p. m. 6n/ Aug. 25. Buffet supper at the club will be open to all. Reservations should be made by Friday morning. Wallace Sturtevant, will give a talk on landscape painting. There is no jin gardening.” * DeWitt School Committee* will meet } Tuesday at The Spruces. will elect of-| Grange Worthington ficers Tuesday at Lyceum Hall. and meeting business annual The Benevolent, Women's of the election! the at. Wednesday be will Society At Brewster, Mrs. (Howard of home noon a buffet luncheon will be served, called for the business meeting with bring to requested are Members. 2. eating their own and food aS usual t utensils, Magargal Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond entertained a party of Sunday school Hall in honor of children at Lyceum the fourth birthday of their daughter, Christine. Musical games were played, served and motion picrefreshments was beginners and amateurs Scarlatti, | sionals, Minor,” C€ in Sonata Mrs. ard, Mrs. N. F. night. Mr. and Worthington, Aug. 17—The program | Saturday for the concert Saturday night at the | Glidden, Sr., were in charge and they McCann | were assisted by Mrs. DeWitt MarkRoy Mrs. and of Mr. home Jr., and Glidden, F. Mrs.,N. ham, contralto:;! Bernhardt, Louise by Helen Brainard, pianist, and Grace} Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rausch. Brown Hall, ‘accompanist includes: An exhibit of work done by profes- be Glidden, .F. HEAL TH SOCIETY FORM cita 11—At Sept. Worthington, hall the in the town meeting izens was Association Health Worthington formed with these officers: President, vice-president, Clarence A. G,. Pease; Fayette Mrs. clerk, Jostyn, Carl F, Packtreasurer, Merwin Steyens; = RT PROGRAM CONCERT ; : eae: ; ee .N. Sexton. Frank Mrs. and Markham of Springfield Kirkham William, Dr, igave a talk on “recollection of Worth; jington Hotels.” biri nents r exhibition and helpful cri-idays in May, June, July and Augv ticism. There will be a tour of garTorrey and Judith D: Priscilla dens which will provide subjects for | levy left Sunday to spend a week still life painting, The meetings will,the 4-H Camp Home in Goshen, Se 80 11— About Sept. Worthington, of the meeting the annual attended Mr. 1 Historical Society at the home of and Mrs. Roy McCann. These officers were elected: vice-presiPresident, Roy McCann; secretaryStevens; Walter dent, editorial treasurer, Arthur G. Capen; Y: EL Miss years; three for board Mrs. Creelman, Helen Mrs. Bartlett, E. G, and Mrs. Mr. Porter, Herbert and Heuitt, Josephine Miss Thayer, social committee, Bates; Harry |\Mrs, t in the the last Wednesday Mrs. of studio the at ® on at be held |month formed | Glidden. Trowel Elected Officers officers iets s ése he 30 artists and first meeting. the ent, Mrs. Pircattent : association was “The Palette and About jattended i 26—Friday night Florence Cheney McCann Is Elected New President of Historical Society Club Form Unique New Worthington, June the studio of Mrs. at Artists Brush and Hoe were shown. left Sexton Frank Mrs. and Mr, in week a spend to morning this Rockport, weather rainy of the account On Rod and 'Sunday the clambake of the Gun Club had to_be held in the Town Hall, About 200 were fed. �aay WORTHINGTON OPENS ITS NEW HEALTH CENTER Oo i Aims and Leaders The purpose of the association is to create, administer and promote such health facilities for the Town of Worthington and surrounding communities as may be deemed necesSary and feasible and to be ready at all times to act to conserve or promote the health of the people of ne ;area or of any persons desiring to use its facilities. Membership is availablé to any person paying the annual dues which | are of three classes: Sustaining, associate and junior, The services of| the Health Center, however, are avail-| able to all, regardless of membership Worthington, Dee. 10—With the or affiliation. formal opening of the Worthington The board of directors Health Center today, the efforts of a follows: Clarence ‘A. G. Pease, committee appointed immediately folCarl ‘Joslyn,| Rida, Henry lowing the town meeting last Febru-! Leroy Cheetham, FayR, Stevens, Mrs. Esther Sena, ary to investigate the possibilities of) ette Mrs. Florence Bates, Merwin F. obtaining medical and health faciliPackard, all of this town, and Dn ties, so badly needed in this area, Lawrence N. Durgin of Amherst, Were crowned: with success. a summer resident, Oifer Extensive Study Drs. E. E. F Alan and Harold Stone Will Provide Services | ‘ j | Many contacts were made and letters written to various sources in an effort to locate a doctor but it was impossible to obtain a resident physician. Clarence A. G. Pease and Mrs. Florence Bates thoroughly investigated the possibilities for a doctor's office and health center. They went to Hudson, N. Y., and Fabius, N. Y., to obtain firsthand information on clinics in those areas. Some of the features of each have been incorpora- ted in the setup here. At a recent meeting of citizens, it was decided to incorporate as a nonprofit organization under Massachusetts laws and to proceed. The direc: tors arranged to lease from theetown the east room on the first floor of the] Lyceum building to be altered for a health center, consisting of a wait-} ing room, doctor's office and consult- ing room, room, an examining room, dental a laboratory and toilet facilities. Three-Day Service Offered With the help of Dr. E. J. Manwell! of Northampton, the services of Dr. Eaton E. Freeman of Florence were obtained. To start with he will come to the Center for office hours three times each week, and, further, will be on call at all times for emergency service. Dr. Freeman is a general | practitioner, most-needed in an area of this type. Dr. Freeman went to prep school at Mount Hermon in ’87-'40; Oberlin College, °40-'44; College of Medicine of Syracuse University, °44-'47;. postgraduate practice, including special |) ' work in. obstetrics and pediatrics at} University of Rochester College of | Medicine, *47-'50. Dental Assistance | Given Dr: Harold Stone, a retired ‘dentist, now living in West Worthington, a! graduate of University of Pennsyl-/ vania College of Dentistry; one year as dental intern of Philadelphia General Hospital and a practicing dentist for 82 years in Greenwich, Conn., has volunteered to care for the dental the school children on a a number of other friends. naling, of gratis basis. Many jtems, such as a dental chair, some dental lights and equipment, as well as many items of medical equipment and furnishings have been donated by various interested people. This organization has been made possible by the generous gifts of year-round and summer residents and atin eb ly work �AT HEALTH CENTER DEDICATION—Present yesterday afternoon at the dedication of the new Worth: ington Health Center were: Seated, left to right, Dr. Eaton E. Freeman, Northampton; Dr. Caldwell E. Essestyn, guest speaker; Clarence A, G. Pease, Northampton, president; Mrs. Florence L. Bates of Worthington, nurse; Dr. Harold A. Stone, Worthington; standing, Fayette R. Stefens, secretary; Mrs. Barbara Dunleavy, nurse, and Carl A. Joslyn, vice-president. NEW HEALTH CENTER—Local and Hampshire County health officials were present Sunday afternoon when the new Worthington Health Center, pictured here, was dedicated. The center adequately equipped, is in the Lyceum Building, and is for the benefit people of Worthington and surrounding communities. of the �) SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. NOVEMBER 26, 1950 EMPIRE STATE'S SWAY 2.9 INCHES Reporter on the “See York, job JACK Nov. LOTTO 25 (INS)—I the storm swayed looks like top of the Empire State the editor casually ordered headed for his storm cellar. Radio Engineers on 85th Things were really swaying I got up to the top of the black in the world—1200 wild blue yonder. feet Only tonight. up it The elevator squeaked and shook and slammed against its cables as we moved slowly up to the 83d floor. After that I was on my own because a motor operating the tower elevator had been burned out by water coming into the building. I hoofed up to the 85th floor where the American Broadcasting Co. and the National Broadcasting Co. maintain television transmitters. tonight. what from the | Building,” me as he was Visits Building During Gale By New building into the before tallest ABC engineers Rutherford, Gerald of Bergenfield, N. J., “got so bad during couldn’t Schade of N. J., and Donald Launer, stand Launer said, slightly drunk. still.” said the slowly roll from Sway side “Only to side.” 2.9 Inches” A building official who accompanied the reporter to the semiopen last floor of the structure—on the 87th floor, 1200 feet from the ground—said the maximum sway was “‘only 2.9 inches.” Throughout the building, it was learned, ceilings cracked under the stress of the “give” of the building in the face of the terrific pressure. And on the 30th flooy, walls collapsed, Emergency crews were clearing up the debris and broken windows— mostly in the lower sections of the structure. the sway storm we “IT felt as if The, building £ was would st BeBe HISTORICAL GROUP meeting Tuesday.are Thomas Shepherd, treasurer-clerk; OFFICERS—Officers pictured above. vice-president; Judge Walter Miss Front Anna and row, directors left Gertrude Stevens, president, Miss to of Northampton right, Brewster, Alice are historial Mrs. Frank director; Logan, and back Miss society Lyman, row, Clara at the annual director; Charles Hudson, Mrs. Tucker, directors. �pee WORTHINGTON FARM HOME TS DESTROYED W. W. Rausch Sets Replacement Value at $50,000; Heater Caused Fire Worthington, Dee, 28—A. home and ‘buildings whose replacement cost is estimated at $50,000 by the owner, Warren W. Rausch of Clarke Hill, were destroyed by fire late Wednesday night. Many Furnishings Saved About 400 bushels of squash was lost in the warehouse, in ~ which Rausch’ discovered the fire about 11:50 p. m. The volunteer Fire Department responded -and, assisted by the Cummington department, saved much of the furnishings, ineluding Mrs. Rausch’s dishes; bric-a-brae collection and paintings. Most of Mrs, Rausch’s clothing was, lost, Firefighters were hampered by lack of water, quickly using the 1000 gallons available in the well,on the property. ‘ Oil Heater 1970 | WORTHINGTON ae Dickinson Hospital reports the fol-| lowing births: Jan. 7, a son to Mr.) and Mrs. Fred Bragg of Shutesbury; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Wade jof Summer St. fa daughter to Mr. and 'Mrs. Horace Bartlett of Worthington Worthington, Dec. 18~—Mrs. Robert ‘| Lucey and infant son, Michael, who ‘|was born Dec. 6, returned Sunday from Providence Hospital, Holyoke. la son Miss Josephine Hewitt returned home from Springfield on Sunday, of to Mr. North and Hadley. * Dr. Harold Stone will commence dental work for school children Monday at the Health Center. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith of West} Mrs. Joseph is 4 Tudryn x Worthington will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday and will hold open house at their home from 2 to 5 p. m. Capt. and arrived Mrs. from John Ireland Hume, on Elizabeth last week, have town to spend the winter Helen The Gerda Creelman, wedding Kline scheduled for and and Dec. reception postponed spend winter 22, has in : New for Mrs. J. because illness of the bride-to-be. Mrs. Frank Smith left who Queen arrived in’ with Mrs. Emerson definitely the the Davis, been of Sunday York in- the; City. to! Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keough, Jr., seniors at Colby College, Waterville, Me., are home for the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keough, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Gaugel left Sunday for New York City. | Blamed The fire is believed to have started from. a defective oil heater. Rausch, who said the property was insured, said he hopes to rebuild in Worthington but does not at once know what his plans will be. ‘He and Mrs. Rausch are staying Mrs. Charles Eddy. with Mr, and MONDAY, DECEMBER WHATELY’S day. Funds NEW LIBRARY—S. in will of the late Miss White Dickinson Anna W. Memorial Library Dickinson of Amherst tena nee. will be shown provide for the to public next building and Sun- its main- 11, 1950 �a SCHOOLGIRLS Judy Bartlett pours 17, 195%o WAITRESSES coffee while Carolyn Ruddock FOR STATE SUPERVISORS holds the cup of Miss Mariom Remon of Melrose, right, past president and present secretary of the elementary school supervisors ef Massachusetts as Miss Elien Sweeney, left, assistant) superintendent of schools in New Bedford looks on. The girls, sixth-grade pupils of Miss Catherine Carney at Newton school, helped serve breakfast to the group this morning in the school’s new kitchen recently set up there. The supervisors are having their annual business session here and are touring schools in area. be �Miss Foarden Wed To Mr. McCommons Ceremony Is Performed by Dr. Dorothy Spoer! Miss daughter St., Crest Dearden, } Maude Eleanor of Dearden 4H. Frank of became the John of bride Fla.. Hill, Holly of McCommons IL, at morning yesterday ceremony in-a Dorothy of Dr, home the at 10:30; single The St; Middlesex of Spoerl Dr by performed was service ring atwas ceremony the and Spoerl bride's the of members. by tended her of consisting family immediate ( father a den and The with pink sisters, and bride pink wore flower camellias. Dearden. a powder hat Deat- Leah Miss Frances Miss and blue dr corsag a wedding the ceremony Following the . Old at served was breakfast Longmeadow, Green, the on House after which Mr, and Mrs, Seeoen they} where Me., - Oceanville, 2 Who were married yesterday hy Dr. Dorothy Spoerl, shown at the Old House on the Green, Longmeadow, following their wedding | wil sereiain until September. has been| Mrs. McCommons, who to Superintenemployed dent of as secretary Schools J, William World Wars, during which he} gerved four years in the Army an} was discharged in 1946 as a, lieutenant- | colonel, | s { ase MAY BREAKFAST IN LONGMEADOW ONCE COST 40¢ But Sponsors of 1880 Seven May the annual Longmeadow May fast, who sit down tomorrow traditional feast, which is to be for the first time in the new house of the First Church of in or to both..variety and how women they a serving, and cents, Oysters in quarter. Ham and ranged from 15 boiled eggs cost of three pennies, lobster of differed eggs cost salad, but various a 30 styles cents to 25, while the staggering sum Top prices were for roast turkey at 50 cents, and lamb] with green peas at 60. . Others of the 58 items listed on the 70-year-old menu are as follows: Broiled shad, 40 cents; sirloin steak, 40 cents; roast chicken, 40. cents; chicken pie, 44 cents; boiled ham, 25 cents; sweet potatoes, cents; snow cents; tapioca pudding, 15 cents; plum pudding, 15 cents; pudding, 15 cents; custard cents; pie, 15 10 orange pudding, 15 cents; cocoanut pudding, custard pie, 10 cents; pie, 10 cents; cocoanut 10 cents; pie, apple mince 10 cents; pie, 10 lemon pie, 10 cents. were also period the fare which, | inadequate to what! lemon. has been treasured the end of home, the in sponsors hunting of a Longmeadow 1880 days regretted when not the first liams, pastor, shot the last Dr. Stephen bear about i ase ai Ek Wil- 200 rods from the church. Disappointing, too, was the fact that the wild turkeys ‘formerly seen in the rear of the par- sonage lot were no longer’ available. Apologies were also made for the tea, and other East India goods which were not up to the quality of the days when Merchant Samuel Colton imported direct, and the foreign commerce of Longméadow was at its height, His brig, the Friendship, was lJaunched from his own ship-yard on the river bank, and made to the West mouth, N. H., and home thence Indies, to regular trips Bristol, England, Piscataqua, now Ports- via Hartford. Members of the 1950 May Breakfast Association make no apologies, though they cannot compete in price with 1880. variety in There the will food be served no lack of tomorrow from 1.30 to 2 and from 5 to 7. The same menu will be offered at. both sittings and salad as will feature chicken, and both menu. ble well There where a8 will a turkey, creamed chicken and lobster full also home-cooked be on sale, a candy > the prize was the wild boar imported from Smyrna, They also deplored the lack of bears’ meat which would have been added to. their bill of fare had accompanying be a good delicacies ta- will table, and a flow- er booth. Reservations are not sary, and the public is invited. ie Sahin of- the “lady ancestors of the parish” would have been able to furnish when game of various kinds was procurable in the adjacent woods. According to an old record, which A, comparison with the menu of 1880, for example, would set up. a wave of nostalgia for the good old days when plain lobster was but 20 eents of the they offered was Breakfor the served parish Christ, price. cake No matter how ample the selection | would appear to modern diners, to the, will give little thought to the 80 May breakfasts, which precede this year’s observance, of ‘varieties of ice cream cost 15. cents. Bananas, oranges, and milk were listed at a nickle, while tea and coffee were 10 cents. The menu included in addition mashed potatoes, spinach, as well as an assortment of breads an relishes, Event 5—Patrons kinds _ fered at eight cents per serving. Four Themselves Bemoaned ‘Good Old Days’ Longmeadow, of Dearden Eleanor Miss was formerly Crest St. McCommons Mrs. breakfast. Sanders, School at js a graduate of the High In-| of the American and Commerce, reshe where College, ternational She was formecived her BA degree. AssoNational erly president of the at and Secretaries of School ciation present is junior past president of the | association. retired a year ago| Mr, McCommons the; of superintendent assistant as Springfield public schools, and took up| residence at Holly Hill, near Daytona, | at home Fla, He also has a summer is a McCommons Oceanville, Me. Mr. second}, and veteran of both the First ’ M’COMMONS L. JOHN MRS. AND MR. , neces- �197 oO Eanily Dickinson Papers Given to Harvard’s Library Gilbert H. Montague of New York Presents Collection Bought of Alfred Leete Hampson Cambridge, collection of —kept May Emily intact 30 — The Dickinson since the largest papers poet’s death in 1886—has been given to the Hough.ton Library of Harvard University. The donor gue, New is Gilbert Holland York Bought Mr. through lawyer and Hampson’s Montague’s Collection gift purchase Monta- bibliophile. of the was arranged manuscripts and personal belongings of the 19th century American poet preserved in her home town of Amherst, Mass., and owned by Alfred Leete Hampson, It includes autograph drafts of some 958 of her poems, as well as many letters by her and to her, her books and possessions, and family papers accumulated since the arrival of the first Dickinson in the United States. The gift to Harvard also includes all copyrights and literary rights previously vested in the Dickinson heirs, Harvard University already has named an editor for the papers, and the Harvard University Press contemplates publishing a, variorum edition of the poems and letters of Emily which will Sive all versions of each poem. Dr. Thomas H. Johnson, coauthor of the recent “Literary History of the United States” and head of the English department at Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., will have charge of editing the manuseripts for publication. Study of the Dickinson manuscripts at Harvard is expected to shed new light on at least two crucial problems: The ehronological order in which the poems were written, and the exact values and meanings given by Miss Dickinson to each version of each poem, Only five of the poems were published during the poet’s’ lifetime; the remainder were not even prepared for publication by _ their author, Various editors have had a hand in bringing the pieces before. the public, but none of the editions hitherto wholly published regarded text. Genuis, Says Howard Mumford Commenting Prof. is satisfactory ity on 18th century ture, declared: “By crities Prof. on and the a Jones acquisition, Jones, American literary as anthor-| litera- historians, Emily Dickinson is regarded as the one unquestionable © genius among American women poets. She is also, the question of sex being waived as irrelevant to art, one of the four or five most remarkable American poets. “It is precisely because she saw all things new that the problem of style is a central problem in her poems, so that the discovery of what she wrote (instead of what her editors thought she ought to write) is of primary ture.” concern for American litera- Since the poems survive on scraps of paper and are almost tirely undated, Dr. Johnson a difficult task in working ordey in this can odd en- will face out the which they were written. be achieved by the study If of handwriting, paper, and other evidence, the poems may well reveal, in the words of a recent critic, Emily Dickinson’s spiritual Dr. “progress in a deepening life.” Johnson’s “Problems Like many insonchanged within the made more other poets, Miss Dickwords and images same poem, often several times, and another part of Dr. Johnson’s ‘study will be to match the words and images that went together in each succeeding version, This is difficult handwriting, which legible or ambiguous eye, When Dr. is to by the poet's: frequently ilthe untrained Johnson's editorial complete the work has been completed, the Dickinson collection, including important earlier acquisitions of the Houghton Library, will be available for study by other interested scholars. Librarians hope that additional Dickinson manuscripts still in private hands ultimatély may be. added archive After at to the Harvard. death of Dickinson Emily Dickin- son in 1886 the manuscripts and personal belongings in this collection passed into the hands of her sisterin-law, Mrs. Sue Dickinson, who bequeathed them to her daughter, Mrs, Martha Dickinson Bianchi, Mrs, Bian- chi, in turn, left the collection to Ale fred .Leete Hampson, with whom she collaborated in publishing severol volumes of Emily Dickinson’s poems, The purchase of the collection from Mr. Hampson was negotiated. through the New York book dealer, Dr. A. 8. W. Rosenbach. �19 5’o Where Paul Revere Started-And Stopped Today Reyer there’s got proaching, his a parking orders Upper still stands. to picture: lot ride The and the through house Se is the iron horse World Photo) countryside April Casino the (Wide burlesque in Medford, hitching post, theater 18, (lower 1775, picture) to warn : in that Boston, the where British were Paul ap- where Isaac Hall, captain of the Medford Minute Men, and féw inches away, a five-cent parking meter. �By SAUL PETT Boston, April 15 (AP)—Dear Paul Revere: Well, it’s 175 years since that April 18 when you made your great ride, and you’d never know the place now. Matter of fact, you couldn’t make the same ride today. Can’t Be Done If a burlesque house didn’t stop you, the one-way streets, detours, traffic snarls and small boys selling information on Paul Revere would. I know. I just re-traced your course, not by horse, by automobile. I tried to cover the same 16 miles you did, from Boston past Lexington. Now and then I also duplicated the route night of William Dawes, your fellow express rider that in 1775. First, I went looking for Dr. Joseph Warren’s house, on Hanover St. in Boston, where you got your orders to ride that night. It isn’t there. On the approximate site are a parking lot and. the Casino burlesque theater. Newman’s House Gone Next, through narrow streets and back alleys, past pushcarts and pizzerias and second-floor shops where a bride and bridegroom can rent wedding clothes, I came upon the site of Sexton Robert Newman’s house. He’s the fellow who hung the lanterns in the Old North Church. _ His house is gone. On the ground floor of a five-story brick apartment there is the ‘Marconi Pharmacy.” But just a few steps away, in a neighborhood almost all Italian, ine fine old church still stands. Your family pew is still ere. ‘ i I climbed the 175-foot steeple, where Newman hung the lanterns. It’s covered now with the names of visitors from all over the world. It sways and creaks in the wind. Acting Custodian Robert Winn said: “This is a church, not a museum. First service was held Dec. 29, 1723, the last he last Sunday and the next will be held next Sunay.” ; House Still Stands North Square, where your house is and where you had to duck around redeoats that night, was full of small boys when I got there. One little guy rattled this off: “Paul Revere had 16 children and two wives. This is the hitching post, where his horse chewed the top off,” (The hitching post, however, is less than 40 years old.) Your house has been restored. About 75,000 people come to see it every year. Most of them want to know where you kept the 16 kids. Your mother’s house next door also has been restored. It was in private hands last May when the.cops raided the place and found a bookie operating. Next to your ma’s place is a doughnut shop, a cleaners and “Uncle Dave’s Uncle Dave,” it says. Supermarket.” “Stop and save with that on the way to the Remember stopped Charles River you and two pals ing off at.a girl’s house to get someth it, I get As oars? the muffle to somebody down house 2 is gone. a place there’s petticoats. Her petticoat”. warm same the about In station. gasoline Rowbeat’s Your threw she and whistled “still No; Gone The place where you found the hidis den rowboat on the Charles River Corps of now occupied by the Army to! place is @ bad This Engineers. yards| 50 Just suspiciously. behave took off is Brink's, | from where you swiped | fellows some where Inc., | $1,500,000 at gun point a few months ago. you rowed across the river, Where IT rode over a bridge. Didn't see any British frigates. Not far away though, were some American destroyers in the | Boston Navy Yard and “Old Ironsides,” you for which tings in 1797. the On made copper the Charlestown “it- I looked shore, back to the church tower 2600 yards away. You have to stand right on the shore line, otherwise an elevated train structure and two bridges block the | view, In a nearby square, under the “El”| M. C. Ajj a Y. by surrounded and station! police building, municipal there is and stores, cafeterias bank, you| saying this is where a tablet actually got on the horse and started | to ride, No Horses Now } Deacon Larkin’s find couldn't I you got the horse, and place, where you'd have a time finding a nag now. The nearest stable is five miles away. No quiet now. area is pretty The revolutions. City Court Clerk Jim Mullin told me most of their arrests inspeeders. You'll be| volve drunks and glad to know “75 per cent of the of- fenders Riding see any did. are I rode piece, houses. Just out-of-towners.” through Charlestown, meadows or marshes past past under the factories “El” Charlestown and I didnt as you for a long sagging Neck is a tablet marking the spot where you were intercepted by British horsemen and‘ had to veer off to the north. Behind the marker are a milk company and a billboard advertising re|frigerators. Across the way is a diner. ; No trace now of Mark’s gibbet. where they hung runaway slaves in your time. Also, I couldn’t find any Clay Pond, where one of your British pursuers got stuck, but you could easily lose him today in the truck traffic along Washington St. Winter Hill, Somerville Remember Winter Hill, in Somerville, where you jogged right for Medford? Well the fork is well marked now. The smallest park I’ve ever seen is there. The park is named after you. Behind it is “Ye Paul Revere” apart- ment house—“No loitering in the vestibule”. Across the road are the “Paal! Revere Fharmacy” and “Paul Revere Liquors.” eel PAUL REVERE COULDN'T RETRACE HIS FAMED MIDNIGHT RIDE TODAY �oe a eo a ne ae [ At the liquor place, I asked owner Alfonso Martignette about the size of the park. He ran out and measured it—40 feet long and 40 at the widest. At Main and Havard Sts.,.a cop directed me: Straight up “Revere ock Bridge.” The bridge Main sharply a big Hitching “Too the traffic A is ali con- circle. and careful,” T promised, bad,” he said, There’s a Stone mile and half Wall farther, T finally got back on your There, just off the route, in Lincoln, road, past a road- the you. stand and this|side of. the “Paul Revere Tourist Cabins,” is a big stone}. and marker Signifying the spot where to go right, Parking be Crad- now, not wooden it, where you turned left, I had Post “Tll that way. across Medford steel over to the around and into crete and planks. Just went “Detour,” he said, “road under construction.” I explained my mission, “Too bad,” he said, Meter British nabbed The beautiful old house where you| Mrs. Basil Maguire, who lives at roused Isaac Hall, captain of the Medthe road stand, doesn’t like Linco Pra pica tec cos aera ford Minute Men, still stands. So does ; ln much. “We wanted to the iron horse hitching post you used run square dancing here,” she said, that night. But you’d need a nickel “but the town wouldn’t let us. Just too snooty.” now, for just a few inches from the () post is a five-cent It -wouldn’t door today. the do The Gaffey parking to go house Brothers is On meter. yelling at occupied Funeral. by Service. Edward J. Gaffey, professionally busy at the moment, said: ‘‘We get! a lot of tourists stopping by but they’re scared away from coming in by our business sign.” ; Remember how you got onto Massachusetts Ave., Arlington (it was called Menotomy do it the one-way, the corner Tavern, cop told then)? same way the wrong where You you passed a) at the British were lar and And down the road a piece, used to be a farmer who had there a big Paul by which Revere hadawent said: would “This have thisaway.” is the came farm if Cooper's APRIL 16, 1950 killed on the April 19. He fighting and in stairs. The the house, Route i1 cel- now a museum, stand in the back yard of Dr. G. W. Bowlby, osteopath. In the doctor’s waiting room, I found a_ nice, gray-haired patient, name farm there’s a drug store now. A me: “Used to be quite a gin T guess you remember Jason Russell, who sent his family up in the hills to hide while he fought it out others the along he mill there, until prohibition. Arlington’s been dry ever since.” Remember Jason Russell with left, road sign couldn't now. There's way, And the which Dawes escaped is all wooded! over. On the right, beyond a line of evergreens and a culvert, is an old stone wall. This may or may not be the one Prescott jumped over in es. caping. Anyway, tourists cart off some of the big stones every year. the of thinks Grace Parker. history has Miss Parker neglected Arling- of Revere’s Ride ton, “After all,” she said, “more men were killed here than in Lexington and Concord together.” Riding over trolly tracks, - past stores and supermarkets and gasoline stations and antique shops, IT came in- to Lexington, relaxed and peaceful. And there it was, the beautiful green, where the first shots were fired the morning after your ride. Buckman Tavern, where you roused the Minute Men, is still there on the right. So are the old bar, water bags, muskets and the very same door you pounded on, with the very same oullet hole made during the battle. . Bet (OJON Things Have Changed you couldn’t find the old belfry ‘now. Because of local squabbles, it was moved off the green up to a hill on the left. But up the road a way there’s still the Clark. parsonage, where you awakened Sam Adams and John Hancock. You lside moved wouldn’t of the to the find road right by the Lexington The table where it on though. and the left is run It’s been now Historical you and Society. Dawes stocked up on refreshment hefore heading for Concord is still there. The house now faces the front lawn of Mrs. Hattie Peckman, a fine whitehaired Makes lady of 88, who sells a fine punch, too. “The ham On within Dawes souvenir business,” said, the “is road lousy.” to souvenirs. Mrs. Peck- Concord, I 100 yards of where you were joined by a third that night—Dr. Samuel Prescott, came and rider Out in the lovely country, among the rolling farm lands and apple orchards, + was stopped by a policeman. PILOAA ep) Here is the 16-mile route. t aken by Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, on his famous ride to warn t he countryside of the approaching British. It started in Boston and ended outside of Lexingt on, where he was nabbed by the British. �OR The Acres Soon AFTER Washington’s Birthday, treePruning begins here in our region. The dtalians put short ladders against the apple- tee trunks, climb up, wield their long- ‘handled cutters with dexterity. One by one, the lopped, leafless branches fall to the ground, till all the orchard floor is littered with their thin and angular shapes. One by one, the trees stand forth in trimness with freshly-barbered heads, free from dry wood, ready to bud and flower and fruit! What a joy George Washington would get from watching these deft-handed Italians and the finish of their work! The Negroes on his own acres were less skilled, more careless; in their experience ran no long tradition about the pruning of trees. For centuries Italy has been a cultivated land, not the wild, free jungle of colored folk. Yet the colored people sang under the Vir~ ginia sun and liked to see the master come, This firm-faced man had no malice in him and was a hard worker himself, first up in his house. Every day at dawn he pulled on his snuff-hued breeches, toned coat, clapped on hat, took his hickory mounted his horse and his metal-but- his wide-brimmed switch in hand, rode out over the “The life of a husbandman is the most delectable, It is honorable, it is amusing, and, with judicious management, it is prof| itable. ., , The more I am acquainted with agricultural affairs, the better I am pleased with them ... how much more delightful to an undebauched mind is the task of mak- ing improvements on the earth than all the vain glory which can be acquired from rav- aging it, by the most of conquests.” uninterrupted So he wrote to Arthur Young, career editor of | the “Annals of Agriculture” and the outstanding farmer of Great Britain in that day. Washington read the “Annals” regularly, as well as all the other farm. literature he could put finger upon—Tull’s “Horse-hoe- ing Husbandry,” Duhamel’s “Practical Treatise of Husbandry,” “The Farmer’s Compleat Guide,” Home’s “Gentleman _ |Farmer.” From France and England he gleaned the latest facts about lucerne, al| falfa, blight, plows, potatoes and a multitude of things that he wanted to try out in the shallow, virgin Virginia soil. With land-lovers all over the world, dew-covered acres that sparkled and spread around the mansion of Mount Vernon. Especially he loved the golden summer mornings, when the air was sweet with white locust bloom and with scent from the Washington linked himself by letter. Plants wild honeysuckle hedges. But, rain or shine, and birds and beasts began to come to he rode early just the same, and by way of Mount Vernon from far places, French precaution he kept a large umbrella , hounds and Arabic horses, Chinese pheasstrapped to his saddle. ants, Spanish mules, and goats from Malta bs b& & were sent by foreign friends to settle on By birth and by inclination, Washington these New World acres. “General Washingbelonged to the land. His English forebears ton’s jackass” created a veritable sensation! had been farmers and “3 Cinque foiles”| Its ears were fourteen inches high, its name were blazoned on their earliest coat-ofwas “Royal Gift’—a gift from the King of arms. Incidentally, this heraldic device. is Spain himself and the first of mules to tread derived from the five-petalled flower of the a Virginia plantation. Young Master Custis, cinquefoil plant (botanically known as poMrs. Washington’s son, loved to straddle tentilla), which is native to Great Britain “Vulcan,” the beautiful big hound from and flourishes wild in Scotland and the France, and trot among the laughing fieldHebrides. One species, locally called Silverworkers. This dog was one of five presented ’ weed, has silky, silvery foliage and a yelby Lafayette. low flower, likewise an edible root that PES tastes a bit like parsnip and was eagerly Seriously and with a sober joy, George eaten by the islanders in times of famine, This coat-of-arms was painted on the doors Washington daily went about the business of the first coach young planter George of enriching his acres. Land was, he felt, bought in 1759 for his wedding trip; and it not only a personal possession; even more stood also on the doors of “the White Charit was a public trust, a bequest to future iot,” the coach of state drawn by six horses generations. By inheritance he began life in which President Washington and Madam with a few hundred acres; by labor and Martha toured the new-won country in purchase gradually he enlarged his domain 1791, To the three traditional family cinto some sixty thousand acres—an immense quefoils were added spears of wheat when responsibility! Not all of it could be cultiGeorge Washington designed his own bookvated; for in the western areas wolves and plate. buffaloes still roamed and towering trees Wheat was one of his worries and enthupunctuated an untamed wilderness, But for. siasms for years. His diaries, in their dry, many miles around Mount Vernon, year by° concise way, record many experiments with year, the crops increased and the orchards crops. He tried Cape of Good Hope wheat increasingly bloomed, and Siberian in 1785, after the Revolution, How Washington loved his orchards! when he was back home again and eagerly Over and over there are entries in his at, work on his beloved acres. Long before, “Diary”. of prunings and plantings, comin 1763, his wheat was selling for 91 cents ments about fruits and graftings, about a bushel; and by 1769 he was able to keep quinces and mulberries, crabapples, and his own three mills busy grinding good cherries. Yes, especially cherries; so perflour — flour so uniformly fine in quality haps the oft-told cherry-tree tale has a that it travelled to the West Indies in homebasis in reality after all, March was a busy made barrels, marked simply “George month for this planter who worked among Washington — Mount Vernon.” This mark his own trees. March 21st, 1763, seems to meant the best in meal, which never lacked have been a typical early spring day. quick purchasers. Whether as miller or as “Grafted 40 cherries, viz 12 Bullock Hearts, policy-maker, the name of the master of 18 very fine May Cherry, 10 Coronation. | Mount Vernon became everywhere a symAlso grafted 12 Magnum Bonum Plums. bol for integrity! Also planted 4 Nuts of the Mediterranean . Pame in the Pen where the Chestnut grows | ~ _.. Set out 55 cuttingsof the Madeira So Grape.” our country’s he records, first great this man farmer—a conserver of earth’s riches. Lucy who was faithful Emspury oe Washington Of ! The Washington of history is not the man I most admire, though he had courage and fire in war and councils. It is the young George, the good farmer, the lover and protector of earth, who most appeals to me.' Everybody knows the cherry-tree story and the grim, gallant chronicle of Valley Forge. General Washington, our America’s first | President, sword at side in all his regalia— this formal, resplendent figure is familiar the world over, thanks to the skill of Gilbert Stuart’s brush. But Washington of the © acres—him we need to know better! �ss Tue CuRistian Science MONITOR THE MANSION ON GEORGE On George white ings, WASHINGTON’S tHE Mount Vernon Washington, frame flower symmetrically was Flanking vegetable arranged or Mr. VERNON, estate, laid out by there mansion. and ESTATE on already gardens this a outbuildwere spacious George WashVirginia plantation. When ington brought his bride to Mount Vernon, in_ 1759, he dreamed of becoming the foremost agriculturalist in the land. Enthusiastically he engaged in experiments such as crop rotation; but of necessity he delegated the management of the estate to his cousin, when he was called to lead the army. On his return to Mount Vernon, in 1783, he hoped to resume agricultural pursuits and to enjoy domestic life. Once again, however, his plans were interrupted, when he became the first President of the United States. Ultimately he did enjoy two quiet years, at Mount Vernon, to which estate he returned in 1797. > Mount Vernon is a Georgian colonial house of two stories, with a graceful cupola on the hipped roof. The brick porch, flanked with tall columns, faces east. IN VIRGINIA �4 ANOTHER MILESTONE REACHED LOOKING EASTWARD Located on the corner of Maple and High Streets, the 77-year-old church has long been considered a beautiful landmark. �( ) Amid colorful ceremonies the new Memorial Parish House attached to South Congregational Church was dedicated. The new structure not only adds to the facilities of the church but enhances its beauty. The original church structure was completed in 1873, when Maple Street was one of the ‘new streets east of the center of Springfield, and the city had a population of 30,000. It is constructed of East Longmeadow brownstone and originally seated about 600. In 1920, three years after Dr. Gilkey became South Church's minister; nearly $200,000 was spent installing balconies and modernizing the entire structure. The present seating capacity is over 1000. Photos by Arthur Johnson This ing was and cent TOWARD THE WEST photograph graphically shows the new parish house that has a matchbrownstone facing on the High Street side. This East Longmeadow stone purchased at the time the old Universalist Church at the corner of Spring State Streets was torn down to make room for the new parking lot adjato the Federal Land Bank. �({ CHAPEL Furnished entirely in polished white oak, this chapel is the most striking single feature in the new building. At right can be seen the console of the new Hammond organ. The windows flanking the altar contain the seals of the colleges from which the four ministers of South Church graduated. �SPIRITUAL LEADER Dr. James Gordon Gilkey, minister of South Harvard College in 1912, and from Union New York City in 1916. He became the fourth since this church was founded, on July 1, preaching, Dr. Gilkey has taught at both Colleges. Church, graduated from Theological Seminary in minister in the 108 years 1917. In addition to his Amherst and Springfield �ENTRANCE — LEFT — From the new door on High Street there is a way through a vestibule and a narthex into seats 153 persons and provides stalls for a narthex are the church offices and Sunday wide, straight passagethe new chapel, which 30-voice choir. Off the School rooms. �MAIN AUDITORIUM Equipped with cork-tile floors and entirely new furnishings, this main auditori- um will seat 300. The stage is equipped for motion pictures and doorways adjoining this room connect it to the new kitchen. RECREATION CENTER — RIGHT — This room originally was used as the first church while the main sanctuary was being constructed. It has been changed sev- eral times since 1873. It is now a large recreation room with stage and screen, and also used for ping-pong, etc. badminton, shuffleboard, �\ ULTRA - MODERN Experts from Boston say that this all-electric, stainless steel kitchen is perhaps the finest ever installed in a church building in Massachusetts. Every thing in it, including all the dishes, linen, silver, glassware, and cooking utensils, are new. LIBRARY many Around this well-equipped and well-lighted library are the The School. Sunday the in n childre the for ooms class-r ual individ . charge in an librari trained a with library is open every Sunday �15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION—The Farber-Reeves Hat Shop at 291 Bridge St, yesterday marked its 15th birthday with a large birthday cake, taking the shape of a hat, and informal “open house” ceremonies, All customers and friends entering the store during the afternoon were treated to a piece of the big cake. Pictured above are, left to right, proprietors Mrs. William Gordenstein and Mrs, Lillian Reeves. The hat shop opened Aug. 25, 1936. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST REGISTRATION FOR KINDERGARTEN—Miss Marion L. Bartlett, principal of the Howard Street School, left, is shown enrolling Barbara E, Gumlaw, center, as a kindergarten pupil at the school while her mother, Mrs, Clarence J. Gumlaw, right, looks on. A large number of children eligible for kindergarten next fall have been enrolled during the past two days and the enroliment will continue today. If inconvenient for parents to register pupils today, they may be registered at any time during the next few weeks. 29, 1951_ �FLORA E. MENTOR UNION REPORTER FOR MANY YEARS Organized Woman's Club in South Deerfield With South Deerfield,, Flora Estelle 11897 and Mentor 25—Mi March early died | | Mrs. Rice in “97 | | oT a home in a convalescent }morning | Sunderland. on | in Williamsburg was born She | | P, t 15, 1860, daughter of George July | was and Mentor’ (Black) Ruth and in the Williamsburg schools educated School. District River and the Mill Rice} Alonzo Mentorand Mrs, Miss Club in} Woman's the local |organized | Mentor Miss was @ past! | | | SOUTH DEERFIELD Mrs. Billings Is Honored by 150 At Tilton Library South Deerfield, Oct, 17—More 150 attended the Tilton Library house and a reception in than| open honor of Mrs. Ellen S. Billings, trustee and librarian for almost 37 years, at the \library Monday evening. The library, |Inewly decorated by William E. Gass, and with flower arrangement by memlbers of the South Deerfield Garden Club, made a setting for one of the most enjoyable community gatherings jin the village. | 2 FLORA E. | years and ! recently ae was appointed| a life triste.’ She also was an assistant librarian for a long period of | time. | Miss Mentor was the local corre-| spondent for The Springfield Union| over 40 years. She also had written | for the Daily Hampshire Gazette and| the Greenfield Recorder Gazette. She} leaves four nephews, Harry E. Mentor of Glens Falls, N. Y., G. Lind-| say Mentor, Charlton, Ramon B.} Mentor of Springfield,” and Leroy | .Mentor of Greenfield, and a sister-! ‘in-law, Mrs. Helene V. Mentor of Amherst. Funeral will be Tuesday at 2 in the, Congregational Church. Burial will be in Brookside Cemetery. Friends may call at the McCarthy fu- neral home until noon William receiving MENTOR president, charter member, and a life member. She also was an honmember of the Owls Bridge Club for) ; member of the Owls Bridge Club foir| 124 years, a member of Cosannip Counlcil, degree of Pocahontas, a member | lor the Congregational Church and; Ladies Aid Society. She served as al trustee of Tilton Library more than | |25 Mrs, Tuesday, E. Gass, Mrs. Francis Gorey, and Mrs, Linwood Taplin, with ithe following trustees, Mr. Taplin, Mr. {Gass, Mr. Gorey, Mrs, Ellen S. Billings and Mrs. Chester A. Clark, assisted in the many guests from South Deerfield, Old Deerfield, Conway, Sunderland, Whately, Northampton and i Springfield. Mrs. Inez Smead and Miss Louise Amstein presided at the coffee }hour following the reception. Out-of-town guests included Harry A. Field of Springfield, a former officer of the library, Mrs. Louis Cave, Mr. and Mrs. Rene Jolly, Mr. and Mrs, | William Brownell of Nerthampton, Aliso, Miss Isabel Carroll and Miss Har- | riet Kempf of the Western Massachu- | setts Library Federation. Congratulatory messages were received by Mrs. Billings from Marshall Field of Chicago, Archibald MacLeish of Conway and Boston, Mrs. Genevieve Boisclair Galick of the Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries and Dr, 'Prank L, Boyden of Deerfield Academy. �ee ake At Santh Deerfield Fire Today om, Pictured here is the badly fire-gutted Bloody Brook house a few hours after an explosion and fire did damage unofficially estimated at $100,000. The picture, taken a little north of the South Deerfield /common, shows the damage ‘the explosion occurred. to the front of the building and the northwest + annette dn side of the structure where �ae AT ANNIVERSARY MEETING—Participating in the 40th anniversary program of the Forest Park Mothers’ Club were four of the original members sh own above with the newly elected president and the retiring president. From the left are Mrs. J. R. C. Browning and Mrs. R. J. Talbot, Mrs. Edward §., Chase, newly-elected president; Mrs. Henry Johnson, Jr., retiring president; Mrs. Robert M. Sears and Mrs. Festus H. Foster. TROPHY well WINNERS—Here School championship right Kerr, ae tia are: girls’ Mary Shirley eg and Lou basketball the are the members trophy Osgood, Dassatti, at team given by won of the Russell H. Con- Robert Caroline Bartlett, Rosemary — who —— G ranger, cans the grammar Halloran. scheol Left to Janice Porter, Joan and Janet Fairman, pone oe en �FEBRUARY 11 1951, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. Loose-leaf binders are scanned with a professional flat bed scanner with the result that optical character recognition is of reasonable accuracy. Books are scanned photographically with the result that optical character recognition is less accurate. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927/1960 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Worthington Historical Society Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2021-12-09 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Yellow scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1949-1951. #14 newspaper clippings (Weddings, Obituaries, Church, Theater, Health Center, News) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 25.4 x 30.5 x 1.3 cm (10 x 12 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR14 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 12 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, No. 14 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949/1951 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/264b19ce4110c87ee8b894896d31c73c.pdf 8bedaa6cf9e45fcdc49f45f67f768f5c PDF Text Text M. E. Church, South MAY 30, URDER THE AUSPICES Porro et Sursum. Song - MEETING CONWELL ACRDEMY, (Onward and Upward.) « EXERCISES, 10.30 to the Soldiers, . REGULAR Mass., 1894, OF THR MORNING Welcome Prayer, Worthington, OF A. M. - - - THE - - By the Academy. Revs: W.. T.-Hale: . CONWELL ACADEMY CHAS. H. BREWSTER, Pres. MISS ELSIE V. BARTLETT, LYCEUM. Sec. and Treas. Music—Mr. O.W. Gurney and Miss May Gurney,‘‘March,” Ch. Bach. Oration—Clarence K. Bates, ‘ Decoration Day,” &. S. Cheverton. Essay—Miss Gertrude L. Jones, ‘The Meaning of Memorial Day.” Reading—Allie R. Fisk, The Arlington Address,” 7. a. Garfield. ere Essay—Miss Ellen §. Pomeroy, “The Heroines of the War.” Singing—By the Academy, - “The Soldier’s Grave.” Music—Mr. O. W. Gurney and Miss May Gurney, “ Reverie,” B. C. Fauconier. Reading—Fordyce A. Thayer, “The Little Regiment.” Essay—Miss Minnie L. Kinne, “The Soldiers’ Hardships.” Reading—Arthur N. Reitnouer,“ The Monster Cannon,” Victor Hugo. Essay—Samuel J. Pierce, - “The Horrors of War.’ Reading—Miss Elsie V. Bartlett, “The Pride of Battery B.” Essay—Miss Bertha McGowan, > = 8° The Soldier-in® Peace.” Music—Mr. O. W. Gurney and Miss May Gurney, “Selection,” From A. Ehrhardt, Op. 23, Part 2. Singing—By the Audience, led by the Academy, “Star Spangled TIVITY TITTY TTT TTI TTY TY TTT TTYL AFTERNOON Address—Mr. Singing—By Chas. K. P.M G. A. Brewster, ‘Slavery, Its Origin and Overthrow.’ led by the Academy, “ Keller’s American Hymn.” C. Burr, “America for the Young Man.” Roy Singing—Mrs. Gaston Address—Mr. Schuyler Clark, eames VVVYYYYVYYYYYYYYY \ judge found VYVYYY Admission upon - Smith. Singing—By the Audience, Closing Exercises—By the Are R. the Audience, Address—Mr. —<—- Banner.” TV T TY TTYTYTYY « EXERCISES, 1530; Memorial Exercises by the Singing—Mrs. Gaston Smith. PFT Wm. G. - “A Theme S. Shurtleff, of Springfield. A. R. - - - - “America.” VYVVVVVVYVYYVYYYYVYVYVYVYYYYYYYVYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYVYYYY is Free to All the REFRESHMENTS the of thé Day.” grounds. The proceeds Church Improvements. Exercises, ———~— will be devoted to [over.] — ' �en ‘i STAR SPANGLED| BANNER. Oh KELLER’S AMERICAN say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watched, were $0 gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Speed our republic, O Father on high! Lead us in pathways of justice and right; Rulers as well as the ruled, “One and all,” Girdle with virtue the armor of might, Hail! three times hail to our country and flag! On the shore, dimly seen thro’ the mists of the deep, Where the foe’s haughty host in dreatt silence reposes, What is that which the breeze o’er the Lowering steep, As it fitfully blows half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morniag’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream; ’Tis the star spangled banner:.@h, long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Foremost in battle for freedom to stand, We rushto-arms when aroused-by its call; Still, as of yore, when Geo. Washington led, Thunders our war cry: We conquer or fall! Hail! three times hail to our country and flag! PA Now where is that band who so vauntingly swore, That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution, No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave. But the star spangled banner in triump! doth wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war’s desolation; Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the hgaven-rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust!” And the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. AMERICA. HYMN. me country ’tis of thee, weet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim’s pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring. (REPEAT LAST THREE LINES.) (REPEAT LAST THREE LINES.) Faithful and honest to friend and to foe— Willing to die in humanity’s cause— Thus we defy all tyrannical power, While we contend for our Union and laws! Hail! three times hail to our country and flag! (REPEAT LAST THREE LINES.) Rise up, proud eagle, rise up to the clouds, Spread thy broad wings o’er this fair western world! Fling from thy beak ourdear banner of old— Show that it still is for freedom unfurled! Hail! three times hail to our country and flag! (REPEAT LAST THREE LINES.) !| ! : My native country thee, Land of the noble free, ‘Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills, My heart with rapture thrills hie that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees, Sweet freedom’s song; Let mortal tongues awake, Let all that breathe partake, Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our father’s God to thee, Author of liberty, To thee we sing; Long may our land be bright With freedom’s holy light, Protect us by thy might Great God, our King! �2 [a | Ss SS This page and the 6 that follow were clipped together as a bundle in SCR15. They do not appear to follow any order. Worthington, Mass. Shortly after the beginning of the Revolution, the town changed the Northampton road so it led directly from "The Corners " to the Daniels tavern. This change was made to prevent any travel past the house of Alexander Miller, because he was a Tory, and to secure the patronage of travelers for Nathaniel eee Pail. Daniels the road who more was a zealous straight" it In patriot. was laid Historic The by In out after : over years, Snake Hampshire Connecticut Clifton Valley Johnson. �58 Stunned is afforded opposite action, has to by no method of and quick in his his exit the Walter absent England, abrupt respite: shock. been death, the story Hartright, reception to the her for Lady America, of heroine, proceeds, preparation Central visit of a the with slow, Glyde's recounts its delayed lover, his the terrible news grave. As knelt he reader who return of Laura's beside it, The first sound that came, after the heavenly peace, rustled faintly, like a passing breath of air, over the grass of the burial-ground... I looked up... Beyond me, in the burial-ground, standing together in the cold clearness of the lower light, I saw two women. They were looking towards the tomb; looking towards Mets; They. came a little on; and stopped again,..In the still evening light, I saw the face of Marion Halcombe..,. I took one step towards her from the grave...The veiled woman with her cried out faintly. I stopped. The springs of my life fell low; and the shuddering of an from unutterable head The to woman dread foot... came on; crept slowly over and me silently came on. I looked at her--at her, and at none other, from that moment... She stopped on one side of the grave. We stood face to face, with the tombstone between us. She was close to the inscription on the side of the pedestal. Her gown touched the black letters... "Hide your face! don't look at her! Oh, for God's sake spare him!--" The woman lifted her veil. "Sacred to the Memory of Laura, Lady Glyde--" Laura, Lady Glyde, was standing by the inscription, the grave. Gasping prepared 1. to Collins, from this overreach The Woman and was looking devastating Collins in in White, at me over counterstroke, reasoning Vol. II, out pp. who the 95-96. is entire �toe Ao Fe: Panera “Siar Ne: be )=e | nee : sete aps Ee ‘ = é vs = . na Eee bp: WD. hl,lL, f¥ 6a, Ww thi Sie (ue) oi. ar ee ileus bs Ge fe ee SPS Ley fe. | �56 this man's injunction, of part expository important an before old crotchety the at cavil can who arrangement, Under story: the you attention...or Pay into deeper get we when be will abroad story. the or Clear your mind of the children, what or or the new bonnet, the dinner, Try if you can't forget politics, not. horses, prices in the City, and grievances I hope you won't take at the club. I have, of way reader. gentle the in stages different inevitably he who could who, as they of Wilkie a to enlighten them en the discussing repetition, of sense the situation involuntary of their the the in links the the at under excitement, imminent exclamations reenact Collins while ever foreshadowing, harbingers must characters, various the from event one several of the to from people experiences own occupy his state the keep To of attention Moonstone, took he about arrival. on mounting The but passengers and time, a meticulously steered direction; his route Collins, off for Collins and 1. setting of delight? constant to of given write, designated in means a and object or horror As events of chain scarcely view any keeps eye. reader's can In avoids time same another plot. of the to to emphatic points only it's amiss; part appealing narrator an as equalled be one from shift The my on freedom this the suspense so p. great shocks the and, completely 40. course mapped care not ina reader at with for store in the the same present �ee ee eres Og & 1773, ice 779 Ab. - poh (Bese) Craaty �55 proof by out of the date comparison your of Glyde's the and plexity, the and signposts The camouflaged in hoax most for The by had a altogether discrepancy the date would along between of wear a Lady totally in exposed Each particular, trail of Hartright, explains a like this on, by in is the White, Pre-Heerstone, Vol.II, p. 139. and Woman in of stories is form in first a strange the persons be related will service of pro- duty the that public history generations The his Walter goes use plot utilitarian epistolary he the com- novels, In the the of relationships events. the by the advantageously-placed although Woman of to performs inquisitive in The than Out other significant White, be his in ever outline this stages future is workings. marred and of Woman fluidity. mind and devious will Moonstone, Collins, the books. and the however, both Betteredge future of artistry reliable soundless clarity of of of The designer's the steps the Woman machinery with often marked The The 1. understand, and simplicity, Moonstone, wrote involved. of I matter the through forewarnings these narrator of repetition and Gabriel as show the runs evolved boldly he however, that White its the multifariousness devices gression, legal could London, more Wilkie namely: which to is, certificate Moonstone but the facts, you orderliness apparent, the If doctor's whole, The phenomenal through dates, neest, On of the journey different White reach, of by witnesses. at the to be family opening recorded concerned. �mn, 9 (V93, A Laveen, Fmd. : cS athe , cc TO Sac ad L fone (wer, es tai ruse, ee �This page and the 6 that follow were stapled together as a bundle in SCR15. 