202 20 4978 https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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. (missing as of this date - not found in Box 13) 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 SCR12 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. 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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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. 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In necessity. considered 250 over and India, power her extended frontier Africa, was her deaades, entire her of into native and colotes individual were imperialistic of customs, his mighty the the in Maryland other verious the they to able founded period oppressed religiously intolerance. government of system of efter enlargement Englend?s this frrecom an_¢ suppression hated of middle the while of dissenters expansion The being Baltimore Catholics, o1 sources the of hope the and even negro the to denieé provided and rights Unelieneble alse outcomes worst the of it but shores its to attracted penefitted persecuted for a haven only desire the in tmade, for markets pleased. . Lora they as worship or colonialism not escape of a means with World” financially, class second the point cheap furnish would wider provide "Kew the into Armarda Spanish grounded was colonies for ana supply evident. became ships commences. seexing new commercial of phase the and this at and the the of defeat the and power all owned Englished history, expansion external bourgeotsie seas, the of English of the after navy ruler connotes, for need the interests, title of rise the With phase that that prestige attaining Britain, Great of title the removed & �AG (6) Sins from their towns because of violent predjudices against natives. 3 fae century mercantilist to economic of the hit by the was an@ for greatly innovations, sheep trade erewh, her more as her to The eighteenth of the society system and leader mere in employing attracted . as te became growth and methods enermoualy. 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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/21b0d518ca5343aea3cb7ea0fd2d5de5.pdf 862926a285c1c517cb4a6e0de3fc6071 PDF Text Text xu : Fi Son iittS1 id canoe en ees esos ee Seo, Liee Sa as a oeSear ne se BNoon = pares es sa Lawa r sear os es Geen �“crystallizes and drops to the ground, where the Israelites found it. Without debating the divine intervention that the Bible clearly indicates, Keller points out that this secretion has all the appearances and properties of the manna the Bible describes (“and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey”). The Israeli government, relying on the newly confirmed stature of the Bible as botanical expertise (“‘and Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba’”’), recently planted 2,000,000 tamarisk*trees there. Tumbling 14 MANNA ON A TAMARISK How nice of lice. Ursula TREE Kohn Biblical Detective Story Christians revere the Bible as a treasury of divine revelation; skeptics regard it as an unreliable collection of fable and folklore. Over the past century a host of scientists—archaeologists, geologists, astronomers, botanists—have added a third perspective. Beneath the barren plains and foothills of the ancient Biblical country, they have made discoveries revealing that, whatever. else it may be, the Bible is a remarkably faithful chronicle of history. In The Bible as History (William Morrow & Co.; $5.95), published in the U.S. next week, German Scientific Journalist Werner Keller skillfully sifts and summarizes the recent archaeological and scientific discoveries relating to Biblical times and places. The result is a lively blend of drama and reporting that reads like a detective story grafted on a history book. Walls. At the turn of the century, a German-Austrian expedition uncovered ancient Jericho, and by 1936, explorations had proceeded far enough for a British expedition to determine that the walls of Jericho had indeed fallen with great violence. Reported Expedition Leader John Garstang: “The space between the two walls is filled with fragments and rubble. There are clear traces of a tremendous fire.’ Says the Bible: “When the priests blew with the trumpets . . . and the people shouted with a great shout . . . the wall . and they burnt the fell down flat city with fire, and all that was therein.” Scientists conclude that an earthquake may have tumbled the walls. From 1899 to 1917, a team of Germans worked to excavate Babylon. In the process, they unearthed the remains of the Tower of Babel. The scientists were able towcalculate that it had been 295 ft. high, or about as high as the Statue of Liberty. The Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon with “spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones” had often been thought a pious tale until archaeologists uncovered the ruins of Sheba in Yemen in 1951, found indication that the kingdom’s chief trade route ran through Israel. This threw new light on the Queen’s visit: it was probably a high level business conference. Significant Mud. Digging through an- cient rubbish at Ur near the Persian Gulf in 1929, British and American archaeologists came upon a 1o-ft. layer of mud far beneath the surface. Underneath the layer they discovered artifacts from the Stone Age. Excitedly, the scientists flashed a message to the world: “We have found the Flood.” Tests in surrounding areas showed that the layer of clay was the residue of a vast, catastrophic deluge that had in about 4000 B.C. covered the river plains of southern Mesopotamia, the center of the known world of that time. Such discoveries may disconcert the skeptics, but other findings are bound to upset Biblical fundamentalists, who insist on miracles where science is ready to offer natural explanations. Many scientists are now convinced that the rocks which Moses struck, “and the water came out abundantly,” were water-storing limestone, whose hard crust was*broken.by the blow. The bush that “burned with fire” .ande! yet “was not consumed” could have been _either the gas plant fraxinella, whose highly volatile oils sometimes ignite if approached with a naked flame, or certain mistletoe twigs whose crimson blossoms in full bloom resemble flames. As for the manna that nourished the Israelites in the desert, an expedition in 1923 confirmed an old suspicion: the manna was doubtless an edible white secretion of the tamarisk tree. When the tree is attacked by a species of plant louse, the substance oozes out, OL climate of Israel has not changed very much in the past 2,000 years, meteorologists know that Bethlehem was in the grip of frost in December. In Palestine, no good shepherd would think of keeping his flock in the fields under such circumstances. In general, Keller reports, science’s discoveries have proved the Bible startlingly accurate in many checkable details. Keller cites the case of a Bible-reading fr British nee major who surprised and decimated a Turkish force in Palestine in World War I by attacking through the same narrow | mountain pass which Saul and Jonathan had used to fall upon the Philistines centuries earlier. The Bible told just where to find it: “And between the passages. . . there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side... the forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.” A few years ago Israeli Businessman mann began to brood over the Niel Federaccount of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (“and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace”), guessed such conflagrations might indicate underground gas—and underground gas meant oil. He was right. In 1953 Israel’s first oil well went into operation near the ancient site of Sodom and Gomorrah. | 1 @ ae i] of WORTHINGTON Shoots Wildcat Worthington, Jan, 30. George E. Torrey, in company with some other hunters and a dog, experienced a long time desire Monday jmorning when he shot a wildcai in the Clark Hill area of town. The animal weighed 27 pounds and is on display in Mr. Torrey’s shed on Chesterfield Rd. Worthington Briefs | The selectmen will meet with |the Finance Committee Thursday evening at the further discuss the |to be proposed at jon Feb. 4. Town Hall to appropriations town meeting Both the girls’ and boys’ basket|ball teams of the Russell H. Con-! |well School will play teams from} |Hinsdale at the loca Town Halll \Friday evening beginning at 7| |with the girls’ teams playing| | first. 3 ~| Mrs. George Humphrey of Ches-| terfield Rd. who will teach ballet} dancing to school age girls on! Saturday morning in the Town| Hall was a member at Radio American THE Shooting WALLS Schools of Oriental OF JERICHO Research Hot trumpet. Planets. Scholars have long before of the ‘her Corps City Music marriage | de Hall. Ballet| She| also has performed at the. Roxie! Theater in New York and was} an advanced ballet teacher at the! Mable Coleman School for the} Dance in Red Bank, N. J. disputed the year of Christ’s birth. Some astronomers argue that the star of Bethlehem was actually an uncommon conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. By calculating the position of the planets backwards for centuries, they place the conjunction in 7 B.C. More recently, climatologists have also disputed the convention of accepting Dec. 25 as the date of Christ’s birth. One reason: St. Luke’s mention of cattle in the fields. Since the =a eS |S PRV2S UtLth:; Historical Wothington, Jk IL fo See iely, = & Mass, Ose - �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETT # By LOIS ASHE BROWN WORTHINGTON — At” the Denworth Farm home of Mr. and) Mrs, Nathaniel F. Glidden in “Vorthington, the maple sugaring season has officially opened with the first of a whopping 22 hundred buckets already set. Unofficially, it is maple sugaring time all year ’round at Den. worth Farm, The reason for this is a giant mural depicting the whole sugaring operation there. even to including the members of the family in various roles. The mural which measures 13% ft x 342 ft. was painted by Mr. and Mrs. Glidden’s son, Gevrmain Green Glidden, a_ portrait fe ae ‘ E, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1957. painter and muralist fairly seems of note. It was painted especially tor a wall in the family dining room at Denworth Farm and there it is attracting attention from. beth townspeople and folks from distant points. Painted in great detail, the mural and the slushy snow looks really wet. Mrs. now considering of to breathe underfoot Glidden is the redecoration the rest of the dining room. The mural is of particular in- | terest at this time because the maple sugar season is at hand and partly because it is distantly related to the news last week of| William Negley’s trip to Africa| to shoot an elephant with a bow and arrow It was on a $10,000 for Mr. bei. Negley’s home in San Antonio, Texas, that Germain Green Glidden has recently | done several murals depicting| scenes from the glorious historv of Texas. Unlike the. proverbial]| shoemaker, Mr. Glidden has found time to paint for his own family, He sioned too. has lately by the been State of commis- Island to paint an official trait of Governor Dennis J. erts fo be hung in Rhode the pcrRob- State House at Providence. A graduate of Harvard Univer/sity in the class of 1936, Mr. Gildden majored in fine arts. He also studied at Art Studenic League of New York for fou and one half years, and at the Metropolitan Museum — concen_trating on .old masters, especially Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermecr and Van Dyck. For two anda half years, he was a naval officer With 15 months’ overseas with a carrier aircraft service unit. _ Since his first commission in the late ’30s, the artist has paint- ‘ed several hundred portraits of which many involved distinguished subjects from different |parts of the country. Some of ‘those who sat for him are August G. Pratt, chairman of the board of Babcock & | Wilcox; Frank Pace the Army; tice (Mass.) ‘Jr.; Robert Jr., as Supreme Edward Heller secretary of Court JusCounihan of Heller sociates of Cleveland, and Judson,-music leader. As- Arthur The maple sugaring season here is. off to an early start and) with the maple pulses — already throbbing, Mr. Glidden Sr. anticipates a-good year. The purchase| of a new gasoline powered tapper is serving to greatly-speed up the preliminary operation. With the woodshed at the sug- ‘ar house piled full of slabs and the buckets all washed spanking clean, all is ship-shape for the sweetest season of the Year, —_—— WORTHINGTO\—Using a gasoline-driven tapper. Sianley Thayer “officially” opens the 1957 maple sugaring season at the Denworth Farm-in this hill town witle Set—tlitdes tho ormple sugar king of Worthimaton, stands by ready to lend a hand. The Denworth Farm target for the new season is 2,200 buckets. It may be—no. it definitely is—cold here and the snow is on the ground everywhere, but this springtime business of maple sugaring already has been launched in earnest. (For detailed story, | as dhe de Divight- ee : a �DAT.Y HAMPSHIRE First Of 2,200 GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, Buckets MASS.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 2 ee SS eee Farm, Set At Denworth As Maple Sugaring Gets Going In Worthington (Above) “There I am working.” says Nat Glidden of Worthington as he points to himself in the mural of maple sugaring at Denworth Farm. . (Left) Mrs. Robert Nelson demonstrates how she labels shipped*all over the country from Hampshire County. the maple syrup cans (Below) Nat Glidden. popularly known as the maple sugar king of Worthington, with some of his Black Angus at his, Denworth Farm. that : will proudly be poses �F9he. "Springfield Teachers Clam Holds Tes \ : WORT HING] ON. FIRE le DISTRIC WORTHINGTON— & ie 92, 7 annual j 'meeting of the Worthington Fire District was held Monday evening at the town hal! with eight voters present. Ail officers were ~>. otiamanst reelected as: follows: moderator, Charles C. Eddy; clerk-treasurer, | Arthur G. Capen; auditor, Mrs. George E. Torrey; and water commissioner for three years, HB. Franklin Bartlett. The water commissioners’ report showed replacement of the water main in Ringville, three new connections made for the new homes of The Springfield Museum Sumner’ Teachers of Fine Avenue Club had its annual winter tea yesterday afternoon in the Springfield Arts. Shown having tea are, left to right: Miss Jean Barry, a teacher at the School, who was cochairman of the event; Mrs. Thyra Ferre Bjorn, guest speak- er; Dr. Ruth Evans, retired teacher and a past president of the club; Mrs. Evelyn H. Gunn of the Kensington Avenue School, also a cochairman. Mrs. T. Joseph McCook, wife of the new superin- 'Ziemian; and hydrants flushed twice during the past year. The sum of $800 was apprepriated| from current 1evenue for general maintenance; als» from. current revenue, $525 Was appropri-| ated for payment on water main loan and interest on same; and / $80 was voted for the vontingent ice ne, ee reservoir in an effort crease the water-supply action was taken, —— 2 on i but . no tendent of schools was among the guests,.and pourers were Mrs. M. Marcus Kiley and Mrs. Joseph E. Buckley, wives of the assistant superintendents. Several retired teachers, all honorary members, were special guests. Members of the Sumner Avenue ing staffs were hostesses. ce ae iets te ] ; Ada I. Davenport of West Branch Cemetery, Colrain, pee. Avenue i ' convenience Worthington, |selectmen of the Feb. 8 of Worthington, } ; teach- this! family. — The Wind-| lsor and Cummington met tonight} lin Cummington with Rep. Bisbee} ‘of Chesterfield and Rep. Turner} of Lee to propose that the road connecting t Route 143 and Route 9 between Worthington and East | Windsor be accepted by the State. The Board of Assessors. has| organized with chairman, Henry | H. Snyder; clerk, David Tyler, and third member, Richard B. Smith. | Mrs; Maleolm I. Fairman, assistant chairman of. the March of Dimes drive, reports that) some cards have not been .re-{ turned and requests that they be, turned in before Feb, 20. og With the sun climbing higher, the days getting longer and the temperature going into the 60s, some people began thinking park picnic table in terms of the use at the left. Then yesterday dawned and the table looked like the right, ea tet aie eat ” } } tow7, | Private funeral services will be| held Monday at 2 p. m. at. the| Leslie Porter funeral home, Cummington. Burial will be in the, at the i { e : 3 Left to Right: Fond Dream to Cold Realty Worthington, Feb, 8—Mrs. Nel\lie (Davenport) Hull, 84, died to-| night at the home of Mrs. Harry L. Bates of Buffington Hill Rd., | where she had been a patient for he last three months. Born in New York City she was} a local ,resident for about 12| years. She was the widow of} ,George Hull, She leaves a sister,| iMiss and pases |; Norman R. Hallowell, Walter Czerwonka and fir, Stefan S. of a �— Lent Study Course Rev. Bruce T. Dahlberg, theologian and member of the religion department at Smith College, will conduct this year’s Lenten study course at the First Church} of Christ, Congregational. The | first session will be heid Sunday night at 8 in the parlors of the Ingrid Bergman On List Of Actresses; Norman Chosen for8 Writ-| Corwin e ing ‘Lust for Life i957 historic Hollywood, Feb. 18 (P—Ingrid once who a woman Bergman, stunned the world by deserting Hollywood and her husband for love the . ®@ : of Roberto es woe Nominated Candidates Oscar oN eae ee eee Se Main St. church. Rossellini, was given a coveted Academy by the monomination Award tion picture industry tonight. top for the competition Her award in final voting will be Carroll Baker, ‘Baby Doll;’’ Katharine Hepburn, “The Rainmaker;”’ Nancy Kelly, ‘The Bad Seed,” and Deborah Kerr, ‘‘The King and Nominees ance for the best perform- by an actor are Yul Bryn- ner, ‘The King Dean, James Douglas, See “Lust and I;” the late Kirk}; “Giant;” for Life; Rock OSCAR CANDIDATES Page Nine DEBORAH “The King NANCY KERR and L’ “The Bad Seed’ Under ' “Christ the Word,” | Savior,” “Mediator sion fs “Anastasia” @ “The Rainmaker’ i CARROLL HEPBURN i ‘Baby in order: topic of then will of a New Co- of the University —— and “Christ. the evening’s Seminary, : topic. 1 }course has been planned by the Christian -Education con ttee of First Church, under the chair-| manship of Clarence Hudgins. It is open to all interested adults in Northampton and vicinity. | Mr,, Dahlberg came to Smith College jast September from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he took graduate. studies leading to the degree of doctor of philosophy, A graduate BAKER Doll” general ivenant,” “Christ the Lord,” “He |Who Is Coming—the Resurrection and the Life.” At each 3 Mr. Dahlberg will lecture for 30 to 45 minutes| ;and will allow at least.15 minutes| for questions er general discus. } ‘ KATHARINE the “The Person and Work of Jesus | Christ,” the course will be divided }into five parts, The first part wil |be devoted to consideration of follow, INGRID BERGMAN | REY. BRUCE T, DAHLBERG - | KELLY and he of both’ Syracuse Union served Theologicé any | es years as pastor of Lefferts Park } Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N. Y., | jbefore deciding to continue his studies and to enter the teaching profession. , /The course he will lead at First Church this Lenten season is in |\line with his principal interest as a student and teacher, Biblical | studies. Meetings will be held on lsuecessive Sunday nights at 8 o'clock, A large enrollment is ex- | pected. �School Union 7 | | ‘ment of J. Walter Richard as su-| ‘perintendent of schools for a) lthfee-year term was announced| ‘Jast night by the School Commit- |’ ‘tee ee representing the ‘Vi . ee five towns, i le The | under the 29, GK TF University Confer Degree | On Famous Poet AMHERST—Robert Frost, noted poet and Simpson lecturer in_literature- at Amherst College, will | fly to England this spring to read \from his work and to be honored by both Oxferd and Cambridge He will remain’ in | univers ities: Great Britain for a month. leader- | ship of both Mr. Merritt and Mr. Richard, has been up to date in adopting improved teaching techniques and aids, and has been quick to take advantage of ) |, aid offered by the state in special | areas, ance. including health and guid- It was among the first school districts in the state to act under the law passed in 1955 providing for school adjustment counselors the primary and elementary grades. In addition, recognizing the growing need for a carefully integrated guidance proram, Mr. Richard last December inaugurated a special guidance program | for study in two towns of the Union, Williamsburg and Hay- 7e0 ee ae | | Union, Oxford To School in September 1955, while Southarapton — opened its new Junior High School to classes befinished fore the building was !ast September. rte | [ro “Justly proud ef its tradition : \| good schools and superior teach‘ing .staff, the Union has made | unusual sacrifices not only to for its | provide school facilities Headed | Oo Be | growing population, but to pro° » vide the best in educational servBy Riehard ices, it was pointed out. Williamsburg. opened the modern tand attractive Anne T. Dunphy WILLIAMSBURG — Appoint75 Fs ie te < denville. In co-operation with the State Department of Public Health, the Union acquired its cewn equipment for testing the vision. of \ichildren J. WALTER RICHARD Among the state to hold youngest ‘>. a position comes post in in the | «| of this| appointment, responsibility, Mr. Richard at 32,| to further to the with the sehpol system, | and towns in the Union hope also to have in the near future similar equipment for testing of hearing, “We shall make every effort,” Said Mr. Richard in accepting the unusual| viding qualifications and experience. A) graduate of Fitchburg State) the “to keep this tradition best alive and of' pro- possible educa- tion for the children of the area. We have always felt that educa. | Teachers College, he also attend-| cation (ed the University of New Hamp-|! everyone jis the in the responsibility of community and shire and.the- University of Mas- | it is our intention to maintain sachusetts where he received his! the close and cordial working master’s degree. He has been) contacts with ‘parents and lead both teacher and principal in the jing citizens in our communities Amherst elementary schools, has || which we feel are essential to a taught school abroad, Libya, and in English Information In the in Tripoli, || forward-looking was special instructor | for the United States| Services. Williamsburg since 1955, Mr. Richard district| the death of Lucius A. ritt, he was appointed acting perintendent of schools as of | tober 1956. educational sys. AN | has risen | rapidly to the position to which he has. just been appointed. In the 1955-56 school year he was / ,elementary supervisor. The following year he was appointed asSistant superintendent in charge of elementary education. Follow- ing tem.” Mer- suOc- One of the largest school districts of its kind in the state, the Williamsburg Union — stretches from Worthington and Chester| field in the north, through Williamsburg (including Haydenville), to Westhampton = and Southampton in the south, Not only is the union large in) area, it represents also a wide variety in population and economy, including rural and suburban population as well as industrial, small and large-scale farm.' ing as well as a wide variety of business enterprises. Bow and Arrow 1357 Hunter Back to ‘Collect Big Bet New York, March 15 (p— William Negley, 43, San Antonio, Tex., oi! man who left here recently for the Belgian Congo bet by ephant row, to try to win a $10,000 shooting with returned lect his bet. a bull a bow and today to 2 el- ar- col- “T shot two bull elephants,” he told reporters at Idlewild Airport. Negley said he had wager ed $1000 against $10,000 with Wil- lam K. Carpenter, Wilmington, Del., could bring down an by archery, He said the first he killed with bow row weighed four the second Jr., of that he elephant elephant and artons and three tons. ROBERT FROST Mr. Frost will fly from New York on May 19. He will speak at Bedford e, London Universiat Durham Univeri ty on May sity on May 27, and also will address th e Manchester Luncheon Club. Oxford University will con| fer an honorary degree on him on June 4 and Cambridge University on June 13. While in England Mr. Frost will visit with. many of his friends among them poets Wilfred Gibson, Robert Graves and C. Day Lewis, publisher Sir Alan Lane, and Prof. Gilbert Murray of Oxford University, who once held the same Simpson lectureship at Amherst that Mr | Frost now holds. He will be present at an exhibition of his books and manuscripts at the American Embassy in London and also will journey to Edinurgh and to Dublin, there he will with U.S. Ambassador .William Howard Taft II. Mr. Frost’s first two yolumes, “A Boy’s Will” and “North of Boston,’’ were originally published in England (1913 and 1914, respective- ly) before appearing States. This is, his Great Britain since in the United first visit to 1928. �Me fe + ¥, 19.35 7] _ Electronic Oven Cooks in Minutes WORTHINGTON Worthingion, Feb. 21—The following appointments have been announced by the Board of Selecta road superintendent, Eben Shaw; forest fire warden, Har- In L. Bates: fire jneth Osgood; 'er of weights and thur’ Ducharme, defense director, dy; for the chief, C. Ken- dog officer and seal- measures, Ar- Sr.; and civil Charles E. Ed- Planning Board, Ray-~ mond K. Dunlevy, chairman; C, Raymond Magargal, Roy W. McCann, Chester W. Wronski, and Joseph LaHaie, A vote of thanks was given to Donald I. Thompson, former chairman who has served on the Planning Board for three years .and who resigned. Mrs. Feter Tuttle of South Worthington was appointed the representative for town government to the Westfield River Watershed Association. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood attended a dinner meeting ot the Westfield River Watershed Association Tuesday evening at the Strathmore Community House in Woronoco, The Spicy Beavers 4+H Cooking Club demonstrated chocolate cake |at their meeting this week at the |home of co-leader, Mrs. Philip Arcouette. At the meeting of the |4-H Merry Beavers at Mrs. David Tyler’s milk shakes were demonstrated, ne h | Mrs. Roy McCann of W-~thington places a leg of lamb in her new electronic oven. Mahan In about half an hour it will be fteiy cooked, with only the meat itself hot—oven will be cool to the touch. Note grill-on tie front of oven; it is open as no heat is generated except in food. * Can you imagine a ‘six-pound energy released by micro-waves many foods previously prepared on standing rib roast being overcooked can be reflected, transmitted or surface units now may be cooked} jin 35 minutes? Well, it can, and absorbed. Only when it is absorbed in the oven) are manufactured by ‘did, happen in an electronic oven. The firstsuch oven, in this area does it turn into heat. stuff, which absorbs en- cooks in itself, but the for or china plate on several companies these days, but the initial producer and originator utilizing high frequency. radio was the Raytheon Co. ergy, Was installed recently which it is Because they are still fresh from domestic use. The Roy McCanns of placed is cool because it transmits the experimental stage, these Worthington are the first around the energy. ovens are not inexpensive. But the here to have an electronic range Metals, on the other hand, re- day is not far off when the houseplaced in their kitchen. flect the energy. so. that steel or wife can dash home at 5:30 p.m. cookware can not be after a shopping spree and have a With this range a potato bakes in aluminum four, minutes, an egg cooks in 20 used. The oven walls, made of five-course dinner on the table by seconds, a five-pound roast is done stainless steel, are cool to the touch six. If she wants to save herself in 30 minutes and a precooked fro- —even after you bake a pie or tur- dishwashing, the foods will come glass or china off the oven on paper plates right zen meal thawed and ready to key. The paper, from the onto the table. serve in about four minutes. The plate can be removed McCanns’ six-pound roast was slightly overdone; for their taste, in, 35 minutes. An entirely new conception of cookery has come into being. The Thus a foodthe energy, paper, glass oven without the aid of a potholder —it, too, is cool. Cooking dishes do not burn, hence chores. The built-in ovens no_ pot-scouring for ranges as At the present time, Kinne Brook Kitchens of Worthington, the firm that installed the McCanns’ Tappan electronic oven, are not exactly swamped with orders for the builtin wonder, but Franklin Hitchcock, proprietor, believes that it is the coming thing. Hotels, inns and institutions would find electronic cookery the answer to many of their problems. | And if you’re worried about ‘throwing away all your old cookbooks, the oven comes equipped with a small file drawer containing the times needed for cooking all | ordinary foods. Constant research ;develops new recipes, and oven Owners are periodically supplied with the newest hints in electronic cookery. | |” voRmaNGtO 7 | Wi a Ae Worthington, March G- The| Board .of Selectmen has opened | |bids on a new truck for the High-} ee Department. The contract truck was awarded to the low bid |der, Henry H. Snyder of this town. Dog licenses for 1957 are avail-| able at the office of the town clerk, Wells W. Magargal., A record amount totalling $21.65 was dedicated in the annual love} gift offering at Friendship Guild Thursday in the home of Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood. At the First Congregational| Church Sunday at 11, Rev. Bruce Dahlberg of Smith College will; preach. | The volunteer fire department will meet Monday at 7:30 in the fire station. | There will be a rehearsal for| the Grange-sponsored ‘‘Mixed Up |} Minstrel’? Monday at 8 in the| Town. Hall. Funeral of Mrs. Charles H.| Brewster, who died in Middle-| tewn, Conn., will be there Satur-| day with burial in the Center Cemetery here at noon. �[Sars - ba 4 ae IY aNVeGRA-OK, Pu, IN » oW AL Lefton Nag 17736 �Eee my __ F ——OF THE — LR Ln METHODIST (3 uwhr. \ ery ee CHURCH nn LT) WORTHINGTON | MARCH 64957 | Plaque To Honor Mr. Burr, Son bronze WORTHINGTON—The the |plaque to be _ placed on boulder in the little park at the junction of Huntington and Witt Roads as a Burr memorial bear the following inscrip tion: “In Honor of Clement F. Burr,| 1849-1939, and his son, Franklin H. ‘Burr, 1875-1955.. Born and | lived one-third mile northwest of vi this corner. Elected officials of| over | their town and state for this sixty years.” The gift of memorial plaque by Mrs. Ro y W. | McCann, Nathaniel F. Gli dden} and Germain Green Glidden was | announced at the annual town meeting and was accepted in | behalf of the town by Chai rman Henry H. Snyder of the Board of Selectmen. The plaque is to be installed in the near future. A bronze memory |Burr | Burr, plaque the and his longtime officials, |boulder of junction ton Rd. in was the of Witt today, late honoring Clement the F, son, Franklin H. Worthington town placed on the little park 2 the Rd. and Hunt ; -. : ao FRANKLIN H. BURR _ Born in Worthington, December 21, 1875 _ Died in Worthington, December 31, 1955 : A loyal town official and a beloved citizen - who served his town for forty-six years as Town Clerk and Treasurer. �| - Wed in Florida pR57 | Marries Mrs. Joseph Hawkins of Sebring W. Worthington, April 16—Word jhas been received of the marriage of Commander Harold F. Mac-| Hugh, U. S. N. (ret.) of Buffington Hill Road, Worthington and Mrs. Joseph Washburn Hawkins of Sebring, Florida on April 10 at 11 a. m. in the manse of the First Presbyterian Church in \Sebring by the Rev. George Stulting in the presence of a few friends. gardenias A mantel flanked by banked by Mr. and daughter, Ann, Sunday in Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, to Mr.| and Mrs, Frank Feakes of Bos:| ton and Worthington. Grandpar:| ents are Mrs. Robert P. Lane of} Sr., of Perth, Australia. William Cummings of Montelair, N. J., is the baby’s great-grandfather. — The Women’s Benevolent So ciety will meet Wednesday at 1] jin the home of the president, \Mrs. Leroy H. Rida. George Humphrey of Old Post} Rd. has been appointed official} photographer for the Miss Massa: chusetts pageant in Boston’ on| July 5 and 6 for the purpose of] with! tall pedes-| Mrs. a 23 — Word the birth of this town and Mrs. Frank Feakes, | tal baskets filled with gladioli and} phlox formed a background for ‘the service. The bride wore a blue linen suit with matching lace; jacket and’ white accessories with| a corsage of gardenias, After a wedding breakfast given Worthington, April has been received of choosing a candidate to represent| this state at the Miss America| | pageant in Atlantic City on Sept. | |2. He is presently working with the Pittsfield chapter of Jaycees to help them in selecting a Miss Pittsfield. Applications for the contest to be held in Pittsfield on May 31 may be procured at Eng: land Brothers. | Harry L, Bates, forest fire Dorsey Leith of Coopersburg, Pa., and ‘Sebring, the couple left for New), Smyrna Beach, Florida. Mrs. MacHugh is the former May Wheatley of Americus, Georgia. =arden, announces \¢ FGomdr. MacHugh that no burn-| ing permits will be issued unti] sufficient rain has fallen, The volunteer fire department was called to West Worthington Sunday at noon to put out a grass fire. WORTHINGTON William April 3—Funeral| H., Squires will be in} the Congregational Church of} | Belchertown Thursday at 2. The, men’s chorus of the Sing For Fun Club will meet Wednes.|' day at 8 in the church to re-|! music. The Friendship Guild will meet}, Thurs hearse Bees Easter day Mrs. Center. Harry at Mrs, Cummington. ee ‘i 8 W. }Russell 4speak. H. Master at the home Mollison Olive art Conwell Robert at Thayer instructor of | the) of| School, will} hasjj Bolles the} I called a meeting of Grange offi-| cers Thursday at 7:30 in thet Town Hall to rehearse the first} and second degrees. 1 A large gathering of Rod and: Gun Club members and their, guests from the Deer Hill Club} ‘of Cummington heard Messrs. | “MeG ranahan. and of of Pittsfield, district wildlife! manager for Western Massachu-; setts, and discussed relations be-/ tween landowners and hunters and posting. The Middlefield rec|reation dam ‘plan was explained iby Olaf Dyer. ~ Committal |B. Cagnwell — See services of South for Charles Worthing- 'ton and Glastonbury, Conn., whi , Passed away suddenly Tuesday | Morning | will |12.45 be at his Connecticut home, | held in the here Thursday Center with Rev. Allen H. | Chesterfield officiating. at Cemetery Gates of) born 25 — A Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond K. Dunlevy of Huntington Rd, in Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Mrs. Harry W. Mollison” announces that there are a few of the Hampshire County cook books, ‘‘Favorite Recipes” available at her house’ from the first printing. George ton, Bamforth April was Bergin, Northeastern at ‘Westfield River Watershed. Association discuss stream impro ve-} ment: and related subjects at ill April meeting in the Town Hall ; Monday evening. Eugene Moran Worthington, daughter |Mrs. is at the Merwin a student University F. home of Packard in Mr. at Bosand for the summer vacation, He will be employed at the Corners Grocery. The East View home of W. G. Ball on Ridge Rd., near the golf club, was sold Wednesday’ afternoon at sheriff's sale to Henry H. Snyder of this town for $18'000. plus taxes due. | The 4-H Agricultural Club will leave Saturday morning for a farm tour in New York State. They will be accompanied by Mrs. Howard Beebe, Glen Wickland, and Mr, and Mrs, David Tyler, \e Worthington, of WORTHINGTON �* rarett fp PRE ER = AGS i‘ * WORTHINGTON RL ¥ L Mr. and Mrs. Walter H Tower, i€avhose Sugar. orchard W aS. tured in a recent issue of The Saturday Evening Po have been invited io ppear and be on Springfield Telelinterviewed lvision Channel 2 on Wednesday }eveni 7:15 we iusefts. uC Mass on the Western Highlights — pro- gram. They will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Lesure of Ashfield. T scribe and display some of the antique. sugaring equipment including wooden buckets, spouts, a tapping gouge, and an old dipper whi have been in use in their family * more than one hundred years, The Lesures will show modern sugaring equipment and - describe present day methods. : New building continues in this hilltop town with the latest new home being a ach type, three bedroom house with a_ view presently under construction near the pond: at the junction of Nilliamsburg Rd., and Christian Hollow Rd. It is being built by Healy, Pittsinger and Mason, Inc. The pro me for the World Day of Prayer service in which the local church join with eight othér 30 in the churches. Friday Village Con tational, of Cumnington ¥ be “Who Shall arate T ?” It will be repeated over the world for * Hiouts of that Christians everywhere for this observance t Bartlett at h ture, owned & Sons rolled Hill twenty day as gather underwent Springfield has returned treatment inson Hospital, ided with furniby A. E. Albert backwards down Tuesday evening, d coming to rest in a hemlock grove at the foot of the hill. The truck had run out of gas, and the driver had gone accident damage to get some when the occurred. Only slight was done to the truck, �Pe i Ff z en ire Burr Family History In Worthington Dates To 1800, When By LOIS ASHE WORTHINGTON eation of the Burr der in caused historians fully boul- Worthington this week the old-timers ‘and local| mence town tury memorial ers Came 4 Broth BROWN -— The dedi-| to recall of that the family promi- name. in| records for the past cen-| and a half or more. Care- Elsie kept scrapbooks V. relate Bartlett of Miss| many of the} active| events in which members taken Burr family have Burr,| Helen Gilmore part and widow of Franklin H., has filled| in the details of other occasions dimmed Early the year by the years. show records of.1800, Burr Jonathan of that four sons in| of| Bridgewater | Jeft that town in the eastern part | of the state and came to Worth-| four of them| ington, where all a being only settled, the town 30 years old at little more than that time. There were Ansel, who bought| the so-called Thayer or Coy farm | on the back road into Stevensville and who was father of Joseph Burr, who'is referred to as Worthington”; of “the banker young Jonathan,. who. purchased Rd. now owned Old Post Rd.,| on the the farm Fred} by the owned presently Browns; Israel, the third brother on} the farm over -took svho Huntington by | Mr. and Mrs, Nathaniel F. Glidof Ames| the father den, was Burr, a prominent family mem. | per frequently mentioned in local accounts; and the fourth brother, Calvin, took title from’a Mr. and| Mrs. Rufus Marsh to the present Burr farm on Kinne Brook Rd., where his progeny still live. The deed to this farm is dated bounds+ and the June 20, 1800, given in the deed show the names of persons owning adjoining land forgotten. long peen who have farm in only Burr This is the were though there town today many of the family here a cenIt was Ames and his tury ago. wife who had 11 children, seven boys and four girls. In 1800, when Calvin | pur- BB H. Burr, Joseph Burr, He held many fices, having been of the en Burr Mary town 13 years, treasurer for tax collector, ny te Hitchcock. salectman, and truant tary of the Hillside Agricultural treasurer of old the . 7 © i. : . Clement here in Academy clerk and officer. He served as president of secrethe Library Corporation, Society ) other public of- Academy assessor, and | jurr tis : Ee family, gathered , ees at the memorial boulder dedicated Sunday by the town o £ Worthing members of one of ils most distinguished and oldest families, are, left to right, in front of boulder, Frederick H. Burr HM Chastes Cletncat Burr, Betsy Hitchcock and Martha A. Burr; rear, Mrs. Franklin H. Burr, Dale Hitchcock, Franklin A. Burr, Franklin’ G. Burr Prederi k WORTHINGTON—Members ee ; + I. Burr and Mary Helen him later, years M. and Gilmore, who alone lives who married] he his the his father and grandfather| 46 years as served Gre tion at the The ree survives| the last day -in taking H. Burr, place in the civic life of the town and, in 1903, he was married to Susan | i did ee G. Streeter, who passed away in 1907. Two s Burr. Lindell Franklin at Williston| and’ Easthampton_ 8s | —. and FOApULET. ae for re-elec- a To5e his death on searcae houlder big old house that has felt the this week is ote en outstanding famfull lives || members of this ing the | /pulse of many: busy5 ea pata : w 4fjjyv Ringville Creamery. of a member He was Grange, and through the years. them, To chased the farm, the house stood | South Worthington lives in servtheir | icily who spent ani ; e Bashan ofArcanu founders anc the ‘ of one zi m. n , Pr ino Frankli Gilmore and 4} ice to theirci town and the present $0 | the from the driveway across Rte cart d descendants. Royal day Oe) finds. their (Mrs.] Persis Mary eels |daughter, still ; present one, It was in 1842 that Hill Council, sir eet| pe ankly Faas serv Congrega-' py vere Hitchcock) W. Franklyn the and a deacon of First had Franklin, son, Calvin’s offices of trust public in Serving | y me on Kinne | tional Church. big house built facing now living -224 honor. In 1870, Clement F. Burr was! born, both of them Early pictures show | Brook Rd. | families. their with nearby | died who Crosier, Ella to the house without a porch which| married years, both) postwar the During 60th their before days few a was added some years later and | only the Hitchcocks and the Franklin| To them anniversary. the lines are recognized in sever-| wedding Roy C.,, |G. Burrs lived. in the old homeborn: five sons were thus al other houses in town which.| Walter | Stead with their children, were built in the same era and} Franklin H., Joseph A., on to the generati sixth a @dding | living all H., ck Frederi E., and very likely by the same men, now with the exception of Frank-| history of the farm from the time David Jones and Russell Bartlett, | who were at the time doing a| Jand .office business in the contracting field. Ji was here in the new house | that Franklin’s ‘son, Clement| Franklin, was born in 1849 and} in the same house where he died 90 years later. His education was received at Wilbraham Academy and in 1897 he was a represénta- tive to the State Legislature. with lini H., who shares ther the honor conferred that So great-great-great1800: fa-| | in Burr took ae i Calvin’ > the} grandfather his by to the property, in the dedication of| title townspeople the family Tracing memorial plaque. the ; ire a ek. wan 2 |further, store He a mile was A. se | A. Burr and their Hitchcock cous- | ae cake die fel shel (hare Of fla Maetieed eh there, too, with when 12 years Franklin ; back still and Martha ie gece the exception Of| tion in direct line from Rev. Jon-| -he. operated a lathan Burr, who came from Red-| away educated at the at Center, grave, Conwell|t>9 Suffolk America Dorchester. in County, 1639, England,| settling in} s mse �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1957, WORTHINGTON—Deed to the Burr farm on Kinne Brook Rd., the only Burr farm in the town of Worthington today, is dated June 20, 1800. It was deeded to Calvin Burr, one of the four brothers who came to this town when it was 30 years old. Big old house now is occupied by Helen Gilmore Burr, widow of Franklin H. Burr, who died Dec. 31, 1955. He served Wérthington as town clerk and treasurer for 46 years. CLEMENT FRANKLIN (1849-1939) BURR IM ahs FRANKLIN H. BURR (1875-1955) �. Le Reema apie Tes -Worthineton Honors One Of Its Oldest Families bo a afternoon in this town was dedicated in when) a bronze plaque the park at the west cials of of this their corner. over 60 years.” town Elected and state offifor Chairman of the Board of Seneighbors of the late Clement F. lectman, Henry H. Snyder, spoke Burr and son, Franklin H. Eurr. briefly and then introduced Atty. In photo, the four youngsters Walter L, Stevens, a native of are Franklin A. Burr, Dale Hitch- Worthington who now lives in k, Martha A. Burr and Bets} Northampton and who knew both Hitcheock. Adults are the three Burrs well, having been a classselectmen, Henry H. Snyder, C. mate of the younger Burr both Kenneth Osgood and Franklin G. here and at Williston Academy. Burr; Nathaniel F. Glidden, who Mr. Stevens called for a moment of meditation and then three donors of the stone, called upon the four grandchilAtty. Walter L. Stevens, a native dren, Franklin Andrus. (Andy) and Martha A., children of Mr. ampton,who gave the dedicatory and Mrs. Franklin G. Burr; and Dale and Beisy, children of Mr. The plaque bears and Mrs. Franklyn W. Hitchcock, to unveil the plaque which was said, that friends and- neighbors had taken it upon themselves to provide such a suitable memorial. Mr. Stevens spoke of the value of friends. and neighbors and of he high ‘regard _in which they were held by the Messrs. Burr. He recalled that on the occasion of Clement F. Burr’s 81st birihday, when he was honored by the 1 Royal Arcanum of which he a charter member, he told his lodge brothers that. if he could have had the confidence and esteem of his townspeople, he cared not what the rest of the world thought of him. Mr. Stevens said that the des- land before the state } cut through and had up on the little park Davis, eription of the man who worked as if he would live forever and who lived-as if he would die tomorrow was applicable to .either of the Burrs. It was fitting, Mi. Stevens The boulder had construction about been’ on the Buri 25 yr 3 ; : Was ned the The. bronze plaque i suggested at the Febru town meeting by Nathaniel F. Glidden Was provided by him, his son Germain’ and Mrs, Roy W. MeCann. At the close of the cer ny, evefyone present was invited to the Denworth Farm home of the Gliddens for tea. P Among: those present were two sons of Clement F. B Joseph Burr of Knhightville. and Frederick H. Burr of Westhampton. Two. other sons, Dr. Walter: Burr of Blandford and Roy Burr of Oxford, N.Y., were un: to be here. at day covered with a spread of ground: pine and laurel laced with pussy-| willows made up by Emerson J. a WORTHINGTON, — ‘two mem-: Burr, 1849-1939, and h son,' bers.of one of Worthingion’s old- | Franklin H. Burr, 1875-1955. Born est families were honored yesier- and lived one-third mile morth- ie ‘cat �ek Artic, ‘Mayfiower In ST. KEVERNE, II Open Sea England: 2 — Mayflower II -——- replica of the Pilgrim fathers’ ship—sailed out of sight of the English. coast today as She headed for the United States. Soon after dawn, the little wooden sailing vessel Was spotted by ithe coast guard 15 miles out. from The Lizard, southernmost point of England’s coast. Half an hour later she was out of “sight. Coast guard offical William | Knight said, “On-her course she has seen the last. land until -she approaches her destination.” The ship left Plymouth, Eng- land, Saturday, bound for Plymouth, Mass. For more than 24 | hours she dawdled in the English Channel with hardly a breath of } wind to fill her Skipper S. Alan Villiers, Austra lian seafare#, hopes to land the ship in Plymouth in about. six weeks. He has said it all depends on weather conditions in the Atlantic. There is.a crew of 32 aboard The wind flower s weeks first Mayflower also was deby calm and storm in 1620. expected vhen II’s or some’ he predicted trip would less. adverse the Maytake ~six The original trip took 66 days as it was in September, about. the worst month for a westerly passage has there under chosen is the east-fo-west lantic. Press= Telephoto) today to start her = transatlantic 4)? trip. | | ta faterintinciniiipseocssithesie (United sea Wind fills the sails of the Mayflower I as she undergoes England, in preparation for her voyage to trials at Torbay, The replica of the Plymouth, Mass., scheduled for tomorrow. Pilgrim’s ship will be taken under tow to Plymouth, England, sail.’ the The time highest wind in Mayflower of year proportion the North IT when of | } At- �‘Little Girl's 5,000-T ee WORTHINGTON—The faiih of a little child is a beautiful thing te see, and that of seven-year-old Cynthia Sena of this town is no exception, She believes that wishes do come true and her experi- ‘ence backs it up. Even since Cynthia saw some trained steers performing at Cummington Fair two years ago, her dearest. ~a pe o-l Wish Comes True For a iong t..e he had told her “yes, sometime” as daddies do, and now there was no reason to delay further. The new arrivals have been named Jeremiah and Ebenezer, These particular animals are of unusual interest because they are not only fraternal twins against which the odds are great enough, but-one of the caives is red and white and the other is black and white, which is said to Waiting the was little almost girl to too bear much and: for she} would make hasty trips to the} barn early in the morning and as soon as she came in from school. Charles J. Thayer, ‘president| of the Hillside Agricultural Soci- ety and the Littleville Fair Assn., knew about Cynthia’s wish and Wish has been that she told her that if she could get might have a pair of her own to the steers, he would see to it! train. Wishing at every -opporthat she had the yokes to train| them with. Now with both® the tunity, she has at last been re- be about one chance in 5,000. Ever since Sweetheart was ,animals and the yokes, it may be warded, for Sweetheart, a big Holstein owned by her father, bred last fall, Cynthia has wait- expected that tiny Cynthia, pic- ! Joseph W. Sena, dropped twin ed impatiently hoping and wishtured with her equally barefoot-| ing but getting no encouragebull calves early Friday morning, ed but delightful little brother ment from her parents since the Timothy, will be showing her | and it took but litle persuasion for her daddy to consent to her odds were so great. When Sweet: prowess with a yoke of-oxen at \heart was five days overdue, the ithe fairs this coming Season, having them for her very own. �et eee he ___ DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS, 5, 1957, Colonial House In Wo rthington Has Electronic Oven Soe OT 6 iy WORTHIANG1IG.s-—2.00 i: iif “orne PS £2rpy inside and out, for it has an ‘electYonic oven which modern “cook stoves feats include readying an egg leg of Jamb-in 30 minutes. Gleaming white kitchen with .built-in oven, visible behind Mrs.. MeCann, and Se ae end Got is believed irs. buoy W. Mean, a to be the first installed restored more than one have been no good ceiling and that is what happened in the McCann kitchen, else there might motive for chang- ing the room over at this time. Taking the situation in hand, Mrs. McCann called in a mas er at the art of building either “antique” kitchens or modern ones. The MeCann home, | After a consultation, it was; found that repairs to the ceiling | vould involve such a big opera-| tion that it might be an oppor-| time to make some changes! yuilt in 1780, world, radio waves transmitted turns into heat only when as well. Step by step, the plan apsorbed, hence food cooks. evolved for the kitchen, includ: sef while ing the magic oven, china plate holding it is co transmits the The alectronic oven, which is cause it the latest thing belie s ils 177 years both Massachusetts. The convenience, what with electronic cooker (above, right) is the Jast word in modern built-in shelves and drawers that provide a place for everything, c tune house, use in Western fér the table in 20 seconds, baking a poiato in 4 minuies and roasting a medium sized By LOIS ASHE BROWN WORTHINGTON -— People driving through this quiet hill- top town often turn to look again at the big white house set back behind a stone wall near Worthington Coyners, and to admire its fine lines. They might never guess that under the roof of this exquisitely restored old place built in 1780 there is one of the most: modern kitchens to be found in America. This is the Four Corners farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. McCann. The‘remodeling of the kitchen has been recently completed and is attracting wide attention, partly for its sheer beauty and its convenient appointments, and partly because it contains the first electronic oven to be installed in Western Massachu-| setts for domestic use. A leak from above has ruined| colonial for domestic in the kitchen ' Steel ‘cannot be used because. both reflect the energy. The walls of the oven are made of stainless steel and are cool to the touch even after sustained use, Potholders are not needed, for the cooking dishes themselves are cool. It takes onl four minutes to bake a potato in this revolutionary new range and an (egg will cook in 20 seconds. A medium-sized leg of lamb will | cook in out half an hour and a pre-cooked frozen meal can be heated and served. in less time than it takes to spread the table. _ Alongside the electronic oven is a conventional electric oven for such foods as cannot be baked in the other one, such as those that depend upon the white . of an egg for ing. Adjoining the ovens, a countertop range with five units has been installed. The countertops are ‘done in a formica of a sand tone mosiac pattern and the cabinets. above and below are of steel. One esit pecially appealing feature is the in it- installation of recessed lights under the upper cupboards to light the counters below. Recessed lighting in the ceiling controlled iby sil lent mereury. switches is a far cry from ‘the eandles and | Kerosene lamps of an earlier day. _ The ceiling itself has @ plasti c |) finish which is claimed to never ! need repainting. The floor of! cork ‘with a transparent ‘overiInge suggests wood giving A With the comfort stainless window of rubber. steel garbage vinyl | while” ‘sink disposal is equipped under which looks out upon a wide tree shaded lawn, There are exten. sive counters at either side and next to the sink is the dishwasher , A small commercial type refri¢era- tor with double and Java, has doors has been| fitted in convenient to both stove and sink, Cupboard space undreamed of by most homemakers is. provided for | in this latest mode! kitchen—cupboards for everything and everything in its place. Even the food! for the family’s cockers Mocha! its own niche, One section of the room is gi en over to laundry equipment so} cleverly built in. as to be hardy noticeable. This includes an auto-) matic washer — with nlumbing, ‘oaps and concealed |} a dryer, cupboards for sundry items and @ spe- cial cupboard for the ironing board and another for the iron. Between! ‘he kitchen and dining. room is the| butler’s manner, pantry Passerby done in the same would be surprised 40. know that all is not nial in this two and house which, is one standing ton. y a. in the town strictly ¢olo-¥ a-half story. of the oldest| of Worthing-| : [ | | J | ¥ �pests Sed May bb /957 F. J. Hillman, Business, Civic Leader, 78, Die Former and Vance Hillman Carlisle; and 4 sister, Mrs. Charles E, Burge r of Longmeadow. The Dickinson-Streeter funeral ‘home is in charge of arrange- N. Y. Management Consultant, C. of C. Of. Frederick James Hillman, 78, In World War TI he served as} New York management consult. a major attached to the general jant and civie Jeader in Spring- staff as assistant executive offifield for many years, died sud- jcer of the Purchase, Storage and denly late last night at his home. Traffic Division. “Hillmanor,” on the Old Post Rd. He was active in helping to ‘In Worthington as a result of an bring the Bosch Magneto Co, to attack of coronary thrombosis. Springfield. Soon after that comMr. Hillman was active in pany established itself here, its public and private organi- zations in Springfield, and for 15 years prior to his retirement in 1953 he was associated with officials complained against odors from Co., the Springfield threatening location. and to move Rendering abandon the elsewhere. This resulted in the formation of a Citizens Committee of One Hundred of which Maj. Hillman was chairman, The committee brought the matter before the State Board of Health in Boston. The hearing called for the appearance of hundreds of witnesses. The upshot was that the Rendering Co. was ordered to rebuild its plant so as to stope the escape of offensive odors. Urged One-Way Traftic Mr. Hillman was a pioneer in advocating one-way streets in Springfield and successfully represented merchants of the city before the City Council in a some- what bitter controversy which ensued when such traffic restrictions were proposed by a citizens committee of which he was vicechairman. ; He was born in Hawley, March 23, 1879, the son of. Franklin J. and Georgianna (Braymon) Hillman. The family moved to Norththe management engineering firm ampton in 1892. He was graduatof Stevenson, Jordan & Harrison, ed from Childs Business College jine., of New York City. Follow-| in Springfield in 1896, was em‘ing his retirement he purchased ployed in the office of the United ‘his Worthington home. Electric Co, until 1898 when he | For 30 or more years prior to returned to the Business College |his removal to New York he was as an instructor, later becoming active in Springfield civic affairs. principal of the commercial deHe served as a director of the partment. Springfield Chamber of ComIt was then he became intermerce more than 20 years, as ested in the study of higher acits executive vice-president 10 counting and engaged in the years, and was primarily re-| practice of public accounting outsponsible for the erection of the] side of school hours. He was one of the group that passed the first present Chamber of Commerce building, examination for the degree of | certified public accountant given Headed Regional Unit From 1913 to 1916 he was presi- by the commonwealth, or 22 years he was president dent of the Western New England .|Chamber of Commerce. He car- of the New England Audit Co. of .|vied on an aggressive campaign | Springfield, Worcester and Bosfor the development of a similar ton. Some of his clients began New England organization before ‘soliciting his advice with respect the formation of the New Eng- to management problems. Subseland Council, quently this counseling service He was a past president of was developed under the name Wesson Memorial Hospital, the of Frederick J. Hillman & Co., Automobile Club of Springfield one of the earliest firms to enand the Layman’s League of the} gage in this type of professional Church of the Unity. practice. During his career in He was active in the promotion Springfield he was an officer and of the Eastern States Exposition, director of a considerable numand was prominent in the group ber of industrial corporations in which succeeded in having the New England, New York and Federal Land Bank established Chicago. in Springfield, _ Married in 1900 He was married Sept. 26, 1900, Was AAA Director He was a past president of the to Cora Maude Watters, daughter American Autornobile Association }of Thomas D. and Ellen Watters Mrs. Hillman |and had been active in the good} of Longmeadow. roads movement, He had been died Dec, 23, 1940. On April 17, a member of the Nayasset Club, 1943, he married Mildred Norine, Rotary Club, Springfield Coun- daughter of Edgar N. and Jessie try Club, the Realty Club of A. Higbie of Hartwick, N. Y. He is survived by his widow; Springfield, the Army and Navy Club of New York, and the Illi- a son, Frederick J. Hillman, Jr., Conn.; three nois Athletic Club of Chicago. He of New Canaan, Patricia Anne was a former chairman of the granddaughters, Denise Hillman and Board of License Commissioners. Hillman, Lynn Watters Carlisle; two FREDERICK J, HILLMAN ; a DELEGATE S ments. ficial Here Stricken in Worthi ngton ;many )9e7 ‘grandsons, Bruce Robert Carlisle | i Lge 4 Worthington, nual Aug, meeting and 4 — election The an- of of- | ficers of the Worthington Library |Corp., will be held in Frederick Sargent Huntington Library Thursday at 8. Neighbor’s Night will be ob-| served by Hillside Pomona |Grange here Monday night with a Valley and Hampshire| County Pomonas as guests, _. ¢/ Mrs. Frederick J. Hillman has |Sold her home on Old Post Rd., to Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Adams of Evanston, Ill., who previously bought two lots across the road from it. Mr. Adams is a sales representative for the’ Hampden Glazed Paper Co., of Holyoke in the Chicago office and will MISS PRISCILLA A, Worthington, June Priscilla not| live here until after his retire-| ment in five years. In the meanwhile, the house will be leased. Mrs. Hilman will be with her parents, Mr: and Mrs.'A. B, McDaniels of Huntington, until] her! plans are definite, -» ee re Dr. E. Richard Post of Amherst will be at the Health Center Wednesday for afternoon and evening appointments which may be made with Mrs, Harry L. Bates, Edward Choate and children, Jennifer and Jonathan, of Irvington-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., are at Mrs. Stanley Shirk’s cottage on Witt Rd., for 10 days. Mrs. Bernice Kilbourne of Thorndike is visiting friends and Yrelatives here for several days. She’ was & member College rey and seven tery Tuesday family asked. omitted, Tr) 4 at that 2 ing E p. m. flowers 14-21, a junior High Miss at Tor- Northamp- School, taking the WORTHINGTON: 5-7 Two Get Awards At Graduation Fg Worthington, June 13 — School Supt. J, Walter Richard awarded diplomas to eight members of the graduating class tonight at Worthington Tovn Hall. Because two students tied for the annual Glidden-McCann Scholarship prize, two awards were given by Mrs. Robert J. Lucey of the school committee to Miss Judith Ann Magargal and Daniel Dunlevy. Both will enter Northampton High School in September. The award presented the two students was $25 and an engraved Silver tray, grandchildren.| committal services will} in the Hillcrest Ceme-} | dauch- college preparatory course, She plans to enter the nursing field. of} Private be held June is ton Merey Chapter of the Daughters} of the American Revolution of} Springfield. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John Drew, , Pittsfield, N. H.; a son, Sidney Smart of Blandford; a brother, Joseph Kilbourn, Grants Pass, Ore. Torrey, ter of Mr. and Mrs.. George E. Torrey of Old Post Raby has been selected by American Legion Auxiliary Post 304° to attend the annual Massachusetts Girls’ State at Bridgewaier State Teachers Mrs. Mary K. Smart Mary (Kilbourn) Smart, 83, of Pittsfield, N..H. formerly of Longmeadow and Worthington, | died yesterday in Pittsfield. She was the widow of Sidney J. | Smart. Mrs. Smart was the | daughter of Alfred and Millia | Kilbourn. Ann TORREY 7—WMiss CHESTERFIELD The| be} 1u= So “Chesterfield, ;classes 3.15 in ‘with will the Mrs. Aug, $72 ho start on Sept. 6, at Davenport School, Jean Humphrey of Worthington as the teacher. Anyone interested in having children entered should contact Mrs.| Helen Healy. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Bowen, Jr., and family of Farmingdale, Long Island, are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles M, Bowen, Sr. of South St. pl yMr. and Mys. Lester LeDué and Miss Marion Bartlett of Worthington visited Mr. LeDuc’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Ralph LeDuce, in Pitts- ford, Mrs. turned ‘ z , 3 Vt. recently. Elmer to her -=——~——*" Coleman has’ re- | | position in North| eT �Ft To Wed April 27 Will Be Bride. of Lae Hoey of Woronoco Worthington, April ie —Miss Patricia Ann Magarzal, of Mr. and Mrs. Wells ‘W. Magargal of Old North Rd., has announced her attendants for her wedding to James J. Hoey of Woronoco on April 27 at 9 in St. Thomas’ Church, Huntington. Her sister, Mrs, C. Kenneth Osgood will be her matron of honor. Mo~ niece, Miss Mary Lou Osgood and Miss Nancy Shaiier of s-.ttsfie'A will be bridesmaids and another niece, Miss Christine Ma- gargal will be flower girl. Richard “Hoey of Woronoco will attend his brother as. best man and Walter Carroll of Woronoco and Raymond Doyle of Springfield -will usher. A reception will follow at 11 in the Worthington Town Hall. Miss Magargal was honored at a miscellaneous shower in the town hall given by friends and relatives, also at a dinner party by her business associates at Ida and John’s Restaurant in West Pittsfield. A greenback shower in the Strathmore Community Club in Woronoco, was given’ by friends and relatives of Mr. Hoey. Sige. 19-5 Patricia Ann W alls To Wed Saturday WORTHINGTON—Town Clerk and Mrs. Wells W. Magargal invite their friends and neighbors to attend the wedding of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to James J. Hoey of Woronoco, on Saturday, April 27, at 9 am. in St. Thomas’ re THURSDAY, Church JUNE in 18, Huntington. 1957 Graduating at Worthington SRS: SERIE: AORN: SRR Becomes Bride ReReeIOR mene. Sete te: Miss Patricia daughter of Mr. W. Magargal Ann Magargal, and Mrs. Wells of Worthington, | ployed Dunlevy, Henry Bartlett, Jr., Allen Moran, Jr., and Larry Mason. and of Worthmatron of Lou Osand Miss WorthingRichard for his brother. Ushers were Walter Carroll of -Woronoco and Raymond Doyle of Springfield, cousin of the bridegroom, The bride wore a gown of white lace and tulle, with scalloped scooped neckline, long sleeves and full skirt, and an illusion veil arranged to a scalloped lace cap. She carried a modified cascade of white glamelias and pink gladioli petals edged with lemon leaves. The matron of honor wore white lace over pink taffeta, with a pink headband and short veil, and carried pink glamelias edged with lemon leaves. The bridesmaids’ gowns were of white lace over blue taffeta. They wore blue headbands with short veils and carried bouquets like|® | that of the honor attendant. | A reception was given at the Werthington Town Hall. Assisting in the receiving line, the bride’s mother was attired in gray. print shantung with pink accessories, and the bridegroom’s mother, in powder blue with white accessories, The couple left on a wedding |trip to Florida, and after May | 12 will live in Mountainview Ter., Woronoco. 1950 Left to right, front row, are: John Stevens, Judy Magargal, Boiinie Bartlett; rear, Dan le RECENT BRIDE Hoey of Southwick was best man | High Thursday night. Carol Hathaway, Strathmore Paper Co., Woronoco. | James Joseph Hoey, son of Mrs ,| Catherine Hoey of Armory St., '|}this city, were married last Saturday at 9 in St. Thomas Church, Huntington. Mr. Eight pupils will graduate from the eighth grade in Worthington missiles and ordnance department of General. Electric Co., Pittsfield, Her husband is employed by |Worthington Girl Weds James J. Hoey Mrs, Kenneth Osgood ington was her sister’s honor, and Miss Mary good, the bride’s niece, Nancy Shaffer, also of ton, were bridesmaids. WORTHIN (; TON re Patricia Magargal wow. Patricia Magargal ey. = SoS and Mrs. graduates School. as a The Hoey of are both is em- Huntington bride stenographer in the | MRS. (Kanter JAMES Photo) J. HOEY Who was Miss. Patricia Ann Magargal of Worthington before her marriage. || | �z Burma Trail of Hampshire , JULY 31, 1957, County’ WORTHINGTON E OLD DIARY WORTHINGTON—A. diary | writ | ten in 1860 by Dwight Perry, a prominent citizen here a sore ago, was the highlight of the pro- | gram at the annual meeting of the| Worthington Historical Society Sat-' | urday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. | | Roy W. Was worn ; copied McCann. and by The diary which| faded, Miss! Elsie | and selections | Life in this town | at the meeting 'grand-daughter, from was carefully | V, Bartlett| it were read| by Mr, Perry’s | Miss Olive Cole.| in that day was | | depicted as considerably different| | than now with all-day trips being ,made by and quaint team to neighboring | towns and of leisurely visiting | | back and forth, of husking bees | | and barn raisings, of evenings spent at the store at the Corners, | all-day church sessions, of debts | being paid promptly, of service on! | the town roads in lieu of taxes, expressions seldom | heard today. The descendants of ; Several persons mentioned in the | dairy were present at the meeting. | Mrs. Carl S Joslyn presided and| | all officers were re-elected as fol-| ;lows: Mrs. Walter L. Joselyn, Stevens | Vice-president; Route 143, extending from Williamsburg line to Chesterfield, has heen closed for several months now and people have wondered what work was being done on the highway that is often called the “Burma Trail of Hampshire County.” This view taken on one section of work shows how many curyes have been eliminated by blasting right througk solid rock for 60 feet high as seen here at i the left. and of president:| Northampton | Arthur G Ca-.): | pen, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Tho| mas J, Byrne of Florence, Miss Elsie V..Bartlett and Mrs. Harold E.| Brown were appointed as an edit-| | orial board. Mrs, Herbert |Mrs, Allerton Tompkins, | Louis C, Hyde acted as ,at the social hour Tower,' and Mrs.| hostesses | which followed.| May 2b, AGT f See to Worthington, June 3 the L. Sears, blind piano and accordion teacher of Cummington, will present his pupils in a recital in the ‘Town Hall on June 19. A 10 piece accordion band will be a feature. The Lions Club will meet Tuesday at 7:30 at Hilltop Rest Inn in South Worthington for dinner and installation. Outgoing president is John Green of this town and the incoming president will be Fritz Moltenbrey of Huntington. Dr. and Mrs, Harold A. Stone of ‘‘Brookstone’’ in West Worthington are home following a six-month trip to the Far East and Indonesia, They came home via Hawaii and Seattle. Miss Jean Gallaway of London has been a guest of Dr. and Mrs. Stone, : Mr. and Mrs. William Kronenberger of Williamsburg Rd. are] entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Erle Hermann of Hewlett, Long end The new jbar- at The jevery day ’ Mondays, cee ll “Hav-a-Cup” Corners from 11 9 except Was Teacher Here 179, Mrs. Ella B. (Webster) Collins, | of 146 Mill St., widow of Har-| FE. She Collins, was born and A at her home} in Northfield Aug.| % a Ae | the daughter of Henry} and Amanda (Smith) Springfield |years. died ‘afternoon. | Webster \of had been for graduate the of a resident | past 60 Northfield |School for Girls. and Westfield |Normal School, she had taught \in the Springfield Public Schools| j until her marriage. Mr..and Mrs. | \Collins had been summer res |dents of Worthington, since 1916. |Mrs. Collins was a member of} ithe Church of the Unity. | She leaves two sons, Webster| | E. Collins and Edwin F. Collins of | j : | i | Longmeadow; _|Mrs. Norman |meadow and Werner two daughters, | L. Snow of Long-| Mrs. Eleanor. C,| of Springfield and eight| | grandchildren. | A private funeral jat the will Dickinson-Streeter be held} funer-| jal home. There will be no visiting| jhours and friends ate requested ito omit flowers. | { will be open until Mrs. H.E. Collins 27, 1877. Williams Is- snack a Stroll | Sunday — Farm, Takes irjs land. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Feakes and daughter, Ann, have returned to Boston after a few days with Mrs, Feakes’ niother, Mrs. Robert P. Lane at Hi-Lane | don Umbrella | - nt icles | yee WORTHINGTON = i �TURBSDAY, MAY THE ROYAL GAZETTE, 7, 1957- he Porsonalitics Jn Bermuda “MAY 14, 1957 After Century, Automatic Heat Miss Dorothy Hewitt school the as a business business (left) and Miss Florence Chapin. and gone on world. The school was started in a room in the Twentieth Century, Club with 15 courses .intended to cater to} about 250 people. When the first term opened 350 people registered and as many were turned down. Through the years it has continued to cater to all ages, most of them over 25 and walks of life. About the money. Only he under 80, in all} only problem 60 per cent of e's needs from a comes from million fees,’ friends. | be partly alleviated may Miss when Svea’ “'yege, plans silver t is |, the‘ contrioutions from the studeAts or interested his eh | the to celebrate anniversary with drive. fund dollar Hewitt Centre's a half a: is successful, the Centre be bigger: xthan €ever. will it Tf soon _t that man knowledge must go dead on his pert Dorothy ae learning, or be feet, came early to : ewitt, ago she put it EP peatly 25 years the | founding by practice into t Education, Boston Centre for Adul designed of a unique kind of school is finished | anybody of any age. who ae n. with formal educatio whelming, The response was over and today Hewitt is Seer Miss series of | a day 184hour have that most of the year four from students 2,000 of an classes nearly has| start the from: her stevith director, Miss | e ciat asso her been k the Florence two are Chapin. This wee at “Scarrington fifth Bermuda graduate | for their holiday in six years. | Vassar, of Miss | A afer her centre started Hewitt adul of ctor dire as s seven year g Women s education, for the Youn 4 Boston. in ion ciat Asso Christian = es cipl prin est firm One of her wanted woul that the centre she any pene | not be governed by any | to ce creed or ae or school. was that she ould) to aaah 3 attract people who wanted going 10 people who had stopped t by LOIS BROWN /wood burning furnace. This exWORTHINGTON — The voters | tension also included a huge fieldlappropriated money at their |stone fireplace, perhaps not so |town meeting last February for {much for auxiliary heat as for at‘the installation of an oil fired ‘mosphere, heater in their 101l-year-old town The selectmen’s room on the | hall, this to be the third type of ;second floor of this part was |heat in its history. The Board of ;heated ‘| Selectmen recently ;opened bids for-such | system met and a heating and the contract has been from that time until the |present with a chunk stove, givjing a homely touch to the offi‘cial meetings held there. Now with the coming of automatic jawarded to Gladwin & Lane of | Westfield. Installation is expect- heat to the hall, this ancient box ed to start shortly. |stove will likely go the way of In the beginning, when the hal? jall good box stoves as the new was first put into use back in ‘system will include a hot air | 1856, a big chunk at the left rear | duct for this room, too. of the hall supplied all the heat There will be’ no more of the. and the pipe from it ran the |aroma of wood smoke drifting length of the hall to a chimney | through the hall now that. therjat. the other end. The woodshed |mostatically controlled heat is at was the room now occupied by a i;hand; no more wood to be modern kitchen, 'i} worked up and piled, and no Emerson the has the J. Davis, town hall, loeal scene, spent and most of a custodian his man recalls years that of |;more will the basement be crowd|ed with the winter’s supply of on |fuel. This will mean more room who the basketball baskets were mounted on the side of the hall instead |for {and expansion; — possibly shower dressing rooms since this is |the town’s gymnasium among its of at. opposite ends as they are to- | other uses. | With the advent of automatic day, and he says that on’ more jheat, there may be expected to than one occasion, the ball would ibe fewer “hot” times in the old lambast the pipe, knocking it | town hall and more comfort all galley West, and that a smoky, around. sooty intermission would ensue! while a ladder was, obtained and the pipe put back. No doubt, some quick footwork was required in dodging the hot stove occasionally. Up un- til 1933-34, when a WPA modernized the hall chunk stove served It was hall was an 35 at that time that the extended at the back of addition. ft. with it allowing the project| some, the} admirably, measuring an for installation 16 excavation a basement of a big ft by under | hot and | air| �‘Canton Blue, White China | Was Originated in Persia Kenciehinle is a Lao 2 | Groupof Canton China By THOMAS ORMSBEE of household. ceramies. They One of the few things which did| ranged from dinner services to not originate with the Chinese} barrel-shaped garden seats and was the rich indigo blue color| from quadrangular vases: to oval characteristic of Canton blue andj foot baths. Among the table white china, It came from Per-| wares were drum or cylindrical sia, the discovery of an unknown|teapots with bent twig handles, | potter there sometime between} pitchers with loop or bent twig | 700 and 900 AD. Eventually pieces| handles. and_ snout-like lips, tu| of Persian ceramics, decorated injreens ‘and covered vegetable this new hue against a whiteldishes with knob on cover in background reached the Orient. shape of a helmet, peach or nut. There the Chinese potters|Cups without handles were made claimed the Mohammedan blue|for Chinese use; those with hanas their own and developed it fur-|dles were for export, especially ; ther over the centuries, \for the tea drinking English. | In the late 15th Century Euro-| Bowls ranged from the handleless pean traders were grudgingly al-| CUP size to a punch bowl 15 to 18 lowed at the port of Canton| inches in diameter, where they bought and brought} At Mount Vernon Museum the back home what they called blue|Washingtons had a set of. this and white Canton ware because china for daily use. There isa that was where they found it, A tradition that it was George ;contrast to the dull-bodied ware Washington’s favorite china and |then made by western potters, it that food served on other than |was popular almost at once and the “blew and white’’. tended: to |from then on trade with the Occi- put him out of sorts for the day. |dental world continued to . in-|Few pieces of it have survived ‘erease. Not that the Chinese;but examples of a corresponding ‘liked the traders or the trading|service, given to Mrs. | Top row, left to right, tea pl ate and open vegetable dish. Bottom row, fruit : bowl, nine inches infdia diz meter and sme small teaa cup and saucer, Ali have the deep blue bands but the g arden scene lias a number of yariations with each piece, Samuel companies that developed from | Powel by President and Mrs. ‘them, but they did like their|Washington in the 1790s, are on |money, liked it enough eventual-|display in the pantry at Mount ly to. decorate their hard white] vernon. porcelain especially for ‘the foreign trade. | | Best known of the china so dec-| jorated was a scenic | pattern showing a garden within the compound of an Oriental nobleman or governor. Details varied but ‘characteristic ones included a |tea house on an island in a min- : otire Take, | |as This {from Common blue |better design, and about commonly white 1770 quality People to Canton, china, 1840 No Steaming for This known for | dates| although Convoy the| | it} .