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An 1837 “Hard Times” token unearthed on West Street by Peter Donatelli of West Chesterfield. During the 1830s, second-term President Andrew Jackson, in an effort to help stabilize a wildly unstable economic environment, tried to manipulate the value…

Sears Roebuck "Edgemere" brand pocket watch unearthed by Peter Donatelli of West Chesterfield (using a metal detector) in the field adjacent to the Town offices, formerly owned previously by Ralph Moran.

Three Conestoga bells unearthed by Peter Donatelli on properties on Sam Hill Road and West Street in Worthington Center. The larger bell is 3" wide at the base and 2 1/2" tall. The smaller bells are both 1 1/2" wide at the base and 1 1/4" tall. The…

Three metal croatal bells unearthed by Peter Donatelli of West Chesterfield on properties on West Street and along Rte 112. Croatal bells, unlike clapper bells, used stones or metal shot to create a rattle-like effect. Dennis Picard, local…

Included are a 1764 Spanish silver Real (the year Plantation #3, now Worthington, was offered for sale), a Massachusetts coin issued in 1787, an early silver thimble, and a cufflink from the Civil War. These were found by Peter Donatelli of West…

Advertisement by Daniel Hewitt for leather goods including saddles. Hewitt's property was located at the corner of Sam Hill Road and what is now rte 112.

Newspaper clipping from the Hampshire Gazette advertising new hats and hat-making supplies offered by Charles and Levi Clapp. 1817

7 color snapshots o event at Town Hall, mostly unidentified but mentioned ar Mary Pulley Judy and Fred Gibson

1) 1996 Country Journal article about Capen schoolhouse repainting done by Sean, Marybeth, Jerome and Maura Noonan 2) Article about Worthington ZBA considering petition to move Capen schoolhouse to Worthington Corners

Full page ad announcing town's support for a nuclear freeze. Many names.

Photo of Darlene Hayden giving pony ride to Mellisa at the 1983 Worthington Congregational Church fair.

Newspaper article detailing gravestone restoration at Guard cemetery. Mentioned are: Ted Clayton, Lois Ashe Brown, Don Dorrington, Marcia and Frank Feakes, Eileen Daneri and Muriel Claydon.

Two articles about the Worthington Metrhodist churches, one in South Worthington and the other in West Worthingtonl. One discussing possible renovation, the other discussing demolition of a decaying property.

Large spread with many black and white photos showing the Corners Grocery under the ownership of Brad and Judy Fisk. Photos of Brad Fisk, Mrs. Kenneth Osgood, Arthur Q. Smith, Mrs. Richard Demagall, Sandra Demagall

Three burial permits from the 1930s and 40s

"Worthington Author" review of Roundabout Ransom written and illustrated by Phyllis Cote.