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England 2 ob increase machines industrial the asrerian factory were proleteriet. self-sufficient The increased people the foundations fields mew in cutcome life. was A¥A¢ more an very grazing. when way as the their trade and landless theory of Mngland these given ecomemic advanced Since ereeting « had roeted enclosure and developed. less that rolitical, cultivation trade theory laissez-faire revolution social, was the factories, less and contiued. Possibly this mafé Wgland all. the more swaré of her neé@d for world territoriel order in spite reatoning behind evidenced z of in end the sige of the the the defeat of the peaceful and insular of power. the her condition unfavorable could affect her this was the foreign policy. Sudan.) in Fear the that of is ofafurope aap her against bhlance protagonist an {Perhaps aggressive the @r states isoldtion. neptions existing war Zuropeen isolation, placed weaker threst_enead her Bgyrt trade, talancer with of Disraelits Britain's seas peace,for transfer between adversely as ané domination unique Britain an power said to during of rosition roulé aggressor end be the the that thereby the cause ninteenth insure of �WORTHINGTON. The Worthington Free Library was established untary contributions, and has since been so in 1884 by vol- sustained, with the exception of receiving from the town the dog tax for one year, about $100. The library has no building of its own. It occupied for many years a room over a store, provided free of rent, and carpeted and furnished by the ladies of Worthington. But the town has recently given it the use of a room in its central public school building, which has been handsomely fitted up by the association. This room, about twenty feet square, is tastefully furnished with book-cases, tables and all needed requirements to make it attractive and convenient for its purpose. The leading magazines are taken. The library is open every Saturday from 3 to 6 o’clock in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 in the evening. Two years ago the young ladies of the association, to whose interest and efficiency, from its conception, its success is mainly due, inaugurated the effort to create a permanent fund for its support. By donations and public entertainments this fund has already reached the sum of $800, and the full contemplated amount will doubtless soon be raised. penses will be provided its usefulness. This and realized, something the over needful current ex- each year to extend The present officers of the association are: President, William A. Rice; secretary, Miss N. S. Heacock; treasurer, Miss M. Fay Stone; librarian, Miss K. McD. Rice; assistant librarian, Miss Bessie Gurney. Population, 1,285; 1895, 648; circulation, 996. valuation, $302,171; volumes, 1898, �U on lr t Pnodclobe ee pan des | A Re, Dagabtt. be = bo vee. Ah S 152k, �Spelman, Dau. m. Sareh, b. 5,1811, at of Dec Son. Aaron of Stevens, Worthington,Mass. b. Aug 19,1785, de Children: in Brookfield,Mass. �Spelman, Dan, m. Son, of int. Sybel, b. d. Jan 14, 1817, at Chester,Mass. Asa Moor, b. Dec 10, 1781, of Samel & Elizabeth ( d. Children: at Chester,Mass. ) Moor. �Spelman, Deu. of Roxana, b. de m. Jan Son, 23, (1822), Theodore of Drake, at Worthington,Mass. b. d. Children: �Spelman, Son. of Iyman, Dd. d. m. Dau, int. Jan 23,1825, Elizabeth of May, at Peru,Mass. b. d. Children: �Worthington, Mass. The first settlement was made about 1764 when quite of families came to the plantation at nearly the same Most of them were from Connecticut and the middie and counties of Massachusetts. ts In a number time. eastern Historic Hampshire The Connecticut Valley by Clifton Johnson. �Freeman, Dau. m. Clive, b. Sep 12, of Asa & Incretia ( Jan 29, Iuther 1792, Gallup, at 1769, ) Freeman, Worthington,Mass,. bp, d. of Jul 4,1798, Children: in 33d y. Dalton. G.R.1. Dalton,Mass. �Gallup, Widow m, Nov Mrs. Olive, of Inther. 10, 1801, Walter Dean, at Dalton,Mass. of Children: Windsor, Mass. �Starkweather, Of Deborah m, Int. Oct Esqe 28, Daniel 1821, Worthington. B,. at Henshaw, Winchendon, b. Children: Frances Daniel Mass, b. Ellen, b. Jul 25, 1824, Horatio, b. Sep 25, 1827. at Winchendon. �Cushman, Solomon, m. Nov 1, Betsey 1824, W. at Worthington,Mass. Prentice, b. Children: William P. »b. �Cushman, Son. m. Deu, of Dec Ann 22, merchant, of Charlemont. Solomon, 20, 1847, Eliza. of Almon at Chester,Mass. Elder, & Eliza b. ( 19, ) Blder. �Tuesday, October 19, 1897. Gazette, WORTHINGTON. oe Nearly 50 of the young friends of Miss | Mina Trow. helped her celebrate the 15th anniversary of her Worthington pleasures. Miss Nina served a beautiful tea, her presents were legion and the best ot time by everyone was reported. The apple crop is very poor in this town. A number of those who have been in the habit of selling 25 or more barrels have not enough for their family use. Potatoes are also a poor STORY But bedding and house banking rial there is a great plenty. A party of our young people are ning to goon trip Wednesday. Mt. Tom on a ma plea Estelle Freeman of Littleville present at the Trow gathering J gevening. Wm. Rice, with assistants, is mason work on John Bartlett’s ‘Tepart. Billy thinks of dropping trowel in and taking April. a trip up the p : alas a Yulee #4 x J. H. Bartlett. slaughtered 60 ta st Friday, selling most of then “ittsfield Saturday." The lambs ¥ ‘Obtained just over the line in York st _Dr. R. H. Conwell is going to puta fe pond on one of his farms in S6 ae bo ’ ‘Mr. Seeley and hired man haye busy the past week covering their [. string of water pipe. Mrs. E. C.«<Huyck and girls are to in the Corners the coring winter, renting the Mrs. Grover house. Z Archie Cone with lady and si spent Thursday evening at Arthur Joh son’s. Maple sugar on iee and Cre ford peaches were liberally indulged That is a dreadful good place to go an evening’s outing. Miss Eva Johnson has a new or, with piano case, costing $125, and i gift from her father. Miss Julia Sh of Cummington is giving her musie sons, as well as some few G6ther town. Miss Hattie Granger has been vis Northampton the past week. Dr. Bruce and wife of Westfield the guests of Mr. and ae Brown Jast Tucsday. in �Oct. ton Observe Their | Anniversaries. tease Mr. and rae ot | Mrs. Abner Worthington observed W. Witt Thursday of the | golden anniversary of their wedding day at the home where they have passed 40 |years tion, of their which married was life. The arranged by celebraMr. and Mrs. Witt’s children, took the form of a reception, and from 2 to 6 o’clock about 100 of the relatives, neighbors and friends of the couple paid their respects. A bountiful collation was served, after which a formal poem was program was given. C. I’, Burr presided at the exercises. Letters were read from Mrs. Witt’s brothers in the West and others who were preyented from being present. An original read by Dea. Aaron |Stevens, and groom, Mrs. Frank Witt included a large number of useful pres- ents, among them being many) of gold and notes redeemable in gold | Mr. and Mrs. Witt and Mr. and Mrs. \C. F. Moore of Westfield were the par‘ticipants in a double wedding 5O years ‘ago, and among the guests at Thursday’s anniversary were Mr .and Mrs. Moore. They celebrated their anniver\Sary ahead of time in order to. be pres‘ent at the gathering in Worthington. The ceremony was performed by Rey. J. H. Bisbee, who for 28 years was tor of the Congregational church pasin no Mr. Worthington. Mrs. Moore and Mrs. | Witt are siters, the latter’s maiden name being Miss Hunice Marble. She ‘was born in Worthington, but Mr. Witt was born in Chester. He has been a) farmer all his life. It is a remarkable fact that death has occurred in either Moore’s or Mr. Witt'’s family during the half-century. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Witt have three daughters and two sons, all of | whom were present Thursday. There are sey- en grandchildren and only one was sent. Eleyen persons who were! at _marriage were present at janmiversary. Mrs. Witt is abthe the 74 years old and her husband is | about fiye years her senior, The children of the couple are: Mrs. William Sanderson of Ches " Witt of We ip bride 6 Ram the ‘of Worcester also read a poems which ‘abounded in witty references to the famjily life. The greeting from neighbors ‘and friends was given by C. W. Brewster, who also presented their gifts inta neat speech. Rev. E. C. Camp responded for Mr. and Mrs. Witt. The gifts Np whose lines contained many (pleasant ‘allusions to the long life in the |town of 29, 1897. �Tuesday, June = Tne 14, 1910. Gazette. ‘SHIPMAN- OSGOOD, home the scene o'clock on of Miss Nellie Shipman was ' of a pretty wedding at iz Tuesday, June 7, when her miece, Miss Mary Belle Shipman, and . George Henry Osgood were married by Rey. John DL, Willard, pastor of the Congregational church, the ring service being used. Miss Dorothy Skelton, dressed in white, and carrying pink carnations, was bridesmaid, and Roy Osgood, nephew of the groom, twas best man. ‘The bride was dressed in white and carried 21 bride roses. The wedding march was played by Miss Mabel Thayer. The decorations of the home were largely of laurel and carnations. Nearly one hundred guests were present from this vicinity, Hartford, Springfield, Holyoke, Chesterfield, Cummington, Cues~ ter, Pittsfield and Lewiston, Me. Among ties of linen, several pieces of cut glags, trip After a wedding and silver. the wedding presents was a chest of 55 pieces of silver from Col. C. H. Osgood of Lewiston, Me., $50 in money, quantirugs wili ‘Mr, and Mrs. Osgood home in West Worthington. SHIPMAN-OSGOOD - Miss Mary Belle their make WEDDING. Shipman and George Henry Osgood were married at noon yesterday at the home of the bride by Rey. .The best man “was Roy John Willard. the of Pittsfield, -nephew Osgood of Miss .was and the bridesmaid groom, The Dorothy Skelton of Worthington. bride was dressed in. white with-veil and The bridesmaid carried 21 bride roses. white was dressed in white and carried Miss Mabel Thayer of West carnations. Worthington played the wedding march. with The louse was prettily decorated Jaurel and carnations. _ Many beautiful gifts-were received, among which was a silver set of 5S pieces presented by Col. C. H. Osgood of Lewiston, Me., a cousin of the more groom. beautiful $50 in money. tour they will make Sees es t their There silver were pieces, also linen many and After a short wedding and week next return home in West Worthington. guests present There were many out of town, friends being present. from from and; Hartfor C Chesterfield Chester, 4 Pittsfield, Springfield, Me.; Lewiston, Ghester, Chest Northampton,” ‘Cummington, �Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1910. pin Gazette, sys = WORTHINGTON.- — “Mr. and Mrs. “Eugene TL. at the Inn} soe left Sunday for Rockford, Ill, where they will visit relatives. Mr, and Mrs. ©. G. Terry, who have Spent the summer returned} to New York Friday. Otis Buck was: taken to the Dickinson hospital Thursday with a fractured skull | the result of a fall from a tree while picking apples. He was Friday, and is getting could be expected. Through the winter be open Saturdays operated along the from 2 as upon well library to 4 p. as will m. instead of from 38 to 5 p. m. as was reported Jast week. Nancy Trow and Alice Barrett, who are attending school in Springfield, . _ spent Rey. Sunday Dr. ily returned mesday. Mr, p3d J. at home. Ross to Mrs. Stevenson Baltimore, L. urday, ~«-Beston, — C. and Md. Bailey left 4 fam- Wed- Sat- | - �Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1910, Gazette. WORTHINGTON. Mrs. E. H. Dodge, who has been spending the summer at Cottage City thas returned,and opened her house for a brief stay. She expects in to spend the winter); Springfield. Miss Susan T, Rice gave a farewell! party, ‘“‘An evening with the astronomers,” ‘Saturday evening in honor of Miss Fereira who has been spending seyeral weeks at the Corner village. Miss Marion Bartlett of South Deerfield and Miss Bertha Davenport of Greenfield spent Sunday at Horace Bartlett's. Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Brewster expect to move io Greenfield about the first of November. Mr. Brewster will take a position with the tificial Stone Co. Robert Armstrong will preach here next Greenfield of Ar- Northampton Sunday. Miss Eva Tower, teacher of the High Grammar schoo!, has resigned her position to accept a position in Montana. Miss Katherine turnel to Radel'ffe McD. Rice college has to re- Continue her course in dramatic technique for an- other year. Frederick Burr of Amherst Agricultural college spent Sunday with his parents. : Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brewer and Miss Harris of Longmeadow are guests at the Inn. : Oiis Buek who has ygen at the Dickinson hospital with a fractured skull, is improving steadily. ; The following new books have been given to the library: “The Duke's Price” by Demetra and Kenneth Brown; “Rust of Rome,’ by Warwick Deeping; ‘“Kilmeny of the Oxchard,” by L. M. Montgomery; “lady. Merton, Colonist,” by Mrs. Humphry Ward; “The Winning Lady, and Others,” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; ‘Zelda Dameron,” by Mere- dith Nicholson; “‘Deborah of Tods” by Mrs. Henry Deha Pasture; ‘“Bianca’s Daughier,’ by Justus Miles Forman; “A Modern Chronic’e.”’ by Winston Churehill. Given by Mrs. 8. G. Heacock of Illion, N. Y. “The Motor Maid,’ by’ C. N. and JA. M. Williamson; “An Interrupted iM CLs ee = 0 il �Tuesday, June Hampshire 15, 1 Gazette. WORTHINGTON. A Cantata Coming. A cantata, ‘‘The Fairies’ of Seasons,” will be ‘presenicd at town hall, Wednesday evening, the children schools, under of the the; tue; by! i Worthington the supervision of Miss Alice -G. Bartlett. Cast of char- acters: The Queen of the Faivies, Hleanor Clark; pages, Carlton West jand Chester Dodge; trumpeters, Stanley Mason, Edwin Zarr, lewis Zarr, Kenneth Pease, Morgan Pease; ; Spring fairies, Grace Witherell, Eve‘lyn: Stetson, Greta Jones, Doris Mas‘on, Rowena Bates and Bianche Or- ‘pin; summer fairies, Mauc Gilthrep. | Winnifred Mason, Esther. Cowing, “May Brash, Betty Porter: autumn | tairies, Beth Cole, Marion Mason, {Catherine McEwen, Bernice West: (and Bernice Kilbourn; winter fairies, | pe Bates, Carrie Porter, ieis) ence Drake, Esther : Stevens and! {Alice Perry. A motion song, “Wel {Are Merry Little Cooks,” by 12 beys. | _ Admission 25 cents; children unser: ‘10 years, 15 cents; ifree. ‘School ‘and Proceeds Industrial cake for school benefit club. childven,| Ice will be for sale. of The, cream The Rey. 0. L. Brownsey, of Punbarton, N. H., preached in the Con- gregational church, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius W. Bartlett, of Windsor, Ct., C.H. Dresser. of Hartford, Ct., Mrs. Lillian Bartlett, of Springfield, Mass., and Mrs. &. D. Suhanack, of: Holyoke,have been spending a few days in town visiting - relatives. “The Women’s Benevolent ‘society Ba i meet Thursday. with Miss Wsielle Cole. Mrs. neapolis, ;nesday, ‘Bartlett, Pica: Bacon and Minn., daughter, of Min- were in town, Wed- and. called. upon ~ Horace F.} a friend of: Mes. Becon’s , childhood. Mrs. Bacon was former‘ly Miss Julia Coit, and. a native of ‘Worthington. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coit and her — hirth-place was the house which formerly stood where David McEwen row ‘lives. Mrs. Bacon left. Worthington �Feb » <i : 11,1923. ‘WORTHINGTON - Worthington, 5 ¥ Feb, 11—Mrg Nima eh Tuttle of South Worthington left yesterday to spend this week with her father, Rex Dr Russell H. Conwell of Philedelphia, when prominent organizations and citizens of that city will unite to honor his 80th birthday. Tomorrow, all the ministers in the city of whatever créed will ten- {Ger him a banquet, Wednesday Tem| ple college, Philadelphia, which he founded, and of which he is president will celebrate founders’ day. On, Thursday, Dr_ Conwell’s birthday, there will be a banquet and reception for him at the Baptist temple of which he is pastor and on Friday citizens of Philadelphia reception in his honor, prominent will hold a Worthington, Feb: 10—Mrs Ellen Kelly Scott, 76, wife of Ransom Scott, died suddenly last heart disease. She leaves a Miss Effie Scott, teacher in Worthington School, Scott of Worthington. & member of .church, of which ‘Rev John H, { years. s ‘the : her ee; ee nme and Mrs night of daughter, the West Frank R. Scott was Congregational uncle, the late WAS pastor 28 �June A liet 29,1926. ngton, .June “29—A w igh ry to many people a place. evening, vieve Bartlett Charles LeDue when Miss of this town «of Alice and fe esicniele Gene- Lester were �June | 2 & 4 1928. ? Vorthington, gone" +—The beaks‘of Paul Brooks, 12, son of Mrs Nina Trow| Brooks of Northampton, whose death | | by. drowning occurred there Thursday Heoen was brought here this after- noon at 4 for burial in the North: | cemetery. Rev James H. Burckes read | | i committal iit The child was | ea i ATi MN former! ly_of this town, so coathaldlchihatacis: Lapliagiesere atin Sa wig Ma dee a BS SHS NORTHAMPTON ‘Northampton, June 2—The body of! Paul Brooks, 12, who was drowned the Connecticut river at the foot in! of| Hockanum road Thursday nigh*: was recovered by the diver, Frederick J. Wallace, eral this hundred afternoon at the 3.30 feet below point and might, never sev- at which the drowning occurred. The body was caught in a hole in the river bottom risen, to ‘the ao" ses viamnarrin seria tate na lie tii tena have Wena iet �Jul : 3,1929. WORTHINGTON Worthington, which of the ning landed July because dates town, visitor. back when biplane in the big mowing Buffington Strange Wwe .3—The to of place bad The the the Sunday weather Buffington settlernent first inn in back eve- was of @ place the town, run by Alexander Miller, was located on it. As the post roads were the first roads, houses, private have: have and post the taverns the first riders, stage coaches, coaches, vehicles of all kinds stopped at its door. Soldiers encamped there. Today, as a private residence, the automobile enters its gates. The biplane brings its history up to-date.’ os �Jan 19,1931. ‘WORTHINGTON * Worthington, Jan, 19—John Z. Frissell, 69, of Worthington died this afternoon at. Noble hospital, Westfield, of pneumonia. He was born at Peru, son of Dwight and Ann (Rock- well) Frissell. He married Mary lie..of. West. Worthington and lived in this town many years. Se ee Leshad _ �Nov. 17, 1939. | Worthington |LIBRARY TO PROGRAM END BOOK WORTHINGTON, G. Capen, librarian WEEK Nov. 16—Arthur of the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library, has ar- | ranged a program for the tea Saturday from 3 to 5 at the library, mark-| ing the Those close who of National will assist clude Mrs. Horace:S. in. Book Week. | pouring in-; Cole, Mrs. Charles A. Kilbourn, Mrs. George E. Torrey,| Jr. and Mrs. Walter Higgins. Books! will be reviewed by local people and; Miss Mary Eastman, Chesterfield li-} brarian, will also speak. | Mrs. Edith Brewster left Wednesday for Springfield for the winter. The senior choir rehearsal will be held Saturday, at 8 at the parsonage. The funeral of Clement F. Burr was held Wednesday afternoon at the First Congregational Church. Bearers were Wendell P. Burr of Springfield, Russell A. Burr of Huntington, Howard E. Burr of West Springfield, Fred H. Burr, Jr. and Clement F. Burr of Eastof Burr G. Franklin and hampton Worthington. st �Mar 14,1942. WORTHINGTON N. Charles Niles of White Creek, Y., has announced the en- gagement Winifred dy, N. S. of his Niles, Y., to sister,~Miss of Schenecta- Pnilip Arcouette, son of Mrs. Ruth Porter of this town and grandson of Mr. and irs. Frank Bates of West Worthington. Miss Niles is withthe firm of Leighton and Nelson in Schenectady and Mr. Arcouette is in the United States navy. No date has been set for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Bower have received a card from the war department saying their son, Private George Brown, arrived at his destination. Miss Thelma Packard Charles M. Bartlett, who had and attend Williamsburg high school, are taking part in the pre-state tournament of the National Forensic league of debating and public speaking, to be held Sathigh Northampton in urday school at 1.30 p. za. and Mr. George Packard, to conserve needles, Mrs. lecturer. of Worthand master the ington Grange, will attend tobe meeting exemplification night with WilSaturday held liamsburg Grange. defense civilian the While the has not asked /sommittee housewives ove fore local thrifty discarding an housewife, old pin be cush- ion, felt the urge to investigate opening the contents“and upon it, she found 68 good dies. partial test The Thursday night proved the and isfactory agreed that residents steel nee- blackout very sat- wardens cooperated 100 per cent. In a few instances where lights were seen through blackout materials, improvised the householders were found to complied and cooperative be raid with the requests of the air expected that is It wardens. blackthere will be a.complete out on March 23 in accordance in -commiunities. other with �April , 1943. Northampton, Lo Se fake sear Mass. | Newspaper Clipping os Of Revolutionary War ee ~< we ' i es ac _ | — A clipping -serapbook Munroe contained in Street, . reveals Stevens was relates how a disreputable man who lived with “his family near the houndary dine of ‘Chesterfield and Worthington joined General BurZ0yne’s army for awhile and then =~ = of 20 an old legend of this section in the days of the Revolutionary war. The location of the incident is about a mile from where Mr. Stevens was born and where his father, Lafayette oa the of A. C, Stevens also born. The legend ~~“ —— | Reveals Old Lezend i: ‘ a deserted. It so that after the battle Burgoyne’s army ward through this branch going over bessed Worthington, deserter’s reputation the best, neighboring happened of Saratoga, went east. section, one a road that Because the was not farmers in- formed the soldiers of his ence, They went to look for He hid himself in an old preshim. chim- the soldiers that they knew his whereabouts. To preven t of the ney while his wife and children Stayed in the kitchen denying to . Search party from seeing any_ thing in the chimney she Swept Some result . of €ough and 'fell from blackened \=diers “forth _ ashes up, but making that had the the deserter sneeze violently. He his hiding place, a mess. When the sol- saw this suddenly, apparition they cried come “It’s **the devil himself’, and ran down} eS he road while the man’s chi ldren, taunted them, ——— Se Be a fie el anaes ie ie a �eS eee = ne Worthington \) > John Decelles April 25 — John WORTHINGTON, Decelles, 78, died Friday night at the Henry Mrs. daughter, his of hoine Snyder, after a long illness. For many in Windsor a farm he owned years since in Worthington lived put had t. his retiremen He leaves four daughters, two — 13 grandchildren and four great-grand- children, The funeral will be Monday at 8.39 ® home funeral McBride’ at the at. Notre mass by followed Adams, Dame. Adams, Church. Burial will be in �WWMEN EEERING Mies Beverly Fairman; er of Mr. and Mrs. : EUV daugn- Fairman, a student at*Cla: : junior high school in Scene — one of three on the honor | ro! Worthington Grange will meet tonight at 8 at Lyceum hall for election Of officers. Emerson J. Davis broke ankle while hunting gypsy jothe last week. Charles M. Bartlett will report Nov. 11 for induction. Mr. and Mrs, John Ames have moved into Miss Margaret Vaughan’s cottage. The Women's Benevolent society will meet Thursday at 2 p. m. with Mrs. Herbert A. Porter. Merwin F, Packard has been appointed as chief air raid warden. American Education week is being observed this week. Par ents and friends are invited to visit the local school.. The school will be closed Armistice day. The furnace at the school was re-converted to oil on Saturday. �WORTHINGTON, body of Mrs. Dec. Jennie 31 — FWitzroy, The 78, died Wednesday night at the home North Mrs. who of in Hinsdale, son, Guy Fitzroy, brought here for burial today in her was the Cemetery. Fitzroy, | who has lived here most of her marTied life, had been ill only.a few days taken to her with the flu and was son's home on Sunday, Besides this son she leaves nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Hathaway of this town daughter. | Miss Marion Lb. Elsie V. Bartlett Mrs. is a Harold grand- Bartlett and are visiting. 1 Miss rela- tives in Greenfield and Springfield. A farewell party was given Wedneshome of Mr. and day night at the Mrs. Herbert G, Married Couples Porter, tion at Jr., F, Porter by the Young Club for Herbert G. who left T.:-Devens, hopes for a good for induc- announces that room at Lyceum Bates Mrs. Harry the sufgical dressings Hall will be open today and Wednesday attendance, she Schools will reopen Jan, 3, The School Committee will meet Jan. 4 for the, ‘regular monthly meeting. Rey. “Arthur W. Childs, pastor the First on “How preach start.” at Pomona Congregational the 11 the soul Grange a.m. can of Church, will a new service have officers will Jan. 2 be in- stalled Monday night at Lyceum Hill. Mrs. and Sanderson William Mrs. Stanley Mason will have charge of the refreshments. Pfc. Charles R. Magaral left today for Ft. Mead, Md., where he has been * transferred from Ft, Dix, N. J. in. f fl , �S| WORTHINGTON ‘Leland Gets : Cole Citation For Service Worthington, Dec. 5—Mr. and have re S. Cole Horace ‘Mrs. ‘ceived news that their grandson, Leland P. Cole, a former ‘Sgt. ‘resident of this town, an aerial a 15th Air Force, ‘gunner with ‘Italy-based bomber group, was re- i cently authorized to wear the Dis- tinguished Unit badge when the}|. bomber B-24 Liberator ‘veteran he is serving group with which “outstanding perwas cited for formance of duty during armed conflict with the enemy.” . The unit is credited with having destroyed 27 enemy fighters, probably destroyed 17 more and damaged three with a minimum craft} of its own of four loss while inflicting “tremendous material damage” on a German ballbearing battle. Mrs. ceived Stanley plant during recent a Arthur Ducharme has re-} brother,' that her word Neil, stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., has been. promoted to sergeant. 1% i ¢ St fF �x WORTHINGTON The body of Mrs. Dorcas L. Brown, 86 years, of Windsor, was brought to Worthington Satur- day afterneon for burial in the North cemetery after the funera: service in the chapel at East Windsor, | �WORTHINGTON he Wedding Oct. 28 Miss Anna Ferron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ferron of Williamsburg, will be married Oct. 28 at the local First Congregational church at 2 p. m. to Mil-! Ferron has Clay, sister chosen! of the’! ton Parish, son Spencer Parish ington. Miss Mrs. George bridegroom, honor, and as of Mr. and Mrs.; of West Worth-; her George matron Clay will of! be} best man. The ushers will be Or-' rin ‘Parish, brother of the bride-. groom, and George Ferron, Jr., brother of the bride. A general, invitation is extended to the pub- | i lic to attend the wedding and ‘in-; vitations have been issued to the reception which will follow at the bride’s home in Williamsburg. �Miss Stevens, 80, | Is Taken by Death 19—Miss Dec. NORTHAMPTON, in 80, died today Stevens, Flora B. Lathrop Home in South Street, where 1937. she had made her home since Born in Worthington, Dec. 25, 1868, Laura and tte the daughter of LaFaye a teacher (Packard) Stevens, she was becomfor a number of years before Douglas of ing office assistant to Dr. assowas she Westfield, with whom retireher On 25 years, for ciatéd to Northampjment in 1982 she came Hotel at home her made and lion the to removed she until Draper l severa s Jleave She Home. Lathrop nephews. and inieces be in the Ely Funeral services will Terrace, at uneral home, 2 Pomeroy | j 30 p. m. Thursday, with Rev. Paul of Edwards ConT, McClurkin, pastor officiating. Cre| gregational Church, purial will be mation will follow and Cemetery, North <in summer. next Worthington. | 7 p/ef%e Obituary A lfsi 2 brent,2 {iy BE. STEVENS FLORA MISS | Stevens of the B. Miss Flora morning La:hrep home died this She was illness. short after a Dec, = 25, Worthington in born 1863, the daughter Lafayeite of Stevens. and Laura 8S. (Packard) school be For a time she taught assistant fore becoming the office a po- to Dr. Douglas of Westfield, After sition she held for 25 years. city in yetiring she came to this her making 4932, September, hotel Draper home at the up five years later she tock residence at the permanent |throp home here. leaves She and her La- sev- Funeral eral nieces and nephews. ucted at the services will be cond ay aiterEly funeral home Thursd noon at 2.30 McClurkin, with pastor Rev. of Paul the T. Ed- church, Congregational lwards follow| | officiating. Cremation inwillthe fam-| jand interment will be lily lot in North cemetery, ‘ington, in the summer. Worth-: i �ee GEORGE MOLLISON . JAMES MOLLISON SERVENG UNCLE SAM—GOSHEN,. July 20 — Two sons and a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mollison are in service, all doing foreign duty. Corp, James Mollison entered the service in November, 1942, and trained:at Miami Beach, Fla. He was later transferred to Drew Field in Tampa, Fla., for Signal Corps: work, He was sent overseas in October, 1943, and is a radar machine opera- tor. He has. been at Guadalcanal and is now in the Solomon Islands. George Mollison, motor machinist’s mate second class, who entered Navy service in October, 1943, at Sampson, N. Y., had special training in Diesel engines: at Richimond, Va., and later at Chicago Naval Pier. He is doing duty oh a sub-tender in the Pacific. Both sons are married and both were employed at the Allen Machine Shop in Barre before entering service. Chief Petty. Officer’ Peter Korowski of the Merchant Marine is the huspand of Mrs, Esther Mollison Korow- ski PETER KOROWSKI and has made mor fF several trips to foreign lands, including India, Iran, Australia and England. He has returned to duty after a leave spent Jwith his wife here, Before entering the service in September, 1942, he was employed at the Mt. Tom Sulphite Pulp Company in Northampton, = “fe �WORTHINGTON YOUTH KILLED T-5 D. W. Mollison of Guadalcanal Victim Accident WORTHINGTON,. Aug. 9—Mr. and Mrs, Harry. Mollison received word yesterday that their son, T-5 Donald Warnock Mollison, died July 30 on Guadalcanal of injuries received when a vehicle in which he was riding overturned en a slippery road: s | Mollison was born in Worthington) Dee. 9, 1921, attended thé local schools ; T-5 DONALD MOLLISON and was graduated from Huntington High School in 1939. He joined. the Army Jan. 8, 1940, being the first boy. from Worthington to enlist in the Army. He trained at Ft/ Logan, Col., and was stationed at. Ft. Belvoir, Va. until last October, when he went overseas with an acetelyne genfirst the is also He unit. erating to die in the war. from Worthington two he leaves his parents Besides brothers at home, Howard and Walter. Donald was engaged te Miss Sarah Carder ak of Wichita, a in Kan. �May. 26, 1945. Leland Cole Gets _ Honor For Service As Aerial Gunner Mrs. and i Worthington — Mr. by phone , Horace S. Cole talked r grand- |: thei ; Thursday night with in Cole, P. Leland Sgt. son, aerial Scotia, N. Y., who gunner with the was 15th an air force, group and bomber Italy based at home. ied arrv just had who receivdent resi mer for a is Cole in local n atio educ y earl his ing been auschools. Sgt. Cole has Distinthe r wea to thorized the badge when guished Unit Liberator bomber B-24 veteran ing group with which he was servper-| “outstanding was cited for armed formance of duty during His ” conflict with the enemy. ng deunit is credited with havi probstroyed 27 enemy fighters, ably destroyed 17 more and dam- of | aged three with a loss ef four ng craft while inflicti its own rial _damage” | us in mate “tremendo ball bearing plant. © on a 5 Pata = �WwW Rat SRD be ee thingto Cole Rites Held WORTHINGTON, funeral of Horace Tuesday at the 8. Sept. Cole 5— The was held Congregational conservice Church with Masonic Rev. Harlan I. ducted at the grave. were bearers The ed, an officiat Creelm tent sc gc eee ee �APRIL 24, 1946. oc OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY WORTHINGTON, formal observance, 3,0. Williams Dove, | — April 23 — Without arked Mr. of th sande Mrs. this town, �x we ~ Obituary yofF 7 fff MRS. JOSEPHINE ROBINSON Mrs. Josephine (Guyette) Rob-| inson, 72, widow of Edward R. Robinson of Worthington, died last night-at the Dickinson hos-j pital after a long illness. She was born in Canada Sept. 16, 1874, the daughter of Margaret (Frappie) and Clement Guyette. She had been a_ resident of Worthington for the past 20 years. She leaves a son, Dewey Robinson, of Ipswich; three brothers, Frank, of Shattuck, Arthur, of Plainfield, Daniel, of Stamford, Ct.; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Vicent, of Shelburne Falls, Mrs. Delia Bilger, of Ashfield, Mrs. Laura Nefue, of Adams, and Mrs. Annie Trum- ble, of Conway; five grandchil- dren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the Newell funeral home, 31 Park street, Wednesday afternoon at 2, with an organ prelude at 1.30. Burial will be in Oak Grove — cemetery, Springfield. Friends may call at the funeral Dore tomorrow afternoon from �oot WORTHINGTON The Russell H. Conwell school will reopen April Tth after a two week’s vacation. Pomona Grange will meet)| April 7th at 8 p. m. at Lyceum hall. The program will be in charge of the educational aid eommittee. Miss Priscilla Torrey is visit- ing her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Ss Leland P. Cole in Scotia, Masters Robert E. Bartlett and Richard A. Bartlett of West Chesterfield have spent their vacation with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beebe}. are the parents of a daughter born April 2 in Cooley Dickinson hospital, Northampton. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tower «re the grandparents and Mrs. Harriet — the great grandmother. Harriet Osgood enter |: tained 46 children at a birthday party for her daughter, Mary]: Louise and Joan Ann at Lyceum hall. Games were enjoyed by all and refreshments served. Miss Elsie V. Bartlett has gone to Springfield and will accompany her sister, Miss Marion L. Bartlett, to New York City for Easter. : Town Clerk Frank H. Burr}: announces.that dog licenses were due Aprili. _ ie 3 oa ——$—$—ao �WORTHINGTON, Se ——. Mr. And Mrs. “"b-dep C. O. Williams Wed / 51 Years Worthington, April 16 — Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Williams entertained the following relatives and friends ebrate their at a sugar-eat versary which Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. 51st Springfield; of West E. to cel- anni- occurs April 22nd: Gustav Hedburg. O. E. Winterle and Frederick Winterle of Ralph wedding Clark Mr. and and son, Springfield; Mrs. Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Jr., of Cummington; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Porter, Gilbert and Beverly Porter, Miss Wilma Welfe and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Porter’ of Westfield. . 2 �JULY 11, 1947. n, 81, died this mor shome of her daughter, Rice in’ Plainfield. SI fin Goshen, Aug. 8, ter of James B. and Co dge Shipman and came to at the age of 14, Mrs. as married to Perley S $92. He died in 1909. fare three daughters, of Plainfield, Mrs. Joh , Mrs, LeRoy McKinney Gurney Skelton, all — eld; 12 grandchildren eat-grandchild. Mrs. as a member of First Cong 1 Church since 1884. ral services will be held afternoon at 2 with Ré Marion Srenyear of Plainfield¢ ting isted by Rev. Wi astor of the Co: and] �WORTHINGTON Worthington, will entertain all-day The sewing body May the 10 - Mrs. Harold Stone of West Worthington Women's Benevolent Society Wednesday at an meeting. of T-5 1948. Donald W. Mollison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Mollison, will be brought home with others being returned to this country from Honolulu aboard the Army Transport Cardinal make O'Connell. The next of kin will be notified in time to final plans. �Oct. 11,1954. Open House Today_ By Herbert Towers | On Golden Wedding | area natives, Mr. and Mrs.| Two Herbert L, Tower of 72 Sorrento| celebrating | St., Springfield, are their golden wedding anniversary| open house | holding today by from 3 to 9 p.m. Tower Mrs. . former, the is Mabel C. Sawyer of Northamp-| ton and her husband is a Worth: | They were mar-| ington native. An-| ried by the Rev. Eugene M. pastor of Springfield’s| then trim, Methodist Trinity Church. | Assisting them at today’s re-| ception are Mrs. Grace M. Braman and Cullen B. Tower, attend| ants at their wedding. They have two daughters, Mrs.| Allen jand Kerley C, Ralph both Keith, Jr. of Mrs. and Ralph grandchildren, three F. Springfield,| II, a senior at Spring: | iC. Kerley ifield College, and Philip A. and | |Douglas B. Keith. Residents of Worthington part | | of the year, they are members of} |the Health Assn. and the histori- | /2al Both. there. society |members of Springfield’s Church, |Congregational |Mr. the Tower Men’s has been a member of | 1913 and) Club since er, lead- group is a former his wife are} Faith) where | | belongs to Hamp- | Mo. Tower and both | den Lodge of Masons are past officers of Adelphi Chap-| fer 2, Order of the Eastern Star| Western| the of and members Massachusetts Matrons and Pat-| Mrs. Tower is also| rons Assn. a past Royal of Matron Laurel| Court 1, Order of Amaranth, and| 3 member of bekah Lodge ago. He Morning 9. Star, Re-| employed in| was Mr. Tower the home office of the Massachu- | setts Mutual Life Insurance Co.| He was supervisor | for 38 years. of the auditing department at the | | time of his retirement nine years is a member company’s Quarter and auditor of the logical Society of | the Century Club, Tower. Genea- | of Boston. ; �13,1954. itil - Oct. | WORTHINGTON FRANK R. CURRAN | Worthington, Oct. {Robert Curran, 48, 12. — Frank | a World War at died this morning Il veteran, Noble Hospital, Westfield, after a brief illness. He was born in Ripton, Vt., Aug. 5, 1906, the son of Mable Culver and Frederick Steele| \Curran. He lived in Worthington ithe past 30 years. He was employed lpy i Westfield Manufacturing Co. | \for three years and previously by Co. Manufacturing iCederholm He leaves his wife, the former step and three Trumble; Grace daughters, Mrs, Ernest Robinson, Mrs. Leona Hill and Gloria; three and Forrest Dwight, stepsons, Miles: three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Frances Cofske of Mill- pury. Funeral will take place in Church, Congregational First at 2 and Thursday Worthington, burial will be in Ringville Cemetery. Rev. Ralph Rood of the First in Greenfield will Baptist Church at the hours Visiting lofficiate. Haley funeral home, 7 to 10 p. m. will be Sie ea Sct at Huntington, Wednesday. sa �Oct. 13,1954. WORTHINGTON ~ | | Frank R. Curran | Frank Robert Curran, 48, a World | War ID veteran, died yesterday at} Noble Hospital, Westfield, after a} brief illness. He was born in Rip-| ton, Vt., Aug. 5, 1906, the son of| Mable Culver and Frederick Steele | Curran. He lived in Worthington the past 30 years. He was employed by Westfield Manufacturing Co. for three years and previously by Cederholm Manufacturing Co. He leaves his wife the former Grace Trumble; and three stepdaughters, Mrs. Ernest Robinson,| Mrs. Leona Hill and Gloria; three stepsons, Dwight, Forrest and} Miles; three grandchildren and a} sister, Mrs. Frances Cofske of Mil-| bury. Funeral will take place in| iFirst Congregational | Worthington, Thursday at Church, | 2 and} burial will be in Ringville Ceme- |tery. Rev. Ralph Rood of the First Baptist Church in Greenfield will officiate. Visiting Haley funeral | will be 7 to.10 hours at the! home, Huntington,| p.m. tonight. �Nov. D0 seo i = 1,1954. ——— » WORTHINGTON MRS. JOHN E. NELSON Worthington—Mrs. Svea E. (Bjorling) Nelson, wife of John E. Nelson, died early yesterday morning at Cooley Dickinson Hospital where she had been a patient for several days. Though Mrs. Nelson had not been: well suddenly. She was born in Stock- for some time, her death came holm,. Sweden, May 28, 1891, and had been’a resident of this community for the past seven years, coming here from Westchester County, N.Y., where she had resided after coming to the United States as a child. Besides her husband. — she leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Nelson of New Rochelle, N.Y.; two sisters, Mrs. Louisa Coventry and Mrs. Sigrid Lagergren, both of Mays Landing, N.J.; two brothers, Homer of Bolton, Conn., and Gottfrid of Stockbridge. She had been a member of the Worthington Grange and the Westchester County Auxiliary, VFW. Funeral will be Wednesday at 2 in Woxthington Congregational Church | with Rev. Sylvester P. Robertson of Plainfield will be in |Friends may officiating. Burial North Cemetery, call at the Leslie |L.. Porter home in Cummington Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m, �Dec 18,1954. WALTER L, HIGGINS Ware, Dec, 17 — Walter Luther Higgins, 72, of Pleasant St. died suddenly in his home today of coronary thrombosis. He was born} in Worthington, son of Hiram and Fidelia (Cowling) Higgins and had been living in Ware only a month. Previous to that, he was a resident of Palmer for 11 years where he and his wife, Mrs. Harriet E. (Davis) Higgins operated a rest home. He was a former employee of the dike. S. C, S. Box Co, of Thorn- Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Earl Gillette of Dalton and Mrs. Huntington Rowe of Huntington, sons, Island Long Island; Walter L. of Huntington, and Harrison D. two Long of Dalton;| two sisters, a brother, 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Funeral will be in the Bartlett funeral home, Dalton, Sunday, at 2, with Rev. Charles Christiansen of} the Dalton Congregational Church} officiating. Burial will be in North| Cemetery, Worthington. oe meee �} o ’ WORTHINGTON ~ Harley N. Mason, seaman, USN, ison of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley| | Mason of Huntington Rd., is serv-| ing at the U. S. Naval Air Test) Center here in the Supply }partment. Before entering 'Navy in August, 1954, he graduated School and 'Grathmore eae from Huntington was Paper Dethe was High employed: by Co., Woronoco. v/9SS; �TON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, | WORTHINGTON—Miss Helen Gulick, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Leeds Gulick of Arlington, Va., E, the bride of Robert became Codding, son of Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Codding of Melbourne, Fla., Monday town, formerly of this evening in First Congregational D.C. Rev. Washington, Church, performed the Parker Charles bride The double ring service. Sylvia Miss by was attended 1 honor, and | Duerksen, maid of |Miss Margaret Seaquist and Miss bridesmaids. Codding,, Mariel |Frank White of New York City best as_ lattended Mr. Codding 'man and ushers were Merle Gulick, Joseph Davis and Paul SeaArthur and |gal of Washington Codidng of Wilmington, Del. The bride’s floor length gown Sen me <n i me ELEVEN 23, 1955. was_of Chantilly satin with close WORTHINGTON Gulick - Codding FEBRUARY type lace over fitting cap of D.C, lace and seed pearls and elbow length veil of illusion. She carried a small white orchid cascade. Her aqua . floor wore attendants pearl seed with length gowns of honor maid headbands, the the and carrying yellow roses. bridesmaids. carrying red. roses, presentation style. Mrs. Gulick was gowned in with dress length beige floor matching hat and Mrs. Codding in lavender. lace floor length gown with matching hat. A reception in the church par- The bride was educated reau ton, of Public Roads, D.C. Janice Porter and at Huntington! Pease, seniors i High School, left Saturday for their class trip to Washingtcs, D.C., which will include visits to Norfolk, Jamestown and Williamsburg, Miss Va. Shirley Chilton, daughter New York iCty. Following.a wedding Old Point Comfort, Va., POOH Luther H. Gulick of ‘trip to the cou- ple will make their home at 314} Livingston Ter, Washington, ‘ f 1 i meet Dingmonth Beauty is now Beauty midwinter vacation Mr. and Mrs. A. Leland Smith left Sunday by plane for two WashingHoward her Another Shock, is from Westfield State Teachers College with the Dingmonds. from Boston Uninow with the -Bu- of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence mond, was graduated this from Doerr Academy of Culture in Springfield and employed at Manuela’s Mrs. spending B.A. degree from Aurora College, Tl, and M.A. versity. He is lors for 200 guests followed the ceremony. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Henderson of Wellesley, Mass., | and Salon in Pittsfield. daughter, Miss Martha at Oberlin College and is employed in the Naval Research Laboratory. Mr. Codding received a weeks P Mrs, open at Miami, Fla. Kenneth Clifford her home on River West Worthington, ning for a military will Rd, eveFriday whist party for the benefit of the Grange. Tickets candlelight are being musicale sold and for supper Sunday evening in home of Miss Jane Tuttle. her program Miss Tuttle a buffet the For has chosen a group of songs and she will be accompanied by Arthur G. Capen, Mrs. is in charge.of Robert Bamforth tickets. . �Mar.23,1955. OF TOWN MAN, DIES Plainfield, N. J., March 22 (R— C. Boardman Tyler, 79, retired New York lawyer, died last night): at his home here. Tyler who had|: been active in-civic affairs here}: for many years was graduated!: from Amherst in 1898 and from Columbia Law School in 1901. He}: was one of the founders of the] Columbia Law Review, He leaves his wife, Susan Whittlesey Tyler, who is, returning from a wvisit to Italy; two sons, ‘John. of Edison Township and |David of Worthington, Mass.; and ‘one: daughter, Mrs. Leonard. Creo | jof Florence, Italy. Roh Funeral eoknaHineril habae ine) iene complete. - Bea as 8 �Feb. 5, 1955. WORTHINGTON| Burr Out For | His 46th Term WORTHINGTON: j — Annual town ; meeting will take place Monday in the town hall. Polling be from 10 a.m, to 7 hours will p.m. Franklin G. Burr, incumbent selectman, is being opposed by Herbert N. Has-| kell for a three year term. Mrs.| Helen Bartlett Magargal and |’ Ed-| ward Majkowski are running for| a place on the school committee for three years. Running for the term two-year to replace Mrs. Dorothy Mason, resigned, are Mrs. John Keough and Mrs. Leslie G.| | Hickling. Franklin H. Burr, present town clerk and treasurer, is running unopposed for his 46th term. Five | generations of Burns have resided| in this town with Andy Burr, 10- | year-old son of Franklin G. Burr| commencing the sixth generation. Clement F. Burr, father of the pretreasurer and clerk town sent served that office 1896 when he Representative. Women’s was from Benevolent 1884 elected Society until State| will meet Wednesday at Jl.in the home “of Mrs, Clarence Pease. |, f �GBB_ aplo Sugar Ketiles Ate. Bubbling Again in Hills -* Scores of Farmers Are Tapping Thousands of Sap rH _ Bearing Trees for Own te and City Consumption’ Of Valley’s Traditional Product “° 3. + By RICHARD M. BAILEY The sap is rising in the rock *: maples. The kettles are bubbling with syrup, The multitude of sugar houses in the Berkshires 7 are 3° shrouded in clouds of steam, laden with pleasing odors that whet the ‘palate a 6 ® 1955 ° Of Western Massachusetts _ ‘New in anticipation England’s * : maple sugar. ~ Opinion Split The scores greatest of On of one Outcome hung. ~ look The pre-spring full swing forward . mixed emotions. .. enterprise and the old with * varied =< is usual tions with dire the. predic- favorite sugar house. They 100 years that the standing. It was built 105 years ago. roof nothing by Isaac Thrasher Beyond repairs to has: been done to It sags this way and that, its weather beaten boards Isaac, have kept Three generabeginning with the secrets and skills of sugaring that have made this house one of the favorites along Route 112. Sold for 8 Cents a Pound * Long before the modern hard paved drenched business in the sale of maple sugar that was the first profitable product of the maple sugar bush. From his own sugar house and those of his hill town neighbors he gath- Thrasher family griddle to be served hot on a Sunday morning in delicioug;maple Now Making syrup. Butter -~ Of course there will be-the maple ' sugar cakes the delight of grown“ups and youngsters and sticky So of One of the toast most spread heavily in. Huntington leading with trip from and the families’ motor born customers. consumed nearly a week and on the carry who others many Towers, the the skills, family the Mollithe Grangers, Dators, sons, ‘the Higgins.and_ others. It starts *Route 20 and winds through one “of the most scenic parts of the * state through Worthington. and Cummington to the Vermont line near Shelburne Falls. Nearly a hundred sugar’ houses will be-beeis) “hives of farmers, their lucrative had its hazards of fording streams. Along Route 112 there are still traveled off a_ Isaac pound. .Today’s prices bring $1 per The Springfield|pound for sugar. of the Western Massachusetts high- * ways will be Route 112. conducted. came, each season and drove to Springfield with a ‘‘two horse team,” to a at eight cents sell his wares ‘sugar butter is finding’a popusar market as more and more discover ‘the delicacy * the butter. highway ered up 200 or 300 pounds of sugar fin- ®° ger prints on everything touchable. A more recent product, maple = ip sugar bush picturesque ‘Old Sugar will return to their homes where golden brown pancakes will sizzle on the _ piping i tHe ‘eurled and ribbed. tions of Thrashers the highways will be busy| urban motorists flocking to) their a how in keep it in repair. yield,’ are the predictions ranging from the pessimistic to the optim-' _ istic. matter the tumbled down old house has been the “Twill be a poor year,”’ ‘‘Middlin to fair; ‘‘We always get a good No New of the generation of Thrashers whose maple sugar products never have timers their or in the whole along * House’’ in South Worthington oper*-ated by Guy Thrasher, the third have ~ of Western Massachusetts’ rock _ ribbed terrain and the buckets are in sik nowhere Engiand areas of the : will be found a more > sugar house than the of products, farmers In Operation 105 Years Probably route tapped thousands of the sap bearing trees in the sugar bushes = Mar Among the youngest is Walter Mollison of Worthington, married but who in a handful modern: house operates | with and the of years cooking help of has a vat he his wife at the Echo Valley Farm. in Rine-, ville, ai “It is estimated that there are �‘between 300 and 400 farms i ‘ern Massachusetts that marked by the familiar steam hanging like a halo ” ‘Westwill be cloud of over the sugar houses often set back in the bush with slab wood piled high be- side them than to fire the vats. More a quarter of a million buckets are carted in horse drawn sleds: from the trees to the sugar house | before they are put away again for another season. 000 to -2,000,000 As much as 1,500,gallons of sap are the at boiled down into syrup and sugar. One conservativeestimate places sugar crop each season, The Western put would 200 250 tons Massachusetts out- probably to | be on a much more impressive scale if it were not-for the lumbering operations that go .on. continuously in the sugar Rock {product bush. Used maple and for Lumber is a prized woodland can be sold on the | stump as high as $175 per thousand board feet. Choice trees cut in hauling lengths are in constant de- mand for furniture. But the bulk of the fallen timber provides the small stilts, called French heels that gives that added two and three inches to that eye catching miss tripping along on paved sidewalks in the metropolifan areas. With every: click of the vici kid-| covered heel, who knows how many drops of sap that would make, who}: knows how many pounds of maple sugar or how many quarts ob ma- ple’ syrup. — �Apri ly 4, 1955. 3 TR WORTHINGTON—The sap is running in Ww orien this morning oad to get to his frickere Guy F.} Bartlett had, to shovel his way through snow w ee measured from 25 to 30 inches this morning. The snow in the area shown in this picture was “only about 20 inches.” Mr. Bartlett said, with more in, the h opemareas. ae The freak storm struck about 8 o'clock yesterday morning and continued until the hours today. �April. 5, 1955. WORTHINGTON Robinson - Sampson WORTHINGTON—Miss _ Shir-| ley Evelyn Robinson, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Robinson, be-| came the bride of Charles Samp-| son Jr., son of, Mrs. Ernest Fer-| Charles| and rell of this town double a in Florida, of Sampson sring service performed Sunday Congregational at 2 in First Church. The bride was gowned in floor length white nylon tulle with side Bustle of lace and lace was veil Her jacket. she carried length and fingertip a colonial| bouquet of white roses and marof honor, guerites. The matron Mrs. Ernest Robinson, wore mint green ballerina length nylon tulle guerites. Other Bradford Fisk Mrs. nial were attendants and Krupa Kenneth nylon tulle mint green and mar- yellow of and roses with headdress carried yellow Mrs. wearing yellow yellow gladioli ballerina length headdresses and of bouquets with| colo- Cynthia Sena) with marguerites. mint) was flower girl and wore yellow with dress green nylon yellow carried daughter’s wed- and headpiece daisies. For her ding gray sage bluewore Mrs. Robinson iridescent taffeta and cor-| of white Ferrell wore a carnations. dress beige Mrs. | with | brown and white checked jacket| and corsage of white carnations. | Ernest| and Earl Ushers were Robinson, bride, | the of brothers and Richard Sampson, brother of | |, Mr. Serving bridegroom. the was a) man best Sampson as of Varellas brother-in-law, Alfred Springfield. Following a wedding will Florida the couple Chesterfield is employed Mr. Sampson Mr. where by is Stephen a te| in | Sampson Oleksak. veteran ten years’ service in Alaska. Mrs. Sampson uated from and school School. trip live with and) Italy was grad- | r | Russell H. Conwell Huntington High | at �Worthington, April 10—Mr. Mrs. Walter Smith announce | Marriage of their daughter, and the Mrs. ‘Verna Clifford, and Russell E. |Borst of West Cummington. The | couple were married Friday night |in the Cummington parsonage by|’ Rev. Doris Belcher and were at- tended by Bamforth. Mr. and Mrs. Robert their home in West Following they will make Cummington. a short trip Parent Teacher Organization will meet Wednesday at 8 in Russell H. Conwell School. Mr. Melsome Musgrove of Pittsfield will give “an praying dren are illustrated .talk mantis. invited All to on the school chil-| accompany their parents. A fifty -year membership pin will be awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thayer at the Grange meeting Tuesday at 8 in the Town Hall. Silver Star certificates will also be awarded at this time to several 25 year members by Fred Tirrell of Plainfield. Master of Pomona Grange. The Neighbors’ Night program will be shared with Middlefield, Plainfield, and Huntington Granges. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Stanley Mason, Mrs. Walter Elliot Clapp. Mollison, and Mrs. apn, Ihl768, | �April 11,1955. WORTHINGTON iv | Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith an- inounce the marriage |daughter, Mrs. Verna | and Russell E. Borst | Cummington. The of their Clifford, of West couple was |married Friday evening in the |Cummington parsonage by Rev. |Doris Belcher and was attended |by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bamforth. Following a short trip they | will make their home in West |Cummington. Parent-Teachers’ will meet Russell H. organization Wednesday at 8 in Conwell School. Mel- some Musgrove of Pittsfield will give an illustrated talk on the praying mantis. All school children are invited to accompany their parents. A 50-year membership pin will be awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Erjnest Thayer at the Grange meet- jing Tuesday at 8 in the town hall. \Silver Star certificates will also | be awarded at this time to several |25-year members by Fred TirreH lof Plainfield, master of Pomona Grange. The Neighbors’ Night | program will be shared with Mid|dlefield, Plainfield and Hunting\ton Granges. Refreshments will |be served by Mrs. Stanley Ma|son, Mrs. Walter Mollison and | Mrs. Elliot Clapp. | Worthington 4-H town commit- | tee members will meet Thursday at 8 in the home of Mrs. Harry Mollison, �Avril 23,1955. (MRS. BREWSTER | | DIES ONFRIDAY Judge's Widow \Was, Bore | In Conway iton, Jessie W. (Cook) Springfield and widow of Brewster, Worthing- Judge Elisha H. |Brewster, former judge of the Fed‘eral District Friday She was 1885, and was Court morning. born the in Bosion, in Conway, daughter of died May 12, Charles L. Sarah (Riddell) Cook. She a member of Faith Congrega- tional Church, the Springfield Women’s Club and the Worthing- ton Country Club. She leaves three daughters, Miss Elizabeth Brewster and. Mrs. W indsor Sturtevant of Longmeadow and Miss Harriette Brewster of Brookline; a sister, Mrs. Arthur Q. Smith of Mount Vernon, N. Y.; a brother, Warren Cook of Ann Arbor, Mich., and two grandsons, Lt, Brewster Sturtevant and Windsor T. Sturtevant. Private funeral services will Friends are be inson - Streeter flowers... a : EE at the Dice funeral requested home. to omit ee | WORTHINGTON re x DEATH Mrs. OF Jessie MRS. W. BREWSTER| (Cook) Brew- ster, 69, of Springfield and Wor-| thington, widow of Judge Elisha| H. Brewster, former judge of the | Federal District Court in Boston, | died Friday morning. She was born in Conway May 12; 1885, the daughter of Charles L. and Sarah (Riddell)| Cook. She was a member of Faith Congregational Church, the| Springfield Women’s Club and | the Worthington Country Club. She leaves three daughters, Miss Elizabeth Brewster and Mrs, | Windsor meadow Sturtevant and Miss of Long:| Harriette| Brewster of Brookline; a sister, | Mrs. Arthur Q. Smith of Mount| Cook of Ann Arbor, Mich., and| Vernon, N.Y.; a brother, Warren | two grandsons, Lt. Brewster Stur- | tevant and vant. bred Windsor Euneral services } T. Sturte- were pri- ec ee | Mrs, |69, of �Suk jr oe uf | WORTHINGTON | Mary L. Osgood | | Miss \ter | of Has New Duties Mary Mr. L. and Osgood, Ms, C. daugh- Kenneth Osgood, and a June graduate of Northampton High School, has begun her secretarial duties at the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange in West Springfield. MARY Miss Osgood L. OSGOOD was first honor istudent in the graduating class jand as a member of the business | department was one of the repre|sentatives of the high school at | Noma’s Educational Day held in Springfield in the spring. She was a guest of the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange that day and her employment resulted from contacts made | visit. during the �‘ When the late Robert P. Lane of Westfield finished restoring this palatial colonial home in Worthington, he appropriately named it Drury Lane—combining owners’ names of 100 years ago ‘with his. Mrs. Lane makes her home there in the winter, The hand-. some hoine has the original eight fireplaces, paneling, inside shutters, hand-made nails, clapboardss and basement smokehouse. re cy | i < a) ee tw oS _ \oO Wn Wn �owners, Mr. and 1780 home on Old North Mrs. RoyW. MeCann, Rd. in Worthington restored was known the historic: farm home and. as “The House With the Round buildings eight years ago. Barn.” Round barn, which a central haystack was eaten away by a ring of livestock, was sold to a neighbor who changed it into a rectangular barn. I \ The Atne present in "oS6T‘og? At one time this photogenic �Aug 13,1955. MRS. H. A. Worthington, been> received WORTHINGTON Aug. here 12—Word of has the death and burial this morning in Chatham, N. Y., of Mrs. Marguerite (Bartlett) Worthington. Mrs. Worthington was born in this town May 12, 1889, the daughter of Eugene and Nellie Bartlett.. She was a graduate of Westfield Normal School and had taught in Chatham for 30 years. She leaves her husband Harold A. Worthington of Agawam and a son, Eugene B. Worthington. Funeral services will be held Sun- day at 11 in Chatham will be there also. The Worthington scheduled has been til Aug. 20 threatening Church for tomorrow postponed one at 1 p. m. weather. Fair afternoon week. because. a un- of { �Aug. 30,1955. SIN <a cae oe eee eae = WORTHINGTON ¥ DEATH OF MRS. SMITH The community was shocked to hear Frances of the. Smith, Smith. of Mrs. polio in a Smith death of wife of Mrs. John died Saturday Baltimore hospital. She had made her home here for the past five years and was vacationing with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Haydon Metcalfe of Su4- lersville, Md. sor had Newark, accepted a position in Del. and the Smiths taught Mr. Smith, in Worthington and who Wind- were planning to move there this jfall. Besides her husband and | parents she leaves three sons, |Haydon and “Chip” Harrison | and Wayne Smith. She also leaves | two sisters. Mrs. proceeds ;held | brary Lewis of $60 last week Mrs. furnace Arlin Zarr from reports sale open her to benefit fund. Cole net a food will the li- |home Thursday at 8 for a meeting of the Friendship Guild. Mrs. Harry W. Mollison will be cohostess. Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood and Mrs. A. Leland Smith will report on a conference ed this summer. Leslie ing at end G. G. Hickling his home of September. Henry road The H. Burr vised roads they Snyder attended is vacation- here. a attend- and until the | Pranicin' meeting on) damages Saturday in Lenox. | selectmen submitted ‘a re- estimate and of bridges $20,500 in all. damages to | amounting to} : �Aug. 31, 1955. : WORTHINGTON Former Resident Feared Drowned : Worthington, Aug. 30—Word “as been received that Harold Smith, son of C. Byron Smith, formerly of Ringville, is presumed to have drowned Sunday while fishing off Bath, Me., with three companions only one of whom was saved. He leaves his wife, a stepson, of Bath, two sisters and a brother s well as his father. | Phil Mollison, son of Mr. and! Mrs. Walter Mollison cut his foot | severely. on glass .and is. getting) around on crutches this week. a | WORTHINGTON Bik ‘ |_ Word has been :|Harold Smith, son | Smith formerly of |} presumed to have |day while fishing ‘|with three received that of ‘C. Byron Ringville, is drowned Sunoff Bath, Me. companions only one ;of whom was saved. He leaves ihis wife and stepson of Bath, two |sisters and a brother as well as _his father. | �Sept 8,1955. WORTHINGTON A Whitaker - Frew wedding of local took place Aug. Nancy 30 Whitaker when interest! Miss| became _ the} bride of Dwight Frew in an out-| door ceremony at the home of| Mrs. Francis Cofske in Millbury,| Mass. Rev. Marion R. Phelps} performed the double ring serv-| ice in an archway of wedding| bells and fall flowers. Mrs. Cofske, an organist, played the traditional wedding marches. The white fitted _|and bride was gowned long pointed sleeves. wore a matching jried a bouquet of -|aker groom, as attended matron She} veil and car: | white gladioli. Mrs. Ernest Robinson, .|the in| crystallite designed with| bodice, portrait neckline,| sister of | Miss of honor. Whit-| She| .|wore green nylon net with} |matching headpiece and carried | .|a bouquet of pastel gladioli. | .| Flower girl. was Debbie Robinson | | wearing a blue nylon dress and| carrying a miniature bouquet. Attending Mr. Frew as _ best man was Ernest Robinson. | Mrs. Frew is a_ graduate of| Chester High School and the bridegroom is émployed at West-| field Manufacturing Co. The)! couple will make their home in| Worthington. Miss Carvel ‘| daughter .|Nathaniel Englewood, ‘|daughter F. of Nathaniel F. Worthington ;|abroad Elizabeth of Mr. Glidden N. J. Mr. study Glidden,| Jr. Mrs.: of| and = grand-) and Mrs. Glidden Sr. of sailed yesterday the Ile de =| year’s and at the France for a Sorbonne .| Paris. Miss Glidden is one girls from Smith College junior in of 30 Who | will spend abroad. their year) are urgently G. Hickling pointments needed. Mrs, Leslie is arranging apand transportation \} Red Cross Bloodmobile will be | |at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Florence on Friday. Volunteers for blood donations for Worthington Volunteers may get with port Mrs. Hickling to the Red mobile, between p. m. Friday. residents. in fotich or may reCross Blodd- noon and 6 �Sept. 30,1955. WORTHINGTON Shock - Freshler WORTHINGTON — Mr. Mrs. Lawrence Dingmond nounce.the marriage daughter, Miss Martha Harry son Freshler of Mr. and and’ an- of their Shock, to Jr. of Hinsdale,| Mrs. Freshler of | that town. The marriage took place Sunday afternoon in the West bride Worthington home of the) with Rev. Allen Gates of} Chesterfield performing the double ring service. Attending the couple were the bride’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. | William P. Spitzer. The bride wore a gown of white Chantilly lace and nylon) tulle over satin fashioned with Peter Pan collar, -wrist length' sleeves and bouffant skirt. Her veil was fingertip length and she varried a bouquet of white| roses. Her attendant wore orchid | embroidered tulle over taffeta| floor length gown and carried! yellow roses. The colonial home was decorated by Emerson Davis, who fash-| ioned an arch of hydrangea and autumn| arranged and zinnia flowers and leaves. A reception for the families followed the immediate| ceremony.| Mgs Mi neighbors of Also present were Ernest G. Thayer, ithe bride, who were married in ago years 63 lthe same house |Sept. 28. Mrs. Thayer is the for|mer_Delina Jones. Following a wedding | | couple will be at home trip the after Oct. | ji at Old Windsor Rd., Hinsdale. from graduated i'The bride was | Pittsfield High School in 1953 and lattended State Westfield Teach- ers’ College two years. Mr. FreshPittsfield from graduated ler spent and High School in 1950 four years years in overseas. with his father Hinsdale. service, | 2% the is associated He business in I In �Oct 18,1955. "WORTHINGTON | |© MRS. ALICE M. M. MacHUGH WORTHINGTON—Mts._ Alice| | Marguerite Millard MacHugh, 67, | | wife |Hugh, of ;early |fington Cmdr. U. S. this Rd. Harold Navy, morning home F. Mac- retired, died | at-her after Buf-! a long| | illness. She was born in Boston} |April 5, 1888, daughter of | Thomas F. and Adelina Millard, jand was educated in Notre Dame ‘Convent in Lowell. | Besides her | | ‘husband, she leaves two sisters,| Mrs. Mabel A. Millard and Mrs.| Edna M. Damon, both in California. She had lived in various cities in this country, China and) ‘the Philippines this town. For conducted an Washington City. She was circles known before coming to! some years, she| art studio on} Square, New well known and was_ for her oil York| in art| particularly| paintings of| flowers. She was active in Palette| and Trowel and the Women’s; Benevolent Society. Funeral serv- } ices will be held Friday after-} noon at 2 at First Congregational Church in Worthington. Friends may call at her late home Friday morning from 9:30 until noon. The Leslie L. Porter funeral home is in charge of arrange-|, ments. | �Novld0, 1955. a ee | MISS. FAY Worthington, Nov. NEIL 9—Word has’ been received of the death of Miss Fay Neil; 83, in a nursing home in Columbus, O., on Oct. 30. Miss Neil was the last one of seven children and had come to| summers, | 80 for Worthington spending the summers of her! earlier years at the home of her and the late Mr. grandparents, Mrs. Dwight Stone in the house atthe Corners presently owned by Mr: and Mrs: Jay C. Gangel.| At the turn of the century, this! fine-old hoi.ie was the scene of much entertaining, Some of Miss rewell contemporaries Neil’s the there, the parties member tennis court on the site of the present day blackberry patch, the bowling green and the big white balls, and other* outdoor games that were popular in that day. Miss Neil loved flowers and her} active gardening up to the time of| her last ilIness was remarkable.| She leaves several. nieces and ‘ nephews. rae be = �Nov 10,1955. “WORTHINGTON ! | Death of Miss Fay Neil Word has been received of the| death of Miss Fay Neil at the age of 83 in a nursing home in Co-| lumbus, Ohio, on Oct. 30 after a| long last had illness. one come of Miss seven Neil was children to Worthington the | and| for 80 | summers, spending the summers of her earlier years at the home | late | the of her grandparents, in Stone Dwight Mr. and Mrs. the house at the Corners present: | ly owned by Mr..and Mrs. Jay C.} Gangel. At the turn of the cen-| tury, this fine old home was the | much _ entertaining.| of scene contem-| Neil’s Some of Miss poraries well remember the par: | | | ties there, the tennis court on the | | site of the present day blackberry | patch, the bowling big white balls and green and the| outdoor other | | games that were popular in that | | day. Miss Neil loved flowers and her active gardening up to the | tizze of her last illness was re-| | | markable. She is survived by Sev- | /eral nieces and nephews. | �Se @ e Ia) 2115S DAILY. HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, ; NORTHAM] some Worthington Home Story, Pillars Added To Hand �a ~~ i See ; foe Yared, ington ‘was _ this oo three-story Hil Ha. in house on Buff. Worthington a simple two-story without columns. , DeWitt , owners ‘house and occupants, two structure Early top floors — replete at present live — and goad traits and ed wall a he space-for in a American. with boards and hand wrought Ware seer The pillars were ty aunt cock — e late wide hard- Victorian first Ss want- a mirror hanging — por- added firs. Mrs. M. to relieve the Mr. and Mrs. of the facade. C. Markham, with eet ad Hea-'N. choice ancestral knew as it as space became available with the} articles, the of Dae in been spot as long < _|per. The | fireplace “Das twin this. her grandparents when lived and traveled abroad. Magia two-story to be near Mrs. ates Adele ’ ae DeWitt of Haddonfield, N. J., and Grandmother ‘| Hesenck, whores Mrs. they|in his old home, there have been | seven generations of Mrs. Mark- Grosvenor|ham’s hichand was a | hill et An antique book eradle a —- now repository — has | pots |/ham’s mother, and was last used 2s =-children.—Byarea exact by the Markhams’ she can remem. | Dorothy Potter. The wails of’an sik si in Buffalo, many of which were collected by | his children, who spend summers The panway cherub tiles above the | purchased in Ttaly ie se the his death : child! oe pew ist 2 ataed oe Peened: eS iserved four generations of _ baEN ey arkham doesn’t know Dies, starting with Mrs. Markthe fonigin . which have after Mrs.| a_ oe | . This portrait of Mrs, Mark. | entire room are lined with his Heacock church and history volumes, one ham’s - Grandmother wall! of which dates to 1635! the since has hung here {building of the first floor. chaos purchased Y.; the house | Hewitt. exactly with bis Except for a re- her sister, the late furnished Markham M.S.S. starkness house cently purchased lamp, is Se by her Presbyterian minister : : family town. reer living “in thetiny — ve 7 nadia i ~ |: �Nov. 22,1955. ‘Mrs, Anthony Palecki of Harvey Mrs. Charles C, Eddy and. five -Rd., were sworn into the United | children of town and Mr. and Mrs. States Navy at the Springfield re-| cruiting station this past week | Leon and left for boot timore, Md. Sf | eee | | GTON e for services : Miss | | terfield Mr. — Palecki Day. Blandford for : Mr. and Mrs. Lou C. Sweet of ee oe, . 60 | Christian and : Ada I. Devenport ae Funeral of Edward Jones Funeral service is the} of Hollow eae | Thanksgiving Day will have guests as Mr. is the fourth son of Mr. and MYS\| and Mrs, Henry 1 aoudes aie : oe WORTHIN (| the Palmer in Bal-| Thanksgiving Mr..Sampson fifth - Mrs. F' into : training | Mrs. Rd. Alma Friday week Henry Edward! New York | Jones who died Sunday morning) Mrs. left of Ches- H. on to Snyder her City with DeéCelles spend Staten) is. (and ane Het Mrs. Arthur Rolland of town Mrs. Edna Demarest and * oie Mrs. Fred Winkler “Mrs, Thomas Speak of the East in| Windsor Rd. is a patient at sister, | Cooley Dickinson Hospital. of Albany,)..2¢, Russel H. Conwell the school Hospital in). y, who underwent surgery at| Wil close the usual time on |at Cooley Dickinson |Northampton were held at the Memorial Hospital there Monday | Wednesday for the Thanksgiving: \ First Congregational ; |day with Rev. Allen Church to- morning. i Mrs. | Chesterfield officiating and Ar-|of Worthington jthur G. Capen at the organ. Chelle in order | Bearers were Merwin F. Packard, | sister, Eben L. Shaw, John T. Ames and, , Arthur H. Pomeroy Snvder ouest || TeCeSSSnyder i is a guest Gates of of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil G. Gaston and New to be Mrs, Holt Secor Ro- near her has returned| with burial) from spending several weeks in| jin the Jones family plot in the’ New York City with her husband. | North Cemetery. : s Join The Navy | Edwin F. Collins of Worthing:| jton and Longmeadow is a patient ‘at Springfield Hospital. ‘Richard L. Sampson, son of; Mr. and Mrs. Cullen 8S. PackMrs. Ernest Ferrell of Witt Rd.,/ard will entertain Mr. and Mrs. | and David Palecki, son of Mr. and ' Merwin F. Packard and Mr. and ; : �Dec Born in 17, 1955. Worthington,Mass. BE Deaths George R, Crosier, Retired PaperManafternoon Friday after Hospital Springfield in He a brief illness. was born in Worthington, 12, 1872, He came to West field 67 years ago. Retired in 1941 He died Springfield, West St., of 86 Hamp Crosier, R. George den March Spring-| by Southwick Congregational Church, employed was | in Paper Co. 50 years, retiring 1941. Mr. Crosier was one of the |. oldest living members of Mittin- | eague |: West Springfield, and was a memFel- of Odd Lodge ber of Tekoa Lodge lows and Mount Orthodox of Masons, W. He leaves two sons, Ralph Springand Carlton G. of West one}, field, two grandchildren, and great-grandchild. The funeral will be held Mongue day afternoon at 2 in Mittinea Rev. Congregational Church, with Charles Buri- G. King officiating. tery, al willbe in Paucatuck Ceme Visiting hours West Springfield. home, funeral at _Cu ran-Jones “Springfield, are today, from 9 p. and m. and 7to9 Dp. - from. Sunday Me © ic �WORTHINGTON | | Local Men See Record Breaking | | British Comet | — Bernard Al- | WORTHINGTON S.| by Cullen accompanied bert rd of | Packard and Warren Packa | this voy town and Walter Parry of Sa- | | have returned from a skiing the Lautrip to Mount Tremblant in They | rentian Mountains of Quebec. Pip| made the trip in Mr. Alberta’s stop-' er over an and Tri-Pacer during at the Montreal .opportunity to Airport, over. look had || the || be- || British jetliner, Comet Til just “London |} fore it took off to fly to minu-| in a record tes. At the selectmen six hours, meeting. this of week, Arcouette of West appointed to the eight the board 1 | of| Mrs. Philip { | Worthington was | School Board to, of Mrs. | fill out the unexpired term whose resignation | John J. becomes Rev. preach service Keough effective Jan. a will) Barber O. Robert ip at the 11 o'clock worsh Congregational | at First \ as his: Ser\Church Sunday taking Herald of , ses ‘Mo _ c mon topi ol will be in | Yewe.”’ Sunday scho same hour with! session during the lett, superin-| Bart in nkl Fra Mrs. -H. tendent, in charge. ae Worthington, ; Dec. . 30—B 30—Be Albert, Warren Cullen §. Packard rat EB ieee of this town “jand Walter Parry of Savoy have returned from a Mount Tremblant =jtian Mountains of made the . trip in : Piper Tri-Pacer j stopover at the skiing triri in he eee Quebec. They Mr. 2 Albert’ € c and divine 3 a Montreal Air-| port, had an L (opportunit y to l , over the British - jetliner, ee jill, just. before it took off to fly |to London im a record six’ ; eight minules _—_ a Sab �Jan 4, 1956. "7 WORTHINGTON. $12,000 WORTH OF SPUDS BASIS OF COURT SUITS Worthington Man Named In Actions Involving Potato Sales Northampton, Jan. 3—Alverie Albert of Worthington is named defendant in two separate civil actions totalling $12,000 filed in Superior Court today by two Worthington residents. Henry Snyder and Joseph LaHaie, both of Worthington, each filed suit for $6000 against Albert charging that he had accepted money from them in 1952 to’be used in purchasing potatoes which were scarce at that time. Snyder charges that on Sept. 14, 1952, he gave Albert $2000. Albert, according to the plaintiff, was at that time a broker with a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and was to purchase the potatoes and sell them for the plaintiff in return for a broker’s fee. LaHaie’s allegations were the same except for the fact that he claims to have given Albert $2000 on Sept..15 and another $2600 on Oct. 14 of the same Both plaintiffs year. allege that Al- bert at the time of the agreement was in possession of several] thousand bushels of potatoes and did not have to use his privileges on the stock exchange to make the sales. They also charge the defendant has not returned to them the profits from the sale of the potatoes. The plaintiffs also. claim the defendant which they to him for potatoes. owes them the funds’ initially turned over. the purchase of dhe a o. * ™ ‘iL �4, 1956. a a a Z| Sel e oo Jan To Complete Term Of Late Husband Worthington, Jan. 3 Board of Selectmen has — The appoint- ed Mrs. Helen G. Burr to serve out the unexpired term of her late husband, Franklin H. Burr, as town clerk and treasurer. Mr. Burr had taken out his nomination papers for his 47th term as town clerk and treasurer to his sudden death this prior past week, Worthington, Hitchcock Jan. 3—M. of Oklahoma James City was a New Year’s guest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Franklyn W. Hitchcock. Another brother, John C. Hitchcock, who is a reporter in Pittsfield left Idle- wild Airport last week and has arrived in Zurich, Switz. where he will spend the next six weeks covering team. the-U, S. Olympic ski Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood and Mrs. A, Leland Smith will diréct a play, “Indian Americans,” at the meeting of Thursday at 8 Mrs. Ralph Eve, Miss Friendship Guild at the home of Moran at the Center. The Misses Sylvia and Pearl Stone of Boston were guests over the holiday week end of Miss Dorothy Hewitt. On New Year’s at Miss a buffet Hewitt Sylvia supper Stone she had taken west including entertained after showed 12 which slides of scenes in the Glacier National Park and Lake Louise. The body of Mrs. Mary Dodge Hayden, 90, who died in Chesterfield Sunday morning will be ‘ brought to Worthington Wednesday afternoon for burial in the ~ Dodge lot in the Ringville Cemetery. Philip S. Dodge of this town was a nephew Worthington a) military Sor of Mrs. Grange whist Hayden. will spon- party Fri- day @vening at 8 at the home of ~ Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mason at; =) wee a ee �the ‘Center to which thi is invited. Prizes will — and refreshments served. Charles turned where to he M. is Bartlett has re- Oyster a Bay, member L.‘I,! of the faculty of the Country Day School, after spending the Christmas recess with his father, Guy F. Bartlett, at the Spruces, The Friendship Guild — will meet at the home of Mrs. Ralph Moran at the Center Thursday evening at 8. The Misses Priscilla and Mar- jorie and Beebe, daughters of ne Mrs. Howard Beebe, have. ee from Pawtucket, R. L., i �1956. 4, ne iter tage Jan = p WORTHING t ON weekend. Om lover the holiday |New ‘Year's Eve, Miss Hewitt ea- e oe - a a a serstone of Okla- | tertar inedwhich Miss Sylvi kafte ~ : s she had tak- | associated | showed coloredin slide bees ome the Far West in s scene of et wee ek of Oil 3 ard National Pazk | is. See M. James es a r = Hitchcock = s Mr | uise. Lak -ANsaw, k iT. and fam-|-jand ic ei oe ae Mary Dodge| Franklyn W. Hitchcoc ster: | C. Hayden, 90, who diedingin ‘Che ily. Another brother, John will be | ay morn Sund field e a . — pag eer na ae. and te n ee{or cen inthe lt| urial ba ecia [Reoafternoo s |day SwisissAaeort via _»wW jeft: Idlewild : si jst week and has arzived1% Dodge tot in the, RInEvile Cg ; , h ak week Ne | tery. Philip weeks Ccoyer-| was spend the next sixpic. ski team. | the U.S. Olym ing Mrs. rs. C. Kenneth A. Leland Smith Osgood will and | direct | at| Americans” “Indian a play Guild| the meeting of Friendship at 8 at the | evening Thursday. at) home of Mrs. Ralph Moran. | the Center. | Pearl and a Sylvi es The Miss house were of Boston Stone guests of Miss Dorothy Hewitt * =. S. Dodge of this town) a nephew of Mrs. Hayden. me = �Jan iss Bartlett Continued From ‘SCHOOL SYSTEM ‘}ward | L. iss Marion of teers nounced yesterday Sanders J. liam Memorial to Supt. she and “Two oan re will incipal. Ee. Bartlett plans to a return school Sanders. pressed “I have been much Springfield spirit has ever found with headed.” in sice coming the ee the | schools _ School, ° S d Miss BartDr, Sanders praise ‘‘very — her lett particularly for ng the new able work” in organizi “Each. wanted Here = said us to try our in 1914 git From South Deerfield, Miss Bartlett came to Springfield iw 1914 and: taught first at Barrows| in Worthington. system,” of kept writing home for money so my family suggested I come nearer home.'I next took a position in South Deerfield.’ her home sense “T+ will be with a deep bs of personal loss that I shall aco Miss Bartlett leave the to about 11 grades,” wings,’”’ she commented, “so we went down there. I remember I eee at the close of the school wit : She has been connectedol sys ae Springfield public scho her for 42 years aS a teac “taught She received $9 a: week. Miss Bartlett next taught at East Freetown, near. New Bedford, for a year. on. School, Page oor and dynamic leafs he commented. a Miss Bartlett, a native of Worthington, after. graduating from. Westfield State Teachers College became a teacher in Montgomery. She remembers she had nine pupils in the school prin- Bartlett, looking ership,” emorial Building Principal to End 42Year Career 6,1956. room) since tern down. There were two large tubular silo-like fire escapes on each side of the jold school and during fire drills pupils would ‘slide down a ) and be assisted by teachers Standing at the foot, “The pu-y “}pils used to be delighted when We had fire. drills,” Miss Bart-| lett recalled, Miss | .|Frederick She was » | months, old Acres Bartlett Harris went School to}, where|| acting principal for two She next went to the portable neipal then. and school then at old at became Sixteen acting Worthington 1939 Miss Barétlett went. tc Street School as principa’ : ‘4 Jand in 1942 she becan jof Howard Street School. In she was transferred to the Memorial Miss School, Bartlett recalled ne 195 that history is repeating itself today with crowded school buildings, as when she began at Barrows School, she had a class in the assembly hall. Children today, Miss Bartlett feels, are much better nourished than they were during World War I days. Today safeguards have been munity, set up by the com- Miss Bartlett thinks children have much better understanding today than formerly. Television, moving pictures, more travel ud other factors tend to make m_more alert, she be! �Jan 6, fave - WORTHINGTON - | _ 1956. 7 f ' VETERAN SELECTMAN, HENRY H. SNYDER, SEEKING RE-ELECTION| | Henry H. Snyder, selectman in| | this own for the past 30 years, has | |filed nomination papers for an- | ‘other years, an three-year Mr. assessor Snyder term, For has here. Born 34| also been | in ‘Cum-| mington, he has lived here most | of his life and has taken an ac- | ‘tive part in town affairs for many | years.’ Opposing Mr. Snyder is} Joseph Sena, a resident of this | town for the past nine years and! a man with a keen interest’ in| local | affairs. Mr. Sena has | served one three year term as se- | lectman and has been clerk of | the board of assessors for the | past four years and has been a) member of the town finance | board. He is a local potato grower and a popular autcioneer | | besides being a sheep farmer. | Married to the former Esther Clark of Chesterfield, he has two| | sons and two daughters, | | The eighth grade of the Rus# | sell H. Conwell School will spon-| a a dance Saturday evening the town hall with dancing fromat '8 to 12. The Westfield River| | Boys will furn the music | Mr. and Mrs. ish Herbert N. Haskeand l] | }and’Mr. and Mrs. Howa will act as chaperones. rd Beebe| Word has been received from | Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Clark who are Spending the wint er in Florida | that they are Plea Settled in Sorrento in a santly cottage owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buxton |_ of Worthington ; and ‘Sor- �Jan 6, 1956. 'Retiring Memorial School Principal! of : Mewierial School, who an3 L. Bartlett, pri ictient e fective at the end of the day yester retirement n, plans to.) Miss Bartlett, a native of Worthingto Miss Marion nounced her ool.} eat. return to that town. = < Teather Will End 42 Years’ Service As : 9 es Miss Marion L. Bartlett, principal of Memorial School, will retire at the end of the school year, closing out 42 years of service in the Springfield public schools. A native of Worthington, she is a graduate of Westfield State Teachers College and taught in Montgomery,-East Freetown and South Deerfield before coming here in 1914. She first taught at the old Barrows School, then became acting principal of the Frederick Harris School, was at the Sixteen Acres portable school and acting principal of the old Worthington Street School. She became principal of the Carew St. School in 1939 and principal of Howard was St. School transferred in 1942. Ship of the new Memorial in | She to the principal- | e will make her pape i ton upon retire | << �ltown Centennial o Feb Worthington Town Hall Erected 100 Years Ago _— Imposing Structure Is of Classic Greek Architecture; Centennial Meeting Next Monday Worthington, Feb. 1—When the citizens of Worthington gather Th April 1855, the citizens votes to authorize the town treasurer| to~borrow money as needed to} defray.the expenses of the new). Town Hall. It seems that there} next Monday for the annual town meeting, they will mark the cen-|! tennial of the first town meet-} ing held in the present Town Hall, It was at a town meeting, in April of 1854|that E. H. Brewster, C. B. Tower, Rufus Cottrell, A. was no such thing as estimated] costs, appropriations, or invita- James Bisbee, P. Drury, Cal- tions to bidders, was placed in the Construction on Hall was finally the summer of vin Robinson and Marcus. A.) Bates were appointed a com- mittee to build a new Town Hall,| and they were authorized to loeate it on or near the site of the original one whieh then stood \ » Land Cost $25 In 1 November of that year the decided to build on land Se the road and opposite the church, (That church, of colonial architecture, burned in 1887 and was replaced by the present one on the same site). William Coit, who Was the constable at that time, Sold the land for the new Town Hall to the town for $25 and im- posed the stipulation that the town should build and maintain a good fence around this land four feet, four inches high| and further dictated that it should be so located on the plot as to not cut off the view of the church from his resi-|‘ dence on Chesterfield Rd. Mr. Coit lived in the house presently owned by Mr. and Mrs. eee Zack Donovan and there ready for use by the end of tha a year. At on ground to the-south of the church. are those still living in town who}, can remember when that. vieW of! the church from Mr. Coit’s house}, Bee oostructed by trees .as it}, ME e's is today. but deep trust town officers. the new Town commenced in 1855 and was town meeting held early in 1856, it was voted to raise} $600 ‘td sink. the. debt to pay the interest on the new Town Hall.” Then, in compliance with Mr. Coit’s requirement that a good fence be built around the property, ney Jonathan Brewster, Randall, Alden B. Sid- Curtis, J. Adams, and Franklin Burr (the grandfather of the late Franklin Burr) fence @ around These were chosen “‘to build and level the ground the new gentlemen Town built the Hall.” sub- stantial stone wall which stands today on three sides of the Town Hall. Time has taken its toll and in the 100 years, the wall has settled and spread out so that it is now hard to find a ‘place where it exceeds a height of more than three feet. Fieldstone Fireplace The Town Hall is of classic Greek trance architecture, its main enflanked by Doric pillars. With two small rooms at either side of the entrance and an auditorium, the building remained unchanged until 1933 sive alterations were a Works» Progress when extenmade under Adminstra- tion project. In an addition was 1933 and 1934, constructed at a the the rear of the hall. Excavation under this addition allowed for basement of a hot and air furnace installation as well as toilet rooms. Prior to this, the hall was heated by a stove at the rear of the room with a stove- pipe extending was pushed the length of the auditorium to the chimney up the back of the building. The stage tion and a back into this” addi-/ handsome fi@ldstone fireplace was built at the the platform. j * 2,1956. �————————— Feb. ee HERBERT N. HIGGINS Feb. 16—Herbert Worthington, N. Higgins died at the age of 88 at he early this morning in West St., where Mr. Hig- He was edu- knew Mr. Bry- 50 years. for more than Prentice Higgins. his home had lived gins was born in Cummington in 1867, son of Jacob and Julia cated at William ‘Cullen Bryant School in Cummington, where, as a he schoolboy, ant, poet and married to journalist. Hattie Wright He was Beach May 15, 1895. Mrs. Higgins died| in 1928. He was a farmer all his life. He leaves a son, Leon W. Higgins of . Cummington; a daughter, Mrs. Jerry Robinson of this and town; eight seven grandchildren great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 in Worthington First Congregational Doris Belcher Church with Rev. | officiating. Burial Charles and will be in the Center Cemetery. | Bisby terfield are in charge. Son of Ches- 17,1956. �Feb. 17, 1956. WORTHINGTON| Herbert N. Higgins Is Dead At 88 WORTHINGTON — N. Higgins died at age Thursday illness at Herbert 88 early morning after a short his home on West St., where he had lived for more than 50 years. Mr. Higgins was born in Cummington in 1867, the son of Jacob and Julia Prentice Hig- gins. He was William Cullen educated at the Bryant School in Cummington where boy he knew Mr. as a school-| Bryant. He used to tell of Mr. Bryant bringing apples from his orchard to the school children at noon and of going to visit at Mr. Bryant’s house. | On ‘May 15, 1895, Mr. Higgins| was married to Hattie Wright) Beach dren a on of this were farmer West town born all his and to them. life. St.,,which two He The chil-, was} home! is one of the| oldest houses in this town, was| in his wife’s family for many| years. Mrs. Higgins died in 1928.| Survivors include a son, Leo W. | Higgins of Cummington; a_)| daughter, Mrs. Jerry Robinson of| town; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services ‘will be held Sunday at 2 o’clock at the First| Congregational Church in Worth- | ington with Rev. Doris Belcher| of Cummington officiating. Burial | will be in the Charles Bisbee directors charge. of Center Cemetry.| and Son funeral} Chesterfield are in �20,1956. Feb. HERBERT RITES HIGGINS’ Feb. 19—The fuWorthington, neral of Herbert N. Higgins was this afternoon at the Worthington Congregational Church with Rev. Doris Belcher of Cummington of- ficiating. Burial was in the Center Cemetery. MRS. GLADYS YOUNG Worthington, Feb. 19 — Mrs. Gladys (Worden) Young, 30, wife Robert R. Young, of Tech-Sgt. was killed instantly in an auto accident early Saturday morning. Rhinelander, Born in 1925 in Wis., Mrs. Young was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Worden. She was educated in the parochial schools of that town. She was married in 1945. Before moving to Worthington the Youngs early in December had lived \following ‘Alaska, where stationed. Besides Springfield in Nome, briefly in residence her had Young husband been and_her Rhinelander, Mrs. in parents Young leaves her six sons, RonRobert, ald, Eugene, Lawrence, Jr., Douglas, and Anthony, rangto \ing in age from 14 months nine years; and a nephew Richard A. Young, who made his home with them. The body will be taken Monday for funeral and to Rhinelander burial services. Persons interested in the 4-H Agricultural Club program are in-} vited to a meeting Monday eve ning at 7.30 at the town hall when ©. B. Johnson will show slides and speak on ‘‘Good replacement be will’ Refreshments stock.’” served. David Tyler ‘the local club.° bse is leader of $e Sid �Mar. In Hampshire Hills Power Cut Off in Worthington, Plainfield, Chesterfield, Cummington; Radio-Telephone Pressed Into Service Northampton, March 8—One of the most severe ice storms in recent years disrupted power ana telephone service in the hill towns| of Hampshire County today, while snow and created the most sleet in other driving hazardous ter. Hit hardest sections} conditions were among; of the win- | the towns of! Worthington, Chesterfield and Plainfield. Harold E. Bailey, district manager of Western Massachusetts Eletric Co., said tonight he had not yet received a report on the extent of damage to power, lings but crews are working in all three towns. Power may not| be restored in some sections un-til tomorrow Power has. ington since rupted in morning. been out this in Worth- morning, he said. There have been temporary interruptions in Cummington, he added. Trunking service was _ inter- Chesterfield about noon, according to Walter F. Cassell, manager of the Northamp- ton office of the telephone com- Chesterfield and pany. As a result, residents there could call each other but were unable to phone other towns, he said. A mobile radiotelephone unit was dispatched to the scene early this afternoon and was used until trunking service was restored shortly before 5, he said. Three local lines have been sev- ered in both Worthington, he said, and many other lines have been felled under the weight of ice, although they line are affects telephones, still functioning. a maximum he said. A Goshen resident storm was the worst of Each eight said the ice he had seen in the’ six years he has been living there. Birch trees were bent to the ground and snapped by their heavy coating of ice, he said adding that if a wind came up during the night damage to trees would be enormous. Snow and sleet in other parts of the county forced motorists to a crawl along many highways. Although both state and local sanding crews began working shortly after the storm began, pavements were treacherously _ slippery. : However, no serious a i nig ad ae reported by la er 9,1956. �Nar 7. UNION, SPRINGFIELD THE WORTHINGTON 26S! town, Worthington, March 8—Two|days and nights of freezing rain have turned Worthington inte a glassy wonderland. Many trees have broken, and others are bowed to the breaking point. Electric and telephone Jines in some sections have been ovit since early Thursday morning. Travel] is at a minimum, with a crew of emergency workers bringing a generator to homes with no heat. The situation is so ad that people are living. strictly by the sireplace, “if they .aré lucky enough to have one. Oil burners, lamps, ranges using wood maximum use. Civil defense and _ kitchet or cou! director: aré at}: Charles C, Eddy procured. the genéraior and two portable radios ior emes“eS eel ge EP aEeS | ti aby SPRINGFIEE zeney use. High winds tonight |are adding.to the misery of ihe, Town Paralyzed 4 By Ice in Wake Of Freezing Rain kerosene (456. Sor * aera sel �Apr. 19,1956. ‘Retiring Principal Honored Miss Marian L. Bartlett, principal of Surrey. Rd., Memorial School in East Forest Park, who will retire in June. after 49 years as an educator, was honored last night with a surprise party given by her staff at the Homestead in Ludlow. Presenting Miss Bartlett a corsage of money donated by the faculty and other A coworkers at the ‘school is Cosmo Avato, a_teacher,.__ her retirement, Miss Bartlett will return to Chesterfield, ea her home town. - Be 4 �May 25,1956. Berkshire Eagle. Barbar Ana Lime | To Wed Mr. Bartlett, Worthington | Man GOSHEN, N.Y.—Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brooks Love of Goshen announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daugh- ter, Barbara Dr. Cornelius Ann, to Charles Mosher Bartlett, son of Guy Franklin Bartlett of Worthington, Mass., and the late Mrs. Bartlett. The wedding will take place Aug. 25. Miss Love graduated from Pine Manor Junior College, Wellesley. 'She was presented to society. at the Yuletide Ball in Brooklyn in 1953: She is the granddaughter of Ruxton Love of Brooklyn. Mr. Bartlett is head of the history department and athletic director at the East Woods School in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He has done graduate work at Bates jand the. University of Maine. ee zg �June 4,1956. Springfield, Mass. i * | Mrs. Rosa M, Cole —" M. Rosa ‘Mrs, Cole, of 377 88, of Ethan St., widow Lexington H. Cole died at Springfield Hospital Sunday afternoon. She was born Dec. i7, 1867, in Worthington, the daughter of John E, andy Mary Isabella (Martyn) Wither- ell, and had lived in Springfield for the past 60 years. She was a Memorial of member former Church and recently a member}: of Hope Congregational Church. She leaves Gladys made W. her a Cole, home; daughter, with a whom son, Miss|' she}: Ashley | B. Cole of Wethersfield, Conn.; a sister, Mrs. Charles Brewster, and a brother, Arthur Witherell, |; both of Worthington, The funeral/’ will { | \ \ be held at the Dickinson-}: Tuesday Streeter funeral home, at 3.30 p, m., with an organ pre- ] lude at 3. Rev, Alison Ray Heaps of Rockville, Conn., former pas~ tor of Memorial Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Hill| Friends crest Park Cemetery. may. call at. the funeral home. to-} day from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. oie ? �June 14, 1956. th WORTHINGTON | | Clarks Observing 50th Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Buffington Harold Hill Rd., serving their golden niversary |was born today. Mrs. here was | Bertha Todd years before and as J. Clark are wedding Clark the a girl ob- an- who former lived on the old Brewster place on Glidden Rd., which is presently owned by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil ;Gaston. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were imarried in Springfield in 1906 ‘and lived there for a number of field where erty ‘Nook now Goat moving they owned occupied Dairy years prior to live eight years one daughter, 'sides working by for to Chester- the prop- | the Nestle eighteen coming here to ago. They have Mrs. Joseph W. Sena of this town and four grandjchildren. Mr. Clark, now retired, is a Springfield native and was ‘employed at the Springfield Ar|mory through three wars be- at Westinghouse for more than twenty years. With Mrs. Clark, he now spends the winters-in Florida and summers ‘at their home here. No special celebration is planned, but a trip ,to the White Mountains with old | Springfield friends will be made} ARter | | At the monthly | Volunteer Fire meeting Dept. this of the| week, Chief C. Kenneth Osgood reported that $75. was made on the re- jcent paper drive. It was voted to |hold a Firefighters Ball at the town hall on August 17 in observance of the tenth anniversary 1 of the department. Richard B. Smith was appointed chairman for the event and will be assisted by Leroy. H. Rida. and= Arthur Ducharme Sr. �July 5,1956. a WORTHINGTON MRS. FLORENCE Worthington, been received July of K. SMITH 4—Word the death has of Mrs. Florence Koegel Smith, widow of Herbert O. Smith formerly of this town, in Melrose on Sun- day. The funeral service was in Melrose Tuesday, with burial in the Forestdale Cemetery, Hol- yoke. For 22 years, Mr. and Mrs. Smith owned the former Charles Clark house on Clark Hill. of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Smith Russell have announced the}: engagement of their daughter,|. Shirley F., to Edward Kingsley Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Porter of this town. Miss}, fee a graduate of Westfield High School, is employed in Springfield-by Western Massachusetts Electric Co. Mr. Porter,! a Huntington High School graduate, is employed by his father. | Mr. and Mrs, Stanley S. Mason jobserved their 35th wedding anniversary Monday. They - have; five children and nine grandchil- _ dren, Formal observance’ “has. been postponed because of the ill-| ness of their daughter, Mrs. Walter Mollison. coy | �24,1956. July | WORTHINGTON — | | | Sanders - Mason | WORTHINGTON — Miss Ber-| ta Althea Sanders, daughter _of| Mr. of Mrs, and Huntington, | Harley Mason, N. Sanders| W. Philip manried was of Mr. son of at \Mrs. Stanley S. Mason ltown, Saturday evening tington. officiated \tended by in Church Federated \the to| and| this| 6 in | 4 Hun-} Harold Bardsley | Rev. and the bride was at-| her Mrs, sister, James| Ed-| Avalon of Westfield, while town act- | |ward K, Porter of this ‘ed as best man. A reception at | lthe home of the bride’s parents| after ceremony, the followed which the bride and groom left Green} the through trip on a is em-| Mountains. Mrs. Mason ployed at White’s Quaint Shop in} is asMason Westfield and Mr. signed to the S. S. Saratoga. Both | Huntington| of graduates are ‘High al School. SERVES \y VS ~ oy ~ = ON SARATOGA Harley N, Mason, seaman. USN, | © gon of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mason of Huntington Rd., is serving| aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS most Saratoga, powerful world’s ship. largest and | The Saratoga .¥ork June 28, returned to New| after successfully| She is scheduled to leave New completing her first | sea trials.| July 30 for a ‘‘shakedown’’ to the Caribbean. York | cruise| In keeping with the Navy’s new| stretegy to provide the nation with | ynobile air bases that cannot be| missiles, the Saratoga can change| its position more than 600 miles in|. a single day, and will carry more): than 100 of the, jatest jet aircraft. sia | | �July WORTHINGTON Fund Established To Honor Stevens! Worthington, July 26—The an- nual meeting of the Worthington Health Association was held Wednesday evenirig at the Town Hall at which time a motion was made and unanimously indorsed to establish an unrestricted memorial fund in memory of the late Fayette.R. Stevens, who, up until the time of his death, was secretary and a director of the as- sociation fr6m organization the in 1950. time of its; } | Mrs. Lawrence N.*Durgin made the original motion, reserving the’ right to make the first contribu- . tion whieh she did in the name of, Lawrence N. Dur-' J. Newlin. At the directors’ meeting immediately following the annual meeting, the fund was further inereased and it is hoped that it will be built up substantially with further gifts, the smallest. of which will be véry welcome. Contributions may be sent to either, Mrs. C. C, Eddy or M. F. Pack- ete William AM Mrs. Prof. earn, and MeL, Dr, gin and ard. The fund is to be administered by the directors for the benefit | of the Health Center at their dis-! cretion. A minute of silence was, observed in respect to the memory of Mr. Stevens. All reports were accepted as read. Mrs. Charles C, Eddy, newly elected secretary, reported a total of 421 members to date which included 61 sustaining, 302 regular, and 58 junior members. Mrs. Harry L. Bates, Mrs. Frank Davis, and Carl S. Joslyn were re-elected directors for three years each and Mrs. Charles C. Eddy was elected a director for one year. Car] S. Joslyn Merwin F. Packard were and re- respectively. the elected president staff were and treasurer Members called spoke Dr. briefly. Chong W. mence practice of upon Lee, and newly all ap- pointed staff dentist was introduced and spoke. He will comhere on Aug. 1. The meeting was then adjourned and followed by ihe directors’ | meeting. 27,1956. �14,1956. ag Au Worthington, iWorthington held its Aug. annual Historical meeting afternoon at the home 13 — The Society Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Snyder at the Corners, Miss Margaret P. Hamlin of Amherst was guest speaker and the business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Harlan Creélman. The possibility of building a permanent. building for the ;society was discussed but no action was taken. Officers for the coming lows: Joslyn; Stevens year were clected president, -Mrs. Word fol« S. vice-president, Walter Dz of Northampton; and secretary-treasurer, Capen. as Carl has been Arthur received Gs of the jdeath of Mrs. Florence Day | Stevenson who died suddenly at her home in New York on June 23. She was the widow of Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D. D. who was president of Princeton University, and was a niece of Rev. Frederick Sargent Huntington for whom the local library is named. Mrs. Stevenson was a long-time, member of the Worthington Library Corporation and was president of it at the time the library was built in 1914. Rev. and Mrs. Stevenson and their three sons. lived for the first quarter of this century in the home at the Corners now owned -by Mr. and Mrs, Roy W. McCann. ; The Board of Health has received the Salk vaccine for second inoculations. All children who have had one injection and whose parents signed cards should be at the Health Center on August i7 at 10.4. m, Anyone iwho is without transportation may.call_ before Mrs. noon Ralph Thursday. A. Moran �Sept. 7, 1956. 4 WORTHINGTON | WALDO C. COLE Waldo C. Cole, 54, died sudden- | -\ly late Wednesday in Greenfield.| | We was born in Worthington, son| of the late Mr. and Mrs. Horace| C. Cole. and attended the local | schools. He was a carpenter by | |trade. He leaves a son, Phillip| bes of South Deerfield; a broth-| Leland P. Cole of Scotia, N-Y., as two. sisters, Mrs. George E. | Torrey and Miss Olive E. Cole of| Worthington. The funeral will be | held tomorrow afternoon at 2 in| ithe First Congregational Church| of Worthington with Dr. Hollis| |W. Huston officiating. Burial will| besinNorth Cemetery. Friends) are requested to omit flowers. | There. calling reese: will "be no hours. | | �Sept. 10, 1956. | WORTHINGTON ; | x WORTHINGTON ent-Teacher — The Organization Russell H. Conwell of School Par-| the will hold its: first meeting of the cur: |rent school year on Wednesday | evening at 8 in the school. Mrs. | | Robert J, Lucey, program chair.| |man, announces that Dr. N. Dem.| | | ing Hoyt, recently appointed’ | school adjustment couselor, will| |be the- guest speaker. Dr. Hoyt| | was formerly a professor of psy| chology at Smith College. His) | Work for the schools of Williams:| | burg, Westhampton and Worth-! ington is regarded as a pioneer| | project and its aim will be the| | total adjustment of every child.| iIt is especially |the parents important understand the a na- | | ture and purpose of his work and| | all | are urged Funeral to attend. services for Waldo ;Chapman Cole who died sudden.| \ly in Greenfield late Wednesday | were held Saturday at 2 in the} 'First Congregational Church| with Dr. Hollis W. Huston offi|ciating. Bearers were Leland P. |Cole Jr., and Richard Bartlett of | | Scotia, N. Y.; Thomas Bates of) | Williamsburg ‘and Ashley Cole of| Worthington. Burial | North Cemetery. | was in Mrs. Chester W. Wronski the was | | hostess at a prenuptial shower | | Saturday evening at. her home in |honor of Mrs. Esther Landa who | || Will be married |Harry Dane | and of on Oct. 14, to Hinsdale. guests were present. -Mr. Mrs, Arthur Forty J. Cod- |ding, formerly of town and now |of Malabar, Fla., .are guests of | Mr. and Mrs. Casper Lambert j}and visiting friends in town. Their son and his wife, the Robert Coddings of Washington, DC. send |of a gust, on the daughter news born TT of the arrival | —late—inAue4 | �Oct. 3, 1956. | WORTHINGTON | Mr. and Mrs Arthur. J. Duchneighbors their invite Sr. | arme fand friends to attend the wedding of their daughter, Eleanor Elaine, ‘to George Russell Carver of Cumimington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Carver on Oct. 6 at 9 a.m. at St. Thomas’ Church in HuntingJohn Mara. officiating. ton, Rev. |Miss Ducharme will be given in marriage by her father and Miss Mary E. Baumann ‘of Hinsdale will attend as her’ maid of honor. The Misses Bevery Jenks of Windsor and. Lilliam V. Carver, sister of \the groom 6f Cummington will be bridesmaids. Arthur Ducharme Jr. will serve Mr. Carver as best man| |'and two brothers of the groom, | Ernest H, Carver Jr. of Goshen and William. H..Carver of Cummington will usher. /The reception a follow at the Worthington town a �This page and the 5 that follow were clipped together as a bundle. They appear to contain genealogical information. A. Vu (8, 1805, aw 4eh 4 : �OW ) (oe geomet, os ae t. Lisette2, ong 1% 1772, a. 4b, 28/521 = | | } ORF CM, fae 3800 | } t | �741A pata. : Be 13,1840, «. 81, ans �Sox, Decl, is F ias oe Lh ones (724, | Wench . “1, £777, 19 �This scrapbook contained additional pages consisting of excerpts from the 1955 Town Report which were not scanned. �Pie wae OSGOOD, s of Safford, b. d. Dau Olive of Abby, b. d. Childreh: Lucy bi Deo: 27, 1823, Milo, b. Dec 14, 1833, in Oliver, Bb. Aug 6, 1836, in page 184. From Ann, Biographical Review, Peru,Mass. * " �OsGooD, Ann, Lucy Safford of Dau b. Dec & Olive 27, 1823, 18, 1821, (Abby) Osgood. a. m. s Oct of 9, Austin 1849, Luther Geer, b. Oct d. Children: at Worthington,Mass. � Book Bound document, typically consisting of 25 or more pages. 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Contains handwritten notes from 1887 research of <i>Middlefield Gazetteer</i>, miscellaneous genealogical research and a series of newspaper clippings of social interest between 1897 and 1956. Most of the clippings date from the late 1940's to 1950's. Portions of this item consist of handwritten notes on the back of sheets of paper used for other purposes. Except for a quoted excerpt from the Town of Worthington Annual Report - 1955, the scrapbook was scanned in its entirety. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 22.9 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm (9 x 11 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR15 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 15 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Julie Sharron Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Arthur Capen Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1887/1956 Subject The topic of the resource Historic Event Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Paper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Worthington - other unspecified https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/a31f98735121dc7e3db6821e6a947cc5.pdf 00184290c82189cdc174c0158b6be98e PDF Text Text �She th:- VU Sac j Histor. Whrthingto., Worthington y, ical Saciet ». Worthing le 01098 i.sass. The Histor # jan THE 5a, Ce 01098 �_AUGUST 9, 1958 A-Sub Opens Polar Route From Pacific to Atlantic. Nautilus Cruises 2114 Miles Under North Pole Ice in Historic Voyage; Commercial, Military Possibilities Cited; Skipper Decorated by President WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States atomic ‘submarine Nautilus has ‘crossed the top of the world, steaming swiftly and silently. under the eternal ice of the 'North Pole. Combat Vessel The White House announced | Friday the spectacular subsurface | Voyage from the Pacific to Atlantic by | iwhich lies way of the between jStates° and Russia. Arctic the It Sea, United said the famous submarine had pioneered a submerged sea lane pointing to possible use by nuclear powered submarines carrying commercial cargo. But while President Eisenhowler oriented his remarks to the | peaceful a facet that ‘lus is a combat vessel. the : Nauti- | Tf she can roam under the polar jice, so can the ballistic missile |{iring Polaris submarines now building. The submarine’s skipper, Comdr, William R. Anderson, native of. Bakerville, Tenn., re‘|eeiveqd from Eisenhower the Le-}! gion of Merit. To the 116-man crew went a presidential unit citation. Prestige Effort The medal was pinned on the 37-year-old skipper in the White announcement ceremony. The cireumstanees of nouncement—the secrecy i ing if and the drama | ting —seemed ;overtones of the anpreced- of its set-| to have significant| a national prestige effort. Asked whose idea it was to send ice the Nautilus under tie polar and beyond the North Pole, White James C: House Press Secretary ‘ agerty replied: as anybody’s ea tink as much was the President's.” + world’s first e The Nautilus, the submersible, powered nuclear at Peal left the U.S. naval base high seunder , Hawaii r, Harbo predawn in_ the yblack, erecy hours of July 23. (UW, yoyage possibilities of the route, it remains |House t Navy Photo via AP Wirephotos Comdr, W.ea R. Anderson stands at right with members of crew and officers of the atomic sub. } 3 marine Nautilus as a search is made for a spot of sufficient depth to submerge under the ice and set a course for the North Pole. The Nautilus has completed history's first transpolar underseas | She Dives Under sailed silently Ice and un-| across Hagerty ; the top of the 1 world. Sores said the port to which| marine noticed to the north, up past the} the Nautilus would head after| {Aleutian Islands, through Bering| leaving Iceland had not been de-| \Strait, between Alaska and_ Si-} termined. Unti] the announcement! iberia, headed up toward the roll-|of her voyage had been made, it jing, grinding fringe of pack ice} was impossible to request permis- | lin the Arctic—and Vit. 5 then on under|sion Alaska, Point Barrow, Above the Nautilus turned slightly east-| iward. For a few minutes on the lmorning of Aug. 1 she surfaced} lthrough one of the occasional |openings in the ice field to make |photographs. Then she slid be-| ineath the surface again to i|the from the her foreign to country enter port, for| he this American feat dein part, as counterfire to} propaganda victory Sputnik? re-| a Nautilus |/Said. Was signed, Russia in launching “Survey made the Work’ Skate and the convention- ally powered Halfbeak, At that | : time, the Nautilus was bound for k her second trip to the Pacific on} f what the Navy took pains to say was a routine training cruise. The Skate and the Halfbeak, the): Navy tic, ice said, indeed are exploring the sea East of Greenland. 13,410 Feet One explanation first| i} 1e Nautilus made from Bering Strait of} iiithe worst part things at the in the Arctie—|);vision at in the under Arc- the| i \f Deep giver was that) her Arctic trip |{ in order to get); of the ice behind| The secrecy of plans for the /her before reaching the vicinity of| jsume her 2114-mile long journey long voyage from. the|j|the Pole. Nautilus’ |under ice. Using an electronic fathometer,| | Most of the time the polar ice| Pacific to Atlantic via the North|f} jabove the stout-hulled vessel av-} Pole appeared to have included|||the Nautilus measured the water| arrangements designed to deceive|||depth at the Pole as 13,410 feet. jeraged about 12 feet in thickne an/:!This was 1927 feet deeper than |At some points, however, pres- everyone until] the trip was estimates made previously from) \sure ridges had thickened it to accomplished fact. Months ago, the Navy an-//|a position on top of the pack ice.|| {more than 50 feet. The submarine crossed _ the)} Picked Up by ’Copter | nounced that the. Nautilus, which|{| | Coming out of the Polar Sea,|last summer had made a trip to!) |geographical polar position—Lati-| tude 90 degrees, north—at 10:15) ‘the Nautilus headed down be-} within a few hundred miles of the p. m. (EST) last Sunday, Anderiween Greenland and Iceland.| Pole after leaving and then reson, the commander, wrote Eisen-| There a helicopter picked up the} entering the Atlantic, would make hower a letter from there. | skipper to start him on a quick| another cruise up there this sumiplane trip to: Washington and a/mer. The crew had a limited view of! “well done’ from the President.| The announcement said she ‘The Nautilus is continuing. In-| would be one of three submarines| dications here are that she iS|to do survey neaded for a port in England or|accompanied France. ! work : by the atomic sub-|. |look through ice. the top of the world—a a closed-circuit under side of tele- the? �“Fascinating Sight’’ “A fascinating sight,’ Ander-| son said. | Anderson was asked by news-! men if he thought the Russians had spotted the Nautilus as Bee she|| | | a | Historic Route of Nautilus pushed up through Bering Strait, | | comparatively narrow and shal-| | low. ——— ee igs “If the Russians detected us, they’re awfully good,’’ he replied, |; From Bering Strait on, the Nautilus operated in international waters. Kisenhower and all hands at the White House ceremony kept politely clear of any reference to the lesson in military strategy) presented in the Nautilus’ cruise.| The potentialities are obvious.| |And they are applicable either to; i the United States or Russia. i : Could Launch Missiles Nuclear submarines armed|; with 1500-mile, intermediate ;} range ballistic missiles, will be || able to use Polar Sea pomtbas for launching points. The polar pack ice jareas several above notice miles has open- | wide, some-| it, observers cpen water \times within a few hundred miles |§ {of the pole. Wind carries ice | l away, then returns it in a few \hours or days. Through these | openings, a submarine would be able to Jaunch her missiles, while ie remaining submerged. Pocific Ocean a ee (Associated Map traces Harbor Bering the of route map released by Wirephoto) from Pearl of the world—through the to Iceland. Route is based underwater across the top Sea, under North Pole, on on Press Nautilus submarine atomic White House Friday, Under-Ice Sailor Re-enlists While Cruising WASHINGTON at (2% Pole — one more unique item to record of the Nautilus, Add the the world’s fimst nuclear powered submarine: A crewman, Electrician’s Mate 1/C James R. Sordelet, is the first Navy man in history to re-enlist at the North Pole. it happened as the Nautilus cruised under the ice cap on its historic run over the top of the world. The vessel's skipper, Omdr. W. R. Anderson, told about it Friday at the White House. asesetatcisaclaladat,, linc iooniinnaesinitinesnsneit none Joie ings. Flying occasionally �SATURDAY, | AUGUST 9, 1958 Atom Sub Makes First Trip Under North Pole (United Press International Telephotos) The White House disclosed Friday that the atom-powered submarine Nautilus, pictured above, has completed man’s first voyage under the North Pole. It said the historic voyage from Pacific to Atlantic waters presages a new commercial route under the Pole for giant carge subs powered by splitting atoms. Nautilus Probes Cold, Silent Depths To Open Up New Northwest Passage | NEW YORK ‘®—Life has aa bloodless world of black, white ‘tough time in the weird, nearly|and grey. aan brings it frozen underwater world of the|about its only color, Arctic Ocean—but the atomic| Smallest Ocean ‘heart of the submarine Nautilus| From white and grey (has jit. proven | more Lengthy | than equal to) Search stained lines, ee to with grey skies, dirt the near waters Arctic the to tures dropping several ae just|below-freezing, the sailors of the |Nautilus were protected at room| | temperatures. | ice,| A new Northwest Passage was coast- | found cloudy,/in seems to|was to the supply Aretie capable ) The fat, nuclear-powered sub-| stretch out forever. |draft ships. j;marine has been prowling the But actually, it is the smallest | passage has just of Now radar. last stations year. handling It} deeper | an underwater| been found as well.