{eontinued to be made well into} .ithe 20th Century. Very popular \with the Chinese themselves, it 1{ as used on poorer quality ware j|for the common people and on -|finer ware more carefully deco- s|rated for the well-to-do, Shapes Penarth also varied according to the size > of purse, such as round plates for »|plain people and octagon ones »|for the rich. Articles made included all sorts (Associated ‘ Press Papa and Mama Swan, with seven cygnets in convoy, stir up a cooling ripple as they shady spot in summer’s first heat waye, Temperature was past 90 degree mark when made at a pond on the John F. Kappel farm at Wexford, Pa. Wirephoto) swim for a picture was * ie : | . 1 ‘ ; : ’ d > k wes ; 2 �ae Youngsters at Firemen’s Musier | JULY 15, 1957 “WORTHINGTON. CUMMINGTON FIRE FIGHTERS MUSTER DRAWS CROWD OF 3000 Cummington Department Is Sponsor of Hilltown Event Cummington, July 14 — An estimated crowd of 3000 attended| the second Hilltown Fireman’s Muster, sponsored by Cummington Fire Department and held on the fairgrounds. “Future Firemen” Lead Charles Hall was chairman and Robert Hull was master of ceremonies. The parade was led hy three ‘“‘future firemen” of Worthington, Gerald Bartlett, Wells Margargal, and Mark Hallowell, to be caught unprepared, Youngsters from Worthington, not ency during the Fireemerg of case in just elders stood by their 3000 spectators and the Among men’s Muster at Cummington. and Gerald Bartlett, gal, Margar W. Wells were participants a ent, equipm of piece one Mark Hallowell, commanding their baby carriage complete with tank and hand pump. a followed by the Band of Adams. Polish Alliance Forty pieces of fire equipment besides the Pee-Wee baseball team were in the parade. Judges for the contest were Chief Charles Martin of Northamptons Robert Ulm of Easthampton, and George Cavanaugh of Amherst. Winners Listed Winners for events were: Best appearing equipment, Williamsburg. Horse drawn fire equipment: | Hadley 214 seconds, Hatfield 39 | seconds. | Oil fire contest, Goshen 26.2 seconds; Chesterfield, 26% seconds; Worthington, 2912 seconds. Special portable. pumping contest: Hatfield, 29 seconds; Amherst, 32.7 seconds; Hadley, 54.1 seconds. Regular portable pumping contest: Worthington, 18 seconds; Williamsburg, 22 seconds; Mid-} dlefield, 25 seconds; Cumming-| ton, 26 seconds, . Regular pumping contest: Williamsburg, 1 minute 19 seconds; Cummington, 1 minute 28% seconds; Chesterfield, 1 minute 32 seconds; Williamsburg all~vomen pumping contest: 1 minute 13 seconds. A demonstration of fire equipment was put on by Westover} ‘Air Force | Base personnel. between game baseball A Goshen and an all-star team was won by the all-stars, 9 to 5. The Goshen team. won the trophy losing one game in the season. ee 14 57 \Driver Escapes Injury in Crash Worthington, Avg. 25—Paul F. Sanford, 28, of Peru, escaped in\ljury tonight when an accident, believed to have been caused by a blowout in a right front tire, jdemolished his car. He was driving east on Route 143 in West Worthington where the road passes through rocky ledges when the accident occurred. The car was thrown into the ledge on the right, then bounced across the road, completely turning over, coming to rest upright and headed west on a sharp turn, Trooper Russell Dino State G. Police jvestigated. Ciocci of the Barracks in- Worthington, Aug. 25 — Dr. Leighton A. Kneller’s. office at the Health Center will be closed from Sept. 11 through 25 while he is on vacation, me YThe Misses Olive Cole andl, Clarissa Henry have purchased the former Sullivan cottage ‘on Old Main Rd. from the Misses Eva and Mabel Moynihan and their brother, Harold Moynihan. They took possession last week.! Miss Lorraine Paléekt~daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Palecki of Harvey Rd., has rejturned from Pittsfield where she was employed for the summer. Mr, and Mrs. Howard Hallowell and Mr. and Mrs. Matthew, Kozik of Greenfield visited their children and grandchildren, the Norman R. Hallowells, over the week end. //At the meeting of the executive committee of the Frederick: Sargent Huntington Library this: past week, the following were appointed to the art and library committee: Mrs. Harry L. Bates,Mrs. Harlan Creelman, Mrs, Clarence A. G. Pease, Mrs, Law-. rence N. Durgin and Mrs. Ralph A. Moran. They will meet again Wednesday at the library to or|ganize the Friends of the Library drive ton the Mrs. and to consider insurances building... Newton Armstrong and son, Newton, Jr., have returned to their home in Houston, Tex., after spending several weeks here with her mother, Mrs, John Allen, �OUT AT SEA on second day, Mayflower is photographed about 26 miles from Plymouth, flying British merchant flag, the “‘red ensign,’ which was actually — . created 68 years after original Mayflower voyage. She lay becalmed most of the first night, but now wind fills her sails and gives her about three knots speed. aaa. mma !___ �oe Py . Elsie Venner Bartlett. Born October 20, 1878, the daughter of Horace F. and Caroline (Graves) Bartlett. She is the author of A Handbook of Questions and Answers Relating 1952. to the History of Worthington, Massachusetts, published Has devoted her life to gathering and recording local history. 121 in �pas7 SAILING WESTWARD WITH A CARGO OF HISTORY Mayflower II, “‘a good tough ship of Devon oak,” was working her way west across the Atlantic to Plymouth, Mass., trying to duplicate a famous voyage of 337 years ago. Aboard the 180-ton replica of the Pilgrims’ ship was a crew of 27, commanded by Australian Alan Villiers, and a Lire photographer-reporter team. Built as a reproduction of the first Mayflower—with- out, however, copying “one of the main beams in the midships bowed and cracked”’ that Governor Bradford noted—the Mayflower makes a bow to modernity by carrying radio and radar. When she sailed April 20, Captain Villiers had hoped to make port by late May, but last “LIFE'’ TEAM, Photographer Gordon Tenney (left) and Maitland Edey, check their pictures aboard ship. CROWDS ASSEMBLE ON THE WATERFRONT week the crew seemed to have need of their Elizabethan sailing orders to “‘preserve your victuals.’ A radio message said she had altered course southward to pick up trade winds and could AT PLYMOUTH, not ENGLAND, reach Plymouth SCENE before mid-June. OF ORIGINAL SAILING, TO WATCH ook, sie ee xe CSS ae CAPTAIN AND and Plymouth’s THE “MAYFLOWER” GUEST, Villiers in Pilgrim garb Lord Mayor Oats, stand on deck. WAITING FOR FAVORABLE WIND �wee) ee Mayflower II, an exact replica of the original ship . Massachusetts, is shown. as 2» JUNE 9, 1957 which brought it approaches its the Cape Cod first Englich colonists te destination. Mayflower Bobs in Triumph Off Coast of Provincetown Replica of Pilgrim Ship Expected Tomorrow; Saluted at Sea assembled at tary air and sea craft saluted her. On The @cross Last last the Leg leg se¢a of Journey of the journey from Plymouth, high squalls, and speed Ault “This visit sent vegetables welcome Crews © Nantucket! Lightship as civilian and mili- and cheer- USS Ault, came over, presenting magnificent sight, steaming past lantic swells about 200 miles of stations gifts of fruit and wines. “Before Italians out of sight, four U. §. destroyers, led by Provincetown, June 8 (INS) -—The Mayflower II bobbed in triumph today on the Atsoutheast at ing loudly, Slowing down ahead, both cruisers dropped boats with of in strong boats which rain with fruit were very Exchange Cheers aircraft carrier morning giant came stirring |\Royal (British Navy) and |Daring class destroyers. jsteamed closely by while \lighted, crews exchanged Ark two All| de-| cheers jand helicopters whirled overhead and all around.” The Mayflower had heen rejported doing seven knots as she Eng., to Plymouth, Mass., found the replica of the ship in which into the Transatlantic the Pilgrim fathers sailed the |headed steamship lanes, but latest recenter of attention in the waters |ports indicated she had lost some off the American coast, Comdr. Alan Villiers, the © lit- j}of the windy punch. tle galleon’s skipper, who hopes|} The British-built galleon, is exto arrive at Provincetown Mon-||pected to arrive in Provincetown day afternoon, radioed: |Monday afternoon. This would as-| “Been exceptional week with)|sure her arrival either Tuesday} ship greeted by four vessels of||or Wednesday at Plymouth, the nation emers. not 34].| | Pil the; original Oi ot ‘. offer salutes “Near Bermuda, erlcrine ys noises pe landing ue dinatiag : Italian aes anaes Sache Ht oh place jsesenne i re DA cruis- | | ss dint eee ae coms lon crewmen | of “urbe Relaxed elaxed ak eas restrictions of the Mayflower IL} a | was announced tonight following | a conference between Walter Has:| [kell, \for director Plymouth's of relations| press Mayflower committee, lception \Lowe of London, one el’s owners II re- John and of the ves- Haskell said Lowe has arranged a general press conference shortly lafter the vessel's expected arrival | | ihere, Monday or Tuesday. | Haskell said taking part in the} will be Lowe, | conference inews i Warwick Charleton of London, an-| the lother of the ship’s owners; Comadr. skipper, \Mayflower’s Alan Villiers; and Joe Meany of | Waltham, the vessel's American | cabin boy, @ | j �JUNE 13, 1957. Mayflower II ‘Sailed Fine, Skipper Sa S After Young Cracked Boom Only Trouble in 5000-Mile, 53-Day V Oo ; Pe As reporters boarded, Charlton a said ‘‘we have passed quarantine, agriculture customs, and im-| migration, and now we hope we can pass with the press.” “Don’t get the idea we are trying to hold back anything about e this wonderful Yankee On Pilgrim Ship | .,i"3429 cy today. The only problem secre. was syidencs,of | that so many Provincetown zesi| dents clambered aboard there was jreal danger of being crowded over- | board. | Mrs. Villiers, wife of the skip} per who flew from England, was the first person to board the vessel after the yellow quarantine flag was hauled down from the foremast signifying it had a clean Provincetown, June 12 (AP) Comdr. Alan bill of health. Mrs. Villiers, whose husband re-|. fused to let her sail across on the voyage, hopes to become the first woman to sail any distance on the Mayflower I by making the crossing to Plymouth tomorrow. Seasick Two Days Joseph Meany, Jr., the 17-yearold cabin boy from Waltham, Vil-). liers, who has spent most of ‘his 54 years on the wind-s highway, brought Mayflower II to port today after sailing |” the replica of the he said. er their arrival]. Journey; Signing of Compact Re-enacted;. Ship Heads for Plymouth | Today /—-Robust voyage,” There had been reports that the crewmen had been warned against talking to newsmen for a year aft- historic Pilgrim bark over 5000 miles ‘of the western ocean in 53 days. reached Boom Repaired Viellers told reporters that the only trouble experienced during the voyage was a cracked boom. ‘It occurred during a storm about three weeks ago. The boom was lowered to the deck and repaired. Altogether, Villiers said, the Mayflower II ‘‘sailed fine with a fair wind.” Coast Guatd Photo via UP Telephoto) Urgency forced him to take a ( tow line for the last short leg of Joseph M. Meany, 17, of Waltham, the only American aboard | the voyage and the soul of the the Mayflower Il, displays the Mayflower Compact inscribed on famed master of windjammers the bulkhetad in main cabin of the ship in Provincetown Harbor. must have been sorely tried, Newsmen Board Ship The signing of the historim May-|~ Business Transacted ~| flower are notoriously poor at flower compact was re-enacted Then health, immigration and |working to windward, which she over the rail as soon as our boat came alongside to receive a letter mailed from his girl friend, Ann Barry, 16-year-old ' Waltham: High School junior, ! Meany hopes to greet his mother and his girl friend when the Mayflower II arrives in Plymouth, “I was only seasick the first two days, crossing the Bay of Bis- cay,’ Meany said. Most of the crewmen agreed the little vessel ||42d @. bouncy ae : motion. that made S!¢ep difficult in story weather. four hours after the arrival to customs officers boarded her and|Would have been compelled to do signify the ‘common heritage”’ of transacted the business required |under prevailing conditions. the British and American people. when a foreign vessel enters anThe signing of the Mayflower There was one American, 17-year-|other country’s domain. jcompact highlighted today S$ acold Joseph Meany Jr.,of Wal-| Later, a local reception com| tivities aboard anes ee es made and trip/Mittee took over. the signed compact with the British crew. the | company Newsmen, barred at first from the ship, swarmed aboard for the signing and found the crew willjing to talk, though they were re|ported to have been pledged to silence about the trip so the story could be sold. Meany said ‘I was seasick for two days’’ at the start and was glad friend. to .get home to his. All 22 members j were garbed in Pilgrim | — costumes upon arrival. Although the Pilgrims logged only about 3000 miles in 66 days, | eontrasted with Mayflower II's 5000 in 53, the figures do not lend themselves to comparison as a} test of speed. Went far | original of the ship's! Pilgrims South n compact, Nov. ore orld. U, oon 16: ta majority oe an ie rule Crew Shows Willingness 'To Talk to Newsmen Provincetown, June 12 (#)—The of the Mayflower IE said today that his craft experienced no serious difficulty in its 53day, 5000-mile crossing of the Atlantic. In a joint interview aboard the Mayflower, Capt. Alan Villiers told writers who clambered | skipper Vielliers, a windship veteran of girl- the grain races from Australia | to England, after departing Plym- | | nuth, England, took his vessel far | Fiying Home Second ship’s cook Dick Brensouth to pick up the trade winds, nan of London,. said ‘‘it was a} on which he rode to the West Ingood voyage—but I’m planning to, dies. Then he came up the coast aboard that the only trouble ex-} fly back to England.” on the northerly flowing Gulf perienced was a cracked boom. Can’t be Close-Hauled Tonight Mayflower swung to a Stream. His strategy paid big Because the Mayflower’s sails mooring buoy in Provincetown dividends. be close-hauled like a Harbor, where the original rested The Pilgrims worked and wor- cannot modern sailing ship,. Villiers said after her long and wearing voyried their way almost directly he could not go closer than about age of 66 days back in 1620. across the Atlantic. Probably they Villiers said he would leave at knew little or nothing about the 75 degrees to the wind. This made it necessary to make long zig-zag 5.30 a. m. tomorrow for Plymouth, trades and the Gulf Stream. tacks against a head wind. 24 miles across Cape Cod Bay. Mayflower IL is something of an The Mayflower’s cook, Walter He said he would sake a tow if ugly duckling and she appeared a he can’t sail and hopes to arrive very unhappy one when ‘she arGodfrey, said he had no fresh| at 1 p. m. when the tide will be rived here, bobbing and plunging food after the first four days high. at the end of the Coast Guard tug since the vessel carried no reA fleet of about 50 yachts and Yankton’s towing hawser. frigeration. other craft greeted the 180-ton, Might Still be at Sea The newsmen were ‘invited 92-foot bark at the harbor enHad she not taken the tow, she aboard by Warwick Charlton,|trance—-only a few of the hardier might still be facing days at sea originator of the’ project, after} braving” the rough seas and 40knot wind outside. Thousands of | waiting a favorable slant of wind. doubt had been expressed earlier Square rigged craft such as May- that anyone other than officials spectators lined the shore. L would get aboard. | “ who boy 7, er Mass., a cabin ehR as bie tham, �1437 U.S. Coast Guard INCONGRUOUS WELCOMERS meet the Pilgrim vessel as she nears the land. Here the square-rigged Navy training ship Eagle and a sleek blimp fall in to form an escort for Mayflower. ‘ ‘ . oe ' 3 ee epee mncnensiestrs emer OE ' LIKE THEIR FOREFATHERS BACK IN THE WINDJAMMER DAYS, i “MAYFLOWER’S” i % SAILORS HANG INDECOROUSLY OVER THE YARD TO ADJUST SHEARER THE SPRITSAIL �SO eo })91 ateronipekoun Naval Reviews — Three Centuries Apart Unite ress Telephotos) Some 600 land miles and three centuries in time separated two news ke saya cere ignite on the Atlantic Coast. yesterday. In Provincetown, the Mayflower II (top photo) rides snugly at her huoy in the harbor with the Coast Guard tug Yankton alongside, The Pilgrim monument stands in the left background beyond (lower right) Canberra. Ship reviews the the village. In bottom International in background Naval picture, Review at Defense Norfolk, Secretary Va. from is the USS Northampton. Next to Wilson commander of the Atlantic Fleet. Charles the is Adm, deck E. of Wilson the USS Jerauld Wright, �LYING AT ANCHOR IN PLYMOUTH HAR BOR “MAYFLO WER" i : me IS CENTER gec OF ADMIRING FLEET OF SMALL CRAFT. PLYMOUTH ROCK LIES ON SHORE UNDER COLONNADE �7 , of spectators line the harbor at Plymouth approaches her mooring basin off historie yesterday to greet the Mayflower Plymouth 5000} mile, 54-day voyage Rock, shown re-enacting in background. the Piyeath’S historic trip -owrlership nug Haven For Seafarers Again of and Wirephoio) Press (Associated II, replica of the original Pilgrim ship, as she The the Mayflower’s Pilgrims become in arrival marked the end of a 1620. a perma; nent exhibit at a reproduced grim village. Pil Two minor mishaps occurred op the run from Provincetown. \ Pilgrims of Mayflower II Land On Rock in 1620 Style, Cheered by 50,000, Flotillas of Yachts A Coast Guard vessel towing Mayflower became unmanageable and barged alongside. It became} necessary to cast off, leaving Mayflower. temporarily unmanageable. Again at Plymouth Harbor entrance, a Coast Guard craft assigned to tow her to a mooring briefly fouled Mayflower’s bow‘ sprit with her signal mast. Plymouth, June 13 (P)—MayThen he and his company nurs flower II, reproduction of fhe| ried to hot baths, first in nearly|’ pbark in which the Pilgrims ar-| ‘two months, and fresh food, first rived here in 1620, was snug in: port tonight, her ship’s company| of 33 enjoying the comforts and graces of life ashore for the first time since she left Plymouth, Eng., 54 days ago. | She sailed 24 miles across Cape here Bay today after remaining’ there last night. The original Mayflower also called at Prov- incetown before dropping at Plymouth, Instead of Indians, as anchor in 1620, Mayflower II was greeted by thou- sands yachts of visitors and other and flotillas small craft of as Haskell, first four days out. Villiers described Mayflower “MAY 26, 1957 as “a good, strong, sturdy ship,’’ but when home asked if he preferred to go} on an ocean liner, he re plied: “You bet.” He added, however, ‘I am in| no hurry to go back.” The captain’s sentiments did not jibe with those of Joseph M, Meany, Jr., 17, only American in the crew who shipped as cabin relations, estimated that close to historic Plymouth Rock. veyed from British to American and®prints that will be apterial pearing for the first time in , rint, promising to make this a “Mayflower Days and Ways, |souvenir edition and collector’s official] publication of the May! item. “Mayflower Days and Ways”! flower Reception Committee of aus Plymouth, will be released for|;. Gaited by E. B. Garside, the on sale 30th thor of ‘‘Man From Brazil’”” and transand Red,” | throughout a ten-state Wee: Pub- “Cranberry llished by the Memorial Press| 1.14. of “Gods, Graves and Scholof Plymouth, it is a 32-| » Tt is anticipated — that : “T’d like to do it again; it was | wonderful.”’ 50,000 persons along the coast witPlans call for Mayflower’s denessed Mayflower’s arrival. parture for New York in about Church bells pealed. Strains of two weeks with substantially the the Star Spangled Banner and the same crew. A few must start for British national anthem carried home earlier. out across the water to MayflowMayflower was towed up the]: er’s mooring. A minister offered difficult, winding harbor channel] ' a prayer and a hymn was sung. by a 64-foot Coast Guard boat. Comdr. Allan Villiers, Mayflow: Presumably she will require the er’s veteran windjammer cap- Same assistance when she leaves. tain, and other members of his After a summer as a tourist atcrew were introduced. on a plat. traction in New. York, she is form flanked by reviewing stands, scheduled to return and be conpress ship Mayflower I. Extensive research has uncovered text ma- | MAYFLOWER VISIT SOUVENIR EDITION newsstand boy. After being greeted with a hug director — of and kiss by his mother he said: ‘airplanes and copters soared over‘head. A cannon salute was fired. Walter in almost as long. Mayflower has no refrigeration and fresh food lasted only ‘the lias ee oe Mi PRs Hat ee Throngs : 9} people will visit page tabloid size special edition) (15:6 49 500,000 during the ship’s 12- od weakly jday say in Sure 156 year r, newspape jof the | Colcny Old — J 3 mouth area, and Ways Days “Mayflower lis a collection of pictures and text of the Plymouth colony with |sections devoted to the clothing, / eating and living habits of the ‘ settlers. A section is devoted to | the building and sailing of the Plymouth ‘ �| “WORTHINGTON . ‘The Worthington School Com: mittee ment announces of Leroy the H. Worthington, June 13 — Hampshire District Fellowship of Congregational - Christian Women met in the First Congregational appoint: Rida as cus. todian of the Russell H. Conwell. . School effective July 1. Mr. Rida! will fill the vacancy made by the " retirement of Theodore A. Tatro,| Church first grade in September | should register them with Princi-| _ pal Norman R,. Hallowell at the) school no later than May 24, | __ The volunteer fire department ‘is making plans for a scrap paper ‘drive later this month at a tim tg be announced. | _¢/The Misses Eva and Mabel Moynihan and their brother, Harold’ Moynihan of Holyoke have purchased the Sullivan cottage on Witt Rd. and are making renovations, ——~—__I The spring meeting of the Highland Club, with members. from” Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Plainfield and Worthington, = Dwight president her > of | halters will be demonstrated. This will include showmanship, trail rides. Acting jard indoor judging, Supt. extends a J. fitting Walter cordial | meeting program equitation |shop and at the and Anne ‘T. | Rich- Book- ae ee tte ee class Funeral Home a oe The sympathy of the commun-) ity is eXtended to Mrs. Frederick J. Hillman inthe loss of her husband late Friday evening at their| home “Hillmanor’ on Old Post} Rd. . Funeral services were held Monday at the Dickinson-Streeter in Springfield. < Town Hall exer- tonight. are staying with who is spending the week Teachers College. leaving for Tex- Fire Fighters’ Cummington Pair Injured in Crash - Third in Muster: Worthington, June 14 — Two women suffered painful injury Worthington, July 14—Worthing-| this -afternoon when their car went out of control and struck. a ore near and the junction of Crosby and Old North Rds. Mrs. Dora Ethel Clough, mington, the when were said. returning Health Crosby, Dr. who from driv- Leighton A. Kneller of,. Judith J. Dunlevy, daughter of (Mr. and Mrs. Raymond K. DunJevy, will be graduated from Pittsfield High School on Sunday. A buffet supper will be served st the Worthington Golf Club Saturday at 7, for which reserva-. will are requested. wil] follow. The play Dalton Sunday. Robert T. St. Luke's Roy W. Scotia. Mr. kins and opened is a patient have returned Mrs. Mrs. their on .-—_.. camera and Dalton Hospital. McCann a Entertain-. local club at Bartlett Kronenberger from» and William trip to Nova Allerton Honor home in Paul Tomp- have Fairman Rd. for the summer. Mrs. David (Pardee and two children of New Canaan, Conn., are with them this week. Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins’ son, Paul S., who was graduated from Berkshire School in Sheffield on June 1, leaves tomorrow for Silver Springs, Md., avhere he will be enrolled in Bullis School for the summer. Guy F. Bartlett of The Spruces ‘thas received word of the birth of his 23d- grandchild, a_ son, : SteCharles | Center was Mosher Bartlett. was well represented Hilltown Firemen’s Miss Worthington treated the women at the scene and had them taken in the Huntington Lions Club ambulance to Cooley Dickinson Hospital. The car was demolfished. tions ment ton both of West Cum- Worthington Mrs, Dingle, ing, lost control of the car, police Mrs. will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m, at the fire station under the direction of Hubbell Allen of Plainfield. Commander and Mrs. Harold! F. MacHugh have arrived here! from Sebring, Fla., for the season.” graduation WORTHINGTON, phen Broeks, born today in Oyster Bay, Long Island, to Mr. and Dunphy aid on as, is spending some time with Mr, and Mrs. Harry W. Mollison. mittee will be the Worthington delegate to the Lenox School 'Committee Conference to be held! son May 30, 31 and June 1. ser | re The School Committee an} nounces that children who will be six years old by Dec. 31 may enter first grade in September without taking any entrance test. | first in the last fall before ; chairman of the local school com-) Cross emphasis Arlin T. Cole; formerly of Highland St., who sold his farm there Northampton, will speak on “Comics, TV and Reading.” gf Mrs. C. Raymond. Magargal, Red School field State | School in Williamsburg on | Wednesday at 8 p.m. Lawrence{ 'E. Wikander of Forbes Library, The new in Chicago. Miss Caroline Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bartlett, is at home for the summer from her studies at West- and invitation Hampshire the “A Huntington man, to the people of Worthington to | attenda book fair sponsored by the Haydenville - Williamsburg | | PTA Reading, Massachusetts Mrs. Charles E. Burger at Hillmanor in the absence of their daughter, Mrs. Frederick J. Hill-) /-The Mountain Rangers 4H | Horse Club will meet with Mrs.| Howard Beebe Thursday evening at 7:30 in the Russell H. Conwell School. The making of Yrope last of the dent, Mrs, A. Leland Smith; vicepresident, Mrs. Clarence A. G. Pease; secretary, Mrs. Harlan Creelman, and treasurer, Mrs.| Lewis Zarr. E Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McDaniels | WORTHINGTON The summer of Officers recently installed by the Friendly Guild are: Presi- ey. the residents to Judith Magargal, Bonnie Bartlett, Carol Hathaway, Daniel Dunlevy, Henry Bartlett, Alan Moran, Lawrence Mason, and John. Stevens at the Russell H. cises were guests of Mrs. Fairman’s’ brother and sister-in-law. be Dwinnell subject Conwell home from a three-week: Dallas, Texas where they will 100 spiritual life,” School Superintendent’ J. Walter Richard presented diplomas Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm I. Fairman of Huntington Rd. have re- j wntil fall. about Fellowship of CongregationalChristian Women who chose for be held in Chesterfield on May turned trip to with of women’s groups and church} Jeaders in attendance, Following the morning service seminars were led by Mrs. Osmond J. Billings of South. Amherst, Mrs. Harold Grousbeck of First Congregational Church ih Northampton, Mrs. Theodore Parsons of Southampton, Mrs. Charles E,} Brooks of Goshen, and Mrs. Ernest Paluca of Southampton. Main address was by Mrs. Parents of children who will en-| ter ~—— WORTHINGTON eee 19RD in Cummington. Under at Muster the direction the) today) of Chief C.| | Kenneth Osgood, they gained ‘third place in the oil fire contest, and first place jn the portable _pumping contest# The parade was marshaled by the future fire department of Worthington, comprised of Gerald Bartlett, Wells W. Margargal 2d, and Mark Hallowell with their homemade firefighting aerate) Later in the pr6tfvam, this Tom Thumb department with their gi- ant garbage can, mounted on aj- baby carriage chassis, equipped with a hand pump, put on a firefighting demonstration in front of the grandstand to the delight of the crowd, While most of the department )Was participating in the muster | contest, Lawrence C. Mason and |Carl as S. Joslyn volunteered a home to act guard. ‘Church Fair Nets Fund Over $1000. Worthington, July 14 — Even|!though ‘early morning showers and threatening clouds drove the annual church fair from the vil-|}. lage common into the cramped guarters of Town Hall Saturday, the Women’s sponsors most of Behevolent the successful fair, fair Society, reported the in its his- tory. Mrs. Leroy H. Rida, president, announced net proceeds were in excess of $1000, which will be applied to the parsonage building fund. A luncheon was served in ‘the school cafeteria to 150. At the close of the fair, names were drawn for the doll and wardrot?, and the winner was Donna Sears, An imported sports isweater was won by Cecil Gaston, | �lt Leben fF A Pa CURATION NW fe |Connecticut River Journ ee Award Presented | To Miss Donovan Worthington, Charlene June Donovan, 19 — daughter Miss of” Mr. and Mr. John Donovan, Sr.,’ of Ireland St., was given the John and Ellen Ryan Dwyer Memorial Fund award at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital graduation exercises. This award is given to: the junior student of nursing “who has displayed the compas-. sion, the understanding and the nursing skills necessary in caring for the tionally ill; physically and outstanding ship, growth loyalty in who qualities her and and has of emo- shown” leader- promise of profession.” / Mrs. Ernest W. Robinson, act-ing superintenderit of the Con- gregational Sunday school announces ‘that the postponed Children’s Day program will be presented on Sunday at the 11a. m, ‘lservice. The program will be rehearsed Saturday at 2 p. m. and, -|all the children are requested tabe at the church at that time. George Bergin is at the Albany Veteran’s Hospital where he will undergo a knee operation. Miss Charlotte E. Hathaway will graduate from Northampton High School Friday evening and will enter Lowell State Teachers: College in September. The funeral service for Mrs, May Cranson of Conway, widow of William J. Cranson, was held today in Shelburne Falls... Mrs. Cranson, who was the mother of Mrs. Merwin F. Packard of this town, passed away early Monday at the Ashfield Nursing Home where she had been a patient since last fall. Leslie G. Hickling is at home from month Brook his work in Venzuela for a with his family at Kinne Farm. His daughter, Jill, \will return with him to spend the jmonth of August. eons WORTHINGTON Worthington, June 27--Miss Mary Carney, retiring principal of Brookings Scnool ia Springfield, was honored by a group of friends at a dinner party at the Worthington Golf Club, Miss Carney was presented a bracelet and all guests had corsages of summer flowers made by Miss Mari- ay Pere err os ##Mr. and Mrs. H. Franklin Bartlett are the parents of a daughter| born late Tuesday . at Cooley) Dickinson Hospital. She is the 24th grandchild of ‘Guy F. Bartlett of The Spruces. Her maternal grandparents are Mr. and} Mrs, Preston Sage of Manchesier, |) ‘|Connecticut, and her maternal great-grandparents are Rev. and Mrs. Edward H, Newcomb of Buffington Hill Road...» The Little League basketball ‘lteam will play a Plainfield team here Friday at 6 on the field back ‘lof the Russell H. Conwell School. ; - AUGUST 11, 1957_ Worthington, held carry past the on the same 36 town as stage of Salk for years, former. of Dr. Nursing and September. * Word will has been received from 1926 Mr, inj} and Mrs. William leave Saturday Pittsfield Airport son, Colo., where the summer sister. P. Barton will! morning from to fly to Hudshe will spend with her mother and Miss Joan Osgood will be maid of honor for her cousin, Miss Marjorie Parsons for her wedding on Saturday to Harry Mc‘Neil in St. John’s Episcopal |Church in Massena, New York. Mr. and Mr. C. Kenneth Osgood, the Misses Norma and Mary Lou Osgood and Judith in he be re. Magargal, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Hoey, and Howard Pease will also attend the wedding, this year’s Interstate Ex. program, —~——____-/ jg and Mrs, J. G, Dunn back from Long Beach, and Mrs. d Francis Blodgett Gwendolyn, have of uessts heen Mrs. Frank Bates on Sat il Rd. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bates and two children, who have also been visiting there, have returned to their home in Cazenovia, N, Y,. Mrs. Arthur Ducharme, Sr., accompanied by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Carver of Dalton, are spending several days at Reho-| — Beach, Del. and Ocean City,| Mrs, Peter Tuttle judged the showmanship contest of the 4-H Mountain Rangers this week and the Misses Sandra Sena, Ann Rida, and Linda Sarafin took a| {4daughter, Priscilla, ; Mrs. A. Leland Smith, president of the Friendship Guild, announces that the guild will assume full expense for a week at the Northfield Conference on Christian World Missions for the Misses Joan Osgood and Charlotte Hathaway from July 1 to July 8. This conference will attraet delegates from co-operating denominations all over the country. Daniel Dunlevy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond K. Dunlevy and |R. Allen Moran, son of Mr. and Mrs, Raph A. Moran, left Pittsfield early Monday with Scout Troop 2 of First Baptist Church for a week long, 50-mile hike over the Taconic Skyline Trail ‘te Mount Greylock and onto the | Appalachian Trail back to Pitts- ‘field. that ;and g daughter, Springfiel of the until 1931, m, Cal, and are living in New London, Conn, where Lt. Dunn is stationéd at the submarine base, ae i eapent visitors here Co y Mr, Dunn’ S parents at the death of Effie Scott Burckes, 73, in Reading Center, New York on June 12. Born in this town, she was the daughter of Ransom and Ellen Kelley Scott. The KellyScott - Burekes’ homestead was one of the first places settled in this town and is the farm on West St. presently owned by Ernest Rackham. She leaves her husband, Rev. James H. Burckes, who served as. pastor of the First Congregational Church here réquested there in change Lieut. Jr. are Chris-|, enter Pp. of Kinne Brook Farm are in Grand Traverse County, Michigan this week as guests of 4-H’ers for; topher in Hinsdale. Miss Judith Dunlevy who graduated from Pittsfield Iligh School | this month, has been accepted at the Springfield Hospital School of 8 noons at the Health Center, YMiss Priscilla A, Torrey of Old Post Rd. and James Hickling A. Kneller reports | now a sufficient, office at placed, Dr. Leighton A. Kneller resumed office hours Friday after- this town so that anyone desiring it has only to contact him. He also announces -that beginning on July 5, his office at the Health Center will be closed Friday afternoons to enable him to serve ‘\the Wednesday has the polio, vaccine ‘The gin, a director for the past seven years and an original corporator, service has consecutive Dr. Leighton that there is supply he — town hall, Dr. Lawrence N. Dur- and there will continue to be a 7.30 a. m. mail out of town as there has been for over 90 years. Henry H. Snyder will carry it and also to | 27 annual meeting of the Worthington Health Association will be Worthington, June 26 — The Post Office Department has rescinded the order for a proposed change in mail service in and out of Worthington July first, second, and respectively. # Mrs. H, Ward third places, Se, Arnold has sold her home in Christian Hollow to Mr. and Mrs, John Horton of Pittsfield who will take possession in ay i late in August. By CAL CAMERON Marlow, N. H., Aug, 10 — The Connecticut River, New England's longest, touches four of the six states in its 350-mile journey. In early times it was a_ highway, provider of food and source of power. Today New England powjer plants utilize almost its entire length. From where the. light on Say‘brook Point marks its southern |extremity Even the Connecticut sloop-ofwar Defiance was built in Wethersfield in 1741. It was here the West Indian trade originated and for years brought Whaling |well as <a mescial WORTHINGTON Worthington, Yr . Seow eo teapot Aug. Worthington Library sence president of the } Ye 9 bi: if. Corp. held and vice- president, the clerk Mrs. Larry W. Mollison presided until Mrs. Barry L. Bates was elected president pro tem. Announcement was made of the gift by Walter L. Stevens of Northampton to the local library of his personal library which he has had packed and delivered here. Other large collections of books given during '‘|the past year were acknowledged ,jfrom Mrs. William L. the to New were also Neptune, England. built. the as first navigation above Hart- see nothing on it larger’ than Cowles of Amherst and from Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. McCann of town. All are being processed for circulation Which will be delayed until additional ‘shelving is provided. Officers were elected as follows: | president, Mrs. DeWitt C. Markham; vice-president, Mrs, Harry L, Bates; clerk, Mrs. Harry W. Mollison; treasurer, Arthur. G. Capen; auditor, Mrs. George E. "!Torrey; executive committee for three years, Mrs. Daniel R. Porter and Miss Marian L. Bartlett; executive committee for one year, Carl S. Joslyn, Mrs. L. N. Durgin and Mrs. Robert J. Lucey were proposed for membership, a motorboat. Yet until 1844, when the railroad was built, the river was the highway of the valley. Its lower section, the highway of commerce; while from Springfield north, it served both settlers and} their enemies, who came down in) the days of the French and Indian War to raid and pillage. A most vivid imagination is required to picture the waterfront of each little town on the lower 50 miles of the river a veritable for- est of masts, with incoming boats offering their imported wares for sale at dockside, while others horses, cattle, brick and so in demand in the West Yet that is what you would have found had you journeyed up the river before the Civil War. ifs annual meeting and election of officers Thursday evening with 11 members present. In the ab- | ships ford, at one time the Ledyard steamed as far north as Bellows Falls. Driving up 5A you have many views of the great river, but onions, Indies. ee riches |American vessel to circumnavigate the globe. Although today there is no com- loaded no and on up to Hartford, |the small towns show little to remind you of the busy valley that ithis was from before the Revolution to the close of thee Civil War. Once Valley Highway Although East Haddam seems to have been the largest shipbuilding center, practically all the towns were turning out every conceivable type of sailing craft. saciid ft ey �ey ae THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957. Goshen Church GOSHEN—Reminiscent of éolonial days is the high pulpit includeed in the recent restoration program at the Goshen Congregational Church. ‘Said to be one of the three remaining high pulpits in New England, it has been utilized in the last-half century only on special occasions. Now Rev. Dr. John A. Shaw. pastor, will preach each Sunday from. “on high,” instead of from the low pulpit, at left, now used by the young people's Pilgrim Fellowship. At right are chairs for the 10-member choir. By HARRIET GOSHEN lovers — DRESSER Cormoisseurs of the colonial and period who seek to restore the furnishings of old buildings. to their former beauty will take pleasure, it is believed, in the restoration of the interior of the Goshen Congregational Chureh recently completed. The first :service after the re- decoration was - the Maundy ate the new ary. beauty of the sanctu- Thursday communion ~- service. Sunday the Easter service, with its many flowering spring plants in’ the church, served to accentu- |tracting one’ bit from the grace-| ful austerity which is a_ salient characteristic of the architecture of the colonial churches. The white paint reveals the lovely paneling and calls attention to the baiconies so the curved sweep is more- evident. Experts have said-that the curve of the gallery indicates.a master craftsman. The new. color. scheme is, authentic, and found in most of the early New England churches. Without a doubt Goshen an- _. The church, dating back cestors would recognize it now as colonial days, was moved to their. church, for which ~ they present location a year after i made so many sacrifices, The in- roof was blown off by a torna terior years-ago must have had in 1834. In 1859 it was paintéd inthis same. friendly appearance, side and out, and the color else why did- the community life, scheme ‘with the artificial. wood apart from the religious, center graining adopted; Since then .un- Before the recent improvement, the woodwork, pews and pulpit were a drab color, finished- with varnish over an artificial graining much in vogue in the las century.. This graining was said’ in the church building itself? to have been done by an expert For this they built the old + in this artificial art but, none the churches with balconies, that all less, since the color of the -walls aftairs of the town which brought was a tint of this drab or “dirt” all citizens together at one time, color, as it was called, the dver- might be conducted. under one all effect was to make ‘the Jarge roof. For 51 years town meetchurch seem even larger, and ings. were held in the Goshen tend to dwarf any congregation Church, which could be furnished by the The wine velvet hanging back present population of the town. of the pulpit softens the lines, Now ‘the. ceiling. is white, the the new chandelier with its gold pews and high pulpit are white, topped candles, and the gilt overtoo, but with a mahogany trim. head balcony lights add to its The walls are a warm’ gray with beauty, A decided new~ cona pink tinge which is intensified venience are the new hymn in the rays of the sun on it, so racks, two on each pew, made that it takes a glow and adds to by some the friendly aspect ‘without de- A glassedin niche. for the| three old communion sets. has been inset between. the. doors .as one enters the church, Two sets are of pewter and gne of. silver, and they have the large cup that was. passed from one to another in the olden times when germs were not feared. This cupboard was given in memory of Miss Lurane. Packard by. Mis. Ethel Packard, Mrs. Rachel Ashwanden, Mrs. Frances Cuiver, / Arthur Packard and Henry Packard. church, of. the men of the ; til the present time the only changes. have been in renewing the old with varnish or paint The projection: on the front of the church, .in architectural terms, called “# porch,” and the shape of the gallery. inside, are said to. have a Buillfineh touch, thus linking the church with what is regarded as the best of the postcolonial. Trustees of the church who directed the work and also per- formed’ a great tual labor are deal of the acRichard Know- land, chairman, . Edgar. Charles Brooks, Mis. Ethel ‘ard and Maurice Howes. Judd, Pack- Those who made the suggestion as to color which was voted on by the congregation . were Richard Harry, Mrs. Ethel Packard, George Duensser, Mis. Richard Knowland, Mrs. John Barrus, Mrs. Francis Dresser and Dr. John, Shaw (ex-officio). These” and many more members and friends of the church: vorked very hard for ,this .end, | that the sanctuary. may be a place of. beauty,. where wopship may take place in beautiful sur-| roundings, Much remains: to be done, and already money has been raised toward a fund for a) new carpet for the church. The: Ladies’ Benevolent Assn. is work- | ing for this, too, ! An organ fund also has a good start, with the Couples Club giving some each month for the purpose. Since Dr. John Shaw, pastor of the church, began ‘the| work here the church has been| painted on the outside: the parsonage has been completely renovated and now the interior of the church has been restered to former -peauty, At all times he has given his tine and, ¢tfort’ to the. material. work as well as the spiritual growth of the church. Thus the Goshen Church, joining ‘the ‘churches, proving sana rank — marches its a of progressive| on, and is im- {i material surround. , > : Pee ib �TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1957 At 50th dnintveleoe of WSTC eae WORTHINGTON Class of 1907 _. Nor 1—The sing. | Worthington, May jFor Fun Club will meet Wednes-_ }day evening at 8 at First Con-| gregational under the Jane Conwell Church tg direction rehearse of Miss| Tuttle. The eighth grade of Russell H. Conwell School will hold a rec- ord hop Friday evening at the|_ town hall to. which the public is invited. Proceeds will go. into the class treasury to be used to- _ward the class trip to Boston scheduled for May 12, 13 and 14.| Mrs. Charles C: Eddy — an-! nounces that there will be door prizes and refreshments at the ‘demonstration el to be Holiday ae =; Spruces Oe Ee ee te ee Os oes Marion retired L. Bartlett, last year and second returned from left, former principal to her native who benefit Organiza- is spending is on this week Va., with a teacher vacation from Frank Herbst and Miss May 'BELCHERTOWN is shown School renewing in Springfield, acquaintances Scully, also of Pittsfield. ia} Para Belding Jackson Feted -. For Community Service the church and at University the Jackson of Massachusetts, whose wife was editor of the Belchertown Sentinel a member with Jackson of the and moderator of the town meet- class of 1922 at Massachusetts ing, the testimonial dinner State College, and Prof. Donald marked the quarter century an- Ross, horticulturist at the uniniversary of Jackson’s column versity, “The Steeple’ in the Sentinel. A poem from Dr. Arthur WestAssistant principal of Technical well, formerly of Belchertown,| High School in Springfield and now living in Wyoming, was read| previously at the High School of by the master of ceremonies, and} 4Commerce and Classical High Andrew Sears read verses of his Jackson has been for many years own for the occasion as did a civic, chureh and educational Blackmer, leader in Belchertown where he Testimonial Letters was born in 1899. . Principal Guy Harrington of the Letters and telegrams of con- high schoo] paid tribute to his gratulations read by Blackmer, friend and neighbor as a fellow who was master of ceremonies, educator and churchman, and: came from friends and readers in Michael Mathras and Charles} 11 states in all parts of .the Austin spoke for the selectmen. country. Introduction followed of A packet of testimonial letters two previous ministers of the and a purse were presented to Congregational Church whose Jackson along with best wishes steeple is the symbol under which to him and to Mrs. Jackson for Jackson writes, the trip to Mexico on which they will start July 15, Ministers Speak Rey, Richard Manwell, lauded In thanking the guests Jackson . the guest of honor for his ‘‘stew- said that ‘‘to be loyal to a nation| ardship of his talent.’ Rev. Frederick Charrier spoke of the services to the churches which the Sentinel performed and the vari, ety of subjects its columnist reviewed. Rev. Paul Varga, present pastor, gave his impressions one must start with something | smaller, start where he is.” i A turkey dinner preceding the program was served by the Wom-! en’s Guild at tables decorated in harmony with arrangements of varicolored summer flowers. Rachel McDonnell Mrs. Rachel (Barton) nell, 51, died Thursday for many ‘years. Among guests from a distance who spoke were Prof, Harold Gore, for many years director of athletics 957. ie as a newcomer and Rev. Walter Blackmer his as one who has known Crag. (8 Mrs. | Belchertown, July 8—A hundred friends and neighbors of Belding F. Jackson, met tonight at the Congregational House to honor him as a devoted citizen of Belchertown and a chronicler of its events for 25 years, 25 Years of Column Arranged by Lewis Blackmer, in Miss friend the ‘been under way in this town for the past two weeks, the earliest date on record,. —~—~___. at the 50th anniversary class reunion last Saturday at Westfield State Teachers College. Members of the class of 1907 attending included, left to right, Miss Gertrude A. J. Peaslee of Pittsfield, Miss Bartlett, Mrs. at of Springfield school systtem. i Potato planting operations have of. Memorial Worthington, Teachers Williamsburg, Edna ‘Marsden, thet who for the appar- at 10 “Miss Maiian L. Bartlett of The oi Miss Thursday House Parent ion, of Wearing. given McDon-| after a long; illness, She was born Feb. 25, 1906, in Groveton, N, H., the daughter of Lewis S, and Cora (Sheridan) . Barton. ~ After two years at Plymouth Normal School, She taught two years in Litileton, N.H., and came to Springfield in 1930. Mrs. McDonnell taught at School Street School, Homer Street School and Memorial School, where she was teaching when taken ill. Her husband, Edward A, MeDonnell died in 1953, She made her home at 459 Forest Hillis Rd. with a friend, Miss Georgianna. Marshall, She was a member of St. Barnabas Episcopal Chureh, Fadueation Association, Massachusetts Teachers Association. NEA and Springfield Teachers’ Club. She leaves” her father, Lewis. S, Barton of 74 Walnut St.; two brothers, Raymond Barton of Plainwell, Mich., and Roger Barton of Orleans, Vt.; and several nieces and nephews.! The funeral will Dickinson-Streeter be Saturday afternoon. organ ‘prelude at held funeral at 2. 1.30. at the home, Rev Rey. George Donnelly will officiate. Burial will be in Hillerest Cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p» m. } �2 Fire Equipment in Use | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1957 |Lawder-Glidden ENGAGED» | Engagement Told Announced at Dinner Par- ty in Worthington Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel F. Glid- > den, Jr. of Englewood, N. J. announced the engagement of their - |daughter, Elizabeth Carvel, to Douglass Ward Lawder, Jr., son of Mr, and Mrs. Lawder of Fairfield, Conn. at a dinner party Saturday night at Denworth Farm, Worthington. Miss Glidden attended Dwight School for Girls in Englewood, and spent last year in Paris studying at Sorbonne University. She was graduated from Smith College: Sunday. Miss Glidden is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ariz. “|F. Cecil L, and Glidden Mr. L. Drew and Mrs. of Denworth of Mesa, Nathaniel Farm. Mr. Lawder attended Williston Academy and js in the graduating class at Kenyon College where he MISS ls a member ternity, A yariety of equipment was used during a practice session this week of the Brookside Volunteer Fire Company at Greenfield. Shown with the Scott air pack are, left to right, Lt, Robert Lovett, Lt. Richard Tetreault and Capt. David Bartlett. Wearing the mask used to enter smoke filled areas is George Lapointe. of Psi Upsilon fra- (Arlene ELIZABETH Photo) C. Whose engagement to# Douglass) Ward Lawder, Jr., has been announced, Exeter Academy to Show Auction Afoot} Greenfield, July 16—Instead of the block dance that has been given in past years, the Brookside | will Company Fire Volunteer sponsor an auction on July 24 at 7 p. m. at Gebhart Field. George! Bean, ‘#he Yankee auctioneer,”’ will conduct the sale, proceeds of which will go into the organization’s fund. Engine 2, followed by a convoy will call at} of station wagons, the area on homes throughout July 21 for donations of articles for the auction. William Cleary) and George LaPointe will be in charge of the drive. | Germain Glidden’s Works (72 Volunteer Fire_ GLIDDEN Worthington Artist Interested in Revetidy sonality’ Through Painting Per- ~~~ “portrait Painter May 27 will— Phily Worthingto Exeter n, Academy. preThe scope of Germain Glidden’s lips sent an exhibition of mural designs and portraits, selected career as a portrait painter is and the several hun-! extensive works : S by :Germain Green Glidden : dreds of portraits he has paintNorwalk,] og are included in private and: and of Warwunay Conn,, upon the occasion. of the this across collections | public 25th reunion of Mr. Glidden’s country and abroad. His work Exeter class of 1932, from Tuesranges from the tender portraits day to July 31 in Lamont Art! of young children to works that bee als Alumni Hall, Exeter, depict in paint and canvas the personalities of and r ‘Mr. Glidden, or “G3” as he is characte prominent of our most some often called, has been honored citizens. In recent years, he has a8 both | devoted some of his talents to ents for his.and gehievem artist athlete. His success is mural painting. shared by his wife, Nancy EsAs a change of pace from his cher, and their three children, serious work, the artist has crePamela, Christine, and Elaine. drawings enjated a series of Studied in New York Inc.” picturing titled ‘‘Groggs, After graduating from Exeter frogs as humans. With a jolly) and Harvard, where he majored sense of humor, he satirizes our) in the fine arts, he studied five 0th century society not exclud-| ears at the Arts Students @ expressing thus ing himself, eague of New York, There he light side of his own personality was a student of Alexander and giving many a good chuckle. Ables, Charles Arthur Lee and was ga member Chapman, and; for three years!) of the Board of Control, Of particular importance to this long and thorough preparation for his profession, were “several years spent at the Metro- politan Museum, where he studied the techniques of the masters, concentrating on the works of Vermeer, Titian, Rembrandt and Rubens. Mr. war years, the During served with the U. §. ‘|Glidden Navy as a recognition officer of service unit aircraft a carrier in Maui, Territory of Hawaii. Accepts Challenge 4, one catalog of his portrait- ure, 1954, he states the following : “To reveal personality in a convincing fashion through the medium of painting and canvas ig & prime inchallenge—it is the terest of my life to accept this challenge.”’ He has met another challenge | jwith equal vigor. While at Harvard he set a record of winning of the captain }12. letters, was Harvard tennis team in 736 and victorious the of a member Harvard-Yale combine over Ox|ford-Cambridge in England, 1935. in the only player is the He to racquets \history ‘of squash win the three national singles, 36, °37, °38, retiring undefeated. He wag. again victorious in the ‘national doubleg “52, and the Na- | tional Veterans, | ’55 eer through ’57. | �Tret FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1957 | HUNDREDS FETE BOYDENS, WED FOR 50 YEARS y—— 2 = OE a Ses = eer le ee of his influence,: experience Smith College Graduate — qva~e— = and Worthington, School in her brother, Samuel) from| graduated She joining the academy Deerfield Academy Head-| fore lof which she was a member. master and Wife Hon- faculty, and ment lend they also social the to an church affairs en in and Alger; encourage1 their married life, in 1913 and has won wide recog-|/¢2™ly daystownof was quite different of field the in nition in-| science S2id from the *{mona, Academy and Mrs. Boyden member of the Monday Club joined by more than 400 until recently was a member friends and relatives on the cam- the pus of Deerfield afternoon for the their 50th wedding Franklin County and! Branch Academy this the American Association of Uniobservance of versity Women. She is a member! anniversary. of the Gay Occasion had planned to make and Deerfield has served as Woman’s alumnae qynita yi hurch in a chartered of hep alahts from of} home, The church Club! pres- brated under yyytchins, Deerfield period of an the the Wapping had been dec- direction artist who and Greenfield years. The of Will, lived over in, a ceremony was performed by Rev. Andrew They it a ident of her Smith College class.) Gardening Chief Hobby Campbell of Cambridge, at one quiet event amid the natural One of her chief hobbies is her} time jjme minister minister 0of eee the Congregasplendor the campus which has for so long been their home, but!gardening, both here and at her and Rev. here, Church their friends came from far and/summer home. Her greenhouse! | tional wide to make it a gay occasion. been has source great a of hap-| The campus area was colorful- piness to her and her friends dur-| ly decorated for the festivities and a feature was the presentation of the “Kids From Home” show under the direction of Dr. J. Clement Schuler. Guests included two memvers; of wedding the ago. They were Mrs. of terson 50 years| party Duxbury, ing the winters. Dr, Boyden, a native of Foxboro and graduate of Amherst |College in the class of 1902, was jheadmaster at the academy for five years at the time of their marriage. Paul C, Pe-, building who Signs up’ the evidenced. was ready of his school ability were in al; |Richard E. Birks, at that |pastor at the Brick Church. in the old school building| which stood under the buttonball way! tree and which later made for the new school building. most of the jtle in a home before the opening has driven over country roads in, this area, stop- of the school term. John, children, Boydens’ The ping to chat along the way and friendships Theodore and Elizabeth, have all many thus forming Fuller, Miss Rachel Hawks, Paul and making new acquaintances. Hawks, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Al- He has also taken pleasure in had their own places in the life jot the community and now their grandchildren, Cary and Kathy, Miss having his horses at his summer Brown, Mabel Miss len, are proving to be. good predicHarriet Childs and Russell Cowles home in New Hampshire. all of Deerfield. _ His horses have been a bond of tions for the continuance of the One of the highlights of the friendship between him and chil- | Boyden tradition in Deeftfield. day was during a family lunch- dren of the town for the stable! eon at noon when Dr. Boyden has been a focus of interest for) was presented a figurine of his Many of them. His sports ‘interfavorite horse and his carriage with him seated, reins’ in hand and wearing his dark cap with the white D. It was complete even to the white streak down the horse’s nose. "Tr War the SwOracor sculptor Prescott W. Baston_ ofon Marble-| a stone head and was placed pen holder with fountain hore the Boyden, aitante g inscription Deerficld’s clannnieseaawt? ; pen, ‘Frank most ji} est is ancther ve pete with ‘the games and — on ie nave. Desh made availteres ee other schools in :emer- : Dr. Boyden served as chairman L. of the Franklin unfor-| bond young folks. for he encourages all projects for promotion of sports in the town. Grade school children have been permitted to use County Chapter, his American Red Cross, until resignation last year, and was able to be of great value because C. Rica. ‘school year’s ‘lacting time To Springfield by Auto The few remaining in the area maid of honor and Mrs. Jean} Groups of Smith and Amherst; Greenough Krogh of West Hart- who were here at that. time will recall his youthful appearance College mates of the couple alterford, who was a bridesmaid. There were several persons of| when he arrived in town. Some inated in singing and cheering life of the{members of the academy board for the bride and bridegroom. At inthe importance academy, in education in general! expressed doubts as to the ad- :9 p. m. the family returned to as well as in politics and busi-| visibility of having such a youthcouple and the happy , Wapping ness but there were several who } ful appearing and inexperienced attended the wedding who were| young man try to cope with the field by autoBut they soon found ltraveled to ‘Spring situation. regarded as special guests. they were mistaken and -at the mobile. Special Guests town ; It was the first ride in a car the of his wedding They included Mr. and Mrs. Al-| time bert Childs of Pittsfield, Mr. and gave him a token and statement for either of them, adding exciteof Deerfield, of their appreciation of his fine Childs Sam Mrs. ment to the day. After a honeybrothers of Mrs. Boyden, Mrs. work in the community. { moon month in Duxbury, they Interests Are Manifold Bessie Clark Gaskell of South Dr. Boyden’s hobbies and inter-; visited in Foxboro before return-| Deerfield, Mr. and Mrs. George . Cary of Haverhill, Mrs. Jose- ests are manifold. Chief among ing to Deerfield on Sept. 1 to setHe} phine Starr of Conway, Miss Ber- them are horses and sports. of Brattleboro, Davenport tha Vt., Miss Louise Partenheimer of Greenfield, Harry Brown, Miss/ Harriet Harris, Miss Elizabeth ‘Charles A reception for 600 guests and folHall Dickinson in friends This hall| ‘lowed the ceremony. was Mrs. Walter Smith; Flora, uw 44 (Picture On Page One) past the during struction The wedding party, numbering ‘a \ Deerfield, June 27—Dr. Frank years. the Old L. Boyden, headmaster of Deera_ charter; SCOT or more, arrived at was Boyden Mrs. field were Everett; Mrs, G. H. Ridgway; lady assistant steward, Mrs, William F. Sanderson; pianist, Miss Jane Conwell Tuttle. Scheduled speaker for the Par‘lent-Teacher meeting Wednesday *|was unable to be present so Mrs. *|Robert J. Lucey, program chair‘lman, invited three persons who are active in the 4-H Club work to speak on that organization, Mrs. -H. W, Mollison, - Mrs. day Deerfield. the present assistant steward, Pratt; chaplain, ‘Mrs. Howard Mollison; treasurer, Mrs, Stanley S. Mason; secretary, Arthur G. Capen; gatekeeper, Roger Rob‘lerts; Ceres, Janet Fairman; Po- financial of the church. | un- ‘functions 12—Worth- as follows: master, William F.| Sanderson; overseer, Mrs. Robert Pratt; lecturer, Mis, Willis Alger; steward, Miss Marcelline in recalling their Mrs. Boyden, marriage in 1907. She reher duties on the faculty \wedding of 50 years ago and ae til her sumed ored by Over 400 in Church Affairs Mrs. Boyden take Active Dr. and taught}active interest a i |Smith College in 1904 and Catheri year at the jone ai « Sept. ington Grange has elected officers \than 200 years and which is now of the community. by - WORTHINGTON Mrs. Boyden, the daughter of}executive ability. e has served in a number of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Childs, offices ‘during her girlhood lived.on the) town, county and_ state has|and his influence has been felt homestead in Wapping which more||direct ly or indirectly by residents been in the Childs family jowned \Childs. > | the DOOKS, “Dr, Eddy and Leroy H. It was voted to start aj reference library as the project with the teachers as a committee to select mmm Mary P. Snook fell in her home Monday morning and is receiving treatment for a back in-! jury in Cooley Dickinson Hospi-| | i T Mrs, ing..in A. FE. Albert is recuperat-{ North Adams Hospital’ surgery! underwent she where She is expected to relast week, turn home in a few days. Schermerhorn Richard Mrs. has returned to Montclair, N. J., at the a week spending lafter 1 {Worthington Golf Club. is spending Secor Holt* Mrs. two weeks in New York with her husband, has _ reFitzGerald Richard turned from a trip to Denver and Alberquerque, N, M., visiting sel sister, Marjorie Rees, in Denver, | and his brother, in Archer, the} latter place. and of Mr. son Alger, Todd Mrs. Willis Alger of Christian Hollow, was a member of the Smith cattle dairy vocational School judging award team that won at the Tri-County the state | Fair last| week. Todd won third place in the all FFA judging contest. �; z r Silent Cal Speaks Out Plymouth, 1797 , Vt., Key to Coolidge Enigma | JULY 17, 1957 operated as an in-/~ sion and ‘mis Where He Was Born fington after announcement of the] Awesome Point n center and inn, it origG. Warren In the back of the general store|death of President Standing at any point in Plym-| formatio Hirof d homestea the was Plymouth, Vt:—Some of the an- outh, Plymouth Union, which ‘‘is|inally There was and is no|! in the village is a room pointed|Harding. wife homestead swers to the enigma that was} down the in to as the one in which President|telephone the road a piece,” or|am Dunlap Moor and his and Calvin Coolidge, for whom Grace Plymouth Notch, re: is oe Abigail, whose daughter Victoria| Coolidge was born, the: street. Framed thejacross «on Across: and red : ee Col. married Moor Goodhue was the perfect coun-} east,’”’ the surrounding mountains] Josephine sags bill up giv: cre oe Se visitors the President’s That| Coolidge and was distance block sight of any horizon.beyond) away,} mother. A short along the _ political are to be found by to this isolated awes is what hills the hamlet a horizon viewed Coolidge lost among towering who neither saw nor knew the Mountain peaks, | President and think of him in, has that legend of the ‘terms Better Understanding Gained | Many who came here to attend} built up. According to Orton, the populathe committal services for the} almost Green widow of the 30th President of) tion of Bkymouth when Coolidge; was a boy was about 12, mostly) the United States and burial alongside her husband, his ancestors and her younger son left}, with a better understanding of} what made Silent Cal. A great deal of the credit for the intimate view goes to gracious, generous Grace Goodhue Coolidges and relations; when he took the oath of office as President the population was about 12: today it is about 12, There are and hay fields corn fields galore here, but no trace of a baseball field. There are yeenty of barns, sheds and out buildings, Coolidge, her like-father son hoops basket peach but no John, and the Vermont Historical against a smooth barn wall to Sites Commission, of which Vrest There at. a basketball throw Orton of Weston, Vt., is chairday Coolidge’s in none were man. either, villagers say. Last year the Coolidges turned| More visitors are finding this over the homestead here to the remote village in Vermont every all sections ‘of the commission which has restored from day, it, as nearlyeas possible to the), country. Down the hill in Plym- conditions during President Cool- outh idge’s boyhood and the night of} Aug. 2-3, 1923, when the vice-|' president was administered the oath of office of President by his father, Col. John Coolidge. It is almost as it was on that historic night and is sufficiently so to give an insight into the austere, frugal life of ing Vermont the all of the homestead,|| piano according purchased to Orton, in B Los shipped Col. Coolidge Sieg for the day “it might ey Plymouth 70 years or more ago. The box was stored in the barn come in handy.” Still available but not on display are some 20 bushel bas-] kets of birch bark and wood] chips, picked up and saved by Miss Aurora Pierce, Col. Cool-| idge’s housekeeper for many| years, who stayed on at the homestead at the President’s direction until she diedin 1956. “We didn’t have room for pub-| lic display for all things that were jgood was saved over the years. In a Vermont home, nothing ever thrown away,” Orton the former President & association. gatercs Except for necessary alterations to accommodate a flow of tourists through the place, the Coolidge homestead, Orton says, has been restored to the exact}, condition it was the night Cool-/ LAMP COOLIDGE idge was rooms, inal condition, thing the 3 anniversary 85th Coolidge Se Highway ESAT of his ed, modern building and, to its site. present Off Route 100A, opposite the| ce al aees Pie aaa leading into this village, two| turn in-| * tained. On the day of Mrs. Coolsmall signs marked ‘‘cemetery”’ idge’s burial here, when many) might have been coming over the road, the State Highway Department was resurfacing a stretch near Bartonsville with oil and chipped stone which delayed traffic a bit, but otherwise the traveling was smooth. Coolidge Highway is Route 103 out of Bellows Falls, and to Plymouth is 40 miles. The road 'to this community leaves Route 103 just north of Ludlow, Vt., and Route 100 leads to Plym-' outh Union. There, unless motor- , ists miss the relativity small point up .a dirt road. It is the Pl ymouth Notch Cemetery where last week Grace Coolidge was the 23d member of the family to be buried. One of the 22 grave markers bears the name ‘‘Cooledge.’’ Whether the stone_ cutter made a mistake or the Presspelled his name ident’s ancestor that way is not known. First Coolidge to be buried in the family plot was a Calvin who lived from 1780 to: 1853. Another Calvin there was born in 1789 and died in 1856, while the Pres- ‘ident’s grandfather, Calvin Gal- « ze et ee i shades are drawn in the the way the it was rooms and with illum- electri-| . The actual ‘‘Coolidge Lamp’ that lighted the sitting room for the ceremony is not there, due to the foresight of the central figure of the occasion who apparently recognized the historical | significance of the act. If any in| this town know the whereabouts, of the original ‘‘Coolidge Lamp,’ of which hundreds of replicas) _have been turned out, they don’t | indicate it. However, Mrs. Helen | Woods of Northampton, Mass., prominent artist and lamp-maker who was commissioned by B Coolidge to replicas, says manufacture she was the told by! ‘the President he intended to turn| |} “The Jamp that lighted the path to the White House” was similar to the one pictured. the original over to the Smith-; -sonian Institute in Washington.| Presumably it is there. Guide Book Quoted Through the courtesy of Orton, a word above, which is an electrified original, of the replica in Smithsonian | kerosene the copy Institute. from lamp made was as it now The took the oath as from his father, Coolidge, Several reproductions, all electrified, now light the home which has been opened to the public, Mrs. Helen Woods of Northampton was given the exclusive permission of Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge to reproduce the Coolidge Lamp. book say is the one in Ce peace bas has been excerpts a made from book and history he has g eee g ee opens into the barn. There two stalls, one for the lign- ut are} | ‘for work around the place and \| the’ other for the driving horse which the President was born on July 4, 1872. The second floor of the store is a combination general hall dance and place meeting and it was in that loft that President Coolidge conducted affairs oe through eae lighted of the homestead appears ee the scene in the Plymouth, Vt., homestead when Calvin Coolidge President John ©. picture NOW | possible which sign pointing to “‘Coolidge Home‘usha Coolidge, was born in 1815 says. stead,” they turn off on Route schon : and buried in 1878. The President In a guide book and history of 100A that leads to the hamlet of of state while ssidvacationing here. make Jr., and his son Calvin, tables rough original the of the Coolidge home, which came | Plymouth. The route, only com-j | Four five of that name to lie in the On Which: Work<Wwas done by the off the presses in time for distri- | pletely paved road leading into ees Pathe a president and his ‘staff are still bution last week when Mrs, Cooland out of Plymouth, winds )straight line lot, The first John)| is set up to idge was buried here, Orton | through to be buried in the |in the room. A fifth the village, to Calvin Coolidge and comments that the home and its Coolidge State Park in the hills eet. ke 1866, i tas | permit visitors to sit down same pees. E and} | writ e age 0 a surroundings make it more un- | and. connects with main Route 4 ond in derstandable how President Cool- ;at Bridgewater Corners. are. : e summering here.” idge has become ‘‘a symbol of A half dozen gleaming white, is) | wrote at when > pan from 1845 to 1926. 3 There those classic old American and ‘clapboard buildings and one large no further room for expansion of | | In the general store building, a gases se | also, is ts wall Motes Vermont virtues of austerity, ‘farm, painted gray, make up Sie ae Sue te the operator, to get was cranked abiding faith in God, personal in- Plymouth. Wilder House is one L : eneve by Cooltegrity, unpretentious frugality, of two buildings dominating the the last of the famous family to | which was ‘borrowed’ || idge to communicate with Washindependence of mind and center. Now the property of the rest there. Vermont Historical Sites Comspeech.” ee the glass there.”’ in Ver- from|mont tradition, was ‘‘saved” by|/ ——=jmoving of fied kerosene lamps, we have} tried to make you feel that, on! that night in 1923, you were ernment. Only a few drove over|the story and a half homestead.