| |Arctic since at least last Aucust,| of the four oceans of the world.| One unique fact about the |; searching for an underwaier Its 5,440,000 square miles is | Northwest Passage is that it passNorthwest Passage. dwarfed many times by the At-|es within 1900 miles of Moscow, if | Three days age she found it,/lantic, Pacific and Indians/as the missile flies, and is even {completing a top secret trip| oceans, see to Europe. |from Hawaii to Point Bane It is also the shallowest And it travels along frozen | |Alaska, Above surface mire to Iceland her, was in 13 days. the Arctic soggy, a of ice scum and ice oceans. Ocean!a broken| floes.| depth It has The Nautilus In winter this hodge-p odge of ice; the Arctic freezes togethér into a jagged/own light, tortured Most surface. of the year, the Arctic its is;Even been plumbed of nearly 4000 feet. Generates Own Heat burrowed door beneath!greatest the ‘nuclear water gs of Russia’s Russians, students world, generating its|area for heat and power with| jprobably ever-burning with back |coast. | The just that quick to Siberian} some of the of reason, realize the Arctic| are} fire.|value of the new Northwest Pass-| Sees | �Adult Edieaior: ‘Alerted By Carolyn F. Hummel The Staff Writer of Christin Science Monitor well as perform these activities —will be demonstrated. Miss Hewitt drew particular attention to a course called “Around the World With Adult Education,” given by Stephen R. Deane, professor of psychology and chairman of the division of philosophy, psychology, and ed| ucation, Simmons. College. Global Projects Aired Professor Deane recently returned from a year’s trip around the globe during which he studied adult education in Scandinavia, Holland, West Germany, Yugoslavia, Israel, India, Aus- “Because the affairs of the world are in the hands of adults, it is important for adults to develop their capacities so that they may make mature judgments.” So spoke Miss Dorothy Hewitt, founder and former director of the Boston Center for Adult Education, and of the just-established Adult Education Institute of New England which opens Monday. The new evening school, which at Miss Hewitt claims is the first od of its kind in the United States, offers courses to teachers and A= xd leaders with stress on how to with the education of all deal adults. It is sharing the building used by the Commonwealth ng se School at 303 Dartmouth Street, of Boston. a1 “Adults are afraid of exposing their ignorance,” Miss Hewitt said. “They are afraid of ridicule.” Thus one of the basic considerations of which teachers of 4! adults should be aware is the sensitiveness of the adults, Curriculum Cited If an adult is frightened out of one course, he is apt to give up: any further attempts at continued education, she pointed out, The a subject The method is thus school of «presenting important, curriculum cludes such courses as planning, discussion in- tralia, and New Zealand, | Lenscraft Miss Dorothy Hewitt leadership tion and methods training, practice spoken word, and the creative arts. These demonstracourses in for those based are not on the methods solely for directed at the classroom teachers, but at all types of adult educators. They can be profitably taken by leaders of clubs, church groups, and men’s and women’s organizations, for example, the executive director noted. Both people starting from scratch and those who have had experience in these fields can take the courses, which are led by authorities In his semester course Mr. Deane will compare, with .the aid of slides, the adult education organizations and groups and their methods of presentation with the variegated pattern of this project in the United States. Miss Hewitt explained that the idea. of this school has been in the back of her thoughts for some time. “I’m always thinking about two or three projects at once,” she said, The actual or-|ganizing, however, was done during ‘this past summer. The school, was incorporated on July 18, 1958, and they moved into their present offices on Sept. 2. Roby Kidd, executive director of the Canadian Adult Education Association, will speak on “Leadership” at the opening convocation of the institute. This in their subjects. Modern dance, play producprogram {tion, and speaking in public— leading, eo to direct and organize as | meeting 8 p.m. public. will be and will held be Oct. open 2 at to the ’ �Sena Sales Summer Auction Weekly In Worthington Be This is the usual scene on Tuesday evening starting at | Auctioneer Joseph Sena offers dishes Mrs. Sena is the bookkeeper. |heat. Special Every auctions Tuesday are also evening The held during the summer months Joseph Sena has an auction in his sales barn in | Worthington. Consignments are oT for enclosed in the bids while 7 o clock runners in the Sena Sales barn in Worthington,| wait to deliver them to the final bidder.| barn has ample seats and barn at times announced provides protection in newspaper from rain and| adyertising, accepted during the previous week during the week as advertised. Articles to be auctioned Tues-} and are advertised in area newsdays may’ be seen in the sales. papers. Other auctions, in the barn Sunday afternoons and from barn and at other sites, are held| noon on Monday, | There are chairs and a tent provided for all auctions not held in! the sales barn, and a caterer is in! attendance. } Joe Sena, a graduate of the! Riech Auctioneering School in! Mason / City, Iowa, does auc-| tioneering free of charge for charitable and nonprofit organiza- Daniel Porter 3d tions. Will Take Bride Mr, Engaged to Joan Dornfeld Of Madison, Wis, _ fe, ra Le ; =} at a ie wore! F 474 and Mrs. Wis., ment E. R. Dornfeld of Madison, have announced the engageof their daughter, Joan, to and Mrs. Daniel R. Porter, Worthington. tended Miss Madison University employed Daniel of 3d, son R. Dornfeld schools Wisconsin. in a school of Mr. Porter and She services vision of the State Historical of at- the is di- So- ciety of Wisconsin. Mr. Porter is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and the University of Michigan. He is’ director of the Historical Society| of York County, Pa. A late planned, November wedding and Mrs. Sena are real brokers specializing in country property in the Berk. shires. She graduated from the Lee Realty Schoo! in Springfield, Mr. Sena .accepis for his auctions consignments from dealers, private individuals, and estates, The articles range from rare antiques to modern. If you have personal property you Wish to have him include in the sales barn auctions, it is wise to. get it to him the week prior to the auction so the items may be included in his newspaper adverising. | The telephone number of Sena | Sales is Worthington 2731. estate is �i i oOo } i if te q4y 3 $61 IN NEW i7F / f * i Use - g Dr. Modestow Wed, ‘To Arkansas Nurse | Meg eti ey | Eureka Springs Bridai for| Winchencon Man | PULPIT In St, reka :| nette Elizabeth’s Springs, Bartels, Church, Eu-| Ark., Miss Nan-| daughter of Mr.| 'and Mrs, William Bartels of Eu-| | reka Springs, |day, Aug. 30, |destow, was married Satur-| to Dr. John E. Mo-| son of Mrs. Alexander| | Modestow of Winchendon, and the} jlate Mr. Modestow in a double-! ;ring ceremony, |Lauro DR. HOLLIS W. HUSTON Dr. Hollis W. Huston, former assistant pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in this city and previous to that pastor of the Worthington Congregational Church, has been called to the pulpit of the First Congregational Church of Windsor, Conn, The | quet’ latter, with a membership of about 850, is the oldest Congregational] Church in the United States. Dr. Huston succeeds Rev, Herbert B. Morrell and will assume the pastorate Nov. 1. He had resigned from his Trinity Church post in May. | | | | in — Robert T. Pittsfield, Vt., this)| {week end for deer hunting. | Gaylon Donovan and John: |Donovan, Jr., of Highland St.) and Calvin Roberts and Sam) Pero of Huntington have re-, turned from a hunting trip in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, | A on Highland church St, school Church in Chesterfield, ee flowers. llace with a waistline bow of taf-| \feta, brown accessories and a corsage of sweetheart roses. The mother of the bridegroom chose blue lace with white accessories| and a corsage of white baby or-} _chids, For a wedding trip, the couple) to New England where they| ‘Diack patent Jeather accessories. , Mrs. Modestow is a of Presbyterian School ing in Chicago. a graduate and Loyola Surgery. Dr. of Tufts College graduate] of Nurs- Modestow is University} of Dental) ae Aer f4 TS 3 WORTHINGTON — The execus tive committee of the Mt. Rangers Club will meet at the home of Lynn Donovan in Highland St. Tuesday at 7.30 to make plans for the coming year. Sos Benevolent Women's The ciety will have their regular sewing meeting Wednesday at i o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mrs. Marion L. Bartlett, to discuss the teacher’s clinic will be held Sunday from| 3 to 5.30 in the Congregational) mixed Neil Chapin. The education committee and {Sunday school teachers of First Congregational Church met at | the home of the chairman, Miss The Mountain” Rangers LH Horse Club will meet today at!| 7.30 at the home of Bonnie Sarafin of ‘toured the coast of Maine. For| traveling the bride was attired} /in a light blue cotton dress with! Bartlett was elected president of the Rod and Gun Club during Monday’s meeting. Other officers are Reino Liimatainen, vice-president and Ashley Cole, secretary. : Walter Tower, David Tyler, Zack Donovan, . Guy Bartlett,| Howard Beebe, Arthur Rolland, Francis Granger, Gary Granger, +|Ashley Cole, Robert T. Bartlett };and John Rhodes will be at their| ‘camp Joseph’ Best man for the service was | Dr. Lawrence Chase of West Har| wich, and guests were escorted| ito their seats by Dr. Derwood | | Janssen of Mt. Prospect, Ill. A wedding breakfast followed the service at the Bit O’Sweden where mothers of the bridal cou-| ple assisted in receiving. The mother of the bride wore pink flew WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON Rev. officiating. | Bridal Gown | The bride chose a gown of| Chantilly lace fashioned with a| ; Scalloped neckline accented with) );Sequins, short sleeves, a fitted |bodice, and a four layer nylon) |tulle bouffant skirt. Her blush | veil was shirred to a narrow se-| iquin and pearl crown and_ she} carried a colonial bouquet of} mixed seasonal flowers. .! The maid of honor and only at4 tendant, Miss Mary Lou David of | Rogers, Ark., was attired in a| |pale blue taffeta ballerina-length, | gown with a large back bow, a} | blue eirclet hat with a matching! | veil and- carried a colonial bou- program | The will be Franklin vention. for Russell closed the H. coming Conwell Wednesday County year, Teachers School for the Con< { | ay �eee Grange’s Officers Picked at Meeting — Officers elected at the recent Grange meeting are: master, Charles Eddy; overseer, Mrs. Charles Eddy; lecturer, Mrs. Russell Borst; assistant lecturer, Mrs, John Manning; steward, Mrs. Robert Pratt; assistant steward, Everett Pratt; chaplain, Mrs. Stanley Mason; treasurer, Mrs. Walter Smith; secretary, Arthur Samuel gatekeeper, Capen; G. Beebe; Priscilla eeres, Borst; pomona, Gloria Frew; flora, Mrs. Howard Mollison; lady assistant steward, Janet Fairman; pianist, executive Tuttle; Conwell Jane committee for three years, Russell Borst, The record player which was recently purchased with money accumulated by the former TeenAge Canteen, a Grange-sponsored group, is in the charge of Janet Fairman. Any former member of any and Canteen the Teen-Age the! use may member Grange phonograph free of charge. Any| or | individual) other organization may rent it from Miss Fairman | WORTHINGTON — The Little- ville Fair lamb -2 on Saturday, sale will be at No horses will 'be shown on Saturday but there , will be a horse show Sunday at 1. gl ‘sn biechilemed WORTHINGTON. ~ WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON a Mrs. Jay C. Gangel has re-|: ‘turned from .Boston where she ,Spent a few days with her sister‘in-law, Mrs. Merrill Coon of Kodiak, Alaska. Deputy David MacWhinnie of | Pittsfield |official for will the be jficers on Oct. 14. the new ie SEES ficers were of- Miss held in Chesterfield at 7.30 in the Town one is asked to bring Mrs. Clara Loffler was called to Chester by the illness of ter, Mrs. Grace Broga. 4-H Achievement Night her sis- will be Sept. 26 in Chesterfield. Mrs. Bertram B. Warren has returned from New York where she met Mr. Warren’s parents, Rev. and Mrs. Bertram A. Warren of Walla Walla, Wash.’ They will spend several weeks here. Also visiting the Warrens for a few days are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Corkrum of Walla Walla. er ee me be at “The Supt. that of Boss) ‘ Other members of the — staff) lare Mrs. Carl Joselyn, Grades 5 land 6; Mrs. William Barion, Mrs. Lewis |, | iZarr, Grades 1 and 2. Mrs, ‘George Torrey will be supervisor | of music, Mrs. Olive Thayer, su|pervisor of art and Mrs. Chester Kmit, supervisor of physical education. | There wil] be a meeting of all jteachers and |. supervisors in No. 51 Tuesday 110 a. m. in the Anne T. School in Williamsburg, | School year calendar follows: at Dunphy for the 1958-59 | Sept. 3, school opens; Oct. 13.| |school closed, Columbus Day; Oct| /24, school closed, ;Vention; Nov. 11, | Veterans Day; teachers con-| school closed,| Nov. sandwiches|_ WORTHINGTON—Miss Elsie V. Bartlett observed her 80th birthday on Oct. 20 at her home principal 'N, H. and is a graduate | ton University. |School Union Friday night)‘ Hall. Every-| ; WORTHINGTON announced 4 and vice-|' L. Bart- and the drinks will be provided. of the Russell H. Conwell School. He will also teach the 7th and 8th Grade. Aldrich is from Concord, 3 and Marion nee. WORTHINGTON—School |Grades president, Warren; tions for the turkey dinner should School Staff Is Announced will B. be made with Mrs. Malcolm Fairman before Oct. 3. Mrs. Fairman will also arrange for trans- \ portation for anyone who tne it. The next meeting of the W. B. L. will be on Oct. 8 at}, the home of Mrs. Henry Snyder. hi 4-H Achievement Night will be)> | WORTHINGTO Aldrich elected: Bertram lett; secretary, Mrs. Neil Chapin; treasurer, Mrs. Arthur Rolland; directors, Mrs. Leroy Rida,, Mrs. Dana Lowd, Mrs. Malcolm Fairman, Mrs, William Kromenberger and Mrs. Franklin H. Burr. The annual banquet will be held on Oct. 7 at 6.30 in the Williams House in Williamsburg, Reserva- 'C, Kenneth Osgood, and Frankyn Hitcheock. The Worthington Héalth Center in co-operation with the Hamp-|" shire County Public Health Association, chest X-rayed 40 migrants who are working in this vicinity.| Philip UT posdhicror ay (IF Koal president, Board of trustees of the First Congregational Church will meet | Friday at 8.15 in the church. Dr, Harold Stone was elected chairman of the planning committee for the new parsonage at the special church meeting Wednesday night. Other mem‘bers of the committee are Mrs, _ Leroy Rida, Mrs. Roy McCann, | J, Walter Richard EE business meeting of the Women’s Benevolent Society held Tuesday | ; at the church the following of- ] for $1.50 an hour, Worthington News Briefs Among those returning to college are: Charlotte Hathaway, Charles Joslyn and George Bergin. Miss Hathaway will live in the new dormitory just completed at Lowell State Teachers College where she is a sophmore. Charles} Joslyn is a sophmore at Boston} University and George Bergin has transferred from North Adams State Teachers College to Castleton Normal School, Castleton, Vt. Esther Dalrymple of Roslindale is visiting Marion L. Bartlett at the Spruces. The annual meeting and election of officers at the Women’s Benevolent Society will be Sept. 23 at 1 p. m. in the church parlors. There will be a special church meeting Sept. 22 at the church. Dr. Modeston will hold regular office hours beginning Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Allerton Tompkins ‘shave returned from Annapolis, Md., where their son, Paul, was sworn in on Monday. The PTO projector is in the charge of Mr. Philip Aldrich, principal of the Russell H, Con{well School. OEE , WORTHINGTON _ Mrs. installing Grange RO 26 to Dec.| /1, school closed for Thanksgiving; | Dec. 19 to Jan. 5, school closed for Christmas vacation; Feb. 26 to March 2, school closed winter vacation; April 17, school closed for Good Friday, reopens April! 27 after spring vacation; June 12) school closes for summer vacation, Spruces.” A cake and ice- ieream party with-£and igi marked the day and a. bigger ‘party to include other members |of the Bartlett clan is planned for \Sunday evening, Miss Bartlett is /& recognized authority on Worth|ington history and is an outstand- ing amateur photographer. Her |2xpansive flower gardens at the irear of her home “The Spruces” are has been licensed This property an at- |traction all through the growing season. Mrs. Willis Alger reports _ that \the /Home.” “Christian Hollow was as Rest the 'enry H. Snyder home for many years. The Home Demonstration group will meet Thursday evening at 8 at the home of Mrs. Richard B. Smith to hear Miss. Florence Gates of the Northampton office speak on “Getting Along With Others.” All homemakers are in,vited to attend these meetings. Arthur G. Capen will be in | Worcester next week, leaving |here ‘tend on Monday the sessions morning of the to at- State | Grange. | The Russell H, Conwell School | Was closed at noon on Monday because of furnace trouble, Mr. and Mrs. William Kronen- ~ |berger have returned home on Williamsburg ,and Mrs. Anthény to Rd. their Mr, Paul and fami- ‘ly, who have been living in the ‘Kronenberger home for the past }four months, are visiting relatives in ‘the Middle East before ieoving for Japan in mid-Novem. er, : The PTO sponsored sale of artificial snowflakes has been extended until Oct. 27, according to an announcement . by chairman, Mrs. Richard B. Smith. Orders may be placed that time. with her up until ‘ �ae OCTOBER 11, eT | | WORTHINGTON Led To Solution WORTHINGTON — A story | the Gazette back in August | in South roll for the prizes in has Recently Worthington which was cited in connection with the annual Conwell Day service honoring Dr. Russell H. Conwell, It mentioned Mrs. Talbot’s name as one of the early students at the old school. The anonymous lady reading the ‘story as a seized chance upon that were group. Spot’ older Deborah to given Heart Beat Stops As Baseball Makes Patients Forget Ills KANSAS CITY, Kan. (D—A physician listening to the heart of a patient at the University of Kansas Medical Center Monday had expected to hear the usual “‘Iub-duh’’ sound over the electrocardiograph sound equipment. But te his surprise he got «the chatter of an announcer giving play-by-play description of the Worid Series, A check by experts brought neighborhood knowing that there was stil'a few lollypops left, entreated Mrs. Bartlett to let them compete until they were all gone, So great was the stamina and enthusiasm of the youngsters, that only the clock brought an end to the happy party. brought happiness and financial security to a lady who read it according to a leiter received from. Mrs. Richard J. Talbot of Springfield. The story concerned the history of the old Conwell Academy | Donovan, Gregory Robinson, DonoCynthia Betsy Hitchcock, Donna and Smith van, Nancy over | Sears. After the contest was immediate the in the children ery In Gazette | \ 1958. that mention Mrs. Talbot} Nathaniel F. Glidden of Denworth Farm and his son, A. Leland Glidden of New Canaan, Conn., visited the latter’s son, Jock Cheney Glidden, at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham wh€ére he is. a member, of} the factulty. Mr. Glidden Sr. reports that the “boy” is doing a fine job there and the father and grandfather were “as proud this explanation: So patients were listening many to ra- was sound ' | dios that some of the current was being fed back inio the ground. The radio signal then picked up in the equipment through ground current, of him asa cat with one kitten.” would be able to positively iden- | Jock spént last year studying at tify her so that she could estab- | University of Edinburgh, ~ Scotlish her age in. her application| land. for social security. It had been| Mr. and Mrs, Ralph A. Moran hitherto withheld because of this| and son, Allen, are visiting Mr. technicality since her. birth rec-| and Mrs, C, L. Harrison in Rochord listed only a “girl baby’| ester, N. Y, with no name. Mrs. Talbot had) Mr. and Mrs, Robert N. Gangel known her all her life and was of Babylon, L. I, arrived Friday in a position to vouch for her their three children to age and name, thus bring a so- || with spend a few days with Mr. Gan}lution to the woman's problem. | gel’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay pada SS , C. Gangel at the Corners. Harry L. Bates of Buffington| Mr, and Mrs. Harold E. Brown j received. Thursday noon when his» and sons, Lyndon and Benjamin, ‘car struck the bridge railing this| are spending the holiday weekside of West Chesterfield. The end visiting relatives in Ports.| ear was wrecked and the impact mouth, N. H., and Portland, Me. |forced the trunk open, catapult:| ing Mr. Bates’ tool box out and strewing the contents. In spite of his injuries, his concern for fellow motorists who might strike nails spilled from his toolbox gave him the strength to pick up the tools and clear the road before a passing driver came io his aid. Dr. Leighton A, Knelier the Harold’s Spirit Back With Drinking Chums SYDNEY, Australia (P)—A’ widow walked into a ‘‘men only” drinking establishment in a Sydney suburb Friday night, went up to five of her husband's former drinking companions. and emptied a box of ashes on the bar. “You wanted him here all the time,’ she said, ‘Well, here he is.” ; They were the ashes of husband Harold William Nor- ris, 4%, who was found dying in a Sydney street Sept. 5. |, | led now, 31 SE and Mrs. Bates were called took him to the hospital. Miss Josephine Hewitt,lives alone in her home at ter, was found Thursday and Deaths i who Cen- Miss Budd, 70, morn- Taught School ing on the floor where she had fallen the night before. Mrs. Harry W. Mollison, who lives across ‘the street, investigated when she| {noticed a light burning in the jmorning | Dr. John in Miss Hewitt’s A. Huffmire She was born in New N. Y¥., Oct. 14, 1888, of Hunting- 2 to Horace Gowen Chureh of with the reception Worthington Town years. Mrs. Franklin H. _Dickinson In the treated in en- of Hospital jand /won Nancy for injuries Clapp. Mary Hacker|| State ‘Teachers Springfield the Teachers’ erick Driftmier officiating. Buri-| al will be in Evergreen Cemetery, be BartSena the prize for the waist hoop from Ciub and the Western Massaehusetts Women’s Club. The funeral will be held at the Byron funeral home Thurs-| day at 10 a. m., with Dr. Fred- | waist hoop at Cooley roll: Sharon Granger, Jean lett, Russell Clapp, Cynthia graduated College in 1914, and received a bachelor of arts degree from Springfield College. Miss Budd taught in the West Springfield schools, in Eastern Avenue and . in this Schools Street White city, and retired in 1950. She was a member of South Church and the South Church Eyening Guild. She also was a member tertained 40 children and_ their ; mothers on her lawn Thursday ‘afternoon at a hula hop contest. | . A bushel of shiny red apples was. |served and prizes were awarded | as follows: jumping hoop contest |for primary grades, Nancy Smith | land for lower intermediate, Kar- jen Haskell. | Hill is being Adams North | Chesterfield, Barlett. was She Whitta- following Hall, Eliza- U. and had Budd, beth (Loudon) for 40 in Springfield resided | ker of Huntington. The wedding will take placs in First Congrega- tional Lebanon, | daughter and Fred late the ‘of |ton was called, and Miss Hewitt| /Was taken to Noble Hospital in) | Westfield. She will be 88 Oct, 15.) | Noy. | : ‘Miss E. Ruby Budd, 70, of | 198 Central St. died Monday.) house. | ; A jarge attendance from Worth} ington was present Friday eve-jning in Chesterfield for the j bridal shower for Miss Chariene Donovan, who is to be married | | no New Lebanon. visiting hours. There will | { { }j { i j | | | |} �| nds Pay Tribute To ‘Mayor of the Poor’ FUNDS VOTED RISE BY $7395 BOSTON (®—In a spectacle Recalled “by watchers, and by | Sues in Massachusetts’ ipersons shuffling | long in the three hundred year history, lines, were endless anecdotes of |scores upon scores of thousands |compassion. How Curley bought jof people Thursday and Friday \jall the newspapers of an ag-| * | |passed the bier of the late \\ine newsboy, freezing on a bit-| coat | James Michael Curley, last. at of liter : i i ae a in night winter Bape : ok , |the nation’s big city political) |, c:oned ah: a clothesline.| Kogae And how Jim gave the man his | Funeral Today | ‘own kest overcoat. | The |governor, former Boston Massachusetts | mayor |congressman, and |; | A for Christmas told how ‘‘my Money woman | Biggest Hike for Schools;: Snyder Selectman WORTHINGTON—More than two thirds of the town’s voters turned out for the Saturday morning and afternoon town .jmeeting. Of the 349 voters, 237 jvoted = State House, atop cect | Hill, Hour after hour the thousands shuffled across the _mosaic pavement of the stately cham-| ber. And it seemed that almost all who came felt they knew Jim Curley. “The mayor of the poor,” was what some called him. And in a sense he was, For he always remembered the bitter annals of the tenements where he was brought up by his widowed, immigrant mother. | Friend of Poor | Many of those who came and \prayed, and said farewell, were} “This children and grandchildren. door figure in the she the night had knock’ and never eS aeeiae fore, who introduced as Jim Curley. She on the seen for work, husband “My drink had are still since,’ she town my F \4 and shabby itinerant \) judges |, workers, | faded aging housewives, wome| ! en jn mink, humble folk with |! to\" tears and accents strange were| there And away. fbrush knew, who politicians ifellow iCurley for years—and yet never| him- for | jfets they quite knew lhe always held back his inner,| sent | Many feelings. ‘private flowers. Some came with hum-) ble floral gifts in their hands. An old woman carried flowers lin a milk bottle: Massachu- | at 12:30. \\wwhich will be served ion will com: |The afternoon at 1:45 after ‘lservice sess with which a worship Eric Rey. will | Spencer of A. G. Martin Sea Dead “The on speak Anyone needing transScrolls.” may ing portation to this meet call Mrs. No uled C. Kenneth Osgood. schedbasketball games are ell this week for the Russ exams H. Conwell School because, tice ses- are being held, but prac usual. sions will go on as d has reMrs. John N. Diamon in Ringville e hom her to ed turn Hospifrom Pittsfield General treated tal where she has been for injuries mobile received accident increase of in an a week ago. W. Magargal, town ¢uto- auditor; Arthur J. Du: were: school $54,836.33; pickup truck, and police protection, from overlay sur plus. to provide for extraordin« ary or unforeseen expenses. |Chureh 10:15 at commencing || Thursday A worship . ‘| with a coffee hour at 10:45 anda | service will follow pefore lunch scheduled meeting '|mence Wells transferred on’ Williamsburg in because | From All Walks They came: dignified hom Congregaof will be Women Congregational | ‘| cetts Fellowship ‘| tional Christian the at held lof Curley. I owe him my hie; 1 and happiness.” She took a last look at the) silent figure and walked slow- jly away, District | Hampshire | ‘‘We've} honeymoon as private as well se for the he program of Prayer Day d Worl the of ance the Hilltown is being planned for tn held be will and ches chur on Feb. 13. Williamsburg of the g The quarterly meetin four other children. There). five grandchildren, and Tm! on buildings public of all the be-| himself| remem-| said, of the school is a member and _Some of the other appropriations were: $9500 for old age assistance, $10,000 for winter jhighways, $3000 raised and $6000 transferred for Chap. 90 highway maintenance; $2060 for payment of a new. truck bond and interest; $2000 ‘for maintenance of the Town Hall; $3450 for salaries and compensation of all elected town officers; - $1500 from machinery fund for .|Maintenance of town equip;}ment; $1422.92 for assessment -|to town under Hampshire Coun.|ty retirement system; $2500 to 7|be transferred from treasury to -/construct a vault for town rec}ords; $3375 for school project loan and interest and $1000 schoo] ‘The picture of the |\poard. V. Barte Elsi Miss by n | was take 1s 80 of ‘fett who at the age pictures” g filin and ng taki |busy in the hasn’t taken a/ budget, ee will carry a picture the | ol on. sell H. Conwell Scho inside| story cover and a short school budgets | about schools and years wrilthe over in this town Hitcheeck W. klyn ‘ten by Fran who an appropriations id Chesterfield Rd. snown _as ort books} 7’ The annual town rep of the Rus: | tall on the morrow. the to formerly Rd., Post officers appropriations. charme, constable. The three most hotly dis< cussed items among the many utility poles | some of Old on of| her lecture bitter the bered husband received, And the parting word to report to City Hall tevant, THINGT WOR ring, \men will hold a publictownheahall” relocation in clerk and treasurer; Marvis Rolland, tax collector; David Tyler, assessor; Gertrude Lucey, School Committee member; David Tyler, tree warden; Emerson J. Davis, cemetery commissioner; Almer V. Sturs | GTON “WORTHIN ct: sele The ON— persons whom Curley befriend-, ed 50 to 60 years ago, And the tradition that Curley was their| friend lived on through the! years to give him a solid core! af followers unequalled by any) other Massachusetts politician.| The memories of some were| more recent. The woman whose | baby died, whose husband took to drink and Jost his job—she remembered ator; fom 25 1959 in the pertaining marks town $7395.80 over 1958. The largest rise was in the school budget. Ropinson Elected Henry H. Snyder was res elected selectman over David Tyler, 153 to 83. Ernest Robinson received 125 votes to 102 for Ernest R. Fairman, to fill the -junexpired term of P. S. Dodge -|as cemetery commissioner. Others elected, unopposed, .|}were: Carl S, Joslyn, moder- several $20 bills.” ‘He gave me my first job,”” | aed said another mourner. “He was good to us at Christmas,” another recalled. Michael James Tomorrow Curley’s body will be carried to from Holy Cross Cathedral of his rest beside the graves and seven of their first wife nine children. tonight a_7:30 for discussion for ( $100,129.50 hus- ! who conceded he} |ynang was sick and Curley came} our| ype of the hero||i, cee him and thought protot the ie of the best-selling novel, ‘‘The! children would not have a nice} Last Hurrah,’ died Wednesday, and sent me| Christmas just short of his 84th birthday. Pending today’s funeral, his body has lain in state since noon Thursday in the beautiful \Hall of Flags in the Massachu- - ~*~ WORTHINGTON Thousa | ee _FEBRUARY 8, 1959 | ~ �WW precas(The following article is one of @ series being written for The Springfield Union by Mrs. Esther 8. Barstow of . Hockanum Village, Hadley, in advance of Hadley’s tercentenary celebration in 1959.) How would you like to go today to a historical oasis in the midst of New England? Start in Center | Let’s start in the center of old} Hadley, by its large Town Hall and steepled white church, with lis tree-lined streets filled with autumn shadows. Due north up the road is the quaint village, once known as Upper Mills, now North Hadley. Half way to North Hadley is the historical gem, created by pioneer hands—the rambling old . Huntington House. _ Walking beneath the old, huge elms Jawns the and over the is like walking centuries spacious back into of long ago. This ,place has remained in the fam‘ly since it was built in 1752. A knock on the door brings one of the ancestors to greet the visitor. He is Dr. James Lincoln Huntington. His white beard and statliness are like a portrait of his forefathers, Retired after a lone and distinguished career as a physician, Dr, Huntington is mow curator of the old mansion, which is the Porter-Phelps-Hunt- = ade. At that time Indians trav- |:} Directly across the front hall eled up and down the Connect- | : ? from the long, living room is a icut River, making raids. It Such a beautiful : bedroom. was a brave move to live outroom! It has a corner fireplace side the stockade.’”’ protection ~ oolorrul Leaves from of Carpet the old the elm with a bed warmer Biel fell) on the curator and visitor, They, nearby and One of the original doors from the front of the house is now in the study room, with witches cross at the bottom, All front doors of pioneer days, according a lace canopied bed: It wag in to accounts of the time, were ‘this bed that Bishop Frederick double doors carrying the Dan Huntington, bishop of Cen-) witches cross — two crossed tral New York, was born in swords nailed to the entrance to 1819. He was the last to be born ward off evil spirits. The crossed have fallen for 206 years, lay-! ing a colorful carpet to usher in the house. swords gave way to crossed guests to the welcoming front Tap On Window boards, made into the architecdoor of the old house. | It was in this room the wife ture of the door. Said a visitor to the old of Moses Porter, putting her) The study opens into the kitchhouse: | child to bed one night in 1775,), en with its big fireplace and “I raised the old knocker on heard a tap on the window, She bake oven, crane kettle and belthe big front door, under the was alone. Her husband had lows to keep the fire going to protecting roof of its Greek) gone to fight the French and make homemade bread. The porch. For all the fact the house) itheir’ allies. As she ‘ever present musket hangs over Indian was empty, I had the feeling T pushed back the solid shutter, a should amnounce myself. The) sword was handed through to the fireplace. The kitchen table is set with the same pewter dindoor swung open on its old her by an Indian. She underner ware on which the first genhinges and the soft mellow ate. They used the tones of the door harp ushered) stood the significance. Her hus-|erations Indian bodyguard had|knives and forks on display, me in, The spacious hall in) band’s which I stood, with its wide old) staircase, back convinced me in the 17th century, I was! The! sturdy door through which I en-| tered closed, closed quietly but firmly behind me. It shut out the noise of things called cars and planes, the rush of the 20th) 0tified her his master dead- Moses Porter killed on the shores Pond near the was{With the end of]and from southern Lake George in New York State. On the fireplace mantel today is the sword, cattle horn handles had been! Made from their own cattle. The of Bloody|dough box is still by the fire minus hilt it comes the pungent aroma of bread dough rising to permeate the pine paneled kitchen. The aroma reaches into but still in its scabbard, just the kitchen chamber, a small as it was handed through the adjoining room. century, the hustle and bustle of window by the Indian servant. the push button era that gives) The kitchen chamber also _The cradle by the bed makes has its own fireplace and fire too much time for clubbing and! visitor think of Moses’. wife, irons brought when the house too little for family-living. Elizabeth, receiving word of her was built by Moses Porter. “All was pushed into obliviwidowhood, in the dark of the | There is another bread on by the click of the aged box night, 182 years ago. With pio- | that belonged to another inemlatch. Many stories have been told of strange voices, mysteneer courage she went on farm- ‘ber of the family, Squire rious, weird noises in the | ing the fertile acres, raising her Phelps. He was a lawyer who house. To me it was like com- | child and caring for the big drew up the will of Oliver ington Foundation. ing home, I expected someone house with aid of a kinsman. Smith, founder of Smith CharBreathtaking are the anto come down the wide old Inspection of the window ities in Northampton. The will, tiqves of the old home. They staircase, petticoats and tafthrough which the sword was more than 900 words longs, keep a visitor spellbound and feta rustling, arms open in passed shows how protection filled 27 manuscript pages, the experience of touring the welcome. I had a belonging | from Indians was in minds of place with the curator is be- | It is said to have been written feeling.” | the pioneers, Inside a sliding yond description. with such skill that noted jurists Visitors find sunlight filtering! shutter moves back and forth f every generation have comThe house is now open to the window panes _ filled’ between partitions of the wall. mended it. It was drawn with public. It is supported and main- _ through the outside of the: many- such foresight it continues to tained through voluntary contri- with bubbles and bull eyes char- On is an outside this day to guide the trustees of butions of those interested in the | acteristic of window glass of the paned window preservation of an authentic bit , 1700s. In the entrance hall is an shutter for double-shuttered pro- Smith Charities. tection from redskin arrows. Porter’s, of the 17th century, for future /old chest of Samuel Veranda 84 Feet Long A chair of the 1690s stands generations to view. The house dating back to 1680 and bearOff the kitchens, along the beside the old highboy. The is the actual home of one fam- ing the hex mark to ward off entire west side of the house is chamber set by the bed creilv and the antiques are not a evil spirits. la southern type veranda, 84 feet Family Portraits On Walls ates an urge to saunter over, eollection from here and there, wooden benches with pour out some sparkling water jlong, Portraits of masters and misbut the furnishings used by the where the help had meals in into. the white, gilt-edged original residents, It is so ‘‘liv- tresses of the old mansion look basin and wash up for dinner. ‘summer, This was a 100-acre able” a visitor feels he is in- \down from the walls. They inNew England plantation, with What sounded like dinner truding, that the folks living livite ‘‘Come into the parlor and indentured servants, apprentices chimes was the big grandhere have stepped out for just! sit a moment.” father clock in the hall, still and slaves. One of the boards a moment and will be back any-|. At the left is the long room. keeping perfect time although on the back stoop measures} time to eatch the intruder. The large India carpets, made more than 200 years old, Relates History of House 24% inches across, | of camels hair in 1825, mufile To the right, midway down) The resonant voice of the cuFrom the porch one can| steps. Their still brilliant the Jong hail running through rator relates the history of the | colors, rich in tone, make it look west over broad fields| the house is the ‘‘bishop’s house and the town of Hadley. toward the winding Connecti- | | difficult to shift the gaze study.’ Here ig his desk, open, “The Porters owned the land | from carpet to chair and chair cut River on which Indians On it is a book as if the bishop and it was in the family from silently paddled canoes and to wainscotting, The wainscothad just left for a moment’s restie time the town was founded silently approached this very ting has the same design of pite from his studies. What had in 1659. Samuel Porter, first house to raid. | the Old First Church. Some of he been reading? It was a Harchild to be born in Hadley, in- the architectural beauty of the Many stories are told of the! vard text book “Ecclesiastical herited the place and the estate | house was copied tor the mysteries of the house. One is) of his father and grandfather. History of the Early 1700s.” On that Indians were making a church. ; its margins are scribblings of At his death in 1722 the estate night raid. One was_ spied| At one end of the colonial was valued at 10,000 pounds, parlor those whose knowledge was inis an archway, under} through a crack in the window and all the land of the family. | which all family weddings took! creased by its contents, On one shutters, close. to the house. | “Hadley in its beginning page is written, ‘This was peplace. In the same place the Most available weapon was a “was a stockaded town and as rused by Solomon Phelps in the family mourned the death of a red hot poker in the fireplace. it, grew too big for the stockyear 1761.”” Another line reads, dear one. Grabbing it; the master quickly ade, some had to venture “Perused by James O. S. HuntA visitor thinks: | opened the door and hurled _ it forth and brave conditions ington, Harvard ‘75, July 19, “How many have sat, as I into the back of the Indian. The outside the stockade. In the | do now, 1873.” in this chair? How next morning blood stains were northeast section of town ; many fires have glowed in the This was the study of the visible in the snow. Tracks went) from Olde Hadley St, to Mt. | old fireplace? How many were bishop of Central New York, a short distance and then sit Warner was a section known | wed here? How many were. born Episcopal. The walls hold appeared. as 40 acres or the skirts of 40 portraits, diplomas and writand how many died here?” acres. It was here that Moses ten records of the life of a Ponderings can be interruptPorter, second son of Samuel man of distinction — Bishop ed by footsteps in the hall. Porter and Anna Colton built Frederick Huntington. ‘No one is there. One has a this house in 1752. They plantfeeling some who had lived ed three elm trees in front of here would momentarily ap- CoNnTEw desl the house, one for each mem- ber of the family. One still stands. This was the first house built outside the stock- pear, Ht isn’t a haunted ling. It | peaceful. is mysterious, feel- but ‘ �NOVEMBER 18, 1958 ed’ Huntington House in Hadley listorical Oasis One of the oldest and most famous Colonial homes still a landmark in New England is the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation house in Hadley. The ancient elm trees and broad expanses of lawn set off the home that was built in 1752 and has remained in the family ever since. The house is shown in the left photograph. In the second from left photo is the bed in which the last child, Frederick Dan Huntington, was born. It is in this bed mysterious imprints of a tiny form repeatedly show it is said. It was in this room Elizabeth Porter reportedly received the eerie message of her widowhood. The next picture shows the big front entrance hall with portraits of early residents. On the wide old staircase on moonlight nights, it is said, the wispy form of the first lady of the house often appears. In photo at right is shown the 85-foot long rear veranda with wail boards measuring up to 24'%4 inches. It was on this porch, overlooking the Connecticut River, that the indentures workers and slaves of the original owners were served their meals in Colonial days. LEW TINUED �f Sies that groans of an Heowe time, moans and] Groups from Indian can_ be schools heard in the house but the Red-| visit ag a pene been Ee sevens iolareoc s eve claimed oe The room about : cries of the wounded Indian, The table is set in readiness for tea. Colo- nial, old blue china that graces the table is exquisitely delicate. Tea cups of two centuries ago gleam in all their luster, Like tea cups of the i heating, the Because it is and area of the closed in me mie soOo ie Dae THs aus tiful old home can be kept open | ye ‘ound. | ee | | beauty of the dining makes visitors forget moans and groans of a ‘wounded of colleges throughout the house. located.| lack .. 1 agi Li | | | | day, they have no handles, | The cups were placed before guests in deep saucers, beside a smaller and more shallow saucer, A gentle person poured the tea into the deep saucer, placed the cup in the. shallow one and sipped the brew from ithe tea saucer. The dinner table is a most amazing piece of workmanship and most unique. The two side tables against the dining room wall, hold the silver service and are the two ends of the big drop leaf center table. They were used to extend the main table when guests were many. The upstairs chambers, all open off the big second fleor hallway. They contain canopied beds, rope spring beds, trundle beds, all with lovely old comforters. They appear so lived in a visitor opens a closet door expecting to see | a ladies wardrobe—and does. The wardrobe is as it was in 1752. | The chest against a wall holds bsina comforters and spreads. ‘A big, long chest was the comfort of was Phyllis the slave. ill of tuberculosis She and the) jservants quarters, the master felt, were not warm enough for ther, The old chest was placed “by the big kitchen fireplace ‘and lined with forters, There soft warm she was com- nursed ‘and cared for in her last days. In Bridal Gown In the fron; bedroom, visitors! are confronted by a bride. It is a Mmanaquin dressed in the bridal gown of Elizabeth Porter, first mistress of the house. | The 17th century, lace-canopied bed, complements the the furnishings, combs and hat bureau. down pins rest to on of the the Each room is a feast in fur- nishings, facts and history. The place is so homelike ‘a Visitor will want to stay- the night, eovered by a handwoven coveriet and lace can- opy, with a crackling fire in the fireplace, knowing all the while the morning will bring sunlight streaming through the aged window panes and the canton china pitcher will he filled with crystal clear wa- ter. ‘ A wanderer into the back smoke oven loft, upstairs over ithe dining room, will have appetite whetted by the pungent ° aroma of cured pork and sal» -|mon. Breakfast will be of potatoes and salt pork gravy. tee re eee eS Yancting �ee Gold in Your Attic By VAN ALLEN Depending upon BRADLEY |wag published in Bennington, the position/Vt., in 1784, not 1782. A fine of the gold frog on the cover,/copy the price of’a fine first edition] $100. lists for retail at around Your ‘‘poor’’? copy would copy of Samuel Langhorne bring less, depending on condi-}, Clemens’ “The Celebrated) tion. Try a rare book dealer in Jumping Frog of Calaveras | your area, preferably a member County, and Other Sketches’’|of the Antiquarian Booksellers may range from $125 to $200 and| Association of America. more, | J.C. A.: Your first edition of Most copies have the frog] John Galsworthy’s “The Forsyte decoration in the center of the! Saga’’ (London, 1922) is worth clothbound front cover, but al about $25 in fine condition. few (presumably the first issue!| G. S.: The first edition of Kencopies) have him in lower left\neth Grahame’s “The Wind in|: hand oe corner, the best The prices. The latter bring |the title Willows’? page undated. of this scaree short story collection reads: | The Celebrated Jumping Frog| ‘of Calaveras County, and Other| Your (London, copy, 1908) with is! the deckle edges, appears to be the correct “‘first.’’ It ig worth about! $50 at retail; a dealer would offer you less. J. L.: Your undated limited Sketches. By Mark Twain.|_ | edition of Nash Buckingham’s Edited by John Paul. New-) “De Shootinest Gent?man and York: C. H, Webb .. . 1867. Other Tales’ is a “first,”’ To qualify as a first edition,|) -—— the book yellowish must have publisher's a leaf of} advertise-| ments before the title page. The! ‘Yin “this’’ in the last line of! page 198 must be in perfect type. Red appears to ‘be the! searcest of the several binding colors. ‘ Have You a Question? R. S.: The two catalogue list-| ings which you cite as showing) a difference iof the jof the same of $30 in. the price! rare book are book field. typical) Such {variations may puzzle the inex| perienced, but a careful reading ‘of the catalogue descriptions! usually will account for the wide price range. In this instance, the $75 copy is ‘mint’ (as issued), while the $45 copy is ‘fine’ (which is less fine than mint). KE. C, T.: Your second edition) of ‘‘A Visit to Texas’ (New) York, 1836) is a scarce item, for which I find no recent sales| record. tion A copy (1834) of the recently first brought edi-' an auction price of $115, Try an, Americana specialist, such as, |the Midland Rare Book Co.,! |Mansfield, O., or Edward Bets stadt & Sons, 888 Madison Ave.,| New York 21. Mrs, J. M. C.: Your Davis’ County, “History of, W. Pennsylvania’”’ W., i.) Bucks} (Doyles- town, 1876) is a $15 item in good condition. EF. M. A.: Your Col. Homer W. Wheeler's ‘Buffalo Days” (Indianapolis, 1925) is a reprint of “The Frontier Trail’ (Los Angeles, 1923). A fine copy should be worth around $15 to $20 at retail, A dealer would pay you Miss less, BE. R. of G.: course. Check your date again. Ethan Allen’s “'Rea-| son, the Only Oracle of Man’’) | | �“JANUARY 31, 1959, : Still Tobogganing — At 88! In unusually good health, this octogenarian claims never _ to have had a sick day in her life, j at least none that she let on about. The mother of nine children, all were born at home, she delivered the third one — herself. This is the daughter now grown and sharing her home, ) On that occasion, her husband ' had gone with the team in a wild February snowstorm to get the doctor who didn’t ‘get. there ‘ until the day after because of the severity of the storm. She says the ordeal unnerved — her though she previously had. acted as midwife for three neighbors and was not without experience. Her face is deeply marked’ with smile lines that frame the mer- | riest eyes ever, and she~says |that refusal to look | backwards but always ahead has carried her over some rough going. Mary Jane’s witty expressions are ‘often quoted. One friend recalls. Héaring her “ask the ; price of salt pork at the village store. When told the price, she | said, “Well, guess I won’t have any today ‘spect it would taste pretty strong of money,” | Born of a mixed marriate, she says she isn’t. much of a churchgoer, but lives from day to day on her faith in a merciful God. Her patience with and compassion for unfortunate ones is often spoken of, but she would shrug it off as no more than anyone would do for another, At the age of 12, she saved a five-yearold neighbor boy from — drowning it as to be WORTHINGTON—Granny Mary Jane Bates, who will be 88 on Tuesday. has found this winter a good one for it has provided much more opportunity than usual for her favorite pasttime. tobogganineg, in which she indulges with the neighborhood “kids” or all by herself if there’s no-one around. Born In Storm, She’s Kept Things Hummin g Ever Since By LOIS ASHE WORTHINGTON BROWN Winter ‘is for the rugged and young in heart. Living. proof of this is..Grand-. mother Bates, or Mary Jane, as she is popularly known all over Worthington. She will joe 88 on Tuesday, Feb. 4; says she was born in a blowing. snowstorm and things have been humming ever since. On every good day and on some that aren’t so good, she bundles up and takes a walk around the farm where she and her daughter live on Brown Hill Rd. in West Worthington. includes outing favorite Wer toboggganing with the neighborif herself hood children or by no one is around to join her. Regularly at dusk, she takes her day’s potato and apple peelings and walks. down a well worn path | her below pond beaver a to house. After scattering the peelher ings, she quietly waits until Summer appear. friends fur or winter, this is one of her| of greatest pleasures and many to her visitors come especially join her in this daily vigil. in a pond But just another done. she job recounts that had This grandmother is forever reminding young parents that a child’s first glimpse of God js in the home and that their personal example is more important to! their children than all the formal training in Christendom, She attributes her own youthful{ness to an active life that ineluded playing with her children, later with her grandchildren, now with her great-grandchildren, and she urges parents to do likewise if they want to enrich and prolong their lives, 30rn in the mill: town of Uxbridge to young parents not long off the boat from Ireland, Mary Jane talks of her childhood with a clear memory. ‘Her parents’ thrift and hard work made them presperous and she recalls many occasions when they helped | pheir less fortunate neighbors’, through hard times. It was her| lot as a girl to run some of these merey errands and she says that �| ringing through of those er’s days parting i Ww ild | some ition ff memories | ishHer ambition her moth-| and , for her bir In her is often admonition, “Pick | fi Ow re TS all 8} ng th e W laYYs brothers. time, sy}} party, yn. € 1S planni 111, e Ru v this year is a helicopter, thday next week a special sliding | | Mary Jane.” young in| t, she meets Winter head-on‘ When. Mary Jane was 14, her | |mother died, leaving her to keep Just as she meets life. |house for her father, a_ sister,| i /and three In her| {father brought a new mojher| ‘into the home, thus relieving her ‘of great responsibility and free- ling her to plan a future for heriself, At 19 she became the bride in Bates of Batesville \of Frank \the town of Goshen and they set |up housekeeeping in Northamp- there that ,her first It was |ton. at the age away taken was 'born of mea- 'of 22 months in a siege |sles_and to Eight she : complications. more children them, and turned her were through born the hand years| to many} | occupations to help her husband| |with |large the sustenance family. She of says their| that she \has done housework in more |than half of the homes in town,’ |as well as papering and painting| |all over sick — was this area. Caring domestic nursing, commonly calleil for the| as — it) was pretty steady work for her, too, | besides keeping her own household on an even keel. in 1940, the year before Mr. Bates died, the couple observed their golden| wedding anniversary. Her major project for this winter besides keeping the fires going in two woodburning stoves, is to get her kitchen redecorated. Mrs. Ruth ting ready off the She and her Porter, old wallpaper | between and to paper now and daughter, have stripped are and _ spring. get- paint That is | the deadline, for as soon as the ground thaws out, more of her| work shifts to the outdoors. A vegetable garden, jboth her annuals and will keep her as well as, perennials | busy. Another of her outdoor delights is the hole! she dug in the brook nearby so'| that she can bathe of her own green in the privacy forest when} |the weather permits. Her farm is | |indeed her kingdom, Cornelia-like, she counts her| nine children, her 22 grandchildreri and her 27 great-grandchildren as her pride Among the jewels and tells of in each of them. latter are two little “Africans,” the children granddaughter, | Meyer, whose Mrs. husband |reports, Jane of her George is with the Firestone Rubber Co. in Liberia. And, according to latest Mary twinkle, the jing about. stork says with | This year is the 50th of gay in grandmother’s Worthington a is still hover- this membership Grange #90 and | she is looking forward to receivjing her 50-year pin. Her’ mem| bership |adds /in in the National Grange to 33 years since she joined 1926 in Portland, Me. Answering every knock ‘portunity, Mary Boston back Jane of op- has "not same day, long _ life. her missed much in When one of her children invitto Albany from ed her to fly and the invitashe eagerly accepted the tion and proudly shows off a pa- per cup from which she drank tea at 10,000 feet aloft and a| souvenir| cookie she saved as a of the trip. . FEBRUARY4, 1959 WORTHINGTON She and her grandchildren built a pond on the farm with a raft to go on it. Each-spring the Mary Jane Bates Is in Good Spirits dam helped quoting hope washed out but all repair it with Gram her favorite lines, ‘‘For springs not from what we've done, but from the work we've just begun.” It was al-|. ways her hope to learn to swim here but she says she never of, could get her hands and feet}, On 88th Birthday WORTHINGTON — fun and ready for Full anything,| going Mary Jane : Bates, celebrated her 88th birthday Tuesday in at the same time. Still}. it is a wonderful place to cool off on a hot summer day. the same tomboy — fashion} Mrs. Bates was never too in which she- grew up. Sliding busy to help a friend or’ too down the hill on a toboggan fs tired to take on extra jobs to more her idea of fun than a help support her family. . Her tea party any day. Just as in outlook on life has always beer her childhood she would rather \cheerful in spite of swing on the birch trees than adversity, This she grief and attributes}: pick berries, |to the fact that she never looks}: The motio under the kitchen \backward and that she firmly clock, “Lord fill my mouth with believes that God answers our worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when Bates was 19 Goshen. when I've said enough!’ and|! another over -her mirror, ‘“My| mind is made up. Don’t con-|' fuse me with facts!’’ are two} examples of the wisdom and wit with which she has met life. She was born ‘in Uxbridge of Irish parents and was married she of their first months in to Frank: They lost daughter at age 22 a measies epidemic, |; but raised eight children and}: celebrated their golden anniver-|: sary died. and In dren, tried oft every the year before Mr. Bates}: She has 22 grandchildren 27 great-grandchildren. bringing up her own chilMrs. Bates says she has to remember her mother’s repeated admonition that child is born with good Jane, as she is affection- and bad qualities, ‘Always keep uppermost the good for they, and God, will: correct the bad.’” Mary ately known by most of the townspeople, says that she also tried to teach her children to bear their own responsibilities. She reminds all parents that the home is where the child first meets God and learns to pray. She urges mothers to cut down on their housework ° so they. can enjoy their children. One classic example is fo fold the dish towels and pillow cases, | place them under the chair cushion, and then sit down and read a good story. When: you have finished, the ironing is done, you are rested, and ready to take on the next task or play with the kids. prayers. �jon 28,1754 go Bade. Brown, fo {necessary {the hospital ORTHINGTON \\ Shown In. WORTHINGTON lowing — The | zuardian | le | ‘in of an taken from the _Miss Elsie V. Bartlett ington: “This Indenture Witnesseth that Jonathan Brewster, Jonathan Woodbridge and Nathan Hazen, selectmen and overseers of the poor of the town of Worthington in the County of Hampshire by virtue of a law of the Commonwealth in made and the assent town such» apprentice an such for degree of peached and | |stated during the term — and at the ex-| | ysed theredf piration the said apprentice two suits of wearing apparel, one suitable for, Lord’s Days and the other suit-| able for working days. In testimony cases parties whereof have herunto $100, unto’ give shall the has, and he what might - —_ lit-) be! said. | town report of 1919,| Poor simply | refinement had been| of the report the the of expenditures ($86.43 | of out of an appropriation appears This to of have been | a period of postwar prosperity. Stij) 40 years later, in the year. |4959, a figure of approximately | , | $10,000 Laver interchange-| for | appropriation —years was $700. Forty jater, in the of Worth- ing, and other articles fit and con-||Qverseers venient him he on) These cases were reported the town report of 1879 when | '“paupers” indenture the said apprentice good and suf-, historical files of ficent meat, drink, clothing, lodg-} is a copy in to be de- man be persuad-| appointment of over property ‘the for! provide tinéyand fol- and truly remain ‘supported at less expense to the Aid’ Indenture 4. to sided. We are of the opinion that Children 18 him is a matter could the right }2d to take the Cards, Dice, Marriage Out In ‘Dependent for will the | sistance, be appropriated expenses public of old welfare, age and to. as-— aid| provided -—- and with'/ably put their hands and seals, ‘to dependent . children in the| of two of the Justices this sixth day of January in the | town of Worthington, with every thousand | ‘penny of it spent in strict confi-| “ord one Peace for said County year of our of the have placed —. and by these present do place and bind out as an apprentice a poor child named Terza Jones, daughter of Cyrus Jones late resident in Worthington who is not able to support or maintain her — with Thoram Billings of Partridgefield (Peru) in the County of Hampshire (now in man, the Berkshire said County), Terza, after manner of an apprentice, and wife with and his serve the from yeo- said the the to dwell day Thoran of the four. dred and eight Signed by the three tioned selectmen who 'C dence. the overseers of the poor and by | ¢ Thoram Billings, who made his '‘t mark since he could his name. not This type of aid to children was deemed proper and was Persons who benefit will ! aforemen-|¢ pe receiving only what is justly were also '¢ theirs, according ta modern day| common thinking. Z write} dependent wise and practice| ‘in the early days of this town as| well as many others. Later in the} date hereof until the tenth day 19th century in this town, reports| of October which will be in the like the following were made in) year of our Lord One thousand, the annual town reports: eight hundred and living she be if the of said age or faid will the trusts keep, commands obey. mistress shall serve, and their everywhere She shall time| |tion. Fordyce Patch who is supher ported at the insane hospital at well| Northampton, Ben Jacobs at Mr.| apprentice, and faithfully “Our paupers remain the same | years | as last year with some little addi-| all which said master and when should be eighteen —- during term sixteen apprentice their| J. M. Capp’s; and Halibut Peach- | am and wife who have been’ readily| 'boarded in town, will all have to! lawful| do no damage to her said master or mistress nor willingly suffer any to be done by others, and if any to her knowl-| edge be intended, she shall give be supported by the town as long as they live, and likewise Custis who is boarded home of her brother, John The wife of Flag Bernard, it is rendered necessary Betty| at the Custis. | whom; to pro-) improving and we} her said master reasonable notice vide for is thereof. She shall not waste the! hope she may some time be able! eee to take care of herself. We have ‘goods of her said master at! reduced her expenses during the past year by 25° and hope for a games she shall not play. Forni-| stiJl further reduction soon. A new pauper whom we have ‘cation she shall not commit, nor {matrimony contract during the| had to look after this winter is said term, Taverns, ale houses or | the ‘wife of Lorenzo Potts, son of ecards, dice, places of ‘haunt things any absent carry and and unlawful B. Potts who not, John Worthington | lived at to the service of her said} She was taken board mistress she _ shall hospital by the gaming she or frequent. From the master and not or herself, at all times behave formerly Corners.| shall but in all} Charities shall| pay she herself as a) no the way who kindly bill which to get rid we Danvers) of State) asked of. could We us ~ to find| have! the correspondence in this case| | and can make it public if desired.| ought during the whole term. And the said Thoram Billings) Her insanity was caused by the| good and faithful on his part — agree to teach apprentice doth and promise and|demon of this world -- Rum. this early we heard instruct the | The jast said apprentice or cause be taught and instructed art or business spinning, of sewing, her to|month she was nearly ready to in the; go home but we may expect fur- housekeeping, knitting by the sole ther trouble Ae best!'welve and from sone that family children as under they are very poor, on weaving, ¢ way and means he can — and||., Mr. L. J. Power was taken to, also to teach and instruct the the insane hospital at Northampi , write unless or , cause her to be | ton4 under e a law for the relief of instructed to read and | POor soldiers. Whether it will be the said is unable to learn. And apprentice shall well nn j apprentice Pent aud pilates said; �yee Ratroed MISS jem 29.1934 MARSTON ENDS : Commenting ‘on Miss Marston said: pate the pleasure 2 different point CAREER future ‘I pattern of life. Ba choice of t h WORT a I do not a life ca-| -| Future IN CLASSROOM Beeiecs:3',r a tape o".te *: classroom teacher and the ‘homework.’ My Classical R Atter E In Schools Here Miss schooldays, Edna G, Marston, ears | |" | been 1949, \at ed William H. and Eva B. Mars- and Tufts University and grad-/ at Massachusetts In- | | | | : DECEMBER WOR | To 1958 : C. Kenneth Mrs. | — Osgood Mr. of Old i| lege a Springfield lst ace matics, = ee Teacher's Pg Rie the , ieee National Zack Rd. Peaate ee Donovan, also His ger-tor: beer of Old — | the 7 Assoolation, and the Speingtield Served _At Classical, at Camps she served as class adviser and for the last three years was teacher-sponsor of the Junior Red Cross Coun-| cil, as She an spent executive many at the Boston Girl and summers counselor Scout Camp} in Waltham, the Waukeela ;Camp for Girls at Conway, | |N. H., and the Quinnibeck Camp) ‘for Girls at Ely, Vt. : i in of elect: American scene an ne ii CAROLINE J. BARTLETT | Miss Bartlett, a senior at West-. ' field State Teachers College, was : ;chosen because of ‘ing ‘four achievements years at the |four years, of the she has participant \ . | JOAN | ‘ate Miss of ANN 2 OSGOOD Osgood is a June Northampton graduHigh School, where she received pro merito and achievement awards, _as well as the prize for excellence Education Who been her outstand-., during her} college, A dean’s also in list tor | been school an! af-. fairs. She was student government | _repreesntative in her freshman) and sophomore years, secretary | of student government: in her junior year, and presently again| | is serving her class as represen- | tative. She is dormitory president, has been a member of the) Glee Club, Student Fellowship | and participated in May Day. In) sports, she is captain of the Blue softball team. from She is a member of South Congregational Church, : : ays the Col- Bartlett i E He | stitute of Technology and Smith College. She was the first teacher in the Springfield schools to there until going to Classical. H. has |e and MISS EDNA G. MARSTON scholarship Rd., | member a George : jactive receive Car-| Marry | ‘Smith College, She began teaching in the fall of 1920 as instructor of mathematics at Leicester Academy and in 1926 was appointed teacher of mathematics at State Street Junior High School here. She was peg abe a cal High in 1931 and remaine -— Miss | | 'Post Rd. announce the engage;ment of their daughter, Joan |Ann, to Winston H. Donovan, AN, U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Post 7 | Winston Donovan WORTHINGTON | Mrs. | Ann 1n Osgood Engaged | js THINGTON Joan ae 31, Teacher “Who's poem | First for Scholarship | Miss Marston was born in Boston, daughter of the late} uate work to Colleges.” since| ton. A’ graduate of Somerville), High School, she did undergrad-|) uate work at Jackson College} Mrs. ‘Huntington Se je math-| Classical HINGTON WORTHINGTON _and ematics teacher at Classical High School, has retired after serving 32 years in the Springfield public school system. She had A ‘oline J. Bartlett, daughter of Mr. to live! SPringe / 954 Who's Who’ Choice “At Normal School | be- High 32YTeacher", it, childhood, continue: are over.” She| Af ins Oe eon elires L, antici- of living from of view than jthe classroom. and of forming new fee reer fame: plans, in commercial studies | prize for excellence .in ing. She is employed by |International Silver Co. of ‘ence as a cost clerk-typist. Her fiance ton High ‘School in attended the Flor- Hunting- School and Smith’s Northampton. He is serving a: four-year enlistment in the U. S. Navy, |Naval' Air ' Christi, Tex. - stationed Station, F and the account- at the Corpus : ' �‘sar 145% bee 12, inet x j ; J AMES MARY i 9 “Yireless Worker % time to INN'S WHALE () VWNER DE AD ? PA ie ete exec | 75 s Hs:Creamer seas Mrs. Bertha James’ worker, dayA tireless consisted of Miss 14 working hours during which she found guests, visit wholesale houses and supervise all the operations of her establishment, including of her the gardens and cottages : Bertha Pomeroy Creamer, 87, of 46 Rundel Ave., West Hartford, a Pent eels | Dees Chesterfield, iten-acre és WEST HARTFORD, Conn.—Mrs. menus, — greet plan. a sites yy anes Fe former resident of Peru, Mass., died yesterday at a convalescent ed home Smith College Alumna, jherselt on the to day except Christmas. For the past 79 Operated Goshen . . few years, however, the Inn has Establishment been closed during January. . F _ |. Miss James served as z a trus- and with Smith College, Northampton|| Hazel died early||Miss Emma Louise pital after a short illness. On College Faculty — Born in Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1879, the daughter of the late William and Emma Case James, The Whale day Lounsbury, Creamer 11 a.m. and at the Funeral Inr will be closed] - Congregational MARY LOIS she first came JAMES to Northampton to attend preparatory school be-! fore entering Smith College, In 1904 she received a bachelor of. arts degree and in 1906 a master’s degree in zoology. She wais a fellow at Smith College in 1905‘06 and an assistant in the zoolo-, gy department the following! vear. | After deciding that teaching ,did not appeal to her as a life-| \time career, she purchased ‘house on Bedford Ter. in North- a am pton in 1913 and converted it into a lodging and -lining place for Smith College personne] and called it ‘‘Alumnae House,”’ al- though it had no official connection with the college, At that time her home contained such innovations of the day as fudge cake and sweetheart waffles. Her “Alumnae House’ was closed summers, In 1922, with the interest and assistance of the late Judge Thomas J. Hammond, she dis-! covered a 200-year-old house for sale in Goshen on the ‘corner of the Berkshire Trail.’ To the late Arthur Warner she gave the credit of naming the Whale Inn following the recitation of ‘The And whale the swam around landed up the ocean Jonah Goshen.’” | Z in — A & in West Whitney Hartford. Rev. Church, — The Pil meeting of the Missionary The Rod and Gun Club will meet Monday night at the club house in Christian Hollow. Pomona Grange will meet Monday night in Williamsburg. Supper will be served from 6.30 Ed- of First was ‘until 7 and the meeting will ‘lbegin at 8. The program is in ‘)charge of the Home and Com- nearly overcome by smoke inhalation after fighting a fire in the kitchen cabinet of the parsonage Friday evening. Mrs. Cowles, discovered the fire and Dr. Cowles battied tne flames until volunteer firemen arrived. He was treated later by a physician. Although the fire was confined to the cupboard, other rooms received extensive smoke damage, Cause of the fire has| not been determined. *Imunity Service Committee. ‘|\There will be a cookie baking ‘contest with prizes awarded ior ‘/pboth roll and drop cookies, The cookies will be given to the Leeds Sanatorium. + ‘ i” Mrs. Edward Porter and ind fant daughter Hill Rd. have Julie Ann returned Cooley Dickinson Grandparents of the Mr. and Mrs. of Sam from Hospital. baby are Daniel R. Porter of this town and Mr. and William Smith of Russell. WORTHINGTON—tThe _ will hold a public \her daughter and son-in-law. select- hearing, {tonight a 7:30 in the town hall| ,for discussion pertaining to the ‘relocation of some utility poles ‘on Old Post Rd. formerly| known as Old Chesterfield, |\¥The annual town report | will carry a picture of the | sell H. Conwell School on_ Rd. books Rus-/) the cover and a short story inside| about schools and school budgets | in this town over the years written by Franklyn W. Hitcheock who is a member of the Mrs. Her- bert Porter of this town is greatgrandfather. Mrs. Smith is spending the ‘week here with WORTHINGTON {men : Committee of First Congregas tional Church will be held Mone day night at the parsonage. Parsonage Fire pastor “ grim Fellowship will hold its ‘regular business meeting Sunday night at 7 at the church. WORTHINGTON +} 989 Minister Fights Cowles, Richard Hartford, WORTHINGTON | SAW, U. Mrs. Newkirk Home WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON born in Burial will be in Maple Street Cemetery in Hinsdale at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. Sunday, ward was The funeral will be tomorrow at Funeral services will be in the Goshen Congregational Church Sunday afternoon at 2. Burial will be in the Goshen Cemetery. Visiting hours at the Newell funeral home. in Northampton Saturday will be from 7 to 9 p. m. all She Mass., July 12, 1871 McGlynn, both of West and a grandson. Miss James leaves a counsin, Friday.in Cooley Dickinson Hos-lof New York. in Avon. and lived 25 years in West Hartford. She was the widow of Frank G, Creamer. She leaves two daughters, Miss}: GOSHEN—Miss Mary Lois|tee of the Tilton Farm and also James, 79, owner and managerjhad been the town auditor. of the Whale Inn in Goshen, long}} Funeral Sunday associated | school| board. The picture of the school was taken by Miss Elsie V. Bartlett who at the age of 80 is busy taking and filing pictures |of all the public buildings in _ town as well as private homes. S-Set. Harold H. Bergin has returned to Andrews Air Forre Base after spending the holi| days with Mr. and Mrs. Mer| win F. Packard of Buffington | Hill Rd. Mr, and entertained ‘their Rd. or on of twelfth je home New their Mrs, Charles on Buffington a group Year's of Eve daughter birthday. 31957 Eddy girls in Hill in hon Frances’ �Plar. {4, 1g5e a 220 PUBLIC HIGHWAY right, John Donahue duc_of Chesterfield, OFFICIALS MEET—Taking st part in the meeting were, of Worcester, president of the Massachusetts Highway president of the Tri-County Highway Superintendents’ seated, left to Assn.; Assn., Lester Leand Mayor In back are Edward J. Bayon of HolSamuel Resnic, who brought g reetings from the city. yoke, treasurer of the Tri-County group and an engineer for Tighe and Bond, Inc., left, and Thomas A. Laramee, superinte ndent of highways in Chicopee. Road Officials Told Rowe Atomic Plant A Step In Man’s Struggle For Survival The basic reson for the conHe cited actual cost figures of struction of the Yankee Atomic conventional steam plants as nine | Electric plant at Rowe is one of tenths of one cent per kilosurvival, public highway officials watt hour and estimated cost of were told Thursday at Toto’s. atomic power as 1.4 cents per They were meeting for the kilowatt hour. seventh annual joint meeting of He broke down further, listing the Massachusetts Highway Assn. costs in conventional steam genand the Tri-County Highway |eration as follows: fuel costs, |Superintendents Assn. of Massa- three and one-half mills; main‘chusetts with 220 persons attend- tenance and operation, two mills; ing. S. Hale Lull of Springfield, as- and fixed costs, three and onesistant chief engineer of the half mills. Western Massachusetts Co. For nuclear generation, the speaker for the afternoon ses- costs are as follows: fuel, four sion, explained that the under- mills; maintenance operation, lying reason for moving into the two mills; and fixed costs, eight atomic power field is that we will jmills. eventually run out of fossil fuels |Fossil Fuels To Cost More However, Mr. Hull pointed out at the rate our country is growing and at the rate we are using that as fossil fuels become short in supply, their cost will go up. these fuels. “We in New England, relativeNow Non-Competitive ly far from fossil fuel fields, will He pointed out that the $50,-) be affected sooner than some 000,000 plant at Rowe, which will other sections of the country,” /have an initial capacity of 100,-| he said. 000 kilowatts in late 1960 and/| One purpose of building the provision for expanding to 134,-/ experimental plant in Rowe is to 000 kilowatts, is not competitive study certain phases of this type with steam generating plants at! of plant with a view to arriving present in cost. | at some standardization with re- sultant mass production of parts which will reduce construction costs eventually, he said. He cited factors contributing to high cost for atomic power as| the fact that plants are being forced into remote locations be-| cause of lack of knowledge, the| use of extensive radiation shields | because of the uncertainty although there is no proof that the | shields are needed. | Edward J. Bayon of Holyoke,| treasurer of the Tri-County| group, and an engineer for Tighe| and Bond, Inc., planed the event |’ for the groups. �Nev 1, | 95% eee WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON—Carl S, Joslyn, who has been president of the Worthington Health Association and a member of its board of directors since its organization in 1950, has asked to he duties special meeting in WORTHINGTON—The forme: Mrs. William P, Barton, teach’ er of the third and fourth grades as presi- the Robert near! account; from dren efits, the the aid account and Fase é — | £72 th. tion of the operetta, ‘The Obliging Clock,’ Thursday night in the Town Hall included the 66 pupils at Russell H. Conwell School in the cast or chorus. The performance was under direction of Mrs. George E. Torrey, Jr. Jean Humphrey directed the dance numbers. Main characters were played by Milton Parrish, Christine Magargal, Paul Dunlevy, and Marjorie Beebe. ee There will be a coffee hour at the Christmas service in|’ First Congregational] Church inj, honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stowell, Mrs. Stowell is the widow of Rev. William P. Bar-|’ ton who was minister of the church from 1946 until his death in 1954. Mr. Stowell is a mem- T. Bartlett enter- 4-/ise ber of a former parish of Mr. Barton in New Salem where the! couple will be at home after Jan, 8. The church committee will have charge of the coffee hour and wil] be assisted by members of the church school staff, the choir, the Women’s Benevolent Society, and the Friendship Guild. - | \ WORTHINGTON | fy o \F : C hey woertntctON ffePR. | |Porter, III, son of Mr. and]. ‘Mrs. Daniel R. Porter, was/‘ married Saturday to Miss Joan - Dornfield in Blessed Sacrament ‘Church, Madison, Wis. The cou-|‘ ‘ple is expected to arrive here) Wednesday evening family, The four new Thanksgiving waiting with room in to spend the lights the Porter for the |! Health|! t Center were donated by Webb i |Stevens of Rockford, Tll., in Memory of his cousin, Mrs. ;Ernest here G, a year Thayer, ago. who died|; $300 chilben- $900 from earnings § ac- count to the machinery Sy Fae to transfer machinery Clock,’”’ WC to transfer to dependent for veteran’s mainte- nance account, High scorers for the entire series of Grange card parties), were Mrs. Gertrude Pease and Elmer Coleman. a fT The pupils of the Russell H. Conwell School, under the direction of their teachers «nd Mrs. George E. Torrey, Jr., musie supervisor, will present an operetta, ‘‘The Obliging ee 19 at the close of the school erm, tained a group of young people on her daughter, Bonnie’s 16th birthday. HEC: ‘lance at Russell H. Conwell School, was married Noy. 26 to Ralph E. Stowell of New Salem. The ceremony was performed jn the parsonage of the First Congregational Chureh by Rev. Edwaré U. Cowles. Mr. and Mrs. Stowell will be at home in New Salem after Jan. 8. Mrs. Stowell has submitted her resignation to the School Committee effective future. The School Board has appointed Rosemary Granger to coach the girls basketball team and C, Raymond Magargal to coach the boys basketball team. The Russell H. Conwell-School will close at 3 p. m. on Friday for the Christmas holidays and will reopen on Jan. 5, The PTO} will furnish the ice cream for the Christmas parties which will be held in the classrooms on Friday. Mrs. WORTHINGTON — At the re-|. cent special town meeting it was voted to transfer $900 from ‘|the aid to dependent children): ‘laccount to the old age assist-| lee of his kel ORTHINGTON Barton-Stowell dent and his request has been granted. He has consented to remain on the board and will work closely with Donald TI. Thompson who has been elected to succeed him. Dr. Leighton A. Kneller, who has been a member of the staff of the Health Center since September, 1954, has submitted his resignation to the board of directors who will consider it at a| STE Fn relieved Se ee a = Thursday at 8 in the ‘Town Hall. They will have their \Christmas party the following s a L day at school. ~~~ Mrs. Anthony Paleski has chosen Mrs. Howard Mollison, Mrs. Robert Pratt and Mrs. Stanley Mason to assist her with the annual Grange Christmas party to be held Friday night at 7:30 for all the children in the community. Santa Claus will be presént to distribute can- dy and Charles Eddy will show movies. A-le Richard Sanderson has received his discharge from _|\Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Wash, % f During the approaching holiday season, Fire Chief C. Ken(neth Osgood advises householders to use extreme care in set- ting up their Christmas wie ee, ! G19 decora4X6 �tae L 4a , DECEMBER 3, 1958, "= Rey. E. P. Cutler Dies; Stricken Deer Hunting The Rev. E. Pomeroy |pastor of ,}gational the ‘collapsed ‘tack and and died deer Mr, Cutler | by of a the in by Mrs. ed of a heart was hvrnter. ai- in Rich- alone He State at was Mr. ,/alive. The the 1| Mr. Cutler came to the Richmond vieor, Seminary. ‘is member At of the Bowdoin team} and was on the cross-country team.| He did graduate work University. at New York while | State| when the and as a is credited skiing to Wor- sport was in} , its infancy. Besides his wife, he| |leaves a daughter, Marguerite | ' (Mrs. track Sears.| remembered introducing 'thington 5 Theological Bowdoin he was a. college H. hall! assist- | pastor of the First Con. | enthusiast | with | His of Raymond especially | skiing Graduate graduate Bangor town | torate here, he was married to} | Agnes M. Cole, daughter of one} ‘of the town’s oldest families. He | sachusetts and Connecticut. | He was a | College and the T. Bartlett, | gregational Church in this town} | from 1915 until 1919. He and} | Mrs. Cutler maintained a summer | home here for a number of years| }on Highland St. During his pas-| lin 1930 to sueceed the Rev. Fred)/ erick C. Wilson. He had been as;sociate pastor of the Tompkins Avenue Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., for six years when he accepted the call to Richmond. He previously had served churches in MasBowdoin 7 in Mrs. | line, was Cutler, returned, at Robert ‘attack Monday morning | hunting near the New York found hunter ran for help but time he had died. the deer killing con.| losers will be served| ' have been rumors. | \& Rev. Elisha Pomeroy Cutler of! | Richmond, who died of a heart! :|according to the hunter, was still ‘/by the j| Minister by | Mrs. Arthur Ducharme Sr., and |. Mrs. John Green. There’s been| -Jots of shooting in the woods! _and heavy traffic on all the hack| roads, but to date actual_kills| Pittsfield, hunting attack. fellow |Saturday Congre-, mond near the New York .|line early this morning. ‘\time winners in ‘test by the the _Immanuel Church’ while The annual roast beef and ven-| ‘ison supper to be given to the| Cutler, 70, Richmond Church Community WORTHINGTON He Rev. E. P. Cutler leaves his wife, the 1941 former Agnes M. Cole of Worthington, and a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Gid- Gridley son, of Darien, E. Pomeroy imparted to others, Conn.) Jr., was | killed during the war. The Sun-} day following the death of his son, Rev. Cutler preached from | his pulpit as usual, just one ex/ample of the great courage that| | he | During World War I, Mr. Cutler l¢y of Darien, Conn. served as an enlisted man in the Army and saw action in France a member of the Tank Corps. as, Immanuel in He was 1933. A was War appointed Community Cchurch ‘ Questions ang Answers Is it true that philodendrons can cause a skin-rash? Philodendrons could certainly cause | to his post at son, R. Pomeroy Cutler Jr.,| killed in action during World IL. Sion. hoe eee a skin rash especially on), someone whose skin is sensitive| to them. Philodendrons are) aroids, and the juices of many) aroids have poisonous qualities.| For example, dieffenbachias came to be called Dumbcane he-| cause if a piece of the stem). is placed under the tongue, it)) causes paralysis of the tongue and thus an inability to speak.|, It is always wise to wash your hands thoroughly after working) closely with your plants, and persons who think they might), be allergic to certain ones ‘(many people react violently to lsome primroses, for exampte)| |shouldn’t attempt to grow them. | | JANUARY | 19, 1959, WORTHINGTON | STEVEN WAYNE DODGE | WORTHINGTON -——. | Steven | Wayne Dodge, infant son of Lew‘is and June (Parish) Dodge of iSouth Worthington, died last inight In Cooley Dickinson Hospi-| tal, Northampton, where he had| been taken earlier in the day. He} was born Feb, 10, 1958. Besides |his parents, he leaves a brother, | |James T.; a sister, Susan Ann; | grandparents, Mrs. Vera Parish of West Worthington and Mr. |and Mrs. Arthur Dodge of west.| hampton. Rev. Edward U. Cowles, |pastor of First Congregational Church, will officiate neral Wednehday North Cemetery. /church, home Burial will at at 2 the in be in fu-| the: the. Bisbee funeral There will in Chesterfield is in charge ‘of arrangements. /no calling hours. be �fen. : Happy Prd | [459 Custodian Gets Silver Dollars - ey Howard i Kuralt, right, displays the 50 silver dollars presented to him during a ceremony at Howard St. School Friday marking his long service as a custodian with the School Department. With him are, left to right, Alfred G. Zanetti, the school principal; First grade student Mark Ashline, and Kuralt’s daughter, Mrs. Doris Lowe. Custodian’s 44 Years’ Service Are Recounted Shunning the run-of-the-mill ment; his daughters, Mrs. Ber-, tha MacDonald of Springfield) ‘on an occasion of this sort, the and Mrs. James Lowe of Phip-| jteachers and students of Howard ipany, N. J.; his brother Frank,| St. School, along with family {and his sister, Miss Bertha! and old friends, gave Custodian |Kuralt, both of Springfield. } Also taking part in the show Herman Kuralt a_ testimonial Friday, which, as he said, “I'll |were Alfred Zennetti, the Hownever forget.” jard St. principal, who presented Miss Joyce Doyle, Howard St. |Kuralt a gift of $50 from the) teacher acting as master of ;school, and George Moore, of-; ceremonies, opened the special fice manager of the Workshop assembly in the school auditori- for the Blind on Howard St., Kuralt also cared for, um by announcing ‘Mr. Her- which man Kuralt, This Is Your Life.” | who presented him with another The astonished custodian was | purse. It all ended with tlhe led to an easy chair on the school’s students singing ‘‘Auld stage, and for the next hour was) Lang Syne.” itreated to a nostalgic re-creation Th special tribute was organ‘of the 44 years he spent working ized by the teachers, under the supervision of Mrs. Alice Ashe, ;at Howard St. School. Kuralt began his career with Kkuralt first heard the record..ed voice of each guest—all of the School Department in 1908, whom were hidden behind a working six years at Classical} to }screen at one side of the room. High School before moving ‘The surprise visitors then Howard St. “I started at a salbrought on stage, included: for- ary of $14.28 a week. working days,’ he said. ‘How mer principals, Ralph Carleton seven and Miss Marion Bartlett; for- things have changed!” mer teachers, Miss Carolyn And as for ‘“‘changes” Kuralt {Wayland and Miss Blanche Steb- said he doesn’t plan any right bins; an old friend and. fellow now, “I’m going to keep right custodian, Michael Tobin; on working here at the school,’ Charles Morris, supervisor of he said, ‘I’m sure not ready to custodians for the school depart- stop yet.” ;ceremony generally employed | �_ FEBRUARY 12, 1959 Took Job Just for Winter, Still at 1t 50 Years Later To Raze Holyoke Landmark For Power Company Office Site, Kenilworth ampton Valley to the It will for an Power The 000 for Castle on North-| the sion and the , Which it is 12-room 31 acres located... stone paid The $6,000. site is The man- and between the new Mt. ‘plant of the company draulic electric operations center of of the to the Holyoke. the a as trade but Zanetti |custodians 40) carpenter in return) to carpenters’ a of behalf on association. | the, Kuralt still has $2 from the| $14.27 earned during his first| week of city employment, His were then hours g regular workin from 4 a, m, to 4 p, m. five days a week and he came back from 6 p, m. to 9 p, m, to fire industrial, existing of Kvralt planned spring 1909, 15, Jan. W, Ave, his lired in the| The proposed office building of the company,. which will be architectually devigned to blend in with 50 for At Howard Street School since! presented al 1915, Kuralt was radio Tuesday by Principal Al-| located| company a the strike changed bis plans. Tom power and the hy- , and on was date Herman Clifton Hol-, St., company. gentrally stayed as for years was honored recently by the Springfield School Custodians Association, — Strike Changed Plans of land on Also pur- ‘side of Northampton | yoke, for which the \ but winter’ on the easterly the Castle \from a job ‘“‘just custodian school ‘chased was a 512 acre tract of ‘land, located across the street aay took who man A St., Holyoke, a Pioneer landmark, has been sold Holyoke Water Power Co. . be razed and the site used office. building by the | | company. utility company paid $45,- \ 'He was paid overtime. ings, will accommodate the accounting, engineering and oper- 30 At Central ating departments. gans.]7, )959 classes. for evening the boilers surround: - cents an hour High First Kuralt's first assignment was at Central Giff for Custodian of 50 Years School. High ‘‘When T came to Howard Street, it had 16 rooms. But in 1916, they added 12 more and the enrollment to 1100, Mayor Frank | jumped Property told the City iStacy so \Committee ibarn’ that but they the ‘built ‘barn’ - istands.” said Kuralt. ¢& a still Kuralt recalled the gas house blew) ‘explosion Feb, 1, 1923, that at Howard, -windows 250 lout L, Dor\Street School, Hiram of superintendent then |man, | \public, buildings, thanked him \for “extra effort’ in having the ready school es the same for day. evening class- Fight Helped Kuralt said a two-minute delay in opening classroom doors \ because of a fight he stopped between pupils saved many pupils ; : injury serious possible from from flying glass. He said nor-| mally the pupils would. have) been in classrooms at the time of the explosion, The dean of custodians had) high praise for the pupils at his| school and for parents’ tion. Kuralt’s hobbies co-opera- are fishing and ‘‘doing something for someone, especially kids, I like ids | and they like me.” He has re-| ceived mer Herman W. Kuralt, left, who last month completed 50 years as a custodian in the Springfield public schools, wis presented a radio Tuesday by Prinicpal Alfred Zanetti of How- ard Street todians School Association. on behalf Kuralt, of the who Springield is in his School 70s, has been Cus- to 1935.. for-| and of the state association. He is a member of DeSoto Lodge of Odd Fellows. Principal Zanetti in a letter to Kuralt congratulating him on his milestone said: a cus- todian at Howard School since 1915 and is making no plans to retire, He holds the record fer length of service of a custodian. Zaneteti was a pupil at Howard School from 1931 = Kuralt has two daughters, Mrs, Bertha McDonald _ of Springfield and Mrs. Doris Lowe of Whippany, N, J., three four greatand grandchildren is a_ past He grandchildren. Springfield the of president Association. Custodians School |: | letters from many pupils. “There never was or never will be another Herman Kuralt 3 ee oe you “ache the is : ren, the teachers South ‘cherished End and , .. and will parents long o} be give warmth all through the years. ta eomecy : : 5 eee } �te Pitts ee Nature’s Might Felt in Western — Mass. | ! | Destruction caused by quick thaw of frozen rivers in Western Massachusetts Thursday is shown in these photographs. Above, an undermined section of roadway over Massachusetts Ave. Bridge in North Adams succumbs to rampaging waters of the Hoosac River. Below, the heavily damaged main building of Healy Wood Products, Inc. of Chesterfield is engulfed by huge siabs of ice. Outside equipment was buried under tons of ice when the West Branch of Westfield River rese 30 feet in 20 minutes, At right, a power grader clears Upper Church St. in Ware where an ice jam caused Ware River to seek a new channel, flooding Ware Airport. z ] } } ; i ; } ) { i �“JANUARY 23,_1959. —— set Ice Piles 20 Feet Hi gh At West Chesterfield: SS ee . WEST CHE STERFIELD—The sudden thaw yesterday piled ice Adks 20 feet Rial on Both sides of the Westfield River here yesterday. Some damage was done to the Healy woodworking plant at left as the river rose three feet above normal. me be The Bando r ee west branch of the Westfield river in Chesterfield is seen here about three feet ahove normal and the hanks are lined with huge ice slabs, The river is piled to a height of nearly 20 feet with ice as the coating on the stream broke up late Wednesday night under the warm : weather and rain, �) _ FEBRUARY ee ee! 5, 1959 When Folks Say Schools Aren't What They Used To Be, They’re 100% Right WORTHIN( 'TON—W hen folks! that today’s schcols are a far cry from those of their day, .Time has the past. say they are right! This is the and retold by the older genera:| tion. Nearly always there was a brook near the school for fishing | and wading and skipping stones| at recess; stony pastures to play| in. government. probably in There vor of is much our roll ing were schcols heated, with rocks to perch down on the on_ or slide down, season. woods for| carried from trees to climb and hills to! and fields there; close to. for treas- | places. In a paper on early school days | inside plumbing even if they de seem to lack the romantic appeal of tne district schools they replaced. in Worthington written by Miss| Elsie V. Bartlett, she explains; that when a child had completed| 1/ aptitude, Locally, the years all new old—with on one elementary school—already its classrooms| floor, full the basement| and with modern cafeteria where hot| lunchs are served daily, and an all-purpose room for gymnastics and rainy day play, adds up to a sizable package of advantages over the schools of yesteryear. A well-trained teaching Iranklyn a mem- the “common” the following the 10 divided into pound the five accordingly. During town -districts, appropriation was with| split| | not the of 326 pupils, more than three times that of today. In the next century, the population steadily declined, with the district doors one schools closing’ by one. By 1940, their it was decided that a centralized school would improve conditions and the following year Conwell School the was Russell built in center of town near the town and ‘church ’ Worthington’s This new and most H. the hall named __ for famous son. three-room ‘school, room was added in 1954, as well as a large all-purpose room and/) cost expanded of nearly facilities $44,000. at Corners being filled | to the top by one of the big boys | during the noon hour so that when the teacher returned, the temperature of the room was like an oven. The boy who had _ engineered that situation w as required | to sit close by the stove that aft. ernoon as his punishment, Most also will remember the | drinking arrangements of those days that included a pail and dipper. As for washing one’s hands in the course of the school day, provisions for such were slim. On the other hand, facilities at home were_no better in most |! cases, built at a cost of approximately $23,000, replaced the two-room} school in the Lyceum Hall and | two one-room district schools. In | 1946 a kitchen and lunchroom were added, thus making hot lunches available to every child at a’nominal sum. A fourth classgenerally ee | ideal. Miss Bartlett recalls big stove in the school at. Worthington Rd. | The rapid growth of the town: in its early days made it :necessary in 1833 to redistrict the town ; into 11 school districts with an enrollment and subjects. ber the heating arrangements in their respective schools and usually will admit that they were The very first was a log school | erected here in 1773 on Hunting- j ton Rd., about halfway between Radiker Rd. and Kinne Brook the; century, acted as an educational | supplement. t Those. of the generation of to-’ day’s town officials well remem. 10 pounds, | support of schools. year, Greek advanced had tutored by | ant under the feudal system,” and | the like. This type of group,| which was common in the 19th ‘hools in Worthingion from the chai in March of 1/71 whew this voted to raise money, for the in if he was “Hercules,” “Homer,” “Socrates,”| “Alexander,” “Rome,” “Moham:| med,” “Charlemagne,” “The peas- of the present school board, | written a brief history of | town silver pastor other often the ‘turn of the century whose programs included a series of papers written and presented by the | members on such subjects as “Ancient — History,” “Greece,” | staff and| D. Hitchcock, school, he She tells also of a literary. society that was active here before a broad curriculum combine to prepare pupils for life in a com. petitive world. her ns { depend: | Usually the school to explore ures and secret hiding to be said in fa- automatically well-lighted and neontime lunches home in lard pails; in the schoolyard, most others, the item for school support will be the one that more fingers are pointed at and more heads shaken over than any oth- er | country schools in memory cae like a daily lark when it is told, sea-| son of town meeting and all those who are studying and com. . piling town reports and budgets are brought face to face. with the steadily rising costs of every phase of municipal In this town, and a way of glamor vane The informality a’ Expenses for education were Watched just-as carefully then as! | now, | penny and value spent receiv ed for every was measured with, the same deliberation. In_ spite| of rising costs, not many would| be willing to give up any part | | of the moder n school plant here today | ers, ized with its four trained teach- | a custodian, three specialinstructors, an adjustment | counselor, and the services of a| doctor, an eye doctor, dentist, school nurse, plus many benefits| undreamed of in 1771. | ae lr lll : ee a �Ahieecttonsins Saas a 3 RE WOHIESGLO..- this community's miodern hussell H. town, replaced a two-room makeshift arrangement in the ington Health Assn. and two one-room schools similar to equipped, fenced p'avground lacks a brook and trees to SG 3 se % ¥ Conwel School. built in 1941 in the center of old Lyceum Hall now occupied by the Worth- | the district school pictured below. The wellclimb. 5 WORTHINGTON—This idyllic old schoolhouse witn iis outside plumbing facilities perfectly preserved now serves as a private home for summer residents on Highland St. just over the Worthington line in Chesterfield. It is a fine example fore the consolidated and regional of the kind that types ever were stood heard near crossroads all over this country of. long be- : | �- Fab. lviad— wn | WORT HINGTONS 195 7- SUNDERLAND | SUNDERLAND — Word «= has} been received of the death of Mrs. |Mabel Eager, 92, of Salt Lake! MRS. MABEL BURR EAGER | WORTHINGTON — Word has} | been received of the death of | Mrs. Mabel Burr on Feb. 9 and Lucillia Eager, in Salt aged Lake | UP eer ere tem Word has been received of the | sudden death in Pittsfield with their lived here on the Farm, moving to 1943 Burr, and | | James Eager, weeks before | in | they of the blizzard, February of went directly | City, where they 1888 to had this WORTHINGTON her | Salt MRS. ta GEORGE WORTHINGTON (Teal) Wade, H. WADE — Mrs. Min-| 79, | George Harry Wade, |day town, just | 92, City, Rd. It was married to also children Fake 15, 1494 | girlhood home was the house |now owned by Miss Dorothy | Hewitt on Old Post there that she was 10 George Hull Pittsfield in| Tan A Utah. Mrs. Eager was horn in this town, the daughter of Edwin | | S. Burr, the veteran siage driver, Gibbs last Friday of Mrs. Marie Lefebvre, lage 74. Her husband, John, died lin Pittsfield on January 10. The |Lefebvres |City, Utah. Mrs. Eager died on} Monday. She is a sister of Mrs. | Daisy Montague and aunt of |Guilford Montague of Sunderland. | WAG 4 in her home widow of} died Sun- on Buffington } Hill Rd. Born Nov. 2, 1880 in |Trentam, Ont., Can., daughter | of John and Lucretia (Patrick) three and Lake ; Teal, she had been a long-time), resident of this town. She was a trained nurse. She leaves aj daughter, Mrs, John Talliaferro and a grandson, John William Talliaferro, both of this town. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 at Bisbee funeral home, Chesterfield. Rev. Edward U. Cowles, pastor of First Congregational Church, will officiate. Committal services will be at the ingville Cemetery vault. Burial will be in North Cemetery in the spring. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be Tuesday from 7 to 9 p. m. lived since. | | She leaves a_ sister, Mrs. Daisy | ; Montague of Sunderland. WEDNESDAY, In one of the current MARCH 25, 1959. phases of Red Cross activilies in Hampshire County. Miss. Nancy -A, Trow. executhe lifesaving courses sponsored by the organization with Robert Youne of Flor‘ence. who this week is instructing the preliminary class being taught at the Williston Academy pool in /Easthampton, A second - series of lessons in the adyanced fundamentals will follow. the week of April 13. Hundreds of Hampshire County adults and youngsters participate in the Red Cross swim program each year, with the children taking beginner's and junior courses and their elders being taught lifesaving and first aid. tive secretary, discusses �NORTHAMPTON, MASS., FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1959. View Early Settlers Never Had This exact view expansive view | of the Con-!erous layers of sawdust for use| rafis and freight barges were a} / necticut River was never seen by| the following summer to help re-|common sight for many years. | ‘early settlers because it is taken | frigerate food. Rowboats transported families; ifrom the Coolidge Memorial, According to historians and old | for visits and shopping from the| | Bridge which connects Hadley, times, the river, until, recent!Hadley to the Northampton| j;and Northampton. The height) years, froze earlier and thicker | shore. Slew ferries moved vehi-|| provided by the bridge provides} turning it into’ a safe roadway.'cles back and forth and farmers an not available| Now its frozen status is of nojpoled and rowed boats of hay| 'to those persons who used ferrys| consequence as bridges span it! and grain from fields across the| and the ice itself to get to and|in strategic spots and electric re-| river to their barns. And, men} /from opposite shores. | frigeration has eliminated the! j and boys fished along its banks | This, too, would not have been market for river ice. And the ab- ‘and from rowboats. In later) ja likely scene in those early |sence of children is understand- i years sailboats _became a com-| |days because the wide river |able as parents wisely have their {mon sight. | | would have had considerable ac- |children skate on the city rinks | | tivity along its shores and on the ; where there is no danger of falljice. Pedestrians would be walk- ing through unsafe.ice, 'ing across it and horses would be| The warm weather use of the | drawing sleds. Children would be /Connecticut has increased but skimming outboard ice skating, and, where the thick- |the noisy, are far different ness warranted, men would be / motorboats |'busy with long saws. cutting /from the traffic ofa score of| | blocks of ice to be stored in gen- years and more ago. The, log! The course parison. TER. — of the big river} | hasnt’ changed but man’s use of| }it has. There are fewer factories| jalong its banks than 50 years | ago but those depending in part} | or entirely upon its water for! | power are tremendous by com-| By DOROTHY POT.| | �\ WORTHINGTON, tel, WORTHINGTO: — "WORTHINGTON Sandra, WORTHINGTON — Women’s Benevolent Society will meet Sena, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.| Joseph W. Sena of Hickory Hill! Farm, was crowned queen of | the Washington’s Birthday ball! today at 11 in the home William gown was floor Jength tle effect a strapless, taffeta with and a bias-cut Feb Friday night Town Hail. at 8 in the! Mr, and Mrs. Herbert N, Has-| kell have returned from a va-| cation at Miami Beach, Fla.) Mrs,. 3 Harriet Hempstead of .Cummington kept house during jtheir absence. Mrs. Joseph W, spending two weeks parents, Clark, made in Mr. and Sorrento, the Sena Mrs. with Fla, trip with spending Lowell The Misses Bartlett, jand Mrs. eta Setts Mrs. | A Flower ~of pot Marion } by College and Mrs.| Higgins is a and ceived at his work at the Gen-| eral Electric Co. plant in Pittsfield where a vial of acid ex'ploded in his hand. Elsie Western ved luck . the Barth VET ARGH | Mrs. Frank L. | supper Gran ge Mrs. Alice H. 12,46 pee Tufts (Barri) Tufts of 247 Pine St., died Thursday night after qa brief illness. She was born in Cambridge Jan. 14, 1870 and had been a resideny of jthis city since 1888. She was |the widow of Frank L, Tufts. |She was a retireq artist and ja member of the Springfield! | Art League. She was a mem\ber of the Church of the Unity. She leaves a nephew, Dr. William B. Kirkham, president of ‘the City Library Association of ‘this city; two cousins, Mrs. ‘Florence tem at a buffet luncheon Fanny at Bemis Who has funeral omit | been | principal of the Line oln and Jef.| ferson — schools of Springfield, Miss Bemis was pres ented a gift from the gr oup. A decorate d birthday cake marked the Febru. ary birthdays in the party. Spe Dyer and will be held at the By-| ron funeral home. Burial will be) in Oak Grove Cemetery. There! will be no visiting hours. Please} The Saturday. ‘The party oe to the retirement of (Hawkins) ‘Miss Ethel Hawkins, both of this city, and a _ grandniece, Mrs. Marguerite (Kirkham) Hyde of this city. The private It was announce ed by Rev. Edward U. Cowle S that a 20 per cent gain in attendance was ac ‘hieved | by the First Congregational / Church during i the . past year year. | Miss Marion L. Bartlett entertained 25 principals ors of the Springfiel and supervisd school sysSpruces on paid honor parlor flowers. on| Center Health of the First Congrega-| tional Church Sunday in honor| A. Leighton and Mrs. of Dr. Kneller. A Boston rocker was presented the couple by C. Raymond Magargal on behalf of the} members of the church and| ‘\friends of the: Knellers. Medica] records held by Dr. Kneller will. remain at the Health Center following his de-| .|parture on March 31 unless hej lis Can to hold office hours; WORTHINGTON—About 90 at] tended the coffee hour in the} otherwise After instructed. lthat date, records may be obL. | Harry Mrs. from. ltained | Bates, Health: Center nurse, by 1 | ! a physician only. Massachu-!! Show today. Thess: y~Mrs,-Rieharnd| Springfield who). the in Monday and Wednesday. A. Leighton Mrs. and Dr. 'Kneller will be guests of honor hat the coffee hour being held jthis noon in the parlors of First Mrs, Church. ‘Congregational Smith is in charge, and /Ralph ithe public is invited. Dr. Kneller will leave on March 31. He plans leave all: medical records at lt the Health Center. After his de-|) parture the records may be obtained by a physician from Mrs. Harry L. Bates, Health Center nurse. Mrs.| Ernest Fairman of Christian) Hollow. | Robert FE. Hixon, USN, spent! the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hixon of Old Post Rd. His ship is docked!’ in Boston. John Manning of River Rd. js recovering from injuries re-| her|, \V Miss | their son Neil Ray-| wich Hill and Mr, is) was en-|/ member S| ‘Tuesday night. A play let was : Presented 1 by the young people. |' Those with birthdays iy Jeanu-| ary, February or March were) honored witha bir thday cake, | Joyed Jhere mond. The baby was born Feb, 9 in Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs,| Raymond E. Bartlett of Nor-) She} and Cortland have named and/ - Teachers from Mrs. G eorge Bartlett) Harol d Brown will at- the ‘3 Tuttle, State vacation lhis Florence office Tuesday. He «will continue patient in Noble Hospital. | Last Grange sard party in the; current series will take place in} the Town Hall Friday night. Mr, and Mrs, Neil Fairman)} ‘Hostess for the affair was Miss | Conwell her on! representative School Student Government Day in the! State House, Boston, Friday. Dr. John Modestow will open Miss Caroline Bartlett is vacationing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bartlett, from her studies at Westfield State Teachers. College, Mrs. Charles Sampson, Jr., I who are visiting his father in| Miami Beach, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eddy announce a net profit of $60 on/' ‘the smorgasbord Sunday night. || iJane High er with her parents, Mr. Richard Hathaway. Harold|! Mr. 3) Miss Helen Morse of Springfield is visiting Miss Marion L. Bartlett at The Spruces, Miss Charlotte Hathaway is bod- jjice. Her upswept hairdo was |;eaught with a comb of yellow‘} rosebuds backed with green. She was presented a sheaf of roses and her crown was made ‘1of flowers. Mrs. Ralph Moran has feen, named chairman of the local Red Cross drive. The solicita-) {tion period will be from March 1 through March 15. The grand prize winners for |the entire series will be an-! jnounced at the Grange card) party 1.30 p. m. in the church parlor.| Robert Pease was Huntington), field, a former resident, celebrated her 99th birthday on black a bus- agent,| county assistant will speak on ‘Consumer facts| and frauds” at the Extension): # Miss Carrie Porter of Spring- In the Williamsburg Grange Hall Saturday evening, Her Louise —_ WORTHINGTON Mason, of Mrs. Se | WORTHINGTON ] WORTHINGTON | | | Farewell Events | | - Honor Knellers WORTHINGTON — Dr. and |Mrs. Leighton A. Kneller were ‘\suests of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Rogers of Northampten’ Saturday for dinner, an entertainment at Edwards Church, and a reception in the Rogers home. Several doctors from Cooley ‘\Dickinson Hospital with their ‘wives attended the reception. | Sunday afternoon the Knellers were guests at a reception in the Cummington Community ‘\House. The program included a ‘\solo by Mary McEwan and. an ‘original poem by Mrs. Margaret Sears. Charles Hall spoke on behalf of the School Com-| ° mittee, Russell Sears, on behalf). of the ambulance service and Mrs. Thomas Caldwell, on hbe-| half of the Mothers’ Club. Rev. Charles McEwan presented the Knellers a leather lounge chair and four place settings of China from their Cummington friends. On behalf of their Chesterfield friends, Rep. Allen Bisbee pre-|, sented the couple a lamp and a :|purse. �| | WORTHINGTO hod Hee WBS To New Worthington Parsonage To Be Sold, Replaced ¥ se . a i , Parsonage On Adjacent Lot Moderator — WORTHINGTON Mrs. Harry L. Bates presided over special the the First Monday meeting of was at- the parsonage at the property at a was given by a! business Congregational Church which evening A previ-tended by 16 members. the authorized which ous vote trustees $11,000 scinded, for the lower to sell sale of as a thus figure. Permission ;membership minimum was re-| clearing the way vote /en’s Benevolent \this being to Society the | Wom-} to build a inew parsonage on the lot adjaleent to the present parsonage, the lot that was given |to the church in the will of cs Jennie M. Brewster. The WBS built the present parsonage in 1890 and has maintained it} through the years as its major | project. Within the past few years, this| group has raised $6,000 with the |construction of a new parsonage las their prime object. It was. necessary at this time to give them permission to build a par: ;sonage on the. so-called Brewster lot inasmuch as it is deeded to the church. Upon completion of the new parsonage, the Women’s Benevolent Society intends to turn it over to the church, just as it did the present one, according to | Lawrence W. Mason, chairman of the board of trustees. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Eddy left by plane Tuesday evening to | fly to Tampa, Fla. where they, will join Mrs. Eddy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merwin F. Packard, for a few days before driving back with them at the end of the week. } | Robert T. Bartlett, who was injured at work Monday morning, underwent surgery at Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Tuesday. The Grange will hold another| ecard party in Grange Hall Friday, at 8, with ments. Mrs. mer prizes Gilbert Eleanor and refresh:| Barnhart, Eddy of the this ‘will be here for the week 'the five Eddy children while parents are away. for- town, with their WORTHINGTON—The trustees of the First Congregational Church have been authorized to sell the nine room parsonage (shown above) in preparation for the construction of a new parsonage on an adjacent lot.. At Monday’s business meeting. it was voted to allow the trustees to negotiate a sale for less than the $11.000. figure previously set as a minimum. Lawrence W. Mason, chairman of the board of trustees, is responsible for arranging showing of the property. which stands on an ample lot set with a) variety of shrubs and fruit trees in the center of Worthington, i| & Worch I}, 1454. « �DAILY HAMPSHIRE Veteran After GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, Having ‘Tron | BROWN By LOIS ASHE For the — the in tor to gather sap wood in connection : ugaring ae : iy a trac- of form Troubles In n §S ‘ 12, 1959, an year using burg Rd., is this MARCH Horse’ ee oT of sugarin 50 years first time ing, Walter H. Tower of Williamshorse THURSDAY, Half a A Century en ury r WORTHINGTON iron MASS., and to haul with his sug- This veteran aring operations, sugar-maker has been boiling sap same in the for a half century father be-; sugar house that his fore him used. ar. in 1909 that the old sug-| It was bend which house of the main the near stood road on _ this farm was taken down and moved to its present location on ledges in a grove of maple trees in the pasture, which is edged with the sugar bush. Painted red, it is the simmering center of activity on the Tower farm at this season. Actually Mr. Tower can claim\ to have been sugaring much longer than 50 years if he counts the years as a boy when he set up his own arch in the pasture, and with equipment borrowed from his fa- ther carried business family. only on his own sugaring apart from ihat of the He recalls when he was six years old that he and} his elder brother, Cullen, home) from Williston Academy with a case of mumps, set out 60 buck-) ets of their own, from which they produced 28 gallons of syrup. Mr. and Mrs. Tower are the owners of one of the best private collections of antique sugaring equipment called upon treasures in these parts often ; | | | | ; | and are to exhibit of yesteryear. these A year ago, they were guests on an area television program and Mr. Tower displayed and explained the use to which these old items were put. The Tower faithful old horse that Mr. } had used for a number of years had to be put to rest this year, and after looking over the workhorse market, the Towers decided with great reluctance to buy a tractor. Walt confides. that the tractor will never in his mind measure up to a horse for his own use, at least. Mrs. Tower is the keeper of the a records and takes pleasure in looking over the orders that come from folks all over the country, including many native sons now living in faraway places who catry fond memories of the Tower sugar house and place their annual orders early. Her record book also tells the annual yield,| was born and| their biggest year being in 1921,| when they produced 165 gallons. This was the winter when their | March 29, 1940, when they boiled only child, Dorothy, now Mrs.| through April 23. They recall; Howard Beebe; who lives nearby| that as the season when the sun with her family, the snow was up to your ears. The earliest date they have tapped was ~£ and record they earlier their they Mrs. on Feb, 21 — shows have than Tower that tapped of late _ever The in total eclipse on April 7. Already the | duced several in 1949/ though that the|to a years, deep the slow frost of , predicting Towers gallons season start somewhat | temperatures. in the early days sugaring. have says was and have pro-| of syrup| is getting because continuing Walt refrains of off| the: low' from the kind of a season it| latest date :will be and says with a twinkle,| tapped. was on) ~ “Come ask me when we're done.” ; : �and now the new iron horse gets the job done and sugaring goes on �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1959. ‘Unlucky 13° Never Bothered Pioneer Family | WORTHING TON—A family of 13 children with their parents Rev. Cowles’ ali recorded for posierily on daguerreo- | types and framed in a common frame is among the treasures of Rey. and Mrs. Edward Upson Cowles of Worthington. This is the family of Thomas and Jerusha Upson, whose children were born between| 1808 and | | 1831 shows Cowles in off WOR’ THINGTON NR eI 18 9 9 |'Tax Rate Hikec By $4 To $60 WORTHINGTON sors announce they The asseshave received| }approval from the Department of Corporation and Taxation for a |tax rate of $60 for 1959. This is lan increase All {March dog 31 of $4 over taxes on ;months of age. be made to the W. Magargal. must 1959. paid by three Payments are to town clerk, Wells dogs be. over Mr. and Mrs. Harold FE, Brown fand sons of Witt Rd., _ left on | | Tuesday for Tyler, Tex , where | | they will visit Mr. Brown n’s broth:| er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.4 George Brown. After their visit| they will continue on a trip to the West Coast, expecting to re-| turn home. about May 1. Kensington, the framed Conn.. where daguerreotypes, which they ancestors were have succeeded early settlers. in identifying Here and dating. Rev. �Plenty of Peanuts Now that the big quiz shows have been found wanting and the big quizmasters have found subpoena servers waiting, neither the clerk with the photographic memory nor the student with the encyclopedic mind has much of a chance to turn a fast TV are dollar. Almost the only quizzes the small-payoff contests that left the trade calls “peanut” shows. But this week, after four months CoNTESTANT on the air, Air Force ASTRUE Tommy Weber & WIFE Would his luck last through Friday? Lieut. James Astrue will have proved that, given time, tenacity, and a modest amount of information, a man can still amass an astonishing amount of peanuts. Astrue started playing NBC’s Tic Tac Dough last November. When he started to win, he worked out a deal with his superiors at New Jersey’s McGuire Air Force Base. He had 70 days of accumulated leave; why not let him go to Manhattan on alternate weeks and tape his appearances in advance? That way Astrue could seem to the audience to be competing steadily, week after week, five days a week. Permission was granted. Week after week, Astrue won. Housewives, journalists, college professors—he beat them all. He did not miss too many of his tough questions and made the most of his share of the snaps. M.C. Bill Wendell asked him if it was true that Robert Hutchins was once chancellor of the University of Chicago. What are the ingredients of a martini? His opponents went down on such questions as: What city, once known as San Francisco’s bedroom, is the third largest city in California? What two states at what dates came into the U.S. before Alaska? While Astrue won, Tic Tac Dough’s Nielsen rating rose steadily. When he began this week’s competition, he had won $137,800.