|! paved roads last July 4, which |The addition is a well-construct-| was by presidential oath, | Says Orton, ‘‘by placing every- | inating ad- now first floor rooms to simulate the darkness of the early morning hour when Coolidge took the which is now two-story furnishings protected Window and all but the in as Président. and partitions, have been placed in the exact position as recalled by eye witnesses to the oath-taking. at the cross roads. A dead-end dirt road runs} downhill to the farm of Calvin /Galusha Coolidge, grandfather of faith to reaffirm sworn Furniture A bungalow home with four cabins for tourists complete the | President Coolidge, the of use for idge phone, the one surviving member of the distinguished family, his son,| John, are buried. hav- regis- sktaciation, where the GOP powwow took place a score of years ago, From it can be seen the hillside cemetery in Plymouth Notch where : i i ;.tn4 Coolidge doctrine of gov-|dition wag out of place alongside the|'Ditth. y and death dent’s not yet -opened to the public, stands a large wooden box, found in the barn when the} historical agency took it over. In it, with a istorical Beyond the factory and up the}; dirt road a ways is the knoll}: ‘operated by Charles Hoskinson, as caretaker for John Coolidge. political chieftins, in their anx- On one of the higher knobs inj jety to win a presidential elec- the village is the summer home home of John and Florence (Trumbull) Coolidge the used tion, and family. The twosite here to shore up the political) Coolidge platform, the state of Vermont’ story home was moved to its lo-| has taken steps to make Plym- cation from the original Coolidge homestead to which it had been outh accessible to tourists. built. as an addition by President Faith Reaffirmed Two decades ago, hundreds of Coolidge after his father’s death. the Vermont Historial the party faithful: came over dirt When roads to this village to ‘‘honor’’ Sites Commission decided to rePresi- store the homestead to its orig-|| of the anniversary the of Northampton, legislator, lieutenant governor and governor of Massachusetts and chief execu‘tive of the United States are visible, Piano Box Saved atti ic automobiles seen report of the country, most occupants of which have missed the turn and are looking for directions to “the Coolidge place.” Since the day about 20 years national Republican when ago the factors that influenced the youth who was to become mayor In the natives factory,” is the Coolidge homestead. Across the road, which apparently separates more than from}, one side of the highway Plymouth the is the other Church, while across from Wilder House is the Florence Cilley village store operated by Mrs. Violet Pelkey. Cheese Shop Boarded a good factory, cheese The sized building, once a thriving business under guidance of the Coolidges, is now boarded up. oe tration plates of nearly all states cluster of buildings Yankees who seek to make a liy- ing from the rocky soil of mountainous state. But not Union, Fe visitors up the road toward the ‘‘cheese|°_ f aZh terbalance glory road, ck a apa a ‘By A STAFF REPORTER used by Col. Coolidge for trips -in his buggy, which is also on display. The saddle used by young Calvin to learn to ride, which) was a master was one of his favorite recreations when President, is in the barn, along with equipment for horses and passengers in the buggy or sleigh. Stairs lead to the shed attic, where everything not needed at the moment was stored. It was there the piano box was found. The tool room has not been restored but is used to display the various tools used by Col. Coolidge, who eraftsman among other things. The room was originally part of an apartment for Mr, and Mrs. Eugene C. Aldrich, about the ‘turn of the century, after Aldrich had been hired as cheese maker in the nearby Coolidge factory. Later it was used by Col. Coolidge, when he was deputy sheriff, to hold prisoners overnight ‘before taking them to the jail in | Woodstock. mt I �The shed bedroom contains the! The four-poster bed on which Presi-| dent Coolidge was born, cov-| ered by a quilt he pieced togeth- which after he became of the homestead, the President when home he was of — the. four, ait-_ er his father purchased it, a blacksmith shop and several acres of land for $375, ends at the parlor. The piano from Bos-| ton, a black walnut horsehair er: as a 10-year-old boy. Other garments worn by Cal’ before and tour became President, like a woolen frock worn while working in the fields, are to be! suite of furniture, a corner what- | seen. not with rare pictures of the fam-_ Ax Still in Block The woodshed where the President learned at an early age to split wood is filled with wood and the ax used by Cal has ~ been stuck into the chopping block to ‘give the impression there is but a temporary lull in activities in the fuel-wise important section of the house. The laundry, the kitchen pantry and even the privy are other rooms reached before, visoitors get to the kitchen, which according to Orton, was the center of home life of the future President. Of the Sites quotes “Most in the kitchen, the room. The Orton visitors concludes book, through the the which guides| homestead, tour in true idge tradition, “After .you i with: leave this Cool- room) (the parlor), the exit door to the outside Please go is to your close through this it.” aid left door : going out. after you ND espe oe Historical chairman} Commission Mr. Coolidge as saying:| of the visotors would sit} kitchen with Father and | Mother the the ily and the only known photo-/ graph of Calvin and his ‘sister Abigail together, taken some time before her death as a young girl, are among furnishings in and world the hardest thing for me was in} to have to} go through that kitchen door and], greet visitors. By fighting hard | I used to manage to get through that kitchen door. I’m all right} now with old friends, but every time I meet a stranger I have to stand by the old kitchen door a minute. It’s hard.” Hanging plates decorate the é Mrs. Coolidge in 1930 | kitchen walls, including a pewter plate cherished by the as one that belonged Coolidges to Sally) Thompson, said to have been an {Indian and a relation of the President’s grandfather, Calvin Galusha Coolidge. Between the] two the windows in the kitchen shaving mirror and on is} a shelf is’ the shaving mug that be- longed to the President with his] name embossed on it in gold Whether it was the mug being used by -Lawyer Coolidge in Northampton the morning he first noticed school teacher Grace Coolidge is not known. That morning the young Clarke] School for the Deaf teacher was in the school garden and noted a i young man in the window of a nearby house, completely at-|) tired even to his felt hat while | shaving, The hearty laughter for which she was noted, as she saw] Calvin Coolidge for the first time attracted his attention to her, As On Night of Oath Center of tourist attraction is the oath of office room, which was considered the sitting room as distinguished from the parlor or best room. The table, the chairs, the Bible, portraits and pictures, Se are all in the exact po- was awakened announce gram death by his arrival father of ‘a containing news of of President Warren ‘Harding Mr. the is there. Coolidge’s are on the floor. Two shoes, pairs size to tele- the G. of 7%, a _ (Associa Mrs, Coolidge died yesterday in Northa mpton in the downstairs bedroom which. actually was the ‘room of Col, | Coolidge. Because the commiss | sion has been unable to arrange public. access to the upstairs rooms, the bedroom of President and Mrs., Coolidge has been re- | stored on the first floor. Everything that is known to have been in the upstairs room when Cal ag ted Press Wirephoto) This picture of Mrs, Calvin Coolidge was taken in Tene. 1930, on the grounds of the , then ‘new Coolidge home at Northampton, as the former President and his wife posed with their pet dogs. sition of the night the oath was administered, One major deviation from the original pattern of the house is } | f t at 78. �JULY 9, 1957 MRS. COOLIDGE her and believing her condition] section of Washington Ave. and! | grave, John requested ‘his moth\er’s physician. be- summoned, He drove his family to their home | and returned here, arriving short- RITES IN HAMP SET TOMORROW ly before President Names Salton_ stall as His Representative at Funeral his mother died, James Ave. Avid Baseball Fan _ On’ her return here from ington, Mrs. Coolidge Wash-! retired! from nearly all social activities. Mrs. Coolidge first was stricken She retained an avid interest in} with a heart attack in 1952 and baseb all and made frequent trips| was confined in Cooley Dickinson ito Red Sox games in Boston and | |Hospital for some time. She re- |to Worlds Series contests as the ;entered the hospital early this guest of the president of the Na‘year and spent- several weeks tional League: | there for treatment of her heart She also continued te work ac-| condition and a kidney ailment. lively for Clarke School for the| Tn recent weeks she had been. at 'her_ home, “Road... Forks’ at | Deaf, of which she was president of the trustees and Edwards Congregational Church, where she |Eisenhower today named Sen. nurses in constant attendance, worshipped for many years. “Most Gracious” |Leverett Saltonstall, Republican During World War II, when the | 'senior senator from MassachuOften described as the most WAVES training school was essetts, to represent him at the fu- gracious First Lady since the tablished at Smith College, Mrs. neral of Mrs. Grace Goodhue days of Dolly Madison. Mrs, Coolidge surrendered her $25,000 Coolidge, 78, who died in her Coolidge was born in Burlington, home to the commanding officer home here early this morning, Vt., Jan. 3, 1879, daughter of of the school and resided with her Capt. Andrew I: Goodhue, a Ver- close Tributes Sent to Family friend, Mrs. Adams in mont Democrat and a United As tributes and messages of Washington Ave, inspector who condolence showered on the fam-]) States steamboat Her death this morning came served on Lake Champlain. Her virtually ily, funeral arrangements as unon the 33d anniversary ostentatious as the life she led in|) mother was the former Lemira of the tragic death of her younger Barrett of Hancock. son, Calvin, who died July 7, 1924.| this city were completed for the After her graduation from the She leaves only her son John, /Vermont country girl who beher| University of Vermont in 1902 daughter-in-law, the former 'eame the nation’s First Lady. Flor-| with a bachelor of philosophy deence Trumbull and The funeral of the widow of Calher grand-| gree, she came to Northampton as dauchters, Cynthia, vin Coolidge, 30th President of 23, a secrea teacher at Clarke’ School for tary at Trinity College the United States, will be held at and Lydia, the Deaf, 18, who will enter Bradford Jun: 2 Wednesday in Edwards Congreaior Colleg It was here that she met e in the fall, gational Church, with Rev. Richyoung Amherst College graduate, ard Linde, pastor, officiating. from Plymouth in her native state, It will be the third time in 33 who was studying law in a local years that the historic church at law office. She became Mrs. Cal{Main and State Sts. has been the | scene of funeral services for ajr vin Coolidge Oct. 4, 1905. Their honeymoon in Montreal lasted on-| i;member of the Coolidge family. ly a few days because Coolidge In July, 1924, services were Was campaigning for a School held theré for Calvin Coolidge, Committee post against the late Jr., younger son of President and John J. Kennedy, who defeated ‘Mrs. Coolidge, who died of a foot the future mayor, governor of jinfection resulting from an injury suffered while playing tennis at || Massachusetts and President. in the local election, It was the only the White House. ' election Coolidge ever lost. In January, 1933, with the great The young couple rented at $26and near-great of the country in a-month a duplex tenement at 21 attendance, the funeral of PresiMassasoit St., which was to be dent Coolidge was conducted in their home until Coolidge retired the church. from the presidency. In accordance with her wishes,| Helped Husband’s Career Mrs. Coolidge’s graciousness, there will be no calling hours at charm and ability to make friends the Charles R. Dutton funeral were qualities that helped,the pohome where Mrs. Coolidge’s body| will remain until time of the fu-| litical career of her tight-lipped neral. It also is requested that} husband, who rose rapidly from mayor. to lieutenant-zovernor. flowers be omitted and contribu-| governor and. vice-president and tions made, instead, to the Heart} from which office he succeeded Fund, Cremation will follow the} to the presidency on the death of church services. and Mrs, Coolidge’s ashes will be buried Friday Warren G.. Harding in 1923, It was said that few. women ever at 1 p. m. alongside the graves went to the White House with less of her husband and son in the hillside cemetery at Plymouth, Vt., experience for the job as Washwithin view of the Coolidge famington’s leadine hostess but Mrs. ily homestead. Coolidge quickly proved as charming and graceful a hostess Periodically ill for more than a as the Capital ever had seen, year, Mrs. Coolidge died at 12.50 Her mother’s illness. that rethis morning of coronary disease auired frequent trios away from and congestive heart failure. At jher bedside when she died was Washington is believed to have been one of the reasons for Cool‘her son, John and Dr. James Averill, who was attending her in idge’s famous: decision, ‘I do not the absence of her regular phys- choose to run’’ and the couple relician, Dr. Hugh Tatlock. An au- turned to this city and their rent| topsy showed, Dr. Averill said, ed duplex home in Massasoit St. \that Mrs. Coolidge suffered cur- in 1929, Soon after, however, they “The Beevhes,’”’ a ;vature of the spine, an enlarged purchased \heart and congestion of the lungs modest estate overlooking Pynch‘as well as the heart ailment and eon Meadows south of Northampton, where the former President a kidney disorder. died in 1933. After her husband’s Son Week-End Visitor ideath, Mrs. Coolidge sold ‘‘The John Coolidge, only surviving son of the late former President After week ending in Vermont, Beeches”’ to Mr. -.and Mrs, Sidnev Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge, displayed the steicism which John Coolidge, “Sis wife, the for- Bailey and made her home with characterized his father as he left Edwards Chureh yesterday mer Florence Trumbull, and their Mrs. Florence Adams here and \two daughters, Lydia and Cyn- in South Carolina until she had with his wife, the former Florence Trumbull of Plainville, Conn., \thia, stopped yesterday to visit built “Road Forks,” a three-story | Northampton, July 8—President Washington and James Ave., with Son ae Mrs. Coolidge Rites jhis mother en route from Ver- mont to their home. in Farmington, Conn. Noting that his moth- ‘er had failed since he last visited white brick home at the inter- following the brief and simple funeral of his mother. �= sae eS pantieta =~ =< JULY 1, 1957" | State, Federal Officials ne lines a Feuera for the Deaf, members of the Smith College faculty, and George Bean ‘‘The Yankee Auc_ tioneer,” who was among Mrs. Coolidge’s close associates in Northampton. .Two the and national of: ficials of Pj Beta Phisorority, 10 Which Mrs. Coolidge bejionged while an undergraduate at the University of Vermont, were present. They were Mrs, George W. Westcott of Amherst, northeast province president of Federal and state governments were represented at the 17-minute funeral yesterday in Edwards Congregational Church, Northampton, of Mrs. Grace Goodhue Coolidge, widow of Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States. In front, left to right, are: Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, personal representative of President Eisenhower} Massachusetts Atty. Gen. George Fingold and Mrs, Fingold. BRIEF SERVICE IS TRIBUTE. TO MRS. COOLIDGE ~ Displaying the ‘same /mer Florence Church /and neighbors July and 10—Friends a sprinkling of dignitaries paid final respects to |Mrs. Grace (Goodhue): Coolidge this afternoon, honoring to the last her desire to remain inconspicuous in death as she had in life since retirement as the nation’s First Lady. 17-Minute Service Fewer than 400 persons sat in historic Edwards Congregational Church for the 17-minute service during which Rey. Richard Linde, pastor, pointed up the life, love, character, and service of the widow of Calvin Coolidge, 30th President From of the the United States. flower-banked_pulpit,| dominated by gardenias President a cross of white| and gladioli sent by and Mrs, Eisenhower, the youthful minister paid tribute to her life and character with an| adaptation from Proyerbs 31. “A virtuous woman is precious | far above rubies. The heart of} her husband trusteth in her and! he shall have no lack of gain. She doeth him good and not evil all the, days of her life. She spreadeth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth her hands to the needy. and . She dom; She forth Strength dignity are her garments. openeth her mouth with wis- kindness looketh is on her ‘tongue. well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also praiseth ing: many have done her, sayvirtuously but thou excellest them all. A woman that loveth the Lord, she shall be praised: Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her _ works praise her in the gates.” of Plain- ville,-Conn., and their two daugh18. ters, Cynthia, 23, and Lydia, gat in the front pew in the right center of the church to hear Mr. explain that ‘‘Mrs. Cool| Linde taries at Rites in ‘Hamp Northampton, Trumbull Rep. John J. O’Rourke, left, and Lerche, both of Northampton. ad tongues of men and | characteristic of his father, John Coolidge, with his wife, the for- Friends, Neighbors, Digni| At rear are former State of angels former State Sen. Ralph W. As the ctowd outside the church and have not love, I am become srew to an estimated 500, lining as sounding brass or a tinkling the sidewalks and-taking up vancymbal,’”” and ending, ‘‘And now tage points aeross Main St. on the abideth faith, hope, love, these ‘lawn of the Academy of Music three; but the greatest of these jand the old high school, the only is love.” survivor of the former First The congregation touched as the Na-|,4n spoke, ae Ct fam- was visibly Lady sorority, Miss Sophie Greenfield, who {Woodman of served on the national board with the former First Lady. Today’s weather contrasted sharply with the cold, raw January day in 1933: when the same church was the scene of funeral services for Calvin Coolidge, The difference was most marked by the fact that a lone policeman, » Cornelius Doyle, was all that was required to keep pedestrian and motor traffic moving today, compared with the entire Northamp| ton force augmented by state police who were on duty when serv-| ices were held for the former} and his wife and daughters President. |) |} e There was no procession to the church. and none from it. The John Coolidge family was left alone in the church to gaze on the unopened casket as the congregation filed out. The bearers, who included, in. addition to Mr, Hill, Harold L. Ames, banker; George T. Pratt, principal of Clarke School; Librarian Lawrence Wikander of Forbes Li-} brary, Franklin King, Jr., insur-} ance man, and Dr. ~ Stephen! i officiating clergy- entered unnoticed through a door ‘Brown of Amherst, lined up at jdge belongs no longer to her in conclusion, : of e the State St. sidei of the or h churc John Trumbull, 1he main entrance as Mr. Linde, y, tion, communit \‘‘Mrs. Coolidge's climactic dee- church, Mrs. jly alone. She belongs now to the laration of faith,’”’ contained ‘in a John’s mother-in-law and wife of carrying a red-covered Bible, led the mourning family from <the ages.” poem she wrote on the fifth an- the former governor of Con“The pastor alluded to her TeIniversary of the untimely death necticut, was among the later ar- chureh, John Coolidge helped his wife. and daughters into his twoturn ‘‘to her beloved hills fin 1924 of her 16-year-old son, rivals, tone green station wagon as the Calvin, Jr, ‘ Vermont where her ashes will be Hampshire County was repre- casket was lifted into the hearse. “These are the words of Grace sented buried in the Plymouth cemetery by Commissioners Rayalongside the graves of her hus- Coolidge,’ Mr. Linde said and he mond Lyman of Easthampton and The hearse and the station wagon, band and younger son, Calvin, Jr., quoted, John Callahan of Hadley, Treas- driven by John and containing his “You, my son, have shown me urer Howard with the passage from Psalm 121 Banner,. Clerk of family, made up the cortege that which begins ‘“‘I will life up mine, God, Courts Merrill Torrey and Ray- turned from Main St. into South eyes unto the hills from whence “Your kiss upon my cheek has mond Warner, register of deeds. ISt. en route to Springfield where cometh my help.’’ made me feel the gentle touch of Seated directly behind the John leremation of Mrs, Coolidge took Burial will Coolidge family were employees iplace this afternoon. Mr. Linde paused in the service Him who leads us on. Coolidge “The memory of your smile? of Mrs. at her home be Friday at 1 in the cemetery — as Dorie Alviani, church organist near the Coolidge} and director of music at the Uni- ywhen young, reveals His face, as “Road Forks” and close friends, in Plymouth 1 Mrs. Florence B. homestead. versity of Massachusetts, played| méllowing years come on apace. including “And when you went. before, Adams at, whose North Carolina one of Mrs. Coolidge’s favorite! Church Is Doomed thymns, ‘‘Holy Spirit, Truth, De-! you left the.gates of Heaven ajar, estate Mrs. Coolidge spent many Fittingly, the funeral of Mrs, that I might glimpse approaching winters, Mrs. Ralph Hemenway, vine.”’ Coolidge may be the last in old from afar, the glories of His widow of President Coolidge’s Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Edwards Church where services law partner and Mrs. Kenneth personal representative of Presi- Grace. were held for her son and hus-} Hemenway, “Hold, son, my hand, guide me whose husband con- band. Within the next few weeks _ dent Eisenhower sat alongside Col. Joseph T. . Benedict of along the path, that, coming, I ducted the Coolidge & Hemenway the red brick structure with its! Worcester, military aide, who may stumble not nor roam, nor law office until his recent death. | white woodwork chapel is to be) Mayor James Cahillane and his way for aj represented Gov. + urcoio, jin the fail to show the way which leads torn down to make immediate predecessor, Pierre | new and modern church, with the front pew-at the left center, in us. . .home.”’ The fiower-draped casket was ge Memorial Fund, tront of whieh was the. polished Drewsen, headed the delegation Grace. Coolid to help eherry easket, draped with a borne into the church by repre- lof former mayors that. included started today, expected blanket of white flowers from the sentatives of the.Charles R. Dutsubstantially in the new construc: Probate Judge William M. Welch, ton funera] home, fully an hour John Coolidge family. Jesse A, G. Andre, Charles L. tion. “Mrs. Coolidge has been de- before the scheduled start of the of the 21 floral pieces Some Dunn and Luke F, Ryan. MemThe church was empty Scribed as“ warm, gracious, rev- service. were sent despite wishes 0’ that bers of the Northampton City and only a few persons stood sierent, witty. and loyal,” Mr, such tributes be Council, department heads, Post- the family that the sidewalk near Linde said, ‘‘But whenever a lently along omitted and contributions sent to eaers John F. Murphy, Police the church fronting on upper pe. 1 is described in these or te Clarke Fund Heart | Chief George J. Bernier, Fire the warin, human terms, there is Main St. , will be sent to Plymouth, /School Chief Charles Martin, Mayor Dignitaries Present usually a quality of life behind will be the blanket! Admiyal Joel T. Boone (U. S. Leonard J. Warner of Westfield, |Among them all of the adjectives. The quality and family and the) son her \from |State Senator Otto F. Burkhardt who was President of life which best described Mrs. Navyy,~ret.) cross of President and Mrs. \white of Westfield, State Rep. Jereat Coolidge is love—love of life, love Coolidge’s personal physician’ Others, on instruc|| Bisenhower. of friends, love of being useful ithe White House, and Mrs.. Boone |miah Foley of Northampton, for- {tions from John, will go to Cooley were among the early arrivals.-|mer State Senator Ralph W. and helpful; love of God. Dickinson Hospital, the U. S. VetThey were accompanied by Mrs. /Lerche, former State Rep. John “She herself has said that one Administration Hospital, erans’ |J. O'Rourke, filled a center secR. B. Hills of Haydenville, longof the unforgettable thrills of her and various rium Sanita Leeds time close friend of Mrs. Cool- \\tion of the chapel. life was in teaching the children this city. in homes g {nursin idge, and whose son, John, served | Coolidge Associate of Clarke School, that little chilx today as one of the bearers. | Rufus Cook, associate judge of’ dren who could not hear were Senator Saltonstall arrived ‘probate in Hampshire County, able through her teaching to ; speak the word love and know ‘alone, soon after Col. Benedict i was among the few political assohad entered the church. Atty. Eee of Calvin Coolidge in atwhat it meant.”’ { Gen. George Fingold and Mrs. tendance. He served as city so“Greatest Is Love’ Fingold were ushered into the i licitor when Coolidge was mayor. The Apostle Paul, in Corinchurch and seated in a left cen- | Also attending were directors ‘hians, Rey. Linde said, desevibed that quality in life when} ter pew behind the representa- jand faculty members at Clarke} �ere H rat oe Ps. RP esiidee Is Buried by isband’s Side in Simple Vermont Ceremonies By A STAFF REPORTER |, Unable to attend because of tne} Plymouth, Vt., July 12—Rites |Civil Defense alert in this state’ s simple as life in the Green |today, Goy. Joseph B. Johnson of Mountains that surround this lit- | Vermont delegated Howard _E.| tle village where the 30th Presi- Armstrong, secretary of state, to dent of the United States was |represent him here. Judge George | born and is buried marked the \F. Jones, who was a bearer for} |committal of Grace Goodhue |the services; Dr, George T. Coolidge “‘to the hills and soil of | Pratt, headmaster of*- Clarke |. SEPTEMBER i Lady, her son, Calvin, the former First in a bronze urn, were Ga., placed in an close vault| Coolidge’s; underground to the left of the former ‘dents grave, To the right grave of Calvin, Jr., =o z . ; : » School trustee, attended. Mrs, Robert Lyman of Presiis the of the John whose | Coolidge was a member at the) - marker is the 22d and last in the | University of Vermont; Prof. hillside Coolidge family plot. ' Myra Sampson of the Smith Col- | Rev. Richard Linde, pastor of lege faculty, who is vacationing _ Edwards Congregational Church| in this area; Vrest Orton, chair- in Northampton, stood on a knoll} -man of the Vermont Historical overlooking the Coolidge ' graves, | Sites Committee; Mrs. | Violet}, and conducted the services. John| Pelkey, long-time friend of the+)Coolidge, only survivor of the Coolidges who runs the village!) former First Lady, stood with his store; and Charles Hoskinson, | wife, Florence, and two daughwho operates the Coolidge farms ters, Cynthia and Lydia, close to here; were others at the services. Business Suspended the grave on a loose flagstone Business here, which. is mostly | walk that tops a stone wall forming the fence of the Coolidge fam- of the tourist variety, was sus- |) pended until after the rites, On ily plot in the ancient cemetery. “A-few close friends of the fam- the shed door which is the main entrance to the home where the - ily, including Adm. Joel T. Boone 30th President was born. and of Washington, D. C., who’ was President Coolidge’s personal |Which is now a historical shrine, physician in the White House, and ‘a penciled note on the back of a/i that had advertised a Mrs, Boone, stood with John and | placard his family, In small groups, no jcountry dance read, “Closed unmore than 100 persons, the ma- \til after funeral services for Mrs. | jority of whom were tourists who| “were in Plymouth today, Coolidge.” Shortly after the rites | stood in; ~ the unpaved road that runs past, the cemetery into the hills, As he had during the simple funeral services Linde \ friends Mr: and Atlanta, | Miss Erminie Pollard of Proctorsville, representing Pi Beta Phi sorority of which Mrs. in quoted Northampton, from the Mr. 121st Psalm, beginning “I lift mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help,” and then recited a special version of the Congregationalist committal prayer, which read: For inasmuch as the spirit “of the departed has entered into the life immortal, we therefore commit her body to the hills and soil of Vermont—but her spirit we commend to God, remembering how Jesus Christ said on the cross, ‘Father, into Thy hands I at the nearby cluded, the cemetery were con-| home was again) opened to tourists. After dining at the inn which) is one of the dozen buildings that’ make up this village, John and his family began the return trip to Farmington, Conn. Guests at the luncheon were Adm. and Mrs. Linde, | Boone, Mr. and Mrs, Charles R, Dutton, Northampton funeral director, and Mrs. Dutton. An hour after the burial, tourists were still arriving at the cemetery. Many climbed the stone steps to the Coolidge plot terracé.. The grave of Mrs. Coolidge was marked by houquets of carnations from John and his family and Adm. Boone and a basket of gladioli sent by ‘‘Plymcommit My Spirit.’ ” outh neighbors.” Bright Sun Shining The former First, Lady’s markA bright sun shone down on the | er will be the 23d td be erected in hill that forms the Plymouth the straight line of graves and is} Cemetery swhere the forebears said io be last available grave -and the loved ones of the former site in the family plot. All mark-} President are buried, A Cooling ers are plain, and plainest are i breeze rustled the grass and weeds that grow from the rocky {those of Calvin, Sr., and Jr. Only soil as the youthful officiating } a small seal indicated that *Cal-| vin Coolidge, born July 4, 1872, clergyman concluded the fiveminute service by reading an- | and who-died Jan.:5, 1933, was |! other of the poems written by | |President of the United States. | Mrs, Coolidge, entitled ‘The ||Today the headstone was decor-|) ||ated with three wreaths of artiQuest.’’ The words are: ficial flowers and greens. ' “Crossing the uplands of time, *Skirting the borders of night, *‘Scaling fa the face of the peak of dreams, *We enter the region of light, | “And hastening on, with eager| | intent, “Arrive at the rainbow’s end “And there uncover the pot of} gold *"Buried deep friend.”’ in the if al ee Bie heart of a ais ————S=—= | ly ‘live high and didn’t let the <= eee Humphrey was after-in-a | where : le arrested nearby he was short- night waiting | Officials said. | Chief Allen club| for Marbet, | said Humphrey | stigated the counterfeiting in- scheme ||because of the burden of debts || that were piling up on him daily.| By RICHARD STEWART ', fmade repeated visits to her home Secret | Service agentS were yesterday after agents completed staying in Worthington “for more than a week” and two of them ja room-by-room Search of the The children, two of lived at the Worthington Golf pitmises. /Club for two days. and nights whom attend school, were not at keeping tabs on the comings and home and were being cared for goings of 39-year George W. Hum- by friends in the town, phrey of Worthington, arrested | Agents ‘said they found counvlate Thursday night for printing terfeit money from “‘the top to counterfeit money. the bottom” of the large house. Humphrey, described by inves- Some was found in a pair of old | ,tigators as a man who wanted to trousers hanging in a bedroom }/He contacted _ friend, and the fact became a reality. Worthington residents, most of | whom were familiar with the} ‘Humphrey family, were flabber-| |, gasted when the news of the ar| rest reached them. |. Most: ‘people of Worthington | | thought highly of the couple, es-| | pecially Mrs. Humphrey, whom \they described as a fine mother his way, was arrested in Boston, along with two alleged confederates in the bogus money plot. The other two men grabbed by books, including the University of || dren” when she gave ballet les)the T-men were Mark A. Marbet, | Massachusetts, Amherst College, isons at the Town Hall. 86. of Wayland, proprietor of a American Probably the most surprised of ” International College H in the community wae /camera shop, and Paul Collins, and Pittsfield High School. The janyone. 36, of Cambridge, an employe Marbet. of} business was Plat, Secret Service agents, with the /assistance ii his cel- {| Mrs. Lillian Hagberg, manager of |the Worthington Golf Club. Mrs. operated ee Agents said Humphrey and his of State Police in this alleged accomplices || Hagberg didn’t know of the arrest until contacted by the Gacoun- ,zette this morning. way, | | Mrs. Hagberg didn’t know until apparently jarea, had been watching Hum-|were planning to go into the |phrey’s residence for nearly four |terfeiting business in a big months, to oe it was learned, me ely ysnar e trio Humphrey and waiting | perhaps te ursday Marbet pained on an international, scale. |this morning that Fitzpatrick the two men and Sweeney -men said none of the money is jnamed hight.! in circulation. | who were’ This was evidenced by the find- \day stayed at the club Wednesand Thursday were Secret jheld, in $20,000 each and Collins ing of plates for printing stock | Service agents checking on Humin 9,000 at an arraignment in | of the American Telephone & | phrey. | Boston yesterday afternoon, Col. Telegraph Co. and Canadian cur“I ‘thought they were sales.| |lins was‘described as a “runner” rency. None of this type of stock /men,” she said. “When they left | of the phony bills and engraving or currency had been printed as |Friday they said they might i equipment. Seta __j yet, agents said. |bring two other men back with Humphrey lived well above his | means in a home he purchased Maurice in Worthington | agent $50,- | Boston, for a reported of the Allen, supervising Secret gave this Service account of them and I told them there were in ‘rooms for them. They never did the /show up that | very nice.” night. They were 000 a year ago. The large white / event leading to the arrest of the house with a two-car garage and trio: first tip came from a 300 acres of land was built in 1778 | The ,and had been restored by a for-) Brookline service station attendant who noticed a counterfeit bill |mer owner. : T-meri checking through the ,and notified police who in turn house said they found piles of un- }informed the Secret Service. The paid and overdue bills amounting jattendant furnished police with ‘to large sums of money. Even the 'the registration number of a car rinting press said to have been}; which agents later learned was ell pe Hanphrey to print the | operated by Marbet. The bill was j/home there were agents from | Boston, New, York, Providence, ‘to-have been repossessed Monday. | | Police _money was not paid for and was’! 4 $10 counterfeit. The - schinery Vatching Marbet, and ‘photography T-men equip- relationship between determined offset press and other ma-)jually there him even- was and ‘home. The equipment, cret, Service agents most their of won dt second-hand, was valued by Se- | chased ‘ The father of four at about’ on children, | agent ‘two beys and two girls, ranging first was sale made of money by to dancer with the well- |, Capt. the ‘known Corps de Ballet in New ‘York. She has given ballet lessons. ‘to Worthington children at $1 per ‘Jesson. _ The slim, attractive -Marbet at the in and a and Collins prearranged Boston were hotel grabbed with by up| D.C., and New Ha- Sullivan, com- detachment assigned to as- with the the outset of the in this area was ring was bigger than the usual rings that are turned up but not “spectacular size.” Agents said | phony | such bills. place $77,000) waiting) woman | agents as soon as the supposed sale to the disguised agent was » made. Treasury counterfeit Sgt. James V. Molloy of Northampton, in charge of the Russell | State Police barracks. j One agent said the counterfeit | on/f showed meeting the the Frederick agents from jinvestigation Sept. 6. The agent then asked for|the have been $100,000. of |manding State Police in Western. | Massachusetts, headed the State ‘in ages from 11 months to 15 more money—this time a layge| Would have uyears, Humphrey’s wife is a for- | amount said by investigators to|NoOt anyone ballet in was pointed up by the fact yesterday at the Humphrey ven. the Marbet interest | Washington, about $4,000 for 25 cents the dollar. The | Ying that pur- and confidence The | Department a |sist the agents. Working fnertt necessary foy the printing other two. The next step was to “of counterfeit currency were lo-| have an agent pose as a buyer of ycated in the basement of the ‘counterfeit money. The agent | Marbet, an old) idea of Humphrey /and wife. T-men said there was| jno evidenge that Mrs. Humphrey | | Was aware that her husband was closet. | Humphrey officially was: presi- | printing money. dent of Christopher Publications, / One man said Mrs. Humphrey| “very good with the chil-' Ine., and had contractéd to print twas eT Bete Sean Bee VU Mssce aang y oe many college and high school year wha that he couldn't afford it stand in “mer rte 14, 1957. Agents Say Bogus Money Found Throughout Humphrey Dwelling In Worthington Vermont”’ here this afternoon, | School for the Deaf in NorthampAshes Placed in Vault tton; Mrs. Pratt, and Mrs, Rus-}"” ' Alongside the graves of her hus- lsell Magna of Holyoke, Clarke ‘band, Calvin, and, Jr., the ashes of _ ' = © currency probably fooled a layman but » trained to look for ; �Secret Service Cracks Down ase ag Cou nterieiters we Ne it ade bia ie Headgnarters For W’ orthington Sle a On Counterfeit Money Ring Operating From Worthington In cellar of this rambling old home on Old Post Rd. Worthington, George eTnapre} is said by Secret Service officials to have printed counterfeit curreney. The house was purchased by Humphrey a year ago for a reported $50,000 and includes 300 acres of land. Pee off-set printing press, being removed by employes of a Northampton rigging firm from the cellar of the Humphrey home, was the machine which turned out the bogus bills. About $4.000 worth of equipment for printing the money was found in the cellar. Left to right the Northampton truckers are. Don Whitlock, Mike Pushkin and Don Gleason. �ay: NEIGHBORS BACK’ WORTHINGTON’ FAMILY IN NEED! shacued Bedi’ wife and. four children charges % of counterfeiting, ;munity | fun and of with ed us,’ They'll hopes was Under this storage agents and State denominations. shed Police about discove 1.000 red yards “many from the Humphrey home i t Wordingrsn' Secret Service thousands of dollars”i kis currency, in $10 and $20 ways.” a housewife Stay’’ they'll stay comment- Mrs. Humphrey, who moved to Worthington with her husband and children only last year, was} described as taking the situation|’ “bravely.’”? Sympathetic neigh-| bors were helping the family, in-| cluding an 11-month-old child, in| every way possible. The oldest of| the four Humphrey children is || 12 vears old, citizens, new “Mrs, Humphrey jis very capa-| ble and a fine mother,” a friend| said. ‘‘She’l] get along very well.’ Humphrey himself was de-| scribed by friends as ‘‘the most|| ideal father ever.’’ He reportedly combined discipline, when need-| ed, with loving, devotion to De youngsters who ‘idolized him. Humphrey was which ambiof its born Secretary of the Treasury | been raised in New| York City, and met his wife when he was employed at Radio City Music Hall. He was arrested in a Boston | for bar where he was waiting soon after Secret Service had raided a room in a hotel where they picked} alleged associates, | Private assistance, including financial help if the family desires, will be extended this week, friends said, to aid the family unti] they are better able to care| for themselves. “Hopes fines t publisher had they needed help, we would all pitch in, They were such wonderful people and had helped the “Worthington community the energetic, publisher one 1 activity, in so many -the end and allegedly $50 bills,! George M. Humphrey. The Wor- | thington man had reportedly told acquaintances he was the secre-| tary’s nephew, Friends of the family said the | “Mr, and Mrs. Humphrey op-| erated the plant by themselves,” a neighbor said, ‘but whenever community pitchedi considered tious book Although | being held in a Boston area jail \for lack of $20,000 bail. Two dssojciates, Mark A. Marbet, f pavemGs and Paul ‘Collins, 35 iCambridge, also were arrested by | federal agents. Assistant U. S. | Atty. Thomas O'Connor said the jcase would be presented to a igrand jury in Boston within two weeks, The doors were locked on the rambling white house on Old |Chesterfield Rd. where Hum|phrey’s firm, the Christopher | Publishing Co., was located, Equipment Seized Federal authorities had reportedly seized the equipment inside. | The telephone was disconnected, |and there was no sign of life at | the attractive plant which had | previously been the scene of com- had in Cleveland, according to close} friends, he was no relation to the} Ohio Humphreys who include for-| }a debt-nidden Worthington publisher who allegedly made money —most of it forged—were in-| formed yesterday that friends in the community will help them in| any way they can. } “Just a Little Help” This is not charity,” a friend | of the George W. Humphrey famlily said, his is just a little help ito some neighbors who need it,’ Humphrey, 39, arrested Friday | on ' Humphreys 1 || to help in almost every tee + | ty effort; and he had aided in the} publicizing of the Miss America pageants with the Springfiéld and} Pittsfield Junior Chambers of! His arrest last week distiosire that he was orging $10, $20, and Aid, Praise The The Publicity Commerce. Wife, Children Offered | ’ at ee Ata |Alleged Bogus Bills Found Under Shed Worked Pe Graphic evidence the counterfeit of an attempt currency cated them in the rubbish money they printed. are the by Humphrey metal plates to destroy scattered on barrel at the rear of the home. some of the aluminum plates used1 eae the ground by Secret Service agents ae 0Some ol the plates still bore imprints of the ; i �Real Frien ds’ in Worthington : HELP GIVEN 52/1, 25% 14 3 E A jis the timeWwe can be together as a family again. I want to stay , jhere, | REPORTER She has been among the many] to aid came who Sept. 24—“All of | bank was down and he was very _ townspeople a suddenI discovered the best! nice. He let me take along our /Mrs. Humphrey and- the four _ friends I have eyer known.” ;bed and an overstuffed chair. children. In New Home The wonderful people in town Suspicions Arise Mrs. George: W. . Humphrey)Y contributed i the rest of : the furni-i ' Jt was about six months ago She autumn brown. 2 Mrs. Humphrey moved into the new” home the past week end. The plain, white frame. cottage | renting for $50 a month replaces the $75,000 restored Colonial house the family had lived in tal expenses. “We don’t person to to get ask need they When ble. stop happens how ; a Worthington new $10,000 black _tinental Mark II, place to establish business. He was the Lincoln Most and in a Con- looking for a his home and of school and catalogs and publicity work. year a publisher yearbooks did last press also agent to-do. were : very well- and looked wonderful are,’ she his wife and : said. |\an Former |, “T asked him if he really was the Among the mementos of a happier day Mrs. Humphrey took to the new home is a bronze medal, about the size of the palm of her hand. It bears a likeness of forHumSecretary Treasury mer has the the back while phrey with the Corps de Ballet at Radio York City Music Hall in New City. She organized ballet classes L official Treasury seal, here and at the insistence 0 “Tt was sent to us from Washtownspeople, conducted her reguington,” she said. “‘I really don’t lar class the day after her: hus- know who did send it.” band was Tt was arrested. while she was at Radio George © Humphrey, handsome of the assistant manager ‘then Distant Relative Mrs. wife i Her husband’s father, she said, | was related distantly to the for-|) mei treasury secretary. apparently, re- \i Not everyone, George|), by impressed mained Humphrey. runs|} who Sears, Raymond George W. Humphrey, of the accused counter- feiter, stands on the steps of the house on Old Post Rd., Worthington that neighbors helped her move to during the week-end. Left penniless after her husband's has been assisted people who found arrest, of school a salesman jewelry. rings jin town and elsewhere. i she by townsthis home : the house had even “They wired. I’m sure they must have in town one fellow “There’s quesme asked here we don’t pay much atten-|! because they on io who tried to tell us this': tions about things they couldn't | phrey when he first came to this 'summer he peeked into the cel-|! have heard any other way,’’ Mrs. town, His expensive automobile, lar and saw Humphrey printing} Humphrey said. his friendly manner—women call money,” one resident’ said. “He | The people in town who helped him ‘charming’? — his natural told the story all over, but no- |them are still my friends. They (Dr. Hollis W., Huston of First ability as a salesman kept him body believed him. It was a big |} were in the middle on this, and in the limelight. Congregational Church) to head joke.” I certainly couldn’t blame them “Not a Worry” Sees Equipment up the drive.’’ for doing their duty. My husband “T thought he was quite wealthy First problem was to find a Herbert N. Haskell, who runs did wrong, there’s no doubt about a go lucky, with, not —happy house for Mrs. Humphrey. The a rea] estate and insurance busi-}, bank had set last Saturday qs the worry in the world,” Mrs. Ernest ‘| ness here, recalled the time Hum-| | -“J-yisited him in prison last Robinson, a neighbor, said. deadline for quitting the 15-room phrey was showing him his equip-} |week. This all has helped to get Pete Packard said: ‘I guess I} ment ‘and the printing press in! colonial home, a half-mile down} feet on the ground, What he i his Old Post Rd, from where she ‘was impressed to a certain ex- \ the cellar. did wasn’t for his own gain, but now. is living. 3 ‘tent. I guess I thought the pub- | Haskell jokingly said there was to pay off people who had been Neighbors, friends and other lishing business must be pretty / enough good equipment around to kind to him.” volunteers began to move the | good.”’ ‘yun off a stack of $10 bills. ‘Mrs. Humphrey said she did Humphreys Friday night, con- |) Mrs. Robert Lane, from whom ' “He said, ‘Oh yes, that’s right,’ not realize until about six months ‘tinued through Saturday and he bought the 15-room house, said _and passed algng immediately to ago ‘there were financial probwound up on Sunday. © today: “He had a fabulous gen- ‘the next room,” Haskell said. } lems. Mortgaged to Bank ius.” ' “As T was leaving, he told me | “Something Quite Serious” money for | There wasn’t much furniture. ressed Mrs. Lane said it had cost her hard-p he was believed everyone in_busi#*E All that, and Humphrey's print$75,000 to purchase and restore and he said, ‘Things are going |\ness got bills, so I never thought ing and photographic equipment ‘the Revolutionary era homestead, 1o be different from now on. The ‘much. about it,”’ she said. She was under chattel mortgage to a and the 130 acres adjoining it. aver suspected how her husband | es is transferring _ 100 shar family | bank in Adams. Humphrey bought the house for to raise money to my | when they sealized was penniless. “So many people tried to help they were getting in each other’s way,’ Collin ‘Pete’? Packard, owner of the general store, said. “We decided to ask the minister But there were other things— personal objects that} had accumulated in the 13 years the Humphreys had been married, odds and ends of memories clothing, of happy days. Residents they were $36,000, here admit frankly by Humimpressed giving gage to Holyoke while Mrs. Lane mortgage 000. for a the $26,000. mort- National Bank took a second balance—}10,- iz of American name.’ ” Plates for Tel. & Tel. printing American} Telephone & Telegraph Co. stock the| among were 'eertificates equipment Treasury Department agents said they Humphrey home. seized at ‘might be trying 49 meet those bills, ‘good | suspicion but something serious was wrong.” Townspeople Humphrey the | mother. describe had ‘a quite | Mrs. as a devoted wife and : ~ real found perfectly and it compared with the one on the banknote.” Dancer the ‘‘That’s just pitch in and help,” one wom rit children ' and the family | and four people said. .-the kind of people we've hére in Worthington.” = Humphrey, 39, now is in Suffollk theater. for her. Mrs. Humphrey helds “We were practically engaged County Jail in Boston, awaiting her youngest child, -Richard, after the second date,” she said. tria] on charges of counterfeit11 months, while Robin, four The family lived in New Jersey ing. Government men claim he stands by. coming to Worthington. Ray’s Worthington Garage, said, was printing bogus money in his} hefore Humphrey started his publishing “Tell you the: truth, he struck basement pressroom here, to try Agents Tour Town | business there and later opened me as a bull artist. He looked too |) _ to bail himself out of debt. an office in Boston. He previous- ‘big for his britches, riding around Humphrey's arrest in Boston men were in town federal The ly had served in the. Marines in in that big Lincoln.” earlier this month stunned ‘vesibefore Humphrey was ardays World War Il, was a. Westchester | Sears has a check for $182.50) rested, watching the house and dents of this small town of about / County (N. Y.) policeman, an Humphrey gave him that was re- enlisting the aid of townspeople 515 population. pilot, former manager ‘turned from the bank last week. _ Help Comes Quickly ‘airplane in cracking down on the alleged of the Morrisville (Pa.) Airport | Others told of Humphrey’s debts counterfeiter. Quickly, though, they rallied to help over trou- »nephew and he said, ‘Sure. T can help, -you! ‘even sign his name.’ He signed into townspeople thought | City Music Hall that she met tall, Humphreys friends was tary of the Treasury (George M. said. woman one | Humphrey,” Mrs. Humphrey* made friends since coming to Worthington in jquickly in this Hampshire Hills, June of 1956, . town. _ George Humphrey first drove She formerly “was a dancer into there available to him from money f wealthy relatives. “He was introduced to me as the nephew of the (then) Secre-|| stood smiling. “What and washing machine on the front steps of her|ture, the most of Worthington began s Ratt : fiver Hum- _| when home on Old Post Rd. as she Mrs. ae to suspect George Humphrey was spoke. She held her youngest! fee pressed for cash, But many were), impression Now that Mrs. Humphrey ‘has found a new home, she expects the two older children, staying with relatives in New Jersey, will return in a few days, to resume school. hills stood the friends I have where ‘on the children this way.” STAFF under It’s jand where everything is out in everybody .where open, ithe iknows. I think it will be easier Worthington, child, 11-month-old Richard, in Townspeople also stocked the her arms, while daughter, Robin, cupboards and refrigerator with _ four, played nearby, | food. At present, a drive for funds A brisk wind whipped through| this hilltop town, rustling leaves ‘is being conducted, to raise monthat had begun to show traces of ey for Mrs. Humphrey’s inciden- | that all I’m going on for (much Family of Alleged Counterfeiter Finds. Nothing Artificial in Neighbors’ Help By She said today: ‘I love him so _. �TIME, SEPTEMBER 30, 1957 The Publisher Folks in Worthington, Mass. (pop. 515) are as tradition-prim and Yankee-proper as any other New Englanders, and they usually have a cold and suspicious eye for strangers. But right from the start they accepted George Humphrey, a nice fellow who last year bought a big, 15-room colonial house on 130 acres, and moved in with his wife and children. Jean Humphrey, 34, a slender, lively woman who once danced with the corps de ballet at Manhattan’s famed Radio City Music Hall, opened up dancing classes at Worthington’s Town Hall. George, 39, was a publisher, ran a little printing firm that turned out school yearbooks and similar furniture, food. “This,” explained one woman, “is not charity. It’s just a little help for some neighbors who need it. They were such wonderful people and helped the community in so many ways.” Said Jean Humphrey (who plans to continue her dancing classes): “I want to stay here in Worthington. All of a sudden, I have discovered the best friends I have ever known. It’s where everything is out in the open, where everybody knows. . . We'll start all over again.” HUMPHREY'S WIFE REFUSES OFFER TO. SEND HIM TO OHL0 publications. He liked to drive around in a $10,000 Continental Mark II, and wes known to be a mite expansive about his moneymaking prowess; he also gave the impression that he was related to former U.S. Treasury Secretary George Humphrey. He had a little printing press in his basement, and a friendly real-estate man who saw it once joshed: “You could make a bundle of ten-dollar bills on that Accused Counterfeiter “ Will Not Attend Mother's Funeral Rites machine.” “Yes,” laughed George, “that’s right,” and he hustled his visitor into another room. E Fortnight ago U.S. Treasury agents arrested George and two other men in Boston, then sped to Worthington to coniiscate a complete counterfeiting setup in Humphrey’s cellar, including $5,500 in inexpertly printed $10 and $20 bills, as well as negatives and plates for making Canadian currency and American Telephone ‘ Worthington, Sept. 28—The wife of accused counterfeiter George A. Humphrey today refused to accept money to permit him and | guard to attend ee a federal mother’s funeral in Ohio, saying,} “The people of this town have been so wonderful to us already, I} lean't permit.a penny to be spent} unnecessarily and I don’t believe} any useful purpose can be served. My husband would feel the same way.” | Friend Offers Money The money was reportedly offered to Mrs. Humphrey by a friend who had heard that Hum| phrey might be allowed to leave Suffolk County Jail under an armed escort to attend his moth-er’s funeral. Humphrey's mother, Mrs. Estelle Bergh, died Friday of a cerebral hemorrhage, She had collapsed two weeks ago when told of her son’s arrest on charges of printing money in the basement of his Worthington home. U. S. Marshal Thomas W, Gray said in Salem that in all likelihood GrorcE Humpurey & Son Twenty-dollar plates. and Telegraph Co. stock certificates. Worthington was shocked. Of late, everybody knew, the Humphreys had been terribly short of money: their phone had been disconnected and bills had been piling up in the house for months. Ingenrously, George had been carrying on. assuring his creditors that he would soon make good his debts; George’s word was good enough. With George in jail, the Humphreys lost their mortgaged house and most of their chatteled belongings. But the townsfolk, though they do not make friends casually, rallied to the friends they had made. Neighbors called on Jean, o~ ered shelter for her and her four children, Humphrey would be permitted to attend the funeral. ‘‘In such cases the Federal Bureau of Prisons extends permission for a prisoner to leave for the funeral. The stipulation is always that he pay his own way and the expenses of the federal guard who must accompany him.” It had been reported that Wor- thington residents were proposing}. to raise the money before the funeral took place Monday at 2 at Harder bard O. oe funeral aes home ee in Hub-}) | |Worthington | Man Is Indicted; | Humphrey Will Face 20 Counts BOSTON (UP) — Three alleged and $20 Federal Reserve Bank of counterfeiters were under federal Boston notes; unlawfully concealing and passing phony money indictment today. with intent to defraud and sale The jury returned a 20-count of counterfeit currency; making indictment Friday against George plates; photographing and print|W. Humprehy, 39, of Worthington ing $1, $5, $50 and $100 bills and who had been described by Treasa Bank of Canada note. ury Department agents as the The alleged offenses occurred ringleader and engraver of the from late July through Sept. 12. | gang. Similar charges were contained | Worth $77,000 in indictments against Marbet and Collins. ! Also indicted were Mark A. ‘Marbet, 36, of Wayland and Paul Still in Jail |G. Collins, 35, of Cambridge. All Humphrey is confined for lack ithree were seized Sept. 13, al- of $20,000 bail but Marbet and legedly in the act of disposing Collins have been free in $5,000 ' $77,000 worth of bogus currency. bond each. The three will be The indictments accused Hum- arraigned in federal court here 'phrey of counterfeiting $10 and next week at a date as yet unset. 1 HUMPHREY DENIES FAKE MONEY CHARGE! Boston, Humphrey, Oct. 39, 14 of (®—George _OCTOBER 13, 1957 Wa Old Chester- was held field Rd., Worthington, today| pleaded innocent to making coun-| terfeit money and in| $7500 bail for Federal Court: U. S. Judge George C. Sweeney set the bail after defense counsel |pleaded Humphrey had lost his home and was destitute, The U. S. $10,000 attorney’s bail. staff had Humphrey has asked | been in custody since his Sept. 12 ar-| rest, unable to furnish $20,000) bail. Pau] bridge G. Collins, pleaded 36, innocent of to Marbet Service agents of Wayland, who Albany Printer Arrested in! |. Worthington Case sell- proprietor of a Boston camera shop, on a charge of selling _ counterfeit money. | The men were arrested by Se-| lcret - TOPHONY MONEY Cam- ing counterfeit money and was held in $5000. Scheduled for arraignment la- ter was Guy | N.Y. MAN LINKED | said| /counterfeit $10 and $20 bills were | | manufactured in Humphrey’s cel-| lar and that money with a face valuation of $80,000 was seized ' there. => Albany, employee lwas ‘N. Y., Oct. of a printing arrested today as 12 (1h An} firm here| an alleged jmember of a counterfeiting operating in Massa¢ eits. | North | Schodak | sidence ming! | William E. Mayhew, 40, was| picked up at his home in nearby | North Schodak by two state troop-|| lers and a-secret service agent.) | They held a bench warrant from} | the U. S. District Court in Bos/ ton. Mayhew was arraigned before |U. S. Commissioner Bender Solomon and was: released in $2500 bail to await a subpoena by the} | court in Massachusetts. | The secret service said the |phoney money was printed on a press in the basement of the home of George W. Humphrey, | 39, in Worthington, Mass. | Humphrey is being held in $20,000 bail in Boston, Mark A, Marand bet, 36, of Wayland, Mass., Paul G. Collins, 35, of Cambridge, Mass., are each free in $5000 bail. �Ma Oprt %, [FSP ae INDICTED IN “BOSTON Two Worthington men were indicted yesterday in Boston by a! federal grand jury on charges of; | conspiracy to counterfeit United| on the conspiracy charg- At Boston 67, ADAMS of Alberie Worthington, 2 stand~ trial at Boston |! i ton. his neighbors at other Conspiracy Collins BOSTON—Monday Court before Judge iSweeney, Asst. 8S, | Atty. |George. H, Lewald informed the leourt that Alberti E. Albert, 67, of Old Chesterfield Rd., Worthington, had died. Judge Sweenjey ordereq Lewald to draw up ja certificate to that effect and that he then would dismiss the ‘indictment. Albert, who died on \Friday at hishome, , w3 lcharged with counterfeiting si0 | George W. Humphrey, 39, also lof Old Chesterfield Rd., pleadled guilty to a charge ‘of con-| lspiracy to counterfeit money.} ‘Humphrey had previously plead-| ed guilty to a charge of coun-) |\terfeiting money, The only re|maining def fendant in this have plead-| counterfeiting $10) testified that he knew! ae that he took no part per son-| in Federal George C. U. dealer, allv Mark Charge! to Marbet, who was his boss, was |. trying to peddle counterfeit} bills to a New York syndicate,| TUESDAY, APR7,I195L9_ Humphrey Admits camera guilty and $20 bills. They are awaiting| disposition of their cases, Worthing- detendanis, Bogus Bills Case | BOSTON '(Pi—Paul G. Collins,| 36, of Cambridge, was néntiior| in Federa} Court Tuesday of| aiding and abetting a $100, 000 | counterfeit ring which extended | into New York. George W. Humphrey, 41, of| Worthington, a publisher of colton E sderal authorities had charged the ring produced about $100,000 worth of fake bills. Two _ Worthington In ed pital, A potato farnier, Albert had been accused of being a member of a counterfeit ring. Albert, who pleaded innocent to the charges, was scheduled. ta stand trial Monday in federal court at Boston on the charge. He was seized in 1957 by federal agents and accused of being a member of a counterfeiting ring allegedly y led by one of |3 One Is Cleared lege year books, and Mark A,| Marbet, 37, of Wayland, a Bos-, E. died jand $20 bills. > to radey Saiuedey in North Adams Hos- Worthington, Jan. 3—The cases of two Worthingion men, charged With six counts of conspiracy in connection with the alleged counterfeiting of U. S. currency, will be heard in Federal District Court in Boston the first week in March, the U. S. attorney’s of-j, fice announced today. Both Plead Innocent Defendants in the cases are George W. Humphrey, 39, and Albert E. Albert, 65. Both have}, pleaded to charges of counterfeiting following his arrest with|| two other men from Greater Bos- |} ton Sept. 13. He is awaiting dis-|) position of that case. Humphrey was released in personal recognizange pending the es. Albert posted $2500 bail for his release. Edward McLaughlin of Bosjton is representing Humphrey and Gerald Mahoney, also of Boston, 4g counsel for Albert. | uled Worthington Man Faced Counterfeiting Charge Albert, hearing MONDAY SCHED § W NORTH Worthington Pair | To Face Charges| At Hub in March ON TRIAL |States and Canadian money. Alberi E: Albert and George W.} Humphrey, both of Old Chester-| field Rd., Worthington, were arlrested early this fall when Secret} |Service agents said they seized | more than $86,000 in curreney as iwell as printing apparatus at | Humphrey's home. . Marbett of Wayland and) |George W. Humphrey of Worth-|. guilty to the}, jington, ple aded lcharges. A third man, Paul G. pleaded|' of Cambridge, <i: 4 innocent and also was sched-| ALBERT DIES; A. E. case,| iPaul G. Collins, 36, of 20 Pres.| cott St. Cambridge, will go on | trial this morning before Judge| Sweeney and a jury. He is charged with possessing, pass-| ing and selling about $80,000 in| counterfeit _ bills, He told Judge George G.| Sweeney that he accompanied| Marbet to a Boston hotel on the night of Sept. 12, 1957, when Marbet was arrested after turn- | ing over $100,000 in phony bills} to a New York man. The man! turned out to be an undercover| agent for the Secret Service, Collins said he went with| Marbet the only because he feared| latter by the New resentative would be beaten up| York syndicate rep-| and it was his job) to seek police protection if nec-| essary, The jevidence government that presented Humphrey print ed the phony bills in the base-| Iment of his Worthington home} and that Marbet was to sell the} | bills in Boston, | (Marbet contacted Frank Bis-| jtany of Boston to help dispose] of the bills. Bistany turned out} to be the Secret Service under-| cover agent, �WEDN ESDAY, DECEMBER Forgotten for Awhile 4 ie $, 14 4 Christmas Spirit Unites ~ Family in Worthington ed Tribulation Wadena 25, 1957 Worthington, Dec. 24—A true-| to-life Christmas carol was enacted on Monday, in the U. S. District Court in government had presented its arguments through Asst. U. S ; é S Se ee Boston. avy. bie at PEST ; PY OR -esaang tose ea leged a gaunt six-foot blond-haired counterfeiter, from Yule robes, Spirit took his The United States weeks’: the clerk of St. on it As the was of the the charge legal evident coming out the was and in asked Gia was drama that that his own recognizance. Justice George C. Sweeney of the Federal Court conferred : : e and| | It was Defendant to permit unfolded, | to be released the fact completel the| Priefly with the assistant U, S. read. Christmas «for aisinecmeie: that he be released “ ‘‘The| | @ attorney and the America dent court, then made intoned attorney and | without funds and could not 4 = the court as in his black place : Humphrey im- Charles sus George W. Humphrey’ then tye pointed al-|14r. Evident A hush fell over the judge, somber bench. pale fifteen risonment in vail in Boston. ‘the: Worthington so that he might be with them for Christmas. Standing at the bar of justice} was Lewald, the defendant, Edward McLoughlin, Jr., asked that the defendant be allowed to go home to his wife and four little children in The characters in the drama were not in the true Dickens’ tradition but the setting caused spirit | of the was at, turn U. S. when clerk of Seats th : his decision. |! Weeps the defendant from the custody marshal summoned. and to re- The de. work. A relaxed atmosphere per- | fendant bowed his head as tears vaded the courtroom. After the | rolled down his cheeks. Within a few hours, the defendant, once again a husband and father, walked into his home to the armsef ones, | his.wife We Bigs) The ‘living room high. with sgifts and_his little Pye was stacked| the kind poets OF Cortana hae : obi this earts. little family to their Home for Christmas Plea Granted for Worthington Man It was a happy Christmas for the Humphrey family of awaiting trial on counterfeiting charges, was released Federal Judge so that he could spend Christmas with his the Christmas tree opening the many gifts given to Worthington. George W. Humphrey, 39, from the Charles St. Jail in Boston by a family. Here the family is grouped around them by neighbors. The children standing are, from left to right, Russell, 11, Robin, four, and Roberta, seven. Mrs. Jean Humphrey is shown in the foreground with little Richard, one, watching his father open a Christmas present. The family will also celebrate Robin’s birthday on Thursday. | Boston, Dec. 23 (P—U. 8. Judge George C. Sweeney today took notice of the Christmas season by a legal maneuver which allowed George W. Humphrey, 39, to become reunited with his wife and four children in his Worthington home, Humphrey has been in jail for counterfeiting since last September, unable to raise bail. He pleaded guilty to the |, charge two months ago and his case has not been concluded, His counsel today pleaded for reduction of Humphrey’s $7500 bail contending the defendant was unable to raise any money. The U. S. attorney’s office agreed to a reduction to $5000. : Judge Sweeney set new bail j|- and all Humphrey had to do was sign his name to a bond before leaving court. (|) of $10,000 without security |{' ‘ = { �54 (954 HUMPHREY NOW ADMITS CONSPIRACY Collins Acquitted By Jury Case Very Close, Says Judge (Special to the Gazette) | Springfield and turned over to BOSTON — Paul G. Collins,| Humphreys at the Park Square | 36, of 20 Prescott St., Cambridge,| Terminal in Boston, | was found not guilty by a jury: Humphreys turned the money| yesterday on a charge of aiding| over to Marbet, who took it to! | and abetting in the sale of coun-| the Hotel Essex, where he had | terfeit money. Trial was in Fed- |} made arrangements to turn it eral Court. The jury deliberated| over to the New York contact. for an hour and a half before ac: | There was evidence that Frank | quitting Collins. Atty. Frank Jug- Bistany of Boston was the go-| gins of Boston was defense coun- between in the deal. Bistany| sel. turned out to be an lindercover | The government sought to agent for the Secret Service. He | prove that Collins was tied up posed as a Frank Newell. | | with George W. Humphreys of Old Chesterfield Rd., Worthington, and Mark A. Marbet of Wayland, a Boston camera dealer, in the distribution of $100,000 worth of counterfeit bills which were printed in Worthington. Humphreys and Marbet viously had pleaded guilty pre- Bistany testified that he Marbet at.a Back Bay hotel phony feit his client money had sold or caused sold. He said that when Special George H. Lewald was to ing about counterfeit Lewald that | in that when of Collins| made a brief statement to Secret | Service agents after he was arrested on the night of Sept. 12, 1957, he was only telling the agents what they already knew. The prosecutor charged that Collins went down to the Essex Hotel, Bosten, with Marbet to! render Judge what assistance Sweeney told he could,} the jury. that they would have to find beyond a reasonable doubt that. Collins was involved in the deal| to sell the spurious bills. Collins testified that he knew| that Marbet was involved in a, scheme to dispose of phony bills| but that he was interested only in ; protecting Marbet, who was his| employer ii the camera _ shop, from physical harm if possible.| He said that he and Marbet ar-| ranged roughed that up, he if Marbet (Collins) was), would| run for a policeman, According to the prosecution,| the counterfeit money was print-| ed in the basement of a “palatial | home” on Old Chesterfield Rd.,| Worthington, occupied by George| W. Humphreys, who was publisher of college year books. The money was _ brought to | Boston by a News Hump- messenger from| terfeit money. Mark A. Marbet, 36, of Wayland, has pleaded guilty to charges of possession of counterfeit money. | The eases Marbet will hrey, 40, Old Chesterfield Rd., the ’ Worthington, who had previously trial. pleaded guilty to a charge of counterfeiting money, pleaded guilty in Federal Court yester-| day to a charge of conspiracy | bills| of be Humphrey. and} disposed of at| conclusion of the Collins} | to counterfeit money. when Agent Motto wee seen himself as a Secret Service agent. Judge George that he would C. Sweeney said| dismiss the in-! 457 aes eta ne Sate Counterfeiting (Special to The be senténced in Federal Court George C. Sweeney. ‘to jae bills, 4 U. S. Atty. Tells How Auto Was Used to Transport Counterfeit Money Snrecial te The Also Daily News awaiting court action is pleaded guilty to BOSTON—A libel for the for- George W. Humphrey, also of feiture of a 1956 Lincoln sedan, Old Chesterfield Rd., Worthingused in a counterfeit- ton, who has ing racket in Worthington, was filed yesterday in Federal Court federal charges of conspiracy to by Asst. U. S. Atty. George H. Lewald. - The machine is registered in the name of Alberi E. Albert of Old .Chesterfield Rd., Worthington who is under indictment in Federal Court on counterfeiting charges. counterfeit money and possession of counterfeit money. Humphrey pleaded guilty in Federal Court, Boston, December, 1957 and is now free on bail. Disposition of his case is expected in Federal Court sometime after April 6. At that time, Albert and Paul G. Collins of Cambridge are scheduled to ~ Lewald told the court that the machine was used on Sept. 12, 1957 to transport 2500 counterfeit $20 bills and 2000 counter- stand trial on counterfeiting]. feit $10 hills to Boston from charges. The trial date has been postWorthington. The Jan.. machine agents. .23,. \was 1958 . by. seized on poned Treasury several charges dating back to September of 1957 in which T-men smashed a_ counterfeit ring book headed by publisher. a Worthington times the illness of Albert. Some Albert is involved in the coun- bills was terfeiting Both men charges United Car’s Role Beser bod in Worthington Racket allegedly Case. Union) BOSTON — George W. Humphreys of Worthington and Mark A. Marbet of Wayland, involved in a counterfeiting plot, will . ae Sentencing April 27 acquir- $100,000 worth $10 and $20 bills. said W. be} conviction S. Atty. argued interested Daily Marbet,| the defendant assisted Marbet in| the accomplishment of the: sale of the bills to special agent Carmine J. Motto of the Secret Service. Motto had posed as the rep-} resentative of a New York ring| which Charge counter-| it have nothing to do with coun-! terfeit scheme when he_ knew | that Market was involved,” Jug:| the U. to The BOSTON—George the camera dealer in Boston,| passed $450 to an undercover |! agent for the Secret Service, Collins deliberately left the room. “Collins even advised Marbet -to |, gins stated. In pleading for of Collins, Asst. Pleads On Counterfeiting charges of counterfeiting money | Immediately a half dozen more and conspiracy to counterfeit agents, headed by Chief Maurice | money: It is expected that Judge | R, Allen of Boston, poured into George C. Sweeney will dispose the room. of their cases shortly. Outside the South Station, When the jury returned the across the street, Collins was verdict in favor of Collins, Judge taken into custody by Agent Al. | Sweeney remarked “It was a fred Wong. i very close case and I think it is| The phony bills seized in the a fair verdict?’ jhotel room were introduced in Atty. Juggins argued that evidence by the government, there was no evidence whatsoever | that Man Guilty to Second told him that the deal was all| ready to go through. At the Essex Hotel, Marbet| started to bargain for the sale of: $100,000 worth of to met. and} Worthington dictment against Alberi E, Albert of Worthington when Asst. | U. S. Atty. George H, Lewald} files the proper certificate. Al-| bert, a defendant in the counter-} feiting case, died over the week| end. Lewald said that he had planned to dismiss the charges anyway. Paul G. Collins, 36, of Cambridge went to trial. today before Judge Sweeney and a Jury | on charges of possession of coun-| $80,000 seized in because of}: counterfeit by the federal men when they broke the counterfeit ring in 1957. Conditions of Humphrey’s bail] are that he has to remain in Massachusetts, - _ had of States on by April 27 Judge pleaded guilty counterfeiting and Canadian �_APRIL 30, 1959, George Humphreys — To (Special to the Gazette) BOSTON — George W. Hum{phreys, 40, of Old Chesterfield |Rd., Worthington, and Mark A. isentenced for counterfeiting — Parey, nad The defendants were to have been sentenced last Monday, but the probation report was not | ready. i Asst. U.S. Atty. George H. Le. Wald will appear for the govern-| ment. : Judge George C. Sweeney will be on the bench. Both Humphreys Judge charging them ants are free on bail. It is contended by Secret ice men that the defendants George George : W. Hum- C. Sweeney :in , $10 z Humphrey, ||910,000 for McLaughon a counterfeit-|/jin pointed out that Humph rey ae. Ae was in jail for 91 days before, Pee ada tt aed Neh Judge Sweeney released him on het, 37, of 270 Co, =| = at-!ipersonal recognizance, Judge joel ie ere eons hte Sweeney did not comme nt on -phrey,. | In the case Judre of Hum- Sweeiey mas —s “also tacked on a three-year probatio n con- acquitted in Federal Judge Sweeney cut the recom.|| Court April 7 of aiding and abet-Mended term to 18 months after||‘i2g a plea by Atty. Edward F. Mc-||WaS in the counterfeit ring. He employed by Marbet, a eet —_...-.__ “= ‘Humphrey Handed 18 Months’ Prison © As Counterfeiter || BOSTON -— George W. Humphrey, 40, of Old Chesterfield Rd., Worthington, was sentenced to 18 months in a federal penitentiary by Judge George C./ Sweeney in Federal Court yes-| charges, A. Mar- bet, 37, of Concord Rd., Way-|} land, proprietor of a camera shop in Boston, was given a one year| sentence. In the case Judge Sweeney of Humphrey, | also directed that j}he be placed on probation for | three years, the probation to be|gin at the completion of the jail | sentence. | | Execution of Humphrey's sen-| {tence was deferred until Friday.| | Marbet will start his jail sentence| | on Thursday. Atty. Edward F. McLaughlin | for | ‘Humphrey made an eloquent plea | for a suspended sentence for. his| client but Judge Sweeney said “the crime is too severe to -per-| mit of probation.” j Asst. U.S. Atty. George H. Le- { wald had recommended a two year | sentence for Humphrey, but Judge Sweeney sliced six months off the “recommendation after McLaugh-| lin’s impassioned plea. | Humphrey stood motionless while | sentence was pronounced, but he was very pale. Boston camer; told Judge Sweeney that Humphrey printed $80,000 worth of counterfeit money in the basement of his home in Worthington. He said he also had printed some American Telephone and Telegraph Co, stock certificates. Lewald said the case broke in Marbet when 1957, August, cashed Gazette) ~ terday on counterfeiting A co-defendant, Mark EF. North Adams Hospital, three oa pele. fe was scheduled Laughlin, Jr., of Boston, Lewalds the Alberie Asst.d U.recom S. mende Atty. dGeorg Lewal “2° ma||_ ve Paul e year sentence for Humphrey, but bridge, G. Collins, 36, of Camwas agents. to ed Albert, 67, also of Old Post Rd., Worthington, died April 3 in the probation to begin Humphr jail sentence. ey completes the Serv- hla ; A third defendant, term, wh when spired to pass $80,000 in phony bills toa New York syndicate which turned out to be a group ‘of undercover Secret Service (Special (Special to the Gazette) BOSTON—George W. Humphrey, 40, Old Chesterfield Rd., | Friday and Marbet’ until] ‘of : Old ; Post Rd., until dai , |hursday y totc begin: theirir jail ane given an 18-l\tences, Both men have been senJail sentence Monday by|!on bail, $5000 for Marbet out and 40, ee sentence, with counterfeiting phony $10 and $20 bills and with conspiracy to counterfeit phony bills. Both defend- — ooo | and Marbet have peladed guilty to indictments Surrenders, Taken To Conn. Prison George W., Humphrey Sentenced On Counterfeiting Charge; Also On 3-Year Prob ation Pha Gst, 37, of Concord Rd., Way|Jand, will be in Federal Court /next Monday afternoon to be /money. George Humphrey Worthington Man Jailed 18 Months Hear Sentence In Boston Monday a phony $10 bill at & Sener: a as station in Watertown. According to Lewald, the gas Station attendant also was a printer and realized that the bill Was a counterfeit from the feel) of the paper. He said the Secret| Service agents were called in| and they found that Marbet’s job was to sell the counterfeit money. He said that Marbet got in touch with a man whom he thought was a representative of & New York counterfeiting syndi- cate. But actually, Lewald said,” was a Secret Service undercover agent, Lewald said that when Marbet tried to sell the counterfeit money in a Boston hotel room he was arrested and that ;Humphrey was arrested the same night in a Boston cafe. Both Pleaded Guilty Both men previously pleaded guilty to the counterfeiting charge, McLaughlin told the court that Humphrey is well on the road to rehabilitation, that he has a wife and five children, that he has a job as an interior decorator which pays him $200} weekly and a promise of a $10,-/ 000-a-year job with a plastics concern in the western part of the state. He said that despite all the disgrace, Humphrey’s family continues to reside in| Worthington. He said it would | not be in the interest of austioe| to send Humphrey to jail because his wife and family would |be the sufferers, Judge Sweeney commented, | “this erime is too serious for| probation.’’ In order to permit |Humphrey and Marbet to wind lup their business affairs, Judge iSweeney is allowing Humphrey ; : : : * Worthington, surrendered to United States Marshal Ralph | |W. Gray yesterday. He immedi- | |ately was taken to the Danbury | Correction Institution, Danbury, Conn., to serve an 18 months’ | sentence for counterfeiting. | The Worthington man arrived lat the Federal Building in the |company of a magazine photog|'rapher and a magazine writer to ‘cover the departure for prison. | Humphrey informed Marsha! | Gray that his life story is to be told in a magazine article. Mar|shal Gray refused to permit any ‘photographs to be taken inside | the marshal’s Mark cord A. office. Marbet, Rd., Wayland, 387, of Con- left for Dan- | bury to serve a one year jai} term for his part in the conspir-, acy to peddle counterfeit money to a New York syndicate. | 4 �ait" * be BOGUS MONEY |: : \; done es ||De-icer a , Magazine 5000 May was whose field, took on the safeguard money, another de-icers the furore had been and pub-| Humphrey’s arrest in 1957 on the counterfeiting charge, his Worthington neighbors rallied to his cause. Humphrey’s wife and children were informed then that friends in the community would jhelp them in any way they could. ‘‘This is not a charity,” a friend of the Humphrey family said. ‘‘Thigs is just a little help ' bizarre turn here yesterday. at Danbury. Correctional Institution. Arriving to |- licity that followed last venture! counterfeit the Despite Have : Writeup man, in of ||ordered. Special fo The Daily News DANBURY, Conn. — The strange saga of a book publisher, inventor, and one-time pub- licity designed vehicles by keeping the windshield wipers free from ice and snow. Humphrey said then that Worthington Man Arrives at! Danbury; Worthing-|) inventions, of field the In Humphrey turned his attention to an auto windshield wiper deicer. In 1956, he announced the production of a Humphrey E-Z | = in Humphrey’s to some it.”” at the federal priSon’ neighbors who need ‘to begin an 18-month sentence | Just before Christmas, 1957,/ for counterfeiting, George W.| |Humphrey was released from Humphrey of Worthington was} |Charles St. Jail, Boston, sc he accompanied by a photographer] could and writer, both from a nation-!| al agaZine. ' The life story of the Worthing-| ton man reportedly is to be told} Born a national magazine. Humphrey, 40, of Old Post was _ senWorthington, Rd., Monday broke The in Boston Fed-| in August, Worthington 1957. man had pleaded ‘guilty to the counterfeit- ing ae | ae a fior term a New ring completes j is to ae otha Pabst | Humphrey home: the h fail federal The Georse have} appeared was jail Atty. sentence. aru J. recommended a tone Be. Tium- 5 attorney C. Sweeney th, told the road Judge that ad én EHum- rahabils to rehabili- tation and that he had a job as} an interior decorator and a promise of a job with a plastics | concern in the western part of poets] chapter another still ‘be prison Humphrey plea by Humphrey’s attorney. The incident here yesterday at} the state. the Humphrey a three-year vrobato. begin when he = counterfeit-| phrey is on said with phrey but it was reduced by the judge to 18 months following a iSae England U. Cotas neapeegees the! ae che le which Monday, at |dren, was reportedly the brains), ( ing in Cleveland, ,also given |tion term many months. Humphrey, father of five chil- of holidays of the former Secretary of the} Treasury George M. Humphrey. } Sentenced to the 18-month jail eral Court as the climax to the] sensational counterfeiting case| ' which the had reportedly told friends at} Ome time that he was a nephew in tenced spend his family. to| Also arriving in the} rectional 5 at Danbury Institution Cor- yesterday career of Humphrey who at one! Was Mark A. Marbet of Waytime owned the Christopher Pub-\!and who pleaded guilty to coun- ‘lishing Co. in Worthington. terfeiting charges and was At the time of Humphrey’s ar-|/fiven a one-year term. A third Camof rest in 1957, the publishing firm'|defendant, Paul Collins he headed held the contract for;bridge, publishing the American Inter- | quitted. was previously — ac-| national College yearbook. The fourth defendant, Alberie Apparently, turning his atten-|E. Albert of Worthington, died tion to the publicity phase of his/last month, three days before career yesterday, Humphrey he was scheduled to stand trial. | wanted the photographer from eer ot oe the national magazine to take pictures inside the jail quarters, However, U. 5S. Marshall Ralph W. Gray flatly refused to, allow the photographer to take any pictures in his quarters. | It was reported unofficially | that the writer and photographer were representing a well known national magazine which has its offices in New York City. The Worked at Pittsfield phrey’s in {at publicity phase career was Pittsfield where one time worked teer publicity man. of Hum- | well known } Humphrey as 4 en In 1957, he! reportedly worked closely With | the Pittsfield Junior Chamber of | Commerce in a Miss pneiee | pageant. Humphrey’ s volunteer publicity work in Pittsfield is also said to have included the offer of his | services for the Hancock Fair.| A fair director said then that) Ste for me % fair had been! �el ick ve waitiats ck ie | 2 eee tee ee Heberts Buy 120-Acre Worthington Estate Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Hebert owners of the Gazette Printing | and Bookbinding Co:, in this city, as have purchased the 120-acre es- plans to occupy the premises when tate on Drury Lane, Worthing-| his home with his family ton, which was formerly owned 'the legal’ papers are recorded. The entrance hall, with a graceby George W. Humphrey, who faces charges of counterfeiting in ful stairway, opens on the left to right the spacious 11-room house which | a sitting room and on the was built in 1780 and was_ re- to a master bedroom with a den stored in 1950 by William Gass, /and Jeads on to a 30-foot-square Jr. of 122 famous for the his restorations St., Florence, of iliving authenticity of the storied homes in Deerfield. Mr. Hebert, who is one of PTs a SALE Worthington, | interested in | Sale of Drury Road, 'phrey 17—Persons the mortgagee’s Lane on Old Post the former George Humhome, met there today at 11 a. m. After | seve In. Worthington | was consultation, postponed j 23 at 11. { until the Dec, Worthington Briefs ,and sons have returned to i; home on Highland St. from ‘dleton, Conn., where they | called by the death of Mrs. ;pa’s mother, Mrs. Lucinda vens Fisk Burr. Mrs. Burr, formerly lived in this area, stricken with a cerebral orrhage Middlesex and died Hospital, Dec. their Mid. were KruSte-| who was hem- 11 in Middletown, at the age of 55. The funeral was held in Middletown was Cemetery Besides in Mrs. on the 14th. in the Burr District Haddam, Krupa, Mrs. Conn.| Burr) leaves three other daughters and i ;a son. Pic = Sa ae Dec. 24 O, Hebert, Jr., St., Florence, the 120-acre esLane, Worthingformerly owned Humphrey. The Spacious 11-room house was built in 1780 Mrs. Charles C. Eddy of Buf. |fington Hill Rd. has filed nomination papers for the office of tax collector. ‘ A Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Krupa ‘Burial Northampton, and Mrs. Joseph of 122 Chestnut have purchased tate on Drury ton, which was by George W. and was restored in 1950 by William Gass, famous for the | authenticity of the Mr. owners of his old homes of the Hebert, who in restorations| Deerfield. is one Gazette of the Printing and Bookbinding Co., in this city, plans to occupy the premises as his home with his family when the legal papers are recorded. The property, located one mile from the center of Worthington, was purchased by Mr. Hebert at a foreclosure sale yesterday. Mr. Hebert bid $390 and as- sumed the mortgage on the prop- | erty. Prior to being purchased| by Humphrey, it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lane of Westfield and In that _ ficient modern equipment. The second floor has four large bed|rooms, a Well appointed modern | bath, a lavatory and two servants’ rooms and bath, |. The property, located one mile from the center of Worthington, was purchased by Mr. Hebert at |a foreclosure sale yesterday. Mr. | Hebert bid $390 and assumed the the ; mortgage on the property. Prior room |} huge original fireplace has an | to being purchosed by Mr. Humold |original Dutch oven and crane. | phrey, it was owned by Mr. and |The 30-foot kitchen has antique | Mrs. Robert Lane of Westfield the ‘pine cupboards and the most ef- ;and Worthington. Heberts Buy Home| POSTPONED Dec, room. Pot WORTHINGTON a ee ee — ae oe ee ‘ ee_— ee asae Chestnut Worthington. 1g a Jone 3, | Worthington Men Face Trial July 21 In Federal Court (Special to the Gazette) BOSTON —- Judge George Sweeney day in Federal ordered |Humphrey, | Albert of 39, Old Court that and C. yester- George W. Alberi _E, Chesterfield Rd., Worthington, stand trial on July 21 on charges of conspiracy to counterfeit. United States and | Canadian money. On the same day, Pail G. |Collins of Prescott St. Cambridge will stand trial on charges of possessing counterfeit money. | set the trial | Judge Sweeney with | a conference after date Asst. United States Atty. George| various defense| and H. Lewald i counsel. Lewald estimated that the trial | would last for two days. previously| had Humphrey pleaded guilty counterfeiting Canadian money. Mark A. Marbet Rd., Wayland had guilty to a charge ‘ing money. Secret Service counterfeiting Humphrey’s charge toa States United home. of of| and) Concord| | also pleaded | of counterfeit- | agents apparatus a | seized | in! | | �ee aan | WORTHINGTON Worthington, 2 BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION 5 COMMONWEALTH . 18—Russell| Oct. THE HOME OF fe the annual Gane Mently BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS parent-teacher conference. At the fall meeting of the Highland Club the following AVENUE officers were elected: president, Mrs. Mil- dred Hamlen of Cummington; vice-president, Owen Dilger of Plainfield; secretary-treasurer, Arthur G. Capen; executive com-|' aa BI Oe ee Ee mittee, ' in addition ° " at : — oe to the above officers, Roswell Merritt of Ches- terfield and Mrs. Frank Dresser ‘}of Goshen. Master W. Todd Alger has been|}. chosen Grange to represent Worthington} at the sessions of the], Massachusetts State Grange iny Springfield Oct. 21 to 24. Arthur G. Capen was chosen alternate delegate, Local television viewers report | having seen George Packard, Jr., nephew of. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H,. Snyder and a former resident now living in Augusta, Me., as he .took part Wednesday in a give-away program. Edward K. Porter will leave Sunday for Ft. Dix, N. J., to begin six month’s National Guard training period. The Rod and Gun Club will have a turkey shoot at the club grounds in Christian Hollow Sunday at 1. Laymens’ Sunday will be ob-} served in First Congregational ,Church at 11. Miss Marian L. ‘Bartlett and Clarence A. G, Pease will give the messages and the service has been arranged by Dr. Leighton A. Kneller and Charles C. Eddy. Caurch school also will be in session at 11. The Grange will meet Tuesday} at 8 in the Town Hali for the annual ‘‘youth night’? program. Mrs. Clarence Carey is in St. Luke's Hospital receiving treatment for injuries received in a fall in Pittsfield on Thursday. Miss Jane Conwell Tuttle has been named organist and choir director for the Village Church in (Cummington. : : ne : } �BT CONES TIERS ert ave ae )957 PORT if = {95-7 WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON—James ling, son of Mr. and Mrs, Wed ‘Boy Next Door in 1892 HickLeslie} G. Hickling of Kinne Brook | Farm has been selected by ne selectmen to represent this town |) Tuesday at a Constitution Day| celebration in the Hall of Flags} at the State House, Citizenship| awards will be made by Incorporated, sponsors Northampton High program. Jimmy The Church Freedom of « the| is a senior | at! School. First’ Congregational| is planning a_ public} | baked ham dinner and dance on}! October 5 for the benefit of the| new furnace fund. f George Bergin enrolled Herber N. Haskell at} | North Adams State Teachers| | College today as a freshman, He }attended Northeastern Universi-| {ty in Boston for the past year| | where he majored in accounting. | ber of the Temple in in Shrine day. Miss class was which ceremonies at Springfield Jennifer a mem.- |, initiated on Melha | Fri- \ Glidden, |, Lee granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. |, N. F. Glidden of Denworth Farm, was presented to society earlier |, this month at an informal din- | ,ner-dance in New Canaan, Conn. | | Miss Glidden finished at Emma |, ‘ Willard j}and rado will School begin University in Troy, studies this. at N. month. Y.,| Colo- C WORTHINGTON Mrs, Rd., .— Ernest J. Thayer West Worthington, Mr. and' has. held their met at Monday Baldwin's Road with tank Eastern fire drill night truck States at was Dr. the Ex- staged played at the all! first of a series| of six progressive whist parties] Saturday at 8 in their home in| |Christian Hollow. These parties hare for the benefit of the Grange and in charge of the home and community service committee and the lecturer, Mrs, Alger. Mr.. and». Mrs.. .W. “Warren Rausch have returned from a trip through the White Mountains to Auburn, Me., where they visited Mr. and Mrs. H. Clinton Kline. The Misses Alice and Betty} Porter hav: returned’ to New York and Hartford, respectively, after having been called home by} the death of their mother, Mrs. i G. Porter, Sr, Mrs, Edward H. Newcomb who} is spending the winter with her} json-in-law and daughter, Mr. and| |Mrs. Preston R. Sage in Man-| chester, Conn., will observe her| 88th birthday Thursday. Mrs. ey Warren Rausch will |mother that day, be with her in which|School superintendent also for the wedding march. |On their 65th wedding anniver-| Mr, Thayer, who was a dairy | sary they are still much interest-| farmer, Was never too busy to}ed in all that goes on at home) take an active part in both townj|and abroad and especially enjoy| and church affairs and he 'having callers. | being used. Following the drill,| Dr. Baldwin put on an archery | exhibition and served refresh-} ments to the firemen. | Mr. and Mrs, “Villis Alger will} entertain life and 50 years. Rev, Ketchen, who ati Within the lifetime of Mr. and} that time served both the | Mrs. Thayer, six generations of| Methodist Church at South!both sides of their family have} Worthington and the one at/|lived in their house and in the West Worthington, performed | house down the road where Mrs. the ceremony. Mrs. Leon M. Con-| Thayer was born and from which| well, who now lives in Wakefield | she married the boy next door,| Edward pumper. married the town, too, she was a of First Congregational for 25 years and Sunday of the Cummington Fair -—jgoing to the dance at the town which he missed that one time|hall, “not only going but dancing| for the only time in a period of|every dance.” | home in Kinne Brook the portable pump, the and in Mr, Thayer has lived since he!25 years. | was a little boy. Both always have enjoyed) They were married in 1892 atidancing and were regular at- | the home of the bride, just ajtendants at the Saturday night} short way down the road :from'dances up until Mr. Thayer was their present home. Mr. Thayer|83 and he relates that they cele-| recalls that it was the last day brated their 59th anniversary by | Worthington, Oct, 16 — Miss Mary Lou Osgood of Cld Post Rd. has returned from Ottawa, where she saw Queen TElizabeth and Prince Philip on two occasions. Miss Osgood and Miss Pat Budden of Springfield drove to Canada last Thursday and were entertained there by ‘ohn Ginter, a member of the Roya! Canadian Mounted Police, whom Mary Lou position, A surprise offices the years, Mrs, former Delena serve their 65th wedding anni-' Jones, taught school in Chesterversary tomorrow. No special’ field prior to her marriage. Accelebration is planned but -they tive in will receive callers in the home | trustee where they have lived all of |Church had various: of River both through will ob-;Thayer, the | �WORTHINGTON | ‘MRS. MAY GURNEY PORTER| WORTHINGTON — Mrs. May Gurney Porter, 82, died last night | at Pine Rest Nursing Home in| Northampton. She was. born April came and 2. 1875. in Clinton, to Worthington taught school here K. Clapp, formerly of Westhampton, died suddenly at his home in, Storrs, Conn., Hartferd, and Conn.; as a to sons, Health Porter mington Center. funeral home The is in charge ments, of of Leslie Cum- of arrange- ‘“Timesaving | js Meals” in the Town Hall Tuesday from 10 until 2. ) Annual meeting of the Worthington Golf Club was held Saturday with about 30 members and stockholders present. Officers were elected as follows: president, Merwin F. Packard: vicepresident, Bertram B. Warren; |secretary-treasurer, |Sturtevant; Henry W. H. directors Warren Snyder; Almer V, for one Rausch and directors for two years, Roy W, McCann and Lawrence M. Porter; directors for three years, A. V. Flint and Allerton DeC. Tompkins. The club officially closed on Oct, 1, Fred W. Brown of Old Post Rd. WORTHINGTON has Inson MRS. H. G. PORTER, SR. Worthington, Oct. 1i—Dr. Hollis W. Huston officiated at the private funeral of Mrs. Herber t |G. Porter, Sr., today in First | Congregational Church, Mrs. | Porter died Wednesday evening at a nursing home in Northampton. Burial was in the Center Cemetery. Since their marriage }99 years ago, © Mr. and Mrs. had lived in the went r of the Aid| County. 145] CUMMINGTON _ | ORSON PLAUS | CUMMINGTON—Orson Plaus, 85, formerly of Cummington and | West Springfield, died Sunday ;morning at the home of his | daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Peterson | in Orange. He is survived by a widow, Rosalind (Mason) Plaus of Orange, ‘of two Springfield, | Brooklyn; sons, one Harley Calvin Plaus Plaus daughter, of Mar- |jorie Peterson of Orange, and |Sseveral grandchildren. . | The funeral services will be held at Village Congregational |Church, Cummington, at 2 o’clock | Tuesday 1 in West afternoon. Burial Cummington will be cemetery, surgery, from Cooley where ‘ he Dick- She was | N. ¥., where born in Piermont, she spent her early years and in 1887 was married to Harry D. Pease, son of the late Chauncey D. Pease, who founded the Pease Piano |/ he was also Co. in Bretzner, all of whom live with her, There are six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Finding it hard to believe that she has lived so long, Mrs. Pease sae a er, a voter. He} was a member of the Royal Ar-| eanum of Worthington and of the } Worthington Rod and Gun Club. Besides his wife, he leaves a/| daughter, Mrs. Russell Borst; and |! two sons, Ralph W. and A. Leland, all living in Smith Hollow; a granddaughter; and_ several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Friday at 2 in First Congregational Church with Rev. Hollis W. Huston officiating. Burial will be in North Cemetery. The Bartlett funeral home in Dalton is in charge and there will be no calling hours. and among the guests New Jersey; and a nephew, Sherman Ackerman of New York City whom Mrs. Pease’ has not seen in many years as he has lived in Argentina until his recent retirement, Also, her son and daughter-in-law, the Chauncey D. Peases of Bear Mountain, New York and a grandson, Richard FitzGerald ‘of Stamford, Connecticut, will,join the family for the celebration. Worthington, Nov. 29—The Rod New York City. Her husband, and Gun Club will meet Monday who was in business with his fa- at 8 in the clubhouse in Christian ther, died in 1952.:The elder Mr. Hollow and hunters in the area invited. Russell Phelon of Pease had the house here buiit are will show a as a summer home and the fam- East Longmeadow of an African safari in ily has summered here for many movie years, living in New York and which he and his wife took part. Teams for the deer killing contravelling in the winter. test will be completed ‘and the Mrs. Pease has a son, Chaunannual victory supper will be cey D. of Bear Mountain, N. Y.; and three daughters, Mrs. Hoit served by the losing team in the Secor -and Mrs. Mary FitzGerald Town Hall Dec, 7. Mr. and Mrs, H.. Franklin}: who are twins, and Mrs. Helen under- Worthington, Dec. 18 — Walter Asa Smith, 82, died today at his home in Smith Hollow, the same house in which he was born. + The son of George and Julia} (Bartlett) Smith, he was a retired dairy farmer and had lived here all his life. In his latter years he was a stone mason. He was married to the former Bessie M. Jones 57 years ago on} Christmas Day. } Mr. Smith was a former asses-| sor in the town of Middlefield, where so Mrs. Cora Pease W. A. Smith Dies, Former Official same Children’s of Hampshire Hospital WORTHINGTON ppende at Worthington Center. Before and after her marriage, Mrs, | Porter was active in church and ; community affairs. She sane in the choir and was organist of the} | First Congregational Church . For | ; many years, she was treasurer| | of the church and alsc served as| | church clerk for a time. She was | | 2 charter member and later| | President of the Women’s Benevyolent Society, a member of the | deal -8chool board and a county| | Girecto | Association returned occasion “|will be Mrs, Charles Gleason, a girlhood friend who is_ being brought-here from her home in Worthington, Nov. 29 — Mrs. ; Cora Ackerman Pease of Hunt, ington Rd. will observe her 90th | birthday on Dee. 1, Worthington, Oct. 14 — Mrs. Zack Donovan and Mrs, Arlin T, Cole will be in charge of the Extension Service meeting on year, |Porter ne WORTHINGTON | Is 90 On Sunday i437 Her- |bert Jr. of Dalton and Daniel R. ,of Worthington; four _grandchil| dren and one brother, Philip Gur;ney of Cummington. A private | funeral service will be held Friday in First Congregational Church. The family requests flowers be omitted and that gifts be given instead to the Worthington fu- girl prior Betty two The N.J, She her marriage in 1898 to Herbert G, Porter. She leaves, besides her husban¢. three daughters, Alice of New York, Carrie of| | Coronado, Calif, today. ‘neral. will be held at Storrs, on Monday at 1 p. m. Burial will be at 3 p. m. in Westhampton. MRS. CORA A. PEASE says that she owes her long life to the fact that she has never had to work hard and has never | taken life too seriously. Married ito Mr. Pease for 65 years at the ' time of his death, she says they ' shared everything, enjoyed travelling, and had lots of fun within their family. With excellent sight and hearing, she takes pleasure in reading and visiting and is looking forward to her birthday party. A family party will mark the Bartlett and four daughters have|' returned from Manchester, Conn., where they spent Thanks-|. giving with Mrs. Bartlett’s par-|’ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Preston R. Sage. Mrs, Mary Haskell has been discharged from Noble Hospital and is staying with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. | Herbert N. Haskell, �QUEEN RENEWS CANADA’S TIES WITHUN, NATO Glittering Immediately in front of the two thrones sat the judges of the Su- preme All through was a rustle almost the Senate of silk -and like hats there polite there when the queen .and her consort, preceded by representatives of the military and the prime minister, entered the brightly lighted chamber. Prime Minister’s Speech The queen began her speech, holding the pages on her lap and turning them ever so elegantly, Ceremony!| ing of Parliament es outfitted talk. But a tomb-like silence fell with a thud on the 400 assembled Marks Elizabeth’s Open. Ottawa, Oct. 14 (INS) —~| Elizabeth I, speaking as queen of Canada, opened her dominion’s 23d Parliament. Court Santa Claus with Eugenie rather than stocking caps. | as she spoke from a throne flood- lighted by TV and _ newsreel lights, The address was written for her by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, the Conservative who recently upset Louis St. Lautoday with a pledge that the | rent, long-time holder of the post. nation would stand resolutely | Two women became faint during the reading by the queen. with NATO and UN. The speech was, in effect, Die: Speaks From Throne fenbaker’s announcement to ConWith unparalleled and unpreceservatives, Liberals, the Social dented splendor, the queen spoke Credit Party and the Co-operative to the 265-member Parliament, Commonwealth Federation as to while seated on a_ glittering} his legislative intentions during} throne in a Senate fashioned after! the coming session. Political writ-' the House of Lords in London. ers here expect it to be a lively She wore the glittering white session, when Parliament gets gown and pale blue Order of the down to business instead of pomp Garter sash of her coronation, on Tuesday the 22d. and read her 13-minute speech in More for Farmers both English and French. Elizabeth, speaking for Diefen-| The Prince Philip, as handsome baker, made these points: as a screen actor in his uniform Canada will continue its active of a colonel in chief of the Royal participation im NATO and UN. Canadian Regiment, also adorned It will endeavor to strengthen by the sash of the Order of the its already strong finances, and Garter, led her to her throne deliextend benefits to the old, halt eately holding her hand shoulder and blind. high, Pensions to veterans will be he beamed and smiled encourupped. agement at his wife as, seated Farmers will get a fairer share and her head illuminated by a of the national income, Price blazing diamond tiara, she studiSupports are contemplated, ously read her prepared remarks Canada needs more rural elec-' in her schoolgirl’s soprano. The historic scene, first time a trification, reigning queen had opened Canada’s vigorously democratic congress, highlighted a long day; which began with ithe Privy Council ip is the newest jcluded a reception matic corps, and with, a state dinner late reception To crowd miles from a meeting of (of which Philmember), infor the diploended tonight for 100 and a for 500 more, more into the day, Philip was in a shooting blind 30 Queen Elizabeth holds written speech (Associated Press Wirephoto) as she addresses t Canada’s Parliament in Ottawa yesterday afternoon. Address formally opened the 23d Parliament. Seated on throne beside her is Prince Philip. Ottawa, his limit of ducks, teal, Fly to U. and bagged mallards S. Tomorrow Elizabeth and Philip, to the U, S, Wednesday day day by stay, rode in a fairy four horses and who fly for a 6- to Parliament totale coach pulled and flanked by clattering red-coated mounties, The crowds were more plentiful today (it was Thanksgiving here) and a bit less restrained than earlier. The presence of a daz- zling sun lent additional glamor to a scene that was an explosion of color against the gray drab- ness of the old Parliament ings. The steeped _ Parliament in ritual, almost build- opening, equalled the coronation itself at times dur- ing: the short session. The paneled and marble room was a great jewel with its beautifully gowned women, men in glittering uniforms, bearers of the mace, Protestant and Catholic hierarchy in their scarlet robes, diplomats and and their wives the two in native speakers in dress, severe black with their tricornered black hats. �“THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1957 val Elizabeth inspected full size| Happy Couple in Jamestown of the three tiny ships Philip Outshines Queen In College Balcony Scene in which they came—the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery. = Prayer rae Peace At the court of welcome on the festival grounds, Elizabeth again prayed for peace. Responding to ‘|Stanley’s welcome there she | horted: independent na-| between “As tions—free and sincere co-operation in the search for a just and lasting peace for mankind.” For paused church 18 minutes her Williamsburg, majesty ‘at the quaint red brick on Jamestown Island, whose ivy-clad to 1639. tower dates back She bowed her head solemnly as prayers were offered up for the President, the queen and) peace among nations. And as a| gift, Elizabeth received a hand wrought copy of the church's silver €ommunion | ‘original service. kept Elizabeth smile throughout her her tight the crammed formation=3 delta-wing visit to Oct. 16 (INS) — microphone, ‘‘but there are more| presents. | “As you know, I am chancellor of Edinburgh College, and therefore a sort of super-president,”’ he said, addréssing Chandler. “So here...” Clowning Gesture From behind him he pulled out a half-dozen colorful books and, with a crowning, clowning gesture of eloquence, pushed them into the hands of .the president. The audience, crowded over an acre of campus, laughed first, drawings of his campus build- then cheered. The contents of Philip’s gaily‘ings. “It’s not Christmas,’’ said the colored books was not immedi-) prince, stepping abruptly to the ately known. \A _glib_ off-the-cuff speech by Prince Philip stole the spotlight from his queen today, when the ,two_ staged a balcony, scene at | William and Mary College. | : Historic Gift | Elizabeth, high on a festooned | balcony at Wren Hall, formally | presented the college with an historic gift, a copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Garter. In return, President Alvin Duke |Chandler formally presented the ‘queen with a portfolio of original Anis | replicas littie| hour-long| festival 3 Valiants and screeched past Air (4 (Associated | | Press Wirephoto) hapQueen Elizabeth and Prince Philip presented this smiling Va., n, Jamestow in Park Festival the toured they as picture py. yesterday afternoon shortly arrival after their States. Young Monarch, Prince Philip Start Six-Day Visit At Jamestown (Va.) Festival Va., Oct, 16 im! At point, one as Elizabeth re- IL arrived to a sponded to the official. welcome United from Virginia’s Gov. Thomas B. the in promptty Stanley, a small section of the and in a prayer for crowd jumped the rope barrier been for a closer look. Some had a ‘just and lasting peace.” for her there for eignt Crowd of 30,060 ing wait { the hours. monarch, shy young The to, queen 21 Gun Salute first reigning. British the her) A 2i-gun salute boomed at | visit North America, started the took Elizabeth six-day U. S.. stay in storied Vit- airport. guard ; ginia. salute, inspected the honor at Patrick and—speaking for herself and her it was Tronically dePhilip, Prince Henry Airpor(—named after the husband, i tred-haired firebrand from ithe clared: “We are. . .particularly happy} land where Britain gained and stop is in the beaulost her first colonial possessions that our first tiful Old Dominion state.’’ in the new world. Tt was at the picturesque old But the irony was lost on the stown Island, 25 thousands—estimates centered church on Jame Queen royal States bowed Elizabeth welcome today her head around 30,000—who turned out to greet her. The airport reception was restrained; as though the crowd felt it bad manners to yel! at so demure a queen. But at the Jamestown Festival, where she took part in the 350th anniversary of the founding of Britain’s first American ment took hold. colony, miles motor- by bubble-top away her cade, that Elizabeth bowed op head in prayer. Episcopal Bish of Norfolk Gunn P. ‘George prayed with Elizabeth for ‘‘neace which ness.” Her excite-} where founded after Janded the is visit the the fruit righteous- of honored Episcopal in America the spot Church was one montr Jamestown in 1607. Later and Navy Vulcans, American) jet craft--| overhead. > United in the Oueen Ebeabeth Gets Royal U. S. Welcome '» Williamsburg, Force a dozen pioneers at the festi- is eae grounds. She was completely. unperturbed when the crowd surged forward at a couple of spots to cut her off from her entourage. for unheard something Tt was it with she accepted but her, cool aplomb and kept on her way —on schedule. . She was piped aboard. the biggest of the three ships, the Susan Constant. And in minutes the oid thrillingly were new the and blended when 1% jet bombers in �| WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON | Worthington, Nov. 5—Two half! grown orange and white kittens,| tied securely in either end of a potato sack, were cast up on the Jawn of a vacant house to die. | They were found wet and cold | and close to starvation by Mr. ' and Mrs, Richard Clark who were walking on Guard Rd. when they heard feeble calls which had attracted their dog. Investigation showed that the animals had been tied in so tightly that they could ;M0t move and eight of their nine |iives were far spent, Clark, a |noted cat lover, took the kittens home with him where they are Worthington, T. Bartlett, and Farber. Rida Thanksgiving program. Miss Marion L, Bartlett enter- Dec. 7 in the Town'|! field teachers. 30. pital. Pease, who have been patients in Cooley Dickinson Hospital, have returned to their homes. Mrs. Franklyn Brooks of Parish Rd., West Worthington is a panat at Pittsfield General Hos- Worthington, Dec. 2 — lunches for the balance Zoning Plan Debated Worthington, Nov. 20—Raymond K. Dunlevy, chairman of the with tending. Place with Town Hall cobbler with! Wednesday,|! Heated most debate persons beans, butter, at- took ‘‘Wildcat Willie Raymond rets new Inc, Mr. home and Mrs. Neil Chapin of) formerly lived here, were week |) end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rus-') sell Borst of River Rd. i Mr. and Mrs. Webb C. seventy of Rockford, Ill. were in town this week calling on friends and relatives including Mrs. Ernes‘ G. Thayer, the Misses Elsie and ie Bartlett and Guy G, Bart- lett. Mr, Stevens’ father was} ‘Anson Stevens and the family's _ancestors lived in Stevensville, he which given patients at the which will include State Hospital. Marion L. of Congregational First it was Smith and Dr. Holiis W. Huston, récently }returned from England, where he was engaged in research ‘in Queen’s College, Oxford, on a Fulbright Scholarship, has been engaged by Trinity Methodist Kenneth ; jleave from his ship. Mr. and Mrs. Charles iwhose apartment was Bartlett, voted to and approve Mrs. meeting} Church,} the rec- equipment. } Raymond K. Dunlevy presided at the second public hearing on the proposed zoning bylaws Sunday afternoon at the Town Hall with 30 persons present. Sampson, damaged iby fire a month ago, have made \repairs and moved back in, The ommendation of the trustees to increase the heating facilities of the church by installing additional] to be built there | Springfield haye moved into the former William Ball house on Ridge Rd. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bamforth of Johnson City, N. Y., who | at Leighton A. Kneller. At a special business and for Briefs tuna | Christmas readings and music with Mrs. Richard G. Hathaway as soloist, will be in charge off Mrs. C, Raymond Magargal, Miss Pittsinger and Mason, Worthington to be program, Is Sold their by Healy, Magargal, Northampton Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dassatti \have sold their home in Worthing-|) ton Center to Healy, Pittsinger, lot. facing on Sam Hill Rd. ground was broken today and cheese, Friendship Guild will meet Thursday at 8 in the home of Mrs. Daniel R. Porter. Members will bring hard candies and ciga- Parish, Jr., will play the leads and the proceeds will be used to}, purchase filmstrips for classroom Mason, Inec., contractors. have reserved a_ building) cake; Thursday,| roast pork with}! sandwich, tossed Friday, tomato Mr. and Mrs. Cullen S. Packard} are parents of a son born Nov. 30} in Cooley Dickinson Hospital, —}) and) and They Leland Worthington, Dec. 22 — Rev. Hollis W. Huston has accepted a call to become associate pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in Springfield and will assume his duties there Jan. 1. On Monday the Hustons will leave for Oxford, N. C,, to spend Christmas with iMrs. Huston’s parents. Worthington Briefs Dr. John E. Modestow will be jout of town until the day after Christmas. Fireman Richard Sampson, }USN, is at the home of his par‘ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ferjrell on Witt Rd., for a 10-day mid-|. considered. pils of Grades 5 and 6 under ‘direction of Mrs. Carl §. Joslyn. Herbert Haskell, Jr., and Milton Home green time the budget for 1958 will be}! the Bearded Lady” and ‘Wildcat Willie Swears off Swearing,” to be presented Friday evening at 8 in the Town Hall by the pu- use. .meatloaf, and The school board will have al Tuncheon meeting Tuesday at the home of the chairman, Mrs. C. appear- but not without changes in the proposed bylaws. . School Plays Set Tickets are on sale for two one plays, potato, bread juice, macaroni ing to favor zoning for the town, act 1968 Springfield Post Taken by Pastor salad sandwich, peas and carrots, |! peanut butter cookies. Milk is served with all meals. Monday about 50 persons te, Huston Completed Fulbright Research WORTHINGTON School of the} and butter, cherry whipped cream; night chocolate mashed potato, gravy, egg salad salad, fruit; the zoning planning commission, was moderator at a public hearing on the proposed zoning by- in A, WORTHINGTON | mashed laws Jom: Dr. i week follow: Tuesday, spaghetti, cabbage-pineapple salad, bread| evening Hol- NEW ASSISTANT Mr. and Mrs. Cullen S. Packard have named their son Bruce Alan. The baby was born in Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Nov. |Thursday at luncheon at The Spruces. All are retired Spring- |! 20—Dr. ‘TRINITY NAMES held in the vestry. tained the Misses Eivene Taylor, Nina Jordan, Bertha Richardson, Lesley Stent ana Grace Knapton | Dec. sermon Sunday at 11 in First Congregational Church, where he has been interim pastor for several months. Dr. Edward U. Cowles of Westfield has accepted | the full-time pastorate of the local church as of the first of the year. Following the morning service, a coffee hour will be likewise, Worthington Grange will meet Tuesday evening at 8 in the Town Hall. The lecturer will present a and |i i Hall, | Winners in the Rog and, Gun {Club turkey shoot were William LaFleur of Williamsburg, Reino |[Liimatainen of West Chesterfield and Ashley Cole and Jack Tinker of this town. Worthington, lis W. Huston will preach his last the local Ground Observer Corps has been discontinued. Two other towns in this sector are effected | Richard A. Bartlett were elected |captains of the opposing teams |for the annual deer supper which is scheduled Pastorate Sunday bert Porter by her daughters. Civil Defense Director Charles C. Eddy has received word that treasurer, Alan com- en to First Congregational Church in memory of Mrs. Her- ment, The Rod and Gun Club has elected officers as follows: president, Howard Beebe; vice-presix | dent, David Tyler; secretary, ;Harman 22—A WORTHINGTON. Hustonto Close / | munion glass filler has been giv- responding to food and kind treat- | Robert Nov. | The question will be voted on by} secret ballot at a special town] meeting scheduled Dec. 11, DR. |_ Taught in Chester Mrs, Elizabeth (Jones) | 75, of 61 Euclid Ave, Higgins, died Thurs- ,|day in Wesson Memorial Hospital. She was born in Cummington, daughter of the late Warren and Annie (Mackey) Jones and had been a resident | 45 years. She was of this city for a retired school teacher, having taught in Chester. She was the widow of John B. Higgins. She leaves several cousins. The funeral will be held | Saturday at 2 at the Healey hours home fu- neral home, Westfield, with Rey. Wilfred J. LaPoint of Chester officiating. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Visiting at the funeral are today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. W. HUSTON Tda., and attended college at the University of Idaho and Willamette University in Oregon, His B.D. degree and colna, and the Ph. D. degree are from Duke University in |North Carolina. He has been a member of the faculty at Amherst College, Southern Methodist University and Ohio Wesleyan University, and has served churches in Oregon, North Carin towns of North- bridge, Hadl#y and Worthington|| in this sta"e ; He is a member of Alpha Psi Omega, dramatic honorary fra|ternity, Phi Delta Theta, Blue |Key scholastic honorary society, |Phi Beta Kappa, Society of Biblieal Mrs. Higgins, 75, HOLLIS Church as assistant minister, He will assume his duties this week and will preach from the Trinity pulpit next Sunday. |~ Dr, Huston was born in Burley, Literature and Exegesis, Na- tional Association of Biblical Instructors, Araerican Association ot University Professors, and the American School of Oriental Research. Articies from his pen nave recently appeared in the Zournal of Biblical Literature and the Journal of Bible and Religion. Dr, Husten is married to the former Arnie Laura Cotten of Ox-} ford, N. C, and they have two} children, Holiis W. Jr., and Re-| beeca Ana, The family will reImain in Worthington, where Dr. Hiuston has served as the interim pastor of the Congregational ‘Church, unt'l living arrangements | have been made in Springfield. �SPRINGFIELD, LONGMEADOW FLYNT TO AID LONGMEADOW . ] Student of rectors, Miss Rachel DECEMBER 14, 1957 At Longmeadow Historical Society Meeting Lawton, Mrs. Warner Buxton, Mr, and Robert L. Medlicott, Leete Flynt, showing pictures of high- His- lights of Deerfield Village, said there was much in common between Deerfield and Longmeadow, particularly the fact that the first and famed minister, Rev. Stephen Williams, came to Longmeadow from his Deerfield home. Heer for Safe Keeping Flynt revealed that for years Longmeadow, Dec. 13 —-Pros-jan object has been sought in repect of expert counseling by a|lation to Deerfield has been the nationally known student of early|ancient pistol which John Wil American history in development/|liams, father of Stephen, attemptof the Longmeadow Historical|ed to use in repelling the Indian Museum in the Storrs home, next| attack of 1704, To his amazement, to the Storrs Library, was given|he said, he found out today that the original pistol is in the Longat the annual meeting tonight, meadow museum in safe keeping. Flynt to Assist Telling in picture and story the iring es 7 Bradford W. Leete, retaring way in which Deerfield was prepresident, announced. that Henry served over the years, Flynt conFlynt of Greenwich, Conn., law- cluded that knowing the past yer and nationally known early gives light on the present and American history collector and courage for the future, ‘‘Surely,”’ student, will work with a Long- he said, ‘‘when we see the courmeadow committee in developing age and faith in God which our the historical society’s property. showed in meeting forefathers Members named to the com- their problems, it should give us mittee are Mrs. Roger B. Estey, renewed courage to face our Mrs. Lucy B, Mitchell, Frederick problems teday and know that B. Robinson and Flynt. they, too, can be overcome.”; Alan S. Lincoln, president of Storrs Library Association, was elected president of the historical} elected } society. Other officers tory Active in SATURDAY, Simons; corresponding secretary, Mrs, William W. Yerrall; custodians, Mrs. J. Bushnell Richardson, Miss Burbank and Mrs. Wallace; historian, Mrs. George Goodman; auditor, Lawrence R. Flint; di- i Americar MASS., Deerfield , are: vice-president, Philip W. Simons; secretary, Miss Eunice Burbank; treasurer, William P. History moved on in Longmeadow last night as the Longmeadow Historical Society elected officers and heard the story of making Deerfield one of the major centers of early American history from a man. who has played a large part in its restoration. At the annual meeting are, left to right: Bradford W. Leete, retiring president; Alan S. Lincoln, elected president; Henry Flynt of Greenwich, Conn., speaker, and Mrs. Douglas V. Wallace, who entertained members in her home. _ ~ WORTHINGTON ther, Stanley S. Mason, who is ~~ Ballot Shows meeting Tuesday at 8 in the Town | : Hall. Two Contests Nathan Palecki has received his Worthington, Jan. 24 — Town discharge from the Army at Ft. meeting will take place in the Bragg, N. C., and, with his wife town hall on Feb. 1 commencing and daughter, has arrived at the and at 10, with Moderator Carl S. home of his parents, Mr. The polls will Mrs. Anthony Palecki, in Harvey Joslyn presiding. be open from 10 until 7. There Rd. where they will make their are only two contesis, one for a home. three-year term on the School Committee, and one for the of- Mrs. Theodore Roberts of Ring- | of edhonor by arrang of tax collector to succeed'yijje was guest fice Mrs. Fayette R. Stevens who is stork shower not a candidate Franklyn j , | i ke W. for re-election. Hitchcock Phylis the and c.| home OPPOare Raymo nents nd for theMagarg officealof school committeeman. For the office of tax collector, .Mrs. at a women and ‘held in the Grange of Mrs. Stanley S. Mason. Funeral of Mrs. Cecil G, Gaston who died Wednesday in New ,.ochelle, N. Y., took place there of Packard Eddy, today with burial here on Saturday at 3.30 in the North Ceme- daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. tery. Merwin F. Packard, and Mrs. Judson D, Lowd, son of Mr. and Marvis Snyder Rolland, daughter Mrs, Dana J. Lowd of Old North of Selectman and: Mrs. Henry H. elected vice-president was Rd., Snyder, are opponents. Both a member of the board of diand young women are graduates of ‘rectors of the National Tank ComNorthampton High School and pany of Tulsa, Okla. at the annual have lived here all their lives. ; this week, meeting Mrs. Eddy attended Bay Path InA. Leland Smith is a patient in stitute in Springfield. WORTHINGTON BRIEFS Worthington, Jan, 24—Miss Mary Lou Osgood is recuperating in her home, Old North Rd., from injuries received Tuesday when her car skidded on ice, struck a tree and turned over. She was taken to Noble Hospital for treatment and released on Wednesday. A new 4-H club was organized this week Smith ting with as leader. projects Mrs. Richard Sewing were B. and knit- chosen. Offi- cers are: president, Katherine Moran; vice-president, Christine Margargal; secretary, Nancy Albert; treasurer, Marcia Hixon; and news reporter, Betsy Hitch-| cock. Cooley Dickinson Hospital for the second time Mr. and Coxsackie, Thursday to THINGTON aj patient in Noble Hospital, Mrs. Willis Alger, lecturer of a that announces the Grange, cake contest will be held at the! this winter. Mrs, Glen Mason of here were Y., N. visit Mr, Mason's fa- Worthington, Jan. 30 — hiitistde Pomona Grange will meet Monday House per mona night served ‘at the in Cummington will be served Youth Night and the the young Community at when will 6.30. program clude skits, pantomimes, sic by The and Gun be will Po- ob- in- and mu- Club will ‘refreshments served. Mrs. Ernest W. Robinson won meet Hall. Rod people. sup- Monday at 8 in the Town Movies will be shown and : first prize in the cake contest Tuesday evening at the Grange meeting. Mrs. Bessie Smith and Mrs. Russell Borst took held in April for the second, and third places, respe2tively. Plans were made for the open house program and supper to be benefit of the muscular dystrophy fund. Two movies were shown and refreshments were served by Mrs. Vera Parish, Mrs. Lewis Dodge, Mrs. Ernest W. Robinson, and Miss) Gloria Frew. j | - The funeral of Miss Thrasher, a fornver_ whose family lived on the N. F. Glidden farm, was Minnie resident present held on Tuesday evening in Springfield and the body will be brought here for burial in the spring in the Ringville Cemetery. > THRASHER—In nie BE. Funeral this city, the 25th, Min-|| 85, of 40 High St. Thrasher, at the ickinson-Streeter fu- St., Spring305-207 State neral home, with an m., p., 7,30 Tuesday, field, t in RingIntermen 7. at prelude organ Visiting ton. Worthing Cemetery, ville Monday home funeral the at hours 2 to 5 and See Sol 7 to 9 and Tuesday 2 to 6 �= DANCE fORTHINGTON INSTRUCTOR New Pastor, Wife | To Be Honored Mr. Cowles Accepts Call As First Church Pastor Worthington, Nov, 21—The board of trustees of First Con-|; gregational Church announces that Rev. Edward U. Cowles, pastor of the First Congregational Reception at Worthington For Dr., Mrs. Cowles Worthington, Jan, 9—A public of Dr, and _ reception in honor Mrs. Edward U. Cowles will be held in the town hall Wednesday, | | Jan, 15 at 8 p. m. Rev. Cowles, who has been pastor of the First Congregational Church of Westfield for more than twenty-eight years, has accepted a call to become pastor of the Worthington) Congregational Church and will |} Church of Westfield, has accepted): a call to become pastor of the lo-|5 cal church. This church has been without a full-time pastor for); more than a year. ' Born in Kensington, Conn., Dr. Cowles graduated from New); preach Britain High School in 1911, from Trinity College in Hartford in 1915 and from Hartford TheoHlogical Seminary in 1920, later Bureau The i eation | ANNA square has Evening resumed 7.30. Adult of announced classes dancing le Junior t assistant AN DERSON Miss nna thaf in the at course. She is well known as square dance caller. An advanced class for couples only will meet Monday | | | | a while evenings, | | | beginners’ ¢lass will be held Tuesday evening, beginning dan. 14, This class will be open to single men and women as well as couples. The classes will 7.30 to from be conducted 9.30 and fee registration & by Miss < REV. EDWARD Springfield residents is $1. Other evening adult centers also will re-open tonight. Persons interested in openings in or school any at courses are center neighborhood asked to call High School of Commerce at RE 2-0218 after 6.30 p. m. Persons interested in evening trade courses may in Montevallo *|Wyoming; ard a Mrs. .| Edw ward A,; Toscarella s of Hamden, Conn, TheyThe also four cota grandGiutien calshave at tele fee Ree nok Yel Been nek: | Franklin efeats Magargal W, ceived 148 votes membershi mittee @ ; ington, 10 Jan. Worth will be Chalmers Coe of Hartford in preacher Sunday at 11 the office of the regis register before town ; 4 ; ’ ‘ van, Patek _ Ss passed | 1 examl Ss a meeting on Robert Spiess Bartlett, Winston Dono , RichardHigging Raia ona. Northampton, Ic h oS | = Joslyn, Ee Wells Boe : ee e a ails ioe business, leaves two c movingee here in retiring nieces, The Bisbee 3 W. ea a ;. police { cap includes athaniel F, marveled ea. | winter high-| protection, ape reports, voce e, $8000; ry and and ae = in- $2000; : $130; see $400; ie veterans administration that -Clhad and Glidden, the teach-. higher speaker townspeople service at a public welfare, : workmen’ enss Boe the new ‘received such good trifling expense, * $99,we Sens ao for schools,| arges Single appropriation, $2700 higher than 1957. This ers’ salary schedule ute pa ce costs, % benefits S4bAib tac. Rokwola increase : town e Du-ltag “OL, ul 5 é Shee ry ie = ida, Clarence, truck; $2515; a welfaree adminisas sss iecitr eee Ben e, Dana J. Lowd, Cul-|tration, $220; aid to dependent and Richard G.| children, $1500; old age assist- Total The appropria 1.40, yetions gi were i | Was : J, j away. anne home, |, funeral will be ; in}! Burial | Chesterfield. Wortiti ~ iy North Cemetery, Worthington at ee rese R. Porter, cemetery tow : sry| | (own , ‘hall, cs maintenanc e, f commissioner; Almer V, Sturte- aT n_ officers’ bonds, ee around Boston a until buildings, ‘and. interest, strect G- Burr, select-|jights, $546; disposal$2160;) arva, $300; astypatient since ailWednesday He seal Ittea his lite .in andl a : a $50; moderator; Daniel sor; ; Daniel where he had been funees) ill * ieee tet Naval Trainor the Great Lakes : ie Station. et on town ; Chap. 90, $2000; Chap, 90 C,|™aintenance, $3000; machinery| polled wane pedis eharme. auditory: constable,Arthur vant, hardware 1930. He Navy and all left by air Thursday | a who |Magargal, town clerk and treas-/jond mans Rasim CHARLES D. PRAY Worthington, Jan. 18 — Charles | Dane Pray, 84, died this morning’ pital, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital New voters will be registered noonof until 10 Saturday in from the office the. toe clerk, It town ey flowers in ther town officers: unopposed) shire Cr a + aHe : WORTHINGTON guest h. First Congregational Churc teer Annual meeting of the volun ay at Mond be will tment depar \fire : 8 in the fire station. fire insurance defeating Magargal : }' and Hitchcock _ re-|$2%5;_ bridges, $500; Chap.81 for School Com-|*1625 p, Paes 6 195 & ‘Rev. settings Town Meeting Votes $99.175.40 where daughter, table and Emerson J. Davis will decorate. the hall, Mrs. Harold A. Stone and Mrs. Roy W. McCann will pour and the young women of the church will act as ushers. TAX COLLECTOR IS MRS. ROLLAND ‘|she was born, Dr. nd Mrs. Cowles | have a son, Edward L. who is a math teacher in Carpenter, during School eall 4 fas’ Trade day orHighevening. and ship award of $25 and an inscribed silver tray again will be given this year to the elementary school pupil with the highest grades, by Mrs. Roy W. McCann, according to Glidden. Regional School planning committee progress report was given by Franklin G, Burr. = Lucey Wins Prize | Robert J. Lucey won the award | offered by selectmen for translating the Latin motto on the state flag, Worthington, Feb. 1 — Mrs. Women’s Benevolence Society Marvis Snyder Rolland was served dinner during the noon! elected town tax collector today adjournment, in one of the only two contests Other town appropriations in town meeting ¢ election, : Mrs.|were f : ‘ cemeteri teries, $450; ivi thes received 133 votes. Mrs. |fense, S250: chicane sito, us Packard Eddy, her op-|/Fire Department, "$1200: fire ponent, adi 79 votes, house bond and interest, $630;| Cowles is a native of Aland a graduate of Ala- ‘'|}bam College Jane Conwell Tuttle WORTHINGTON Conference. Mrs, abama the U. COWLES FEBRUARY 2, 1958 Within the denomination, he has served on the World Service Committee and the Committee on the Ministry of the Massachusetts for on Mrs, William P. Barton. Mrs. Joseph W. Sena is in charge of : been pastor of the First Congregational Church of Westfield, a period of more than 28 years. He has ‘been recognized for his work with young people and has been adviser of the Pilgrim Fellowship of the Hampden Associa-\ tion of Congregational Churches,' Absorbed always in the work of a large parish, Dr. Cowles says he has not had time to be a ‘‘joiner,’’ | though he is a member of the “‘Get-Together Club” of Westfield. Anderson, here The pastoral supply committee and the Friendship Guild are in charge of arrangements with Clarence A. G, Pease acting as general chairman. Mrs. C. Raymand Magargal is in charge of the program and is being assisted Haven he served as: pastor from 1923/} until 1929, Since that time, Dr, Cowles has girls director of physical education, will ‘conduct — the a New ordained to the Congregational! ministry in the First Congregational Church of Spencer, where Edu- gymnasium in | from 1922 to 1923. In 1923, he was | i Adult School will be tonight at Van Sick- a pastor first sermon 27. School. He was assistant pastor in Bridgeport from 1920 to 1922 and MISS his January 19. He and Mrs, Cowles moved into the parsonage on Dec. attending classes at Yale Divinity = : | forbs 156 i insurance, ce, $500; $800. $800" �PaaS tribute of the children and the 172 se Greenfield, Mrs. David Brookside Jan. W. Ave. 10—Mr. Bartlett have of and 23 announced the engagement of their ter, Judith Bess, to Pvt. daughDaniel young The H. Lane, son of Dist. Atty. and Mrs. Myron N. Lane of Wollas- ton. Miss Bartlett was graduated Our from Greenfield High School in 1956 and is attending Fisher Jun- C. No the date has wedding. been friend, Brimfield had no idea that he was ior College in the class of 1958. Pvt. Lane was graduated from Gould Academy in Bethel, Me., in 1956. He attended Boston University and is serving with the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, N. auctioneer, about Gordon Reid, undoubtedly to put us smack in the midst of a column. At the {the Albany concert and did not! Sireturn to the Connecticut Valley} Dr. and Mrs. Edward U.} fire fighters | ; were called to the home of Court-| land Higgins, Cummington ‘Rd.,| Saturday afternoon for ‘3 chim- | ney fire which caused only smoke damage. | Mr. and Mrs. James Hoey. of | |Woronoco are parents of a son, |David James, born Feb. 8 in| 'Noble Hospital. Mrs. Hoey is the/ |former Miss Patricia Magargal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wells | ‘W. Magargal of Old North Rd. | Miss Jill P. Hickling, daughter | jof Mr. and Mrs. Leslie G. Hick-| ling of Kinne Brook Farm, is on. (the dean’s list at Russel] Sage | |College in Troy, N. Y., where she | is a freshman. } | Miss Dorothy Hewitt reports | |that her aunt, Miss Janette Otto, | |remains at the New England | | Deaconess Hospital in Boston and/ |will have to be there two more |; weeks, ent | | ficially enlisted the aid of Lloyd Williams, librarian of The Springfield Newspapers; Juliet Tomlinson, and the wonderful archives. of the Springfield Library Association. All three proved to be excellent sources of information whose combined research efforts resulted in the follow. ing Jenny Lind particulars: = * * Jenny Lind spent a week in Springfield in 1851. She arrived on the local scene on Monday evening, June 30, following an outing at the seashore in Newport,, R. I., and took up residence as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Warriner, which stood on the southeast corner Howard and ‘Main Streets. of Historians of the time report that Miss Lind’s visit was an! event that thrilled every resident! girls engaged Pond—a for to become on the banks tradition of-; of} which lege to fulfill, for it is said engagements. contracted on shores of the romantic little are certain to result in long happy marriages. It is also mored that engaged Smith Society, but many others were as’ much as a half-century off the JENNY LIND track in their surmisals as to the (Circa, 1820-1887) date of Miss Lind’s Springfield of the growing town. It is obvious concert, * * * that they did not exaggerate One elderly lady called to | importance of the occasion the for tell us she was certain she, as Old First Church, the Setting for a child, had heard Jenny Lind the concert she gave on Tuesday Sing from the balcony of the evening, July 1, was jammed to Jeremy Warriner house in we it is traditional graduates often return to the col-) Miss Juliet Tomlinson, director of the Connecticut Valley Historical So and College |Paradise lo- Howard Street. “That would be around 1889,” she informed us. But she turned out to be in error too, Around one o’clock,on Tuesday afternoon, after we had discussed Jenny Lind with at least a score of well-intentioned telephoners, we decided to do some historical reSearch on the singer to see if we could sift out some of the actual facts pertaining to her Springfield appearance. day Smith cal appearance, as we later discovered when we checked with | Cowles are in New Britain, Conn. | | having been called there by the |death of Dr. Cowles’ father , Sidiney M. Cowles, Saturday at the age of 89. A memorial service |was held tonight in the Congre‘gational Church of Kensington, Conn.., with burial to be in the Spring. Besides ‘his son, Mr. Cowles leaves two daughters, | Mrs. Harold F. Hamilton and! Miss Lois H. Cowles, both of New Britain. | The volunteer until the following year when she! made a honeymoon trip to Northampton and endowed a little lake on the campus of Smith College with the magically romantic name ‘‘Paradise Pond,” The name survives to the pres-| readers who kindly offered to set Lind’s * ment, She spent the night in |Springfield-on her way home from} us straight on the details of Miss Lind’s Springfield appearance. Our telephoners weren’t 100 per cent correct, either, Some had the exact date of Miss * N. Y., to fulfill a concert engage- singer’s Springfield appearance and erroneously surmised that she probably sang in Springfield sometime in the late 1890's, That Was where we made a big mistake for, ever since, we've been deluged with phone calls from WORTHINGTON readers. * same form us of the actual date of the } interested Miss Lind remained in Springfield for a period of one week, after which she left for Albany, time we also reported that there was nothing on the page to in- fet | Warriner more than happy to show it to We mentioned Gordon’s gift of the time-yellowed page from Miss Lind’s concert program in last Sunday’s admirers. old Jeremy the rafters when Miss Lind —if they listen carefully balmy spring evening—will the golden voice of Jenny that the lake and rugirls of a hear Lind singing a har or two of the wondrous song There |Smith ‘‘Oh, are students Promise Me.’’ practically-minded' who claim -that' anyone who hears the voice of Jenny Lind actually hears noth- ap- peared onstage to receive a thunderous welcoming ovation, We think we should mention ing more than the sighing of the wind in the willows, but there are! others who cling to the belief that the charming melody they hear is i8.rea! really the voice of The Swedish Nightingale blessing their be- here that tickets for the historical event were priced at from two to} four dollars—almost: a week’s! wage in those days—an d that the t trothals. We like to think so, too., majority of them were | boug ht up _ by speculators who had little dif.’ ficulty in disposing of the $10.00 per ticket, * * . soe There hangs on the wall of Miss Juliet Tomlinson’s offic e, at the Connecticut Valley Historical Society’s headquar ters a wrought-iron baleony whic, h is perhaps the only major surviving souvenir of Miss Lind’s Springfield appearance, And thereby hangs a tale, It seems that it was the custom of the school children of early Springfield to Sere nade important visitors to the growing Valley town. Henc e, on July 3, 1851, about 100 school children assembled in front of the Jeremy Warriner hous e to Serenade its illustrious guest with the singing of “Hom e, Sweet Home.” The children had comp leted the singing of the song and were in the midst of a@ rendition of “Should Auld Acqu aintance Be Forgot”? when Miss Lind—touched by the sincere rei ED { © house has long since vanished from the Howard Street scene, but the balcony from which Jenny Lind sang is proudly preserved in iss Tomlinson’s office, She’ll be spirited controversy when he recently sent us a page from the original program for the concert given by Jenny Lind, ‘'The Swedish Nightingale,” in Springfield, many years ago. set for Worthington, Feb. 10—The bad weather of the week end forced ;cancellation of the service in First Congregational Church and also the meeting of the Pilgrim Fellowship. — + loveliness of their fresh young voices—stepped out upon the wrought-iron balcony of her second floor room to sing several stanzas of ‘Comin’ Through the Rye” for her A Announce Engagement © cree eee �FEBRUARY 6, FUTURE 1958. BRIDE Mary L. Osgood Rd., Agawam. They will be mare ried on March 29 in St. in Huntington, Thomas To Be Married |“xi. Migs Osgood is a graduate of Northampton High School, class : and is employed at the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange in West Springfield. Mr. Vaillancourt graduated from Paul High Vaillancourt of Ft.|the New ‘MISS OSGOOD IS Worthington Girl Is Bride In Huntington Church Who will become the bride of Pvt. Arthur Paul Vaillancourt of Agawam on March . ne 29: A wedding of local interest took| place yesterday morning in St. Thomas aseinpinies bon Sie ep = a Miss Mary Lou Osgood was honored at a bridal shower Friday night in Town Hall. About 60} friends attended turned to her home the affair which | was given by Mrs. Edward Por-| ter and Miss Carolyn Bartlett. Miss Janette C. Otto has re-| on Old Post Rd. from New England Deaconess Hospital, Brookline. Stanley S. Mason has retu rned to his home on Huntington Rd, from Noble Hospital, Westfield. Mrs. Michael Babiak of High- Jand turned -St., Chesterfield; home from has +e- Cooley Dickin-| son Hospital, Northampton. _The Women’s Benevolent Soclety will meet Wednesday at 11 at the home of Mrs. Clarence A.+ Pease, Old North Rd. The adult ballet class will meet{ in Town Hall Wednesday at 8: School lunch menus for the re-! mainder of the week are: Wednesday, macaroni and cheese, tuna juice, tomato sandwich, |salad fluff; chocolate beans, }green potato, oven mashed Thursday, peas and thighs, chicken fried earrots, bread and butter, peanut! baked| Friday, cookie; |butter beans, egg salad, sandwich, citrus juice, whole kernel corn, honey date bark, Milk is served at all meals. G. Miss Loraine Palecki, a student High School, has at Huntington left with her senior class on a ' trip to Washington, D. C, ‘The board of direators of the Association |! Heaith Worthington will meet at the Health Center, Wednesday at 8 p. m. atte si SF ei ahsMs SiLZ = be leer “cite5 Rin> a del a Church, in Spring- and prior to employed by England Telephone & -Company in Spring- Announces Attendants Yesterday To Tech Graduate three-tiered of nylon) finger tip-length veil tulle fell from a matching cloche | edged with pleated tulle and seed pearls, and she carried a match-| ing lace and tulle fan with white | orchids. Mrs. James Hoey of Woronoco was her niece’s matron of honor, | and the Misses Joan and Norma were Flebotte of this city best man, and Louis | |Joan and and 29 to Pvt. Vaillancourt. James J. Her} Hoey of} will be her matron her sisters, Norma of! the Misses Osgood, will be| | her bridesmaids. Donna M. Plante| | of Agawam, niece of Mr. Vaillan-| field will attend man |his the groom as best and Louis Plant of Agawam, brother-in-law, and William /Cullen of Palmer will usher. Miss |Osgood has chosen Miss Caroline | Bartlett to be in charge of her} {| guest book. Rev. Joseph F. Gagan 11 in am. in St. Huntington, Thomas’ WORTHINGTON Worthington, ‘WBS benefit | Wednesday Roy with as of at the on attending. served home of Mrs. After a home Old North Rd. a chicken luncheon followed over $100. The ‘Dining by cards in Nine” 4-H cooking class met in the Town Hall with leader Mrs. David Tyler, Wednesday afternoon. They demonstrated a lunch menu that included’ hamburg and rolls with potato chips, cocoa and milk and strawberry sundae. Miss Mary Louise Osgood’s wedding party will rehearse at St. ’ Thomas’ Church on Friday night. After the rehearsal the bridal parity will be entertained at the home|}, iof Mrs. and Mrs. James Hoey in brides- served Plante 35 March 27—The party was held the afternoon. It was a huge success netting the WBS treasury : : : McCann products party was : Woronoco. (Quinlivan MRS. A. P. Photo} VAILLANCOURT Agawam, brother-in-law of the England Telephone & bridegroom, and William Cullen by New Telegraph Co. of Palmer ushered. The matron of honor wore a} The couple has left for a wedgown fashioned with lace bodice trip to Niagara Falls, the ding and Nile silk organza bouffant traveling in a gray wool bride skirt, with shirred cummerbund, suit with red hat and red accesand matching headpiece. She carsories. Pyt. Vaillancourt will be ried a matching lace fan. The Gordon, Ga., to Fort ed -assign bridesmaids wore similar frocks, where his bride plans to join him in yellow and orchid, with match- 1 soon. ing headpieces, and the flower The bride is a graduate of girl wore pink organza. They all | and School High Northampton carried matching lace fans. prior, to her marriage was emMrs. Osgood chose for her ployed by Eastern States Farmdaughter’s wedding a light green ers Exchange, West Springfield. shantung dress, with white accesin born was The bridegroom sories, and white orchid corsage. this city and is a graduate of . Mrs. Vaillancourt, Sr., wore royTechnical High School. Before enal blue print nylon chiffon, with tering the Army he was employed white accessories, and similar corsage. They assisted in receiving at the reception, music for which was_ provided by Dick band. Mrs. |be at | Church maids. Donna M. Plante of Agawam, niece of the bridegroom, was flower girl, and Wells W. Magargal, 2d, nephew of the bride, was ring bearer. Robert Duda’s ‘aunt, _Woronoco, ‘honor; March — Huntington, lace. Her hand-rolled sisters, on Paul | will officiate at their wedding, when Miss Mary Louise Osgood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C; Kenneth Osgood of Old Post Rd., Worthington, became the bride of Pvt. Arthur Paul Vaillancourt, | : USA, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jean B. Vaillancourt of Sterling Rd., Agawam. Rev. Joseph F. Gagan]: performed the ceremony which was followed by a large reception in the Town Hall, Worthington. Escorted by her father, the}: bride wore a floor-length gown of nylon tulle over silk taffeta with a fitted bodice and long tapered | : sleeves of rosepoint lace. The Sabrina neckline was _ re-embroiseed dered with sequins and ( | : pearls, and the four tiered skirt had bands of matching beaded Osgood, wedding ;court, will be flower girl and! | Wells W. Margargal III, nephew | of the bride-to-be, will be ring| bearer. Robert Flebotte of Spring- Married WED TO SOLDIER OSGOOD School of their eldest/field, class of 1953 Louise, to Pvt.|/his induction was Dix, ‘N, J., son of Mr, and Mrs.|Telegraph Jean B. Vaillancourt of Sterling ' field, Worthington, Feb. 25—T he Pilgrim Fellowship elected the following officers at their Sunday meeting; president, Joan Osgood: vice-president,’ Richard HathaWay; secretary, Ann Rider :| treasurer, Judith Diamond: social committee chairman, Priscilla Torrey; refreshments chairman, Sandra Sena; news reporter, Norma Osgood, | | Arthur Arthur WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kenneth] Oo sgood of Worthington announce|Technical the engagement daughter, Mary MARY | 18, 1958. Worthington Girl Fiancee! ot 1955 Of Pvt. Vaillancourt MISS | MARCH | Miss Mary Lou Osgood has anjnounced her attendants for her i j ie Fr: TUESDAY, | �sae Sno S b d ne oe Bue . i ORT ee wo a5 4 Ty Blizzard Sidelights In _ — WORTHINGTON years in- will recall local folks to come, cidents of the blizzard of the past weekend and it is more than likebely that they will remember, sides the mountainous drifts that held the town snowbound, mostly the inconveniences caused by the Charles C. the. of how 'storm: : )}Eddys returning from a week's vacation spent with:-relatives in Michigan tel outside a mo- at stranded were 4 N. Y., of Amsterdam, so that they didn’t get home “un‘til the middle of next week”; of getting| W. Huston Rev. Hollis his ears nipped as he walked to the store from Hill Rd.; fington half way of Donna Buf- up Wade Taliaserro stranded overnight in Hartford where she had gone to participate in the dog show, then a six-hour) arriving home after trip from Connecticut's capitol to ‘find the. water pipes had frozen; Billy Knapp arriving at the post office with the side of his face men the local white; of frosty working on the turnpike for 32hour stretches who arrived back = Z in town to find they could only reach their homes by hiking from the center of town. sun Shines When the ; a ° ue - and the wind all roads are SE E hi This home located on Route 143 5in Worthington was snowbound levels. g window to yesterday with drifts reachin Bei ceu ye itr, ; Peace ‘44 Good Reason eeefor No 5 t as ‘? of it will ; battling fae the praise Much superhuman The Russell H. Conwell School was the partly . because closed, have navigated buses could not the routes to pick up even those ee ee Bee ee org Ay School in Worthington : the storm. is-due them for effort expended. ‘ e the forget are hours in almost unbearable cold that the road workers spent in Sears ; be again, stops blowing, and plowed wide open, enough to get out, and sause the school drive = : with was- filled F ; _ partly beand yard snow drifted to Meetlepths of 10 and 12 feet. ngs were cancelled, including the, Sunday worship service in First Dr. EdCongregational Church. called pastor, ward U. Cowles, the parishioners out of suggested and to inservices worship ‘family clude Psalm 139. Many who work, town found it impossible: —— to get to work on Monday morning, but it should be mentioned “The Great for the record that Western” as Ken Osgood's daily trip is popularly referred to, did) and re-) go through to Pittsfield turn on schedule. No account of a great complete without the’ storm is anxiety caused by impending visits from the stork. Over on Highland St., impenetrable drifts, isolated by Mrs, Kenneth Krupa might have had she anxious one, been the a friend’s in not been taken to Chesterfield ahead of time. After a full day of relentless winds and almost it would no new snow, Worthington’s snow that seem next into the be blown would county, but such is not the case! One reason why school was canceled in Worthington yesterday was the fact that the school itself was snowbound. The drifts in front of the door are nearly eight feet high. Worthington was among the hardest hit Hampshire County towns. j �“TUESDAY, FEBR UARY 181958) CHESTERFIELD ——— ar BLAZE LEVELS FAMED HOUSE DAILY ame HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, e NORTHAMPTON, Drought-Ridden |Old Homer Granger Place Was 150 Years Old; MASS., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Hilltowns Hit Barn Is Saved _ Chesterfield, Feb. 18—A raging fire whipped by savage winds this afternoon leveled the home of Mr. and Mrs, in Highland St, Motorist The Daniel By Too Selvatico Calls In 2%-story frame house was more than 150 years old and popu- larly known as Granger place. torist, terfield, Norman spotted the Old Homer A passing mo- Lapointe the of Ches- blaze Much ‘Precipitation’ |: and thinking no one home, went to the home of Mrs. John Donevan, Sr., and called the Chesterfield Fire Department. Mrs. Denovan notified Worthington’s Fire. Department, which was already on the way, having received an earlier call. Two Worthington fire trucks Chief David reached the scene first and hoses and equipment were hauled by hand from the road to the house over snowdrifis clogging the driveway. Chesterfield Fire Healey, who directed fire fighters of both towns, said when he arrived with two trucks neighbors were shoveling snow into the eg | WORTHINGTON Worthington, March Friendship Guild Thursday at 8 at Mrs, 1 3 — The} ‘will meet! the home of| Jane Hallowell on Old Post} Rd. Mrs. Marilyn Kneller is in| charge of the program. Second| mile offerings will be received! at the meeting, Miss Marion L. Bartlett, Mrs. William P, Barton, Mrs, George H. Bartlett and Mrs, Harold F.| Brown attended the flower show| in Springfield, Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Selva-| tico and-children are staying at! the home of Mr. and Mrs, Robert! Healy of Pittsinger Highland and Mason St, have Healy,| been| engaged by Selvatico to build al seven-room house near the site of the old home on Highland St. Walter H. Tower of Williams- | burg Rd. has started sugaring,| being the first in town, Nathaniel F_ Glidden of Huntington Rd. will begin two, within the next day or| | This unnatural bridge opposite. the Worthington Town Hall attracted photographers from a wide area on Sunday. Created by Emerson J. Davis. and his trusty shovel, the Gothic arch is a duplicate of the one cut by him at the same spot in 1947, when another storm blew up deep drifts and the plows pushed up great banks, and as before, this was the only entrance to the First Congregational Church. 26, = �f This is Worthington Four Corners Peru and Pittsfield at the right. had a law office in days gone by. looking toward Buffington Hill Rd., the road leading to Huntington to the left, and At the far right is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Gangel, in which house William the road to Cullen Bryant �Looking down Sam Hill Rd. toward Worthington Center from the Center Cemetery, one gets a good picture of rural roads throughout the area following one of the most intense and prolonged storms in more than 10 years. This road, which serves five families in the winter, was not opened until Saturday, six days after the snow started. The predicament of Hampshire County’s hilltown residents is well illustrated by these photographs from Worthington and Chesterfield, where all last week many families were isolated by snowdrifts piled high by strong, almost unceasing winds. Their difficulties changed with dramatic suddenness, for quite a few families had been hit by the drought of last summer and fall. But elimination of the water shortage through the Feb. 15-16 blizzard which left 10, 15 and even 20 feet of snow brought new headaches — and Boston for state aid. The hilltowns’ troubles were over the weekend as more snow in places appeals to heightened fell, but the climbing temperatures of the first half of this week are easing matters and spirits are rising as warming sunshine eliminates more and more of the piled snew. : ( �ee Dr. Mary P. Snook’s home at Worthington Corners stands serenely behind the snow. banks thrown up by the plows which worked around the clock to keep the traffic lanes open during the past week when heavy snows, whipped by relentless winds, snow-blasied the town for more than four Traffic lights at this intersection blinked ineffectually behind their snow masks while drivers strained even to see the road. WORTHINGTON | prt +449 53 + SUGARING : | WOR THINGTON { OVER i : ry ‘ MARCH 1 Zea £2 | 92 | ple sugaring season is.over for an, other year. The largest sugaring | operation in town this year was } HOME DAMAGET | WORTHINGTON «— Several jthousand dollars’ damage has |been done to the summer home | Denworth Farm where all records’ were broken for the number of Franc produced. Furthermore, C. Francis Granger, who boiled for | Mr. Glidden this year, reports that | every drop of it was first. grade. Nine men were given employment in the various parts of the sugaring job in addition to those who worked to open the roads to get to Foerster on Kinne Brook Rd. by lan accumulation of snow on the roof which caused the roof to cave in. The sidewalls of the long icottage were pushed out as the roof collapsed gradually during \the past week, The Foersters, | who live in Holyoke, were- in \town over the weekend to view | the damage. | . WORTHINGTON—The | that of Nathaniel the trees. The F. work local ma- Glidden outside at of the sugar house was in charge of jovial , Daniel R. Porter who kept every- one in good humor and helped to} make the work fun. Much of. the gathering had to-be done on skis and snowshoes and even the trees along the roadways were reached only by climbing up steep snowbanks. The longest boiling period in any one day was fourteen hours when 65 gallons were drawn off. Mr. Granget says that. this is the first time in his memory that the sap buckets have ever been all washed snow and still on put the away ground. with Rd.,. who has been making maple syrup and sugar longer than most folks in town, has “| Lt. Col, and Mrs. William: J. Private Town Clerk Wells W. Magargal announces that dog licenses have |been veeeived and all dogs must | | be licensed by April 1. Arthur G, Capen, local weather observer, reports that the precipitation for February washed his buckets and put them away, too, reporting the best season in ‘many years and a complete selljout as of a week ago! Edward “Ted” Porter, home for the weekend from the Army’s Fort Dix, N. J., poses in civilian clothes with his wife, Shirley, after a walk in the snow to see how their neighbors are faring. amounted |to 3.68 inches with 34.75 inches of |snow. Last year in February it | was 1.35 and. 5,50 inches, respec- | ~ WORTHINGTON 1956 tively. | deep Walter H. Tower of Williamsburg other lof || Worthington, L eter bloom, { , 5 of spring Henry March H. is 30—-A crocuses Snyder, sure in select- man, reports three feet of snow in front of his house, yet there are crocuses in blossom in the back yard. �CoS ee Ce ae A NS vm e ee a FEBRUARY 26, 1958 FEBRUARY 27, 1958 Tells of Terrifying Time In Program at Old Deerfield On Road in Middlefield Back in Springfield again from Middlefield with pictures of 20foot snow drifts in that town, A. Sumner Crane of 61 Dartmouth St. said yesterday it was a terrifying experience to be walking on a road there the night of Feb. 18 when he visited the town after the big snow of Feb. 16. He had gone to the town where his family has a summer place with the expectation of passing only’a few minutes on his way back to Spring- the Bell Farm and they were very reassuring but short-lived, The wind was filled with particles of frozen ice and snow that stung like hail, the snow cut down visi-+ bility to zero and the cold was a numbing 10 below. “. . «I lost my way and wane dered off the curve between towering walls of snow that I later measured to be 35 to 40 feet high, and went down a slope into Ralph Bell’s pasture, across a swamp in to the edge of some woods where field from Dalton- Abandons Car his car became When heavy snow, Crane Blossom Corner and I headed north., I picked up the lights of stuck abandoned it I finally got my hearings. Then f and: started’ to walk to a nearby turned north with the wind on the farm.’ Normally such a_ walk right side of my face and I knew would take 15 minutes but .this I was OK. one finally consumed nearly an “IT erossed two barbed. wire hour. Said Crane, ‘It was one of fences, really exhausted by now, the most terrifying nights I ever and crawled on my knees to the spent and the first time I ever home of George Bell where [I experienced near-panic.”’ banged on the front door that had “At first walking was fairly been nailed shut since fall. Finalgood but soon the path in the ly the women folks dragged me in eenter of the road narrowed and and slowly thawed me out. I rethe sloping sides caused by the member my father always asked swirling wind that surely must my mother for warm milk and have hit at least 50 miles an hour ginger when chilled, and I congrew stronger. On leaving the car sumed a quart or so. I put on a long coat, then tied a “No man can tell the truth short one over my head, breath- more fully unless he has experiing through the sleeves—an old enced the unbelievable. I persontrick up north in Vermont where ally have changed the name of I used to visit. ‘Blossom Corner to Little Siberia, Spots Farm Lights “T left town the following Thurs“Finally I reached the curve in jday afternoon on the first milk the road better Known locally as: truck in nine days.”’ WORTHINGTO ter, CAPEN 26144 9 y Mrs. ELECTED of the Worthington District was held Fire Monday eve- ning in the town hall with Carl S. Joslyn presiding as moder- |ator in the place of Charles C. Eddy. ‘Arthur G. Capen was elected to his 25th term as elerk of the water district, having commenced the work on January 17, 1933. Mr. Eddy was re-elected auditor; and moderator; Mrs, George Torrey accepted another term William E. as F. Sander- son was re-elected to a_ three year term as water commissioner. It was voted to employ the water commissioners at the f o The Hampshire County Red Cross office in Northampton has announced the appointment of WORTHINGTON—The | annual meeting \| Elizabeth Stephen G. Maniatty portraying George Sheldon and among sev~ Herlihy taking the part of Little Mary Hawks were nment proeral Deerfield residents who took part in the entertai Valley gram at the annual meeting Tuesday night of Pocumtuck based was program The , Deerfield Old at on Memorial Associati on historical data of the association, gc- Ralph Robert of the J. A. Moran Lucey local as drive and Mrs. co-chairmen for funds.|. Worthington’s quota is $200. The following solicitors have been appointed and will meet Thurs- |: day at 8 in Mrs. Moran’s home|. at the Center for instructions: |; Mrs. bert Clifford Hoag, Tinker, Mrs. Mrs. Leighton Her- A. Kneller, Mrs. Hollis W. Huston, Mrs. Ernest W. Robinson, Mrs. Chester W. Wronski, Mrs. Howard Mollison, Mrs. Richard Fair- held tonight in the| Deerfield Academy the ers Alger. School encouraged to school as Junior children will contribute for elected man, Mrs. Harold E. Brown, Mrs. Edward Arhtur, Mrs. Howard Beebe and Miss Marcelline ' one Charles Vv be at Red Cross mem- bers. ing rate for comparable work The Grange will hold another whenever necessary. A request| military whist party Friday at.8 from Dr. Leighton <A. Kneller in the town hall with prizes and for permission to connect onto an refreshments. existing water main on WilliamsMrs. W. Warren Rausch is visburg Rd. for a proposed new iting her mother, Mrs. Edward house was approved. H. Newcomb of Manchester, Conn. The collapse of “the old tin garage” on Old Post Rg. has opened up a splendid view of the Golf Club. Folks are saying that “It’s an ill wind” ete. 7 nual mee foyer of we Herlihy. etty John 2 Boyden, Hai Stenhen | Russ Miller. Paul Ha Wy hy, > Mrs. Mrs | |Maniatty, Elizabeth Heriihy, Richard Cobb, Bruce Nichols and| Henry Flynt. �Repetetoer ce _ SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1958. | WORTHINGTON Z LEEDS ‘Three From Here End Boot Training At Great Lakes WORTHINGTON — John B. Diamond, son of Mrs. Dorothy B. Diamond of» Huntington Rd.;_ | Richard A. Bartlett, and Mrs. Robert T. West St., and Ronald son of Mr. and Mrs. Higgins of Huntington | Worthington, have r from recruit son of Mr. Bartlett of G. Higgins, Wallace C, Rd; all of. graduated: training at the | Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill. The graduation exercises, | marking of “boot dress the-end camp,” parade and of nine includéd review weeks! a full! before| military officials and civilian dig-! nitanies. ! . In nine weeks the “raw recruit” to a Navy duty with of instruction, is developed in. Bluejacket, the fleet, rea y for? Leeds Parent-Teacher Association in past years, Deep sympathy has been expressed for Mrs, who ‘has recently been LYMAN B. PHELPS LEEDS — Townspeople were shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death yesterday morning of Lyman B, Phelps ot River Rd. Although not in robust health recently, Mr. Phelps_drove to Florence, with Sunday to attend Florence and was on incapacitated, by the people of this’ village, who appreciate the happy ing WORTHINGTON’ KENNETH 7 B, PEASE ||} Worthington, March 29—Funer- | al of Kenneth Bartlett Pease, 56, of Kinnebrook Rd., who died Friday evening in Westfield Sanatorium, will be held Monday at 2 p. m. in First Congregational Church, Rev. Edward U. Cowles officiating. Mr. Pease was the only child of Edwin and Nettie Bartlett Pease, Before his long ilIness he was employed on construction projects and in late years was with town Highway Department. He leaves his wife, Ethel Clarissa (Zarr) Pease; eight children, Kenneth, Jr., of || Blandford, James of Westfield, |; Mrs, Donald Watson of Hunting- |} ton, Richard and Howard E, of Worthington, A., Nancy M., Rob- ert F. and Mary Ann, all‘ at home; seven granddaughters and a grandson, The body is at Leslie b. Porter funeral home, Cummington, There will be no yisiting hours. Burial will be in Center Cemetery for ay this ready communi- activities which was always to participate of found in local, interest expression in the Se) jit LYMAN B. PHELPS Lyman B. Phelps died at his of 50 River| home this| | | Rd., Leeds, husband of Mrs. Ruby | He in was born April Northampton, son ,/Phelps. He ‘Northampton 3, | of) graduated from) High School in. |} 1904 and from Clarke University, |Worcester, in 1907. He was a |science teacher in the high | schools of Bernardston, North- ;ampton, and, for 20 years, inClassical High School, Springfield. | | He retired in 1939 and_ since has| |made his home in. this city, He! | was a member of the WORTHINGTON [ YER C ‘ } | MRS, ERNEST G. : ee April | Worthington, 83s 'Delena E. (Jones) Thayer, ‘died tonight in her home on River wat Rd., West Worthington. She se born July 20, 1874, daughter Mrs. Thayer leaves her band, Ernest G. Thayer; Mrs. Bessie ton; Florence| Church, be in There will West will Congregational| officiate. be Farms no Burial will| Cemetery.| calling hours,| Friends are asked to omit flowers but may make gifts to the floral| memorial fund at Florence Con- | gregational Church. Cards may | be obtained at the funeral home or at the church office. | Gertrude Smith of Pease sisters; and Mrs« Worthing- West and eens two great-grandchildren. e She as married in the house where she was born Sept. 28, 1892, and last year celebrated her 65th wedding member She anniversary. naan than of Sunday 20 years was 5) 2 Congregational of First Church and the Women’s was She Society. olent Phelps of Springfield. Funeral, services will be held at the! |} Charles R. Dutton funeral home| Florence two Springfield; West Clyde of 2 brother, Worthington; PAS hustwo Eben Shaw and West Britt, of daughters, Mrs. Raymond Mrs. |in Springfield on Aug. 17, 1915. } Besides Mrs. Phelps, he is sur-| vived by one sister, Miss Jessie | the all her life. Worthington _ Congregational Church. He mar-| | vied the former Ruby E. Parmelee | Thursday afternoon at 3:30. Rev.| Walter G. Couch Jr., pastor- of| and Debora had resided ut the late Willard (Cole) Jones, and school Benev- . supers more. and was 4 member Grange 90 of the board of trustees for 25 years. She also was a member of | Worthington j for 50 years. vPonéial will be held Tuesday. ‘afternoon at 2 in First Congregaitional Church with Rey. Edward wil U. Cowles officiating. Burial . be in North Cemetery. The Leslie L. Porter funeral home in Cume mington is im charge of arranges ments, There will be no visiting’ hours. Es re PEASE daughter of Edwin (Greene) Zarr. five sons, Kenneth of Westfield Howard A. Worthington; and Richard E., and Robert F. of three daughters, Mrs. interested | community B. boro, N. Y¥., and Minerva She leaves + B.,. Timothy W. and Dora (Spooner) | f c er life enjoyed Phelps Congregational Church, at the local postoffice nature, and /1886, Morel companionable by Mr. and Mrs. many years. KENNETH Worthingion,** May 2— Mrs. Ethel Clarissa (Zarr) Pease, 51, died suddenly in her home in Kinne Brook Rd. this afternoon. She was the widow of Kenneth B. Pease and was born in Lewis- Mrs. Phelps on services at the Monday.Among / morning. iKizd MRS. Phelps, partially ties esteemed citizens, Mr. Phelps, a Christian gentleman of retir-| |Phelps, ; : co WORTHINGTON MARCH 12, 1958, ape Jr., of Blandford, Nettie Mae’ James Watson E. of Huntington, Nancy M. and Mary Ann of Worthington; two brothers, Edwin Zarr of Tampa, Fla., , and Louis Zarr of Worthington; a sister, Mrs. Cary Barlow of Bristol, Cona., and seven granddaughters and a grandson, She was a member of First Congregational Church and a charter member of Friendship Guild, The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 in First Congregational Church, with Rev. Edward U. Cowles officiating. Burial will be in Center Cemetery. Leslie L, Porter funeral home is in charge of arrangements, Worthington, May 2—The Pilgrim Fel’»wship of First Congregational Church will.meet Sunday afternoon at 3.30 at the church. Hillside Pomona Grange will meet Monday in Huntington. Supper will be served at 6.30 with the meeting at 8, The program will include a hat contest ‘‘Millinery Hazards.’ Three prizes will be awarded for the best hats. A Find It-Fix It contest is also scheduled. There will be a roll call of officers, each of whom will respond with a safety slogan, a Mr, and Mrs, Frank A. Sexton will spend the week-end at the! “Spruces” with Mr. Guy F. and se Misses Elsie and Marion Bartett, The Rod and Gun Club will meet Monday at 8 in the club- house in Christian Hollow, �BUCKLAND Rites Tuesday en \ ; eas eae WORTHINGTON ss¢ For Miss Clark Buckland, May 4 -— Funeral services for Miss Eleanor W. Clark, 55, postmistress and well known. resident who died Saturday at her home at the Wilder homestead, will be Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. in Mary Lyons Church |with Mr, Donald Morrison. offi+ ciating, Burial will be in the Worthington Center’. Cemetery. Visiting hours at the Smith fu- neral home in Shelburne Falls will be Monday, 7 to 8 p, m. Miss Clark was born on Aug, 24, 1902, in Williamsburg, daugh< ter of Dwight;T, and. Harriet Wilder Clark. She was a meme ber of Mary Lyon Church, where she supervised the Sunday school. land A High She had resided in Bucks 16 year's, graduate School mal School, 'Greenfield, Ashfield: been since and and of Williamsburg Westfield Dalton. 1944, Miss Clark and president Weavers Nor- she taught school in West Worthington,| postmistress in ‘She had, Buckland was the founder of the Buckland Association and cone} ducted a workshop in weaving) for a number of years, She was| a representative of the board of the Massachusetts Association of| Handicrafts Group, a member of) the Hampshire Hills Association) of Northampton the committee Historical Society, remembrances Church. and for She was for and the Buckland! served on) book Mary of! Lyon| also a member} ofthe Buckland Grange and the Deerfield Valley Pomona Grange, Miss Clark was editor of a weekly newspaper, ‘‘Our Bucke land Weekly,” a former corres spondent for the Greenfield Re-| corder Gazette, a member of the) Worthington Historical Society, a member of the Shelburne Falls Women’s Club, the Buckland Las dies’ Club and the Dorothy Quins cy Hancock Chapter, DAR. She leaves several cousins, and her aunt, Mrs. Bertha pase WORTHINGTON Wilder. Ralph Red Moran, Cross drive, chairman has the goal of the announced berg of $200, The baseball groups of the Hill- town Mutual Aid Association met in Cummington Tuesday night to discuss this season's plans for the Little League baseball teams, Howard Pease, Raymond Magargal and Robert Hixon of Worthington attended the meeting, The Little League teams are sponsored by the Fire Departments, =< W7 Richard Bartlett and Robert Spiess |Lakes, ‘| training left Ill., to school. today for Great enter machinists Winston. and Ronald Higgins Donovan leave Thurs- day for aviation training school Pensacola, and John Diato the naval ‘| base at Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred LaRoche ‘}mond will Fla., in >>port -|of Harvey Rd., are parents of a son born Tuesday in Cooley Dick« inson Hospital. Emerson Davis is recovering from injuries received from a fall he suffered _|Town Hall. while decorating | | Rd: Mr. Paul is employed Local civil defense Mr. ‘and’Mrs. Lambert have opened their home in Souths, Worthington after spending the winter in St. Petersburg. ~~ (Miss Carolyn J. Bartlett nual Rita Star Tuesday Alger, Grange night lecturer; of were Miss GreenMrs, Marz cellene Alger, steward; and Miss Janet Fairman, lady assistant steward. Mr..and Mrs. Herman Cowing of Bellows Falls, Worthington members, also attended. Any person wishing transpor-~ tation to the Easter sunrise service in Chesterfield should contact Mrs. C, Kenneth George Torrey. Osgood or Mrs. afternoon and evening meeting of Association Churches. the of Congregational Periodic paper er for the ment done as in also| will drives the formerly. in the town local observ- Massachusetts of Public Depart: Health, reports) that rainfall measured 4.58 inches| for the month of April as com-| pared to 2.80 inches last year.| There were 5.75. inches of snow| for the month as compared. to) 7.75 a year ago. The total snow-| 'fall for the past season was 102) inches as compared to 75.75 for | the winter of a year ago. The vass annual of the Church will every | | | member can- 4 First Congregational| be held during the | week of May 18 and the annual business meeting is scheduled for June 6. Mrs. Ralph W. Smith is chairman of the every member eanvass. The trustees of the at the an- Hampshire of station evening of June 18 | hall. Arthur G. Capen, : field re- f be held. Clifton L. Sears, piano and ac-| announces that cordion teacher, the annual recital for Worthington pupils will be held on the}, of Englan them leaving instead fire Westfield State Teachers College has been elected senior class representative for next year on the executive committee of the Student Fellowship at the college. The Fellowship is an affiliate of the Student Christian Movement in New are of the paper papers s@scrap quested to tie curely or pack them in cardboard cartons and deliver them to the convenience truck body at their personnel Caspar Householders storage. met in the Town Hall Wednesday night with, Director Charles C.}. | Eddy and received instructions for the national operational alert on May 6 and 7. The Little Leaguers sponsored by the Fire “Department met Wednesday to organize and practice with Howard Pease; Practice} Sessions will be held every Tuesday and Friday at 6. rear scrap at the set up for garage been town house in Christian Hollow. Worthington officers attending the visiting officers night of the Guiding WORTHINGTON — Fire Chief announces Osgood C. Kenneth that the fire department has pro-|} has which body ;eured a truck by the Shell Oil Company. Mr. and Mrs. William Kronenberger will take a trip to Mexico, Colo|rado and California. Delegates r. and Mrs. C, Kenneth Osgood, Mr, Arthur G. Capen, Mrs. George H. Bartlett and Rey. Edward U. Cowles will represent the . church Sunday The Rod and Gun Club will meet Monday at 8 in the 'club.' WORTHINGTON dren, of Manila, have rented the Kronenberger home in Williams- that $177 has been collected in the drive now ended, this being $23 below st | church have prepared a budget| of $5,015 to be voted upon at the annual meeting, A budget of $4,925 was approved a year ago. At the annual dinner meeting of School Worthington The Grange will hold a card ‘party Friday in Town Hall, The Rod and Gun Club will meet Tuesday in Town Hall. instead Worthington, Feb, of Monday 26—The Rod and Gun Club will meet Monday night in the fire station at 8. Hillside Pomona Grange will meet Monday in the Town Hall with supper at 6.30 and the meeting at 8. The Agricultural Committee is in charge of the program, Mrs. Barbara’ Dunlevy, chairman of the Heart Fund drive, has made an appeal for intended contributions as the drive is nearly over, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Chapin have rented the Cullen Packard cottage on Chesterfield Rd. for one month, The annual Worthington held this week lyn acting Charles. C. as meeting of Fire § District the was moderator for with Eddy. Carl S,. Jos- Arthur G. Capen jwas elected to his twentyfifth year term. as. clerk, Other} officers re-elected to one-year | terms are: moderator, Charles Ed-| dy; auditor, Mrs. George Torrey; commissioner for a three-year term, William F. Sanderson. _ Miss Carolyn Bartlett is enjoy- Ing a week’s vacation home, from Westfield Teachers College. - at her | State 52 of is a part, Mrs. which Rob:| ert J. Lucey, chairman of the lo | | cal school committee, was elect:| Worthington, Feb. 26—The Red Cross drive will open March 1 and! will be conducted during the entire month. Chairman is Mrs. Ralph A. Moran. A meeting of solicitors willbe held Thursday at 8 at the home of Mrs. Moran. Union } ed secretary. | Hoyt 7 | ance was O’Neill Dr. N. re-elected counselor will and Deming school continue Mrs, as_ guid- panel secre:| | tary to Superintendent J, Walter| Richard. The meeting was held| in Smith’s School, Northampton,| last Tuesday evening. j | Hilltown choir fes-| darn | tivalThe willannual be held Sunday evening| at 8 in the First Congregational| Church of Williamsburg, under| the direction of Mrs. Roberta| ‘ | Cowell. More than 50 voices will | | participate from the churches of if t Haydenville, Goshen, Cumming:|| ' ‘ton, Plainfield, Ashfield, Chester|/ field, Worthington and wee) burg. From the local church, Mrs. C, Misses Osgood, Raymond H. Franklin part. Magargal, the Judith Magargal, Joan and Priscilla Torrey and Bartlett will take | Mrs. George W. Humphrey| will present her ballet pupils| from Cummington, and Worthington in Chesterfield,| their annual| recital on May 30 in vhe Anne T. Dunphy School in Williamsburg. | �: ‘went ’ CHURCH'S to ifrom CHOICE Second Holyoke. for the New .a 10-year York pastorate Congregational seven Prior to that, years as — at ee of minister. of leader be- he ~ WORTHINGTON the Church H served Congregational . g | Ps e . Fire Leveis Barn, Edwards Congregational Church in Northampton, from 1932-1939. The e i \ gan his duties as a clergyman at the First Congregational Church, Stockbridge, where he was pastor { from 1929-1930, after serving for) 'two years as a student assistant. | Home Is Saved | WORTHINGTON—A fire which| is believed to have spread from a burning rubbish pile consumed | , a 60 by 40 foot barn last night at | the A. E. Albert & Sons potato| farm on Huntington Rd. here. Damage is expected to exceed $10,000. | Sparks from the bonfire are believed to have dropped in grass near the rear of the hug barn,! ‘burning to the structure and then sweeping up the back and into the loft. By the time firefighters |; ‘arrived J. PENNER ALBERT REV. 'DR. A. J. PENNER | TO HEAD STATE CHURCH GROUP ‘|Nominated for President of Congregational Christian Conference Boston, April 10—Rev, Albert J. Penner, minister of one of the historic downtown Manhattan churches and who formerly held three setts, pastorates in Massachuhas been nominated for the post of president of the 585-church Congregational Massachusetts Christian Conference. Succeeds Dr. Coe The conference board of trus- tees unanimously recommendation of accepted a_ the special committee appointed last year to find a successor for Rev. Albert Buckner Coe, who has headed the and for nine years, conference on April 16 will be honored on his 70th birthday at a testimonial dinner in the Hancock Building, Boston. He retires May 21. Official action on the nomination of Dr. Penner will be taken clergy and by several hundred laity representing the 585 Congregational churches in the state at the 159th annual three-day program of the conference May 19-21 . at Plymouth. Dr. Penner probably will begin ; his new duties Sept. 1. He has been minister of the historic Broadway Congregational known as the Church, Broadway nacle, since Sept. Previous to his torate, he served |in Massachusetts, Northampton and the fire had gained con-| |siderabe headway. | Firefighters were on duty at! the scene throughout the night and the supervising salvage oper;ations today at the still smoldering fire. A bulldozer operated by firefighter Zack Donovan was used to pull down a shed that connect- _ long Taber- 1, 1949. New York pasthree churches at Holyoke, Stockbridge. He ‘\ed the house and barn. This '’maneuver is credited with > ing the farm office, parts - age and the home. | About 1500 feet havstor- of hose {Cummington | their prompt was Absence of wind, unusual | this hilltop town, was a boon | firefighters. /not needed. measure. tank trucks tosthe main was used. [ Cummington made frequent iripst road for water. barn. wind There blowing was away from a the: barn and other out-buildings, | which aided in preventing the fire. from spreading. Fire crews tore down |necting in} to | ' A Jarge crowd gathered and ‘\ears lined the main highway > nearby. The five was.reported at , 7:45 and was under control about ) two hours later, State police from the Russell ‘- barracks directed traffic near the ,{scene and the resusciatator from |{the Health Center was brought ,/aS an emegency dfy, and another. Worthington, and strong that only and . help | prevented a greater loss. Worthington, May 10—Fire partially destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke W. Clemer in Thrasher Hill Rd., South Worthington, this afternoon. Mr. Clemer was at a pumping house, a short distance from iiue main house, and saw the roo. burning around the chimney, There was a fire in the fireplace, and a spark had ignited the wood roof shingles. Mr. Clemer telephoned the Fire Department, When they arrived at the scene, the roof and upper story were in flames, A}. call was sent to Cummington for assistance. Fire fighters were hampered by the shortage of wa‘iter as the house is about three quarters of a mile from the main | road, ‘|. One spring well was pumped attached by -the_ departChesterfield and and said response Destroys Home In Worthington 2 All furniture and furnishings in the second story were destroyed, but firemen saved everything on the ground floor, taking it to an ‘layed to one of the farm’s fire z:ponds so that an adequate water 1}supply was assured. Chief C, t! Kenneth Osgood praised the as- -'sistance given 1jments from Blaze Partially— It was | \{ As soon as the fire threatened |, to spread to the home, Mrs. | Joseph W. Sena, who has been} [through three previous fires at) ‘her farm, took five of the seven) | Albert children to her home for, ithe night. | In spite of the proximity to) ‘the burning barn, the house and| office escaped damage, { breezeway a con- in a success- ful attempt to halt the flames, Estimated camage, set by Chief C. Kenneth Osgood, is $8000, The house was covered partially by insurance The home, build about 50 years ago, is known as | the ‘Old Nathan Bill place.”’ Mr. jand Mrs. Clemer summer here, from their home in East Longmeadow. �APRIL 11, 1958. 18 CHESTERFIELD Three Count: Fair To Be Held ea e, 31. Sone 4 LESTER C. LEDUC LEDUC ~ | ELECTED PRESIDENT | CHESTERFIELD — Lester C.| LeDuc, superintendent of streets in Chesterfield for nearly 30! years, has just been elected pres-! ident of the Tri-County Highway Superintendents Association. This association is comprised of street| superintendents and highway officials of the counties of Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden. This group was organized about eight years ago to further the highway program and _ pro-| vide for exchange of ideas on) highway .construction and main-| tenance. With a membership of over 150 highway officials, this group has become invaluable to| the successful operation of the highway program in the Gonnec-| ticut Valley. Mr. LeDuc has served for four years as a director of the association, two years as vice presi-| dent before being elected as president. | The Three County Fair will be| The group, meeting for dinner | held Aug, 31 throwgh Sept. 6, it ,in Hotel Northampton, voted a was decided last night’ bythe| | donation of $5,000 to the Cooley board of directors of the Hamp- | Dickinson Hospital Development shire, Franklin and Hampden | Fund. Pictured: are, left to right, seatAgricultural Society. John L. Banner; secretary; ed, He nry H. Snyder; Worthington, president; standing, J. J. Kelle| her, vice president; W. Briceland | Na sh, past president, and Charles ' E. Stearns, treasurer. WORTHINGTON ee Principal Resifte i i t |! WORTHINGTON a MRS. | I W. Rd., . |church 3.6 The Student Fellowship of West-| grounds, | ee | gers followed by | ee of Buffington in Lena Mrs.} Hill| Manchester, where hef late husband | Burial will be| Cemetery. and Mrs. Harold F.} |MacHugh have returned from Sebring, Fla., where they spent|the winter. Children’s Day service will | take place in First Congregationjal: Church at 11 Sunday, under the direction of Mrs. Richard B. Smith, superintendent of the installation of the newly-elec- | ted executive committee of the Student Fellowship, to be conccted in the Worthington Church by Rev. Edward U. Cowles, Pas- | toral adviser for the college group. Miss Caroline Bartlett, who will be senior class representative next year, is one of the officers to be installed. Mrs, William FF. Sanderson, chairman of the Salvation Army| fund drive, reports contributions are in excess of $85. This is in addition to private contributions already made, including a gift of $1000 from the late Charles "D. Pray before his death in January. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Werche| of Ringville have returned from| Nokomis, Fla., and plan to sell | their house here and make Florida their year-round home. Barbara Hixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hixon of Old | Post Rd., fell on steps Thursday and sprained her ankle. today of Worthington, June 6—Raymond || Coffey of East Windsor Rd. en-| tered Noble Hospital Tn for knee surgery. Mr. and Mrs. John Barry wl New York City have opened their bene in Harvey Rd. for the sea- field State Teachers College and the Protestant Fellowship at Westover Field will have a picnic supper Monday at the Red and Club 6-Mrs. mother served as minister, in the Kittery Point | School. the Rausch died en June Conn., in the home of her son- -in-| law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. | ‘Preston R. Sage. Mrs. Newcomb/. was born in Boston and was 88. years old. Funeral will be Mon-| |day in Kittery Point, Me., in the | Worthington May 23 — Norman \Hallowell, principal and teacher ‘|o£f Russell H; Conwell School, has eed his resignation to the School ‘Committee, effective June 30. He has excepted the position | of principal and teacher at the) jEast Templeton Elementary| Gun Newcomb, Warren | LENA ce W. Worthington, | | | chur ch school. Pilgrim Fellowship invites all young people of high school age| end above to their biweekly Sun-| day meeting at 7 in the churen| parlor. The program will include! |a film strip and discussion, de| votional period, business meeting |jand social hour with refresh-| iments. On the program committee are Richard S. Hathaway, Samuel C. Borst and Judith A. Magargal. The volunteer fire department will meet in the fire nouse Monjday at 8. i | �MAY Retiring at Mount Holyoke = e 14-1955 MAY J1- WORTHINGTON BRANCH |__WORTHINGTON-—The composition. In recent years, in addition to the freshman course in reading and writing, she taught descriptive writing and advanced composition and has directed individual student projects in writing, Miss Branch was for several ‘summers. an instructor at the Bread Loaf School of English established by Middlebury College. She is the author of a volume of critical analysis, “The Training of]: Literary Judgement,’ and of poems and articles published in the English Journal and other}: periodicals. She is a member of} the Modern Language Association and the American Association | of University Professors, After she retires she will live |in Northampton, where she has| |for a number {home during of years made the summer. her'| annual| | Sunday School convention for the | Hilltown churches will be held lon Sunday in Plainfield with the |morning service beginning at! 110:45 in the Congregational Church. Those attending will bring box lunches and coffee and cocoa will be served. The busi- ness meeting, and || || programs j | ‘ LEONORA 1/945 fag erg wc iary OR Paltae Miss Branch Miss Branch joined the Mount She took | Holyoke faculty in 1918. her B.A. at Smith, won two fellgwships for advanced study, and received an M.A, from Wellesley. Since then, except for three years at as an instructor in English | Vassar, she has taught at Mount Holyoke. Her major field of interest has always been the teaching of by the various Sunday Schools will begin at 1:15, There will be no church service here on that day.| | The Mountain Rangers 4H} i horse club will stage a gymkhana | lon Memorial Day at the Little.| ville fair grounds. This club is} made up of members from| | Worthington, Chesterfield and} | Huntington under the leadership| |of Mrs. Howard Beebe of Wil-| \liamsburg Rd, jof Charlemont |gymkhana. H. Parker Smith| will direct the} All events are sched- | luled for 1 p.m. The woodworking | \late Charles jmen of the shop Kilbourn, jlandmark in this town, | favorite gathering place town in days of long expert cabinet a and a forthe} jby, has been torn down and_ remains will be burned by fire department tomorrow. Kilbourn built a number houses here in his day and an | the} maker. gone| the| the Myr. of was! The! Kilbourn property on Buffington Hill Rd. is now owned by Dr.) and Mrs. L. N. Durgin. td School lunches for the coming| week will be: Monday, Spanish| rice, carrot and celery - sticks,| }cold cuts, bread and _ butter,| |cheese wedge and applesause;| | Tuesday, spaghetti, hamburg and| | tomato, green beans, cherry muf-| |fins, coconut cookies; Wednes-| |day, macaroni and cheese, carrots | jand |wich, peas, |}cookies; peanut tomato Thursday, |hash, tossed ;saidwich, juice, |sugar cookies, egg Friday, cheese whole sand-| cornmeal| corned salad, pears; beans, baked citrus butter juice, beef| salad| baked| sandwich,| kernel. corn,| | bey, ° �Ws "Abraham Soe Charles Dickens and Jenny Lind slept here" tanger-Chartes pe - 1” ee ‘| Lol , DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE Lincoln, a HIS TORI POT The nation's greats and near-greats visited this famous edifice---the Mount Holyoke Summit House~--for more than a century. There is reason to believe that the famous landmark may be restored. �JUNE 25, 1958. ae -BDNA SKINNER, DEAN EMERITUS ATU. OF M, DIES Succumbs _in Kalamazoo, » Mich., While Visiting : With Relatives "Amherst, July 11—Miss Edna Il. Skinner of 195 Butterfield Ter., dean emeritus of the school of home economics at the University of Massachusetts, died suddenly ceived a B. S. and M. A. degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University, and helq an honorary degree from her alma mater. She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, the Mortarboard and oth-! er honorary organizations. She had held offices in the Massachu-} setts Home Economics Associa-! tion; American Association . of University Women the National Association of Dean of Women and was a coauthor of a widely used book in home economics. She taught at Teachers College, Columbus University, and at the University of California, She was head of the Department of Household Science at James Millikin University at Decatur,| Ill., before being called to the University EDNA L, SKINNER this afternoon in Mich.,° where she Kalamazoo, -was_ visiting relatives and. had attended wedding of a grandnicce. Native *She was ahd was of Michigan born in Cooper, the Mich: a graduate of Kalama- zoo High School and State Normal College. Michigan “She _re- Massachusetts in} 1919, then known as Massachu-} setts Agricultural College. Organized Department Here she organized the department of home econdmics which} she headed for nearly 30 years, acting also as dean of women. Miss Skinner engendered a spirit of fellowship and co-operation and MISS of Makes Denial through her unselfish en-} deavors she overcame any exist-' ing prejudice against coeducation} on the campus, At the time of! her retirement in 1946, she had} seen the original department of! home economics grow into one of the university’s schools which she served as dean. | In 1949, the beautiful and. modern building of the school of home economics was built and the name of Edna L. Skinner, Hall was given to it in recognition of; her achievements, Educators at} the university said tonight, ‘‘with; her passing, Massachusetts has| lost. one of its most distinguished! pioneers in higher education for women,”’ } As a citizen of Amherst, Miss) Skinner was held in highest es-| teem, being a member of First Congregational Church, the Amherst Women’s Club, the League of Women Voters, and the Tra-| velers Club. ! She was interested in foreign relations and several foreign students at the University have lived} in her home, She-leaves a niece, Mrs. Helen| jLarson of Boulder, Col.; two nephews, Harold O. Skinner of | Kalamazoo and Joseph Skinner of Fenton, Mich. and two sisters-in-} law, Mrs. Ethel Skinner Meyers of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Leah Harkley Skinner of Fenton, Mich., }and .several grandnieces and grandnephews. The funeral will be held Monday at the Truesday funeral home Cooper, Kalamazoo Mich. with burial at! Edward N. Gadsby, chairman the Security and Exchange mission, speaks from of Com:| witness |chair of House subcommittee on| | Legislative Oversight in Washing:| |ton. . Gadsby hotly denied that the SEC favored Bernard Goldfine, Sherman Adams’ friend. after getting a White 1956. (AP House Wirephoto) call in| �MAY 21, 1958. casion Frost Named | of day, |- To Congress | | Library Post Librarian of Congress L. Quincy Mumford announced today the} appointment of one of America’s! best-loved and best-known poets,| Robert Frost, to be consultant in poetry in English to the Library } of Congress in 1958-59. | of Mr. Frost’s extended this nation him 75th birth- “felicitations which he _ has) served so well.” No stranger to the Library of Congress, Mr. Frost's Jast visit was on Oct. 24, 1955, when he | gave a public reading of his po-| etry before an audience that} overflowed the Coolidge Auditori-| um, His reading marked the open: | ing in the Library of Congress | of a major exhibition devoted to the life and work of the poet, || In it the library displayed more than 100 photographs, original| manuscripts, and rare editions, -accompanied by a phonograph from which visitors could. hear Mr. Frost reading his poetry in| the recording made by the Li-! brary for its “Twentieth-Century| Poetry in English” series of rec-| ords, Since then this popular ex:| hibition has traveled widely in other cities. \ Born in San Francisco on} March 26, 1874, Robert Frost | was educated at Dartmouth and Harvard and holds a long list of| |degrees from a variety of distin: | guished He ‘lish has institutions. and been a teacher psychology at h of Eng: | a number| of colleges and universities and| is Simpson Lecturer in Literature | at Amherst tinue his College. association He will with con-| that| institution and will give lectures| there in the coming year as he| has in the past. Among the celebrated poet's} books are A Boy's Will (1913),| | first published in England, where| ROBERT FROST { Mr. Frost lived in 1912-15; North| of Boston (1914); Mountain In-} | Mr, Frost will assume his ‘post| terval (1916); New Hampshire | |at the Library of Congress early| (1923); West - Running Brook| in October 1958, His appointment| (1928); the prose play, A Way| lis for a single term, and during| Out (1929); The Lovely Shall Be | its two course public he will lectures give in least! Choosers at the (1929), a poem; Collect:| Cool-/ ed Poems (1930, 1939, 1949); The \idge Auditorium of the Library| Lone Striker (1933), a poem; A| | of Congress. Further Range (1936); From | The position of consultant in + Snow to Snow (1936); A Witness| Tree (1942); Steeple Bush (1947) ; | poetry in English was established A Masque of Reason (1945); A} in the Library of Congress in of Mercy (1947); and| }1936 through a gift of funds | Masque from the late Archer M. Hunt:| Come In (1943), edited by Louis| Untermeyer. | |ington. The consultant gives adMr. Frost’s next volume of vice on improving the library’s| ‘collections of literature, recom: || poetry, And All We Call Ameri- | early in| mends the purchase of new mate- i can, will be published |rials, assists in acquiring impoyr-|| 1959 by Henry Holt and Compa:| of all Mr. tant manuscripts and books|| ny, U.S., publishers through authors and collectors,| Frost’s poetry. advises on bibliographic and ref- |! erence work.in his field, confers| | with scholars and poets using the| |library’s collections and _ facili| ties, and provides editorial super-| | vision of the library’s program |of recording 20th century poets }in readings of their own -works. | To these duties Robert Frost brings the distinguished experience of a long and vivid life in | the field of letters. No eontempo- | ;rary American poet has received| more honors. Four times his | work has won the Pulitzer Prize |in poetry—in 1924, 1931, 1937 and | |1943, In 1922 his poetry brought |him the Helen Haire Levinson| prize and in 1931 the Russell| Loines Memorial Fund prize. Among his medals are Mark Twain Medal (1937), Gold Medal of the National stitute of Arts and Letters |the Silver Society of |the Medal of America Theodore (1954). In 1950 (1938), the Poetry (1941), and} Roosevelt the the the| In- United Medal| States| | Senate, in a resolution on the oc:| Tague HUSBAND AND WIFE received honorary degrees from Williams for first time yesterday when Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Flynt were given doctorates of humane letters. Mr. Flynt, a 1916 graduate and a trustee, is best known as an antiquary. The couple’s restorations of early American homes include those at Old Deerfield and, shown here, the Mather House on Williams campus. They live in Greenwich, Conn. �ee ee NT THE TROUBLE WITH BEING LFRIDA Rich but tense, TV champion : ; -er- Jack was the wife of Uriah the Hittite. If only she pressed to find bottles enough Sa tned had been able to follow that startling lapse bythe Elfrida-powered boom in tire ess it from hard to gue > har ch iti would be failing to answer the next question too, she See : a : i ar orhaps the weariest blood a would have been through with the televisionlooking at her, - perhay to Elfrida. She has always show Twenty-One, richer by $135,000—and around belongs f0 Se and her will to 2 x = 3 . si pe a¢ se, ¢ thoroughly relaxed for the first time in weeks. wanted the money, Xllions who have seen her the millions But ignorance rarely strikes Elfrida twice, and win is clear to round. after a successful on the next question she knew very well that triumphant smile -e exhausting each week. “hac . : : Hank Greenberg, Jimmie Foxx, Hack Wilson, But it has got more exhe ; ie ied me > t througgh at first,” carr carr nt i teme exci Ralph Kiner,-Willie Mays, Johnny Mize and “The : a wwnlained. ““Now I’m tire d most of falas explained. Mickey Mantle were the seven other baseball Elfrida N I want iP. tae players who had all hit more than 50 home the time. Every week t make o t ave acide : mé : ; Babe Ruth hit 60 I decide I have to season since runs in; a single oa aun of sort a is in 1927. After this dazzling rally Elfrida has chance. There ous I used to try anc gone on to win a quarter of a million dollars, sion. In the early days ea it’s find | Now . an all-time TV quiz record, which speaks as up on possible subjects figure out ways to forg to ant ort imp e mor much for her endurance as for her intelligence. For 17 consecutive Monday nights this leggy and handsome young woman of 32 has tugged at a scissored forelock, frowned into a high corner of her isolation booth and destroyed all comers, most of them men whose popeyed stammerings belied their impressive intellectual credentials. And as she prettily knocked over questions whose degree of difficulty sometimes seemed to invite public outcry, Elfrida, who quit her good job as a personnel manager to devoie full time to being @ TELEVISION = NE unusual evening this spring Elfrid: Wiich was just fine wan Pee ee aa! nia ry with von Nardroff did not know that Bathsheb: Barry and the makers o! Geritol, �More t Oo N TV, ELFRIDA VON NARDROFF PUitweERS MUSIC QUESTION (ABOVE), PREPARES 22 (“ s d n E n g i e R 0 0 5 , 0 2 2 $ _-———- (BELOW) TO ANSWER ae | winnings, about $174,000 federal taxes. on the Leicester is continuing of | winnings his with | program Of her $33,000. He. is assistant Elizabeth the | School in New Elfrida von Nardroff Defeated On 21st Appear-' ance; Uncle Sam Eyes $174,000 of Winnings New queen defeat York, July 7 (UPI)—Quiz Elfrida von Nardroff met tonight on the television ner of tonight's contest by identi-| fying the man. who, after the| 1936 landslide victory of Franklin re|D. Roosevelt over Alf Landon, program ‘‘Twenty-One,” but mained the biggest quiz program winner in history. She took home $220,500 in previous winnings, Trips On Goering Miss von Nardroff, a native of Northampton, Mass., was defeated by Robert Leicester, 48-yearold engineer. The question that threw Miss von Nardroff of the Nazi committed sentenced burg war gave as “‘As Maine. ‘night, defeated goes, so goes | Vermont.” This comment was |} jmade by James A. Farley, then| +Democratic national chairman, | 2ist Appearance 4| Miss ‘von Nardroff first ap! peared on the ‘‘Twenty-One”’ pro-| gram last Feb. 17 and, until to-| all comers. Iron- called for the name ically, her defeat came during| war criminal who |her 21st appearance on the quiz| suicide to death crimes at after trial. being the NuernShe toyed with the names Herman Goering and Joseph Goebbels and finally her |}said, answer which was wrong. Leicester then became Goebbles, the win- | show. : After her defeat, she described jher experience on. the show as ‘“‘a fabulous and exciting time”| jand said she wil] take the sum-}| jmer off and return to Columbia; | University in the fall to resume | her studies. The Brooklyn woman| | hopes to earn her doctorate |exnerimental psychology. in | director Norman York. of | High �| aN alte aan ee WED RECENTLY = Worthington | Girl WORTHINGTON |] Hurt and only son of Mr. and Mrs. Al- |; and Jr., where home. followed Bride’s bride, Rev. officiating. A at the Gown Given in marriage ther, the bride wore antique illusion crown ivory satin veil was bride’s| he was broken ribs. The accident, | | following several believed blossoms wer. year: elected president, i been caused by excessive speed, left his automobile demolished. | The youth was pinned | in the| | secretary, | Mrs. George H. Bartlett; and| reasurer, Mrs. Lawrence Mason.| Amherst on are at the Durgin Buffington Hill wreckage for some time before he | - | summer. Rd. for N.} and | of| home| the; Lt. and Mrs. Edward J. Mac-| i | Donald and daughters of Spring-| was extricated,. An HY Ti ‘and \ for the} Mrs. A.} president,| Dr.. and Mrs. Lawrence 'Durgin and two daughters |, || Professor William J. Newlin iH to have attached to her]. of.orange seniors, officers coming taken last night fol- | ed as good this morning broken left leg and by her faa gown of brocade. and on Kinne |‘ Leland lowing an accident Smith; vice Brook Rd. iHs condition is report- |, Mrs. Carl §. Joslyn; of Englewood, N. J., and Douglass Ward Lawder, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Ward Lawder of Fairfield, Conn., were united in marriage Saturday at reception : In Accident | ;|lerton Tompkins of Fairman Rd., |; At the recent meeting of the! is at Cooley Dickinson Hospital| ' Friendship Guild, the following| Worthington, June 24—-Miss Car- of the Mitchell 4-H) Annapolis Appointee Miss Glidden, D. W. Lawder Have Bridal the home James A. Rangers horse club of Worthington and Chesterfield under the leadership |-|of Mrs, Howard Beebe will stage a gymkhana at the Cummington | Fair grounds on July 4 in con- | hection with the horse and ox) Open to everyone for | WORTHINGTON. — Paul S.| é drawing. registration fee, there| Tompkins, appointee to Annapolis H a small will be 12 classes for juniors| Married at Home| vel Glidden, daughter of Mr, Mrs. Nathaniel F. Glidden. ‘ “The Mountain } field have opened their cottage on | Witt Rd. for the summer and have brought their horse, too. ‘| pearls, and she carried ivory cabbage roses. Mrs. Peter LeRoy Sylvester. of Montclair, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. The other at_|tendants were Mrs. James Proche tor of Englewood. Mrs. Robert Clawson of Gambier, O., and Miss Kay Lawder, sister of the bride- OR groom. The mratron of honor wore sage green and yellow flowered chiffon and carried a sheaf of = LAWDER, JR. studying | at the Sorbonne and Universite de Science Politique and was graduated from Smith College last June, She is the granddaughter of} Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel F. Glidden of Denworth and Mrs. Cecil Farm L. L. Drew of wie . Worthington, June 29—Worthington Pee Wee baseball team won the game over Williamsburg friday mght by a score of 16-6. The local jeam will play Cnesierfield on Monday at the Kod and Gun Club Grounds at 6:30, Mr. aud Mrs, William Rice} were in town tor one | Tompkins |. are: and Mrs. Lawrence |Bullis School Ma. Norman Hallowell at the Coltsville store of the Friendly Ice Cream in Pittsfield, tor the summer, Mr. and Mrs. Wells W. Magargal have sold their home on Old North Rd., to Mr. and Mrs. neth Holly of South Hadley will move here soon with two children. Mr. and Mrs. argal have moved into their | home | on Old Post rae Rd. Kenwho their Magnew in Silver parascs at the home and Betsy Hitchcock, are spending Camp of her Spring,| granq- |parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Merwin| F. Packard, on Buffington Hill Rd., for a “getting-out-of-school”| celebration on Saturday evening.| She was and her Doreen | Hathaway, | assisted Albert aunt, by the and Linda Miss Town |Magargal | in Worthington. Clerk and Mrs. Wells W. have sold their home on: Old North Rd. to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Holly of South Hadley who will move here soon with their two children. Mr. and Mrs. Magargal have moved into ‘the new house on Old Post Rd., which E. || lvariety of homemade sundaes| |helped to make it a memorable | | party. | at 4H | Rd., for the weekend. the |! oes dancing, ping pong| and a variety of games. Toasted | marshmallows, popcorn, and a/| week in Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt C. Markham of Haddonfield, N. J., were ,at their home on Buffington Hill Misses || Charlotte chaperoned Mrs. Katherine Mo- this Howe | stopped Sarafin i |party. Miss Hilda Landa of| Hinsdale, who formerly lived| |here, was a special guest of the| |classes. Entertainment included| of Prof. and Mrs. William Rice of Madison, Wisconsin, were in, ‘town this week calling on friends. 'Following a sojourn in India, |they returned to the States via |Europe and were on their way| |home to Wisconsin when they f early | I eighth| home ran, Paul Dunlevy, Russell Humphrey, and Herbert Haskell Jr. scheduled | ‘ Academy |of the local seventh Wik- |. is employed day at 8 at the Richard B. Smith. WORTHINGTON—Miss Sylvia {Eddy entertained the members| Paul St, lor the summer, be reached. was WORTHINGTON — The evening unit of the Women’s Benevolent Society will meet Wednes- | Sheffield, he last year attended the | ander and two sons of Northampton have opened their cottage in Capen could 18-year-old WORTHINGTON }in July, and he was vacationing | ! with his family here. A 1957 graduj|ate of » the Berkshire School in | Dunlevy, Russell Humphrey, Herbert Haskell, Jr., Katherine Moran and Betsy Hitchcock, Mr. The (to enter the Naval Friday — visiting week 8S. TOMPKINS called and a car was used to pry |! |the car from the tree so that friends, ‘They are reiurning to their ome in Madison, Wis,, naying sojourned a number otf months in India. Mr. Rice is professor of law at the University of Wisconsin, Local boys and girls leaving for Camp Howe in Goshen on ' i Sunday PAUL | According to local police, the| | Tompkins car careened out of control for approximately 1,000 feet | before finally crashing into a’ | large maple in front of the Dr.| Baldwin home. A wrecker was | and of Mr. Mesa, Ariz Mr. Lawder attended Williston Academy and was graduated from Kenyon College. He is ‘associated with J. Walter Thompson in New}, York where the couple will live. 1458 mT AH W. Oo ee eet rn mn a year abroad D. Whose marriage took place Saturday. at her home _ in Worthington. She was Miss Cravel Glidden of that town, tt She spent MRS. SPL Standish Lawder was best man |for his brother. The ushers were _|Peter Levens of New York, Robert Clawson of Gambier, and Nathaniel F. Glidden 2d, brother of the bride. Mrs. Lawder attended Dwight School for Girls at Englewood. nq variegated ivy. The bridesmaids wore graduating shades of sage green and carried yellow carna| tions. . they built last year. .Norman R. Hallowell is’ em- |ployed for the summer at the |Coltsville Friendly Ice Cream store in Pittsfield. Miss Dorothy, Kilbourne of -Hartford will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sexton of Buffington Hill Rd. for a few days this week, �JUNE WORTHINGTON M The o'clock hour of worship morning Sunday at 11 in the ‘The service First Congregational Church both graduation recognize Day. Father's and 25, 1958. *, JUNE 18, 1958. ‘Old Pease Homestead’ Sold will day} will be conducted by Rev. Edward U. Cowles, assisted by the Misses Joan Osgood and Priscilla Torrey, Mrs. Richard G. Hathaway (contralto) and the chorus choir. with Arthur G. Capen, organist. Miss Osgood and Miss Torrey are respecand secretary, president tively, of the and both are ior class at School. Miss Pilgrim Fellowship members of the senNorthampton High Osgood will read the| scripture lésson and Miss Torrey | will offer the prayer. Mrs. Hathaway will sing “God of My Life,” ' written by Rev. Cowles’ mother to’ the tune of Carl Bohm's “Calm as) the Night.” Craig Mason, Smith’s, School senior, and Miss Lorraine Palecki, Huntington High senior, | will escort the graduates of the | Russell H. Conwell School, vari-; /ous high schools, and college and | nurses’ training schools to a re| served section of the church. | Sunday school classes }the junior high school groups from PRISCILLA WORTHINGTON --_ Kinne|by Jonah Brewster early in the Brook Farm, long known as the|19th century. The families of James Pease place, changed hands|James and Horace Pease lived last week when Mr. and Mrs.|there for many years and the late Robert Mason of Blandford pur-| Robert P. Lane modernized the chased it from Mr, and Mrs. Les-|place, making it one of the fine lie G. Hickling. {farms in town. | Thomas Kinne ‘settled on’ this| Mr. and Mrs. Mason and their farm prior to 1800, his house|three children will do diversified| standing a little to the west of the | farming. Sena Sales of this town will re- |/sume their work in September, 'and older boys and girls are invited to attend the morning services with their parents this summer. Advance notice is given of a | dance the evening of June 21 In new Southampton | young people's |churches sociation. {. Pilgrim for all senior in present high the Fellowship L. Mrs. will and S. president built|handled the transfer, attend. Ziemian A 15h Ludlow of the of was} Valley| and Mr. and Mrs, Philip | ‘Genter WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTON —Friends of | grandmothers are Mrs. Mary of Forrest Frew of this town|Haskell of Worthington and Mrs. prime soshen West objective Springfield. of the The | organiza.| tion is to give financial assistance| to worthy dental students from) Hampden, Hampshire and Frank. | lin counties. Cited for perfect attendance for| the school year just past at the Russell H. Conwell School were Sharon Packard, Paul and David Bartlett, Anne Bartlett, James | Stevens and Russell Humphrey.| ‘Sharon, David and James also) had perfect attendance last year,| oF Mason, son of Mr. andj awrence Mason of Wil-| Mrs. liamsburg Rd., will graduate from | Smith's School in Northampton next Wednesday. Craig is em. ployed by Healy, Pittsinger & Ma- son, building contractors. Mrs. Grace Donovan who has Ned at pital year, been working in Jalbert} a hos- in California for the past! has arrived with her son the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Donovan Sr. of Highlarid Street, coming especially at this time to attend her sister’s graduation from ley Dickinson Hospital, j was District Dental Women. at the | final business meeting of the sea- | son this week in the Storrowton | Tavern, ie which } Bates. Stefan Worthington. elected house; in the Hampshire AsMembers of the local! Dr. E. Richard Post, optome:| | trist of Amherst will be at the Health Center on June 18 for aft-| } ernoon and evening appointments| which may be made. with Mrs. jt Harry TORREY Pro Merito Achievement Award the CooTraining Schol. She and Ned will remain here for the summer. { Mrs...Harlan Creelman moved | this week from her home of many | years at Worthington Corners to | an apartment in Cambridge, Her | home is for sale. | Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Selvatico| and children are living temporati:| ly in the Fred Emerson house | in South Worthington pending| the completion of their new home | on Highland Street: They plan to move in awithin a month. ‘ ~ eae Marjorie Poe are invited to sett wedding Sunday at , ‘i At Mr, and ee Robert Mrs. nt sec Guy Pon ac Shr ee Huntington. eee “rs. Great- ee of Wessels Maurice Laurin, ot JOAN CHT | echeduied for Saturday E. Mason | the school. Mrs, Zack = 10 in Donovan, have | Carl ae a iers. S. Joslyn Miss will-act Barbara as (Bunny) in|daughter of Mr. and Mrs. cash- Read, Wil- the near future. The Masons/|liam G. Read of Worthington and have been active in Scout, 4-H |Needham, has been selected as and church work in Blandford as Needham’s representative to Girls at Bridgewater — State well as in town affairs there. State They plan.to do diversified farm- Teachers College and is attendjing the activities there this ing. The Read family will Mrs. Leslie G. Hickling and week, on daughters Jill and Ruth, and soon open their home here James, who are e Geof-|Mrs. William F. Barton and Mrs. Hickling and will move here son, OSGOOD Pro Merito Achievement Award a 2:30 in | re Hee ereens of a y for the rumm. sale of Blandford, i of or een attend; and three children, Linda, Pica |Sanders living. in Williamsburg Rd. ' JUNE 18,1958. bed school ¥” Mrs. Charles C. Eddy will of year, will sail soon to join Mr. hostess to the first meeting Hickling in Venezuela for the the newly formed evening unit of summer, Jill will return to: Rus- |the Women’s Benevolent Society Hill } sell Sage College in Troy, N. Y., ‘at her home on Buffington Northampton during as a sophomore; graduates from High wich this week, University September and the James, who Northampton will enter Norin Vermont in Ruth will return to Northampton High as senior, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Mason Huntington son, 16 in are Philip Cooley the Nelson, parents born Dickinson of Rd. Wednesday evening at 8. In lieu of dues, it has been suggested that members use that, money toward materials for items for the annual fair inas- a|much of \close as at the an fiscal end. year is so a June Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mason of Worthington fd CRAIG N. MASON Worthington RMI TILLER ALE STEROL LOR A �a e ast _ Saturday in Worthington’ ‘ington the Grange Mrs. Malcolm I. Fairman, Mrs. Leighton A. Kneller, Mrs. Ernest Sears. Robinson. Mrs. Charles |will be cashier. C. Eddy Refreshments '. Throughout the afternoon a refreshment booth will be in charge of Cmdr. Harold F. Mac Hugh and Dr. Harold A. Stone. As for years in the past, Emerson J. Davis has mowed and trimmed the common for a suitable stage for the booths and tables that comprise a church jfair. Miss Jane Tuttle will play |her usual role as gypsy fortune teller, holding. forth in her tent garbed in convincing attire. A variety of children’s games under the direction of -Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood and = Mrs. George E. Torrey, assisted by the Misses Judith Magargal, Judith Diamond and Norma Os: good will keep the young generation busy. Pony rides will be offered by. the Misses Mary and Katherine MacDonald. Members of the Rod and Gun Club will sponsor horseshoe games and James Stevens has been persuaded to be the target in the popular wet sponge game, A Clown A fair is never complete without.a clown and Mrs. Maurice Laurin will play the part and will sell balloons, Mrs. Harold A. and Miss Marion L. Bartlett are in charge of the drawing man. The food table will be in charge of Mrs. Harold A. Stone, who will be assisted by Mrs. Henry H. Snyder, Mrs. Car] S. Joslyn, Mrs. Lewis Zarr and Mrs. John H. Ames, Mrs. Dana J. Lowd will preside over the gift table, with the assistance of Mrs. George M. Jasper and Mrs. Frank A, Sexton. Mrs. Helen Bretzner and Mrs. F, R. Stevens are in charge of the knitted goods table. A booth of costume jewelry will be presided over by Mrs. Ralph Kerley, Jr. Milton Parish, Jr., will play his accordian for the musical cake walk, which is in charge of Mrs. CC. Francis The apron Raymond department eee Mrs. will be man manned by Mrs. Herbert Tower, assisted by Mrs. Edward U. Cowles and Mrs. Walter H. Tow-|- er. Miss the mer are Marion aid of yf Mr. Mrs. Clark W. attie corner. Greeting cards for Clem-}; all occa-|: be presided over by ter W. Wronski and ard B. Smith. Mrs. W. Warren eral that go chairman proceeds to buildine the fund. Mrs. Mrs. Rausch and from society’s the E, Richard of Amherst, optome-| the | August as he will be on vacation, The Misses Jocal annual Elsie V. were Historical meeting and hostesses Society and Post Marion to the| for election Bartlett, Elsie and Kate, C, Raymond be Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Jay of} WORTHINGTON — Carl V. as jteam will liamsburg at the mond League and Christian {Plaque Mrs. year table Cecil of June Cy the mentaries on life in those days philosophy as recorded in Dr. Ashley’s dairy}. were both enlightning and amus-| ; ing. Officers elected for the com-|ing year follow: President, Dr. William B. Kirkham; vice president, Walter L. Stevens of Northamptan; clerk and treasurer, Arthur G. Capen, and hospitality chairman, Mrs. Lewis Zarr. The prospect of storage for the society’s records and items of historical value in a proposed vault to be built in the near future by the town for town records was discussed. A social hour followed. |° and mathematics all Mass a dia-! bronze’! memory The it is hoped by memberships will will be celebrated of} fiscal| ends on) then| be| Sund | at 9:30 in the local town hall ay by a priest from St. Thomas’ Church|| in Hunt ington and thereafter through on July gust. Sundays and Au-| Mrs, Franklin H, Burr is il] and } confined to her home on Kinne Brook Rd. Her daughter, Mrs, Franklyn W. Hitchcock is staying | with her, ; Raymond Coffey, who under-| went knee surgery at Noble Hos-| pital recently is at home to get around with and able! a crutch. | ADTUINCTOHR WG RIHING re bony “+A 14 ELECTS _ | HEALTH GROUP |. WORTHINGTOP —At the« meeting of the Worthington Healt! |Association in-the Town Hall cn |Wednesday evening, officers were jelected as follows: secret Mrs iFrank S. N. |Tyler, the |\H. Davis; both for treas one at! Kone directors unexpired terms of year, It was voted 1 M th ;president should appoint | mittee on Financial St | study the financial situat “Only the jncome from the $5000 may be used for the general purposes of the Health Center. Ii| the corporation acquires a build-| ing, either by purchase or oath struction, the principal or any! portion thereof may be used to Worthington Health A atic and report to the directors no later than Sept. 5 4 | Worth A buffet supper will 1 ;at the help defray the cost of such an | acquisition. If Worthington Health Golf | p.~m. |made by Association, Inc., ever ceases to} exist the fund, or as much of it) as remains, will go to the trustees| in| Rida; y Charles C.- Eddy and Merwin F; Packard, David Tyler and Donald ji. Thompson, |. Mrs. Charles C, Eddy- will conSecre { | inue as membershi ago. Hospital a_ in association 30 and that paid. Amherst College. Prof. Newlin spent his summer here with Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Durgin and died here four weeks of Cooley Dickinson Northampton, | Wil. | 6:30! Club Hollow. G. Gaston. ;the cine in Worthington in 1774-75). and after that in Deerfield. Mrs. Miller’s explanations and com- baseball | Gun bears inscribed Health Center will receive $5000 from the estate of William J. Newlin, professor emeritus of notified Li. | Har. Herbert G. Porter. The new exam. ining } excerpts from the diary of Dr. Elihu Ashley, who practiced medi- been the | ment chair for eye, ear, nose, and throat cases in memory of Mrs. jtors for three year | Sena, Leslie L, P. he has Mrs, play a team from here tonight at Joslyn, president of the Worthing-| ton Health Association, announced Friday Marion is hospitality chairmeeting and will be| committee of young | whom can claim an. | lived here at least | Rod in with and hostesses. officers on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Carl S. Joslyn, president, presided and introduced Mrs. - Russ Miller of Deerfield who read | , that _The Worthington Health Asso. ciation has been given a_treat- and $5000 to Center the Elsie’ 100 years ago. The Little ANT 5 Newlin Leaves |: commencing | hot Spruces” old E. Brown man: for this assisted by a ladies, all of cestors who and at “The Misses visit- in Williamsburg Rd Mrs. Robert Gangle N. Y., are spending at the home of his a announces Bartlett and Magargal, _ With refreshments an.-| nual meeting will be held the on July | 26 at Mari-« Peter, aunt, 12:30 Society, Rd. two weeks ang presiden Benevolent So. that the annual luncheon. ; will be Sale throughout the afternoon. on | Mrs. Carl S, Joslyn, president| of the Worthington Historical | Gangle, Buffington Hil] Rd. Mrs, Harry L. Bates, member of the local committee on migrant ministry of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, attended a meeting Friday in Northampton. The bookmobile is offering a hew Service, .record lending,. Mrs. Maurice Laurin, daughter of Mrs. John T. Ames of Old North Rd. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter Hales, in East Longmeadow. Miss Darlene Hayden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Hayden of Mexico, Me., is visiting with Dr. and Mrs. Leighton Kneller at their home, Old Post Rd, Health Center on Wednesday and | appointments may be made with Mrs. Harry L. Bates, Dr. Post will not be here again until the end of L. Bartlett Karen, parents, parsonage at F. dren, home r. and of Babylon, two weeks will be Guy the Misses nbgir is gen- Post, at Albert N, Hardy, aunts, |Mrs. announces will and Mrs. jing their uncle WORTHINGTON | Dr, of Old Scott will spend paky aed Se trist will Rida, fair will be held on July the village common at| Light on Bartlett, Their other four chil« : Ches-|. Rich-| fair Hallowell father, sions, as well as Christmas wrap-|’ pings will be offered for sale by the Friendship Guild, with Mrs. A, Leland Smith, Mrs. Ralph W. Smith, Mrs. George H.. Bartlett and Mrs. Ralph A. Moran in charge. A table of articles made by the Evening Group of. the WBS will Her subject H. Worthington Center Tuesday. Jr., and son David of Kenmore, N. Y., are spending a few days at The Spruces with Mrs. Hardy’s L. Bartlett with}: and Mrs. Harold MacHugh assembling goods for the church 19 on fill are spending this week in Green« field visiting grandparents. — Poe assisted by Hitchcock . and wil] Shatteracls Excerpts from the diary of a rural doctor.”’ Cheryl and Leslie Hallowell, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nore bee Arthur Rolland, the speaker. tte Mrs. in Russell, 21—Worth- Marion Bartlett and that Mrs. Rus Miller of Deerfield will be |+ se Granger and Mrs. Zack Donovan with George M. Jasper as caller. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Chaplin . re in charge of the cheese table and Mrs. Holt Secor, the candy table, assisted by Mrs. Franklyn W. officers for Mount Leroy of the Women’s ciety, announces Mrs, Carl §. Joslyn, president of the Historical Society, ane hounces that the annual meeting will be Saturday at The Spruces, home of the Misses Elsie and Summer Highlight Will Begin at Noon On Village ; Green Worthington, July 16—The annual church fair, a summer high light, will be held Saturday. on the village common at the center, begining at 12.30 with a hot luncheon under the direction of July Grange chairs 27, 1958, WORTHINGTON Mrs. | Worthington, JUNE ‘the club, | *Mr,and’) |\Magargal | Club ‘on Reservatior calling Mrs. Mrs. will (end with Mr. i C. spend. and Mrs, Mason at > “Raymond the weel Albert N, | Hardy, J.:, at their home in Kenmore, N..¥.: Karen, Kate, Peter and Scott. Hardy haye been visit« \|ing at the Magargal home on Wile ee Annual Church Fair to Be FRIDAY, ~ te fh lah in ted 1455 - �Crawl Saymday ) Meg.tT 1456 Worthingten | € WORTHINGTON—tThe | sleepy | village of South Worthington will just below the emy building church ‘on the opposite side of come to life Sunday for the an- the road. They are those who at|/nual Conwell Day service which honors the memory of the town’s tended classes there back in the | most famous son, Dr. Russell H. gay nineties when Dr. Conwell there | was very much a part of the vilConwell, who was ~ born lage. land went forth to attain national In 1893, Dr. Conwell bought the |recognition as a teacher, preach| building from the heirs of Isaac er and lecturer. raised it up to Often when he returned home Thrasher and build the academy rooms below. |for rest and vacation, he would open the church and_ preach. The original structure’ had been built in 1825 for a church. When |Since his death, the South | Worthington Church Society has Dr. Conwell opened the school in | carried on the practice of open- 1894, the main school room 30 x 65 would ing the church at least once a which measured year. This year’s service will be ‘seat 75 scholars. It was finished conducted by Rev. Edward U. /in pine and there was no plaster. Cowles of the First CongregaAn old account of the classitional Church at 3 p.m. with a room says, “Everyone who has social hour following on the been in the building says it is the lawn to afford an opportunity for best lighted andpleasantest reminiscing and visiting. school room they were ever in.| A few of the folks who will Seats are of the latest design {come for the service will also and finished in wood. The second feast nostalgic glances toward floor is designed to be used in the handsome old Conwell Acadconnection with the school with a matron in charge to look after | Misses Elsie V. and Marion L.| those who boarded and roomed | Bartlett, Mrs. Belle Witherell| there. A large hall for entertain| Brewster, Mrs. Gertrude ; Jones | ments with a kitchen and ante and Guy F. Bartlett of| rooms completed the establish- |Pease, ment.” |town; Mrs. Minnie Kinne Talbot Joseph Burr of| This same account claims that |of Springfield, and Fred Burr of) the auditorium had a seating ca- | Knightvile, pacity for 800, but this figure Westhampton. | The Academy is © presently appears to be considerably ex-| by Walter I. Fox, who aggerated, though the hall is a owned large one and nearly twice as conducted the “Club Lafayette”| big as the Worthington Town |there during the 30s. That was one of the early dine and dance| Hall. When Dr. Conwell founded the establishments that followed_pro-| academy, it was his intention to | hibition days and there are still) put up a building purposely de-| many reminders around there of| signed for a school if his initial the life and times of that era. experiment was well patronized.| Mr. Fox is proud of the old He opened the school with an en- building and keeps it in a fine of preservation. He welrollment of 25, which he said was | state an encouraging number, but it |comes visitors to it and is well! appears that that number did not| informed on its history. One of| increase substantially, since the the reminders of the school days school was discontinued after | there is a small step-up platform three or four years. j}used for the Friday afternoon Among those still living who |recitations, which Joe Burr re-| attended classes there are the 'ealls as agonizing ordeals. �& a, Te sk Annual Conwell Sunday Service Attracts Many WORTHINGTON — Conwell Sunday is an annual event which is attended by many who remember Dr. Russel] H. Conwell, Worthington’s most famous son. Some even attended. Conwell Academy which he founded and _| which stands opposite the beauti,}ful old New England church} where the service is held. Remembered At Service Dr. Conwell is best noted for Temple University and Temple University Hospital in Philadel- phia, which he established booming topic for his |man of hope” using that portion |of Scripture which describes the crippled man who waited by the pool of Bethesda for 38 years hop| ing someone would lower him in| to the pool at the precise moment the waters were stirred and thus he would be cured. The church was attractively decorated with several baskets of gladioli placed in memory of all those who have worshiped here in the past. The choir sang ‘Beautiful Isle of Somewhere’ with bass solo by Horace F. Bartlett. Descendants Attend The Misses Priscilla and Cynthia Conwell, great-granddaughters of Dr, Conwell, took the offering which will be used for maintenjance of the church. This is the | a .22 rifle and a presented in charge of Arthur Rolland and| Zack Donovan. Cummington, in Born Shaw ton ever came as a boy since. the town was to He live and . Mr.