* But by week’s end, Lieut. James Astrue will have used up all his leave. When M.C. Wendell asks him what British adventurer explored the waters around Jamestown in 1608 and afterward the waters around New England, what will he say? Will he say John Smith and stay on the show? Or will he say Raleigh, lose his championship to one Dave Fries, and go back to duty witha check for $143,600 in his pocket? Tune in to NBC, Friday, March 20, 12 noon E.S.T. * Charles Van Doren won $129,000 on One, Elfrida Von Nardroff $220,500. Twenty- �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1959 Mr. Worthington’ Rounding Out Half Century As Librarian; WORTHINGTON — Fifty years of service as the librarian of the| Recalls ‘Firing Up ‘as town In. called “Mr, Worthing- Lyceum Hall building, ton.” His days as librarian go back to the early years of this century when the books were kept in a room set aside for that: purpose in the which also housed one of the town’s district schools. It wasn’t until 1914-15 a Bi present library was built. that time the books numbered ee than 3,000 while the total today is close to 8,600 volumes. In this new building, Mr. Capen’s duties included building a fire in the wood-burning furnace on cold days that the library was to be open. This chore continued up until 1947, when an oil burner was installed. However, Mr. Capen Still “fires up” on chilly days with a fire in the library's big stone fireplace that is useful as well as arenaieal Even though most folks think of Mr. Capen first as Worthington’s librarian, his is a busy life all apart from his library duties since those amount only to part time on Wednesday and§ Saturday afternoons and evenings. ARTHUR GRANVILLE CAPEN A native son, Mr, Capen is aj in this last place, he An active layman and member walking eneyc lopedia of dates and ‘he taught of the First Congregational served as assistant to the librarievents pertaining to the happenof Worthington since an there, and it was largely be-| Church ings in Worthington for much 1903, he went in 1952 to the bicause of his influence that the longer than his own life span. Worthington library benefited so annual meeting of the General His grandfather, Daniel Capen, Council of Congregational Chrisrichly, both in money and books, came here from Windsor around when the Enfield library was distian Churches held in Claremont, the middle of the last century and Calif. as a delegate from the settled on Capen St., in the house| continued in preparation for the reservoir, Hampshire District. Other trips now owned by Mr. and Mrs, to Florida, Texas, the St. Louis Walter H. Tower, who was one Charles ‘Day. of Mr. Capen’s pupils, at the old Exposition in 1904, Bermuda and Mr. Capen’s father, Granville, | Riverside School, recalls his to points in Canada are happy Was just six years old when the schooldays under him and has his memories in his book of life. family came here. His mother, report card to show for it. Harry Long ago, Mr. Capen’s attenHattie Blackman, was also six L. Bates, who was a classmate of tion to detail and meticulous years old when her family moved Mr. Capen’s, tells of their days tomethods of keeping records were here from Peru to live in a house recognized and for more years gether in a select group of upnear the site of N. F. Glidden’s sugar house on Kinne Brook Rd. Arthur Granville Capen was their only child and he was born in the house on Capén St., in which the family lived for 64 years. Twenty-seven years .of this man’s life were devoted to teaching school. That part of his life included. teaching at four of Worthington’s district schools, one year of teaching in Austin, Texas, under the American Missionary Board, and 10 years of teaching in Enfield, the town that now lies under the Quabbin Reservoir. During the 10 years that auditor at various times.| 1956, Mr. Capen completed his 24th year as a member of the School Committee. During this long period of service, he was chairman of the building committee for the construction of the Russell H. Conwell School in 1941-42 and held the same office for the addition to that schoo} in 1954. With all of this “busy-ness,” 'there is still time for Mr. Capen to act as overseer for three pri- Frederick Sargent Huntington Library in this town is the record being chalked up this year by Arthur Granville Capen. Born here on Dec. 4, 1881, he has played an active part in nearly every phase of the life of this community. He has held so many offices of trust through the years that he is sometimes Wood Furnace perclassmen for whom _ special than he likes to count, he has held the office of secretary, classes beyond grammar school were held in the local town hall. treasurer, or clerk in most of the organizations in town including The curriculum included Greek 35 years as secretary of the and Latin as well as higher mathGrange; 26 years as clerk-treasematics and Mr. Bates says that urer of the Worthington Fire Disit was Arthur who was sought trict (the water department); 30 out for the solution to the problems — in algebra especially. years as clerk of the First Congregational Church; trustee of Joiing Worthington Grange 90 in the church for 20 years; organist 1904 at the time of its re-organof the church for 49 years; and ization, Mr. Capen’ is now the correspondent for the Berkshire only eharter member still living Eagle of Pittsfield since 1942, in town. He received his 50-year pin in 1955. A loyal Granger, he Besides all these offices, he has | is also a member of Hillside PoHillside| of mona, the State Grange, and- of served as secretary secretary-treasGrange; the National Grange. Rarely ‘Pomona missing a Grange meeting, he ‘urer of the Worthington Historiof the 4H secretary also has made a notable record cal Society; for his attendance at Pomona town committee; as chairman of and State Grange meetings. the local Civilian Defense organlization during World War I, “and �WaT The Berkshire Eagle, Thursday, April 16, 1959— Worthington Friends Honor Arthur Capen Oa | “This Is Your Life,” said Mrs. Russell F. Borst, left, lecturer of Worthington Grange, to Arthur G. Capen Tuesday at aint program honoring the veteran Eagle reporter, teacher, church and civic leader. At right he greets Mrs. Edith Hathaway of Worthington and, on right, his “first wife,” Mrs. Horace Bell of Augusta, Maine. || the 77-vear-ol j a church. benefit play.7 77-year-old bachelor in More than 100 friends, neighbors! ‘and former associates gathered in «rst Wife’ Attends Mis “Horde Belf ot. Adbusla the Worthington Town Hall Tuesday | waine, formerly ‘st Worthington. /night to honor Arthur G. Capen, 77-|/traveled the greatest distance to | 7 y, . ; , civie | year-old e rn < , + 9 o 7 s described She and|participate. teacher servant, © S ‘ herself |Eagle correspondent in that town/as ‘‘the first wife’ of Mr. Capen, a .|sinee 1942. bachelor all his life. She recalled The occasion was a version of Cap she appeared opposite Mr.| | “This Is Your Life’ built aroun 'Capen many years ago in a play| to send the Park for an) put on to raise money /Mr, Capen’s lifelong career of serv ‘ice in Worthington, sponsored by|church choir to Ocean Guests Grange, local the camejouting. | The final surprise of the evening | as Augusta, far away as ifrom |Maine, to participate in the pro-) was offered by Mrs. Ruby Manning, | }gram, which featured the presen-jassistant lecturer of the Grace: |tation of a 1959 portable television She presented Mr, Capen with a} chocolate cake he had ordered at ‘set to Mr. Capen. | A native of Worthington, where 4 Grange food sale—a sale run to \he was born Dec. 4, 1881. Mr. Ca-\raise money to purchase the TV| |pen’s family deep had roots in the 'hilltown area of Central Berkshire} Russell F. Mrs. | his life. | : His eM idistrict |Austin, old Borst. Gratnel narrator for the proparticipants included County!jecturer, was Hampshire western jand | where he has spent virtually all of!zram,. Other x | Former : : jset. schoohnates Capen,| Mr. of from) pupils |fellow teachers and iseveral schools, church and my | ; | included | officials. career teaching of Worth-| several of Worthingtons} Charlés Eddy, ;master cae Teacher schools, Texas, | Missionary in for Board, jin Enfield. He |the Worthington | A member of | Saat Church Huntington, in}. the American|inston Grange, Walter E. Kellogg, | and for 10 year's | master of Hillside Pomona Grange,| Williamsburg, presented| also has served on|jand C. Wesley Thayer of Feeding| state of the gatekeeper School Committee. | qijIs, the sponsoring the First Congrega- | Grange, represented since 1903, he has) organization. Mr. Kellogg, a_resi- iserved as a trustee of the church] gent of | for 20 years, as secretary of the} yr, Capen with a life membership | of| Grange, a | board, as clerk of the church for 30 |——_—_—— . VF Hee trite in Hillsidehas Pomona, lyears, and as church organist for! | which been a member since) he /60 years. Beet ; | He also has been clerk and treas-| 1936. lurer of the Worthington Fire Dis-|' In addition to the chocolate cake,| trict for 26 years, secretary-treas-/ Ty set, and Grange membership, ; jurer of the local historical society.| jsecretary of the 4-H town commit-| local civil tee, chairman of the i|defense organization, town auditor, ‘ia 50-year member iiGrange, secretary i for 35 years. of Worthington of the Grange \z> Capen the entire program receive and Many years ago Mrs. Bell appeared opposite iv Cr : , The guest of honor received a TV I net: set, life life Grange membership, and a cake. a a tape script of the recording proceedings. Sey er of �THURSDAY, APRIL, 16, 1959. WORTHINGTON | M Josionee Recalled By Neighbors, Classmates, Pupil , WORTHINGTON—Friends and neighbors, associates past and present, classmates and a pupil combined ‘in a Worthington Grange “This Is Your Life” tribute Tuesday night to Arthur Granville Capen, 77-yearold. town personality of many decades’ standing. Le/t to right are Cullen Tower of Agawam, a classmate; Harry Bates, another classmate and lifetime | schooldays friend, and Walter Tower. a pupil friend; who Mr. 1 Capen; Howard Johnson of Dalton, another t-oe-ures a report card signed by Mr. Capen. WORTHING PON—Charies Eddy, master of the Worthington Grange, presented Mr. Capen with a ible television set on behalf of its membership, one of several presentations during the evening. porta- | �a x, y MRS. ROBERT W. HIXON | Miss Marion “Bartlett, a friend | Bartlett, reminded him of a play, | WORTHINGTON-—-The Worih- /and neighbor and vice president| ‘ington Grange paid tribute Tues- of the Library Assn., visits regu. | ;day night in the town hall to Ar- Jarly on Wednesdays and Satur|thur Granville Capen, by turning days .the library where Mr. ! Capen | back the pages of his life so that | he might relive again the memor- | able events and | He was born faithful incidents. on Dec. 4, 1881, by Mr. and Mrs. and given 50 dependable as librarian. She other activities treasurer of the |the son of Granville and Hattie | (Blackman) Capen, in the house |in the Riverside District now jowned has the choir to go to Mrs. of. widow years service| Mr. Bell played Ocean the part Park.| of a) with three children andj, Capen the part of a widower | spoke of his with two children. ‘ as secretaryFrom all this busy life,Mr.} Worthington| Capen has spare time to act*as+ secretary of| overseer for three private homes Historical Society, the 4-H* town committee, Charles “The Ready-made Family,’* that was put on to raise money for chair-| while their owners are out of man of the local Civilian Defense | town. | Day, where his grandfather, Dan- Organization during World War Mrs. Ruby Manning, assistant II and town auditor at times. ‘iel Capen, settled when he moved lecturer of Worthington Grange, | from Windsor. Mr, Capen’s early In 1904 Mr. Capen joined the presented Mr. Capen a chocolate, | years were spent in the Riverside Worthington Grange No. 90 cake. Charles Eddy, master, pre|School, where happy memories when it was reorganized. A sented on behalf of the Grange, {were associated with Eva Fair. charter member, he received his members, a life membership to | man, Jim Corbett and others. Cul- 50 year pin in 1955. His Grange Worthington Grange No. 90 and). len Tower, now living in Aga:| work was started on the music a portable television set as tokwam, brought those early days committee and he supplied the ens of their appreciation for his| back to life. music for all the Grange activi-| many years of faithful service. |. Mr. Capen continued his school- | ties. He was elected and installed Walter E. Kellogg II, master, jing at the “Select School,” as it}as secretary of the Grange and of Hillside Pomona Grange, pre-| / was called, which was held in the! has held that office for 35 years. sented to Mr. Capen'a life mem- | town hall, Another voice from his| Charles | past, that of Harry |mate, lifetime |bor, and native Bates, friend Howard and now living Capen taught neigh-'him Johnson, of Worthington ; years a class-|thington in also and Mr.| Grange, walter in four of jiamsburg, master spoke behind for many | wheel.” Dalton. school 4) man Eddy, the E. | Worthington’s district schools. | Walter Tower of Worthington of man Kellogg master of Wor- congratulated him as “the of Wil- behind IIT of the Hillside bership TV set in that organization, The was purchased with the proceeds of a mammoth food sale | that Mrs. Ruby Manning promoted and to which Mr. Capen himself contributed by ordering some of the food; and several’ | Pomona Grange, told of Mr. donations from friends. The | Capen joining Hillside Pomona in| tire program was recorded | Was one of his pupils at Riverside | 1936, In 1942 he was elected and, tape, ; School in 1910 and 1911 and still | installed as secretary, an office” it. Mr. | _has a report card to prove l I. he has held for 17 years. He is} Capen also taught in Austin, also a member of the state and| / Texas, one year under the Ameri- | national Granges. Deputy C. Wes,¢an Missionary Board, and 10 ley Thayer from Feeding Hills,| | years in Enfield. Mrs. Howard) gatekeeper of the Massachusetts| | Wheeler brought back to life the State Grange, extended greetings | ,days.in 1918 in Enfield, where she to him as a true and loyal. also taught. Mrs, Wheeler now|Granger. Mr. Capt has been. lives and teaches in Springfield. correspondent for the Berkshire | Mr. Capen swapped houses with) Bagle since 1942, keeping Walter Pop” Shaw, acquiring the public posted on the various house in which he now lives. tivities of the community. Mrs, Elizabeth Torrey spoke as his friend and neighbor. She ee /minded him of the time her moth- ; ee arnt school matters she a red table spread ,out in a certain place, and would go to find ont what wanted. One day /Washed and /peared at the Mrs. happened to he she. Torrey hang) something red in that particular spot. As if summoned he ap-| house and around for a time, finally \“Did you want me for stood! asking,| some | thing?” Mr. Capen joined the First Con- 'gregational Church of Worthing:| ‘ton in. 1903. Since then he has/ {been years active and as a trustee secretary of the for 20) board| j( . of trustees. For 49 years he has, | been clerk the church — of the church ‘Lawrence Mason, organist and) for 30 years.' chairman of | ae board of trusteees of the} Worthington-Church, spoke high-| ‘ly of his dependability and the. |absewce of critical and belittling| remarks of suggestions he did. |not agree with and ready always. | with answers to questions per-| | taining to church affairs and rec- | ords. | Mrs. Harriet Osgood, treasurer| of Worthington Church, has | | been a neighbor for many years and she spoke of her “orders”, from Mr. Capen on church af.) fairs. For most these many duties| | would be quite enough, but Mr.) |Capen manages many more. He, {has served as clerk-treasurer of | the Worthington Fire District for |! 26 years. C. Kenneth Osgood, Worthington fire chief, a friend and neighbor, spoke as iuats tt ee Macone er, Mrs. Anna Cole and he were jon the School Committee. Mr. | Capen had no phone at the time Mrs. Cole wanted to jand when 'see him on |would hang the ac- : en-' on �eSeel TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1959,“WORTHINGTON [Both Ken and Harriet are ac: tive |}; ' Ken Osgoods | Honored, Wed 25 Years. WORTHINGTON — Mr. and 25th. wed- Mrs. C, Kenneth Osgood were honored at a surprise party Sunday evening in the town hall on the occasion of their ding anniversary which they are observing today. Selectman Franklin G. Burr. acted as master_of ceremonies, : : The -hall was filled with in town. and is a member church affairs. \3 of the board of | 'selectmen, fire chief, water. com‘missioner. and has been both a. | trustee and deacon of the First}. | Congregational Chureh for more ‘than 20 years. He is past master | ‘of the Globe Lodge of Masons |Hinsdale, as well as of two other lodges. | | in Harriet, the who local works a in member | part post - office, ‘time| is a ; member of the Friendship Guild, | | first vice president of the Hamp.-| ‘shire District of Congregational . Christian Women, church treas-| ;urer for more than 20 years, a| |friends and relatives and dur- ‘long-time Sunday a director of the Children's Aid | |ing the evening the Osgoods’ eldSociety and on the advisory counlest daughter and her husband, cil of the Hampshire County Ex| the Arthur Vaillancourts, called | from Germany where he is’sta- | tension, Service, The Osgood home is unofficial \tioned with the Army, They had for the younger | been conspicuous by their ab- headquarters the doors sence and their call after an ab- iset of the town with | always open and always room at. | sence. of a year helped to make ‘the table for one. more. ‘Their the evening complete. | The program which was ar- ‘influence on the young people of| ‘this town is perhaps their great. | ranged and directed by Mrs. Rich‘est achievement, and G.. Hathaway included. songs | iby Miss Judith Magargal; ballet x _ numbers by the Misses Frances ‘and Sylvia Eddy and Miss Christine: Magargal which were. ar- |ranged. by Mrs. George W. Hum- phrey; musical spoons act by Ralph W. Smith accompanied: by Mrs. George E. Torrey; comedy duet by Mrs. Hathaway «and Bradford Fisk and songs by Mr. Fisk accompanied Cowell. Tuttle; men’s by also Miss songs Sing-for-Fun Club. by Jane . ba the | Refreshments were in charge of Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett, Mrs. George W. Bartlett, Mrs. Zack! | Donovan, Mrs. Torrey and at ped fw SF oo Congregational Wonka Elect Mrs, Hathaway. Mrs. R. T. Bartlett made and decorated a cake in the form of the local First Con- /gregational Church in which! |both Mr. and Mrs. Osgood are }active members. A four-tiered anersary cake was Raymond made Magargal by Mrs, and dec-| oe by Mrs. Kenneth Pease. | The members of the Pilgrim Fel-| lowship’ under the direction of| Rev. Edward U. Cowles were in| charge -of the the Osgoods. community The presentation of \from the townspeople jand Harriet: was | Burr. The box /of silver made the to containing dollars and gift by to gift Ken Mr. the gift greenbacks was decorated with a maypole “Mari by Mrs. Torrey and Miss Marion lof L. silver | presented. Bartlett. and flowers Other were gifts also | The table decorations and centerpieces were done by Mrs, Law|renee Mason and Mrs. A. Leland ith. Emerson J. Davis decor- ated the hall and stage The annual meeting of the Hampshire District Congrega tional Christian Women was _ held Thursday in the Edwards Church in- Northampton. The main order of business in the afternoon was the election of officers, With the afternoon speaker, Dr. Robert) Wood Coe, left, are Mrs. Joseph W, Nutter, Hadley, 2d vice- president; Mrs. C. Kenneth _Osgood, Worthington, Ist vice-president and Mrs, Nelville B. Lord, Northampton, president. with | greens and spring flowers. | Out-of-town guests included | Mr. and Mrs. Jean Vaillancourt j}and Mr. and Mrs, /Agawam; Mr. ;/mond Osgood ‘ton, Mr. and Louis and Mrs. of Great Mrs. Plant of G. RayBarring- H. Allen Os- | good and family of Hartford |Mr. and Mrs. James Hoey and and }son of Woronoco. The Osgoods were married on | May 5, 1934, in the First Congre| gational Church by the Rev. J. Herbert Owens, who was pas- | tor at that time. They have three daughters, Mrs. Vaillancourt (Mary Lou) who is with her hus\|band in Germany; Miss Joan, “whose wedidng will be an event of this summer, and Miss Norma, ‘who is-a junior at Northampton . High School, | | � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. Loose-leaf binders are scanned with a professional flat bed scanner with the result that optical character recognition is of reasonable accuracy. Books are scanned photographically with the result that optical character recognition is less accurate. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927/1960 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Worthington Historical Society Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2021-12-09 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Black Chess Board design scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1958-1959. #17 This scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings of local and national interest. Topics include local social news, article on north polar crossing (1958), maple syrup production, an ice breakup in the Westfield River in Chesterfield, history of the schools and a memorial to Arthur Capen for continuing service to the town. (Capen died many years later in the 1980's.) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 25.4 x 1.3 cm (12 x 10 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR17 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 12 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, No. 17 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958/1959 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/7f1b30ba42a75645c80c700c4276b472.pdf e713854d3f8ac38a0bb921ce9bd32b7f PDF Text Text �a Pon ee 66% a | V, Bartlett Si B ‘ pe 17 Worthington Historical Society, Whrthington, Vilas. 013 Pac Of098 �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Frei ght To NORTHAMPTON, MASS., FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 195 Williamsburg Now sonienets 2k : ee a traction of the hauling of the several long daily freight trains of yesteryear. Only two tracks remain’ of the 34 in the New Ha.-| ven freight yard at 22%. King St.. and Leo Smith. of Granby Bas How Haven New train with is idle in’ times at one the Florence while have changed. Railroad car near the flagman freight and Bridge [his a caboose St. crossing Look stops Park traffic its crossing. It makes just trips to Williamsburg weekly for two and only then if there is a full car its bell warned traffic of its ap-| of freight. proach to a crossing. _Half a century ago there were Now state and federal laws reeight to 10 passenger trains in quire this procedure at all crossand out of Williamsburg (there ) ings where there are not autoare none now) and several matic signals—-and there are none freight trains pulled numerous on the seven between Northampton and Williamsburg. cars back and forth daily. Then, too, the familiar two long, one This freight engine has a daily short and one long signal of the ‘round trip from its home base at engine’s whistle and the clatter of | Westfield to Northampton doing a anon seeeonaenommemseesalenaseerescnimonae: is the sole employe station | By an house |TER« which z taxi Man Brotherhood? Near Fuad of Line HARTFORD (UPI) — The “last man’’ sat alone Monday night at a table set for 33. Frederick O. Groesbeck, 88, founded nearly two centuries on __ the oarsmen by ago Thames River in England. walked around the table. At each place he read a name “ard and blew out a candle. When only three candles re- But haired Vernon farmer returned to his place at the head of the table. Before him was a bottle of very old wine. Thomas J. Potter, 89, of Mt. Dora, Fla., were unable to attend. According to -tradition, the Jast surviving member opens of Vernon mained and lighted, It was “The rose the the annual Last Man solemnly white- meeting of Brotherhood,” members Surviving each year for a formal only Monday Two one man the bottle )a at of there was William H. night, others, 89, Pease, Groesbeck meet dinner. able to attend. neighbor Vernon, Madeira of and wine, vintage 1840, the departed drinks a toast to members and or- ganizes a new brotherhood. But Groesbeck is getting weary, “1 believe we will terminate the brotherhood after one more meeting next year,’’ he said. “This brotherhood takes up too much time,” he said, adding, ‘Maybe we'll donate what’s left in the treasury.” As for the wine, “I like wine myself. Maybe donate that to someone, once of the freight was manned| agent, three clerks and a man. By DOROTHY POT- don’t we'll too.” �aera Se yer IGAGEY W omen’s Saciety Costumed Of Worthington Schedules for Fair' j } i} | aoe Saturday Event Will Bel | : Held On Common; if Supper Planned \ The annual Women’s Benevo-| tent Society church fair at Worthington will be held Saturday] beginning at 2.30 on adjoining the First ional Church. Mrs. Warren, president, the following General the common| Congrega-| Bertram B. announces appointments. Chairman Mrs. Leroy H. Rida is general) chairman Rausch is 4 and Mrs. assisting W. Warren) | ‘her. They| are planning the event as an oldfashioned country fair with all| the workers to be in costumes! of the period when the WBS w as| founded in the 1890's x Mrs, Franklin H. Burr adds finishing touch te granddaughter One of the main features wil be an old country store with| Betsy Hitchcock’s costume as they prepare for W. B. S. Fair Mrs’ Laurence B. Shepherd, to be held Saturday af 2.30 in Worthington. Mrs. Neil Chapin, Mrs. Malcolm I, Fairman and Miss Mar-|Mrs. “Her bert Tower assisted| ion L. Bartlett as storekeepers. . Homemade pickles, jams, jel-' by Mrs. John Ames and Mrs.) W. Hitchcock will lies, preserves and candy will! Franklyn be sold. Fresh garden produce} have charge of the apron table; will also be offered. A barrel} Mrs, Ralph Kerley, Jr., jewelry| ot crackers and a “head” of, table; Mrs. William Kronenberg-} and}cheese will be another feature. | er, Mrs. Roy W. McCann Mrs. Helen Bretzner, hand-| Mrs. Walter Tower will have goods; Mrs. Dana J.} charge of the food table and will ' Imitted Lowd and Mrs. Chester Wronski be assisted by Mrs. Carl Joslyn, Mrs. Lewis Zarr and Mrs. Rich-| assisted. by Mrs. Frank eran and Mrs. George Jasper, an} ard Hathaway. A refreshment! stand, serving throughout the| assortment of gift items. Master) will be George| afternoon, will be operated by|/ of ceremonies } Comdr. and Mrs. Harold F. ae | Jasper, Old-Time Supper | Hugh. An old-fashioned church sup-| Fortune Teller Miss Jane Conwell Tuttle will | per will be served from 5 to 7 in the cafeteria of the Russell H.| again play the part of a gypsy! fortune teller. The Misses Bets} Hiteheock and Katherine Moran}} will sell balleons in clown costumes, Mrs. Franklin H. Burr,|! the “cookie lady,’’ will pass out} gingersnaps. to the children. Mrs. Raymend Sears and Mrs.} Kenneth Peasé are arranging}, games for the young people.) Buggy rides and pony rides are also being planned. The musical), cake walk will be under the di-| rection and Mrs. of Mrs. Zack C. Francis The ‘attic and arranged Thompson, Donovan| Granger. corner, planned| by Mrs. Donald: I. | Mrs. Norman Conwell School under the direc-| tion of Mrs. Rida and Mrs.} Arthur Rolland, assisted by Mrs. Arthur J. Ducharme, Sr., and || Mrs. Malcolm I. Fairman. | Tickets will be on sale at the|| door. baked The menu will include}: beans, baked ham, maca-| roni and cheese, jellied beet sal-|' ad, cole slaw, brown bread, hot}, rolls, blueberry pie and coffee. Proceeds from this annual fair} will be added to the parsonage|' building fund for the First | gregational Church. F.| Hines and Mrs. Clark W. Clem- mer, is complete with a giant spider web and realistic looking spider, A wide variety of treasures will be displayed and items may be bargained for. Friendship ~ Guild will} co The have a booth of greeting cards,| stationery and gift wrapping Those in charge will be Mrs. | A. Leland Smith, Mrs. Ralph W. Smith, Mrs. George H. Bartlett, and Mrs. Ralph A. Moran. { �/WORTHINGTON—Mrs. ifair in Worthington |her decision. | which included Frank as Miss A. Marion Sexton In background, Roy W. many goodies ponders L. Bartlett, common McCann at the her purchase disguised and turn Mrs. of the as a Ralph century. of butter cookies at the annual country W. storekeeper, Smith inspect’ patiently the church awaits merchandise, WORTHINGTON — A large crowd and glorious summer weather combined to make Saturday’s WBS church fair one of the most successful on record, with pro| ceeds expected to top a thousand| dollars. With all. the workers in Gay | Nineties costumés, and the booths all in keeping with an old-fashioned country fair, it was certain‘ly the most colorful fair in a long time. Prizes for the best costumes| went to Mrs. Richard B. Smith, who was fashionably attired in a} wasp-waisted number; Mrs... Ray{mond H, Sears, who modestly wore | a full length dressmaker bathing suit complete with black stockings and a heavily veiled hat, and to} |Miss Marion L. Bartlett, who was disguised as a bustling old-time |storekeeper, a little on the swash-| | buckling side, ‘ | The whole scene made a ‘field | | day for camera fans. se Iv, 1759 | WORTHINGTON—Miss is Jane Conwell Tuttle. better known in the ‘world of the arts, plays the part of Madame LaZonga at the church fair in Worthington on Saturday. Her special line of fortune telling �“\william Named to District Board | WORTHINGTON — ifranklin}, Burr and Franklyn Hitchcock 94 - ap- master of |, ‘and his on July 25, He of five sons of Burr. Ella and wife He two TOU é tomor-) | s \ Bailey. The kitchen damage. | several was vite A Lely Kane oe will be Bisbee in home will be no calling CHARLES A. WORTHINGTON hours. River died Rd., at his fo . Charles!, |} enisiate lee e a 4 and 7 Friends ers. hours are Sunday -P ge a } from 2 to es yeal's district~.office, Moran, Ralph A. sophomore at Williams School ‘was the 1 awards at thé, clos \ year for Geometry, § proficien Latin,’ ‘Mrs, Walter “Mo: Anthony Palecki are the, eandy, table for mage’ at-40. Schoo! r 4 this|' to omit flow- fie ld Alan Friday.|f to 9 at the funeral home. F, “Bart: | England Telephone Company, ty-two years of.jyhich she eaaed as district, chief clerk. in the comof me ae nercial departnrent Mrs.. |‘ ; in charge Y Will Bartlett of Phoenix, who has come. east. reunion cousins ing the of the PTO rumsale “scheduled for Ra once in-the Russell Ariz., at Yale, and visitat The Boies scenes of his childhood, Saeare ments are in charge of Bisbee}/ funeral home in Chesterfield.|: Calling of | co-worker town; four sons, Charles Fran-| | cis, Irving R., Paul R. and Ken-|neth M., all of Worthington; 17) -|grandchildren and several nieces jand nephews. Funeral will be in Center Cemetery. Arrange-| | a a Hoare some She was entertained last ane at. a dinner at the Crane Ign in Dalfon by her co-workers and: recently company representatives here with a prised her at home memory ‘book and purse from her is in There|‘ Emer son forty-three Cemc-| of assisting! mothers te a daughters, Mrs. Ira W. Pease} of Middlefield, Mrs. Franklyn Brooks, Miss Freda and Miss Granger the Janis| oe lett and Mrs. Ralph ‘A. Moran asthe dressing | sisted the girls room, Miss Olive Cole who has wor ked he was born. He leaves his wife, | F Daisy (Pratt) Granger; four! j in Chor eography: tumes. son of Abraham and Rebecca (Gurcher) Granger, and lived)} all his life in the house where t+ Marie Dicko- | Humphrey. many of the costumes by Miss~Humphrey W ith He was born Dee. 14, 1883, the} } Rose and ne’. Magargal,| Dawn Ford, Dorothy Church, Bisbee, testy patsy West Worthinghome " ees Katherine Moran,. Betsy Hitchcock, Sharon” Packard, | Nancy Albert, GRANGER — Humph- | audience to: the. town-hall. :‘Pdesday we te represen pants tia, Taking with several ‘farailies by three: gener: Feu = North funeral W. an appreciative a =e S a a a are of the ballet) in the various? numbers award, charge of arrangements. ton, there was and waiter!| dollars. tery. of Loss is estimated at) hundred . George of Mrs. drew rey recital annual The pupils Abraham Granger, 75, a farmer, |< 'the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-, | ward Heldt, Witt Rd., Tuesday, | | was extinguished by two of their) neighbors, Herman Huber, who, L deravered the fire, and Richard) | ,complete loss and | considerable smoke Burial f FT Quell Blaze |M. the 19, 1959. WORTHINGTON He 14 years, last mother as his only known sur-|’ ‘vivor. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p. m. in the First Conwith Rey.| Church gregational Edward U. Cowles officiating.| Neighbors Team A fire JUNE |He was a welder by trade and for the had lived in Worthington his leaves C the} bachelor He was born Oct. 2, 1900, in Hartly, Del., the son of Mrs. Elizabeth (Faulkner) Rodway. jig 7, 14 54 WORTHINGTON — of ames ayo First) the Hollow, died Friday at his home. by Clement rOre give 23. In ad-'' and ‘Kane and .wi of inj}: of! degrees, for one will by | Ar- will be the degrees degrees. “Re- will we eek H. CO at WORTHINGTON — Francis |Henry Cowen, 58, of Christian tN and Robert; two brothers, Fred( and n ampto Westh of lerick H. | | Joseph of Knightville. The funer- WORTHINGTON j.\benediction. Rev. Newcomb Church MhsORTHINGTON | Son is survived al will be held in Oxford row at 2:30 p. m. the Holyoke, was the Clement sons, president, numbering Pederson Gounod, received| t | Franklin H. Burr has i /word of the death of Roy Clem! Oxford, in 86, {ent Burr, aged |N.’¥., eldest W. class. The Glee Club will sing two. selections, ‘One World,” \O’Hara, with Patrick Lavelle of the eT Edward feature graduating Sunday Methodist the in- to be sung Dr. Stuart’ M:. Stoke, professor) psychology and education at}, of dormitory cs how five Mrs. | UpNtY ¥ Pe at 3. Dr. Turle, Prior to» this, Seanlon will cite) the honor _graduates and to a top ranking student will go the honor of presenting the class to INGTON tT will: give Mount. Holyoke College, will) give the address and Mrs. Rob-) ert A. Peterson of Alford, member of the State Board of Education, will confer the degrees.| president during her senior year and was elected by facuity and students to ‘‘Who’s Who in American Colleges: and Universities.”’ She will teach in West field beginning in September. Ww Audi-\(hur college of science in education will be) conferred upon five special students. Mrs. for E.. Greene Zi of the Blessed Sacra- + Fellowship, 94)SPonse,” commence-|‘ne of education dition She has been a member of the student government jor four) representative the college recipients from Westfield State T'eachers College on Sunday afternoon. Student in Dever at annual on conferring for the first time the institution’s long history bachelor of science in education years, exercises Scanlon, Graduated J. Bartlett, and ment at ipreside, A program Post Office on Monday. Sealed bids wil] be accepted by Mrs. Philip Arcouette,, secretary of the School Committee, until noon on July 1. Mr. College afternoon tuting in Grades 3 and 4 at the Russell H. Conwell School. Invitations to bid on school bus routes will be posted in the of Teachers torium 4 for 1959-60 by the Schooel Committee. Mrs. Porter is a graduate of North Adams State Teach ers College and formerly taught for two years in the Worthington schools. She is presently substi- daughter State seniors George H. Bartlett of Huntington Rd., received her degree of of Hol- Mildred vis, Class song leader, wil] be lbachelor of science in education/™e"t.eye ts pointed teacher of Grades 3 and Bartlett Caroline both Mrs. iwill be conferred by Westfield Vocation, followed by. the trict Schoo] Committee by the selectmen and the School Com- Miss Miss Graduate Drokne soloists. At WSTC Sunday conan WESTFIELD — Degrees Vo Lady were appointed to the Hunting-|) ton-Montgomery Regional Dis- mittee. Mrs. Daniel R. Porter was Wil sie, aN ~ WORTHINGTON �JUNE | 9, 1959, Head Medical Services At Hospital Collectively these four men have served 51 years as thiefs of Dickinson Hospital. Their combined years of medical study exceed that figure. Dr. Thomas F. Corriden (second from the quartet with 25 years as Surgeon-in-chief, Dr. Richard addition. He became chief-of-anesthesia initials of the Cooley Dickinson in 1956. Dr. the four medical services of the Cooley| before and since starting their practice far right) of 15 Roe Ave. is senior member of / Dolloff (left) of 24 Ward Ave. is the latest Lawrence N, Durgin (second from left) of 66} Amity St., Amherst, is physician-in-chief. Dr, James Cavanagh (right) of 23 Dryads Gr. is obste-| ‘trician-in-chief. Coincidentally and_ appropriately, their last names begin with two Cs and two Ds, the| Hospital. �tO CITY MAN T0 RECEIVE “PH.D. IN EDUCATION cab protetin IE 1 GF 4 Salvatore Avato of 69 Marshall St. will receive the doctor of education in educational ad- WORTHINGTON — Miss Ann Rida, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Rida, Cudworth Rd., is in Cooley Dickinson Hospital following emergency surgery Wednesday. The early summer reception of new members and service of Holy Communion, at 11 Sunday morning in First Congregational) Church, will be conducted SA ore eh ‘Spirit of God’? J. ministration ceremonies versity, New Avato, son degree Tuesday at of Mr. Columbia in Uni- York. Dr, Avato is a gradaute of Westfield State Teacher’s Col- by lege iRev, Edward U. Cowles, assist‘ed by deacons and deaconesses. The choir, accompanied by Arthur G. Capen, organist, will] sing Cosmo WORTHINGTON and Springfield } ‘College. Pa., N.Y. by Huma- care for the small] children of parents who attend the morning service. : The executive committee of}: the Friendship Guild has named the following-chairmen of committees: friendly service, Mrs. Ralph Moran; relief, Mrs. Harry W.. Mollison; social, Mrs. Clifford Tinker; Christian family life, Mrs. Daniel Porter; social action, Mrs. Jay Gangel; adventures in reading, Mrs. Ralph|* Smith; program, Mrs. C, R. a tet. bert DS will Magargal and Miss Marion [first post office in Worthington | Was established. aS Among Grange. Among L.|! Bartlett. The Post Office will be closed today. The store will be open from 8.30 until 1 p. m, | According to Harry W. Molli-| son, the morning mail! delivery ,out of Huntington to Worthing‘ton via Highland St. will be bout one hour earlier, #HOne hundred sixty-three ‘Years |ago this month, Asa Biglow received the appointment of post;master for the town and the Lebanon, Pa., them and was Scottsville,, Mrs. Wil- liam Loud ‘Sr. of Lebanon, N.Y.,| the former Eva Johnson of Worthington and sister to Mr. Johnson. The couple was married in Plainfield; Mrs. Johnson is, the former Helen Dunham of. that town. They have besides their daughter, a son, Howard A. Jr. who lives in Dalton. Mr. Johnson is a retired building contractor h av in g contracted houses in Dalton and Hinsdale. Both are active and well known in Grange circles; Mr. Johnson| was treasurer of Flintstone Grange in Dalton for twelve years and, both held offices in Worthington son, Arthur J. Ducharme willl! have charge of ushering for the month of July. Mrs. Richard B. Smith X GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY WORTHINGTON — > Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Johnson, former| Worthington residents now living in, Dalton and parents of Mrs.| Lewis Zarr of town, observed their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday with open house at their home in that town. One hundred seventyfive attended with persons present from Middlefield, Plainfield, Ashfield, Whately, Hinsdale, Dalton, Worthington, Melrose, Pottstown, He at ty DR. COSMO has done J. AVATO advanced_ studies), Boston University, Universi-|' of Colorado and Springfield College. A teacher in the Springfield schools, he served last year as an administrative intern to the _ superintendent of schools in) Dobbs Ferry, New York. His) doctoral dissertation is entitled “A study of of elementary pals.” interest school patttern|| princi- the anniversary — gifts was a money plant from the Highland Agricultural Society which Mr. Johnson, serves as an officer. In Worthington, the Johnsons lived on West St. and during those years son served the town as an _assessor, “The teachers of the Russell H. Conwell Schoo] will atend the anto be convention teachers’ nual held in Orange on Wednesday and schoo! will be closed here on that no religious be will There day. education classes or piano and accordion lessons as are usually scheduled. Guests over the past weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Zarr included Mrs. Lloyd Wilbur of Scottsville, N.Y., and Mr. and Mrs. William Loud Jr. of Pottstown, Pa. Governor Foster Furcolo has in- ‘vited 29 residents of Massachusetts to serve on the governor’s advisory committee on migrant agricultural labor and Mrs. Harry L. Bates of this town is one of them. Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Gangel | of Babylon, L.I. have returned to, their home after spending the past | weekend with his parents, Mr. and the Corners. | at l Mrs. Jay C. Gange �{ 1 1 O. DF ‘ : idetet——d $5 WORTHINGTON | Dr. J. C. Sanborn Accepts Invitation Begins Duty Oct. 1 WORTHINGTON / tors of the — The Worthington WILLIAMSBURG Ae Marilyn Boucher Engaged | To Wed Robert Bartlett WILLIAMSBURG — Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Boucher of Hosford Rd., announce the engagement direc- Health Association have received an acceptance of their invitation for a. resident doetor from Dr. John C, Sanborn. Donald -I. Thompson, president, announces that word has been received from Dr. Sanborn saying that he plans to begin his practice at the Health Center on Oct 1. MARILYN | Airman as resident director Center on Oct, 1. of phyisican the |Base in Texas. 'of Huntington | No date has wedding. and| Health Bartlett, a member the Air National Guard at field, recently —_camnleted training at Lackland Air This is good news for the people of the Hilltown area who de| pend on the Worthington Health Center for their medical needs,| They have been without a resident physician since March 31 when Dr. Leighton A. Kneller left to establish a practice in} Newburyport, | Dr. Sanborn is presently serving with the United States Air| Force in French Morocco. He graduated from high school in Mamaroneck, N. Y., and received an MA degree in 1952 from Hamilton College in Clinton, N. Y. He received his M. D, from the State University of New York at Syracuse in 1956, His internship was served at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, a 12-months rotating type completed in 1957, With his wife and two small} sons, Dr, Sanborn will come to| Worthington at the end of September. He will commence his medical BOUCHER of their daughter, Marilyn Mar: | garet, to A/3 e Robert E. Bartlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett of Worthington. Miss Boucher will enter her! senior year at Williamsburg High| School in the fall: | -DR. JOHN C. SANBORN duties M. | He High been of West-| _hasic’ Force is a graduate School. set for the �JUNE |The Hampshire County Chapter of the American 11, 1959. Red Cross now is established in its new home, at 125| State St. The purchase of the home was made possible by the expenditure of capital funds, which have| been saved by the local chapter since World War 1. The home was partially furnished by gifts from| |several individuals, in addition to their regular contributions, including a $1,000 donation. Other fur- | inishings are needed, but no funds from the annual campaign, which fell $3,700 short of the goal this | | year, will be expended. Red Cross officials state that the new home will enable the Red Cross chapter to | {sarey on its work more efficiently and effectively without entailing any additional annual expense| than when the chapter was located in Memorial Hall, where rent was paid to the city. | | �Library at Worthington = Celebrating 75th Year Aibyary ls 715 Years Old Afternoon Program for Children, Annual Meeting, Buffet Supper, Evening Musical Planned On Saturday the Fredrick Sar- quent gent Huntington Library in Worthington will celebrate its 75th anniversary beginning with a children’s program at 2 o’clock on the library lawn. If the weather does not permit, it will be held*in the Russell H. Conwell School, Stories from Dr. Seuss’ books will be told by Miss Mary Dryden of Springfield. Mrs.. Marianna H, Rowe of the State Regional Library will. review three books. Costume Prizes Five prizes will be given for children in costume representing story-book .characters: for pre-school, grades 1 and 2, grades 3 and 4, grades 5 and 6, and grades 7 and 8. Miss Marjon L. Bartlett will have charge of this part of the celebration. At 4 o'clock the Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at the library. Historical Sketch Dr. William B. Kirkham, president, will present a ‘‘Historical sketch of the library.” Bradford Fisk, tenor, accompanjed by Jane Conwell Tuttle will sing ‘‘Songs My Mother Taught Me,” by Anton Dvorak, ‘Londonderry Air’ arranged by Fred Weatherly, and “Beautiful Dreamer’ by Steven Foster. An address: ‘‘A Look To The Future’ will be given by Lawrence E. Wikander, librarian at Forbes Library, Northampton. A business session will follow with reports of clerk, treasurer, and nominating committee, election of officers and other business. : A buffet supper will be served at 6 o’clock in the cafeteria of the Russell N. Conwell School ainder the direction of Mrs. William F. Sanderson ang Mrs. Robert Nelson, They will be assisted by Mrs. Richard Hathaway and Mrs. Stanley S. Mason. The menu will include roast turkey and dressing, ham, scalJoped potatoes, tossed salad, homemade rolls, bread, and blueberry pie, Mrs. George E. Torrey, Jr., is in charge _of tickets for the supper entertainment following, are now on sale. and the which years until the present’ building was erected and of-: ficially opened in March 1915.) The site was § a gift in memory) of Col. William and Wealthy Cot-. trell Rice. The building was) made possible by a sum of money left by Mr. Huntington, who died in 1884, in the care of! a self-perpetuating board of trustees. There have been only two librarians: Miss Katherine Rice, who served for 25 years) and the present Arthur G, Capen, who librarian, is serving his 50th year. Schumann Quartette The evening program will at 8 o'clock The Opus Schumann 47, in the Town be presented will Piano be _ Here is the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library ington which will celebrate its 75th anniversary Hall. Quartette, by Jeanne Mills, New York City, piano; Ronald Hathaway, Wyom- ing, New violin; Shaler York City, viola; Maskowitz, and Peter Rosenfeld, Pittsfield, cello;’ art-|' ist-students at the Cummington} School of the Arts under the direction of Harold Sproul. The Hilltown Choral Society under the direction of Mr. Sproul will sing ‘‘As Torrents In Summer’ by Elgar; ‘Heavenly Light’ by Wilhousky;. ‘‘Music, When Soft Voices Die,” by Clements; and “Early One Morning,’ arranged by Alfred Whitehead. Mrs. De- Sena and Witt W. Markham will present two dramatic readings, ‘Del Sarti Maid’ and ‘‘Exactly Right.’’ The program will conclude with a ‘‘Virginia Reel” by six couples in the costumes of 1880. Those dancing will be Mr. and Mrs. C, Kenneth Osgood, Mr, and Mrs. Laurence Mason, Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn Hitchcock, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mr. and Mrs, John Green. Mrs. Harry L. Bates is general chairman of the celebration and she has as her assistants, Miss Jane Conwell Tuttle, Mrs, Warren Rausch, Mrs. George E, Torrey, Jr., and Miss (Marion L. Bartlett. | An attractive bulletin in the; form of a book has been placed, on the library lawn presenting the program for the celebration. | The book which is 6 ft. by 8 ft. was mace by Franklyn Hitchcock and lettered by Mrs. Warrea Rausch and Mrs. Franklyn Hitcheock. Founded by Pastor The library: was organized in 1884 by the efforts of Rev. Fredrick Sargent Huntington, pastor of the First Congregational Church, It was first housed over the present Corner’s Grocery, then owned by Samuel Cole. It was moved to various homes and a school during the subse- in WorthSaturday. �THE SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY Worthington REPUBLICAN, SPRINGFIELD, MASS., AUGUST 16, 1959 Country Store to Close. [ye rien af hy lives in a home a jack rabbit's jump away, said she and her family didn’t know what they were going to do without the store. ‘‘We could go over to the store 40 times a day for things,”’ she said. ‘‘Now, I don’t know, without a car like we are.”’ | According to Miss Bartlett, who supplied most of the history of the store, the site it is now jon did not hold the first store jin town. | Horace Cole, owner of what ‘imay have been the first store ‘ion the present site, told his son,! i\Samuel, according to docu-|ments, that there was at one time a store opposite the house which George is now owned Snook '|ners crossroad. at the Authenticated by by Four Dr. Cor- Letter This is authenticated by a let-) ‘iter written in 1812 by the wife | |}of a Judge Howe. The letter) jreads: \4 Grocery in Worthington, nearly 100 years old, will the store as it is today, aaa epg OS End clo se sia lagen eh or Sept. 19. Shown above, = of an Era es Long Gone WORTHINGTON — The end of an era — that of the country store — will be signaled in this town when the Corners Grocery closes its doors Sept. 19 Built in 1860 The pot-bellied stove and wooden benches were removed long ago, but this store, built in} 1860, is the only one within seven or eight miles for the more than 500 residents of this hilltop town. “People in this town say it is shame to close it down, yet are the ones who go where Route 112 and 143 cross.| From documents, according to) ‘Miss Bartlett, the store alluded | to must. be what was known as| “Old Oy one in towns fF Store te first Ihe date this was}: removed to the present site is| ‘not certain. In 1845, Horace Cole! Lure of City Shopping Is Blamed: Pot - Bellied Stove, Wooden Bench- these | ‘on Century-Old Country Store Closing lts Doors in Worthington Sept. 19 a is Corners Grocery is 50 yards) more from the four corners! as far as 22 miles — to Northamp-| Along Packard with Charles. has been Parish, In 185T, Cole tok.his in 1859, the C. Eddy,|iwo-story, white clapboard build. After it burned down built in 1860 an running the) store since Sept. 29, 1952. Before Packthat his father, Merwin ard, who has retained a finan- cial interest in it, had been thel owner for 27 years. Post Office to Remain 3 is still Packard elder The of the Post Office postmaster the store has contained which 100-year) its almost out. through 1 history. and Simeon Clapp had a store there. | From 1849 to 1857, the store wags owned by Cole and G, C. present one was g is not out of place. Illusion is destroyed, however, run by the two Coles until 1875. when one enters the store. From That year Samuel took his son, freeze Horace S., into business. open, hummin 8 dee Pp P Leased In 1883 units to gleaming meat display cases and jampacked aisles, inCharles K, Brewster leased side is the replica of a thousand the store in 1883 and at that) jand one other small-sized varie- time was appointed postmaster. | | ty stores. The only difference is Fayette Sturtevant, who later) 4 the small window of a post of-was employed by Forbes-Wal-| took over! ‘fice and a section of the wallilace in Springfield, to post office boxes to'the management of the store. In| The owners say that 8S) qeyoted 11906, Walter Shaw leased the| far as they know, the Post. Of- ithe left as you enter. fice will remain there. It is a Little of Everything lstore from Horace S, Cole, Ed-} the with rests which containing|ward J. Blight bought the store| decision A tiny . hallway, Post Office Department. wall slots with family names in 1914 and ran it until 1925) Eddy and the younger Pack- , printed over them were news- when Merwin Packard became) ard ‘say the store is for sale * papers are held, leads the way|the owner. When he took control of the| though they are not advertising. \to another section of the store to buy it, \— wants “If someone the hardware department. ,store, it is said, a potbellied| |This again, like the main secwe will sell,’ Cullen Packard ition, has a little bit of every-| |stove and benches signified that] said, ‘ |thing. Nails, rope, buckets, lat night it was ‘‘off-limits’’ for| didn’t! The store retains an old-fash- ‘bolts, paint cans, hoes, rakes—) |women. ‘‘Why a woman | oned air from the outside, if all find their place somewhere ;want to go into the place, with| |the smoke and all, my father) |;ane overlooks an ugly, metal ‘in this oil-floored room, has told me,”’ Cullen Packard! |soft drink machine and metal| What are the reactions of! said. “That was one of the first! and-glass telephone booth on the residents of the town to the things my father did, get rid of| wooden porch. Otherwise, a picclosing? Cullen Packard says ithose benches and that pot-bel-} ture of barefoot boys dragging ton, Westfield and Pittsfield — to do their shopping,’’ Cullen S. Packard, one of the three owners of the store, says. ‘‘We would like to keep the store their feet through the dust of open as much as they say they and horse buggies do, but you don’t run a store be- dirt roads tied up at the posts supporting| cause it is an institution in the ttown; you have to make a liy- |the second-story balcony of the: ing out of it.” ‘one man lright told him to close long history the in they have no | lieq stove.”’ | after its Did it upset the routine of the| the town. “ store stopped him by asking him oldtimers? ‘‘For a while it did,’’} | young Packard said. “One| where he gets his groceries, young Packard said. ‘‘All this gentleman, who still lives near-| store is now is a place to get by, vowed never to set foot in|} what you forgot at the super- the store again. ‘If you can’t market or what you have run provide me a place to sit down, I'll go elsewhere,’ he told my father. But he came back within a few weeks.” a Corners “The house we are to inhabit! stands on one corner of two roads’ which cross each other,} but not near enough to either) road to be incommoded by it, or} to look ill; the other three corn-' ers are occupied by a tavern, a| store and a dewlling house.” | �WORTHINGTON Qaands 4 1g > TO CE ASE Siipebiantn Sad “We hate to see the old place go, just as much as anybody in the town. But what are you going to do, You have to make a living.”’ mury L417 SF Former Secretary Dies at 71 | OPER. ATION | WORTHINGTON -- Management| jof the Corners Grocery Inc. an-| nounced that their store will cease| joperation as of Sept. 19, The only general store in Worthington, the | |Corners Grocery has been in con-| | tinuous operation since 1800. | Merwin F, Packard, owned and| | operated the store for more than | a quarter of a century, Upon his| lyetirement in 1952, he turned it| () over to his son, Cullen §. Packard| and his son-in-law, Charles C.| Eddy. The former left the store a | year ago for other employment and since that time the store has beer operated by Mr. Eddy. It is expected that other interests will operate the store after Sept. 19. erro e (United Press International Teiep hoto) Former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles died Sunday at the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. He was 71 years old. This picture visit te was New made York last August during a City. ne enna Peaks in Dulles’ Career WASHINGTON (?) — Here are the high marks in the career of John Foster Dulles: Born Washington, D. C., Feb. 25, 1888. At 19, a secretary of second | Hague peace conference, 1907. | Graduated as Phi Beta Kappa-and class valedictorian | at Princeton University, 1908. | Received law degree, George, Washington University; began practice, New York City; 1911. Married Miss Janet Pome| roy Avery, 1912. | Received first diplomatic | appointment, from President | Woodrow Wilson, to negotiate with Central American nations for protecting Panama Canal, 1917, | U. S. Army intelligence officer, 1917-18. Counsel to U. §. commission | at World | ference, War I peace Versailles, con- France, | 1918-19. Foreign affairs adviser to Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey, 1944. Adviser to U. S. delegation at founding of United Nations, San Francisco, 1945. Republican adviser to three Democratic a enn ee secretaries of state at London, Moscow, Paris conferences, 1945-49, Appointed U. S§, senator from New York, to fill vacancy, 1949, Defeated in U. S. Senate race; named consultant to secretary of state by Democratic President Harry S, Truman, 1950. Drew up World War IL peace treaty with Japan, 1951, Helped design Republican remaks; -underwent. foreign policy plank in party platform, 1952, Appointed secretary of state in Eisenhower cabinet, 1953. Created stir with remarks on ‘“‘massive retaliation,’’ 1954. Created another with ‘“brinkof-war’’ operation for cancer of colon Nov. 3; returned to work one month later, Hospitalized with inflamed eolon Dec. 5, 1958. In 1959, treated for virus infection Jan. 4, underwent hernia operation Feb. 13, notified of cancer recurrence Feb. 14, resigned as secretary of state April 15, named special consultant to President Eisenhower on foreign affairs April 23, afflicted monia May 8, with pneu- | | �Peter Rabbit, one of the bestloved characters of Thornton Burgess' "Bedtime Stories, " often confers the study Brook" with of the author his home. in "Laughing The amiable rabbjt is shown enjoying a so- cial visit with his author-crea- tor. OCTOBER 11, 1959 Visits in Our Valley By BRIAN F. KING. Now soft the fair October Where And quail’s gentians Of bounty-laden sweet whistle nod on wind-swept counts harvest the trills hills yields fields; Pale amethyst the wild grape gleams In hidden glades where sparkling streams Explore a wondrous world ablaze With golden fires of autumn days. �Built in 1742, Mr. Burgess' home stories, is one of the oldest houses in Hampden. Christened "Laughing Brook, " after the locale of his nature the author's Hampden sanctuary is one of the showplaces of the township. THE The famous "Laughing Brook" of Mr. SPRINGFIELD (MASS.) SUNDAY REPUBLICAN ® OCTOBER 11, 1959 Burgess' "Bedtime Stories" actually flows outside the windows of his study (center). forest friends are frequent visitors to the picturesque area. The author's �ria mpden ee The : beginning > of a career, destined to bring fame ~ and recognition beyond his fondest dreams, was launched ~— for) Thornton W, Burgess of Hampden a long time ago when he penned a series “of letters to his. small son, each of which contained a bedtime story. Mr. Burgess had no notion at the time that his bedtime stories, expressly written to delight the fancy of a small boy, would be continued through the jyears that ensued; nor that their thousands of descendants ‘would be nationally syndicated }and printed in book form to charm generation after generation of children. “T enjoyed writing those first bedtime stories,’ the 86-yearold, gentle-mannered authornaturalist informed us as we : a : aA eh ee in samba! study of his eeHampden home, “but I had no idea at the time | ithat they were slated to open | ‘the way to a long and happy| ‘eareer for me. It seems almost. junbelievable that I: will have. penned my fifteen thousandth) -\bedtime story on January 16 of) next year and that some 10,/000,000 copies of my books have \been sold since the ‘Old Mother West published in 1910.” * * first Wind,’ one, was * It was pleasant chatting with -|the celebrated author-naturalist -|in the cozy study of his Hamp-|den home which is, incidentally, lone of the oldest houses in the lovely little township. Built in .