| lived work here} for) went to road superintend- after World appairted | Worthing-| in has | were| arrangements Party purse. Sept. | is retiring who Shaw, Mr. 1, was fellow x as me well as office field townsmen. and ‘The | men, acted as toastmaster at the | party, which included__ the localj road superintendents| ‘selectmen, and | towns surrounding from the Pittsstate engineers from voice. sermon, retiring road superintend.-| this town, was honored at a testimonial dinner last night by| 100 friends at Tod Morden’s in : Cummington. Henry H. Snyder, chairman of| the Worthington Board of Select- only service held in the church and frineds were asked to support the South Worthington Church Association to insure the upkeep of the building. The social hour following the service is enjoyed by everyone for it provides an opportunity to renew acquaintances and to reminisce. Among the 67 in attendance were Mr. .and Mrs. Alva Rhines, lay minister of Norwick Hill, Dr, and Mrs, Oliver J, Black of the Second Congregational Church in Holyoke, Walter L. Stevens of Northampton, Mr, and Mrs. Brousseau of Boylston, and others from New York, Cone necticut, Westfield, Littleville, Huntington, Windsor, Chesterfield and setts Sand and Gravel _ ed a shovel = Sam Sailla and operat-| eS Rigi Greenfield, in : I and) War ent in 1925. For a period of five) World War II, he years during Massachuworked for Western Annual Event Held |. At the annual Conwell Sunday |service this year, held recently, Dr. Edward U. Cowles chose as |the L.| Eben -— WORTHINGTON Shaw, ent in for his famous lecture ‘‘Acres of Diamonds.’’ But those who come! back to this little church where he preached remember, too, the Sunday when rain was threatening so he cut his service short and went out with the farmers and helped them get their hay in. Most people speak of his|§ row of gold teeth which was so fashionable in his day and his thundering, Worthington Highway Head 2 Feted At Testimonial Event’ the rest| _ EBEN are road as as good 75 the ae Thayer, milesof|have two injard best Se SHAW is a man one, for he really liked his job. sy of the years being employed here| _ Sree Mr, as road commissioner. That Worthington’s L. has) who shui ans ee and Mrs. ale ron Shaw and his wife daughters, Mrs. Leon. | J. Tufts Bradford| In re-} these parts is no accident, for Mr.| Fisk, both living nearby. keep| to Eben plans recognized|tirement, Shaw has long been | busy around his home on River| as an expert at getting the most | Rd. and to give more attention to| . eut of every road dollar. His last major project has been | hunting and fishing than he has | the replacement Bridge on River ern cement inated an of the old Geer) been able to before. —_ Rd. with a mod-} structure, old iron which bridge elim- at a sharp angle to the road. He says project that his favorite bridge was the River Rd. Bridge near) home} Stone's A. Harold Dr. which was under construction| of 1938 poured| when the flood torrents down over the abutt-| ments. which were anchored to ledge and unusually high. Bridge from one end of the) town to the other have been built under his supervision and a little| of Eben’s heart is tied into each | | | �i 4 ' avAEat Ssaea EBOe, = i ik aE “Ae gt ay ce ae | COUNTRY STORE Barbara and Chipper Eddy, children of Charles Eddy, proprietor of the oldfashioned country store that serves the needs of the populace of the town of Worthington, are frequent visitors to the institution which is the socialcenter of town life. They're shown making a selection of penny candies from authentic old-time candy jars. (continued on pages 2 and 3) �Old-Fashioned Country Store ita eajied ss ich Oa oo Reaisaee ae oe Time was when the old-fashioned country store was a familiar sight at the crossroads of sleepy Connecticut Valley | | = eA a. ate ~~ towns. c s ‘, L ler mu MAIL see SERV,r x V6 20NE uae ZONE | EE. BE hal : ay place when the The town postoffice, located in a corner eat the store, isa mail arrives each morning. Here, Worthington old-timer Charles Alderman chats with postmaster Merwin Packard. er Ta The venerable building It was an important institution, for it stocked every conceivable supply ---from penny candies to kerosene lan- terns---in social The addition to serving old-fashioned country store is rapidly disappearing from the American scene, but a few---such as the Corners Grocery of Charles Eddy of Worthington ---continue to remain but little changed by the passing of the years. Roto photographer Frank Usin recently spent a day at the Worthington Country store to ob- tain these nostalgic pictures ofa vanishing American institution. ah aad J ned county store is tha t houses the cpatents of Worthington’ s ids faslzio nearly a century old. as the center of the entire community. ts. It is a favorite gathering place for town residen �at DTT ss a 4 ts = ih 43 Sout a PE. Much of the equipment with which the store was stocked in its early days is still in active use. This old dye cabinet is considered anantique. The lady, making the selection of a dye color, is Miss Ada Davenport. vt | 5 ; i Ae 7 e Glass chimneys for old-fashioned lanterns, are among the stores “best seller" items. clerk John Eddy. Miss Marion L. Bartlett, (left) widely-known retired Springfield educator, and Mrs. William Kronenberger make a selection of spools of thread from an antique thread cabinet. The store stocks just about everything conceivable. & j still in use in the farmhouses of the Worthington area, Here, Arthur H. Pomeroy (left) buys a chimney from �oe Kerosene of the for kerosene fuel for 2 - lanterns is a "best seller" too. SS Pumping a jugful Maurice Laurin is store proprietor Charles Eddy. stove dampers and lid lifters on wall in background. Note � Book Bound document, typically consisting of 25 or more pages. Generally does not include stapled items. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Book - Scrapbook Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 30.5 x 33 x 2.5 cm 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 leather bound scrapbook #16, Elsie Bartlett, primarily newspaper clippings from 1957 and 1958. Pages and navigation bookmarks on the attached PDF file appear more or less in chronological order. A counterfeit ring that was broken up is the subject of a group of pages appearing in order from the ring's discovery in 1957 to the disposition of the court trial in 1959. Also of interest was the acquisition and demonstration of an 'electronic oven' which is now (2021) the ubiquitous 'microwave'. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 30.5 x 33 x 2.5 cm (12 x 13 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR16 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. Elsie Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, No. 16 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 1957/1959 Subject The topic of the resource Historic Event Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elsie V. Bartlett https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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 https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/2871dc34c3d2b1359dc8ceadb5f70563.pdf 3980116f411f237ce71c5dbe106e870d PDF Text Text �che Whothoo Historical Soci ety, Worthington, Mass, Vigna d 17S, ae Escapee From All This! pte i WORTHINGTO: os anding in a foot of snow near oe eee last’ week. Lois Ashe Brow n, correspondent contemGazette plated escape—and ,| West || With fulfillment of a 10-year-old dream, a trip to | initial report. from Pennsylvania, tells of sunny skies, land the Coast with husband on the 10th anniversary of their marriage. Her their two sons. they left last Tuesday for far California. beautiful Pocono Mountain country. balmy weather 9 te, 01098 OO me Bite 20 ges 77 �re nets DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1959. i reBoys in ‘a field flying kites-and_ that this is March Shawangun Mountain Blizzard | pes mos that te | Be oe ‘vineyards H O d ° R. ; ° a P A Pointed Reminder Of Home | 2325300, eens a ° ; va) e mi ountry. By LOIS ASHE BROWN |_ Perhaps the , enormous:trali- An highlight of this Ped made oe cy ere ac || -. MILFORD, Pa. ~- On St. Pat-| | day was a brief visit to the Smith Ne 1h stone piles. made strange | ‘;rick’s Day in the morning, one | Brothers factory in Poughkeepsie. | joolete boundaries at one point in|average. American family—a fa- |Our plan had been to have dinner sate New York near the ther, a mother, and two boys, aged| |at their famous restaurant but we country jaunt that promises to-be |had closed some years ago. The) 8 and 3% set a 10-year come true. forth dream—a husband, Way Harold back on a cross-||Wwere 10-year plan||factory. my | |cause in 1949, to find interested for me, too, I’ve time long a that aii it| M ‘vania line Everywhere be-| spring. the |and been of||sputtering about their cough drop|jheaves Brown E. disappointed The roads ae 18 _ frost are evidence : is coming deceiving depressions. and of out| with oo Worthington, and I started plan- | package that seemed to be packed | shoulders of mud show here and) ning, shortly after we were mar- |contrary to the instructions for ||there marks of unfortunate ones} ried, a trip to the West Coast for j opening. ‘twho have floundered up to the ||hubs. Tomorrow we will stop to The receptionist turned me over All too; -10th anniversary. our. the Delaware Water, Gap and quickly, the years have passed and | |to Mr. Van Vlack, their production |}see now the day is at hand. manager, ard he patiently ex-||to get our first glimpse of the An. unfavorable weather fore- ,|Plained to me‘the reasons, which | Pennsylvania wi ne cating cast and still another day’s prepa-| are excellent ones, and now TI] '*: Jf Hor ees ior anatee es ration on put us. a Monday, combined to| day behind. schedule, want to pass them on to all those who have wondered about it, too. He told me that they receive lots of letters about the package and ‘balmy weather in spite of high) seemed glad to have an opporsnow banks and heavy. blanketed tunity to explain. fields all about us as we journeyed If you look at a closed package ‘forth ‘on. St: Patrick’s Day. of their cough drops, you will see | The course of our first day has the word “Open.” When you open -browght us only slightly more than that flap, the rest of the instruc200 miles from home. Just over| tion reads “To open inner protec: the New York line, we have en-| tive seal, just press and flick with tered the Pocono. Mountain coun- tip of thumb at notch below.” The try and are bedded down for the trouble seems to be that most night at a motel so lovely that we people, myself included, don’t read even entertained notions of going| the whole message, and just push no farther, but only for a few| ahead, turn the box end for end moments, of course. | and open it their own way. In the interest of others who | - Mr. Van Vlack said his commay be considering trips this sea-| pany had ‘planned this package as son, it may be important tq tee a special convenience for the pubfrom_time to time of the accomo-|/lic so that it could be easily and dations from here to there. Ours | quickly opened with no rustle of ‘tonight consists of a charming| paper that can be so embarrass: white clapboard cottage with a| ing in church or in a movie, I converanda and chairs, a large bed-! ceeded that the idea was a good |room with two full-sized beds,| one and now I shall be spreading foam rubber mattresses, three up-| the word, holstered chairs done in a dubon-| Following our conference on the net tapestry, a closet, full bath package, Mr. Van Viack introwith eight of the fluffiest pink duced me to two of their new prodtowels ever, automatic hot water| ucts, a fruit flavored cough drop heat, and free television, so we assortment in a striking new pack- pleave ‘which proved to be a blessing with ‘sunny skies and a suggestion of aren’t missing our favorite Tues-| age’ that does day night TV shows at all! And all) this for $8. There’s been so much to see and so many folks to talk to that we are not making the time tourists tell about, but that is not our intention, even if*we never see the Pacific. Among the interesting sights today was the erection of a steeple on a church in the center of Salisbury, Conn. We happened along as a giant crane was hoisting the topmost part into position. retain the |: famous trade mark and a mint flavored drop especially for smokers. Both have been on the market for|_ nearly a year and have been introduced recently into Canada. A quick look at the factory operations revealed the big mixing kettles, where 4,000 lbs. of Smith Brother’s secret formula can be cooked at a time. A peek at the shipping department showed.thou- sands of cartons packed for shipment and assured me that the country wouldn’t be running short chalk white Doric pillars on. the of one kind of cough drops for a} front of the new post office made long time. an impression, and the rocky crest | Our next thrill came as we Back in Great of Monument Barrington, Mountain the charmed) ‘lthe children as I told them about | suspension. ‘Tossed the Hudson bridge oo ats the Indian maiden who plunged to her death from its jumping-off place. Keeping children happy on even a short trip is not simple, but we are told that one of the secrets is in keeping them occupied. One of eur favorite occupational past- times today was collecting trees— collecting them in our mind’s eye, keepsie. Ben Golden Gate onat. the Poughsilver| asked, “Is already?” this the Lyndon]. spotted a “freighter” tied up.and that pleased him. Around the boat, seagulls were scavenging. A real live hobo walked along:|. the road near Ardonia, a man with an unshaven face, a battered hat,a stick with his worldly pos- that is. This idea came to us from| Sessions, and |, his independence. our Worthington neighbor, N. F.| Lyndon was unbelieving for he Glidden, who claims spying for | had thought hoboes were only in perfectly shaped beautiful trees requires no to and be perfectly | books. one of his|- takes up favorite hobbies, It costs nothing,| care, space, and.can be indulged almost any time. Burma evidence no! Ways, Shave along a sight we signs New had were York not in| high-|: seen in in at several years.. Christmas decora- | ~ tions were still in place on some the best trees we have homes; in one small hamlet where far, including séveral | outdoor toilets were.a part of the out from the acres of young white birch clumps scene, one stood near Salisbury, Conn,, acres and. others in that along the path from acres of fruit trees in the Hudson the house leading to it were); Perhaps seen thus Valley all pruned to perfection for strung electric lights! pera t season, ’ and several indi-|| Through gh the another Shawangun Moun‘ vidual trees, were the elms on the) tain area, we drove through a wild bts at Cranwell Preparatory | pjizzard that finally subsided into School in Lenox. A row of elms, prijliant sunshine as we reached each trimmed by an artist, reaches | port Jervis. That town was for- heavenward against an open sky- 'merly bustling 5 with an Erie Railline. near the main building. All road roundhouse and repair shop.| | | this loveliness so near home! the Eee : a �_ DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1959. _ Worthington Correspondent Enjoys Pennsylvania Sights. By LOIS -ASHE BROWN YORK, Pa.— A look | home pools the ads claim are bethe' ing bought. Beer ‘signs on every map and at our speedometer hand and signs advising “Getcha shows that we have again driven Beer here” were a common sight only about two hundred miles, all day to remind us that this is but oh, the sights we've seen! German country, the PennsylvaBright and early we left Milford, nia Dutch being of German exPa., and arriving in Stroudsburg, traction. At one point, -we met a the birthplace of the nationwide trailer hauling an I beam in one long enough to stretch 'J. J. Newberry chain, we paid a piece brief visit to their store. It is |across the span at West Chesterprobably no bigger than North- field and easily ten feet high. At Neffs, Pa., we saw a lovely ampton’s. Prettied up for Spring| which seems even closer at this ‘covered bridge painted a delicate: and decorated with the point, it is just like their other blue stores we're familiar with, but I Peter Hunt kind of art. Homes at banked with bales of hay and with bundles of corn shocks told liciously fresh grinders being us that they have winter here, we have now sold at a cash and carry counter too, even though from the snow © belt. up front. i emerged Leaving the main route at! Picturesque corn cribs and great Stroudsburg, we detoured for acreages of corn stubble showed about five miles to see what the us that this part of our country is Delaware Water Gap was_ all noted for its fine poultry and for about. It is a spectacular cut the refining of many corn prodthrough the mountains with the ucts. Later we saw a co-operative near Lancaster Delaware River winding its way farm warehouse don’t remember anything else‘where that compares with the de- trucks thought| where of | dried corn on the Westfield River around Woro- | corn belts. through that the bottom. it resembled the were unloading the cob into vast \ ; We scenery noco if that were magnified many times. Great old white frame inns and hotels are everywhere in the| area, for it is a popular vacation spot. In-a public park in Kutztown, Pa., is an open picnic pavilion about a quarter the size of the ball diamond a grove at Look that looked Park set in like an ideal In Bushkill, Pa., a favorite spot| spot for a camp meeting. At the interchange of the for honeymooners, so we were Mahoning ‘told, are two great waterfalls. northeast extension of the Penn|Winona Falls, which drops for sylvania Turnpike, we entered 175 feet and includes 5 separate and drove to Allentown. This falls, and Bushkill Falls, adver- | route took us through the Lewhich the boys ,tised as the Niagara of Pennsyl- high Tunnel vania, are both outstanding at- agreed was a lot bigger than the’ tractions it would appear if one Look Park tunnel. were to judge by the enormous Farms in this section are kept| hotels at close intervals. / meticulously, many . of them Old rural schools converted to. owned and operated by the “plain | dwellings looked not unlike many| people” as the Amish and Men. | such in Hampshire County. Road- | nonites are called. We saw three side banks of shale were every-. horse hitches being used by men| where in this section of Pennsyl-| in tall black hats and full beards | vania and the broad fielded coun-| to plow fields that were many.) tryside is studded with the finest| times the size of our biggest pobarns we have ever seen. One) tato fields back home. Many of | even had hanging story. storied an off oversize bay from its window Sturdy four stone barns marked. the would survive even atom In this section, we saw our first landscape looking | their big white barns are decorat: | second) ed with gaily painted medallions and five! such as are seen in Pennsylvania | as if Dutch art. In the villages, we saw | they. horses hitched to black box-like bombs. wagons such as the milkman and | the ice cream man used for deliv- robins of the season. A cup and | eries in my childhood in Vermont. saucer cactus and a giant Christ- Crossing mas cactus in full bloom filled a| great show window at Dingman’s a wide part Susquehanna the| station /Pa,, on a multi-million dollar} houses| bridge that was built in 1932 to] — some painted pink, and some. replace what wei were told was a built of a delicate pink brick, ‘rickety old toll bridge was thrill-| made us turn through 'vania, Our this at a filling Ferry. Pink of at Columbia,| and part favorite of trees look ‘ again Pennsyl- today ing for us. When ‘the Wrightville end we parked of the at) bridge | to go back on it and take pic-| were ‘tures, we realized it was much) all elms; woodlands of slim elms| simpler to cross the river on it | | which give a lovely appearance than it was to simply cross the ,of openness through the woods. width of it. Fast moving traffic | Steep hillsides of elms along ‘roads made it possible to look clear up through to the top even though ‘lack of wonder. | they Outdoor were thick undergrowth swimming’ and made pools the us in both directions seemed endless. In York, we found Worthing- ton’s own Daniel R. Porter H and) his hride and spent a most enjoy-| able evening with them. Danny is now director of the York County| time Historical Society which has just| and again in the yards of homes | recently moved into a fantastical- | that would sell for from $20,000 jy beautiful new ‘fireproof buildto $25,000 back home made us jng of colonial architecture which| Understand. who's ‘buying all the will protect, and display the his. oe ‘torical treasures of |Dan’s parents and Worthington this the would be region.| rest of flabber-| gasted to see the wonderful es-| itablishment that their boy is in} | charge jtour ‘and of of. We York Joan’s were and home treat in a strange /morning. ‘cast and jus aS far Tennessee. which land. Our second day finds us about 28 Gettysburg, site that we taken then to on a} Dan} was a! on the road) miles from) another historical | shall explore in the | Good weather is foreanother day may find as eastern Kentucky or ‘We'll see! || || || ad �= MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1952. Many Gettysburg Residents By LOIS ASHE NEW MARKET, | _ Have Not S$eeuPettieticl’ BROWN Va. — Leav- Deep in the Shenandoah signs seeing ley, we are years of planning to build the map which has more than 300) historical York, Pa., a houswired with more! development of rows and ; bulbs and is of wire. While ‘rows of garrison-type houses ‘than two miles were there, busloads _— of ;caught our eyes,, quite in keep- ‘we ,ing with the surroundings. Meet- school children were coming and ling a car with green flags going. The museum includes beelectric map, ;mounted on its front fenders, \lsides the famous ing ing pecan with mind More folks use to mount jsurgical — used in of that war, on display, and many! triotic reasons and wondered iwere |chairs and tables bore the marks , what, made that fad fade away. of bullets as well as the actual ! Fine farms with wide board bullets. Cannons and guns, Con-.* ‘white fences surrounding the federate money, househola~ fur-. clusters instruments /on the front of their cars for pa- /treating the wounded buildings lined ,road all this both sides of the nishings, tools, swords, pictures, |’ day which has ,documents, uniforms and army. brought us from York to New jgear made up the display in the’ Market, Va., less than 200 miles. ‘rooms surrounding the little ‘Unusually large well-kept barns theater where the map lecture| with pretty shuttered windows is presented. This adventure was made us stop to snap pictures the best of today’s. | several times. Immense fiat In Chambersburg, Pa., the exfields that seemed wholly free of tensive Memphis Equipment Co. stones had already been prewith its, rows. of heavy army , pared for spring planting in trucks and other surplus equip- | many places. Windmill. driven ment covered a vast hillside. It pumps for wells at home farms looked as if there would be jeeps especially pleased the children. enough for everyone, Everywhere today we saw cows ‘Golf driving ranges are comin the pastures for the first time. mon back home, but a_ strange since there has been snow and one cropped up today on a sign bitter cold up until today. We that said “Baseball Batting did see snow again for a few Range.” It seemed like a sound, miles through Gettysburg and Substantial the hills between businesss Chambersburg. stone and _ that brick houses are common in this region and the appearance of most of the manifests the pride of the owners. President Eisenhower’s farmhouse is of this type but we didn’t see it and were: told that it was pretty well hidden. In the edge of Gettysburg, we came upon two oversize brick beehives that turned out to be kilns for curing drain tile. A friendly man who said he _ had worked there since he was a kid ‘explained the process to us and 'posed for pictures. When we | questioned him about Gettysburg he confessed that though he had lived around there all his life, he had never been over the battle| field or seen the electric map, yet |he advised us not to miss either, Our waitress ‘in York also. said she was a native but had never been to either the historical shrines of her town or over to Gettysburg but said that soimeday she was going to take a day off, not tell anyone where she was going and go to Gettysburg and hire a guide to show her the place properly! A clerk in the ‘store of the National Museum at ‘Gettysburg told me that she was so busy working that she had never seen half of the sights cf that historical town and when I told her that we had come from Massachusetts to see them, her eyes sparkled. She confided that she had read.so much about Massachusetts that she was going to venture. afforded us Another a sign chuckle Was) ‘ed Great billaws of smoke us as we approached ‘bersburg and we met greetCham- and fol- ‘lowed one of their pumpers’ as it _ Was responding. ‘In ~ fact, Worthington’s. assistant chief iwas the first car behind. the ; |pumper and way ahead of ‘next one to arrive! The fire the ; was — ‘eommon along and jburning grass that covered a \wide area and was consuming a “shack and spreading into brush | / when the firefighters arrived. In the course of the day, we saw ‘two other.large grass fires and. many little ones. | Signs, bearing. Scripture ~ are! the roadways the churehes are Lutheran,.United Brethren: and Pentecostal con\gregations more often than any lothers. | in The three per cent sales tax effect in Pennsylvania gave us_ /a forecast ‘jour store own of things state. The said “We to come clerk in in one don’t like it, but | there's nothing we can do.about hit,” | In Williamsport, Maryland, we crossed:a narrow part of the up-| per saw Potomac a whole and at family one fishing. point In a! park in Williamsport, was a/ bandstand that struck a nostalgi ee reminding me of the week| ly band concert that was such an Important part of our lives 4 there to see the sights. People, few years back, Here we saw sweeping the sidewalks are indeed funny in their pursuit| women of the diamonds that Russell H. ‘in front of their homes and év: erywhere was an air of Conwell lectured about. cleanli: ness. “In many towns where the The most beautiful=trees put houses were built right at the in our mind’s eye collection toiday were the tree-line sycamores| edge of the sidewalks, the éaves Were extended out over the walks in many of the towns we passed | take time off in June through. the Interesting, chest&uts battleground, wounds bullets. At the and on some still National the and go.up too, were. Gettysburg bearing embedded Musewm the} to drain into the gutters. _ A most beautiful public inthe town of Hagerstown, made the children want to with | there swam in) Ways forever. Swans gracefully of the park and on the and park Md. stay: geese water. évérywe paid our 50¢ and) where Seats in stony. went in to listen to the 35-minute | groves. were: Fairfield Aircraft Corp.. lecture on the battle of Gettys- /has a plant in Hagerstown. and burg enacted in colored lights on nearby is a busy airport, A mioda map about 25 ft. square. The ern school to top all modern man at the control panel ex. schools made a good subject for i hat_it_ hk 1__ five Gettysburg, , ‘on a barber shop. It said, “We need your head in our business.”| Signs advertising “Ice cold Watermelon and Cantaloupe” are becoming more frequent as we proceed southward. our camera, \ t | i us and that of the Mason |perhaps for advertising pur- | display cases of Civil War relics! “poses, we were reminded of the} of every description. Cases of old flag pralines, “Sir” and are “Ma’am” we and are now greetéd Dixon of that tomorrow. Val for to reé- south line. �Ley or els 74, eq Travelers Find That Spring | __Really ArriInve Sos uth door By LOIS ASHE BROWN BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn.—Today we broke our previous record and drove 299 miles, stopping and showing tonight Signs of the spring that is due tomorrow. Daffodiis have appeared frequently; green fields, apple orchards being sprayed, very warm red earth ireshly plowed and _ harrowed stretching here and there on the -indscape, and veemium picnic as folks tables at a respond to down a rustic ain OL; long as. . In a supermarket in Abington, Northampton’s business section,| Va., prices were about the same area, seeming three | as in the Northampton (the return tri until at last a though bread seemed less. When I ‘times that long! to “buy ordinary store turn in the path brought us face | tried I was greeted with a to face with the wonderful na-| cheese, tural bridge which is 215 feet! blank look and introduced to Wisa and 90 feet wide. With 36.-| consin cheddar of which they had variety. It is very good 000 tons of limestone and a sim-| every ple mountain stream, Dame Na-| cheese and we like it. At one point. we saw a handture has created this enduring| masterpiece that attracts crowns | some pair of slick mules with red the year ‘round, While we were furry ornaments rising from their there, busloads of pupils from | manes. Flowering quince in RoaRichmond were sightseeing, and a | noke were lovely. Fast moving bus of high schoo] seniors from| traffic in that city impressed us, just over the Virginia line, headed for Knoxville. The weather has been glorious, growing steadily warmer and steps and walks most as the warm air, have all made us aware of the season. Frequently, we have seen size-| able flocks of sheep so it would s2em that the wool business is not /et dead. Cows in the pasture are -Gullies and other signs of ero- Tulsa, Okla. arrived for this part Were common. Even the of their class trip. Most ef them sion gulwere eager for bits of stone to, brooks flowed through deep take home. é | lies in many places, Corn cribs On the walk down to the bridge, | full of corn tell us that animals several ancient arbor vitaes line} are being fattened. Hogs of sevthe path, These are said to be the eral breeds have been part of our mostly Herefords and Black Anoldest ones in the New World, seene today, and we passed one| jus though we did see a few milk | Thomas Jefferson was the first} donkey farm. Clinies and health centers cows at Intervals and-each time American to own the property. iney were in mixed herds of Holthat includes the bridge and he) seemed well established in-this resieins, Guernseys, Jerseys, and had George Washington survey it, |gion as we saw them in nearly -.yrshires. One breed that was at which time the latter carved his every town of any size and ail , range to me was a white faced, initials 23 ft. up in the wall of| looked of modern design and busy ~lort-legged, black coated animal the bridge above Cedar Creek. with parking lots full of cars, “at might have been’a cross be- | They are marked. with an arrow Tomorrow will find us deeper iween an Angus and a Hereford. now. During the Revolutionary |in the south as we cross Tennes\/hatever their breed, they made | War, for lack of a “Shot-Tower,” see and make our way into Alaa handsome looking herd on a molten lead was dropped from the |bama where we shall turn due weil Rept farm near Lexington, | top of the bridge into the creek, | westward and head for Texas. At |the to make bullets for the colonists. a. rate We are going; we shall Larga brick farmhouses with | That the whole property is so !not be in Tyler in time for Palm white pillars set at the head of) commercialized wag a disappoint- | Sunday after all. “ree Shaded Janes with the shabby ment to us. We had Jooked forquarters of the help nearby, were ward to driving over the top of reminiscent of plantation days which have not passed away at! all. We noticed that many of the large brick houses had many win-| dows in the front, but their ends| were bricked up solidly and often | had two chimneys at. each end, | emerging above the roof with a show of four chimneys... White board fences usually surrounded the puildings and beyond extended broad fields that would dwarf our biggest ones back home. ing omen working outdoors wearsunbonnets look quaint and pretty. That made me wish the sunibonnet style were in vogue in New Engiand, Multi-flora. hedges are * in com- for years, Rail mon use in this part of the country and many looked as if they had been fences growing in some made work for mere than one| man judging by the stretches of| them we have seen. All through our travels today, we have noticed the great number of homes set in| the open on the very tops of hills; in fact, there were so many that| with houses stood ‘out. In many villages, the main road was laid along at the foot of a hillside with steep streets of | houses rising one above the other; as if seeking a spot with a clear view. It is not to be wondered at either, for we have seen miles and miles of spectacular scenery on this route through the Shenandoah Valley. At a high point in the mountains above Wytheville, the road turns but when we got there, we found high solid board fences extending so far on both sides of the road that we at the top of Draper tain, an elevation of 2,500 Moun- couldn’t even see into the woods around the bridge. If you don't buy’ a_ ticket -and pass through the building that is filled with every kind of device to get your money, you can stand right on top of the bridge and never get to see the seventh wonder of the world! Hotels and motels take up every used by cial available spot or other the museum antique some venture, that isn’t automobile commer- <‘ens along the roadside told us| ~ ny things about the people and ‘¢°3 We Weve passing by. ‘Palm gs" places are useful as well as ornamental and have| hills unadorned the bridge and looking down, since US highway 11 passes that way, o@: sgns showed up ’ and agvin; “Very Cherry” .2am is {he newest flavor we 1 ve yet evs are heard of; “Careful DrivSurvivors” warned the motorist at intervals, and big “Fireworks” signs told us that the State of Virginia is doing a good business in that field while so many banned of her neighbors have them. “Old Country’ Vir- -ginia Ham” came in for its share of promotion, Any had notions that New monopoly on dispelled too. that I havé ever antiques have been England Antique had shops are on riety of ancient treasures ing wagons and sleighs. On the Buchanan, ft., and furious mountain Va., we came the includ- back upon forest fire that had of a al- at a right-handed turn out, was a ready destroyed four homes and panoramic view of the towns we Was threatening several others, had just come through to the yy,Ve had seen the smoke for a north, and crossing the road great distance before coming diagonally to another turnout, we \close to it. With field glasses, we! look Wi ahead jlle. to The the town Blue of Ridge ‘could neath see the flames leaping be-|: smoke and reaching out Mountains have been on our leit furtherthe and further. Headlines hand all day and this climb to the to> of Draper was an added thrill. Perhaps the highlight of this day was our visit to the Natural Bridge which is listed as one of the Seven natura] wonders of the in the Roanoke paper told of another forest fire the day before that had burned over more than a thousand very dry acres, here the underbrush and The in is woods, is thick and jun- world. ane entrance to the bridge glelike in many places. is through a brick colonial building wherenere tickets are sold for a rear outnd then_a $190 each ground the | �_ FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1959. Welcome Winter | Clothes ~ Down South Last Week By LOIS ASHE BROWN |ness in a big way. Their prominent |'man / Well who was seemed to know the town also waiting and I ques- tioned him. He told me that Eutaw is mostly a colored town; the reece seat of Greene County, that unemployment is widespread and | many people are hungry. The in- | JACKSON, Miss.—This account is /signs say ‘Trade your old home) habitants depend on farming and being typed on a nine pound for a new one. Let us handle all’ the industries of Birmingham. :He | Italian machine, whizzing along at the details: Builders—Real Estate said that the whole of Greene. a mile a minute a straight rib- Vicksburg where we will cross Man River into Louisiana. The is gloriously clear with hot Old day sun bon of road and a on between biting wind Jackson and the and Palm Sunday traffic is heavy. Winter clothes are welcome even in Dixie today. We are just now seeing the first oil wells on: this trip; isolated ones at, intervals. Huge herds of Here- fords’ and as a cows of three hundred animals; also few herds one. flock many as a of milk hundred of abaut in lush green fields. Sizeable stock sheep, yards in the towns low. Horse farms necessarily folhave appeared occasionally and mules mon sight. Wood colored all. grazing! cabins are a com- dot the. scrubby landscape and at one cluster of cabins where we stopped to take pictures, there was no sign of life until we got out of the car, then the whole place sprung to life with moving humanity all curious. at our motive. Houses of consider-; able size even are built. up on brick piers as well as the simplest -eabins. Crawl space underneath. makes a welcome shelter from the | sun for dog and man alike. Chairs for resting and visiting and watch-| ing the world go by are important| furnishings on the verandas of all. Also included on many of the porches are modern washing machines. Electricity serves many of the most humble ones and TV an- ytennae are common. as are late mode] .automobiles. A two seated —Insurance.”’ The Alabama State Fair Grounds, in Birmingham looked not unlike| the Eastern States grounds in West. Springfield. Huge shopping centers {in that city included the chain _stores familiar in our home state| and their spacious parking lots were well filled. Numerous trailer” County is owned by only a few individuals. \ I asked what the effect of desegregation was in Eutaw and he said there was no noticeable difference so far; that both colored and whites like it the way it is and that laws can't change it for segregation is by nature God's law house trailers were an indication of prosperity in this field. A giant vacuum cleaner used to sweep -the streets, and that followed by a |man with a hose, showed us how the streets of Birmingham are; Jay courts full of the most elegant and row, that Bird is does don’t above he?’’ mix man’s. the with the man ‘‘The Snar- asked,| and he went on to quote scripture to prove ‘his point further. It left /me with something to think about. Possums splashed on the roads ' kept clean. It was also in this city as common as we have seen that an, ultra modern Howard: skunks at home; miles of swamp Johnson showed up with only its and marsh dotted with grev caborange tiled roof to relate it to ins with only foot paths leading to hundreds of others. them; fine brick ranch homes built Bunches of bananas eneased in lately in the center of shabby clusplastic bags made a strange sight | ters of cabins with apparently no _in this part of the south. Hush pup- heed for the value. of their own’ “pies are listed on menus along with | property; splendid fire ponds at’ biscuits that melt in your mouth.| most farms; hog pens with scrawSouthern fried chicken and fried’ ny looking hogs; all of this is a shrimp are specialties, part of the face of America. The smell of hot rubber told us Leaving the Birmingham area, we came upon orange piles of we were near the Tuscaloosa, Ala. sawdust-colored earth thrown up plant of B. F. Goodrich long: before over an area many times the size we saw it. In Brandon, Miss., banof Donovan Brothers’ bank in ners strung across the main street Huntington and inquiry revealed, told us that we were in the home that during the war, strip mining , town of Mary Ann Mobley, Miss for bauxite ore (for aluminum) America of 1959. It was in ‘this made this a busy place. Now build- , Mississippi town that we saw the biggest flock of sheep we had ever ing sand is processed instead. Deep green clover along the roadsides with the curbs painted a mustard yellow made a striking color combination seen in one place. grazing in an endless of clover, a pastoral They. green scene were field that in — several| needed only a shepherd to make it places. Healthy crops of kale in complete. In Jackson, Miss., a big Genera] rocking chair on one porch es- household gardens reminds us that Electric plant (amp dept.) stands pecially took my eye. _this is a popular’ southern green | alongside: an Armstrong Asphalt Further: signs of the season on when cooked with salt pork. Clusters of peovle around the vil-. Tile plant. A sign welcoming us to this the second day of Spring include budded trees, roses in bloom, lage pump in some sections made. Jackson gave the following inter195 churches, a wide variety of flowering bulbs, us realize the running water is at esting information: A water tub at. the 38 schools and colleges, 275 industhe deep pink of the black cherry a premium. on lawns and wild in the woods, pump caught the excess and the .tries, and a University Medical : too, and fields being prepared for| pleasant social custom of visiting Center. Crossing the Alabama line into planting. The main crops in Ala- at the pump lightens the task. we. noticed but -little Mount Vernon type houses and Mississippi, bama and Mississippi are corn and in the landscape. The. trees hung with Spanish Moss tell change cotton. We were told that farmers swamps and marshes continued today are raising less and less cot- us again and again that this is ibe _long needled southern es. Fruit. trees and ton because the price is so low... southern United§ into ever Many have gone into the poultry in bloom and pecan groves further pines began to extend bigger forests. Occasionally we ; business in a big way and are set- confirm if. In Eutaw, Ala., we stopped to came upon sawmills surrounded by ting their land out to pine trees have our shoes shined by a pleas- the little cabins’ of the workers. In for which the government pavs we often saw pulp mannered bootblack doing the villages, them well. Grazing cattle is profit- ant. business in front of a bank. He had piles around paper mills and the’ ‘ able, too. smell of sulphur used in the manuBirmingham, Ala, is an, impres- two brothers in business with him busy doing the facture of the paper was strong. sive industrial city with its smelt- and kent them Reaching Vicksburg late in the shoes of people who drove un to the jing plants and belehing chimneys. It is the industrial center of the curb and Jeft them off. He told afternoon, we stopped at a filling” south and like Jackson, Miss., has me that ladies are not allowed to. station high above the river and_ sit in the chair to have the’ shoes near to the end of the toll bridge. skvscraping office buildings, and extensive housing developments. | done and offered me a chair to We lolled on the grassy bank for a time thrilled by the great river at Crisler Brothers, Inc. in Jackson| one side while he took my_ shoes geem to be in the real estate busi- to his work chair. A well guessed | our feet. The children were fascinated by the tugs and barges and esnecially by the: houseboats. After this respite, we paid the 50c toll and drove across the bridge which is built like the old South End bridge in Springfield, old and dangerously narrow con- sidering carries. narrow the heavy traffic that it On the Louisiana side, a built up ramp ecarried us for what-seemed more than two miles across swamp -that was eriss-crossed with paths and cabins. Before stopping for the night, we saw many miles of this bayou country. Tomorrow should surely see us through to Tyler, Texas, the first lap of our trip. / ! �(G5 7- In Cities Of The South By LOIS ASHE college of dise’: a town Nearly every BROWN This in town “Sportsman’s with a wide motel offers hearse| A shiny new Cadillac a} just passed us. A refinery of the , is vari-| Shetland large out here leafed and trees| The free| the daffodils are going by. school Flying above the first tele. carpet, wall TV, wall to a is farm, pony ee on our left our on and hand rises Co, Oil the! Bird Para- accommodations.| are nearly of tourist ety — La. MONROE. bustling Ms H heart sgar i¢en ese urtr coa ‘ a is Texas in seen have and| we conditioning air phones, of America@ ; and| | swimming pools for no more than |yi bright new flag ; it another bright | rig) ce motels back home with none of} underneath and i new flag ofthe Lone Star State.) seven For extras. these accom-| else in of best the had have us a night, the four of | It makes dollars |eight Union here ; manifested. motel Our modations. A billboard served coffee and sweet rolls in| at Shreveport at no ad- | to this morning our room if anywhere | us wonder the is ' such pride the entrance "| the advertised { a_ paper as Times We simply had | Shreveport ditional charge. say) with a daily circulation of 88,000 and to pick up the phone and a Sunday circulation of 110,-| we were ready, and in no time, flat a uniformed door In with a Monroe, |the first time, tray. palms 000 for ol on elie sn Be . again, : : a write I get 5 them pecans and the More identified. beautiful eee I for | Water | piping shut-offs and meters with attached poor people In Ruston, office post |the alike, La., and we watched | people on the street for a patio coverings| air-conditioned. The-smell of oil is now strong| are) not too This part unlike Worcester for places shows at) sand tral the) ing little) the of East) into deeper drive we | as and; the! stopped and completely unsightly | Texas. jon the lawns of fine homes, lin the mud packed yards of i porch Pp ee and window shades like awnings’; material. are made of the same a almost is conditioning Air necessity in this hot climate and! nearly every house is equipped.| are )Many of the newer homes oo Bas ee pe four dae corte fing isis| oofing Plastic corrugated 4 . mostly here, used a good deal southern pines are still with us as we drive toward Shreveport. Sugar mills and oil wells . are becoming frequent sights and the cabins along this way appear ‘ar ees Debs ena ‘ Ree : the fish, children women and ae es gee bot eee both with heavy dark green| popular. catch \ being and bass. _&'*~",and, | white perch ae wei eee leaves shiny attracted us, ae . . |Pace by the time Petaceats | shall trygee to hot! are This is a blustery cay With ‘sun and here and there folks in the creels, oF nen of them| Sshing eee most ugly, d dusty boy was at our covered. we saw Texas areas looks| around| and Fitchburg except where the red earth through, are so much The pines a part and Massachusetts and of cen- , roll- the hills make — us feel) wooded Oil derricks are| at home. thicker, and tamale | monplace and the way they lifted | stands along the way bring ‘us notice-||} back to reality, for this is Texas| their hats to ladies was bies black wearing Men while. and string> ‘ties minute a for talked I able. were quite der-| /com- ‘becoming with|) at sort popular custard frozen of : last. of| In Longview, in the middle the afternoon, we stopped for ice. cream at a stand on high ground| some children on the street and well-| they seemed so polite and mannered. “Snow-Freeze” is' a) coun-| and town the overlooking in| | While we sat rest-| try beyond. these parts. were| ing, we pretended that we we, Shreveport, of Outside stopped in another ‘“Memory| pioneers crossing in a conestoga| Garden” to let the children exer-| Wagon, resting and enjoying the) cise and These to have a picnic lunch.| Jong cemeteries good! ago. mile, Miss| and Ben places to rest as they afford) is getting| shade usually which each with |scarcer We years” hundred of a view are talked about the hopes | and fears they must have had and tried to re-create for Lyndon Se that life. The map shows airports near | Marion Bartlett in Worthington, friend of|| every town of any size and we tells about a teacher hers who travels a good deal in| | are noticing much air activity. apalready have 'a car equipped for sleeping and jHelicopters ceme- |Peared on our scene today and, she purposely secks out teries have to spend the water! night ‘n, for ./mon |Small asplanes are atback Jeast home, os com- | “they running sailboats one of Shreveport, gateways to the West, modern city’ with and high buildings. look more western Most ceed. wide jonquils are | Clumps. of tiny the main is a busy || 8rowing wild on the roads, as are. streets| is the perhaps typical imisin The houses | | Peach as we pro-| pink hip-roofed, one-story, high-ceil-|f inged, long-windowed houses | with, screened porches and white), clapboard siding. We crossed the} Red River over the Long-Allen bride os : , ric ge, another project built un-'| r ong. the people, stood ; ards bloom. —Floweving| told | am I of the day, \Tthe end that the trees with the shiny| dark green leaves are je eecias | and the sharp — shiny-leafed| pushes are a species of holly. | the| Arriving in Tyler late in afternoon, we circled the down-} town district to see the beautiful administration of Huey |new courthouse where Aunt The streets teemed with | Evelyn is a deputy county clerk. no one visiting, ce var full in beth White, and deep| are lovely. And now near} Ay and hurrying. some some : walked of equipment are filled with ese SANE fa ae ethos tae heavy ee : a along . COIMPAES road have ae oe DOT Some}} And _window- | Swan thence 1 | George |); will | | into H. visit the equip- | Tomorrow re to the outside Tyler Browns and spirit village where live. explore, of life I ‘ll write Here in we) getting| about Texas. the | on! people and the life they lead, the| es At 4) crowd had | things they | them, what do and how thev do} they eat and now it) gathe! oy an auction of heavy | | is prepared, and so on and on, machines. On the hignway, we == z keep meeting hauling giant of | the | trucks and trailers | machines and just over the Texas line, we saw one| loaded with parts to an oil cer.| rick. The spaces a re now more . Wk ec Onenete Sees | | �re , TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1959. Fire Hydrant In Texas Fe _ Found In Washertorium By LOIS ASHE BROWN TYLER, Texas, March 25 — Another heavenly day of warm air and flowers everywhere make us glad we are here. Early this morning, Mother Hicks came over to welcome us. She is Mrs. George Brown’s mother and lives | just two houses down the road, | She was born here and is so typ- | I | shall use her as an authority on | | Texas life as the need arises. ical of Texas When she “How mention and came yo’all greeting (women because that over in, she gittin’ this today. that I’ve She along?” it is told us heard said I | the | over that | she had been up early and down to the creek fishing for break- | fast. Everyone fishes here. After breakfast, she said she had planted Kentucky Wonders. and black-eyed peas, it being still early for the latter, She visited with us for a spell, then went back home to work in her yard. On the way home, we stopped at a small grocery store. It Was operated by a man named Mr. Jarman who The lawns here are greening up fast and needing mowing already. Walnuts from the treees told me that his an- here cestors had been early _ settle rs here, He was pleased with a $1,500 .lee-making machine he had recently installed and he claimed it was the biggest drawing card he had in the store. It tea the is made from the rocts of tree. She said the good weather’ made her feel “on for drinks is in great demand. His meat case interested me, An enormous tray of pork sauSage made with sage and hot| Peppers is popular fare here and sells for 59c a pound. Cube; Steaks that were piled high and| of dark color sold ‘pound,. while for better §89c grades paltioning ; Snow sell Oe |for $1.09 and $1.19. Pork roasts |and pork chops took up a good: |portion of the showcase and he . /Said pork was more favored | here than beef as a whole. Eggs reckon ah’m then.” Poultry ready raising to is keel an jdeal machines She confided business for and that in impor- tant enterprise here in East Texas and southern. fried chicken is| the! as popular here as it is at home. | her four | by the Morton it is an husband and herself since he would rather fish than eat. They also operate a movie house which affords them plenty of leisure time, too. While we Were there, an elderly couple from the next town) came in with a big clothes basket heaped fill six high and machines. proceeded to I exclaimed, ‘Saline. north Three of us Salt Co, at Grand tornadoes are in the to news the to- day as well as the word that) temperatures today range from} 22 degrees in the Panhandle with |four inches of snow, to 68 degrees in south Texas. Thunderstorms are forecast for tonight jin this area. Floyd and Rita Anderson, who| live nearby at the State Experiand the operator said, “Shucks, ment Station where he is head this is nothing. We have one cus- ‘herdsman, stopped by to call totomer with several children who day and to ask us how we are): Saturday: morn- | getting along. We got into a dismachines!” At cussion on a recent TV showing one talking a of “Green Pastures” which had her day’s work }quite shocked them. Rita said is done in short order. Its a |“Why, just fancy Jesus Christ wonderful age to be living in. Stepping out: of.a cloud in a 1959 tery. My blank expression drew the explanation that the valve at the end of the row of washers was what she meant. I asked her what she called a fire hydrant and she said “a fiah “plug.” And the paper bag that I brought my jaundry in, she referred to. as a “sack,” via plied =e Bea: business suit!, pressions will with seeing What kind of children grow scenes like — come here every ing and uses 13 20c a load, each half hour to run, The operator told me that if I wanted to add any bleach to my joad, I could draw water at the “hydrant” at the end of the bat- imup that?| And there came Adam and Eve in the Garden. of Eden © all |: dressed up in modern clothes and | shown as if they were coloredj folks. Miz Taylor was so het up| ‘over it, that she just turned her”| -TV out and went off to bed.” is on. gone Wonder from a | ..«. (End for today) of pink and white pin- _are standard fare, ; ehecked gingham with the bon.-| One dip that is especially ap-. net part buttoned to the brim! pealing is a creamy cheddar mix with small fiat pearl buttons. to which a canned blend of toNow, I’ve never been fashion matoes, hot chili ‘peppers. and conscious but this sun-bonnet onions is added. Spanish influidea is one that I would like to ence is felt in much of the cookSee in vogue in the north. It is} ing. perfectly charming and practical Tomorrow is “Western Day” at as well. . ithe local high school. The = stuIn the middle of the morning, dents have been busy for a we gathered up a load of wash- week assembling their costumes ing and drove over to Lindale \'of western gear to appear in on to a washertorium. This was a i that day. I'll go over and take new experience for me, for even some pictures and get a firstthough we have them in the hand report on the goings-on and north, I had never had an occa-| tell you about it in the next dis| sion to use one. The young Wom- | patch. an who operates this one is a n4- | Also on our agenda tomorrow tive Texan who was very cordial is-a visit to the oil fields at Kil.| and helpful. Her business includes gore and to the salt mine owned | washing sv thick! the pastures| ,and yards alike. Cows are in the | pastures and it is warm enough | for Windows to be wide open; but | not yet hot enough to close the | houses up and turn the air con- made driers. are produced 11% discs of ice which | that are not yet leafed out, twin| ie lms and several walnuts that he sold in insulated bags for 29c are budded, Beautifully shapéd 4 bag. In this hot climate, ice i cedars stand out in boom”; that when she was sick It appears that fruit is eaten “and off her feet” she yearned ; more here than in the north. For to work in the yard and such a } in-between time snacks, oranges, pretty day made her feel “like”| grapefruit, bananas, pineapples, she “was in hawg heaven.” ‘peaches and pears are eaten For working outdoors, Miz freely. Fruited gelatin is com-’ Hicks wore a stiff-brimmed mon dessert; vegetable salads sunbonnet to shield her face and are often served; and cold meats to keep her hair in place. It was and dips for chips’ and crackers 20 in the yard | that they will have to be - raked |up before the grass can be ‘mowed, elsé the mower casts |them dangerously aside. The | back yard has 10 mimosa _ trees Later, we stopped by to visit with her as she worked, At the ‘in a big basket were sold by the front of her house, camellias in dozen and put up in paper bags. | bloom made a colorful, spot. This store is open every day Trees of white and deep pink: tfrom 7 a, m. to 11 p. m. and flowering peach were beginning when I suggested that the storeto shed their petals in the breeze. keeper must be tired when nigit Delicate yellow mist enfolded the came, he said “Yes, ma’m, ah sassafras trees in the pasture at the rear of the house and Miz Hicks told me that sassafras | ee if the Worthington } | | �M ASS., NORTHAMPTON, GAZETTE, HAMPSHIRE DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL Attendance, Collection High The Moseley revival from leader, a 1, 1959. Brother Birmingham, wel-} comed the faithful ones and asked for the pew captains to stand. These were members of that church and of surrounding At Texas Revival Service| | Miz Hicks came over today and|| churches who had been assigned the task of filling as many pews me the prettiest sunbonTYLER, Texas — During the | brought had sewed it up just | as possible and they were being She ever. net | past night, a ripping electrical had admired hers. Mine is | cited for their success. The Lions| storm swept through here and to- since I ae ndale filled three pews, | blue and white ging- ee day folks are talking about the of pincheck butto di e Rotary ned onto the stiff jas Club whose| “gully washer,’ and little Ben ham 2 nd brim just like hers. Now \members had been in attendance| hed stitc Said it was -a pretty thunderds frien jevery of night of the revival. The I’m hoping that lots By LOIS ASHE BROWN light. Great puddles are all about| home are going to want for water | ‘back ts, in every depression, bonne too! doesn’t drain through this red} Signs along the way today brick dust very fast. eye t my sun- attendance for the night before was listed at 262 with an offering amounting to $370.58. Among the ideas that Brother | Moseley imparted that come to my mind now are that it pays to be a Christian becausé of the! that said anoth- caugh at the local | especially Readings, and “Spiritual over and advertised “Driftwood from took pictures this morning and} er Restaurants » feature brevity of watched the youngsters prome- | the Gulf.” this life; that only chilnading with their high heeled| Mexican and Spanish food along dren of God cangiise .: th real southern cooking. boots, turned-up-brim hats, and. with troubles. sof this RT oun t ornate belts with holsters and toy | Where we favor Italian, Swedish, : th. that leads” sy pistols. The teachers and parents | whee used to encourage this day of fun, | North, the hot food of the folks |}aaq saucoas Cae? tran eat, : a oH he| so we were told, but it has now| south of the border is popular. Qy0° Man so , Ss got so out of hand that the young| We ate out tonight and with my |= er’ @ hence, we should sow ‘4s dinner, I ordered tea, having in ‘Teap, people spend the week in advance planning, and classes are disrupt-| mind hot tea in a pot with milk. few wild oats as possible; that This is Western Day high school. We went Polish and German foods in the |e, ed to the point of chaos. prin- | The The glass cipal told us that Western Day in his school may be a thing of the past by another on, waitress brought of “ahssed and tay” Evelyn me a with tall salvation lem- Today I heard of a Mrs. Hercules who is society editor of the Tyler Courier Times — a woman other whispered . that come right along meet her. She and told mée | down, so Evelyn their way down the line to one next the and I dressed as fashionably as a | they will smoke no more. It surcouple of country girls can and | prised us to see so many late headed into town. model cars of quality in the We found Mrs. Hercules easily yards of perfect hovels, and for more than an hour, she} This afternoon. included a visit Monday. I gave her a box of ma- ple sugar made in Lyndon, Vt. and bought from the Vermont Store in Northampton which seemed to please her, San All day long, people are being| introduced and some of the names| are at very the different. Smith For instance,| County Courthouse | where Evelyn works, there was| | Lona, Quoquoise, Drusilla, Almarita, and a fellow named Quincy among India others. and It reminded Honey in “Gone me the General Electric plant, where air-conditioning and heating| equipment is made. We drove through streets of little houses built to sell for around five thou-| sand; room only sorry looking little the sméll of money, was strong, but not nearly as strong as it was at the refinery on the Way On out. the way to Kilgore, we crossed from Smith County which is a dry county into Gregg At the County county which line, is for “wet,” the con- venience of the neighbors in Smith County we saw one liquor of) store With} the Wind.” This afternoon, George took us sightseeing in Tyler. First stop was to the East Texas oil fields at Kilgoré where we saw acres of oil wells with their pumps and super structures like we had seen in geography books. The smell of oil which in this country means three) after another 4nd were told that the traffic to Kilgore is heavy aside from that headed for the oil fields. Homeyof the workers in. Kil- gore were more than modest and we were told that the oilionaires live in Tyler and other metropol. ital areas nearby, though some still live in cabins they did before in Kilgore they struck as it houses with car-ports and| | rich. breathing space between Tonight, 4s if our day had not them. Then we drove through sec- | 4 een full enough, we slicked up tions built with quarter million |, nd drove to Lindale where a redollar homes and gardens with vival is being held all this week bridges over little brooks |}at the Baptist Church, or rather, fountains. The azaleas are blos- at one of several Baptist somed now and plans are afoot churches in this town which is for an azalea festival on Sunday. about the size of Huntington. “Azalea Drives” have been map- The church was filled with men,|}. ped out and people will be driving women and children, dressed in around to’see them in all their {summer clothes and the windows glory on Easter Sunday. | were wide open. It was interesting to’ me to see | The large choir sang with children playing the same games great inspiration and the con: as the children play at home. gregational singing of the old Shooting for baskets mourited on hymns was the most lifting thing | trees or over garage doors is favorite sport and playing |l’ve heard since a Philathea con- and jumping rope | vention marbles are all in in Winthrop that I went |to 15 years ago when more than season now. The sun is warm and a thousand sang “He Lives.” The Women are not needed. eoats carriages, choir director was a young man baby with strolling | who looked and acted like Philip hanging out clothes, shaking mops, planting, and | Aldrich, windows, | principal. doing the same household chores I’ve left behind. The pattern for everyday living is ‘the same the 1 world over,_ : washing | | Worthington’s ae yours| being damned!! Throughout the service, there were soft amens as if to show approval and agreement. At the end of the service, affter singing “Blest Be the Tie,” everyone shook hands: with . the poorer people who drive them, | and sometimés live in them, until entertained us with tales of her experiences and showed us the} Tyler Times plant, including a} whopping press that will print their paper in a new type beginning on are the choice of belicyisigxand being several in national competition. I | the thing in this Cadillac country telephoned her for an appointand the second hand ones find ment so I might was most gracious security saved, or not believing™and way. ' We followed a car that was burning oil and belching smoke aplenty and George said “That clunker must be burning soft coal.” Big high powered cars are of unusual journalistic ability who has won more than eighty-five awards for her work, including and Our if you will accept Jesus Christ as your Savior; and that,we all have | few here ever think of tea in any year. sean tat le young ea to him and_ identified himself, and much visiting ensued but while we were in the church, something the people were calling “a blue norther” had blown up, and it was too chilly to stand around in a summer dress, so we went home. �DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1999. Cemeteries, Street Parking Surprise Visitors In Texas By LOIS ASHE TYLER, The “blue ‘Texas, norther” last chilled night | made heat. BROWN March 28 — that blew up the air it necessary to turn We have heard so in the north about the way and up the much} folks| down here suffer when it is cold,| that a word is in order here to explain what they do about it. In| the cabins and shacks of the poor, heat comes from wood burning stoves, from butane or kerosene space heaters, While in the better homes, central heating and year round air conditioning is installed. Window units for air conditioning and floor furnaces | that burn butane, heat and cool the middle class homes. This is the day Earlene, Evelyn’s laundress, comes to iron, It | being a cool day, we decidea ‘ to! go domestic and stay at home to clear up househoid chores before the Easter weekend. I had such fun going to the washertorium the other day that I volunteered | to gather up the washing and go again. | When I got there, several were | there for the same purpose and while we waited that she was for the there was visiting. I had already lady operator and she time met said working alone she _ learned again because her husband had gone fishing, as usual. Another woman from Kilgore was full of _information 3 when I was curious about this fishing in a “tank.” It turned out that the “tank” is what we would call a fire pond or a farm pond which nearly every farm has down here, It is stocked from time to time with croppies, white perch, bass and catfish. Fishing is just the most important recre- ation of all! The Sabine River which caused such serious flooding here two years ago, passes a few miles from where we are visiting. We wanted to see, so drove to it today. It is a deep murky — swirly viver but about as wide as the Housatonic through the Berk: shires. This afternoon, a trip to Grand Saline to see the salt mine of the Morton Salt Company was our aim. We arrived there to find that daily tours are scheduled at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and it was then well after two, so we were out of luck, We did see the outside of their big plant and saw the yard of hard packed salt. On the way, we saw buzzards for the first time. They are great ugly looking birds with the wingspread of a large hawk and they soar gracefully in search of dead animals to devour, thus serving humanity as nature's clean-up squad, In the village of Grand Saline, we were amused by a sign that said ‘Skinny Hawkin’s Used Furniture Mart.’’ Nick-names are very descriptive here and many babies’ are given names for life that iortherners wouldn't feel proper outside the family circle. Another’ sign advertised “Hog that I had been out there to see the oil fieds. She had been born and brought up there. I asked her if the lives of people there were radically Jowls”’ for 19¢ a pound. Pork in changed when they struck oil. She said, “I’ll let you be the every form is the popular meat in this part of the country and judge” — that is a popular comment here when you ask for an | many people raise hogs. Mid street angle parking in opinion. She went on to - tell Grand Saline surprised us. In’ a about her mother and daddy. western town with a great wide (Everyone refers to his parents main street laid out in days when as Mother and Daddy.) Hers had automobiles were still unheard of, lived in Kilgore and had operatperhaps there was a rail mounted (ed a big automobile sales agendown ‘through the eenter for cy out in the country where peohorses. Whatever the case, there ple came to them. is now plenty of room for a batHer folks extended credit to tery of automobiles to angle park the people who bought automo:: double with one’ way traffic at biles and later to their customers the ‘sides. at a mercantile store they operated. When many of these same The cemeteries in this section people struck oil and subsequent: | have held a surprise for us, too. ly became “monied,” some came At first, what looked to us like a cemetery that had° just recently and settled their debts first, and ;some went on and spent freely been moved from some other location, turned out to be a cemeas if they had no previous debts. Her conclusion was that people tery already more than seventyfive years old right where it was. are the same about paying their The surprise to us was that there | bills, whether they have money was no grass—just sand. The rain or not. spatters it up on to the stones and Then I asked her if their standwhere the earth is red, that too, ards of living changed greatly, spatters up and turns the granite ‘and she said in some _ instances to redstone. The answer to my it did, but usually when ‘folks question on this subject was that who had been poor began to mix grass requires too much eare and with others of means, a race bethat costs money. It costs nothing gan to keep up with the Jonses, for a family plot in a cemetery and then to do better than they. that belongs to the church to which She also cited many families she | had known all her life in. Kil- one belongs, and it costs nothing to be buried in a cemetery of a | sore who were happy to go on town where one lives. For an ocutliving just as they always had, sider, the cost is very little, and even though they/are today rich. to keep the expenses of the ceme“Mostly,, it depends on the inditery maintenance down, it is necviduals,”’ she said, esSary not to make work such as When I got back with the wet wash, I stopped at Miz Hicks’ to upkeep of grass would entail. Only |hang it up since she has a much low perennials and small shrubs bigger clothes yard than’ her are allowed. However, wax flowers and set-pieces are permitted daughter. Mr. Hicks was just and are much more popular eating lunch and getting ready to than |go down to the “tank” fishing. in the north. | Mrs. Hicks quickly fixed a plate Dyeing eggs for the egg hunt '|for me, Texas eggs | and lunch with this I cheese is had: and the typical scrambled hot chili sauce poured over it, a hot sausage made with hot peppers, fresh ,corn bread, ginger snaps and «iced tea. mom Easter morning and making he little Easter bird nest cakes ‘or the children will keep us busy onight. }t �i! FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1959. | Excellent Farm Country ' Brightens Texas Scene LOIS ASHE BROWN TYLER, Texas — Easter Sunday in the Lone Star State! We arose early and were thankful Before of telling near zero of they us of a forecast temperatures, any further away | tings that-this city is famous for. Tyler is called the “Rose Capital for a sunny spring-like morning, especially so since we had heard| the weather report from the northeast I get from Tyler, I should tell about| the acres and acres of rose cut-| the World” have a rose .and in festival October with a queen. Evelyn lamented once| } that she saw more roses in| | \saw a in New England than she saw at home. This is because the roses are shipped out before they and nine inches of snow at home. We thought of those who would be getting out early to go to the sunrise service in Chesterfield. A Sunday School session at 9:45 followed by church at 10:45 bloom. — Blackberries are : grown in quantity in Tyler and canned consumed our morning. We were there as well. One lady remarked delighted to see how 10-year-old| that she had seen so many black- Cousin Louie takes part in his church. Louie has already been baptized by immersion and received as a fullfledged member into the Hopewell Baptist Church where his parents and grand- berries picked and over-ripe condition dered if they were shipped in an that she wonbeing sent to a wine press. In Tyler State Park, a few miles out of the city, we heard arents are also active members.| of an encampment of modern t was his duty in the service to day gypsies. The Tyler Courier take up the offering with another Times described them as folks little boy about his age, Before who enjoy living in Trailers and assing the collection plates, move around in trailer caravans.