|1742, it was purchased as a summer home by Mr. Burgess ‘jin 1928. He came to love it so ‘|dearly that he converted it into ‘la year around residence to re-| *|place his former home in Wash- : “Pye Story — Teller ea a come to consider a my ‘\setting of the author’s beloved bedtime stories, for the amiable ereatures of field and forest which people his nature tales -lare to be found dwelling within -|the confines of its picturesque acreage. The author christened the estate ‘‘Laughing Brook,” after the well-known brook of his na-{ture stories. It is an appropriate name, for “Laughing Brook” ) _jactually flows outside the win- oe dows of his study. And—as in ‘|his bedtime stories—his furred “land feathered friends frequently visit its banks to exchange friendly greetings with their| >jauthor friend. -| Even while we chatted with .|Mr. Burgess, Blackie the Crow ecawed .raucously from _ the depths of the Green Forest and Happy Jack the Squirrel frisked about in the branches of a state- ‘ly old elm “|side his tree that stands study window. ; success minor One =e to led Later, he began - as for advertising agencies he pointed out the presence Ments of other : familiar : characters of @9d manufacturers of various:: | : ; his bedtime stories along the Products. ‘|banks — of “Taughing Brook.” ‘|\“There’s Sammy Jay himself,’ ‘the continued, pointing toward a handsome bluejay, busy admir- ing his reflection in the glass of one of Mr. Burgess’ study windows. But Sammy Jay wasn’t in the mood to be introduced to a strange newspaperman. No, ‘|sir, he was too busy preening his feathers to pay us any atten-|tion! “Children are delighted when they drop in for a visit and find .|the actual living counterparts of my stories frolicking along _|the banks of ‘Laughing Brook,’ ’’ Mr. Burgess observed. ‘|And. children do occasionally visit the author’s home, It isn’t at all unusual for them to ring his doorbell, introduce themselves and enjoy a brief visit when he has the time to spare. “T’ve always been fond of lehil@ren.” he admitted, “tn! fact, I’ve always made it a point, whenever possible, of course, to personally answer the letters they write to me.” Horatio Alger never penned a success story equal to that which is woven throughout Thornton W.- Burgess’ career. Born in Sandwich on January 14, 1874, he acquired his love for the creatures of the great outdoors while roaming the marshes and beaches of Cape Cod. ‘ “The famous old Sandwich glass factory was still in existence in those days and I re- ‘berries by hand kept me in clothes money when I was a boy, but I still managed to find’ a little time to roam the fields and forests. There I learned things areut Paar of — creatures that have remaine with me through the years.” I can remember re ceiving a check for $5.00 from the Shredded Wheat Company— then located in Worcester—for writing a history of the popular breakfast food February * * Mr. Burgess was making a |precarious ‘“‘chicken today — feathers tomorrow”’ sort of living with his verse until his widowed mother—then living with a sister in Springfield—wrote to inform him there was an open-| ing for an office boy at the Phelps Publishing Company in Springfield. It looked like a good opportunity to become es| tablished in the editorial field, |so he hastened to Springfield where he applied for and secured th position. “Tt did.’t pay very much at first, but it was good experience,’’ he chuckled. ‘‘T started ‘Sut with a salary of $3.00 editions Swedish a stories oe) “I for the intricacies of mathemat- Mr, Burgess noticed enjoyed for writing,’ he explained, “IT editors weren't fact, the first thing I ever had published was a poem about a was which - four-pound trout printed in ‘Forest and Stream’ out-| in 1893. Shortly thereafter, I) in The jture |to ask doing to Fly,’ magazine. ‘Field Syndicate ability at the if a contacted for a new a fresh him syndicate established,’’ you'll be interested worked The for Repuh- doing book the work * reviews. I immensely." . * is like | a pool of spring \think I’ve ever been stuck for idea,’’ The naturalist-author’s latest book, “Thornton W.. Burgess’ Bedtime Stories,” a collection of what he considers his best nature tales, was recently published. It is a handsome. volume, delightfully illustrated he’d be interested in children’s of series was He forming. and\ jwas. | signed a contract 10 write for.a each week istories $35.00 at period month week, > in French, Chinese.” water—the water level may occasionally recede, but the spring will always fill up again with fresh ideas. At least that’s the way the business of writing has worked for me. I don’t the later two or year A FeaAdams Matthew George sold a poem, entitled ‘When the stories Secoters |Stream’ interested * that I once * time) the syndicate, offering to write flair a nature story series, but its started out by writing verse. In time. Burs Mr. Burgess is in his 86th year but he possesses the appearance and bearing of a) much younger man. What's jmore, he continues to write a new bedtime story every day. “T’ve frequently heard writers jcomplain that they had written themselves dry, but I never believed such a thing was. possi-« ble,’ he said. ‘I’ve always believed that a writer’s creative ies and discontinued his educa- Springfield Union was printing tion to accept a position with a a syndicated story for children Boston shoe store. ‘once each week. He wrote to “It was at about that that I discovered I had a * newspaper, lican, of pubstories, that Mr. | lican,” Mr. Burgess continued. \{*That was many years ago, but ‘I remember the experience vividly. I think I spent about three months with The Repub- lighcaSchool eee ‘Ms, forgess appiStl: Te volume te oll aeling, Seem e almost. 50 years later. tended a business college in gs gee Boston for awhile. He discovSeeking new sources ered that he had no inclination jication for his nature * think ||your _ Bure ee printed and even became to know success. So much so that the publishing house of Little Brown & Co, assembled them into ‘Old ee 1912,” Mr. Burgess commented. ‘That ||was a long time ago, but children continue to write to me. I've even had letters, ad(dressed to me at ‘Briar Patch, )|U. S. A.,’ forwarded by postmasters who read my stories when they were children. |hrought to the attention of a litorary agent who advised their sale to various magazines. Published, they were an immediate eK 16, It is interesting to note that Mr. Burgess’ books and beds time stories are approved by the world’s leading naturalists and ornithologists who consider them highly educational in content. And justly so, for the animals and birds of Mr. Bure gess’ stories aren’t permitted to deviate from the habit pats terns. of actual wild creatures. Their adventures are rich in nature’s lore and they're described in such a manner as to provide children with a wealth of accurate information about nature’s forest creatures. “I began to receive letters from children all over the world, shortly after my bedtime week and worked myself up to $15.00 at the end of five years. I enjoyed the work. It gave me lla chance to do some writing and to learn the operational procedures of the publishing business. “Eventually, I began to do |}some free-lance writing on the 'lside. I wrote for the magazine ‘Country Life in America’ and accepted an assignment to do an article on the development of agrieulture for ‘World’s Work’ magazine. I wrote under many nom de plumes and finalily became an editor of ‘Good! Housekeeping’ magazine.’’ At that time Mr. Burgess’ small son was living with a sister of his deceased wife in Chicago, He began to include bedtime stories in his letters to the child. They were eventually fete to write for gess informed us. “That doesn’t inelude the many books I’ve had published,’ he added, “my book sales are in excess of 10,000,000 copies, including in verse.” * t the Herald Tribune Syndicate, which published his stories for 36 years. Canada’s Toronto Star, incidentally, has published his bedtime stories for 48 uninterrupted years.: “T’ve written a bedtime story every day without fail since |little field and forest people as @Mother and I soon found myold friends,” Mr. Burgess said S¢lf pee VSESE eiveiise: ington Road, Springfield, where jmember_ selling home-made he had resided for many years to its craftsmen as a previously. : } oy The Burgess Hampden estate| child,’ Mr. Burgess said. ‘‘Sell.|might well be the locale for the jing eandy and harvesting cran- wow ere sea oe it and six SIX per . | �with colored drawings of his bird and animal friends, which we are certain will bring much pleasure to his innumerable An _ autoages. all of fans \graphed copy of the volume lies open before us as we write—its pages bright with pictures of the author’s beloved forest crea\tures, It is a wonderful melmento of our recent visit "Bedtime Stories" dwells in an environment that duplicates the settings for his nature stories. The "Laughing Brook" frolics outside his studio win- dow and "Happy Jack" the squirrel of- ten perches on his window ledge to enjoy a social chat. Mr. Burgess’ home is a delightful place to visit, as to |Thornton W. Burgess’ charmling ‘Laughing Brook’’ home. fo * “Drop in again whenever iyou’'re out this way,” Mr, Bur|gess invited at the conclusion |of our interview. linvitation we for ‘cept, jcogier jof that terminal future our It was we can’t plan think point Valley a our photographer did of a recent afternoonto obtainthese camera studies of the distinguished author-naturalist. warm to for visits of ac- a one beloved "Bedtime Stories" in the con- The purple shadows of twi\light were stealing across the Hampden meadows as we jours /neyed homeward. At one turn- tain of we Blacky the road.we caught the a Crow- were glimpse. wearing creatures of field and stream have en- chanted the children of many lands for nearly 50 years, continues to pen his than la ehat with the author at his |picturesque ‘‘Laughing Brook” lestate. iing Now inhis 86th year, Thornton W. Burgess, whose stories of the little cer- of @ verted barn-studio of his picturesque early American Hampden home. Hale and hearty and possessing the physical appearance ofa much younger man, the author of some 15,000 grey beaver top hat and a carrying and vest, checkered the umbrella he affects’ in Mr, Burgess’ stories — _ flitting through a forest glen. But then we may have only imagined it. After all, dusk makes things appear a little bit different than they really are. This portrait of Mr. Burgess at work emphasizes his youthful appearance. Born in Sandwich, Mass. , the famous author-naturalist came to Springfield asa young man. He made his home in Springfield until he moved to Hampden a few years ago. �daft. Regs Clarence Pease Property Sold WOnwtHiiNG1ON — kinal pa-;er in charge of field service with pers have been passed completing | the Eastern States Farmers Exthe sale of the Clarence A. G. | change. Pease property It has been Mrs. Merton Springfield. ready have after a short on Old North bought by A. Cotirell The taken Cottrelis time possession will make their permanent home. Mr. Cottrell is training WORTHINGTON | ect PR cancengbenjproject pasture of the Eager in thet Farm on” Old Post Rd. now owned by David Tyler, has unearthed an old well that is both wide and deep Mr. Tyler theorizes that there may be other wells located| in the bura¥ which had concealed| this latest one and:at one end of which is the well he is presently using: This is the section of town where the first settlers located in 1768 and numerous cellarholes, stone piles, and depressions in the ground are remind? ers rr of their 4 early 1 settlement— oe , , ’ Rd.| Mr. and Mrs. Pease, who al-|tirement and|Fla., this|house manag: home a year was in Penney ago.:The sale made*through | fice of W. H. Senecal, | sociates, of Goshen. ‘eA rng of Bartlett Caroline Mr. of and Bartlett, Mrs. daugh- \ George Huntington Rd., H. has} their the ofAs- WORTITINGTO’ Ee WORTHINGTON "!'Thé ~ Licensing Board has announced that the application for a package store license by. Cullen $,. Packard has been denied. Bradford Fisk, who has been tenor soloist at the South Congregational Church in_ Spring-| field, has accepted a similar posi- | tion with the choir of the First Congregational Church in Pitts field. He has been singing with the choir of the local church for| the past several weeks. The Lafayette Barn is closed while the Misses Olive Cole and} Clarissa Henry are on vacation, It will reopen on Oct. 3. ter Farms,' of Strout WORTHINGTON | Miss had} Mr. and} lived in Worthington for about 10 of Wesit| years, moved to a permanent re-| WORTHINGTON-~-Mrs. Harry L. Bates, chairman of the current membership drive for the Worthington Health ssn., announces that the 500 mark has been pa ed during the past week less than 100 more needed to reach the 600 mark. Dr. John Sanborn will commence his practice at the Health Center on Thursday. The first in the fall series of Grange card parties will be held Friday evening at 8 in the town hall. Mrs. Russell Borst is in charge of arrangements. To- night’s regular Grange meeting will be observed as “Boostei Night” and is open to the public. Mr. and Mrs. E. Richard Fairman are parents of a second daughter born Sept. 27 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Mrs. Fairman is the former Barbara Hallihan, Miss Elisabeth Otto has been 5 commenced her first teaching position at the Southampton Rd. School in Westfield. She was a June graduate of Westfield State Teachers College. Mrs. Amanda Fager of New York City has spent another sum-| mer here with her daughter, Mrs.| Frank Smith on Starkweather} Rd. Mrs, Fager celebrated her 92nd birthday earlier this year. spending a few days here with her aunt, Miss Janette C. Otto, and her cousins, Miss Dorothy Hewitt and Mrs. Charles Alderman. She is en route to her home in Buffalo, N.Y., following a sum- mer @ ! Mr. spent and in Europe. Mrs: George H. lett are in Westfield today tend the furferal of Mrs. lett’s Clark, day at grandmother, Mrs. who died there the age of 95. on Bart- to atBart- Charles Satur- | �New Cattle Barns Added at eonineton atl hacer CUMMINGTON—\New Sunday—are the two feet long livestock and and WORTHINGTON — Officers jelected by the Grange are: Mas- ter, Mrs. Russell Borst, over-| . Seer, Joan Osgood; lecturer,| I Dorothy Green; steward, Judith ! ossistant steward, | Larry Mason; chaplain,» Mrs.| Richard Hathaway; treasurer, | Mrs. Walter Smith; secretary, | |Arthur G. Capen: gatekeeper, | Dawn Manning; Ceres, Priscilla | Beebe; Pomona, Norma Os-| good; Flora, Mrs. John Manning; lady assistant steward; Janet Fairman; pianist, Miss! Jane Conwell Tuttle; executive jcommittee, Todd Alger. Mr. and Mrs. John Ames| have arrived in Plant City, Fia., where they will spend the winter. The eighth grade will have a record hop in the Town Hall Friday night. Proceeds from the | food sales. and other | dances, | projects \ trip in will June, be used for a class } Fair—which is te be held Friday. 90 head of cattle each., The barns Saturday and measure 132 cattle will begin Saturday morning at 10 with the 4-H Youth at 1. Adult judging will commence on Sunday at | p.m. oder b. 454 8, 1959. ~ WORTHINGTON . Magargal: the Cummington which will houss 30 feet wide. Judging of continue in the afternoon SEPTEMBER fy additions cattle barns. Fair ee WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON | -—— All local! homemakers are invited to a} leeting of the Worthington home| cemonstration cay at group 10 a.m, on in the Thurs- church pe:| r. Mrs. Kenneth Pease and Mrs. Harold E. Brown will be co-host: esses |: for this meeting which will; with a coffee hour to he fol-| ved with the planning year’s programs azent from ership of a a the under county the of the} lead-| exteysion| Northampton of-) The board of directors of the ‘orthington Health Assn. met at| @ Health Center last Friday eveng with Dr. John Sanborn, the | -3w medical director present with| em sted for the first time. It was} to purchase’ and install in} John E. Modestow’s dental| ifice a new hi-speed drill which| vill offer to patrons of the| -tealth Center the very latest in | ontal service. At this meeting, it \Jas announced that the current| “3embership drive has passed the| 070 mark toward the 600 member | zoal. The drive will continue til this figure is reached. un- t Mrs. Robert P. Lane of Hi- teas Farm has presented the Health! Center with an eleciro cardiogram in memory of her husband. Dr. John Sanborn assisted by Mrs. Raymond K. Dunlevy, school nurse, conducted children at the the annual} nhysical exams of the local school school yesterday, {| | �DAILY HAMPSHIRE = GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.,: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1959. ‘Aunt’ Elsie, 81 Today, Still Writes Down Answers By LOIS ASHE WORTHINGTON those that give who have BROWN — For all of ever regretted they had but one life to for their country, there are ‘thousands more who, without any regret, go quietly about living their lives from day to day the best they can. With no | thought of glory or reward, they . ‘give their utmost in every un-* ,dertaking. Such a one is Miss ‘| Elsie Venner Bartlett of this ‘!town, who today is celebrating Theré have been in Bartletts 160 than more for Worthington full ol | years. The cemeteries are add them and the living Bartletts famuy 10 to more than any other t Characteristically impatien town. delay, Miss. Elsie arrived at unattended. almost this world shortly 1878, 20, Oct. on Borh after: baby. midiight, Her she birthplace was: a Sunday was the front parlor of the house now owned by | Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Bates on Buffington Hill Rd.—and in those ‘her S8ist birthday. Much of her days owned by her father, Horace long life has been devoted to Franklin Bartlett I. She made her| ‘gathering and recording local debut in this world in that room| history. which was considered almost saWidely recognized as an auered in those days, surrounded by thority on Worthington. persons the chromos on the wall, the wax |}and events, Miss Bartlett’s work flowers on the whatnot, the plushin this field amounts to a pricecovered albums on the table, and less contribution to her coman airtight stove to keep the new munity and its citizens today baby warm. and in the days to come. A reAt the age of four, her family cent count in her files shows 39 moved a short distance away to photo albums containing picthe big homestead where four) {tures of local. persons, | places generations of her family since ;and events; countless. scrapbooks have lived in a Grand _ Central of news clippings, pictures, prostation atmosphere and which ;grams, letters, and such—and her father converted in 1882 46 years oi diaries. All i in from a-former cheese factory. meticulous order and almost any The tall row of spruces across information pertaining to Worthe back of the place gave it its thington’s past can be verified| |name and “The Spruces” is an in a short call at “The Spruces,”| |important check point for folks| | the Bartlett thington homestead Corners. at —Wor-| returning to town, for persofs seeking information on_ their ancestors, and for those who like to talk over old times. Way back when Miss_ Elsie was a young girl—long before she became “Aunt” Elsie to most of the town—she recalls listening to the accounts of her ‘father’s. generation and_ thinking to herself unless-it was; written down and preserved, it} would be lost. Thus her own recording began almost subcon-} sciously. Her interest, grew until| it became an obsession. The past fascinated her. She thought of the generations that had come and gone; of the people who had lived in the houses, who had walked on the streets and: roads, had attended church, conducted the affairs of the town, gathered at the village store, lived and idied in Worthington, knowing us not, or we them. She began to ask questions /and to write down the answers. One of her early memories is of Miss-Ermina Drury coming to tell her of the many old cellar holes and the people who -had |lived in the houses long since | gone in the vicinity of the Drury and Eager ‘places way out Old| Post Rd. | �purpose, and relentlessly, |) Her many grandnieces an interviewed and recorded.| of ong* those. now. gone who/.8 randnephews are’ a source |figured prominently in Wor- ‘pleasure to her and she is full |thington’s history over long _of stores about them. One of her spans were the following whom} favorites is of little Jeanie Bart-| Miss Elsie questioned: Mr. and} lett, who, in an effort to impress| she Mrs. Henry Burr, Samuel] Tower, Clement F.} her young Hill, the Stevenses} a while playmates, back that of Stevensville, Mrs. Otis Buck,| great-aunt over Mrs. Alice Skelton, Mrs. Effie} still living! At Elsie Seott Burkes, Mrs. Arthur} “Aunt” Granger, Mrs, Eugene Bartlett, |) strong for a long _| Mrs. Herbert G. Porter, Samuel } Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Trow, For‘| dyce Knapp, Mrs. Charles Bates, | and many others still living. , Out of this effort grew in 1952} her “Handbook of Questions and} Answers Relating to the History| of Worthington, Massachusetts.” This little book was only intend- | ( * ed as a help plete history It was start a the sellout book Miss and and became Elsie’s occupation, from the a_ stand-| chief interest|) her extensive garden runs a close second. It is a beauty spot from early spring until snow flies. It is the seene -}of many a pleasant party and ;|always a.place for rest and re-|) »| flection. The. variety of trees .| around its edge helps to make |a bird sanctuary as well. \. Her ‘pack work more ‘ing from in the garden goe tham 60 years, a small it oll grow- |). bed.of annuals | |to-a large hardy garden. In sea- |; -son, she may be found there 4 almost every morning,.for in a - properly képt garden, the work 3 is never done. Secluded from the i traffic of the street, she finds it »!a pleasant place to work in the 3. sun and the wind. , For a number of years, and all -|in line with her deepest interest, ' Miss Elsie reported for the Daily ‘| Hampshire .Gazetie and the Springfield Republican. Hand in hand with this work went her ,daily diary keeping which dates. | back to 1913 and her scrapbooks of news events. Since 1894, photography has been a hobby of| hers and her collection of neatly| mounted prints attest to her ability in this field. A able half qi t ; STR Tr j se ‘s recent project of magnitude, even her RRs age, was consider-| for ona a map of) Worthington showing the homes| of the early settlers. This involved much research which made more grist for her mill,| and so it goes with each under-| taking. | Through the years this busy | _ woman has held membership in| most of the. local and is a charter both the Grange organizations | member of | and of the. Friendship Guild, She has both the presidency and_ presidency | until a more com-| should be written. ard reference work in — nearly |) every local home. ‘ While recording history is per-|. heps — of the held_ vice) Women’s _ Benevolent Society as well as| being a director of that group) pte ep re ye | a {for a number of;— years; girlhood she has since) be en: a member | the First nurch and churchCongregational cler ; years; a director of oe hae ick Sargent Huntington Library and has been assistant to the ii | brarians there years: | last but not leastfor is many her highly | act ive Membership . in th . 1= | ington Histor“at o e€ Ww = ica] she has served als Society, Which 0 as president, | | _ ‘* told them; had a} she 80 years old and! the present clip, | going | will be time yet. �Sena Sells Fine Estate To A. E. Albert & Son 'Sena Sales, Real Estate, of Worthington, recently sold this old and important estate of 250 acres on | /Route 9 in Worthington, It formerly was the Harris Collins cattle and potato faym and is now owned| by A. E. Albert & Son Farms, Inc. It is anticipated that this lovely house will be used as a_ residence. | Barns, storage shed and a farmer’s cottage are included in the estate. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sena, own-; Monroe ‘Todd, helped to build, is |'ers of Sena Sales of Worthing-|a typical example of that policy. ton, have a personalized real es-| They have numerous other prop: tate business, a business in which | erties in the surrounding Berkthey make a point of finding ex-|shires that are equally desirable |actly the right purchasers for the | and of various sizes and prices. special properties listed with! Some will make fine year-round a ane Solas Tt eu rere. 2 the: ris Collins estate in ton, which her late mor Har. |POmeS ee 4I°! Worthing-| grandfather, and others are best for views and in a area of fine homes. The hard sumfaced roads are kept open during the winter months and all the modern. conveniences are available. Fall, with is an, ideal the Sena its beautiful foliage, time listings: to visit some You of can make an appointment and obtain more exact information by telephoning Worthington 2731. You can be rapidly sure you will get immediate and |, considerate attention. Join the growing ranks of sat-| isfied owners. of homes in andj around Worthington. Buy one of| | the Sena homes which are beau- ' tiful and gracious or buy some of their choice land and build your own. summer vacation, But all are in wooded hilly country with mag- nificent developing �aly Se 1tey ~Greeeful 8-room About Colonial home @ 4 i | fireplaces @ 5 bed- | rooms ® 3 full baths @ | large modern from of Berkshire hills @ Natural with well for family room water Complete recreation ® | cascade @ Excellent quest room ® 2-story ji Infotmal ® and artists’ view kitch- barn designed Northampton 21 acres of land en ® 2-car garage ® Greenhouse 20 miles with butternut. stained @ Beamed ceilings @ Fireplace with original @ Dining area with fireplace ® Bowed window paneling dutch ® oven Rear view of home recreation area Artesiansupply privacy ® and @ - Avexanper W. Bor SKI & Go. 88 King Street NORTHAMPTON, MASS. TEL. JU 4-5555. @ �co MAY 20, 1959 | “Miniature Settings Depict the Cumimington of Long Ago Ai Mr. and. Mrs. Frank Steele, West during the 19th Century through where Mr. Steele’s grandfather Cummington, show how life was lived in the hill towns a series of room settings. A boarding house dining room Hiram Steele stayed while,working as a weaver at the Hay- denville mills is portrayed exactly as the old gentleman remembered it. A long table was used for the “help” while a smaller one with a white tablecloth was for the family. A fancy decanter set, for family use only, is at far left. As poultry raising was a hobby, various crockery hens and roosters were used as ornaments. ; This her bedroom bed and setting shows she herself a young is standing lady doll getting ready to attend a ball. Her gown is on’ before her dresser at far right. She has purposely been left unclothed to emphasize her wooden ‘jointed body with its Chelsea head, hands and feet. A petit point stool top makes her rug and the fireplace has a hand painted fireboard, A round- about padded chair is at the left. Bed clothing, draperies and clothing were all made by Mrs, Steele with the walls “papered” in hand- blocked yee uncs ~ �¢ : Fan for the F amily 19 Century New England Is Preserved in Capsule and Department Streets following sched- Engineering nounced the ule of ashes Steele adds relating the story as of and has rubbish an- col- lections for today; Adams, Ardmore, Alberta, Appleton, Brundreth, Breckwood, Chesterfield, Cloran, Crown, East Bay Path, Ferncliff, Farnsworth, Fisher, Flagg, Groveland, Gerald, Miniature Restoration Town Scenes, People .Hood, . Inglewood, Jeffery, John, Lumae, Macomber, MelBy ALICE SCOTT ROSS doing when I married a cabinet ba, Milford, Mansfield, MetzCummington capsule, Frank maker,’’ chuckles Mrs. Steele. ger, Pennsylvania, Peer, PheThis work started 12 years ago and Alice ees picturization land, Plymouth, Quincy, Rimof 19th. Century New England with neither Steele willing ‘to mon, Roosevelt (State to might ‘fittingly be called. For hurry or accept next-best, Their Bay), Richelieu, Kay, Sherin a 32 by 50 foot building, ad- goal was visualized and they wood, Seymour, Spruceland, jacent to their West Cumming- were determined on attaining it. Spence, Terrace Lane, Thompton, Berkshire Trail home, they Walls of the rooms have deli- son,. ‘Venture, Westminster, have contained the essence of cate panelling, are wainscotted Windemere. A yesterday’s hill town living. or ‘“‘papered’”’ in hand blocked Indian Orehard: Lucerne, Built to Scale prints. Doors have minute latch- Merrill, Wrentham, Jamaica, ‘Using miniature dolls as their es and windows are dressed in Fieldstone, Health, Pine medium, 40 ‘‘rooms,” each in curtains’ or draperies in tune Grove, Tavistock. ; exact and exquisite perfection, with their era. One setting, that Cottage St, dump open. bring realism to the past cen- of a tavern barroom, has handy\ tury. The glass enclosed cases painted shades because that vary in size, just as rooms in particular room did have hand- ing for others, nursing the sick homes do, Mrs. Stecle explains, painted shades. and raising her brother’s orbut the'scale used dosen’t- This This is one of the charms of phaned children. Her declining is one inch to*the foot with ‘no these reproductions: they are years were spent alone, seated deviations, ty copies from memories, they are in her rocking chair with a packChildren’s dol] furniture col- rooms as oldsters of the town et of love letters her only solace, Jected over the past 35 years remember them or as grandThen there is the hat shop, ensures authenticity in the set- fathers, grandmothers or a the ‘‘bunnet’”’ shop, where such tings. The actual construction of great aunt or uncle heard about finery was purchased. While the rooms as well as the glass them from their mothers and Grandpa had the horses shod, cases which hold them was done fathers. These g~ooms are peo- Grandma shopped. She had takby Mr. Steele. pled with folks, Some have been en the two children with her, “J guess I knew what I was given their vightful names but and while she tried on bonnets, others are incognito to outsid- the little boy (Mrs, Steele’s ers as their later day relatives father) did the same with their prefer that bygones he left by- dog-who-followed-the-wagon, The gones, little girl (Mrs. Steele’s aunt) Everybody Knows Who stood on the sofa admiring herin a Paris model with “But everyone in town knows self who they are,” is Mrs. Steele’s Mama’s back safely turned and her mind occupied by her own comment:. + A bedroom setting, for in- mirrored reflection. “And was Grandpa fit to be stance, has “Aunt Faithful’ (real name) for its central fig- be tied: when he found Grandure. She had spent her life do- ma’s \hat had cost $2.95!” Mrs. Cummington Couple Devote Years, Building to ss Waste Collections The it was told to her, The settings include parlors and ‘‘sittin’’’? rooms, a kitchen with hot cakes being baked the griddle, bedrooms, on a family evening scene, after-th-chores-! are over, the Saturday night) bath, along with practically every phase of country living. Each room is faithful to its) period in every detail. P iinted| floors are in spatter, sp..,e or) stencil design. Carpets have come from various sources, a pit of an old shawl, a piece of hand weaving, rugs braided by Mrs. Steele of yarn. Picture frames were once; lockets or brooches. A formal parlor boasts a pair of miniatures done on porcelain of Martha and George Washington. Chairs have been reupholstered, others are Windsor, black-andgold, or whatever particular mood is wished. Accessories are infinite in variety: tiny tin candle sconces, human hair flowers under wee glass domes, grandfather clocks, pewter ‘ware, a Shaker stove (Shakers peddled through the Cummington section), fringed linen towels, wash stand sets, an eagle-breast fireplace fender, and a talking machine, with its morning glory horn. As though all these miniatures were not enough, the Steeles have covered the walls of the building with mementoes of yesterday: cattle show posters, ‘a calling card collection, valentines, advertising cards, paper dolls, bookmarks. Cabinets display children’s dish ‘sets, blue Staffordshire, 1820, lacy Sandwich, Leeds, brown and blue edge, Swansea, opaline glass. Glass protected, also, are toys of that era with a_ trotting horse outfit particularly handsome. This horse, Mrs. Steele explains,” ... . looks exactly like ‘Walter Mac,’ never beat on a Cummington once, and then from Westfield.’’ by track ‘Major: but K’ ( Major K was owned ,by. the Steeles after -his racing days were over. According to Mrs. Steele, ‘*, . , he was as. ornery as anything you ever saw — bit me once like to kill me.” Mr, and Mrs. Steele hope that, some day the re-creation, into which they have poured so much of their lives, will go to the town of Cummington. But for the present, they have other plans. Their tiny old New England will be opened for general view- ling on June exception 1, daily of Mondays. with the �o’clock Nothing Rigged About This Show most began. loween parties WORTHINGTON—There was nothing fixed about the show in the town hall Friday evening when the town’s children gathered for the annual PTO §Haljloween party. In costumes more elaborate than ever, more than 100 strange characters promen- the Thus | grades ‘of of little ones| ended one bed four to off been whisked dancing for the upper had and the most successful yet Hal-| staged. i The selectmen will meet in| the town hall Wednesday eve-|' ning at 7:30, re Mrs. Frank Bates of Brown | Hill Rd. in West Worthington |, was recently presented with her 5 50-year pin for her long mem- |, bership in Worthington Grange, ‘ aded in five classes for. prizes ‘90, _ awarded as follows: pre-school, Miss Josephine Ford observed |! ‘}Donald Roberts as a tiny Santa her 86th birthday quietly at her i Claus; Linda Wronski as a home off Kinne Brook Rd. Sat-| | ‘clown; Brian Hebert as a pixie; urday. | | John Mollison as the Ace of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Has- | | Spades; |Christmas | In the and primary Humphrey Bartlett as ‘ed Ronald tree. pumpkin; Sears division, asa ,kell entertained a party of 22) Sunday afternoon at their home .Robin at Worthington Corners in|; Alice honor of Dr. and Mrs. John C. | as BoPeep;_ an enormous animat- Paul Sea ‘giant potato, “Pride of the as ‘town Growers”; Jeffrey Haskell as a tiny golfer; Gerald Mollison as a Dutch boy with yoke and | buckets; and Susan Clapp as a | Japenese ithe prizes. lady with parasol Sanborn and Mr. and Mrs. Sig: & mund Kievett who have receni-|, Hill- 'ly moved to town. took Craig and’ Robert |. Haskell| played host to a party of 16 Williamsburg. High School friends Saturday evening at their home for a Halloween _las a the Jean pirate were the winners. { Upper intermediate prizes werez } taken by Andy Diamond as ,|peanut and popcorn vendor with ‘la converted tea wagon; Cynthia ,/ Sena as a_bustled old-fashioned ,| girl: Ann Bartlett as a_ two headed woman (she confided that she had been married five times already!); Jeffrey Fowler as a weird moon baby; Nancy Clapp as a harem; and Jimmy _|Stevens as a terrible Arah ‘| brandishing a long sword. . In the grammar division, ,, cipal Philip Aldrich got Sheik Prin- into ville B. Lord, of Congregational Hampshire president District of the) - Fellowship Christian Women. Mrs. .C. Raymond gargal and Mrs. Daniel R. ter will be co-hotesses. The executive committee MaPor- Frarces Eddy as a meet home dith Wednesday at 7:30 at of the president, Miss Magargal, the Ju-|. to plan their pro- grams for the They will hold meeting Sunday church. Chin-| Church coming year. their regular| at 7 at the uity was which ‘liam shown gave Mr. and in the and Kronenberger ingen- | and Wil- Mrs. Magargal,| out to be Miss Sandra Sena, re- |! cently returned from school in | the south. Even her young sisj ter and brothers did not suspect that their big sister was there.| Following the promenade, re-| freshments were served while) the pupils of the grammar room conducted a scary ghostwalk, By the Judd Paper) RFIELD, | _Ne CHEVy, STE Te K. LINCOLN MRS, NEWTON —Mrs . Hat- tie (Parker) Lincoln, 80, widow died Lincoln, K. Newton of of her at the home Tuesday Parker Eugene grandnephew, Hinsdale. She was in born 9, 1879, daughElizabeth and (Smith) Parker. She had been a resident of.this*town for the past 70 years, member and She and was of Congregational leaves a nephew, Parker a former of Chesterfield.Grange of Dalton; two Church. Everton nieces, | DENNIS THE MENACE |: The in funeral Chesterfield will be held Congregational Church Thursday at 2.30. Rev. will ‘officiate. Allen H. Bates Burial will be in Village Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg. There will be ‘no calling hours. Bisbee funeral service arrangements. is in charge of |. 2 of the turned to Parker of Swift Beulah Mrs. Helen Parker!’ River and Mrs. of Lebanon, N. H.; three grandnephews and nine grandnieces. | Joseph Dunn an uneasy assign: | ment as judges. Music for the promenade was furnished by Mrs. George E. Torrey and Mrs. Raymond H. Sears, PTO president, acted as mistress of ceremonies. Moving about among the masqueraders was a mystery figlure straight from behind the | purdah. Much speculation did jnot reveal the identity heavily veiled fatima who shoes Plainfield. Nov. Lester ter of attend are asked to call| Raymond ey |; of |~ costumes Mrs. and ‘1Co. in Holyoke where they will} be transported to Church World Service in New York City for shipment to refugees in various | -‘parts of the world, These clothes were collected by members of the Pilgrim Fellowship ‘land sorted and packed by the Missionary Committee and the ‘Friendship G uild. CHESTERFIELD in Northampton. Reprefrom the locai chureh | bert Haskell II as an artist with| chairman. buck teeth, |4 imagination members to date. | Cullen Packard trucked 20) large cartons of used clothing} the Pligrim Fellowship together | ~ with their junior advisors will /ese lady; Milton Parish Jr. as a sentatives | coonsiin-coated flapper; Philip) who can Mollison as a barefooted country Mrs. C. |/boy with giant feet; and Her.| Much WORTHINGTON—Word has been received of the death of Mrs.. Stephen Williams, 90, on Oct. 22, in Rainford, St, Helens, tiLaneaster, Eng. Her late hus-| .|band was pastor of First Con‘)gregational Church here from 1913 to 1915. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Milly Webster, ‘\with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Albert Gaylord, the former Anne Williams of Occidental, Cal.; and a son, Grif‘/fith, in New York. The Women’s Benevolent Society will meet at 10, Wednesi\day at the home of Mrs. Wil‘\liam Kronenberger, Williamsburg Rd, The regular Parent-Teacher Organization meeting will be held on Nov. 18 instead of on ||Wednesday. The speaker will i\\be Dr. Johm. Sanborn. All those who wish to vote at the meeting of the Worthington Health Association on Sunday at 3, in Town Hall should pay their membership dues on or} : of |! -|the spirit of things garbed as a) There will be a meeting of | Chinese mandarin. Prizes went missionary chairmen of all | to Christine Magargal. as a churches of the Hampshire |scarecrow with her arms. ex- Association on Friday afternoon tended outward im a rigid posi- at 2 in the parlors of Edwards| 'tion; WORTHINGTON before that date. There are 626) cel- ebration. lower intermediate The volunteer firefighters re-| Bartlett as a black- /sponded to a call last Friday at ) haired Indian; Russell Clapp as |supper time for a fire which |Uncle Sam; Francis Palecki as ‘turned out to be caused by) . Bugs Bunny; Deborah Robinson boys burning hay in an iron) as a sunbonnet girl in a huge kettle near a barn on River Rd. |. y ruffled gown and _ bonnet of The Friendship Guild will | ) black and orange; Donna Sears |/meet Thursday. at 8 in _ the) ‘as an artist; and Timothy Sena , church parlor to hear Mrs. Nel.| For , group, = ci ae 9 Le te \ WORTHINGTON ee ‘ - “Wash, wash, wash! day’n| night! wash, wash} wash!...” | lariat etna ee Se (Outs Bae® 1954 �No Vy, ir | SF, GOSHEN 7 1 Longmeadow Native Made Yale Univers ity’s Provost A native of Longmeadow has} been chosen as the new provost of Yale University. Next to President A. Whitney GrisPresident wold announced Monday in New} been was 1900, Effie been | will suc- ceed Norman S. Buck, who is retiring, Brewster next July wili start a year of breaking in on the new job. Brewster as provost will have supervision over all faculty members, will supervise all educational budgets and _ report them, with the president’s approval, to the university’s gov- erning body, the Yale corpora- tion. . Brewster is married to the former Mary Louise Phillips and ‘they have five children. While at Yale, he specialized in 'ters the history of modern chairman News. of of arts the Yale Europe. and He let- was Daily Federal Posts For a short period after graduation and before entering the service, he was special assistant to the co-ordinator of interAmerican affairs in Washington. He had another stint of government work in 1948-1949 as as(sistant general counsel in the offic eof the U. sentative in S. special repre- Europe (Marshall Plan). For a brief period before joining the Harvard faculty as an assistant professor of law he worked as a research associate in the department of economics and social science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | At Harvard, his principal fields of teaching have been government regulation of business and legal problems of international investment. years she Goshen-Ash- Church and ac- the Eastern Star, and the Goshen ‘Women’s sides her Club. -She husband, leaves, two be-, daugh- ters, Mrs. Robert Cowell of Easthampton. and Mrs. Richard Morse of West Brookfield, and five KINGMAN Ae Buck provost many in the Press grandchildren. Wirephoto) BREWSTER, JR. | The funeral will be held at the, Goshen Congregational. Church tomorrow afternoon at® 2, with Rev. Edward E. Aikens officiating. Burial will be in the Goshen /cemetery. Friends may call at the 'R. D. Newell & Son funeral home | tonight from 7 to 9. Rt new while attending and supper. She church and a member of the Ladies’ Benevolent Assn. She was a trustee of the Goshen Library, for 25 years and a member of’ Joe] Hayden Chapter, Order of (Associated SHO Succeeds Marjorie 58, wife of of Old Goshen suddenly Sat- tive in all of its departments. She | was also a deaconness of the ington, D. C., formerly prac-} ticed in this city. The elder! Brewster, a native of Worthington, was a brother of the late} Yale’s For school Congregational a lawyer in Wash-| [Judge Elisha A. Brewster of this city, a field-Hadley and Plainfield publie schools, retiring a short time ago, She was a member of the Goshen ber of the Harvard Law School] faculty since 1950. He was grad-| uated from Yale in 1941 after;: preparing at Belmont School. He} receved his bachelor of laws} degree from Harvard in 1948.) During World War IL he was a| Navy flier. | His father, Mrs. E 1. BROOKS born in Whately Dec. 18, the daughter of Milton and (Brown) Morton. She had a resident of Goshen for 37 years. |taught : a mem- — urday evening the Goshen fair | hcl ‘ 40, has GOSHEN ES Morton Brooks, Charles E. Brooks Rd., passed away < Haven the ‘ale corporation) picked Kingman Brewster, Jr.,| as the chief educational officer) ranking directly under the pres-| ident. . Brewster, Ney i MRS. C WW Pe& ial Wr FH) i 59 MRS. ELLIS EATON WORTHINGTON — Mrs. Ellis Eaton, the former Doris Mason, age 52, died Tuesday night at! her home in Constable, N. Y,' She was the daughter of Howard) and Edith (Smith) Mason, longtime residents of this town. She leaves her husband, - a son George, a daughter Gloria, two grandchildren, three brothers; Stanley and Lawrence Mason of} this town and Donald Mason of Northampton; two sisters; Mrs.| Winifred Braman of Huntington) and Mrs, William Westhampton, and es and nephews, and grandnephews. will be Friday at 2 New York. Bailey of| several niec-}) grandnieces The funeral in Constable, �letsi eal 54 sas Ts HT The maid of honor wore a cop- WED RECENTLY sin Vir, chiffon with gown satin per overskirt and draped neckline. The bridesmaids wore similar All in emerald green. gowns carried sprays of deep rust and with chrysanthemums gold peacpieces| Their streamers. were mink circlets, B. Richard was man Best Lane, brother of the bridegroom and ushers included Norman E. Hill, Jr., of Boston, and Robert MacFarland of Wollaston. Following the ceremony a Trei; iception was held in the parish ‘hall. The bride’s mother wore a mink brown silk shantung dress iwith moss green accessories and la corsage of green cymbidium jorchids. The bridegroom wore | sheath ‘and a roses. mother of a French the| blue with black accessories corsage of pale yellow For traveling to Quebec City,| iCanada, the bride chose a navy| blue and white sharkskin suit|) |with navy accessories. The cou-| 7 a = ee pe will reside at 45 Dewson Rd., |Quincy, after Nov. 22. | Mrs, Lane is a graduate of! Greenfield High School and) ‘Fisher Junior College, Boston. i 'She was employed in the office | of the Cogsdill Twist Drill Co., | Inc. Her husband is a Rao of Gould Academy, Bethel, Me. and Boston University. He is| presently serving with the U. S. Marine Cor ps. MRS. DANIEL LANE Who was Miss Judith Bess | Bartlett before her marriage ; Jast Saturday in Greenfield. Boge ee cee te Judith Bartlett | Becomes Bride ICreenfield Gul Wed | | Daniel H. Lane | tol White chrysarthemums and | palms were decorations in the | Second Congregational Church,| Greenfield for the wedding Saturday, Nov. 7 of Miss Judith Bess Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Bartlett of Brookside Ave., Greenfield, to! Daniel Hayward Lane, son of} Mr. and Mrs, Myron | +-Photo Judith Bess Bartlett Wed To Daniel Lane Miss N. Lane of Quincy. Rev. Dr. Kenneth R. Henley, pastor, officiated at the 2 o'clock double-ring service. Mrs, Virginia Raymond was so-| loist and William P. Rugg, or- | ganist. The bride wore a gown of | Chantilly lace over tulle with long tapered sleeves, fitted bodice of hand-clipped Chantilly} Jace and square neckline edged with sequin and pearl embroidery. Her shoulder-length veil/| fell from a seed pearl crown.| She mums carried white chrysanthe-_| and English ivy. Maid of honor “(was Mrs. Norman E, Hill, Jr., of Boston. Bridesmaids included Mrs. Richard and Miss R. Greenfield. Warren Beverly of Hyannis A, Bedaw of by | Judith Bess Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Bartlett of 23 Brookside Avenue, was married to Daniel Hayward Lane, Mrs. Myron on Saturday son of N. Lane of afternoon. Mr. and Quincy, Rev. Dr. Kenneth R. Henley performed the double-ring cere- mony in Second Congregational!’ Church. Mrs. Virginia Raymond was soloist and William P. Rugg, organist. Decorations were of white palms.. chrysanthemums and The bride was attended by Mrs. Norman E. Hill, Jr., of Boston as matron of honor. Mrs. Richard R. Warren of Hyannis and Miss Beverly A. Bedaw of Greenfield were bridesmaids. * Al Daigle �Richard B. Lane, brother the bridegroom, was Norman E. Hill, Jr., and Robert .MacFarland laston The were ushers. bride wore of best man. of Boston aq of Wol- full-length gown of Chantilly lace over tulle. The fitted bodice of hand-clipped lace featured a square neckline, embroidered pearls, wore a with and seed sequins long pearl and sleeves. crown She and shoulder-length veil. Her bou| quet was of white chrysanthe/mums and English ivy. Her matron of honor wore a gown of copper satin with chiffon overskirt and draped neckline. Her bridesmaids wore gowns of similar style. in emerald green. rust with All carried sprays of deep and gold streamers. echrysanthemums They wore mink circlets for headpieces. The mother of the bride wore a silk Shantung dress of mink brown with moss green accessories and a corsage of green cymbidium orchids. The bridegroom’s mother wore a sheath dress of French blue with black accessories and a corsage of pale| yellow roses. The parish hall of the ehnurch | was decorated with white and, |rust chrysanthemums for the re-| |ception. Miss Caroline Bartlett | |of Worthington, cousin of the| | bride, had charge of the guest| | book. i; Mr. and Mrs. Lane will make |; their home at 45 Dewson Road,| Quincy after Nov. 22 when they.|, return from a wedding trip to |’ Chateau traveling, blue Frontenac, and the bride white Quebec. For| sharkskin suit, wore a navy | | with navy. accessories. | The bride was graduated from| Greenfield High School and Fish-| ler Junior College in Boston. She| |has been employed in the Cogs-| | dill Twist Drill Company office. The bridegroom was graduated | from Gould Academy in Bethel, |Me., and Boston University. He | is now serving with the Marine| Corps. } Guests | from at the Greenfield, wedding were| Haverhill, Quin- ley, Attleboro, Braintree, Wollaston, Milton, Boston, . Melrose, Stoughton, Hyannis, Chester- field, . Worthington, Cohasset, | Newton, Hingham, Springfield, ‘Mount Vernon, Me., St. Petersburg, Fla., and Greenfield. Mr. and Mrs. Lane, parents of| the bridegroom, families wedding evening and party entertained members at at Alwin dinner and of the the! Friday Olga’s. �The : Phoentx Gazetie— TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1959 oe aEARI PIONEER STILL AT WORK Bartlett Dam's Pleniee’: Stays With It 43 Years” ‘By THELMA HEATWOLE } the beginnings. of Peotia are en-|pervisors the ‘petition that résulted Steeped in early Arizona days,’ twined. In ; 1886 the - community : in; the ‘erganization of the Verde William H. ‘Bartlett; © 80-year-old" established by four Peoria, River irrigation and Power DisPhoenix engineer, today surveys Ill., families. Two years later the trict, the “thighty “fortress of a Verde Bartlett family pulled up stakes in Massachusetts River dam. with pardonable pride. And rightfully so neers, “Bart lett cleared conceived it at first as a diver- ¢ sion dam, and.la- ter did its liminary pre- survey = as a-storageres- and in barley, “arid ‘the. othér three were in greasewood. No settlement was made there till about January 1892, ‘when several families settled 1 on portions of, the Hadsell Addition. Most of the: fami= jlies. were ‘River . Brethren .and site of the dam, | BARTLETT ervoir. Yet, years later he was Dunkards, which explains why today all deeds in the original ‘\modestly surprised when the dam townsite bear a clause prohibiting was given his name. sale of spiritous liquor. : _ Bartlett. Dam originally was it WAS WHILE he wasia wibekne on the Horseshoe project that Bart- Bartlett remembers Glendale lett discovered what later became when it was but four sections ‘junc- the Bartlett Dam and reservoir tioned at what is now Glendale and site—where the Verde enters a)! Central -Avenues, One section was narrow gorge flanked by two gran- One ‘of Ari- | .|zona’s* few re-’ maining true pidiscovered’ — the © and joined them. ae a BARTLETT. graduated from *\project of the Verde River Irriga- Yale University Scientific School), ite mountains. Consulting « éngineers~ ropa: ‘a preliminary survey. :Bartlett completed -the job: within a: week. He estimated water: storage at 185,000 acre feet. After the “dam > was built in 1935-36, the extensive. survey of the reservoir by the rec- lamation service gave. something more. than 183,000 acre feet as the capacity —. less than 2. per cent differential. of Bartlett’s sae computations. : we Ce re Bartlett, still a - private engineer tion. and Power District, an or- in 1909, and did post-graduate in’ addition tothe secretarial du:/ganization Bartlett has served for work in mining engineering. ties ‘for the- district, observed his 43 years. After 10 years as field 80th birthday in October. Still Back in Peoria, Bartlett found engineer, he has served 33 years putting in a full day’s work, he homesteaders in. Paradise and climbs two flights of ‘stairs sevas secretary of the district, when Deer valleys were organizing. eral times. a day. to his .office. it encompasses nearly 100,000 They asked him to make prelim- He resides.at 1006 E. Culver. acres. Best known areas in the inary surveys of their proposed project are Deer Valley and Paraproject, which comprised storage dise Valley. and the Horseshoe site, a long FOR THE LAST 22 years, head-|transmission canal, and the outquarters for the organization has lining of lands to be watered. ee re been in offices at 31 S. First Bartlett was one of three perAve., in downtown Phoenix. The sons to present to the county su-) district this year has paid off nearly all its indebtedness, and the question of its continuance is an issue for the board of directors to decide. 8 Main consideration is the eventuality of Arizona’s share of the) “|Colorado River water, which Bart"ett believes should and may be tunneled from the Colorado into -\the Verde River. When and if ‘this takes place, Deer and Para.|dise valleys will be among the ‘\first to benefit, Bartlett says, Probably no one has more than the wiry Bartlett’s store of knowledge of the Verde River and its ‘\surrounding topography. For several years he tramped through ‘the area on foot, doing prelimin‘lary surveying for the Horseshoe: Dam and reservoir in 19161918, the Camp Verde Dam and reservoir in 1917-1922, and the Bartlett Dam and reservoir, 191711922, Bartlett’s move to Arizona - and �“SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1959. In Gala Goshen Church Christmas Concert Sunday Sa GOSHEN—On noon at will 4 the be the munity i ; Sunday — after-| studying scene Goshen , Church| of a gala concert, com- featuring with . ter IVs of Mr. Northampton Thrapp, younger mem«Florence. and trumpet families. Left to right in photo are Beth| Jennings of Brunswick, Ga, a) piano major at the Eastman} | School of Music, Rochester, N.| /Y. who is the house « guest of} Angela Smith, viola. Smith a major: of music at Goshen; education Eastman Baker, and S Mrs. who; Northampton, ae ¢ young Pilates Franklin | ©@"* Miss) and in who will several play duets the with! e a growing Northampton ‘ whose King Jr. of Village Hill, Williams-| pearance young music students home for the holi- | burg. days, assisted by bers of Goshen, Julius fences ae. Vloseeniy most was in group| musi- | recent ape it the Christmas } music sponsored by the Nor ie thampton Chamber of Commerce. || There also will be a chorus of |} Langdon, is a student at Boston; Goshen children: sopranos, Kris-| University, where he is a music | tine Dejas, Jaqueline Webb,| education major. He is the. son) Katherine Mougin, Carolyn Judd,| of Mr. and Mrs. Delos T. Thrapp | Sandra Pegg, James Brown, Wil-| ofNorthampton. jliam Brown, April Williams,| Langdon plays first trumpet in| Harry Pegg, Marie Durant, Ned. the Northampton High School| Judd, Pavl Howes, Michael Har-| band, of,which he is associate stu-|ry, Katherine King and Miriam| dent director. Last year he played| Carr; setond .. sopranos, Julia | first cornet in the All-State band.} Carr, Philip- Webb, Timothy Bar-| School of Music, and prano soloist, Sue Senecal, a senior in soWil-| He majored music, School, ~———— ments will be served in the town| Iso participating in the pro-| hall by the Ladies Benevolent As| and! gram will be the Brass Choir of' sociation. The public is invited. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | rus, Nancy Senecal; altos, Elaine| obert W. Langdon of _Florence,| Sears and John Eldracher. | liamsburg High School. Not pres:| Judy Magargal, daughter of An offering will be taken to| ent when the picture was taken r and Mrs. Raymond Magar-fhelp defray the final expenses in| were Miss Judy King, John} a rising}connection with the Wurlitzer| Thrapp, Barry Langdon and Judy| gal of Worthington, is young soprano soloist. She recent-| organ recently acquired by the Magargal. | Miss King, who graduated from| ly appeared in the Christmas pro-, Goshen Church. Smith College last June, having| [Scho at Northampton High Following the concert refresh: || piano in and New flute, York especially is City ‘this working in- year, DECEMBER 22, 1959. WORTHINGTON | “DOWN | HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WORTHINGTON—One of the e most interesting Christmas dec-| orations is on the lawn of the Frederick Sargent Hunington Library at the Corners. It is a giant open book representing Dickens Christmas Carol with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cratchitt and Tiny Tim standing on the ground in front of it. Their gay costumes in deep shades of the Fezziwigs in last jyear’s, display. She was assist(ed by Emerson J. Davis. Other outstanding Christmas | decorations in town include a |Nativity trance lett to home scene the at at the Horace the front F. Center en- Bart- in which a life size camel (with a head which looks strangely like that of the doe Ernie Robinson shot this year!) kneels by the Holy Family. Two spruce trees close together and lighted as ,one on the Buckley lawn on ‘Ridge Rd. make a handsome| ‘sight. The community tree on. the church lawn which has been lighted this year by the Grange | |for the first time also was plant. | ;ed there _part of Service — state. won by them a Home project in 1931 and which as Community in a that them first place in the i November i { | ’ woods Fragrant t 4 | are SLEEP” bare and what beds, still; November days are clear and bright; Each noon burns up the morning’s chill; The morning’s snow is gone by night. Each day my steps grow slow, grow light, As through the woods I reverent creep, Watching all things lie “down to sleep.” | IT never knew du- | bonnet, maize and green were }assembled and arranged by Mrs. |W. Warrén Rausch who also a | TO before to smell, and soft to touch, The forest sifts and shapes and spreads; I never knew before how much Of hwman sound there is in such Low When tones as through the forest all wild things lie “down sweep, to sleep.” Each day I find new coverlids Tuckéd in, and more sweet eyes shut tight; Sometimes the viewless mother bids Her ferns kneel down full in my sight; I hear their chorus of “good night”; And half I smile, and half I weep, Listening while they lie “down to sleep.” November woods are bare and still; November days are bright and good; Life’s Life’s noon burns night rests up life’s morning chill; feet ‘that long have stood; Some warm soft bed, in field or wood, The mother will not fail to keep, Where we can “lay us down to sleep.” HELEN HUNT JACKSON �Pic. 2S, 14954 ? Soloists For Christmas Concert On Saturdayy = MARY By RUTH McEWAN ELINOR | CLARKE The soloists who will appear with the Hilltown Choral Society in its annual Christmas concert on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. School | in the Cummington are Mary McEwan (left), Ruth Davis (center), Edith Hathaway| (right), Gordon Taylor and Monroe Salzman, Mary McEwan is the wife of} Rev. Charles H. McEwan of the} Village Congregational Church in Cummington. She studies with| Ruth Ekberg of Springfield, where she is currently soprano| soloist at the Hope Congregational Church. On Sunday evening, Nov. 15, Mrs. McEwan sang the soprano solos in the presentation of “King David,’ by Arthur} Honegger, the fall production of the Springfield Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. | DAVIS 1 EDITH HATHAWAY soloist at the Florence Congrega| tional Church. | Mrs. Hathawav gives a notable ‘performance in the quartet for / soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and baritone, ‘Alleluia,’ from the Saint-Saens “Christmas Oratorio,” and an equally fine one in the quintet and chorus, ‘Arise Now,” as those who have been | fortunate to eavesdrop on the rejhearsals can testify. Gordon E. Taylor of Shelburne Falls, tenor soloist, has done {considerable singing since an ear: ly age. While an undergraduate fat the University of |setts, he participated Massachuin several Operetta Guild productions, including the lead in “Naughty | Marietta.” Since then he has per|formed with the Meetinghouse |Players, in Franklin County, in their production of Gilbert & Sullivan's “The -Gondoliers.” Those who heard Mrs. McEwan| While in the service, Mr. Tayon that occasion will want to | lor directed the Chapel Choir and make the trip to Cummington to| did solo work at his post in Aber: hear her apparently effortless deen, Md. At present Mr. Taylor| soprano soaring in such numGORDON E. TAYLOR is the tenor soloist at the First bers from Saint-Saens ‘Christmas Oratorio” (which will be per- | her voice, singing in the Village Congregational Church of GreenChurch, where field and.also sings in a quartet) formed in its entirety) as the | Congregational Unitarian Church “Benedictus,” which she will sing she is one of the soloists, and at All Souls of and with Mr. Salzman and the trio, jalso in the Hilltown Choir Fes- there. He is a member soloist with the Mohawk Male “My Soul Doth Magnify,” which tival, held at the Williamsburg she will sing with Mr. Taylor and |Congregational Church for the Chorus of Greenfield. |past three years. Mrs. Davis has Monroe Salzman, bass, is a Mr. Salzman. Ruth Hedberg Davis. (Mrs. been one of the moving spirits graduate student at Hartt ColFrank Davis) of Cummington be: of the Hilltown Choral Society lege of Music, Hartford, Conn., from which he received his B.M.| gan her extensive singing career| since its formation in September ins the Classical High School of 1957, and has appeared as mezzo- in 1958. Mr. Salzman has had a deal of previous experisoloist in other per- great Springfield, where she sang un- soprano der Harry Kellogg. She sang in formances of the society. ence, having sung with the Hartthe choir of the South Congrega- | ford Chorale and Symphony, | Edith Hathaway (Mrs. Richard tioinal Church of Springfield for Hathaway) of Worthington, con- with the Hartt Opera in 10 pro4% years, and then in the A |tralto, is a pupil of Jane Tuttle ductions, in summer stock in Allentown, Pa., Bardstown, Ky., |of Worthington. Mrs. Hathaway Capella choir of Springfield. Conn., in addition to Since her marriage and re- is well-known locally for her Westport, moval to Cummington, Mrs. Da- splendid singing. Twice during numberous oratorios and solos in vis has been most generous with 'the past summer she was guest! churches. �MASS., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. eee ae (\ NORTHAMPTON, Three-year-old John Scott Sanborn of Worthington and Wendy in wishing all of our readers “A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!” a Lou Bigeam:; 5, of Florence, join with Santa Claus and the Gazette :sstaff | �adcau thames WORTHINGTON | - i | SPECIAL MEETING t WORTHINGTON The board| ee maintenance account; ir from the new vault account to} the school department for the” construction of a storm entrance over the basement stairs on the| south side of the school, and to \ see if the voters will accept a} cash gift for the care and improvement of the Drake lot in the Ringville Cemetery. \ The town vault records for the which storage was West St. Mrs. Vernon | | Beals | Belchertown is remaining at artlett home for a few days. large attendance at the ee of the local Extension | |Service last week contributed to’) its suecess. The program com-| bined Christmas decoration ideas and the “Give Every Table a ‘Lovely Look” suggestions. Miss Elsie V. Bartlett. demonstrated gift Wrapping ideas and Christ- | ‘mas centerpieces for table or mantel; Mrs. Donald 1. Thomp.-| son showed five styles of place cards for the holiday table: Mrs. | Edward U, Cowles directed a. Christmas table setting; Mrs. Lewis Dodge explained various uses for several popular greens | las she identified them, and a of selectmen has called a special| town meeting for Wednesday at: 8 in the town hall. Articles to be| considered cover transfers of money from the old age assistance fund to the aid to depend-| ent children fund; from the ma-} chinery earnings account to the)” machinery WORTHINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Bart. ie entertained a family party. 12 on Sunday at their home| of| | variety of table and mantel | Congregational party i tions; Mrs. Daniel R. Porter's third andfourth graders will present Christmas songs with some of the pupils in costume: Mrs. Carl S. Joslyn’s fifth and six graders will present a play sisters. A silent consultation be- t;tween Col, and Mrs . Hines | prompted her to ask Mrs. Vacirea| if she and her husband would | consider have the letting their children), dog. Mrs. Vacirea smil-|| | written by former pupils in those ed and said it would make her| 'grades, and Principal Philip Alhusband very happy, and he} drich’s grammar room pupils ,chimed in that it would make |’ will present a play which they |: | Christmas for their children com- \‘ are writing themselves. The ‘plete. Since the little dog would | |Parent-Teacher Organization is | have to be separated from its, making arrangements with Santa master for the two years that he} Claus to pay a brief call at the I ‘will be on active duty and Kept | town hall at the close of the || in a kennel for much of the time,) program to greet the children | it seemed a happy solution to. and distribute candy canes. | present it to the Vacirea children| Miss Dorothy Green, lecturer |who had already become attach: | ;of the Grange, announces net ed to it. Col. and Mrs. Hines re| judging in the home decoration } turned to Worthington Sah }eontest will be done on the eve- hy ‘and with peaceful minds at the ning of Dec. 21 and all those i | transfer. | wishing to have their homes Jeffrey Fowler returned to his | judged are asked to notify her + | before Dec. 18. Three prizes will t {home from Cooley Dickinson Hos: | ‘be awarded for first, second and, ey | pital on Monday. ‘third places. y Emerson J. Davis, assisted by | Overett Pratt, Larry Mason and _C. Kenneth Osgood, decorated the community tree at the church on || } ‘Sunday afternoon with the 300 }| lights purchased by the Grange.| This is to be their Christmas | gift to the community instead| Mr. and Mrs. Horace of the children’s party they have ' Be twin daughters, Sally \' previously sponsored, e te left Wednesday Word has been received that to. return - to ‘the chureh calendar for which| their home in Augusta, Me., after a Visit with their oo |dates were solicited two years at “The WORTHINGTON ‘ago has not been. delivered be- jy Spruces-” DEC. 'eause the list of birthdays, an-niversaries and other dates aan it was never received by the pub- ‘lishers. Therefore, a new list is) |being prepared and anyone wish- | ing to have aA date entered on it lis asked to’ call’ Mrs. Warren ‘Rausch by Wednesday. 3); 1979 || at their home Wednesday evening. matron in Westfield| | is Miss Osgood’s aunt. Mrs, Hoey | || At the annual meeting of the | Volunteer Fire Dept. this week, | | the following officers were elect-| ied: chief (for his 14th term), C.} | Kenneth Osgood; assistant chief, | | Mason are doing the work and it ‘ lis expected that the vault will be. ‘ready for use by the end of the } month. : Church: lof honor, Mrs. Grant Knapp; bridesmaids, her sister, Miss | Norma Osgood, and Mr. Dono|van’s sister, Miss Brenda Dono; van. Albert Nugent Jr. will serve i the bridegroom ; as best man and |Grant Knapp of this town and William Nugent of Westfield will | jusher. Rev. Edward U.* Cowles, | D. D., will officiate ‘and Arthur | | G. Capen will preside at the or;gan. C. Raymond Magargal, un- I i cle of the bride, will be soloist.| | Mr. and Mrs. James Hoey en-| tertained the families and bridal| ar- ONE MORE CHAPTER One more chapter turns“up in the lost beagle story told in this | The annual Christmas program / column last week. When Col. of the Russell H. Conwell School | } ‘and Mrs. Norman F, Hines went| | will be presented in the town hall to , Springfield to claim their ‘Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The teachson’s dog, which had been lost| i ‘ers and pupils are being assisted| and found in the woods over in| by the music supervisor, Mrs. | f osterfie h Vacirea, | George E, Torrey. Mrs. Lewis}: ester a eee they were moved to find ears the lit. | arr’ S primary room pupils are_ tle pet in the hands of a 10-year- |, preparing rhythm band __ selecold boy and his two teen-age). WEDDING SATURDAY WORTHINGTON — Miss Joan| ,Ann Osgood announces the fol, lowing attendants for her — wed| ding to Winston A, Donovan Sat;urday evening at 7:30 in. First approv: } | rangements were done by Mis.| ed at the last town meeting and) Raymond H. Sears, Mrs. Richard | | for which the sum of $2,500 was /B. Smith, Mrs. Howard Mollison,| ‘appr opriated, is now under conMrs. Robert Mason, Mrs. Walter. | struction in the basement of the. Mollison and Mrs. Kenneth | jtown hall. Healy, Pittsinger & Pease. A 1 ici eia imal TON, MASS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1959. hilly i | JANUARY 15, 1960. | Ashley Cole! captain, Horace F. | | Bartlett; Ist lieut., Robert W. | | Hixon; | Secretary, | treasurer, | 2nd lieut., David Carl §. Joslyn; Harold E. Brown, Tyler; and| Mrs. John N. Diamond, who|: has resigned her position as director of personnel at Pittsfield | General Hospital to become field| Tenses eave for the Berkshire| County Chapter of the Massachu- | ; setts Heart Assn., was honored } | by 40 employes of the hospital | ’ ;at a-dinner in the Hotel Wen| dell-Sherwood in Pittsfield last| | Saturday evening, fo with a gift She was preby Harold L. | Hutchins, hospital director. | -Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vaillan|court are spending a few days | here with her parents, Mr. and| | Mrs, C. Kenneth Osgood. They | Will move to an apartment in | Agawam early next. week. Mr. | Vaillanc ourt, Who was discharged| |from the army last month has jreturned to his former job with the telephone company and has | | been assigned to work in West | Springfield. Arlin T, Cole of the East Wind- |}sor Rd. left Tuesday morning to| ; spend the winter in Dallas, Texas. | With his daughter and her fami|ly, the James Hesters. Enroute, } he will visit his other daughter, ; | Mrs. Donald Marr-and her family 4 'in Little Rock, Ark. Word has been received of the! death of Ellis Eaton at New Eng- land Deaconess Hospital in Bos. ton on Monday. He was the hus- ly band of Doris Mason, former ly of | six. ue town who passed away weeks ago following a long illiness. Mr. Eaton was seriously ill§ at the time of her death. His i funeral will be held today in Con- \< stable, N. -Y., where’ the Eatons | made their home. Cremation will follow, and the ashes of both| Mr. and - Mrs. Eaton will be. brought here in the spring for interment in the Mason lot in the North Cemetery, 5 �ee _|made and given by Mrs. Kenneth | on, of Mr. and Zack} tweed Mrs. suit and charcoal tweed| |sang ‘ ' “Because” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” The bride was given in marriage by her father, and Mrs. | Grant Knapp attended her as matron of honor. Her. younger sister, Norma, and Mr. Donovan's sister, Brenda, were her bridesmaids. Albert Nugent Jr. was best man for the groom while ‘Grant Knapp of town and Wil- liam Nugent of Westfield Mr. and Mrs. Harley Mason| are parents of a daughter born! January 15 at Cooley Dickinson| ‘Hospital. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mason of were ushers. The bride’s gown of white im|ported rosepoint lace and shad-| of tulle, floor length, was fash-| ioned with a sabrina neckline outlined with seed pearls and ‘iridescents,, long lace tapered sleeves, and a bouffant skirt of ilace and shadow tulle panels out-. \lined in large tulle scrolls. With ‘this she wore a circuar finger-| tip veil of imported French silk ‘illusion fastened to a crown of town and-Mr. and Mrs. Philip! Sanders of Huntington. Mrs. Mary Haskell of town and Mrs Milton Hadley of Westfield are} great-grandmothers to the baby.| Mr. and Mrs. George Carver| and two children have returned to their home in Dalton after| having spent the past two weeks here with her parents, Mr. and) Mrs. Arthur Ducharme Sr. _ Outof town guests here for the| Osgood-Donovan wedding included Mr. and Mrs. G. Raymond) Osgood and two children of Great Barrington. Mr. and Mrs.| Allen Osgood and son, Gregory,| of Hartford, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. | James Hoey and son, David, of || seed pearls. She carried a cas- Westfield, Mr. and Mrs. Walter. cade bouquet of white carna-| Sarafin of Higganum, Conn., | tions, and Philip Anderson of Fram.| ingham, | Mrs. Knapp was gowned in) ‘princess style white eyelet, ballerina length, with tiny red straps and a wide scarlet sash. |Her bouquet was a cascade of jred carnations. Miss Donovan and Miss Osgood wore identical ‘'searlet taffeta gowns in prin{cess — style, ballerina length,| with tiny straps and sashes. All the attendants wore rhinestone| \tiaras. The bridesmaids’ bou-} quets were cascades of red flecked white carnations. | The chancel was decorated with baskets of white in the pin. camellias. town wi.» matching dr-.; | was 'ecorsige Ms. jsisted a_ also Mrs. hall} of Mrs. hat pink C. Raymond by blue pillbox and Magargal, George H. a! as:| Magargal bride, book. was older in charge The bride's ames sister of the Judi | cake of the| guest| Benevolent Women’s The of re- Congregational First decorating > treas-| Society is in the process Church, The new red carpet has arrived and will be laid as soon as the walls have been repaired and painted. The present carpet was laid in July, 1906. AccordMeekins, purchased Packard V. Elsie of Miss jing to records ‘|Bartlett it was and : from Wheat, Springfield firm for a former $218.07—made, laid and _lined.|’ The have W. parlor and vestibule}; church B. done been S. last year. the by over WORTHINGTON — Word has been received of the death of El- lis Eaton Monday in New England Deaconess Hospital in Bos- held be will funeral The ton. today in Constable, N. Y. Mempers of the family from here will attend. Mr. Eaton leaves a |* of Constable; a}. George son, daughter, Mrs. Robert (Gloria) |; of Messina, Barney N. Y., and two grandchildren. Mr. a) Arthur P. Vail-}: and Mrs. are spendweek with), lancourt of Agawam ing the rest of this her parents, C. |. and Mrs. Mr. Kenneth Osgood, ~———"-+}. 4 Miss Joan Osgood was given a personal home Hoey bridal of her aunt, shower Westfield, of Mrs. at the James Wednesday night. Members of the bridal party and of the families of the bride and groom were present. All articles for the warrant for town meeting on Feb, 6 which are to be included in the town), must be in the hands of}' [ewe selectmen by 17. Jan. After], that time, articles may still be submitted until Jan. 26, when the nt warrant will be posted. Ten new voters have regis-}} tered and others are reminded}: ||t{hat Saturday is the last day for}: registration before town meet-|: ing. qude, {2,14 wd (Mr. Winston Donovan, Osgood, | former Joan Ann 1 1 | Bart:| and Joslyn, and Harold Brown, tary; urer. | bride, | Diamond presided over the) punch bowl and Mrs. Arthur | Vaillancourt, Carl lieutenant; Knapp charge of the reception for| which the “Quintones” of North-| ‘ampton furnished music. The| Judith first secre-| Tyler, second David |} court. | staged classic) camellias. Hixon, Robert Brenda Osgood, |Norma \van, Judy Diamond, Mrs. ‘lett, Mrs. Robert T. Bartlett and| Mrs. Horace F. Bartlett, was in| Misses captain; lieutenant; was) honored last night at a post-nuphall.| town the tial shower in Misses the were Hostesses Donovan’s| royal ‘las follows: Ashley Cole, assist‘|ant chief; Horace F, Bartlett, | |wh re the reception was held) we’: also arranged by Mr.) Des | Foy her daughter’s wedding, |'M) Osgood wore a blue dress | ‘wi. knife pleated skirt and| \pet?. type hat with a corsage of| | an-| the WORTHINGTON—At nual meeting of the Volunteer Department, C. Kenneth ‘\Fire Osgood was re-elected fire chief. The other officers elected are gladiolas| /and candelabra with white tapers. Also woods greens a ranged by Emerson J. Davis. Decorations WORTHINGTON anim. son Donovan, Saturday evening in top coat with red accessories. | the First Congregational Church. The bride graduated from the} In spite of the blustery condiRussell.H. Conwell School and} tions outside, friends and _ relNorthampton High School, class| atives from out of town joined. of 1958. She is employed by In-| with the local folks to witness| ternational Silver Company in this union through marriage of 'Florence. The bridegroom is in} two of Worthington’s leading the Navy and at the end of his families. 14 day leave will report to his) Rey. Edward U. Cowles, D. D., ship, the S. S. Lake Champlain |pastor of the First Congregation- at Quonset, R. I. This is an air,al Church affiliated at the dou- craft carrier with Mayport, Fla., {ble ring ceremony. Arthur G. /as homeport. Prior to entering |Capen, organist of this church the service, he was employed by} | for half a century, played an or-| A, E. Albert & Sons. He grad‘gan prelude and the wedding uated from Davenport School, marches, as well as the accom- | in Chesterfield ana attended |paniment for C. Raymond Ma- Huntington High School and |gargal, uncle of the bride, who. Smith’s School. fea er er ree —— enn van, pp eee wy eh Sh ch lashed -with high winds and | WORTHINGTON — A _ lovely in spite of) |/winter wedding by candlelight drifting snow and | brought out nearly three hun-!| much advice to head south, they. }dred guests to the marriage of| went in the direction of Niagara | ‘Miss Joan Ann Osgood, daughFalls. For her wedding trip,| ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Kenneth| Donovan wore a grey” Osgood, and Winston H. Dono-| Mrs. 8 night | ae a_ aR forth et Osgood-Donovan set into ph te couple Sh bridal their honeymoon —orens Pease. The age —, Sees et Jom Mh Srn was|_ 2 and Miss bridegroom, Arthur Mrs. A mock with the Vaillan- wedding following Judy Mrs. DonoGrant was cast: Magargal; Grant Knapp; father, Mrs. Ernest W. Robinson; mother, Miss Caroline Bartlett; maid of honor, Miss Dorothy Arthur! Green; best man, Mrs. Vallancourt; minister, Miss Jan-| ice Porter; flower girl, Mrs. C. Raymond Magargal; and piani{ ist, Mrs. George E. Torrey. �‘cP wee statistics for voters. male registered 173 are and 163 registered female voters on the voting list, making a tota! of 336. twon reports are be- ing printed and will be ready for distribution in about another week. Mrs. Leroy | Lawrence "named H. Rida B. Shepherd co-chairman for and Mrs. have the been WBS ‘dinner to be served at noon in the town hall on the day of town | meeting. The menu will include ham loaf, scalloped potatoes, Harvard beets, homemade rolls, ‘relish, apple dumplings and | coffee. | Mrs. Harley Mason and infant daughter, Berta Sherry, returned The Hilltown will meet Choral Sunday in the Cummington Communit: ouse to organize for the comin: year. Anyone interested in help ing with organizational details of the society, whether a singer or not, is invited to attend this meeting. The girls’ basketball team of — the Russell H. Conwell School will play the Chesterfield of the new 4H Attending the wind-up annual meeting girls’ Service 'Arthur | eres Leroy H. Snyder, Rolland, E. Torrey, H. Rida, and Mr. Mr. with its appears. Mr. Mrs. and Mrs. ; (Once in the summer, this agile her grand- broad tail) when She| During the winter Mrs. Bates continues to feed the beaver. She just throws the apples and ‘garbage over the bank in a bag ;}or box and can see the tracks the and and will [where they come for it and take it back to their lodge, container jand all. The only thing they Mrs.| Mr. and Mrs.| Harold E, Brown. i | The Parent-Teachers Organization has voted to. purchase ten basketball uniforms for the boys’| ‘team of the Russell H. Conwell| |School. The uniforms presently | being worn are thought to be! JANUARY WORTHINGTON ‘| NEW FIRE TRUCK SET FOR SERVICE WORTHINGTON—C. - Kenneth 26, 1960. water is held toa minimum. rural the water areas where In sup- ply may be limited to that in a well and the 1,500 gallons Fire Department, announces that “Snorkie,’ the big crash truck purchased several months ago as government surplus, is now brought on the truck, a high pressure fog unit would be especially valuable. An article has been inserted in the warrant for town meeting on Feb. 6 asking for approval of an appropriation for $2,500 for the purchase ‘of mains truck. The Osgood, ready truck. the chief of the Volunteer for service here as a tank Although much work re- to 1,500 be done gallon on water the truck, storage tank from the old tank truck has been mounted on it and road tests have shown it already to be a valuable addition to the such a unit to be installed on this equipped truck with a is 500 also gallon being per minute volume pump for drafting water. All the work of con-. verting this truck for use in equip- rural firefighting has been done ment of the local department. |by the local volunteers in their There are plans in the works spare time. Its value to the town for equipping the truck witha is estimated well up in the thouhigh pressure fog unit. Fog is sands of dollars and for much of more efficient for controlling the expense involved; the townsfires because required and Arcouette, Last year Mrs. Bates celeteeth might accidentally nip my hand!”’ Mrs. Bates says that brated her birthday by taking the young beaver answers her a ride on her toboggan and she calls with a noise like ‘‘aaah.”’ ‘plans to do the same this year, although the snow is so deep No Longer Fears Danger she says she’ll have to wear her *| This youngster lias become late husband’s hip boots. She ‘so familiar with her that he has already had several slides ‘Ino longer gives the danger sigthis year. ; nal ( a loud slap on the water Massachusetts State Fairs Association at the Hotel WendellSherwood in Pittsfield Tuesday evening from Worthington were |Henry her Frank turn up their noses at is potato. Worthington skirts’? and been engrossed with a beaver waded up through the pond and family in a pond near her home. planted a flag on the beaver’s Each evening about dusk, she lodge as it is not easily seen in takes apples and vegetable par- all the brush, They discovered ings down to the pond. During during the course of ther wadthe summer, with considerable ing four other foundations for ‘|coaxing, she has enticed the dams should their present one beaver to come and eat at her be washed away. ‘‘We might all do well,” says Mrs. Bates ‘‘to feet. The young beaver has all but take a tip from the beaver and be better prepared for the set-| eaten out of her hand. backs that come to most of us,|: “He might even have done sooner or later.’’ that.” confessed Mrs. Bates, To Ride Toboggan “but I was afraid those sharp banquet of of West 89th _ birthday octogenarian and Thursday. 3 daughter, Susan _ Beaver On Pond During the past year she has “hiked up their ‘Club being organized for club members in the Hilltowns. The to their home on Sam Hill Rd., first meeting was held last Satur‘on Tuesday from Cooley Dickin- day in Chesterfield Miss Ann son Hospital. The baby was born Rida represented Worthington at there on Jan. 16, the fifteenth that meeting. |grandchild of the Stanley S, Ma-| Mr. and Mrs. Winston H. Dono/sons of town. van who were married in First Henry E, Bartlett, F. N. is at) Congregational Church last the home of his parents, Mr, and Saturday evening have returned Mrs. Henry E. Bartlett Sr. of | from their wedding trip to Kinne Brook Road. from the | Niagara Falls. He will report to Naval base at Bainbridge, Mary-| Quonset Point, R. I. on Sunday ‘land for a fourteen day leave. He to the S. S. Lake Champlain. will report back to Oceana Beach, | Virginia. of the WORTHINGTON—Mrs. Bates celebrate team here after school on Monday. The local boys’ team will go to Huntington to play after school on Monday. Mrs, Peter Tuttle of South Worthington has been named leader pe a wpPimy Society evening at 7:30 ws | The sons, Mrs. Bates, Almost 89, Feeds Beaver Family much less water is damage caused by people have the fighters to thank. volunteer fire- ae Dl ea ly vital the year past: births, 11; deaths. 7; and marriages 2. Four kennel licenses and one hundred one There | dog licenses were issued. ww following Clerk announces se WORTHINGTON Om Magargal Sess the W. Zack Donovan and C. Raymond Magargal were appointed to purchase the uniforms and_ be responsible for them between sea- pe WORTHINGTON—Town Wells about ten years old and are beginning to look that way. Mrs. aee ee We aye 22. wm JAN. WORTHINGTON Sore | �APRIL a, 17 be Miss Bartlett FUTURE BRIDE _ _ Reception Weds Navy Main Is Bride of Mr. Wailguin In Huntington , A reception was held in the ‘Worthington Town Hall which} | was decorated in pastel colors , and spring flowers. Miss Kath- ,erine Lilly of Williamstown was ‘in | charge For of the guest receiving, Mrs, book. Bartlett chose a willow green and white St. Thomas Church, Huntin g- ‘silk print dress and willow green ton, was the setting for the we:d- accessories. Mrs. Wailgum, ding of Miss Caroline Jane Bar t- ‘mother of the bridegroom, wore lett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H,. Bartlett of Worthin;3- ; (Tooke Photo) CAROLINE BARTLETT Whose engagement to George F. Wailgum is announced. Miss Bartlett « Engaged to Wed shoulder-length. | Patricia. ton ewe oe ants College. She is a teacher in the Westfield school system. Mr. Wailgum is a graduate of in Holy Rosary High School ‘Holyoke and is serving as an Newport, R. I. Mr. lett ltend MARCH ‘and Mrs. | H. Bart-| of f= their| invite the townspeop le to at-| the marriage to| Jane, Caroline \daughter, on| _Wailgum Francis George April 2 at 11 a.m. : in St. Thomas| to and in Huntington {Church ithe reception that will tthe Worthington town follow in hall. of Ware Alice Roberts of was junior bridesmaid. similar gowns with of pink roses and pale yellow carnations. Best man was John Shingles of Holyoke, Ushers included Howard Wailgum of South Hadley, his brother, Joseph Knapik of Westfield, and Gerald Bart-) lett, brother of the bride, as junior usher, 25, 1960. George Miss wore ‘bouquets WORTHINGTON FRIDAY, Saletnik the bridesmaids in light green and the junior bridesmaid in yellow. They carried colonial from Northampton High School and Westfield State Teachers |at and groom, graduated| the ‘airman meteorologist in U. S. Naval Air Corps, stationed J, "The honor attendant was at“tired in a ballerina gown of pinlk silk organza styled with puffed ‘sleeves, pleated cummerbund and bouffant skirt worn with a brief net hat, Her other attend- been set for the wedwas caught Southwick, Diane Desjarlais cif this city, niece of the bride- Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bartlett of Huntington Rd.,) Worthington, announce the engagement of their daughter, ‘l\Caroline Jane, to George Fran‘lcig Wailgum, son of Mrs. Jo‘lseph. Lebeau of Holyoke. No Bartlett was attended the bride as maid of honor and bridesmaids were Miss Janice Porter of Worthing:- To Mr. Wailgum ding. Miss veil to a seed pearl crown and she carried a bouquet of camellias and stephanotis Sets No Date for Bridal date has a blue print crepe dress and \blue accessories, Both had corton, and George F. Wailgun1, Sages of white orchids. son of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Lie-} _ The bridal couple left on a Beau of Holyoke, Saturday motor trip to New York City morning at 11 with a doublie- is Mrs. Wailgum in a periring ceremony performed by winkle blue suit and blue and Rev. Joseph F. Gagan. Orgain- ‘pink accessories, They will ‘ist was Mrs. Richard Carmel .of ‘make their home in Worthing‘Huntington and soloist, Miss ton after April 8. Gertrude Haley of Chester. Mrs. Wailgum, a teacher in Bridal Gown the Westfield school system, was The bride wore a full-length graduated from Northampton gown of nylon organza with High School and Westfield State scooped neckline appliqued wi'th Teachers College. Jace and sequins, brief shirred Her husband, who attended sleeves and fitted bodice fea- Holy Rosary High School, Holturing pleated side panels at the yoke, is an airmaR_aerologist waist, The skirt had a large in the U. S. Navy and will be flat bow in the back and ter- stationed in Key West, Fla. minated into a chapel train. Her | Miss Bartlett | To Wed April 2 Will Become Bride George Wailgum of Miss Caroline Jane Bartlett, daughter of Mr,and Mrs. George H. Bartlett of Worthington, has chosen April 2 for her marriage to George F, Wailgum, son of Mrs, Joseph LeBeau of Holyoke, in St. Thomas Church, Huntington. Rev. Joseph F. | Gagan will officiate at the serv- ice and a reception will follow in the Worthington Town Hall. Miss Patricia Saletnik of Ware will be Miss Bartlett's maid of |honor and bridesmaids are Miss | Alice Roberts of Southwick ‘and Miss: Janice Porter of Worthington. Miss Diane Derjarlais, niece of the future bridegroom, will attend as junior bridesmaid. John Shingles. of Holyoke will serve as best man and ushers named: are Howard Wailgum, of South Hadley and Joseph Knapik of Westfield. Gerald Bartlett, elect, will brother be of junior the - brideusher. Miss Bartlett is a graduate of Northampton High Sehool and Westfield State Teachers College. She is a teacher in the Westfield »schoo] system. .Her fiance, who attended Holy Rosary High School, Holyoke, is a naval air officer and will be stationed in Key West, Fla. we �PP 46~ Loe The WORTHINGTON ~ Message Town At , meeting: town annual years, be two eight 5 “In : only : Worthington will years old. we do | What Boston in 1968, hundred As we look backward, at an on men Five see? Common auction buy- ing a tract of land in the wilderness known only as ‘Plantation No, 3’ .... your town, Think of the first log house! You can see the axe that hewed the logs to build it for it is preserved at the local library. <A well, believed and stoned dred years in 1959 not settlement to been far from in what stone by dug huntwo discovered up about ago was Tyler's pasture. well, have the first Dave is now. built that Who stone? Who drew water from that : well? It’s anyone’s guess. The first doctor observed resident, Worthington at his 92nd birthday yesterday Home ome ne in Nursing Jursing the Ryderoy He teers J. a Mrs. sisting oa i George in H. the Russell Russell is windows jnstalled soon. Congregational H. for the These are Church are to Needs The and assessed valuation 356 in 1919, forty years ago. last. looks Youth ’ at tells of present and diary the as 196935 An figures analysis over of the school past census| 15 our shows that the number has but the glittering future, roots grow as we look back-|'about doubled in that time. and ward, ‘Our come men and interesting fitting dredth .see that lish it. History FEBRUARY = Town.’ and women pened. a then only have be-| Interesting) lived here! things have hap- two hun- Let's wvite its history as) part of our anniversary—and there is money A for to Worthington 1968!” let's. pub-_ Town) Bounties pobeats were during out paid past the one main {to his man who story, there for, | was a child on Old she lived Post Rd. in} now| Herbert lived there Porter. The until Herbert| school| taught Porter. Miss here in various school ~ districts| and recalls walking across lots to | where the same| some of them | paths would today lead through| heavily wooded parts. She went) to live to Springfield about 50 years ago but came back often to i visit. birthday Her 3 greetings have in-| | President cluded a card from Eisenhower, and a letter from| just| Leverett Senator Daniel |Mrs. R. Porter Saltonstall. |. II Miss Janice Porter of town go re- to Springfield heln her celebrate. according nothing| cat who was in the process | giving birth to a litter in as house Dunn. year.} sporting about the kill. He cidentally struck a mother and |was married, then moved across, how, house the ithe street to owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph| years} to Warren. |family for four | wishes anonymous She was born here on the! presently | on Clark Hill by Mr. and Mrs. Bertram| |her brother, [Three of the bounties were paid| tg tomor-| tomorrow and) will | to} acbob-} of} the) | road in the Ringville section of' town and she and two of her kit-| tens were killed. There is spec- | ulation that there might have. been more had he happened along a few minutes later. i 27, 1960. cS WORTHINGT( ; ee RESIGNATION WORTHINGTON — The committee it does $472,- to compared her| celebrate birthday and Mrs. Zack: owned by Mr. Donovan, and later in the place} owned by at the Center now in'| $1,-/ and personal property town today stands at those early days, for only records His the be of both| yeal this bag. iter a gift Haddonfield,| Carrie} native | now living| She was the daugh-| ter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Por-| of Miss Margaret I. Vaughan of Worthington will hundredth WwW. B. resident former Springfield, \place owned Con- First with two on horseback came dollars worth of medicine in his saddle one as- well School cafeteria this week in the absence of Mrs. Richard G. Hathaway who is confined to her home with illness. The family of C. Raymond | Magargal has been sick with the prevailing virus during the past| week, Storm and in Ringville he etyof onit nd in ar part BAe vs aed Years: | i on born was Ashfield. place old Dodge hi i r which is now WWa Is Close To 100 | W. WORTHINGTON—Miss Porter, Worthington Cemetery. North the in jremain | Porter Carrie aps Following |" George T. Dodge Sr., longtime is a message from Miss Elsie V. Bartlett to the townspeople at was presented today which j the | WORTHINGTON seer spots bene five with | lots ; z rat WAKy North | at up to the taken | town meeting today. According Commissioner Cemetery ‘to Emerson J. Davis, only a dozen Meeting WORTHINGTON of business land to be added || Cemetery will be re Presented “purchasing of announces YN ep pag ts \this ‘major sity. ae was his while at : : undergraduate Boston. Univer- : Members thimbles should and __ = 95 bring their own scissors. Other has lived nearby all his life rethat a Lyman Mayhew owned the place back around the calls {mending materials will be fur|nished. + SS Miss Janette C. Otto is a pa-, turn of the century. He made school | ne teaching staff of the First Congregational Church Sunday | tient at the New England Dea- some alt-rations during _ his Mail ownership and because of an the resig-| School met. Wednesday evening |coness Hospital in Boston. nation of Philip L. Aldrich as with the principal of the Russell H. Con- ee 1. superintendent, sri ao Miss | for her may be addressed to 246 overwhelming fear of fire, it was his idea to fill the outer were | Brattle St. in Cambridge. ...,made for a family night supper | Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mollison, walls, at least, with cobblestones well School at the end of this |to be held on March 20. ‘are completing the moderniza- from the nearby brook. The school year. | The Friendship Guild will|tion of their kitchen at Echo | house’ was built about 105 years Mr. Aldrich is resigning his;meet next Thursday evening in) Valley Farm. In the course of ago replacing an earlier one that position so that he can further the home of Mrs. Lawrence C.|the work, a rear wall was ae 2 | stood on the site of the present installation. n | shed. his education. Although his fu- Mason on Williamsburg Rd. Arti- on a window An old picture of the needing mending which the wall, they found cobblestones | place taken during Mr. Mayhew’s ture plans are not specific, he cles has indicated an intention of have been given to the Church | packed in solid. A little re- ownership shows it quite as it is doing graduate work with em- World Service box will be search has produced the explana- today except for an open porch meeting. | 'tion. William F. Sandersen who which is now enclosed, phasis in. the field of English as worked on’ during the �UNION, SPRINGFIELD, THE SPRINGFIELD MASS,, THURSDAY, See | Ike Congratulates Centenarian Miss Carrie W. Porter of 30 Converse St., Wednesday shows a card she received from President Eisenhower congratulating her on her 100th birthday Saturday. A letter from Sen. Leverett Saltonstall is also among the birthday greetings she has received. Miss Porter was born 14 months before the start of the Civil War—the day the day before Valentine’s Day, she taught school before after Lincoln’s birthday and 1860—in Worthington, where moving to years ago, Springfield about 50 Hi, 960 | FEBRUARY �ancl 25, ey o Sisters / “iter WORTHINGTON | Rey. J. H. Owen To Retire Soon, WORTHINGTON [Herbert Owen, Rey. pastor of | J. First) Congregational Church here | | from 1932 to 1942, will retire as | ‘pastor of the First Congrega | tional Church of Melbourne.| Fla. on May 1. Rev. and Mrs. \Owen went to the Melbourne| church in 1952 from the Church:| on-the-Hill in Lenox where’ he) had preached after leaving Wor-| thington. His nearly eight year. pastorate ‘in Melbourne is the) longest in the 70-year history of, that church and he is the senior| ‘minister ‘length |: The of the of Rev. area in pastorate. Mr. Owen point of is retiring| from the active ministry. He was ordained in Boston on Sept. 20, 1920. A native of Virginia, MARY &. SMART Both Sidney are airline Smart pleted one VIRGINIA hostesses of North St., half million was and miles graduated daughters Blandford. of Mr. and Mary of air travel, from flight SMART and school. Mrs. recently her com- sister ita. As Stewardesses. Blandford Girls Are With, To been Mice have survived in a missile, And monkeys and dogs in a rocke t: And lively and clean From the washing machine Came the worms in the overall ! a * Blandford Girl Heroine In Airliner Emergency Mary ford, Smart, a 24, stewardess of for Bland- Trans- World Airlines,, was one of fwo stewardesses on board a TWA Constellation Sunday who helped passengers escape harm when smoke was discovered in a cabin only 10 minutes out of Greater Piitsburgh Airport. After 523, Miss the returned Smart sengers aircraft, to helped escape | | | | { { Flight Pittsburgh, the | pas- | by use of the | canvas evacuation chute, Only a few of the 52 passengers received minor brush burns in the. exit. Miss Smart, who has been with the airlines for four years, started with. the airlines with her sister alter they graduated from Westfield High hostesses 15 when ried, School. for her % TWA were was mar- until Oct. sister * Both aa in 1954. Only 18 and still two years from her goal of flying, she worked as a secretary for || the F. W. Sickles Co., Chicopee, and for the Tennessee Gas Co. of Agawam for the next two years. Her flight training was with| the Trans World Airlines in Kan-|| sas City, and her home port is Midway in Chicago. Visiting| for a few moments with her jparents at Bradiey Field recent-| ly, one she half proudly million displayed pin, her which, means that she has completed one half million miles of air travel as a hostess. Her sister, Virginia, was graduated recently from flight school also, and is a hostess for the Same airlines with her home port in Kansas City. She is known as ‘‘Ginny’’ to her friends and was graduated from West- field High School in 1957, fol-| lowing which she attended ee University of Massachusetts for | | | | jas “Mimi” to her friends. The ‘iglamour of air flight has also ‘jappealed to her sister, Miss Vir;ginia Smart. Both are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smart of North St., Blandford. _Mary, unable to fulfill her de‘sire for flying, enrolled in the | Ward Airline School after gradu- jating from Westfield High School pocket! * Airline Company fly an airplane has always/ a burning desire for Miss ‘Mary Elise Smart, better known|! By JANET HENRY two | years. Christian Conference at spring meeting in Jacksonville. April the Melbourne church, 1958 and Since Mr. their) 27 Owen’s to 29) arrival at! he | has | been influential in Pepene | about many changes there. An| educational building was built in| Sisters Engaged ~ ANIMAL STAMINA he. has, held pastorates in Rhode Island and New York as well as in) Massachusetts and Florida. He) will also retire as moderator of | | the Florida Congregational - | fied the church was beauti-| with stained glass windows.| Oil heat and air conditioning were installed during his years there and the overflow congregations each Sunday were filling an adjoining room formerly used for social events. The educational building and the church are) both equipped with stereophonic hi-fi and public address systems. A new choir room and a church office have been made. Under) his leadership, the church sponsors a Teen Town where 150 teen-agers gather for wholesome recreation on Saturday nights. | Mr. Owen is a graduate of Colgate University with the de-) gree of Bachelor of Arts, - of Gordon College of Theology and Missions and Hartford Theologi cal Seminary with bachelon. of| divinity degrees. He is a Mason. and a charter and honorary life member of the Kiwanis Club in) Lenox. He has been active in| the work of the CongregationalChristian State Conference, serv:| ing as chairman of the depart-| ment of the ministry and now as) moderator and a member of the| stewardship committee. | Mrs. Owen is a licensed minister, a graduate of Gordon College and attended Hartford Sem- | inary. She also has been active in the state After an work of the Wom. en's Fellowship, serving for four| years as district director and is| now on the nominating sig eee tee. summer, extended during which trip Rev. this! and ‘Mrs. Owen will visit friends in | Worthington, they will return to \their own home in Melbourne i and Mr. Owen will be preaching ‘around the state as an interim | pastor. They are especially re- ‘membered with the here young for their people. work ° �CARL SANDBURG �Fang, ronnch 1, 1105 AAA ReH yb, Fee WeaTHIMeTEM Preview Of Sprin e : MASS»will “Several from here | go to Greenfield Saturday evening to hear the “Elijah” by Mendelssohn under the direction of Dr. Nathan Gottschalk'in the auditoHigh Greenfield of the rium School. Mrs. Roberta Cowell, diof rector Society, solos. way. Mrs. Mrs. C. Choral, Hilltown the will sing Richard the G. soprano; Hatha- Raymond Magar- of F. Bartlett Horace gal, and this town are members of the Milltown Choral Society which. will join with the Mohawk Male /Chorus, the Greenfield Woman's Pioneer the and chorus ‘Club Orchestra to Valley Symphony ‘make this a memorable evening. | |. Frederick L. Drake who died| Huntington ‘in ‘resident ‘years. of this The ville and last family South week town lived for was in many Worthington a Ring- and| ‘at one time Mr. Drake collected| | cream for the Ringville Cream- | jery. imer jerick He sister. # § leaves Laury Jr, Mrs. of i Westfield. te his Higgins; wife, the Huntington, Florence Relatives for- a son, Fred-| and Stratton and a| of| friends| from town attended his funeral) Jast Wednesday in Huntington. | Mrs. Milton Parish Sr. is as-| sisting in the home of Mr. and| & (Mrs. Carl Loveland of Williams- | ss | burg. ¥ Because of the continued cold| -| weather and the severe shortage| |of a 1960 maple syrup crop, it jhas been necessary for Mrs. -~|Howard Mollison and her com-| ~|mittee to scout around for | ~\enough syrup to serve at to- | -'night’s Grange sugar eat com-| mencing at 8 in the town hall. | 5 This is the first year since their| 2|sugar parties started that there| 2;has ever been any ‘question| t|}about where the syrup would | steame Spring has come early to Nor-| thampton! In the Lyman Plant} House at Smith College, the an-| nual Flowering Bulb display will continue through Friday. \ In-| cluded in this preview of from | helped the gardeners in. potting |/ and caring for the plants. Work begins on the spring|, | show when the bulbs arrive from| Holland in early October. They | WNor-|are stored in cold vaults under thampion ‘spring gardens are,conditions approximating winter || hyacinths, tulips, daffodils and|temperatures ‘in Northampton. azaleas in many varieties and| Around the middle of January,|| colors. Nothing is displayed that|the bulbs are exposed to light could not; be grown by large|and heat. The timing is so accurgardners. ate that all the plantings burst |; : In charge Saauee of the yearly e Pclioae show | into ey just 4; | annual show. in time for the is W en Lf + avers ‘ortix| Anyone who wishes to catch a culturist at Smith, Assisting him glimpse of spring or who would this year-are Abner Jolin of Hol-| like a few pointers on his own) Patten yoke and Louis Chrystal of Nor-| gardening plans is invited to visit | thampton. Mr. Chrystal has} the Flowering Bulb display. worked on the spring show for} Seen at the display at Smith| 39'vears. The students in Mr,| College is Miss Diane Thorndike, |. Campbell’s horticulture class have!a senior from East Bridgewater. | �Marek 22, hbo FAMILY NIGHT EVENT WORTHINGTON — Wel ver| |100 members jgational of *) >» First ¢ Chure: ;Sunday afteri:on ifamily night program an 'This one was sponsored lofficers and church school in uy teachers of while the one December ‘the was missionary From September | cond | | the}} held|% organized by committee. Worthington announces served the The - Committee School appointment of Bernard R. Yvon as principal of School. | the Russell H. Conwell to be effecThe appointment is tive Sept. 1. Mr. Yvon is the son of Mr. and | |¢ if Miss Dorothy Swain, weekday| religious education director, ad-|1 dressed the parents and_ the '¢ pupils who attend her classes, | ! while the youngei children were |} entertained with a program of)¢ their own in their department1 with Miss Marion L. Bartlett, |¢ Sunday School superintedent, in! charge. 1 Following the program in the |\ church, a covered dish supper!i was 4 WORTHINGTON inner. |‘ the} |Mrs. Yvon Victor of 1001 Chico- | pee St., Willimansett, is a graduate of Chicopee High School and ColTeachers: State | Westfield two) of a veteran He is \lege. years’ service in the U. Ss. Army finest in the town hall. No | hotel smorgasbord. were of pussy set willows with and The} « centerpieces |¢ laurel. Inj Zack Donovan, Mrs. joined. |ward U. \“Moonlight them Bay” Cowles in_ and led Mrs, Beach, 'very The Magargal yet. Pussy deep a thaw and with snow few and BERNARD has | is. dent of the Men’s Athletic Assn., | and elected signs and home, Chesterfield, is made been a member of the) and basketball varsity teams for four years. of ganization of dent, Peter Mrs. oni ‘bo — Realises Hill the the recent “Civic Tuttle or-; League| have) presi-| of South| vice _ president, | W. Sena. of Hick- Farm; and _ secretary- |treasurer, Mrs. Lawrence B. | Shepherd of Old Post Rd. | The purpose of the league is! to: Interest women in town af-| 'fairs and active participation in| | town government; -make all citi- | |tion, |town and maintenance of and the well being of | towns and the successes and fail-| 'zens aware of the general needs| lof the town with regard to! ‘health, beautification, preservaits lof citizens; make activities of the! all women aware neighboring ;ures of various projects of oth-| ‘ers and the application of suci.| |suceesses and failures as ap-| plies to the town’ of Worthing-| 'ton; present a united front in| | the thinking _group of a of female representative| citizens; interest | citizens other than league mem-| ; bers in town affairs and to acti-| | vate a real interest in town meet-| ing; and to bring speakers on} civic affairs to town audiences, The meeting was adjourned | ‘until April 21 at an hour and) | place to be announced. family. in October. has college baseball of | Richard Bartlett, USN, son of| |/Mr. and Mrs. Robert T Bartlett | ,of West St., has left aboard the 'S, S. Ware for a Mediterranean cruise. He expects to return to} to Who's Who Among | Colleges American | Students in He twice has 'and Universities. | peen the recipient of the Student Government Citizenship award. Mr. Yvon is a capable athlete | still Envelopes will be in the pews| of First Congregational Church| next Sunday for a special offer-| ing for the “One Great Hour of! the States Chesterfield | Jewel and golden sheaf from the |ory R. YVON land was assigned as a specialist intelliand operations iin the ; gence sections. Teachers State At Westfield College, he has been a dean’s list of the vice president student, Government, vice presi| Student willows line | | Sharing.” of Congregational Church, Chester- field Grange No, 83, and. Hillside Pomona Grange No. 20. In 1955° she received her 50-year ' Worthington; Mrs. Joseph many of the roads, crows are} busy scavenging and the calen-| dar,,at least, proclaims spring.| Meanwhile the winds hold strong | and the snow drifts into tiny} mountain ranges. | Mrs. John A. Sanborn of Larch:; month, N. Y., is spending 10} days here with her son, Dr. John Sanborn, member She of Worthington.” Officers been elected as follows: presented March 30 at 8 p.m, in! the Hatfield town hall. It is! sponsored by the Hatfield Con- | gregational Church. i The 1960 sugaring season is} ‘at last under way, though off to} start. and great-grandchildren. Mizpah| |tickets to sell for the Duke Uni-| versity glee club concert to be} la slow a Chester- ment Ed-| Fla. C. Raymond was of grandchildren WORTHINGTON M. Bart-| Ar and Mrs. Charles | er Oyst of sons two eae aWreey, | this ding spen are N. Y., Spr uces. | \| with his family at “The shied ds Dana Mrs. and Mr. on O 1 e hom to rned retu have a month | at} North Road after Belieair Macomber four MARE k rere | four WORTHINGTON benediction. There will be an-| jother family night in May. That| }one will be in charge of the mis-| 'sionary committee. | | oe Frank field; singing Rev. the Sarah Ray-,; mond H. Sears and Mrs. Kenneth |, Pease. \} Miss Jane Conwell Tuttle ac- |} ‘companied the double quartet of | Northampton High School in ay} 'program that was enthusiasticlly | ‘received. As a finale, the audi-|( lence BRADLEY (Baker) Bradley, 88, also known as Sadie Bradley, widow of Frank B. Bradley, died early Wednesday morning at a nursing home in Hadley where she had lived for two years. Born in Savoy, she had lived in Springfield for 22 years and prior to 1936 had lived in this town. She leaves a son, Nathan B. of Hartford: a sister, Mrs. funeral charge of this part of the pro-|¢ gram were Mrs. C. Kenneth Os:| good, Mrs George H. Bartlett,|} Mrs. B. |Grange. The funeral will be held in Chesterfield Congregational Church Saturday at 1 p. m. Rey. Allen H. Gates, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Bellvue Cemetery, Adams. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are in charge of Charles A. Bisbee ordinary spread, the food made an array aS appealing as the! tables FRANK CHESTERFIELD—Mrs. Principal School sate | ( for MRS. “Yvon Appointed “re yathe | MESTE RFIELD | “WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON | �Dolls Made By Mrs. B. G. Higgins Displayed In Library Two years ago Mrs. Benjamin G. Higgins of Chesterfiela started making characters in books. that are on display\ and makes all the clothing. brary where she for making dolls. dolls giving them the personalities, attire and appearances of These are a few of her creations that include Martha Washington, Heidi. Cinderella and a wedding flower girl Mrs. Higgins stuffs silk stocking for the bodies, paints the faces in the bay window of the Chesterfield library. displays Her 20 distinctive dolls have been made them yearly. The open books contain from pictures books she has borrowed of the book from personalities she the hilltop community's — li- has copied 5,428 Books Checked Out In °59 | Irs. Harold Harold checks out Mrs. I.F. Russell, Russell, Chesterfield librarian for the | past 10 years, ‘ Carrie and Joseph, children of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Crompton of Chesterfield. | picture bouks to In 1959. 5,428 bookmobile. which of its previous individuals, trip. books Russell and magazines selects the were stops: state The borrowed al the books library's on by library each 5.000 an visit hooks nu nber equal every oht of the were weeks, of children pi Bookmobile purchased by vided and town and = adults. 2.351 The state them. Mrs, returns those borrowed money and were on given — by or give directions �MARCH field R Sy ois 9, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Title A name given to the resource Elsie Venner Bartlett Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource History of residents of the Town of Worthington and of town affairs. Description An account of the resource These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings largely from the Hampshire Gazette and Springfield Republican newspapers taken by Ms. Bartlett over the approximate period 1927 - 1960. As the scrapbooks are scanned and optically character recognized, additional scrapbooks will be added to the collection. There are several scrapbooks in the archive that have not been digitized; those are not members of this collection. Some of these items are bound books and others loose-leaf binders. Loose-leaf binders are scanned with a professional flat bed scanner with the result that optical character recognition is of reasonable accuracy. Books are scanned photographically with the result that optical character recognition is less accurate. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927/1960 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Worthington Historical Society Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2021-12-09 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Red Chess Board design scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1959-1960 #18 This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of local and regional interest. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 25.4 x 1.3 cm (12 x 10 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR18 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 12 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959/1960 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource News clippings of particular interest to Elsie Bartlett including Deerfield, Sunderland (mezzanine shelves in WHS building - Identify ?) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 31.8 x 41.9 cm (12.5 x 16.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR19 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Mezzanine Shelves Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett #15 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951/1955 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Brown leather cover scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1947 #22 newspaper clippings (Easter Parade, New York City) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 32.4 x 26 x 1.3 cm (12.8 x 10.2 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR22 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 12 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook, Elsie Bartlett, 1947 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Brown leather cover scrap book. Elsie Bartlett miscellaneous postcards, mostly of Boston. (cf Box 09 PC Photo Archive) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 29.8 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm (11.8 x 8.5 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR27 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 12 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, Postcards Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940/1943 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. ca. 1900 Description An account of the resource Oliver green and brown leather. 'The Use of Flowers by Mary Hewitt.' The frontispiece reads: 'God might have bade the earth bring forth/ enough for great and small/ the oak tree and the cedar tree without a flower at all./ We might have had enough, enough/ for every want of ours/ Her luxury medicine and toil/ and yet have had no flowers./ Then wherefore, wherefore were they made/ alll dyed with rainbow light/ all fashioned with supremost grace/ Up springing day and night/ springing in valleys green and low/ and on the mountains high/ and in the silent wilderness/ where no man passes by?/ Our outward life requires them not/ then wherefore had they birth?/ To minister delight to many/ to beautify the earth/ to comfort man, to whisper hope/ when e'er his faith is dim/ her who so careth for the flowers/ will care much more for him!' Scrapbook of pressed flowers in very dellicate condition, notations indicating botannical names. (It is possible that Mary Hewitt was the young lady berothed to Frederick Sargent Huntington.) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 27.9 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm (11 x 8.5 x 2 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR28 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Box 07 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Hewitt Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Pressed Flowers, Hewitt Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900 https://worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka/files/original/c15ad526400cb8c16003edb42bab5736.tif ecd74dc57f584af4a980f87b96ad3d38 Physical Object Physical objects other than books, documents, photographs &c. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Red and gold leather bound 'Scraps and Snaps'. Sticker on front indicates Capen red book Vol 2 . Includes newspaper clippings, photographs and memories ; shelves in WHS building mezzanine (identify) Plus article by Lois Ashe Brown Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm (12 x 14.5 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR29 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Mezzanine Shelves Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Arthur Capen Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Arthur G. Capen, Vol. II also article about Huntington sermon case with photo Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960/1961 Subject The topic of the resource People