|: uie offered she prayer and we ‘The story said they were a better. were very proud. class than the yesteryear gypsies. Following the service, the peo- The pressure of: plans for this ple gathered churchyard around in the us ; and day precluded a first-hand reper were ‘on -the gypsies. In Greenville, on the way to| aid in parting, “Now yo/all Sherman, we were impressed by| E ‘long?” and invariably the many fine old homes and €¢s-| ever met, They sai ow yo’al pecially interested in the havntcome baack reall soon.” ; ed-looking deserted ones we saw This was one of the « many here and there alongside wellsmall churches we have seen all kept properties. Under what con-| through the south, I asked how ditions a large house of the gay} so many little churches could ninety period could be abandoned support pastors and buildings and right in the village limits left us was told ple tithe, to meet that a good many peoThe record of the week previous showed an attendance at Hopewell Baptist of 56, including children, and a collection of $98.75. Mr. and Miz Hicks had invited us, the Texas Browns and_ wondering. Cactus became a more common sight in this sec-} tion but we haven't seen any | palms since we left Tyler. the Massachusetts Browns, for, Easter Sunday dinner at their house Sherman is a western appearance. town from every Several| are flour, processed; Quaker Oats, and corn meal are also run grain elevators overlook the town and here oleo and salad oil through the mill, and cotton down the road from the George warehouses line the railroad Browns, After a turkey dinner| tracks. This is the home of Austhat included cornbread dressing, tin College and Perrin Air Force | giblets in white sauce, baked pin- Base where jet pilots receive a last stage of their training. to beans, and a big green type of | Tonight we are. with Leslie | meat with string bean dressed lives with her} other | Cole Marr who ail the drippings, among children, Linda and Keith, while| goodies that go with such a din- | her husband is on duty in Ice-| | ner, land with the Air Force. Tomor- | The egg hunt for the children,| which is about whien had morming, after been was ‘This placed. quarter mile delayed from: outdoors} staged hid | row neth was adven- | a new ture for Lyndon and Ben and the | air was rent with their squeals | of delight. To their collections of Grandeggs, hard-boiled gay, Hicks mother added candy) a chicken and a foil-wrapped choco-| | late egg. Later in’ the afternoon, we load-| our farewells| ed the car, made and to_ visit northwest drove Marr, briefly with Leslie Cole formerly of Worthington and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A®iin’ T, Cole of East Windsor Rd. On way the we north, passed| through some of the finest farm- | we may ever see. | ing country plowed and) Heavy black loam, husky|, in endless fields, pened erefords grazing in the jushest,| greenest clover, one sizable flock |, of sheep, and a flock of blue-grey / land-| crossed our guinea hens scape the on way to Be oe We learned that this part of Tex- as is seeded to grains and cotton.! Here and there we saw bullshead- ; like entrances to what we thought | turned’ They were root cellars: out to be shelters from the toraa occasionally nadoes‘that heré.. morning, we will drive Paul and his family. ise i to) Dallas for a brief visit with Ken-| Ken is The grownups a former Worthington boy. Will which Evelyn had dyed,| write more about that tomorrow. each child was given a_ a ones which a nest of green) been: had cellophane dinner. the eggs and then basket in shredded a | �MONDAY, APRIL IL 6, 1959. Mayor In Texas Given By LOIS ASHE Worthington Maple Syrup; See Dallas Skyscrapers BROWN | DALLAS, Texas, March 30 oe This is being written on the beautiful expressway between the twin cities of Texas: Dallas and Fort Worth. We are driving into the sun after a thrilling day with Kenneth and Mary Jean Paul and their children, Billy and Peggy, in Dallas, } After spending the night with | Leslie Cole Marr in Sherman, we visited. a bit and explored} Sherman before going ~ south to Dallas. It was windy but warm in Sherman and it wasn’t hard to} imagine a tornado and saw one that. she especially as we blowing looked crumpled or up, about crum- bling building after another — some large, and some of the; backhouse variety. Leslie said they had had four small snow-! storms this winter, all of which quickly melted. Once, she said: ug in the woke middle Keith of and the Linda! night to4 see it snow! The wind there terrifies her and she is planning a Passing McKinney through -— the town another of| county| seat with a fine new courthouse set plumb in the middle of the village square with traffic passing on four sides, as we had seen in'other county, seats; we saw lilacs and iris in.bloom. A sign on a big house said “Love and Care In a grocery store in Dailas, we saw gallon and five gallon jugs of distilled water from the Ozarks, bottled in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Water is not now such a serious problem as it was when I was last here because so many reservoirs have been | built in the| intervening years, but people livRest Home.” Women working in) ing in cities where the water is| their yards wearing sunbonnets| strong with chlorine, are willing: were a pleasing sight. to buy spring water. | We could see the beautiful city Air-conditioned busses, Mexiof Dallas across the _ plain long cans, a rotary ditch digger, all before we came to the city limits. passed in revue in Dallas and we In the eleven years since I had decided that we could be very) last seen it, it appears to have happy living in this city that is} grown fantastically and I was | affectionately called Big D by the | assured that it had. Not acres,| folks here. but literally miles of white roofed Leaving Dallas via the turnranch homes surround the city pike to Fort Worth, we saw more proper, and from a distance they sheep grazing in lush green feed. seem to merge all into one great Pecan groves had been preserved white field. et here and-there between the roads| of the turnpike. The view back-| Skyscrapers rise from the heart of this great towering over city. Tallest Dallas are wards of Dallas was thrilling,| and in just a short time, we were| ones) the) straining for our first view of Cow Town, as the natives call! Fort Worth, Just at dusk, we shelter, lic National Bank of Dallas. : drove into this other great city in Through the night, we heard riving . through ‘ot South - } the heart of Texas. the diesel engines blowing their}) Park and the ‘campus of Southits The greater Fort Worth. telehorns weirdly as if calling their Methodist University with ‘ayn phone directory, we were told, is| mates. Sherman, is laced with) some colonial buildings that hand the country ever to! railroad tracks serving the many sight to | the first in. cover many blocks was a is a! have a picture on the cover. This. warehouses and grain elevators, Park University pehold, Main streets are crossed over and the Casa Manana/ surrounded jj one shows municipality, small again with bumpy tracks and the has | Theater and Fort Worth is in the| by Dallas, which we were told territory of the Southwestern dips at intersections to carry off its own government, refusingingto | Bell Telephone Co. ine rain are to be negotiated with the grow be swallowed up by | After supper in Fort Worth,’ care, Rey : ae city. Some of the women. folks on in Uni- | we are driving thirty miles deepmissions of our “One er into the wooly west where we Highland St., between Worthingto call on Roy was Park versity will spend a couple of days with | a can ton and Chesterfield, will be inC. Coffee, the mayor, with the Darwin Coxes in Weather-| terested to know that .one-of Nathaniel of maple syrup from a Billings| Mr.| ford. Alice Cox was tneiv autographed patchwork F. Glidden of Worthington. quilts is doing its duty in Texas! and we and seemed _ frim Ripton, Vermont Coffee was cordial used to have wonderful times to-| When we got ready for bed, pleased with Massachusetts Syr- gether when we were girls. much to my delight, there was | up. He is a tall Texan with china Tresge Donovan's. name embroieasy friendly blue eves and the found dered right down a strip in the have we that manner middle of. the quilt, and there was among the folks of the Lone Star Southland Life Sheraton Dallas, Eunice’ Donovan’s, and so on up and down Highland St.! It is one of Lestie’s treasures from home. Leaving Sherman, we saw a flock of wild geese fying high in a shifting formation that fasci- nated all of us, Because of Perrin Building; the) and the Repub- State. we In Dailas, too, Mary and Kenneth Ken the him called on Jean Paul. boy now in| is a Worthington oil was business. shert as Our he visit was with just llo | ‘leaving for a month in Amari . | where a new well is being drilled for a few hours) We remained Air Force Base nearby, there was mueh air activity over Sherman, It was in this town, in the heart with Mary Jean and their chil:| of the plantation country, that a dren, Billy and Peggy. huge Texan —- most of them are this time, we made @ During great Neiman: huge! — dressed in a handsome quick trip to the dark brown pin-striped suit, black Mareus store. Merchandise of the beautiful dissting tie, and a light tan stetson, ‘finest quality and jiooking every bit the part he was | plays in a modern airy building | playing. ‘met our eyes. In the toy departA baby blue Cadillac hearse ment was a man-size clown that turned up for the second time. could be bought to stand in the the ‘corner of-a child’s room for $125. on us both ' ways Passing |highway between . Sherman and Little girls’ pinafores, of simple retailed for Dallas, were trailer trucks of ev- but elegant design, ery description, including several $16.95 and up. In this beautiful store where of the big yellow, half-cab variewhole country | ty. Milk tank trucks were also a fashions for the are tested and set, we saw womcommon sight in this state where more 1 en and girls dressed in the heighth The everything is BIG, convinced I of fashion and we saw _ others) see of it, the more am that Texan tall tales are not dressed in a manner to make you. into the) blink. When * we went too far from the gospel truth. store, sitting at a cosmetic bar Plows with three discs shining like the large size snow saucers| giving directions for a face powspecifications, play with, ‘der mixed to her children in the north was a squash-shaped, _ blond-| I was our attention. aitracted a very red Ben Albert in Worth- haired woman with told that , ington has used this type of plow ‘face and steamy neck. She wore a{ times. Double XX hamburgers} a tight black jersey with pants to with bans to match are popular match and high heels. Mary Jean séen a similar in them,| told of having here. Besides the meat she saw Was green | sight. The woman tomato, .onion, jettuce, or wearing a mink stole and mayonnaise pepper, cheese, ca(sup are also included, Out per and see the sion, own. in country the su- the on Sherman highway between Dallas, we were surprised to) a big modern ‘sign IBM with a plant carrying —- Supplies spur track Divi- all its. waddled cigarette in high heels, in a silver with holder that in the middle of July! — all a �_TUESDAY, APRIL. 7, 1959. Mary Martin’s Home Town, _Chandor Gardens Visited -marble figures, saints and sages, some graceful, some wonderfully grotesque. This early paradise is now, ~ hometown folks are very proud | temple pagodas and Chinese open to the public for a small sculp| of her. Just ahead of us, we were! turéd waterbirds. Mr. Chandor lives in the| Then you walk! “fee, told, she toured the famous Chan-!down an azalea bordered studio-cottage tucked away in path undor Gardens and lunched at the|der a ceiling of wisteria. From the: garden and hopes to carry to| Weatherford Country Club. {there you catch sight of what. completion the plans of her late As a county seat, Weatherford) scems like a By LOIS ASHE BROWN | Southward from the front door _ WEATHERFORD, Texas — This | you walk along a stream filled is the hometown of Mary Martin. | With water lilies, Here and there She is in town today and the| are small islands on which stand| surrounds. traffic the court running courtyard house on at with | back of the. house. the husband. Douglas Granville Chandor was | This is the garden, a sun-” Three banks and one building and | }j t circle with silver in Surrey, England, in a pergola of roses| born Joan association serve the town ° verlooking rings of terraces which 1897, He studied art at the wellwith deposits said to total $25,000,are plant ; aay 3 known Slade School in London. | 000. : Our host is assistant vice} | ver planted gray-green. and sil- || Six months after he started his hedges. in’Leaving this circular escent of the Farmers _and | silver garden, you go Sonnac studies, his need to earn a living erchants Bank so we got in a} down a shady brick walk paved in started him off on portrait painttour of _ that Institution. Muc | patterns h — that ing as a career. He advanced s0 | spell out a Latin paieing is eng place in ve j swiftly that two years later, he erford, including blocks and blocks! ; radahias: he j held his first one-man exhibition | den ca us ge Fr pelt ea of new ranch type homes. Many in London. of the people here are dependent Suddenly you. catch your breath, Before he was born, his father upon the industries for employment. four of Fort sides. Worth) You have come to the side of the Ea ihak was'oues & gale Today, had come to the United States and studied law at Harvard. The glowing tales he told his son Here, as elsewhere in. Texas,/-it's an avenue of pear and apricot the two flags on every flagpole trees, their branches (trained on impress me. Ford's slogan, ‘‘Made jpon lattice) overarched and interin Texas by Texans’ which ap- jJaced to form an arcade, a tunnel| pears on their Fords built in Dal-! of blossoms in spring, of foliage| Jas is perhaps one of the best) in summer, and hanging fruits in pieces of promotion ever thought September, up in an adyertising office. It You descend this arcade to what would seem that every Texan! was originally a sprawling hollow. It’s now a floral amphithea- Cadillac owner would to the Gardens, feel a the tion of a heavenly spot out of rock joes in the rock. .Curving up. and dust by one of the greatest! through the ‘cliff’ are a pair of portrait artists of his time, Doug| prick stairways las Chandor. In sixteen years, he pyilt eonceived and brought to fulfillment one of the most enchanting’ gardens in the United States and the only thing of its kind in the Southwest. In the beginning, ealiche, an ancient ted shells, hard the .summertime,. Texas sunshine thing. In winter, which with his own used to ask the hands. Soon after, the Atwater dren, then artist Anne Below, potween the stairs, is a niche he made of colored marbles for the Chinese goddess of peace, Kuanyin, He | |where the weather runs to ex-| tremes Texas. and is as changeable as in, 3 | North i portraits. of , Scripps, Mrs. their chilof. Mary Duke Biddle, so on, you visitors, “Do came Kents and portraits’ the eighteen trustees of Duke University, President Hoover and each member of his cabinet, and In the ground was like my fountain?’’, pointing to a seabed of matlarge oval pool where Ming dra-_ as concrete. In gons are spurting patterns of wathe blasting 7 Bt air. feet in the twenty parched every- ter took me two years to build it. My there were sud- (wife and I baked the tiles in the’ den killing freezings and thawings. | oven.’ High overhead, beUsing dynamite, picks, — shovels,| kitchen water, wires of jets the mules, and elbow grease, Douglas} yond a spider web of wisteria. Chandor cut holes and. brought in| spread In spring, it’s as if the sky were a hundred trees, mostly hardy live hung with mauve, white, and vi0/oak and rock elm. tassels. | He dug a winding ditch across} let colored another thrill. The comes Now \the top of the hill for an artificial| is to the house driveway | Stream. He gouged out caliche and‘ uphill peach trees | filled the land two to four feet arched with 400 feet of vines. clike trained overhead \deep with soils. Then he gathered columns |plants from inclement * regions hind the peaches stand | so when the celebrated art dealer, Joseph Duveen, impressed with the young artist’s talent, offered to introduce him to art collectors in the United States, Chandor jumped at the chance. He arrived in New York in com-:{er, one side constructed in tiers, | 1926 and within a few days was in Philadelphia at work on a pastwo. the other side a rock-made wall tel portrait of Mrs. Edward T, Visitas steep as a little cliff. Small Stotesbury. crea- flowering plants hang from crev- pulsion to also own a Ford or Today’s highlight was our Chandor kindled his imagination, marry 1934, he came to a red-haired Texas to Weatherford| gir], Ina Kuteman Hill, who was_ at all times a happy partner in his career. The portraits for which he is most noted are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the young. Queen Elizabeth. His portraits and his fabulous morials man. garden to the full are life fitting me- of a great Tonight, this area is on ‘a tornado.alert. An ominous sky was | spitting rain when we _ were leaving the Chandor gardens at dusk and the wind was whipping up little dust storms.. In the evening, the rain came, and with it hailstones the size of mothballs. We were assured that they were’ a : enolias. tween of Southern ene neces the magnolias grow olhe anc hold quince, crabapple, trees: ing The drew ized him den, garden plans that Chandor red bud. Sao ae a -nothing as compared to the hailI up in 1936 were almost real-| the moisture in t oe with flat stones they often get. ‘Tomorrow we will leave. when sudden death overtook') the ground Is cover aw puzzler January 13, 1953. In the gar- | sandstones ae conch te cracks Weatherford and head for Carls-! you are in a thicket of trees |Creeping out {hrouee an spring, bad, New Mexico. The plan to ria, honeysuckle, and shrubs and hanging boughs serving as Archer FitzGerald, anflowers, the over- | are a thousand inte’ auch as crim-| call on other Worthington boy who is} and vines (wiste- and crawling te eon . su in son verbena, clematis, shields against roses) the Of this whole garden '| scorching sun. These leafy ceilings the culminating ‘help make | outdoor the garden rooms, one effect ove a series of | the top of the uphill leading into| the mountain /another and each with a different) weathered a Changer drive. stones er It's| Se ieee stones 15 tons each ‘nose will tell you the flowers near- | weigh as much as i dm siot est to you. |and though mountain is Tet The front door faces the East, yet finished, the it’s nearly var if Two or three steps in front of it, a bor peeps eee ean at : ; a x A Chinese bridge leads to an en- fe‘ontGane it might have been lift| mood, If you shut your trance arch of, live eyes, your, from miles bamboo. The led jong the edge of a large aes bamboo rises above a tiled pavement and antique Chinese marble statues of guardian aaa tie rockwall goddesses. bridge bares aes Z reming away. Scan. ap- | out of a Chinese fairy tale. Obliquely facing the eee, | tain,” across. Oe Soe frat eb danoe ts peices aiee Jd ee fish. They Millstones: Millstone stand used = on poo} as: te opt hee Oa stepeine em ps it at ae Getsed vite Hometiag pater a gs, | Cio". tone, Hesse its deckChinese a © fenkee’ Pe ea the far north Ss of green is live oaks pn i end of the bowling a jerrece fringed with) and blanketed in spring hie ins i pe -and creme aes die g 2 — al Sd piss eeeeet en 50 ‘ " Ss carnsna plants, its masts a trellis ‘for yellow. jasmine. Nearby. a} f ynatted : sea : ol towering mass — been has shells, caliche, lilacs above the earth and strewn with @ cedar’a| niches in which. stands Chinese now president of the Rotary Club of Alberquerque, has been abandoned for this time, We will see the caverns at Carlsbad and’ the White Sands Reservation on our route to Phoenix. �| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1959. Melon Parks In Southwest, Eat Your Fill For Quarter 4 ; Air-conditioned automobiles are In the town of Seminole, we LOIS ASHE BROWN this hot. climate., ‘saw the first Catholic Church in CARLSBAD, N. M., April 1— | necessities in | When you see a car with its win- ‘many miles, a forecast of many This ¢ has brought us from Weailierford through West Texas ; dows closed and the more temperature to come as we get closer to Carlsbad, N. M., the land of en- | above 90 degrees, you can be sure to New Mexico. Near this town, too, We came upon a plant of the chantment. When I asked this ‘it is air-conditioned. morning ;. what we would see of ,,.0" the open road through West |Ohio Oil Co., and later found anexas, we have had. an interest- other of theirs. With some inter- importance in Wset Texas, the reply was “miles of nothingness.” If that reply were serious, we have been happy that it has turned out to’be an April Fooler. At intervals through ing day and had lots to see. In est in that company, it was fun Mineral Wells, the Pinto County ;to see them actually at work. Seat, We saw another courthouse The beautiful red bud is still with the community revolving - with us but becoming fewer and south, /around it. The huge Baker Hotel farther between. More cactus and the 'T have asked various ones what's toWers over the town and a giant Welcome sign being~ done about integration— how they feel about it, etc. Once more the question was posed, that if the this time to our host in Weatherford who is chairman of the school board. His reply was simi- ‘lar to all the | He told us as much others: government would keep out of iit, the problem would he re{solved by the people concerned. ple just =e and who are those } Fj peo- interference the whites. Equal the more palms are appearing. With night approaching, we can now see the lights of Carlsbad, N. M. Neon-lights illuminate this desert spot that is the greatest potash producing area in. the world. More than 90 per cent of the world’s supply is shipped from Carlsbad, we were told. The mines employ about 4,000, most of whom live in this town. Here we will spend the night jand tour the famous caverns to- on the moun. town, A flashing sign in lights alternately you the time of day and the tells tem- perature. The roadside rest areas in Texas are furnished with heavy duty tables and benches made of concrete. ‘They are ‘placed at fre‘quent intervals — except when you are looking for one—and ali are under shelters, since there is morrow, little shade in many places other- oo wise, We have enjoyed them over and again.-At one of them, we ‘were surprised to find that the cause the most trouble of a type somewhat be-|) in the Rio Grande Valley. Not |and miles of green grain Ing In the midst of arid growareas that looked impossible for the | | support of any vegetation. We were told that this is a new type |of grass that is proving a boon for the cattle ranchers. yet in Season are the water-||_ Ben Albert's. potato melons for which the Lone Star | Worthington, big and |State is famous. Outdoor water- they are, fade into melon parks, closed up with the| alongside the fields ‘ i | came upon sheep grazing in a that the |lush field of green. offensive In West Texas, we were problem|| pleaSantly surprised to find miles low those they would discrimi. nate against. One of eur Texas treats has!) been fresh corn on the cob, grown a 4 colored | parents, _ His opinion was whites who are most about the integrating : j as the the is set behind facilities. and equal opportunities are provided for the peoples of Weatherford and*public relations are healthy. | miles of dead-looking trees we Darwin told us that the 12 had been passing were a thorny colored high school students of kind of apple just beginning to _ Weatherford are being transportbud out. ‘ed to a school of their own in One big billboard on this route Fort Worth at considerable extold us that “Chur¢h going famipense to the town and they are lies are happier. Bring your fam, happy about it. To integrate them ily to church on Sunday.” Cactus in Weatherford High which is alof a few varieties were.a comready overcrowded would repremon sight today. Sheep in barren sent a savings to the town, but | would stir trouble. with no one looking pastures appeared, and then some miles further, we |more peeved than the colored ‘i i f ; : that resented tain fields in — fine as miniature we saw miles of in West Texas all prebenches turned hottom-side-up on the tables, reminded me of|/ pared for cotton. At intervals, the wonderful melons, both the, Were cotton gins and little cabin red and yellow hearted ,kinds,| settlements. Irrigation set up like that were such a pleasure when I was here some years ago. You. lean go to these melon parks, that back home, only on a bigger| Scale, made a refreshing picture pay,.as table; much; we a quarter, where you and sit at a are served as before have nearly finished, |)In some drove through tures of about 85. Sand storms greeted tempera-. us : in melon as you can eat. The melons | some places along the Youte and are split lengthwise and each per-| we were thankful they were no son is served a half, You then | worse considering the high winds proceed to eat out the heart and | and the vast acreages plowed up. ‘another you one is offered, places, drifting badly the sand enough to ‘was need If you should have a hankering | plowing. for some New England baked! On the road were dead skunks, beans, you would probably have possums, and jack rabbits. Nearto prepare them yourself, They | ly every time we stopped, we saw have baked beans here, but quite | carcasses in the ditch, leading us different. One variety is a pinto to think this arid country is well bean boiled with a smoked bacyn; | populated. Near Albany, Texas, another is a sort of pea bean) we came out of miles of scrub cooked in a hot tomato sauce. If| cedar into vast plains of green you go tothe market to buy salt | grass. In some fields, cattle were pork should to go with ask for. your don’t And ” daaleicen for no ‘emi “sow sou—-they beans, you) belly ba- grazing, . while life.— your | of forget one here will| Headlines use white or other _ fields ac sae for miles with no sign tornadoes *in today tell Texas of during the) the gst oe Sie instead. ‘night that took six lives. It is hot “A Texas expression we learned today but blustery. Perhaps this today is “turtle,” the designation kind of weather explains why we for tell a and an automobile about trip and ‘ it strikes Fool thick and bate, but jokes fast turtle us for as were this ‘They |saw morning near apt with flying, an outdoor great flying of brick, and jly movie Mineral Wells Ente made _in of brick buttresses Rural electrification thrilling backdrop these te, also | is perfect-| wide open| as well.; whether it was one of those, or|Spaces. It just seems that no | gospel truth is a matter for de-|place is too remote to have elec-| to us was so i trunk. the descriptive, April | loading big Darwin's that parting that fish in Texas it is a word tricity, nuisance are We to to and telephones have seen lines strung out in| the wilderness repeatedly. measure their length, so they Gateways to ranches have shown just measure them between the up today, and. farm roads have eyes and let it go at that! intersected_our route frequently. | �» THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1958. Carlsbad Caverns Tour By LOIS ASHE Takes Nearly 4 Hours BROWN When it was first eclapushee. had EL PASO, Texas, April 2 —jthe park surface area was on . We are feelingsD prettyy insignifi-| slg | 700 acres. It now has an area Ol) fallen within the thousands of years. wo asked” how cave the for ceiling cant tonight after spending sey-| over 77 square miles. There 4%) height was measured and were eral hours of this day in one of} Said to be many other caves Of) toiq that balloons filled with he- the seven wonders of the western| either scenic or archeological 1n-| lium are sent up and the world, the magnificent caverns of| terest which have not yet been! tached string is measured. Carlsbad. developed. Argus, Noting the Gazette press, of sufficient brilliance, Last night we stayed at a motel} which happened io be owned by| Bill Colvert the advertising man-, ager of the Carlsbad Current.) day. He wasn’t us, so he able to turned over dress, but one We to; were was told made by in two rock the Tansill stones. The 2. apove «ea convertible also responsible but marking dotted lines to either for make it millions the trapeze line.. There is also ai the empire line.| “Be beautiful ina) years Mountains. se disolving Printed across the front of it is. eee this message: 2° potato sack: Looks like a sack Feels like a sack—Is a sack. Fi]; with 100 lbs. or more lose shape of charm, without wear, mings.” ironing, add The caverns 84 country world, A winding leads to the summit in the mountain dining new room, vation that tower, carry museum,’ and elevators) M, Greene 750 Hall feet in un- North-; ampton would easily fit into the. mouth of Carlsbad Cavern. It is) at the grand entrance to the cave that the bat flight is one of the park’s great attractions. On summer evenings, incredible we were numbers of told and | Mex: through This crevices water briefly, pe then lie dorspring. the moun- of build- the em- from pores} took place Small grew entered surfaces. simple cavities were the passing larger| allowing! of time, converted the} in- to a wonderland. A myriad of beautifuly Shaped. formations hang) the ceilings. Some are large icicle-like variously ornamented stalactites. Some growths of them! structures) and known are smal! resembling they the past year showed find that they are 2,500 visi- Massachusetts out of a total 435.000. At White City, near ' the entrance and:all| full, ed when tors from until they be-| corridors: More; kept Mr, Anderson, our | guide, tourists are often disappoint- not occupied by Indians. The Park Service records of along saturation. exposed delicate yellows. is the administration j and said sedi-, way all from only ing and the homes earth move-| and were With golden On. jhe siinmit effective solution work to proceed; on and of the earlier Species. told that: these desert flower erns, has| original waters water more Cavities begin- tain near the entrance to the Cav:| wa-; limestone their through solution Came rooms and that)/aS these were) time, fresh water. original just go to seed. The seeds mant until the following in the rocks, in the zone of complete obser: | the visitors derground. John lounge, washrooms, by down are cavities, and | ployes of the Park Service. These the amazing decora-, buildings are of the pueblo type cracks: stone road The visitors’ building, a year ago, houses the laboratories, found flowers purple Plants Rockyj All large caverns owe their, origin to the solution of lime-| to command a view to the ends of the earth. completed that the vast when these seems which which. for the. the in the rock. below the town of Carlsbad. The) way is through some of the most spectacular ag80, Since. formed 2b0ve are about 26 miles, va- 9, some We were Ments made numerous cracks in| the limestone rocks. The cave be- trim-| temperature Desert _, Ments and repeated For; mink Surface cave | mer, water sea level by €artn' besinning some 60; tive deposits. Settling of - the and save money oh new French! inspired creations. Guaranteed to| evening this lov al [Seis movements, or balloon cav- formations known as ning to bloom and are perfectly and Capitan lime- ‘Jovely. The grounds of the Carlslimestones were de- bad Caverns are colored with the) the wearer the center of attention anywhere. It is essentially a sack dress, that underground iion years ago during the Permian period. The area finally raiseG make) the if 1S UN" orees, posited in a shallow sea 200 mil- deep presented me, is no ordinary; that would of ries from nearly zero in the winter to over 100 degrees in sum- Argus, Mr. Colvert, who is by the! a bachelor, a dress. It tour likely that they ever explored far beyond the opening. : the superintendent of this nation-; al monument, a Mr. Carlson. ; At the office of the Current-| Way with complete ems takes 312 hours. Walking | shoes and a sweater are recom: mended attire. Temperature in the cave year ’round is 56 de. accom: us The Indians knew about the cav€ and there is evidence that they used the. entrance, but because) they lacked any sustained light card on the car he invited us to! be his guests at the caverns to-| pany f at- to the national mon: Ument of Carlsbad, we attended a lecture by Charlie White who ier mg Vigor eg oie bust City to accommodate the thousands of tourists w ho come White '° the caverns, and has gathered curios for his handed. Many museum single- | of his so-called| antiques of the’ Old and mummies, common use’in his shave been erns, looked made! West New claimed discovered to Food in us quite in his cafe poorest quality and We were told that Trader White, tures who on the stages in| to the cav- man- was of the high priced. his Yankee techniques him a-millionaire. One good thing are England} have made : Charlie about his nightly caverns in lec- the man-| ican free-tailed bats spiral up-) Plants. Rising from the floor are, ward, stream southward over the! spires of more massive forms, rim, and later separate into’ Known as stalagmites. Sometimes! flocks for night foraging. During |Stalactites from the roof and sta-| the winter, most of the bats of |Jagmites from the floor join to| Carlsbad Caverns migrate to |/form columns. Less commonly,| warmer regions. They had not)irregular spiral and curiously yet returned, so we missed this | twisted and branched forms de-! spectacle. : velop; these are called helictites. | ner of one of the original medicine men, is the way he presents traffic toll figures and warns the tourists to drive carefully. He Said that 390 people were killed in New Mexico highway accidents last year — more than half of them from out of state, and More than half were. one car ac- here were Stated The in first the permanent cattlemen 1880s.,They cave and referred Cave. The settlers who knew first real. arrived! to it as of interest the Bat) All are these due ||bonate of tion by in| ter. As the cave resulted from the find- becomes ings of the turn rich among its bat fertilizer. of guano, Mining the the miners youth, Jee Jim guide, and nitrate- began century, He at! and| was a local, lime, carried descending solu- wa. straight many miles and the main The visitors evaporates and Stop frequently carbonate of lime : we lizes upon of in ground Cidents on the water saturated, ed, this floors forms. _ Many of or is agitat-, sei crystal- the ceilings, walls the cave. the and’ : formations are saturated with water, for- roads. cause too was many were He too hours. implored and to Walk around cars safely off the highway. WES good advice ina coun- tY where the Toads run perfectly SBIGE ® ee te infinity and filling station with often even as was much pelcately eulored, nls peas ara o—- forty miles from the : rom: a small amount..of.iron ‘@St one. ¥ : or other» pgeving Carlsbad in the middle oxide (shades of tan) ane aaerbuieete Re we drove to El unofficial| mineral matter in the limestone. P; ita ree became an_ Later, he . White. a fascinating to the’ deposition of car. subsequently, under | When aaa x some the National Park Service, he was | Matiops glisten and appear to be Pine te a DOCR ERS Land Office, so stressed the scen-|Slowly ne made a park ranger. Finally, he| translucent. If seepage of water was appointed chief ranger. stops, our guide told. us the It was in 1923, that a report by Cave’s appearance gradually be. Robert Holley, of the General'comes dull and the surfaces ic beauty of the cave, that Carls- Such a assume dry cave a powdered is spoken bad Cave National Monument |dormant or mature. was established by presidential} The Carlsbad caverns -oclarati 25, 1923, . unique because of the vast proclamation on October October 20, as look. of as are, size’ ad Nationwide publicity. came whenqar the Underground) chamber!fs the National Geographic Society |and their high ceilings, features, ; j a of rougnt abou arty byDY YTOCKrock col-col about partly compre-y brought findings published hensive explorations made in lapse. We were concerned about falling as we looked) 1923-24 by Dr. Willis T. Lee. The/More thetecksvaulted and ceilings the wooden/at ladder with hain chain ta’ hat one of the more inaccessible parts De ie aoa a far away. our of.theumreat.cave.is still in place. .Auide assured us _that_no_rocks: eae oe y ee of New Mexico ors righ and _the Delaware * ie ae a Pg Regd left Soins tare Adie tbh At one awe son.» radar screen high aes nid eee top and recalled ee old back in Texas that the Peope are just’ as deeply conCerned about the possibility of enemy attack as we are in New land. Much iminene ee ad ecciitle uch industry is con- sere oe "7 a = in Ne een. 5 a high be the ae interests per~h~ of lere at ‘supare arriving Ve Pertime and I will tell you about t cperij-| rungs now broken that men in| thoughtht:of of - tl the atomic experi-; Fy poco later going on in the Los Ala. “ii 850 later, Dr, Lee’s party used in exploring Ments of the most �SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1959. Mucli Traffic Controlled By LOIS ASHE ENROUTE * TO BROWN _ By Radar In Southwest PHOENIX,| Ariz., April 3 — Leaving Dem.-| ing; N. M., this morning, we have| proceeded the rest of the way across the state, passed border inspection for fruits and vegetables or plants that might be carrying insects, and come the Grand Canyon state. Last Paso night at dusk we and arrived in stopped into El for supper at.a spaghetti house such as we had not seen since leaving the east. The food was excellent| and the real thing. This was re-| freshing across after having some poor come imitations.| You'd never guess that spaghetti| and pizza could be served poorly 80 many different In this region ways! close to the bor-| der, we are seeing many Mexi-| cans and among them we have) seen some very handsome ones. We are hearing Spanish spoken commonly and Catholic churches rise in every hamlet. In the larg-. er towns, we have seen beautiful. | Through the south and the southwest, it would appear that the pleasure boat business is size any Every town of good. has had beautiful boats dis. played, and autos hauling boats on trailers are a common sight. Today, we met a car hauling a bateau | the of the Connecticut type seen Lakes lakes of northern Maine. Strict enforcement regulations we have driving must seen thus be nothing far on around and of the our the speed but reason trip. sane In many places all across the country, signs warn that traffic is controlled by radar. Dry lake beds and dry creeks crossed by great bridges tell us that it isn't always so dry in Arizona as the part we have come through today. Miles and miles we have come with no sign of water. And then, like a veritable oasis in the desert, we came upon a verdant patch with willowy trees and flowers. It was only a patch and we were quick. ehurches of Spanish architecture. | ly by it: Splendid roads everywhere tell Back of the city of El Paso of much construction since rise mountains like a great backthe war. Deep cuts throughout moundrop to the colorful metropolis tains and long bridges across low below, Splendid homes and extensive new ments stretch housing developaround this town which has had tremendous rowth within the past decade. Ereat modern buildings and fine. points have made for superior roads. Turnpikes in Massachusetts could be constructed in a fraction of the In the cool of the evening we drove on to Deming, N. M. where we spent the night. Approaching that become about halfway between and Benson, N, M. It OPA. stores take western look bered. away the we ‘had severe) remem- The mountain directly back of the city bears the huge letters: J-A-E-B. I asked our pretty Ital-| jan waitress and she said ei the four what they stood for,| that they represent:| high schools of El Paso: Jefferson, Austin, El Paso and Burgess, During the football season, they are lighted to indi- cate which team is playing. She added that during the Christmas season, a giant star is lighted up there, and during Holy Week, a: lighted cross looks down on town. the. we for time they are if | In 1917, Mr. Bartlett found the site for the storage dam and reservoir that serves Phoenix today and bears his name. He surveyed it and a multiple arch dam, the largest of its kind at the time it was built, was designed for the site. A member of the class of 1909S at Yale, Mr. Bartlett will be coming East in June for the 50th reunion of his class. He will visit friends and relatives in Worthington at that time. We were interested to find out from Mr. Bartlett that a classmate of his, Raymond Cleveland now: of Prescott, Ariz, and a man with Worthington connections, has had a hand in digging the shaft for the elevators at Carlsbad Caverns. Mr. Cleveland was a nephew of the late Charlie Kilbourn of Worthington, ané worked at Carlsbad under Charles Dunning who was in Mr. Bartlett’s class at Yale. . Phoenix is a beautiful modern city with avenues of elephant, palms as well as several other kinds of palms. If one were to wake up there, it would be hard to tell that it was not southern California, Bleached hair and extreme fashions on every hand would further add to the delusion. Arriving in Phoenix at 6 had this same dry weather o'clock, we were delighted to a half of the year, ‘hear the church bells ringing the A billboard in this arid counangelus. There are many try said “Make straight in the churches of every faith in this desert a highway for our God.” city whose population includes a In Tucson, a decrepit high percentage of the leisure| building was marked “Labor class..Churches seem to flourish Temple.” Funeral homes in this section are among folks with time on their called mortuaries. hands. Park benches along the sidewalks bear adverU-Haul trailers. are not uncomtising and seem like a good idea. mon sights in the East, but out Tucson seems to Snuggle up to ' here in the West we've seen hunthe mountains behind it, but this dreds of them. Invariably they is probably an optical are headed for the coast, Large illusion. We have driven toward trailer settlements are at both high mountains all day that we have ends of towns which would seem never come to. to indicate a temporary populaNear Phoenix, we tion; people following jobs or at saw folks playing golf in dust school; a nearby army camp; or and wondered that it could a lag in local building, be played here at all. In Phoenix, We left Phoenix on a a city super has rich through highway which intercepted extensive irrigation, we saw streets with stop signs where a beautiful golf course. Great hotraffic paused momentarily. and tels and miles of motels beckon then raced across in a crazy manner. We were relieved to be off Mesa and Tempe, N. M. by 25,000 friendly people.”| the tourist. cities leading into this kind of super highway. Phoenix, Starting out from Deming, we share inthe prosperity of Our supper was in a restauare delighted to see borders heathis great irrigated desert. rant that was like a page out of vy with petunias and_ poppies. This is the prosperous the Old West. A good many eatcitrus Bigger palm trees have appeared, and in the middle of arid grove area, and here carrots are. ing places out here are designatthis areas, a lacy tree that resembles raised to supply the rest of the ©d as cafes and was that At the bar a weeping willow from a dis- country the year ‘round. Nearly | kind. which every restaurant ‘plate is stretched down one side of the gartance. Close to, the tree is piney. dining room sat characters that This part of our country was nished with carrot strips. Fruit might have stepped out of a first add color along the frontier land and wilderness less | stands streets and the aroma of orange class western. Trestle tables with than a century ago, and towns through here were not settled blossoms is so strong as to be| benches, crude and heavy duty, sickening. As we ap:| furnished the dining room. The until the 1880's. The pioneers almost food was excellent, but that, too, is section of Arizona. must have been people of great | was heavy duty. vision. \ Wwe drove into what seemed like In Lordsburg, N. M., we caught For the night, we are in Presa heavy ‘smog. We closed our a glimpse of our first adobes. cott which was once a gold minwindows and put our headlights These are the mud brick square ing town. Catering to tourists is on. This continued for a distance or round houses of a pinkish ors of about a half mile through 'now an important business and range hue found here jin the are lush citrus groves hanging hea- 'Many people who in_ this southwest. Thatched roadside line are folks. who have vy with oranges and grapefruit. come picnic shelters at rest areas have sake The smog appeared to have been |from the east for the of turned up and are a welcome caused from aerial spraying of their health. We have talked to sight in a land where shade from the orchards. We were glad not many such. the broiling sun is at a premium. to live close to the fruit trees On to Grand Canyon tomorA thrill was in store for us to- after all. row where we will’ celebrate day as we came upon Texas CanOur mission in Phoenix was Lyndon’s eighth birthday. His yon. This is a vast wonderland to call on Mr. and Mrs. William only wish for his birthday was of boulders cast up crazily and Bartlett and to present thein to see Grand Canyon and we balanced precariously in weird with Denworth Farm maple syr- couldn’t ‘have planned our’ time iles, Of the redstone variety, up sent by their Worthington | better if we had tried! is stony expanse reaches out cousins, the Misses Elsie V. and to high mountains on both sides Marion L. Bartlett. Mr. Bartlett, and finally fades away to flat | who is a. civil engineer, lefi lands of cactus and sand again. Worthington in his youth and Texas Canyon is on Route 86 settled in Phoenix back when the town of Las Cruces on the way ,a billboard told us _ that “You're invited to Las Cruces, marked on the but it. is worth Way to see. _ Wilcox is. not maps we have, coming a long. the population Rees TT was around 3;06° eer �VAILY _ HAMPSHIRE {Creek / where ‘early we fii e ag a 4 4 a a i " i: 3 qi “a “q i 7 a r ; : ; f P A 4 spent withcut would stop just Oak from _ Prescott breakfast, thinking the to eat miles night. We left in Clarkdale beyond. Little did we know that the adven‘ure ‘ahead would be so exciting. Tne |short siretch to Clarkdale looked so innocent on the map. First we came to another area : 3 we Canyon twenty-seven i ; : c is NORTHAMPTON, MASS., MONDAY, | History Of Jerome, Ariz. | Hard Rock, Work, Liquor By LOIS ASHE BROWN Flagstaff, Ariz. — We have come via the magnificent fs GAZETTE, very helpful to us. He pointed out public buildings, including two large elementary schools, a 180 bed hospital, two very large hotels and some lesser ones, and a huge dormitory where miners once lived and some fine private homes. All are; now deserted, some are locked by owners who hope one day to return, while others are APRIL of tough men against a rough | mountain. It’s a hard story of hard rock, hard work, hard liquor, and| hard play. Jerome’s ups and: ,downs have never been confined’ to its streets and houses, nor to its shafts and pits. Rises and falls in the price of copper forced ups and downs in employment and payrolls, in population and pvrosperity. Fortunes were made and lost. Hopes soared upward with a widening vein of high-grade ore and fell to new. lows when the vein pinched out. : { 13, 1959. was of carried out by the Univertey| Arizona. Quite transported by our experi-' ences of themorning, we -drove., toward Flagstaff through the Oak| Creek Canyon.. This route winds and -rewinds up: snow-capped° mountains. with deep canyons” falling away level were viewing and to look and At one of summit, a tore around then veered coming to at the side. At each. turnouts for fabulous we stopped repeatedly to take pictures. these points near the low white sports car the curve right at us, from side to side, a stop on the wrong The history. of the town goes fast returning to dust. Windows back to 1876 when Al Sieber staked are broken in many buildings and the first claim but his didn’t side of the road against a dirt. doors are wide open, arouse much interest. It wasn’t pile. I noticed that the driver was The lady in charge of the museuntil the claims of M. A. Ruffner having an epileptic spell and was that looked like Texas Canyon \which we had seen earlier in the um which houses treasures of the and Angus McKinnon filed also in relieved when he came to a ston and the without disaster to himself or anysouthern part of Arizona. Great mines and of old Jerome, deplored 1876, called the Eureka tourists invade private | Wade Hampton, reached the ears one else. A California car close red boulders at crazy angles and the way property and -wreak havoc, break-| of the financiers of Wall Street behind him carried people who ‘tossed over a wide area made ing windows and stealing parts of that things began to hum in Je- were travelling with him. They good picture material. While we the houses. Signs are posted offer- rome, stopped and took charge of him. were still effjoying this spectacle, ing rewards for tips leading to the Two eastern financiers sent The young man was a victim of we siarted climbing and winding arrest of such vandals. James A. Douglas Sr. out to leok cerebral palsy and it seemed a | ‘up Mingus Mountain. Here we saw - Dr. Wallace invited us to his over the prospects in 1880. He saw miracle that he could at all pilot snow and the most breathtaking home to meet his wife and this no railroads but he liked the col-. a car. We were glad not to be’ views at each level of ‘the winding gave us an opportunity to ask or, but not the distance to mar- witness to-a fatal accident. g mountain road. With the glasses, In Flagstaff, we drove around /we picked out cars in the canyons more questions. They told us that ‘ket so he advised against investit had been a hope of theirs long ing. Later, James A. MacDenald to see the town, and it, too, had ‘below at two points and were not before retirement to find a spot in and Eugene Jerome of New York gone modern since I saw it eleven surprised, : Arizona since Mrs. Wallace is became interested in forming a years ago. A JayCee auction was Coming around the top of Mt. They studied weather company to open mines here. Je- going on and we stopped to. find Mingus, we came face to face with asthmatic.. reports of various western areas rome agreed to put up the money that it was just like any of Joe Jerome. A sign told us that this Sena’s back home. The crowd is now a ghost town with a popu- and were pleased to find that year ' if the town were named after him. ‘round temperatures in Jerome This seemed a good claim to fame looked somewhat different, as Inlation of 300, dwindled down were near ideal. The history of at the time, but one other memdians made up. the majority of thrcugh the years from 15,000 in the town fascinated them and it ber of his family gave him some the spectators. .1929 when the copper mines here was not hard for them to sel] their stiff competition; his grandson, Just outside of Flagstaff, we _-were going full blast. We were to ‘find out that this is one of the big. colonial house in Storrs and Winston Churchill became Prime were at last on the road to Grand Canyon. Hopi Indians inhabit much most famous ghost towns in the move west. They disposed of most Minister of England! It was toward noon when we of this route which_ traverses 3 whole country and that it has re- of their furniture, saving only a ceived considerable national pub- few treasures. and their books for finally with great reluctance tore part of their reservation and the their new home high up on the ourselves away from Jerome, but ones we saw looked well dressed licity. We had not hitherto been with promises to ourselves of re- and prosperous. tuned to it but will henceforth be side of Mingus Mountain. We sat with them at their table turning. Snaking our way down At intervals we saw deer in alert to any news of Jerome. that looked the mountain, we waved up to the herds which were tame enough for A great town nestled and prop- in. front of windows ped on a 30 degree mountainside, away to the San Francisco Peaks Wallaces.at each level and even- us to take pictures easily. We had| '2,000 feet above the Verde Valley back of Flagstaff. Humphrey Peak tually came into Clarkdale. Apache | good views of the canyon for many | before we aetually came’ floor, Jerome is now the home of is the highest of the three and the and Navajo Indians live all around’ miles there and we saw some picturesque into the park area which we fiin highest point in Arizona.’ Fifteen down work who folks some 'Clarkdale which is six miles away hundred vertical feet separate the ones in town. Many were in native nally reached at sunset, This is and just as many were the third wonder of the western iby a switchback road, some art- upper leve] houses from the lower dress, ones. Few towns, if any, are more dressed as you and I+ = world that we have seen on this| ists, and some retired people. All anchored on an_ in- t trip and we are overwhélmed at are devoted to the ideal weather precariously clined plane. After an ample brunch at the the beauty and. mystery of it. and the spiritual lift that comes Mrs. Wallace said at first they Black Hills Restaurant, a real gem| from living in a place so close to the green of Connecticut' where you would least expect to civilization, yet so apart from the missed but after a while the browns of find it, we drove out of Clark» world. this dry country become just as dale to explore Tuzigoot. This is We met one such couple, a Dr. . and Mrs. Wallace, retired from appealing and jush greens are al- a national monument at the remmost offensive. The air is dry and fortified the University of Connecticut at. the relative humiditv abcut ten. | nants of a _ prehistoric town of Indians who farmed AriStorrs. Dr. Wallace found us in the Jerome has a good supplv of ex-. zona's Verde Valley for two cenmine museum and we were at-| «his cellent water from a spring hich turies before A.D. 1300. of because to him tracted up on the mountain and costs $1.50 Tuzigoot is a typical hilltop > wealth of information on the town per month. pueblo of 110 clustered rooms. It and its ‘history. He was glad to covers the summit of a Jong limeWe asked about real estate in a » meet folks from the East and was ridge that rises 120 feet -ghost town such as this and were - stone. told that actually very little prop- above the Verde River, and is tererty is for sale. The James S. ‘raced part way down the slopes. Douglas family owns much of the Two storied in part, the pueblo is about 500 ft. long and 100 ft. across , town and there is hope that some at its greatest width. Many of the turn of fate will bring Jerome | back to life. Dr. and Mrs. Wallace' rooms are quite large; the averrented a house for a time and re- age being 12 x 18 feet. The pueblo cently bought for $2,000 the little was entered by means of ladders rooftops and from there house that hugs the side of the to the mountain, On the street level, they into the rooms through roof hatchhave four rooms and a bath. Be- ways. Modern, excavations — indicate low, is another complete apart-ment that Dr. Wallace plans_ to that, the adult Indians were buried in the great. refuse piles on the and below spruce up for guests, that on the basement level are hillsides below the dwellings. Bamore rooms and a small terrace| bies were buried beneath the room so that in the rear, their little floors or sometimes in the walls, perhaps in the belief that the lithouse is three stories high! Surely there had to be a fly in tle one’s soul would be born again the ointment of such appealing liv- in the next child—so the Hopi Ining. Dr. Wallace confessed there dians believed: up to a half cenwas. Because all food has to be— tury ago. hauled up the mountain, it is very For five centuries, Tuzigoot expensive and he thought that pueblo lay forgotten and undiseat up the difference turbed, its rooms obscured under | item’ might between living costs there and in: fallen material from the ruined the valley. Lupper floors and roofs. In 1933-34, The history of Jerome is a story complete excavation of the site �if WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1959, Tourists From Worthington | View Hoover Da m, Big Canyon, By LOIS ASHE BROWN EN ROUTE TO LAS VEGAS, Nevy., April 5—There to set the alarm this we were awake fo see the Canyon. appointing overcast. It morning for| early and dressed sunrise was since We was no need over somewhat the took Grand’ dis- skies the were | west proached _ Boulder City, Las Vegas from Grand from Flagstaff as we| and apin Las Vegas’ contain | ~ Overnight wouldn't be complete unless we | a stanOut on Route 66, called the | dard highway diagonally across | visited the gambling halls which Main Street of America, we’) the United States from Seattle to are wide open everywhere. Needstopped _in Williams _ for break-| Miami, a distance of more than less to Say, * our overnight stay | had. Williams the rim i fast. A large is 59 miles Canyon. picture out’| of Arizona The dam, power plant, purtenant structures, | enough concrete to pave 3,000 miles, according lec- | Was | walk to the ture which is given to tourists. drive for a distance of less than|| plateaus hung on one wall, while The principal purposes of this 10 miles and enjoyed the views |}on the other was a beautiful snow great project are: flood control, of the canyon and the tame deer|}scene in blues and white. Food water conservation for irrigation en route. /here’ was first class and the and domestic purposes, and the At some points, we could see | prices wére normal. | generation of hydro-electric enerthe great. Colorado winding its To Kingman from Williams, gy. While the generation of *powway through the bottom mule trails and the the road goes through roundabout ||of barren stony land, winding 146 miles }er is secondary, it is important | | town area looking and listening. What surprised me most was | the apeparance. of so many ordinary looking ptople; folks that|: looked fresh from the country, It and all busy playing the coin ma- | chines in back; all in a day. Everywhere through groves fireplaces. along At icelebration . of Lyndon’s eighth. Jooked very ‘appealing. Whitepark i After c we got to Grand Canyon |sailed boats dotted the surface which had been his birthday de-/anq and from a lookout we could see intervals }sire, we watched the sunset, then |g large beach colony. All the way the with are protected turn- |lighted the candles and sang from the dam into Birthday to him and he |we could find not as he blew them out. It shade, All this up. The sun we did finally took a break number Before leaving this wondrous eanyon, perhaps it would be interesting for the folks back home to hear about available accom- modations. There are three large price for equal accommoda- tions elsewhere. There is one unit of new and well furnished motel rooms that rent for $12 single and up depending on the size of the party. This is slightly more than twice for the same elsewhere. A colony of shabby with so-called and auto poorly cabins, furnished, inside plumbing, rent but for $8 single and up. These were heated with oil space heaters and smelled offensively. Others of these for without $6 and shared plumbing up. Tenants a toilet shack With) Guecofethe ‘Cabins rented in these nearby. lodges were of rustic design, furnished simply but good taste, comfortably in but with onlyand the, necessities for sleeping overnight} and up! rented for $8 and up—mostly An inviting camp grove attract. The smoke) ed many trailers and autos loaded with camping gear, from the campfires this morning smelled good and for the avound gathered Boulder a City, families breakfast proportions with familiar names we had heard on television, and announcing the presence of show people well known to all of us. Mae West was playing at one; Four Lads at another; Georgia small house fire was soon out. We have now turned off Route | }|Gibbs, and a host of others all up north to | 4nd down the avenue.... 66 and are’ heading We looked at several motels beHoover Dam, Boulder City, and Las Vegas: where we will spend fore choosing one and found cause of the low humidity. _ At this point, we heard a siren The Fred Harvey chain oper-| blowing close by and waited to! ates all of. the sleeping and eatsee what direction the engines| ing facilities within the park’ and went in, then followed. The volit struck us that some competi-| unteers came quickly and the tion would make for a s more, healthy situation. Food in the large cafeteria was of ample va~| high priced and of poor quality. Most of the help were In.| }dians and seemed ‘and pleasant. Food | than very efficient| in the coffee| ‘shop was somewhat better but| ‘not commensurate with the price. i] It is more 150 miles the night. This road leads them | 4nd through rugged mining country mountainsides are had and the streaked into), been fun with workings, picking It has|We out mining generally more expensive not’ a whit better than we seen all across the country. Were told | Saturday up go that prices to over |Grand Canyon village from Flag- ) camps and roads on the sides of | double’ because folks ‘staff and most folks plan to stay , mountains that appear to be solid from California for the ‘overnight in order to see the stun) brown rock, Out of. these ‘rise. It is not expedient to boy- millions of dollars in silver !cott these poor services at high! gold have been taken, /prices so people pay them rather) | After 83 miles throu ian to forfeit the sunrise. found on excellent the way ‘Williams lirance to ‘dered that lat this out which the so We desert, we came on the the Canyon, many off-season, road other and people, would to en- won- even. mn of them est from dam had | = | in the base ness of parable crowd average into the village’ at the rim. Per- [haps sudden accommodations | the great Hoover Dam, is even| smitch of barrenness and warmth would have a lighted and we it with| vada’s. pretty page in the Face of made Amer- them. Pictures ofexplored it were taken| On the “strip” leading out of. ica, The temperature stood at;|to be added to our collection of| town toward Los Angeles, we saw nightclubs of the most fabulous about 40 but wasn’t very cold be- | “passing scenes.” ° riety but in ee hotels or lodges with every tourist facility averaging about twice the placed wore sturdy black change aprons. | from which they passed out) | Wished ‘nickels, dimes and quarters in brown | Was then that he told us that 50 1a conversion. Food in the ae entereda quick changed as soon as we jlong as he had already got his gaming houses is said to be cheap the city. A beautiful oasis, Boul4wish to be at Grand Canyon, that so as to entice all levels of soder City has green lawns and ciety. Baby sitting is a big busi-) now he had wished to have a toy rifle! tree shaded streets. A. heavenly| ness here and most motels inGoing back to yesterday again, | park lay ahead of us and we fell| clude it on their signs. upon it, rejoicing and relieved. Second floor windows in the. (as We descended into Jerome, we’ Families were enjoying the downtown list lawyers by the came upon a funeral procession park in the same ‘manner - people hundreds, for there is much busiassembling at one of the inhabit-| do the world over on a Sunday af- | ness. here for them, too. Loan ed houses. The hearse stood in| ternoon, Lyndon and Ben rolled | sharks are busy in Las Vegas front—one like Leslie Porter’s in on the green velvety grass like # which is also fertile ground for ,Cummington—and Mexicans in puppies, It was hard to tear ourevery con game known to man, jblack suits stood around the selves away from such a pretty | Wedding chapels get in on the ‘porch and sidewalk. Soon, women spot. ‘ _|act, too. Apartment signs offer.| in black with heavy. veils ap-) Outside of Boulder City, the ing six week leases are common peared: and the little procession land was just as hot and naked {and a good many of the women ,Wound its way down the moun-| as that we had _ just come | We Saw on the street looked like tain to Clarkdale for the funeral. through, but it was only 20 miles likely tenants. Spiritual advisers| Soon after the funeral scene, into Las Vegas. Here also, except and palm readers. offered their ; we saw an Indian wedding party for the hot pavements of the services here and there, and gathered around the front of a’ business district, streets are tree | blind musicians sang or played| church in Clarkdale. The memshaded and lawns are green. | their way down ‘the street. bers of the party were beautiful.| Approaehing Las Vegas from | In the restaurant where we the east, we noticed vast trailer i ate, a motherly waitress who| ,1Y dressed in modern day attire ‘but with flowers that weighed colonies stretching for blocks and looked, wholly out of her element |them down. Guests were mostly , blocks. Here again, we were con-. in Las Vegas, told me that she just loved the excitement of the |1dians and in mixed dress. Fine } scious of a transient population. R¢W cars were parked all up and| Before choosing a place for the |town and wouldn’t want to live| own and the bride's car was’ night from among the hundreds j anywhere else. She was a native| White decorated with garlands of | of places up and down the main | so I asked her how the citizens| { flowers. | streets; we toured the city sight- | of Nevada felt about the gamNow, to take you westward seeing. The streets were teeming | bling. She said that they know 9nce more. In Kingman, we came with people even though this was } Which side their bread is buttered ¥pon a retired Santa Fe locomo- | Sunday afternoon. Fast traffic on, and besides she thought most of them enjoyed the sport of it Ve set on a track on a little and fine cars moved madly about Common. Ben and Lyndon, born with California number plates for themselves. She said, ‘You'd in the age of the diesel, were de-| Seeming to far outnumber Nesee the cars hi-tailing it out of. outs for viewing the canyon close | Happy through and of views, are gave off the clink of silver dol-| lars with each step; waitresses — tables frequent the rim that | the grocery stores. Old folks and | young folks alike faced up to these clanking .machines with their faces set in dead earnest and oblivious to the world, These were the little players. Those \ playing for bigger stakes go to the Golden Nugget and such gambling halls where fortunes| change hands quickly. People passing on the street too stony| that the sale of electric energy is were interesting. With the | to,even support much cacti. Even liquidating the cost of the proglasses, we could pick out Phan-| in this kind of country, we did The lights of Las Vegas tom Ranch down near the bottom’ see at one point a cowboy with ject. where some stay ovenight rather | four dogs driving a sizeable herd alone must consume millions of kilowatts. than to make the round trip in||}of “dogies” that looked too Above the dam, we could see one day. Hardier souls hike or |) scrawny to ever be eaten. the deep blue waters of Lake ride burros for the 26 mile trip In Flagstaff yesterday, we se-| Mead. In broiling sun with just down to the canyon floor and cretly got a birthday cake for the no shade anywhere, the water are picnic not complete, but we did| a few blocks in the down-| 660 world feet city the at its length blocks, Teen of and com. | two" at the crest, in weekend. on Sunday, we saw crowds Las Vegas,” published by the Ne- Duchess ; course!) had Windsor, in town. riding front come Duchess (of had: been i from up Tuscon; of They| with the the di-| chauffeur and the Duke riding on| minishes as it rises toa thi cleness| i pour a V@d@ Club. I read that the Duke | 7:teet | and a thick. base on fora and ,coming eff a-Santa Fe train and | set ing into as and Pee! s4 na recent’ copy of “This is the high. to crest. It has to hills,’ Even $20 with three pug dogs. | town and She men if gambling this would said that poured were outlawed| be a ghost town.” , Nevada business.| thousands into fight- ing the attempt of the city of) Phoenix to legalize gambling—as far away as that city is! I asked her what would happen in Las Vegas if California were to legal-| ‘ize gambling. She shrugged and ‘said, “We'd surely be ghosts then.” I asked. what stand the |} churches take, ‘and she said, “Oh they keep in their place and mind their own business.” We asked Lyndon if he knew what a “one-armed bandit” is, af- ter we had watched him eyeing a man engrossed in playing one. He looked puzzled and said he thought it might be a bandit with only one gun. We enlightened| him. With thoughts of getting up | early to cross the Mojave Desert, we returned to the peaceful confines of our motel and tomorrow | we cross into the Golden State. | �THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959. Most Las Vegas Stores By LOIS ASHE BROWN Enroute to the coast—After a_ good night’s rest in the middle of | this glittering city, where night| life is far busier than that of the| day, we got. up early to- drive through the Mojave Desert before the heat of the day. The) streets of Las Vegas were ours, for most of the people were snoozing and checkout time in} _ Don’t Open Until Noon ple appear casual and informal to | To Oriental settlers, | much a fault. Some are overbearingly| credit is due for the tremendous friendly and familiar, Men, bare strides in agriculture that the!) to the waist, step out of pools and West Coast has enjoyed. We are|| into the business district while seeing these people now for the |, women are only slightly more forfirst time on this trip. Their | mal in short shorts and halters. farms cover many |, And some are dressed in the ex-: prosperous treme fashions of Hollywood. Big| straw hats attached to neck scarves are different from the) the motels is not until noon. } sunbonnets worn in Texas, servStores bear signs advising that | ing the same purpose. they will open at noon, and the} High tension lines leading from gambling halls are. quiet and} Boulder—Hoover Dam _ into the closed up at this hour, | cities of California cross the acres.. The smell of blossoms fills the air, the same time, trees, the citrus| while at! in groves | private dooryards alike,| |. and lem| hang heavy with oranges, | ons and grapefruit. This sight is thrilling to folks from the) North. Out in the country, the Babbs,| desert alike, on _ super-struc-| like many others who can man.-| age it, have a ranch. In the) at some points. Wide dry rivers are crossed by West, a ranch means a country| corner in the downtown, there is | great bridges such as we have place and it is not measured by) an old beat up slot machine of seen in other places in the south- the number of acres contained. | gay ninety vintage with a sign | west. Headlines tell of flooding in Very often it is in a canyon,! on it saying, “This is the ma-j which means a little valley of! chine that made Las Vegas fa-| other parts of the country. We sorts. “El Rancho Babb-O” is are passing acres of burned over mous.” In drugstores, theater lob- | fenced with a high board enclos: | semi-desert land north of San bies,—everywhere you turn, there ure with an impressive entrance Bernardino with fire lanes -are these one-armed bandits. And , hung with Mexican lanterns folks who look no different than| plowed at the edge. On our left, stretching away to which light the yard. A grove of those you would see on. the Chinese elms makes this ranch ¥ high mountains, are desert shrubs | streets in Northampton are busy in bloom that look like purple and cool sheltered spot for the fami- |; ‘seeking their fortunes. ly’s animals. — white lilacs from a distance. They The ranch is the home of June, it | Back in Grand Canyon -reser- are fragrant and this mass of ; Vation yesterday, I forgot to tell beauty extends for miles. runner. She A giant B on the mountainside | an ex-Santa Anita | you about the Indian horses we to 14-year-old Janice |Saw in the road. They had been back of Barstow warned us that belongs Babb, who has trained her to town whose tied at the hocks with,clothesline We were near that June is a quarter rope so they hobbled as_ they growth has been largely set by shake hands. marine supply base. horse and has been bred with an, walked. This is the way the In- the nearby personnel are on_ the Arabian stallion. Janice has high| dians keep them from _ getting Marine | too far away while they are streets and we have just passed a hopes for the expected colt. trailer carrying an army tank. grazing. Nugget is the name of Janice’s | But if you should have the} mountains and urge to try your luck, there are; threaded along numerous places where you can, tures six abreast play the machines. On a street Another this great of = old cedars and juni- pers. Believed to be hundreds of years old, they appear quite| like those of the Natural Bridge This Ben. sight pleased Garages “auto along clinics.” Lyndon are Signs and) goateat marked. the ranch. She is a} black and tan Nubian and_- the biggest nanny I’ve ever seen. Her size is not her claim to fame, though. Nugget stands out be- as bearing scripture and exhorting people to cause she is educated and intelliturn from sin are appearing. When you speak to her, One such sign not far out of Las |gent. to be the oldest known in the Vegas said “Are you tired of she answers in the most human> fashion and she dances on her western world. sin?—-Jesus saves and satisfies.” Now back to the Golden West. Mirages on the roads_ today hind feet in spite of her great We are riding along at 60 through have fascinated the children as size. She stands up as if to beg, and then tosses her head like the . the Mojave Desert which is cool, they had their first experience and windy at this hour. At our) with them. Another mirage of a aristocrat she is. right, heavy equipment is raising} different kind has been the goldThis super goat, as any goat a dust cloud in the business of en glitter along the roadsides of will, has eaten up» some valuable |; park and those there were claimed laying super a matching strip highway. Traffic for this betweer| property from time to time. For) beer cans. , Tandem trailer trucks are per-| it, her very life has been threat-| To redeem herself, she mitted in some western states and ened. Los Angeles and Las Vegas is ob-. are common sights on these long viously heavy, performed so well at the fair a/§ straight roads. They look like last year that she was given While it is still early for some overland freights and judging blue ribbon and a plaque. Bedesert flowers to bloom, others from their number, it is no won- sides that, she won the attention | are out and strange beauties line| der the railroads have suffered. ‘of a press photographer and, the roadsides in many places. One| lovely cactus with the big flat! prickly leaves growing close to Passing through San Bernar- | landed herself on the front dino, we passed out of the smog| of the Riverside paper. that covered the region between the ground has a cerise’ blossom it and Barstow. Now we are seethat is very colorful, especially in} ing vast blankets of pansies, and a- desert background. Yellow| marigolds. California poppies flowers with orange centers grow- | which grow wild here are appearing like the wild snapdragons at| ing. i , home, and great clumps of velvety | At noon today, we arrived in green with white star-like flowers | Riverside where we will spend a. grow in the most barren places. few days with Ruth Moulthrop. | There Is an enchantment about. Babb and family. Ruth was a the desert that is overwhelming | Vermont and it is not hard to understand Institute why some are drawn to it. | try” and | The air is dry and the wind of- tric in | ten strong according to one wom.-| Babbs an I talked with. Las Vegas ad-. folks vertises an average annual temsought classmate at Lyndon and came ‘down counworked at General Elec- Pittsfield with me. The are typical of many of the back home who have; their fortune in the West. } perature of 80.3 degrees, with a The Gold Rush more than a} relative humidity of 15, and 348 | century ago brought emigrants| days of sunshine. Rainfall averout here in great numbers and ages 2.4 inches and there is no | the emigration westward has smog, so the signs say. When I | slowed at times, but never tried to spread some bread for a | stopped. The lure of cheap land, snack in Boulder City yesterday,| of better living conditions, of a it dried nearly to toast could get it buttered! Signs further invite settle ‘| no in Nevada state tance tax, '\ tangibles income death tax. before because tax, At people no there transfer, this I to is inherior piece in- mild climate and of work got brings people west ay. Irrigation ' Bay State and on to Nevada! A sign welcoming us to Nevada » Went on to. say: “Recreation Un. peo-|. The _ limited—Uninhibited.” been, perhaps, the greatest single factor in the growth of this part of our great of /eountry. news, it will be a wonder if there | isn’t a great exodus out of the has itself every| ‘desert Plumb that in the middle formerly was held of in low regard, you now see verdant fields of truck garden produce of and citrus | the highest quality, in the | groves second to none Sr gee ee Se 4 gnarled interesting feature of park are the groves eee tt page. | �joe"RIDAY, By LOIS ASHE RIVERSIDE, 17, 1959. Carefree Life In California Refl ected In Jobs, Stores Calif. BROWN — For this day, after travelling more. than 4,400 miles in the past three weeks, we APRIL will try to put our feet on the out notice. Stores of every scription lined the walks of center with plenty of variety choice. Palms and flower beds dethe and of /gay colors make this seem like ground and just soak up the atmos- | another world. : phere of this. fantastic land that|) Finally we got down to busiis southern California. Here in}; ness and got into a vast layout | Riverside there is enough to keep of groceries and sundries. I like us busy sightseeing for weeks, but |} to walk up and. down the aisles we will have to cram it into al comparing prices and merchanfew days and are ready to start |! dise to that back home. Where forth right now. ; we might find special sections of A short way from where we are Italian or Polish foods in our staying is Girls’ Town, a Christian New England groceries, here it |home and school for girls, founded is Mexican foods that are more by the radio evangelist, Essie apt to be featured in super marBinkley West. The big sign at the kets and specialty stores alike. entrance and the buildings that Prices are not noticeably higher look like a reclaimed army camp or lower on staple items. Fruits whetted my curiosity, So, this and vegetables, as might be exmorning my hostess and I drove pected, are slightly lower. up there to see what we could | Oranges, which we have seen find out about the place. hanging heavy in groves all over We were greeted by a motherly this section of California, are woman who turned us over to ancheaper and it is no wonder. We other one who answered our ques- | Keep wondering how many of the tions and gave us much literature millions we have seen ever get explaining the place. We were to market. Something we seldom | anxious to meet Mrs. West hersee as much in the north are self and were directed. to the “seconds” in the orange world. chapel on the grounds. We found Here these can be bought by her in the middle of a movie on about the half bushel for a dolGirls’ Town which her son is prolar. ducing. Mrs. West is a woman This kind of orange may have of ample proportions, as the saya bulging navel; may be pulpy; ing goes, and for the movie scene }; may be course skinned; or even that was being shot, she wore a. deformed. These oranges are not becoming navy shirtwaist gown worth their shipping - weight and a corsage as big as a dinner which accounts for their not beplate. From the back of the chaping seen back home.~ However, el, the flower she wore looked there is much goodness in them, like a large size peony, but goodThe carefree life that is so ness, it doesn’t seem as if it could much a part of California living, even for folks holding down full: have been. But then, anything is possible in California! We didn’t | time jobs, is reflected in the get close enough to identify it and| stores, It is very noticeable in the after a considerable wait, during| their glory. collie and there besides horse, and June, Nugget, goat. Among ;out there the live out | saddle) the Nubian | the pictures we took today was one of ane ‘ice on the horse, and with Nug.| get standing to the horse on her hind legs up as if asking to get on, too. This goat has a near hu- } man face that reminds me of a woman in Worthington whose name I will withhold. Tomorrow, we will drive on| the Santa Ana Canyon to spend the day with Ethel Oslund Whel.| ton field and honor family. friend at Ethel.is who, was our wedding a Pitts. | matron 10 of| years | ago. The sights of Long Beach Where she now lives will come to | you tomorrow, || | | elothing displays, and just as evi- which time the movie scene went. | ‘dent in the foods offered. Cold of every description and on, we took the booklets and left. |meats minority in From what I can find out, Mrs. jroasts quite in the West is well-known here. on the | the meat cases point to the eatwest coast because of her radio jing habits. Potatoes are sold in mission which she conducts daily. |small plastic bags more often than by the peck in paper bags— She is a Pentecostal and her Sunshine Mission in Los Angeles for ‘sacks, they are called. women in trouble and her Girls’ 'Town are both operated solely on A frisky little toy| a big tiger tom Strawberries, fresh picked, are | a offered over and again at road-| faith. The only support for these side stands for five baskets for a} two projects comes from the free dollar. Avocadoes are popular) will offerings that come in from folks all over the United States. ‘here. They are cut up and mixed; with other fruits sometimes; or | The girls are mostly from the they maye be halved lengthwise| western states, but there are stulike a pear and eaten with ‘salt dents from nearly évery state. lemon juice. Eggplant is Mrs. West claims that Jesus| and more common than in the north. Christ came to her in a vision and it is dipped in egg commanded her to act as his mes- | At its best, senger in lending a hand to un-— batter and deep-fried. Recently when the weather derprivileged women and children. | here was cold and raw and much The newspapers here have called was being done her the ‘Angel of Skid Row.” She| eomplaining says she asked her Lord for a, about it, our hostess commented job no one else wanted to do, and | that it was balmy compared to}; what she had known back in Ver. | was directed to her work among mont. She was promptly quoted | unfortunate women and children. and shown without a coat on the Essie: Binkley West — Mother front page of the local paper. West, as her followers call her, is That made news! | a showman from the word ‘‘Go!” long white| one of some At dinner | left on for today, the bread was the dessert course. | other chosen ones who have left) When it was passed to go with) their mark out here in the Los|. the boysenberry pie, that was a surprise. Ruth said, “What kind} Angeles area. Leaving Girls’ Town, we set out! of a Vermonter are you if you; for the Arlington Plaza to do| don’t eat bread with your pie?”| That was a new one to me, but) some smal] shopping.. This mani i | ficent shopping center is quite like | she should know. Late this afternoon, we went! many others out here, and on the| Rancho Babb-O for ~ out to El way out here. They are an im-} Some more life in the California portant part of the modern trend and are serving a good purpose., countryside, It seems to be the heart’s desire of every child who The parking lot was crowded at ever faces to the west, that one noon and the stores all seemed day he will go to the land of the busy. Many of the stores are selfcowboys and be one. Our boys service and at that hour, it was outfitted with boots and not easy to find a clerk to even) were ' hats in‘Lexas by their uncle and| answer questions. , aunt arid have been looking for| A shaded courtyard in the cen-| van empty horse ever since. if ter of one of the major sections _Out at thend te ranch they were in was an inviting spot and a whole een day could have passed there with- RMN in remind aha pictures oe hea her flowing gowns sanyase and 7 �, SATURDAY, | Freeways APRIL 18, 1959. In California Unlike Many Toll Highways __Over Much Of Nation By LOIS ASHE BROWN \ LONG BEACH, Calif, April 8 —| In this courtyard, like Mairy others, a part is grassed and a is paved. It is edged with | Today we are off to Long Beach! part Danana palms against~the wall. which lies down the coast to the; At the rear of the courtyard, you can peek through a gate south of Los Angeles. The way! that leads to a paved alley which goes through Corona and Anapasses behind all the houses. At heim. Many back home will reone side of the ‘Whelton court: call that Anaheim is the town and a where some Pittsfield people! yard is a guest cottage small workroom-storeroom. Here were transferred some years back the washing machine is kept so to the General Electric plant there. It is also neyland. Pet. farms the home seem | to : of Dis- | be, good| that it is a simple pleasant ter to step outside and wash which dries in no hang time, | Beach, and probably of many other places out here, are the one or jtwo seated electric cars driven on the sidewalks by the senior. citi- zens, They are pastel in color and lare On houses we) °° in this town with golf cats tonight we the home way | tanks that looked about like 1,000 gal. capacity, and what they con- smog which hangs Persian eats,| the heavy birds, fancy| over this section so much of the fish, and even snakes. i time retards drying, besides makSidewalk cafes are appearing| ing “the clothes dingy. At other and look very appealing in this| times, the wind blows up so much dust, that a dryer is weleome. summer climate. Trestle tables There are many _ beautiful and benches to match are the}, though the only a little more ‘came upon the U., S. Naval Ammunition and Net Depot in the jedge of Long Beach. There were and Siamese and there-are monkeys, furniture, like at home, developed. the I suggested that this would be business here as we see them at} ‘frequent intervals. Pets of ev- }a poor territory to sell-automatic | dryers in and was told that they, ery description are offered. Be: ‘actually sell quite well because sides small dogs of choice breeds | common something jseen mat: tained we could only guess. They | were stacked high like log wood ‘and if they contained ammun- ition as the sign suggested, would be frightening to think the consequences were they |be pathe touched off. fence surrounded A high them and cf to eating ( barbed warn: | | takes preat its longname. beach from which it|ing signs of the danger at hand It was the small were posted at intervals. |quaint houses. with. balconies, |“ at this point a word should be have seen some of the wire icecream style painted in pretty pastels. In many of the public places, there is an open said about California’s wonderful courtyard or a shaded sideyard! tiny turrets, heavy oak doors with |freeways. One of the first questiny peek holes, and much where meals are served. We have iron tions asked of us when we meet many such places back home that| work that caught my faney. Much new people here is, “How do you are used in season, and I am told, of this section is a popular sum- like the freeways?” They are reis quiet at this/ferring to the turnpikes that are that most of these here are not) mer resort and used the year ‘round either. Approaching Long Beach, the | season. toll free, connecting the major At the end of this street is the jcities in every direction. Judging beach and on beyond, the blue iby the heavy flow of traffic we most outstanding sight we will) From the time we left have seen on them, always identify with that town,| Pacific. none were and the scene we remembered| Worthington, the boys talked of built ahead of their time. | swimming at Long Beach. The Californians who have been on seeing in geography books of long ago, is Signal Hill. broad expanse overlooking wind was whipping up high Waves and it was no kind of a day for others than the most ex- This the the toll turnpikes in the east are bitter about having to pay there when their roads are free. Some whole vast area is covered with to be in the water. have suggested that out-of-state oil wells. Against the horizon the iperienced “be charged a toll. This derricks appear in a solid maze. |Lhey were happy with the beach, fears would ‘but felt quite frosty from the cool seem to be fair enough. It Here and there, pumps can be | Wind off the ocean. On a clear wouldn’t take very lang to fill seen in action. others jectionable as they are, we must admit, that many good purposes are served by them. The their coffers either from the great flow of non-California cars, On the freeways, it is possible ito traverse great distances in a short time, This is, of course, at day, we were told that Catalina Island can easily be seen. The Wheltons are like many A jungle of signs heralds our approach to Long Beach just as we have seen at the entrance to every town along the way. Ob- here. we They have are talked with easterners out who the have come owt here to live and to traveller the work, thinking they can always informa: freturn if they don’t like it. Most gets all kinds of helpful tion from. the signs, and now./have adjusted quickly, are happy again, there is a good laugh. jhere and have no thoughts of goThe flowers are overwhelming: ing back at all. As for a visit ‘back home at some _ indefinite time, even that is not in their ies, Geraniums that are now sell- thoughts, for they are - more ing for from 65¢c to $1.10 a pot anxious that the folks left behind back home at this season, are will come out to see how lovely growing in hedges higher than it is in California. Ethel says that my head, and in places are eonsid- ‘she is so eager to have everyone ly beautiful everywhere. new found pleasure blos- share her with here, that she feels like the bride They who wants all her single friends Anaheim. their sickening sweethess. are thick on trees that are also to be married. People from the north are slow hanging with ripe oranges. Atriving at the Whelton home |to recover from the enchantment in Long Beach, we were charmed of the citrus trees. A small lemon by the quaint houses, mostly of tree with giant lemons grows in stueco painted either white or a tiny spot of earth at the edge When she pastel, -and many with shiny of Ethel’s courtyard. brick colored .pavements. Wee took me out to see it, she gasped, lawns of lush green velvet, like ‘There’s that.on the greens of the country. laughed one missing” ,.. We because that clearly how closely she watched are cool look- ishowed had seen on ‘that little tree. When folks at home say they lifted when we ar- clubs in the north, ing. The smog we the- way in had rived and all was bathed in bril can’t afford to die, they can be thankful that, they don’t have to liant sunshine, , What I had been thinking was face the end on the west coast, rambler roses bougainvillaea. turned out to be baying It hung as heavy |S the dead away out here ig business. At one point. today near Anaheim, we saw a new as Dutchman’s Pipe would in the northeast, covering the side of “Memory Garden” being laid out the Whelton house with flaming like a city park. A big sign at the color. Hibiscus bloomed in the edge said, “For your convenience front yard, and there in the bor -— Everything in one place... -Flower shop, and der along the house was’ a poin- Mortuary, at the side Chapel.” told us that the first into the , Ethel high-walled courtyard that is sa greeting they had from the Welcome Wagon much a part of many California was advertising offering homes, especially those in. cities, from a local mortuary settia, and a A little walk quaint gate led same | seeing are much of by-passing. purposes, we are of oc- Casions been grateful for them. too. Tomorrow will be. such a day, for we are slated to take ‘Lyndon and Ben to Disneyland in Today a nuisance. Orange make the air heavy of you avoiding the turnpikes most the time, but have on several we saw a great field of Easter lil- ered soms expense towns: For our own seine } a | free use of their chapel and rooms 'for meetings and parties. Pencils |for the children bore the adver'tising of the mortuary. One of the curiosities of Long + uss ste Sc } | - : �| : "MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1959._ Fears That Disneyland | | Version Of Coney Island — Was Fully Unfounded By LOIS ASHE BROWN DISNEYLAND, U.S. A., April 9, — This day has been con/sumed with a visit to the most ‘fabulous city in this country, Walt Disney’s biggest dream 'eome true in the form of Disney- jland located in Anaheim, Calif. A A ‘It is strictly a commercial venture and we entered in at the ‘gate this morning with some mis‘givings. Mr. Disney’s idea is that many of us. fondly remember our {small home town and its friendly iway of life at the turn of the ‘eentury. He thought that this represented an important part of ‘our heritage | deavored lyears on j land, U.S. |, See ik to and Main A. thus recapture Street, he en- those Disney- Other features here include a | places lined the banks. Colorful stood on walk with Snow White through basket trays of fruit /posts at the dock. “Wild” animals the dark forests to the home of and there on the the Seven Dwarfs; a flight with ‘stood here bank as the boat passed and the Peter Pan from the clutches of misty tropical rainforest breathed Mr. Snee and Captain Hook; and on our faces. Hippopotamus and a race with Mr. Toad on his wild our ride through Old London ‘Town. around swam erocodiles a_ (on \boat ‘ground track) underconcealed threatened and breathtaking take.a can You ride in giant tea cups at the Mad | with their wide open mouths un- Hatter’s tea party, and til at several points the captain 'was forced to draw a gun on i ride in a wild animal \them. We thought at one jhis timing was a little off that he acted bored with drama! And him. Throwing who could time jcog railroad and {the throttle. his will take you blame such a big line of ‘bull day in and day out could be very wearing on one’s nerves. A lifelike encampment of head hunters were encountered on this boat trip, too, and the boat passed close to dangerous rocks as it just missed passing with up banks. We in great wound car Casey on Jr. a} at) boats canal Gay on a cruise through | storyland: — tiny set you can| up little detail our villages| along day in the To-| morrowland. A trip through Mon. ' of the fusanto’s dream house i “Here is the America of 1890afresh realize us made ture '1910, at the crossroads of an era, what a wonderful age we are liy- . where the gas lamp is gradually Here a ing in and facing into. being replaced by the electric under a waterfall. On the return / rocket ship blasted off into outer) lamp; the plodding horse-drawn that Ben space so realistically trip, the captain did maneuver \street car is giving way to the the boat so that it passed direct- asked his father, “How are we chugging ‘horseless carriage.’ ly and wholly under the falls. (jever going to get back to Mom| America was in transition: the | Near the dock for this trip was a my?” Lyndon is. still pondering whether or not he actually left) discoveries of the late 19th cen-| fascinating tropical bazaar. Ex| the earth. tury were beginning to affect citing as this was, it was to be our way of life. Main Street repAs if all these thrills were not only a small part of the whole. |, enough, multi-million dollar /resents the typical small town in Frontierland was the next subconstruction is underway at Dis:| ‘the early 1900's.” ; urb we toured. This was : > trip, a was the apothe- | to the America ofThisabout a cen- ;neyland for’ more attractions.| When you visit | These will include ‘cary, the ice-cream parlor, the a 1445-story tury ago. Davy Crockett’s Fort { |high replica of the famed Swiss market house and the exhibits Wilderness delighted the boys Matterhorn. Exciting bobsled | . which have been re-created from and they shot Indians from the will circle down and | runs this bygone era, it is easy to towers to their heart's content | ‘imagine yourself a part of those through it for breathtaking | on mounted guns that seemed to ‘times. At the Firehouse, you will shoot for real. | views of Alpine grottos and cavsee the stalls of Jess and Bess Here we boarded the Mark) erns inside; and passing thro’ it will be the Skyway ride. A sub| who pull the old fire engine that Twain, a Mississippi. sternwheel is polished to the hilt. You will steamboat, that glistened with| marine voyage beneath the seven| |hear the bells clang and see the brass and fresh white paint. We} seas of the world; under the pol.; / horses go tearing away with the passed Tom Sawyer’s island with lar ice cap, and to the “Lost Con: | i fire engine as if for real. For 10c, his tree house and Injun Joe's} tinent of Atlantis” and the grave-| of sunken’ ships will be /you can ride on the engine. Cave. Later we took Huck Finn’s | yard Too, exotic underseas , At the Main Street station you raft to the island and explored| ready. can board a train of the Santa every inch which took more| plant and animal life, swimming| mermaids and sunken treasure ; Fe and Disneyland line for a than an hour. Alf sorts of wonwill be on view. ;, complete trip around Disneyland. derful ideas were brought away |We did just that and were de- from there and it won’t be surThe nation’s first practical } | lighted that the young engineer monorail. train system, considprising if Mrs. Burr’s woods are ‘}looked quite like Worthington’s ered a key to future travel will eventually full of caves and tree Ted Porter. Sitting up front in circle the new area on a concrete houses after we get home! highway in-the sky, 35 feet off jone car was a sporty gentleman In this same area, the Golden ,the ground. A futuristic speed-| who resembled Joe Hebert, even Horseshoe Saloon featured a rol‘to the two little boys with him! ramp will carry passengers to licking floor show and drinks no Perhaps the highlight of the its ultra-modern station. Four stronger than root beer. Tables train ride is the part that takes for ladies were provided. A ‘new multi-level “super autopias’,, one through the Grand Canyon winding through the “New” Disstagecoach drawn by prancing diorama. Passing into what apneyland over this freeway of the horses would take you to see the pears to be a tunnel, you are future will attract guests who wonders of the painted desert, suddenly passing . by this great will drive individual gasoline and the Rainbow. Ridge Mine natural wonder — riding Two new lakes right | Train takes. you deep into uider- | powered cars. along the rim, it seems. Stuffed ground caverns. abounding with- will be made over which ‘guests birds and animals, whose natural will take memorable motorboat multi-colored waterfalls. habitat. is the Grand Canyon, apcruises through rapids and rushOn the “Chicken-of-the-Sea,” a pear real to life and a makeing “white water” to serene lathree masted tuna schooner, you believe thunder storm is staged goons. All these proposed attraccould have lunch that featured in a convincing manner. The tions, together with those already the tuna. Everything was. spottrain also carries you along the should keep folks less and even though prices }in operation, shores of the Nile and the Ama- seemed a little higher than else- coming back for years to come. zon where you catch glimpses of A perfect ending to our day where for food, the ‘quality and life in those parts. came when we were making our as to ‘service were so superior way back to the railroad station For us, the train ride was only make the prices actually low. ithe beginning of a thrilling ad- Chicken dinners. served at the to go to the parking lot. Along the train, ! Plantation House were beautiful \the street came the colorful Dis-; | venture. Geiting off i we walked up and down the main and served in all the elegance of /neyland Band. They marched to the village common with many 'street which includes a round that period. of the tourists following. There, station. | 'park near the railroad A trip into Fantasyland came the American flag and the Dis| This park has a flag pole in the next. This included a tour of neyland flag were lowered and it. | Sleeping Beauty’s center and walks crossing Castle which| the band played the “Star Span|Facing on the park are the pubwe reached by crossing the: moat x Nothing | logled Banner. pr ‘lic buildings of the town. The over the drawbridge. ‘shops are all very high class has been spared in making every fears that Disneyland Our ones and pérfectly in keeping be another version of part of Disneyland realistic and would ‘with the times. Island were unfounded.| romantic, The very best of every- Coney Everything is of the highest} Street, we Leaving Main thing has been put into it and ‘walked about 500 feet into a sub-| nothing seems cheap and filmsy. \class and a cleaner place is not The personnel are| “Adventureland.” | The children loved the castle ‘to be found. /urb called appearing | | This: was a short trip} to a mys-S-; and. were properly impressed. | the most wholesome terious far-off place in an exotic| Telling of it afterward, Ben said| and enthusiastic folks they could| have hired, that is, with the exWe, that “A stinking old witch tried tropical region somewhere. ception of the captain of the boarded the “Irawaddi Woman” ‘to give Lyndon a poisoned apple, Woman! aS the Amazon| but he didn’t for a cruise down take it!” Lyndon| Irawaddi Se || Tropical ‘said that the witch also tried to and back on the Nile. |plantings, including bright flow- roll boulders» on his head but| orchids and somehow ‘ers of the jungle, to get. he managed itrees imported from such veal away in time. �as ae oN � Book Bound document, typically consisting of 25 or more pages. Generally does not include stapled items. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Book - Scrapbook Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 25.4 x 34.3 x 0.6 cm 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 Paper cover scrap book. Farm scene on cover. Elsie Bartlett 1959 #20 newspaper clippings. This work pertains to a cross-country road trip taken by Lois Ashe and Harold Brown. First clipping is a lovely newsprint photo of Lois Ashe Brown on her 10th wedding anniversary. 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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.) 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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://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/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 https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/c992768864d54ba911f84ccfb34a60e3.pdf b7824055a1038ffc3c03cd9d136304b1 PDF Text Text ��MRS. JEREMIAH ROBINSON WORTHINGTON Mrs Evelyn (Higgins) Robinson, 73 of West Street, died Wednesday at the Cooley faa, Hospital. [Oo/¢> Herbert N. and Hattie She was born int Wo thindton, October 22, 1898, the daughter of (Beach) Higgins. She was a lifelong resident of this town and a former member of the Womens Benevolent Society of the Worthington Congregational Church. Besides her’ husband, Jeremiah (Jerry) Robinson, she leaves two sons; Earl J. and Ernest W.; and one daughter Mrs. Shirley Sampson, all of Worthington; a brother Leon W. Higgins of Cummington, and five grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday in the Worthington Congregational Church at 2 p.m. with the pastor, Rev. Douglas Small the officiating. Burial will be in the Center Cemetery. : There will be no calling hours. Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home of Chesterfield charge of arrangements. MRS. PORTER en reviews the guest list while seated State College rocker. Mrs. Helen Morey made is J in i rn en in her Salem the presentation. _of School at Gateway Regional attended from Southampton, her native taking grades 5 Westfield, Belchertown and other towns. C. Helen Raymond Morey, Magargal speaking was master of for the audience, town, ceremonies presented North Adams College rocker, and other gifts. The party was arranged by teachers of the Russell School, the Parent-Teacher Organization, and the Guild. spanecremnnnn enc. as well as and Mrs. her with F hetahs a H. Conwell Friendship cousin best man was gardeni The couple left ais Cape Cod. The bride of and 6, Mrs. Porter will take a well-earned rest. The school has been a better place because of her skillful and faithful work. The program Sunday afternoon took the form of a ‘‘This is Your Life’”’ sketch, with both family, friends and pupils taking part. Many Road. Mr. Sloper is the son of white many of her present pupils remember when she taught them. Now with the new Middle ysr. and Se aig aie daug Mrs, Frank G, hter of Westminster and lin Rike Brook stephanotis. Alfred Leroux of Florence. The children grown, teaching called her again and in 1958 she Parents of of the Davidi Which she designed and pe ened. She carried a bouquet and raise their three children, Daniel Jr., now director of the Ohio Historical Society; Edward, of Worthington, and Janice, now Mrs. school. wedding The bride wore a gown of organza over peau satin with Alencon lace and seed pearl trim of North Adams Teachers in the old Lyceum Hall consolidated the Martha A. Burr and Edwa rd N Ra ridee , and building. After two years she resigned to marry Daniel R. Porter but in the new eee t BY LUCIE MOLLISON WORTHINGTON — Practically every family in town was represented at the town hall Sunday afternoon to honor Mrs. Eleanor Porter upon her retirement from teaching. teaching, fs Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Sloper of Pittsfield. The Rev. Dougl as Small performed the ; rites he the reception followed at the pee mington Golf Club. atron of honor was Mrs coa Upon Her Retirement resumed A ‘ oon Church pm 7:30 was the soning dues ates 0 P.m. Mrs. Porter Is Feted— In 1927, Eleanor Parsons, a graduate College, started her teaching career Ny oF MARTHA BURR SLOPER M W Wo AV, WORTHINGTON STUDENTS who took awards Kenneth Porter, Jerry Mollison and Charles Porter. ou Feo? included en (4%) Agriculture Department. These boys are Kenneth Porter III and Jerry Mollison, Seniors, and Charles Porter a sophomore. At the Annual Future Farmers of America Parents Banquet last Tuesday, the bovs received awards. Kenneth Porter treasurer of Smith Chapter, FFA was awarded the Star Chapter Farmer degree and the Farm Safety medal. He was a member of the agricultural mechanics team. Jerry Mollison, FFA reporter, received an award as top candy salesman, a medal for dairy production, and the Noel Smith Award for excellence and improvement in his dairy project. He was on the dairy cattle judging team, and both he and Kenneth Porter were members of the winning regional parliamentary procedure team. Charles Porter is elective first vice-president of Smith FFA for next year. He received the Star Greenhand award, a medal for production, and the George Bean Memorial Award of $1,000 to be used in further promoting his agricultural project. He and his brother, Kenneth, were delegates to this vear’s State FFA convention. Attending the banquet and evening program were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Porter Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mollison and children, John and Joan, and Mrs. Harry Mollison. wr =" uate of Oakmont Regi onal High School and Wellesley College. She is man ager of Sew e e Store, Pittsfield, bridegroom of Pittsfield High _WORTHINGTON — Of a busload of 8 students who Vocational School from Worthington three are in the go to Smith Vocational in dairy j Ae atten is a gra Scho Gna Berkshire Community College. He is production Manager for Buttenheum Publishi ng Co. Take Honors At Smith placement oe Williamsburg High Scho ol aaa a grad € Worthington Students on �Miss Shrade Presented At New York City Bal WORTHINGTON — Miss Robelyn Reynolda Schrade of Worthington and New York City this season’s t eine ane 1 was among debutantes . ge Sai York’s Grand Pa a co , of The. Plas a cer con Sinai Rolande Young family spends Mae Moker Schrade. summers aia The and sa Schrade’s | : parents were hos ts a dinner party in her honor in the Plaza’s Terrace Room. She was ) Duke Unibyver escorted ; Scott sity. Aiken Mason of For Health Association «-* i772 . Annual Meeting H eld WORTHINGTON oe os annual meetin Worthington He alth As f socia tion was held : Tuesda Y nignighht t at at th the many years, it has been tradit ional for the debutantes to be — oe cw hitfot e forlate thein1 ir Oe preeve nie ae at at the seani oo Thatandhasthe now his ay to change debs givt en ee appeared in their choice of pastels: For Miss Schrade, oS best part of the evening was wonderful reunion with former classmates at Chapin. Williamsburg, Oshen Ashfield paying a total of total $2,723. was explained money is used maintenance of i Con oN Lynn, approved, enson three debut in the F The funeral will be Tuesday Church witl afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in the reception following at “ Worthington | Congregational ee Spruces”’ Mr.al and Mrs Church with ‘the pastor Rey. Raymond with Magarg as hos Douglas Small offi ciating. lot ballot clerks, Harvey, Mrs. Brown and John were appointed. Directors elected is a piano pupil of \_ Calling hours at the Charles A. in be Rosina Lhevinne at the JuillBisbee Funera] Home Cheste Center will ye e the Assembly, |Mo rfield nday evening from 7 to 9. Contributions may be madé to the Worthington Congre gational Church. MRS. RUTH BATES PORTER WORTHINGTON — Mrs. Ruth Eleanor (Bates) Porter, 78, of Brown Hill Road, died Tuesday at her home. She was born in Goshen, Dec. 23, 1893, daughter of Frank and Mary Jane Bates and he lived in Worthington for many years. “is She is survived by a son, Philip Arcouette, Worthington and a granddaughter of Haydenville, three ee ee os Worthington, omas 0 Willamgburg: and Gerald of New York; four sisters, Mrs. Harriet Goodwin and Mrs. Bernice Bartlett, both of Worthington, Mrs. Catherine Taylor of Cambridge and Mrs. Rena Blodgett of Springfield. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bisbee Funeral " Home, Chesterfield, with the Rev. Douglas Small officiating. Burial will be in the Center Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home will be tonight from 7 to 9 ean. ¥ —/6—-P, old Chernoble years, ; were; James, Beplat Director ve Cole was —-93 5 3atrano S. First the -ongregational Church in Vorthington. She is the daughter ‘f Mrs. Robert W. Hixon of 27 rocky Hill Rd. and the late Mr. dixon and the bridegroom is the f association with a lace tak takes es aa Tot lot ofoforet'8120,000 money: to run it. and : Use of the Health i Open to all, resahiiee of membership, but the genera] Opinion was that the paid members should have the vote. _ Dr.: John 5 ff dentist, .'Spoke Modestow, A dental hygienon future ane ist is at the Center one day a week, Possibility of more tim with the e later. T. Modestow re Center staff me etiported that the ngs are hel toall Dr. 2 Physic George ccessful, he sai d. Dr. § carmon said he aims to. Provide the best Medical service Possible oe for Cooperation an from all. He cited the heed for much communit Service work. y Th Most informativ e meeting was e. — a member of the housekeeping staff at Rockridge Retirement Home Northampton. see: Mr. Batrano attended Smith s Vocational School in Northampton assistant at and the is a fireman’s Northampton State Hospital power plant. applique cascade bouquet of yellow roses, white stephanotis, baby’s breath and ferns. A reception was held Country following the ceremony. at the Club For traveling to North ern New England the bride wore a navy and white ensemble with navy access ories. The couple home Sept. 24 on East will be at Street, Goshen. Mrs. Batrano Northampton is a graduate of High School and is ; ‘= a Se , memorial service for Nancy Lee Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jones, will be held at the church Saturday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Douglas Small officiating. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Save the Children Federation, Boston Post Road. Norwalk, Conn., 06852, or to Save the Children Federation in care of the First Congregational Church, Worthington. _ NANCY LEE JONES WORTHINGTON = Miss Nancy Lee Jones, 26 of Worthington and Gilf ord, N.H. died late Monday night at Lak es Region General Hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Gilford. She was a native of Bos ton and taught the third grade Gilford Elementary Scho at the ' ol. She was a member of Worthington Congregational Church and a gradua te of the University of Colorado. Besides her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jones of. Worthington, she is sur vived by two sisters, Mrs. Anit a Murray of Portland, Maine and Miss Priscilla Jones of Putney , Vt. Cremation will take place at the Concord, NA. Cremat orium. There will bé no calling hours and committal services will be in the spring at the Holste ad Cemetery, Dover, N.H. of lace and seed pearls, and she Worthington pful r mon, staff ian, reportSca ed on a very busy summer. The family Clinic Planning Was ver Su yoke and standup collar. Her _ illusion veil fell from a Juliet cap carried a white and carnations, for . Wint : ; has a Building acy : son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. 3atrano Sr. of 471 Coles Meadow nd., Northampton. The Rev. John K. Montgomery of Goshen performed the 8 p.m. double ring ceremony. Mrs. Marcia Kicza was her sister’s matron of honor. The bridegroom’s brother, John ds Batrano Jr., served as best man. Ushers were Ralph W. Smith and C. Kenneth Osgood, both of Worthington and friends of the bride. For her wedding the bride chose an embroidered silk organza over taffeta gown with full skirt and modified bishop sleeves. The bodice was enhanced 1 elected ; AA Gue quest sti ti on of the necessit i ~~ WORTHINGT -_ y Ev he teae Kec atin ee f Cumm‘atin i ton was secretary with no OppOsi el oie tion ang aes Oli Local Cou ple Is Wed HADLEY for we ck, — Married by She graduated in June from Burial will be in the North candlelight Sept. 9 were Chapin School in New York 'Cemetery. Barbara Lee Hixon and GaryMiss, and was Mrs. Har for 3 of Cummington, ~ Mer ton Cottrell, Worthington, and ‘Richa Worthington. Dikect rd Fla gg, or for 2 years, Mrs. Mildred Chi sisters ; of East and this nomina ns fro m or me in fastio furious.the flo t and A Papca er bal » home by Bradley Falls in So Lynn, Mrs. Hazel Pearson, Mrs. Helen Shearer, Mrs. Alice Davis ington. eicring the past summer M all of the Plan to appoint mmittee to investigate possibalecosol utions to € , lominating comm ittee brought in a slate of directors to € approved and She had lived in Worthing ton for the past 35 years where she was | a member of Worthington . Grange. &8randchildren. that for the Health and is far short of the ; he directors Center, » Frank and Mary ( Ayers) Knap p. presented nd 2:3 60 im eembership fees. Donations of $423 made the ost fternoon at her home. She was born in Haverhil l, | May 4, 1901, the daughter of parents ers fro f m the Worthington, Chesterfield’ Com ington, ene of Pemington, ainfield, ) Knapp, 71, of Old Road, died Saturday Shrade’s 299 The financial report showed a total of 2929 memb MRS. ANNIS KNAPP” ~<c, WORTHINGTON _ Mréy = Annis (Grant ROBELYN SCHRADE achusetts, four! weekends at ‘‘Sevenars”, th Mrs. Mabel Marquis of Winters of Plainf inf ield ; meeting, which me s ae by theHe eae Rey. Douglas = She was the widow of the late ership Ulam Willi ee | Claude Knapp and is surv ived by three sons ; Grant Knapp of Worthington, William Kna pp of Northampton, James Kna pp of Springfield: a’ brother Herbert Grant of Lynnfield ; Mass with ne Members out of a ‘ tending Chesterfield: L Worthington MR. AND MRS. BATRANO Friends who wish may make contributions in her mem ory to Save The Children, care of Gilford Elementary Scho ol. Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home of Laconia, N.H. is in charge of arrangements , 4 Le 3 72 �psx ROGER R. MORSE WOi RTHI AllNGTO Morse, 64, of N —_ R 0 Old North ‘ho ae: Thursday ; Cooley nee Hospital. at _ +4€ was born in Bos ton a lived in Francestown, NS = most of his life. For the past 14 a _ resided in Wor thington mee Gee at Christmas He is survived by } hi SW if former Margaret Onlin. oe brother, Paul of Lee: and two Sisters, Mrs. Wil liam A. Lord of Francestown and Mrs. Edward N. Colburn of Cor nish, N.H private funeral ser vice wil oy Sunday at the Bisbee Picea a In Chesterfield with the ek Woon Small, Pastor of ! rthington Con ati Church, officiating. pea Burial will be in N Cemetery in the Spring. The ce Will be no calling hours. 3 died . . an 2-23-72 Mw IG a pe WALLACE C. HIGGINS WORTHINGTON — Wallace C. Higgins, 76, of Rte. 112, died Monday night at Noble Hospital, Westfield. He had lived all his life in Worthington and was employed for 33 years by the Oleksak Lumber Co., Westfield, retiring 12 years ago. He was an Army veteran of World War I. Besides his wife, the former Ruth Green, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Myrick of Worthington, Mrs. Nadine Comstock of West Lebanon, N.Y., and Mrs. Eileen DeLano of Chesterfield; two sons, Ralph B. of Chesterfield and Courtland Ga. of Worthington; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. : The funeral will be Thursday at the F. C. Haley Funeral Home in Huntineton with the Rev. Jerome Wood officiating. Burial will be in Ringville Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home will be today from 2 to 4 and7to9p.m. Herb Usage The new pastor of the of Worthington and his congregation Sunday after services. Shown A%-— a LH First Congregational Church family were greeted by the during a coffee hour held here are the Rev. Douglas Small, Mrs. Small and their daughter Jennifer. Mrs. Jerome Wood and Ruth Wood, wife and daughter of the former pastor, are shown greeting them. Worthington Welcomes Pastor WORTHINGTON — The Rev. and Mrs. Douglas Small and ~~, their small daughter, Jennifer, moved into the church parsonage last week, and Mr. Small conducted the first service of his new pastorate Congregational morning. at the Church First Sunday Mr. Small -.comes_ to Worthington from two years as associate pastor of the Saugatuck Congregational Church in Westport, Conn. He ¢ will graduate this month from Yale Divinity School. After the church service, a coffee hour the people pas was held to enable to greet their new MARTHA J. macanGar< 72 WORTHINGTON Martha Jane — Magargal, Mis Old Post Rd., Worthington, 92, of died Saturday at the Amherst Nursing Home. She was born in ‘Springfield, Aug. 27, 1879, the daughter of Edwin F. and “ Harriet (Hill) Magargal. She was a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church and the Adelphia Chapter of the Eastern Star, both of Springfield. She leaves two nieces and one nephew, both of Worthington; 10 grandnieces and 11 greatgrandnieces. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home, South St., Chesterfield, with the Rev. Douglas Small, pastor of the Worthington Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be in the North Cemetery the at the convenience family. calling hours. There will be of no MRS, FLOYD first meeting of the ee eT T 22 of Worthington who spoke at the Hatfield Book Club Tuesday night is shown inserting a piece of silver king as she finished an‘ arrangement of dried herbs in an elegant sterling container. She also displayed pictures made from dried herbs, sachets, wreaths and a variety of arrangements. �ee ee se Se see 3.9 Te Named Girls Stater_ WORTHINGTON — Miss Toni L. Packard has been selected as the 1972 representative to Girl’s State for the Cummington Post 304, American Legion Auxiliary. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cullen S. Packard of Huntington Road and is an honor student in the junior class at the Gateway Regional School. In 1967 her older sister, Sharon, was chosen for the same honor. This year Miss Packard is vice- president of the junior class, a member of the yearbook staff, on the varsity basketball team and a student tutor at the Russell H. Conwell School. In. three previous Mr. and Mrs. Chet -Dragon of Worthington traveled to Boston where Gov. Francis Sargent signed a proclamation naming January National Polka Month. State Reps. Louis Morini (left) and Edward McColgan (right) attended the Dr Adam er, Mrs. signing, as did: Dre on’s moth Polka Month Ee ae e ALMEROLDS at Waterman Old Post Road. 14, 1903, also lived Mary of Wesley (Cottrell) Middlefield. He son was member Grange, in a of and Olds and and had Worthington retired the the WORTHINGTON and farmer, Roberta a Worthington Federal Lodge Phyllis sister, Kelso Mrs. Raymond of daughter Mrs. of Huntington; Helen Cook L. Humphrey, a of Middlefield; two brothers, George of Middlefield and Howard of Hinsdale. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p-m., at the Worthington Congregational Church. Burial will be in North Cemetery. Calling hours at the Haley — Miss of Old Post Road, Sunday from LL $1,000 tte itinsciacosicete Spring carnival of committee, Friends who contributions wish may mi in his memory the Worthington Church. Congregatio WORTHINGTON — Mrs. Ruth (Green) Higgins, 70, of Route 112 died Wednesday at her home. She was the widow of Wallace Higgins. Born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., she had lived in Worthington 60 years. Surviving are two sons, Ralph ‘Sof Chesterfield and Courtland of ., Worthington; three daughters, Phyllis Myrick of , Mrs. ‘ Worthington, Mrs. Irene Delano . “of Chesterfield, and Mrs. Nadine ‘ Comstock of New Lebanon, N.Y. 2) The funeral will be Saturday at “1 p.m. at the F.C. Haley Funeral Home in Huntington. Burial will be in Ringville Cemetery. Calling home p.m. hours at the funeral will be Friday from 7 to 9 of America Tuesday as. George Bean was The is at this time is considering in Marine Biology. still Miss a career . Miss) Donna Pease _ of Worthington, also a junior at Gateway Regional High School, has been elected as an alternate for Girls State in June, to be held at the Bridgewater State Teachers’ College. Award 7 J / Prented was made to the first award of Charles sophomore given to sophomore chosen is the Board of Trustees. Funeral Home in Huntington will senior social committee, be today from 7 to 9 and theatrical group, member L.T.I. Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 tr ~ ene p.m. The Federal Lodge MRS. RUTH HIGGINS Masons will conduct the Maso Ritual at the funeral ho Thursday at 8p.m. Packard but closely supervised by members of the vocational-agricultural faculty., Porter in his applicati detailed his baterest th establishing a dairy farm in a small way and said the award would be used to buy some heifers and rent suitable housing. ‘The initial award was made by Wilfred D. Spencer, chairman of of coffeehouse executive member indefinite individuals who want to start or ‘continue an_ established agricultural project. president of Beta Tau Sorority, and corresponding secretary; secretary of L.T.I. football club and cheerleader for 4 years; editor-in-chief of yearbook; board TONIL. PACKARD while he was away. _ Her college choice Annual deserving, needy with preference a Who’s who in American Colleges and Universities; founding associates, served Porter of Worthington. € bean award is made from a trust fund established to help a bachelor of science degree in mathematics. A “B’”’ student, she was also active in extracurricular projects. Among them were: governing has The 21st annual banquet of the Smith Chapter of Future arena | annual I ae graduated Lowell with New Farmers daughter Institute she attended by 165 at Smith’s School of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Humphrey Technological of Masons of Chester. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Huntington; a aCe = Receives BS Degreome Memorial Hospital in Eustis, Fla: He was born in Middlefield, Nov. o were Ww leader and his wife, the former Mary Lou Osgood, live on HUNTINGTON — @lmer Olds, formerly of Huntington, died Monday Melissa, w presented Gov. Sargent then "photographed as they ther’s latest polka album. Dragon, popular polka band Fs =~ n, Kimberly an ene f the two years, on the Student Council, and has been a member of the Glee Club in addition to playing on the basketball and softball teams since seventh grade. She has been a Girl Scout and a member of the junior choir in the local ,church. record of perfect A léng Sunday attendance in both School and public school is credited to Miss Packard. Besides her school and community activities, she clerks regularly at the Corners Grocery, maintains a busy babysitting schedule, and _ one summer managed Judge Jon Wigg’s blueberry plantation The main speaker at the roast beef dinner served by Mrs. Florence Prosciak and the cafeteria staff was the national vice president of the FFA Kevin student marshalls, varsity club Hall. students legal rights pan oes Most notable among other She received award. In addition, through the Stu €n awards star cha pter h went to Kenneth Porter III of Worthington; erry Mollison of Worthington too award while e th Noel V.W. j servici farmer outstanding 3 Government the Miss Humphrey w i rk- st us the§mith program, was secretary to director and head librarian of the \ward Alumni taught Memorial a dance Library. was award went the whic to Teiincoe She)-om Royalston. p class at the Roger Harrington, regional She has alsidairy Lowell YWCA. Specialist, and Mark continued dance training both i! Bradford instruc forest Lowell and with her mother. ry tor, were made. honorary FFA members. : New officers elected include; President Kevin Barry, Royalston; first vice president FIRST | ANNUAL } BEAN AWARD ynted to Charles P, ort (right) by Wilfred D. Spencer atfe Farmer's o Bante banquet at Smith’s Vocational H} Charles second LaClair, Zo vice president Orange; Ronald Case, reporter Eric eee Worthirigton;/eld, treasurer JohnNorthfield; and James chaplain secretaryD’Astous, Huntington. Feeding Kibbee, Hillsssell d L. Sears Wesington is FFA advisor. of �16 - Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Sat., Nov. 11, 1972— a Birthday Today eee At Four Score Years, BY DOROTHY HOWLAND SOUTHAMPTON — With 10 more good years to his credit than the Biblical three score and 10 Dr. Edward U. Cowles (Parson; observes his 80th birthday today, and these added years have served as dividends for the benefit of many people confined to nursing and rest homes in the Westfield area as well as to his wide circle of friends. Serving as part-time visiting pastor, this retired minister has made friends with about 265 patients in three nursing homes, Mountain View Nursing home in Montgomery and Valley View and Westfield Nursing homes, both in Westfield, and with the residents of the Barnard Rest home and the Home for the Blind in Westfield. : His visits include folks of all oat Parson’ Cowles Active faiths and the leaflets he distributes include material for members of the Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faiths along with his particular brand of collected humorous anecdotes. In addition to distributing two leaflets each friends in the month homes, to he his has given out nearly 300 ‘‘Bedside prayer cards’? and many copies of Robert Burdette’s, ‘‘Two Golden Days.” The leaflets are composed by ‘Parson’ Cowles and printed voluntarily by Mrs. Donald Newton of Russellville Road. Included are poems and articles of general interest contributed by members of his nursing home congregation. Salary ‘‘Nominal’’ Because Dr. Cowles’ salary under Western the sponsorship Hampden of Council the of Churches is nominal, and due to the expenses of many materials which he _ distributes, the Friendly Visitors of Westfield and the Russell Community Church have surprised him with generous checks during the present year. The Friendly Visitors is a volunteer organization of about 25 residents of the Westfield area who work with Parson Cowles. The group was formed.l0 years ago and ‘‘adopted’’ the’ Western Hampden Council of Churches as sponsors. Mrs. Esther Coye is chairman of the Visitors, and Mrs. Maida Bartlett is treasurer. Officers of the Western Hampden Council of Churches include Mrs. Shirley Jackson, president; Mrs. Gertrude Judd, secretary; and Robert Anderson, treasurer. Under the direction of Mrs. Polly Murphy, Golden Agers, sing once a afternoons at Nursing home, Blind, and pianist, the ‘‘Parson’’ Cowles, month on Sunday the Valley View the Home for the the Barnard Rest home. Dr. Cowles reports that the large number of Bibles given to him by the defunct Pioneer Valley Council of religious Education Week-Day led by Miss Dorothy Swain, have been deeply appreciated by the folks in the homes where he visits. Among those who have assisted ‘‘Parson’’ are the Bell Ringers of the Southampton Congregational Church, directed by Miriam Howland, and the “Eiezema Quartet’? from church. The quartet was the so named because it was ‘‘liable to break out at any time.”’ The ‘‘Parson’s’’ duties at the Home. for the Blind include reading to the residents, and his recommendation for _ the best method of exercising social action is to ‘‘do it in a personal way.” The Friendly Visitors of Westfield are planning to hold a training class session for those who are now members and for others who may be interested in joining this ‘‘labor of love,” as Mrs. Esther Coye calls it. These classes Robert will be led by Holcomb of Chaplain Western DR. EDWARD U. COWLES 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 and 19 at the Methodist Church in Westfield. Was Interim Minister Dr. Cowles was interim minister of First Congregational Church a few years ago for 14 months and entered actively into the life of the church in all its dimensions. He is a member of the church and a faithful member of the senior choir. His active pastorates excluded six years in Spencer, more than 28 years at the First Church in Westfield from September of 1929 through December of 1957, six years in Worthington, two years as assistant minister of the Easthampton Congregational Church, and five years in his present position. Dr. Cowles and his Alabama-born wife, the former Nina Lyman, moved from Easthampton in 1971 to their Southwick Road address in Westfield, but the keep in touch with friends in Southampton through the church. ‘Parson’ Cowles’ work in the nursing homes brings him into contact with patients who have no relatives and few friends. “There are many lotely people in institutions,’ he said, ‘‘who have need of and appreciation for visits from friends who care about them.’’ This need is one he is happy to fulfill, and his birthday comes at a time when he is actively engaged worthwhile work. in this �_ Jean Humphrey School Presents Annual Recital BY THELMA P. WHITING ~ Tanya Charette, Karen Higgins, WORTHINGTON — It was standing room only for both performances of the Jean Humphrey School of Ballet presenting its fourth recital Friday and Saturday nights at the Russell H. Conwell School. Ballerinas from four years of age to adults did pirouttes, cartwheels. splits and the can can in ballets choreographed Mrs. Humphrey. The 50 ballet performed Suite,’ “The by students ‘“‘Graduation Nutcracker Ball” and “Gaite Parisienne’ ballets in a remarkable poised performance. Even those who were not parents or relatives of the dancers found it delightful. : Dancers were beautifully costumed, graceful, wellrehearsed and discipline as they Leslie and McKenna yellow satin clad in cerise trimmed with brass buttons and gold tassels while the very youngest dancers Barbara Anne Bray, Kimberly Dragon, Sally Ann Knapp, Helen McCarthy, Mary Jo Syron and Gena Thomas performed the Danse Chinois. They were clad in yellow satin trimmed with black lace. Appearing in, the Nutcracker Suite were 20 girls and one boy dancer. At a Christmas party, Uncle Drosselmayer’ gives a nutcracker to little Clara. After the guests have gone, Clara slips back to the tree and falls asleep with the nutcracker. She dreams it becomes a prince who takes her to the magic land of the sweets where she is entertained by a variety of fantasies. Lauren Mason was delightful as the smallest ballerina Clara, The youngest students, ages 4- exhibiting self-control and 8, performed promise while Lisa Witter as the the Nutcracker Suite, featuring Lauren Mason as Sugar Plum Fairy showed ability Clara, Lisa Witter as the Sugar and perfect poise. Plum Fairy, Tammie Bray as’ Roberta Humphrey and the Queen Darlene Robinson former pupils of the Flowers, Gregory Pease as the Prince, of the ballet school did the gypsy went through their paces amid beautifully simple settings. Sharon Frew Mother, and dance from ‘‘Carmen’”’ giving the young pupils a glimpse of things to come. The fiery, flirtatious dance performed at a quickening pace added variety to the Susan Tirrell gowned in turquoise while Tammy audiences. Graduation Ball performed by McCarthy, x as Robert Brodrick as Uncle Drosselmeyer. Performing in the Danse Russe were Lisa_ Brodrick, Eileen Charette, Morgan Thomas Patte Nugent, Katherine and McCarthy, McKenna and Rebecca did the Danse Arabe, in ©uffs of orange and yellow. >. Youngest Dancers “Danse des Mirlitons 2 #wmed by Sherry was Borst, program offered to the capacity the intermediate group, ages 8 to 11, included 16 girls and four boys was the story of a Viennese Girls’ school entertaining military academy cadets at their annual ball. The excited girls dance together along with their headmistress, Valerie Kievitt until Cadets Robert Brodrick, Christopher Higgins, Ronald Humphrey and Kenneth Pease arrive. Too shy to come forward, the girls are encouraged by their headmistress to enjoy themselves. The first dancer, Barbara LaRock, with Traci Donovan, Ruth Wood, who stood in for Jane Flagg, side-lined with a broken ankle, Valeria Kievitt, Brenda Knapp, Joan Mollison and Laura Syron dance. Finally Break the Ice one couple, Brenda Knapp and Ronald Humphrey who performed withpoise and technique unusual for 11-yearolds dance and break the ice for the gay evening that follows. Cadets in green tunics trimmed with sequins twirl the twittering young maidens who resembled dozens of pink sweetheart roses costumed in pink satin, pink tulle, and white lace, crowned with sparkling silver crowns through their battements. Other couples Tammie Bray, Christopher Higgins, Valerie Kievitt, Kenneth Pease, Ruth Wood and Robert Brodrick follow the first couple and are soon joined by other sweet young things; Brenda Dextraze, Julie Joyner, Lauren Mason, Katherine McCarthy, Bonnie Sampson, Shawn Spiess and Laurie Whiting. At the close of the ball, one couple returns to be found by the headmistress who crossly sends the cadet home and the girl to her room, leaving the headmistress alone and exhausted. The final ballet performance “Gaite Parisienne’ depicted a wealthy Peruvian traveler Christopher McCarthy exploring life in a Paris cafe. He is attracted to both the lady in green, Ruth Dunlevy and the glove seller, Rowena Humphrey, eee who in and the danced turn by find Roberta duke, the baron, Humphrey, portrayed by Darlene Robinson, more desirable. The gracious La Lionne, Fern Carver, is kind after a quarrel the men have, but in the end the Peruvian is left alone with only his memories. The advanced group of pupils aged 11 and over, 17 girls and one boy made this ballet the highlight of the evening. As _ they pirouetting en pointe, twirling, swirling and leaping through an intricate choreography faultlessly. performed with obvious pleasure. Flower Girl Sharon Damagall, waitresses Sharon Frew. and Joanne Knapp and lively Cancan girls portrayed by Mary Hathaway, Kathleen Higgins and Renee Romer showed discipline and exuberance. Customers Brenda Dextraze, Ruth Wood, Julie Joyner, Brenda Knapp, Barbara LaRock, and Laura Syron who played customers completed the cast. Colorful, exquisite costuming and dancing skill made this ballet a fitting climax to an evening of ballet in Worthington. The flower girl in red, waitresses in green and orchid, a Peruvian in gold tunic, the billowing soft tulle swirling about the lady in green accompanied by the green satin tunic of the baron, accented the silver and lace costume of the glove seller which was further enhanced by the purple costume of the duke. The dark blue satin of La Lionne, the gay colors worn by the can-can girls added to the brilliance and authenticity of the Parisian cafe setting for the final ballet which displayed the skill and accomplished expertise of advanced students. The line of 16 dancers expertly To Perform 2 executed the high kicks of the can-can while applause rendered the music almost inaudible as the receptive audience showed their - appreciation for the performance of the ballet troupe and for the outstanding accomplishments of its lovely teacher, Mrs. Jean Humphrey. It has become customary to dedicate the ballet to a Worthington woman who has given generously of her time and talent to local children and other townspeople. The Saturday night performance honored Lois Ashe Brown who was presented witha gift and corsage from the Humphreys and shown to a seat of honor. Past performances have been dedicated to Elizabeth Torrey, Gwendolyn Robinson and Ida Joslyn who were introduced at Friday night’s ballet when they occupied seats of honor and were presented with gifts. Emerson Davis was presented with a trophy for his help in making the program possible. Presented Roses Selectman C. Kenneth Osgood presented Mrs. Humphrey with an armful of red roses as she received a_ standing ovation before presenting each student witha gift. George Humphrey, who acted out was being as master of ceremonies pointed that the recital performed in June, the month of wedding, graduations and honors. He spoke of attending the graduation of his daughter, Roberta, who received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Lowell Technological Institute. After introducing his daughter to the Friday night audience, Humphrey introduced his eldest son, Russell, who this month graduated from the State Police Academy. A ballet concert will be held tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the all nwell School in Worthington. Humphrey, the program will include selections from the Nutc rack er Suite, Graduation Ball and other works. �Worthington Draws Big Field For Snowmobile Races By EDWARD MALINOWSKI WORTHINGTON — Joe - Wilkenson of Southfield, in his fifth year of racing out of Bombardier East in Lee, powered his Ski Doo Blizzard toa Modified Class V victory in the Eastern Championships Snowmobile at the Worthington ‘‘Bowl” late Sunday afternoon. The victory earned Joe the Governor’s Cup, presented by Felix Borowski on behalf of Governor Sargent, for the two day high point race total. John Tobin, a 50-year old race veteran from Maynard, was awarded the Schaefer Sportsmanship Trophy, conclusion of the card on Sunday. Although Snowmobile no at the. two-day race United Association States race points were awarded to top place finishers, with $20,000 dollars in prize money and trophies, as well as $6,600 and $5,400 dollars in contingency money from the Bombardier and Rodco’ (Arctic Cat) Companies respectively, racers throughout the New England ‘area entered in Worthington races. The contingency money, part of the manufacturers’ race incentive plan was awarded to those registered drivers placing in the top three positions in any Stock or Modified Classes and having more than five entries. A large crowd was on hand both Saturday. and. Sunday. to witness the final U.S.S.A.sanctioned race on the east coast. While most spectators attended the race by car or truck, and at least one daring youth braved Sunday’s ice witha trail. bike, many _hilltowners found it convenient to simply ride their own machines to the track. The Worthington Bowl, home of the Eastern Snowmobile Championships, more closely resembed the proverbial ‘‘cup,”’ as it veritahlv ranneth over with mud and However, slush on Saturday. those spectators who braved the boot-saturating slush, periodic snow flurries, high winds, and falling temperatures, were treated to an afternoon of exciting snowmobile racing, that included stiff competition in 10 separate race classes, without a single spill. The races, United postponed States by Snowmobile Association race directors on March 4 and 5 because heavy rains had reduced the track to a muddy washboard, certainly seemed a questionable reality again this weekend, the rains Friday. on in view Thursday of and grooming the track’s surface, by mid-morning, those drivers walking the track, scrutinizing pitch and turn, found and event, hope racing with in the start the that the Junior day’s Class sleds of the usual of ruling pertains to all U.S.S.A. sanctioned races, preceding the World Snowmobile Championships, conducted in Ironwood, Michigan last weekend. Outdistancing a drastically reduced field of competition, Larry Kordana of Adams powered his Polaris sled to top spot in the Junior Class III finals. A local gal,,Linda Albert of Worthington atop an AMF machine, challenge faced of Women’s Class only ° the Debbie III final, Pat Lyons from Lebanon, Conn., outdueled area favorite Debbie St. Martin of Easthampton. captured comfortable Dykas of The by Susan Potyrala she powered EXT to a margin over Liecester Linda and Charlene Witaker of Huntington. Before the running of Men’s A, B and C-Stock classes, race director Larry Biladaugh, I races and fell far short number The of Sunderland, as her Arctic Cat Women’s Class I races were held, and the entire field of stock class competition, competition. was might pack the soft tract surface. the time Mike O’Neil of By Wingdale, N.Y. splashed past T.L. Thompson of Lanesboro, for the checkered flag in the Junior I final, it was clear to trackside officials that racing in the slush was ridiculous. Work crews manned a_ twin-bladed road grader and scraped the entire track surface down to the frozen snow base, before racing again resumed. No Junior Class II decision final women’s event on Saturday, the Women’s Modified I finals, themselves sinking in the slush. In fact, the north turn on the onehalf mile flat oval, was actually bisected by a steadily flowing drainage ditch. Decision To Start After considerable deliberation, U.S.S.A. race director Larry Biladaugh decided to delay any additional grooming ot the recent the U.S.S.A., to disallow all Arctic Cat EXT ‘‘hot stock’ sleds, from stock class Dziengelewski from Southwick in winning Women’s Class IT. In the Although work crews labored long before sunrise on Saturday, its every because of entrants decreased the number of qualifying heats from three laps to two laps, and the class finals from five laps to three laps, in an effort to preserve the rapidly deteriorating track surface. The stock class competition, limited to unaltered those manufacturing raced class sleds categorically B-Stock to specifications, breakdown encompassing strictly according on in A-Stock 296-340ce and a three- Saturday, 0-295cc, C-Stock 341-440cc, divisions. Larry Leighton of South Tamworth, N.J., eased his Polaris to a full lap margin over the only other two entrants in the A-Stock Thompson field, of Lanesboro Graham and fifty year old John ‘lobin of Maynard. Rupp Nitro’s finished one, two and three in the B-Stock final, with Larry Michaud of Colchester, Conn., passing up Dick Gagnon of Bristol, Conn., on the final turn to head the field. Al machine changes. Sleds geared down and fitted with large ski runners, for Saturday’s slush, had to be up-geared and ski third. Sunday Hall of Saybrook, Herb Conn. placed Armstrong, third in the 1971-72 C-Stock U.S.S.A. point standings, Eastern Division, and just returning from two respectable third place finishes in the C and D-Stock World Championships at Ironwood, Michigan, won the Men’s C-Stock class. Vinny Orlando from Prospect, Conn. and Perry Comeau of Adams placed second and third. Modified Sleds Work crews scraped clear the mounting slush and widened the track before the much more powerful Modified I and II class sleds snarled to the starting line. The Mod I and II sleds, valued to $2,000 dollars and are capable of speeds in excess of 90 mph on large one mile tracks. With competition relatively wide open, both Mod I and II classes had to be broke down into six initial heats, semi-finals and finals, to accommodate the large number of entries. Arctic Cat driver, Ken Young of Skaneateles, N.Y., driver of the year in 1970 and current winner of the Mod I final at the World Championships in Ironwood,* Sprang to an eariy lead, and fended off all challenges with a menacing, slushy rooster-tail, to win Men’s Mod. I. Peter Fraser of Lee, placed second, after surviving a consolation heat in which his machine sputttered to a half with drenched cylinder heads. As Modified Class II, the final class of the day, took to the track, a flock of geese passed low overhead perhaps mistaking the track area for some rain-swollen river, but quickly flaired at the sound of the first crackling engine. Joe Wilkenson of Southfield, drenched all competitors with his Ski Doo capturing Blizzard the Mod in route II to final. Veterans, Ken Young of Skaneateles, N.Y. and Cal Reynolds of Gorham, Maine, took second and third place, respectively. At sunset the Worthington hills were again quiet. Those racers fortunate enough to claim trophies and prize money, spoke of lucky adjustments and good starts. However, for the drivers whose efforts earned them only a slushy shower, Sunday’s race card was the last real chance of the season. Drivers stood in amazement Sunday morning, on an excellent prepared track, that only hours before had been a ribbon of muddy slush. A dedicated track crew operating bulldozers, graders, scrapers and leveling equipment, Sunday worked morning until 3 a.m. and were out again at 6 a.m., pulverizing the Worthington half-mile flat oval into prime condition for Sunday’s racing events. Sunday’s surface ee + THE FLAG GOES DOWN eee for the start of the race for the modified third class division during the two-day championship snowmobile races in Worthington Saturday and Sunday. hard, dictated two icy track essential runners, carbide cashing in Blizzard. to sweep the ahead. field with his Rupp Nitro. The Pownal, Vermont -driving ace jumped to a large lead in the five lap final and won going away, while Rick Bell of Lakeville, Conn. edged Fred Ablozek of Adams, for second place. Vic The made all the wayina Modified Class III victory over distributor racers Walt Rotti of West Boylston and Joe Wilkenson of Southfield. Benny;a member of the race committee, later related that he had little time to actually practice on the track for most of his laps were on a_ tractor, grooming the track. Bob ‘‘The Polack’’ Waryjasz, another Worthington race committeeman, placed fourth. While the thunderous MOD IV, 441-650ec machines warmed up in the scraped pit possible area, the track was conditions for the again to insure the best erratic, high-powered sleds. As the Mod IV qualifying heats got under way, Irv Hemenway of Avery was denied a berth in the semi-final heats, when he blew a drive belt less than thirty yards from the finish line, after holding down a second spot all the way. Eight-year veteran, Bob Culley Jr. emerged the winner in Mod IV, taking his 650ce Arctic Cat EXT to a successful initial run. Walt Rotti, moving up a class with his 440ec Ski Doo Blizzard, again finished second. John Tobin of Maynard clinched third place. In the most tightly contested event of the afternoon, Joe Wilkenson of Southfield outdistanced John Tobin of Maynard, and Joe Taylor of Portland, Maine, to win the Mod V, 800cc class. Before the five lap finale was competed, four out of the eight sleds competing had flipped but managed to continue. Following Joe lead a three-sled tangle, Wilkenson maintained his in a staggered restart, Worthington possible had races through eaooee Hunphre , Paddock Steve Batwin, flip, left were the cited the Chief Marshall Scorer - Gene Pease, Race Director Larry Biladaugh, Tech Adviser Bob Joslyn, Tech Inspector - Don Healy, Tear Down Don Crowley, Starter -Steve Donovan, Announcer Skip Devaglio, the Huntington, Cummington, Lions Clubs and The White Knight Snowmobile Club operating concession stands, the girls scoring the races and all the participaants. it. out front circuit, particular coopération of committee members: Fred Emerson, Benny Albert,” Bob Waryjasz and George taking off down the track riderless and running for a considerable distance before a spectator finally caught up with stayed track throughout on the Eastern race Oe eeu continue the racing. However, two laps later Rupp driver, Gary Deangelo was less _ fortunate convincing Doo generous contributions of both time and equipment from countless individuals. Race Salce flipped his Ski-Doo TNT on the first lap but was able to Worthington in his first year of competitive snowmobile racing, Ski most all the drivers thankful for the long summer’s rest that lay on In Women’s Class IV competition, Joanne Dickinson of Granville, Mass., nipped Linda Dykas of Liecester for first place honors. Pat Lyons of Lebanon, Conn., placed third. Benny Albert from track to England Division D-Stock when his sled righted after a his The continuous weekend grind from New or skags, changed to inserts, to increase handling on the slick track. Herb Armstrong returned with , �‘THE SHARRON GIRLS — all seven of them - pose in this portrait of braids and ribbons. A House Full Of S ugar An d Spice BY LOLA E. BILLIEL WORTHINGTON — There is lots of sugar and spice in the Cornelius Sharron household on Buffington Hill Road. There is also lots of washing, ironing and hair-brushing. But most of all, there is lots of togetherness. The Sharrons have seven children, all daughters. Ranging from Helen Theresa, who is 12, to 2%-month-old Pamela, the Sharron girls represent a picturbook collection of braids, ribbons and happy smiles. The Sharrons admit they had hoped for a son somewhere along the way. “We were running out of girls names,’ Mrs. Sharron said, laughing. Now content with the size of their family, the Sharrons will wait for their girls ‘‘to bring sons home.”’ Having seven children makes for a busy mother and housewife. But Mrs. Sharron, who feels a woman belongs in the home, goes about it with an unusual flair. Somehow she manages to keep up the family’s 13-room house, maintain a garden for canning and freezing purposes and still find time to sit with her daughters after school to discuss the da ee y’ s activities. In fact, that is her most favorite time of day. Mrs. Sharron has found that a family of all daughters has its advantages, despite the 21hours required daily to keep up with the washing, ironing, and folding of clothes. A feeling of togetherness prevails in the Sharron household that very likely might not exist in a family of boys and girls. The Sharron children have pretty much the same interests. They enjoy working, reading and playing together, with older ones assisting the younger with their homework. Picnics, family swims and gardening are activities shared by the whole family. As in most large families, the girls are expected to lend a - « ”. 2 helping hand around the house — and do so cheerfully. In addition to cleaning their own rooms, the girls take turns serving as “hostess for the day’’ — setting the table and serving the meal. While one girl may be hostess on a given day, another is responsible for neatly putting away coats and boots. Still other daughters are in charge of putting away folded clothes, wiping dishes or taking the garbage out. By working together and taking part in the household chores, the girls learn to respect and care for a home and for each other. A lack of sons does not deter Mr. Sharron from pursuing. his interests and sharing them with his children. Supervising principal of Center School in Dalton, he finds time to play ball with his girls and to take them fishing. Besides youngest, the the eldest Sharron and children are: Romona, 9; Melissa, 8; Ann Marie, 6; Catherine Frances, 5; and Margaret Eva, 2. Mrs. Sharron, who spends 40 minutes each morning brushing her daughters’ hair, feels the family is rich in a way beyond materialism. “We have lots of love and respect for each other,’ she observes. With that, who needs sugar and spice? �8 - Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Mon., Feb. 14, 1972 Worthington Play School Provides Playmates, Learning Opportunity | must often the homes are often far from the nearest neighbor. In the town of Worthington, which contains more than 33 square miles of countryside, a band of rugged mothers have pooled their resources, talent and concern to create the Worthingtori Play School. Held in a public hall two days each week, the school gives preschoolers the opportunity to get together for organized play. Its main aim is to provide socialization for the tots, according to Whitmarsh, organizers. Although pretend oriented, service children to it by the Mrs: one school Lucy of the does not be educationally provides a_ vital just supplying with pfaymates the and an atmosphere conducive to healthy play. In many cases, the children would not have playmates until they attended regular school several years later. Field Trips The play school, held in old the use field clay, finger paint, trips which most and go on parents meeting place. Raised Money While the group was for working on the hall, noted Mrs. Whitmarsh, they continued the play school in the church basement. To raise money needed for redecorating the hall never seem to find the time to take them on. And all this is done with other children--teaching each how to get along and the mothers sponsored several socialize with the others. more bake sales and a local Started about a year ago, the first months of the unique school . woman donated a sum of money. The group was also able to saw the group of mothers trying purchase some wooden to organize some form of center. playthings, including a rocking When first organized it met in the boat, balance beam, steam town hall and the only toys available were those that have shovel, sink, train and ironing been donated. Each family with board, as well as doll carriage children attending contributed $1 a week and this was used to purchase crayons, finger paints and similar materials. Last spring the mothers sponsored two bake sales and with the money raised purchased corrugated blocks and other articles. With approaching, terminated. summer the play months school September saw the group gain a fresh start. A few interested mothers got together and decided what their aim for that year would be so they could meet with all interested persons. The group decided it would like to take on the responsibility of using Lyceum Hall as_ their and dolls. The previous spring the group had purchased easels and obtained two oblong tables and 30 chairs for their use. In December, under the directorship of Margo Paddock, a bazaar was conducted and a $500 profit was realized, which, Mrs. Whitmarsh noted, gave the group the opportunity to become well-established. Each mother now donates her time helping at the school. At present there are 22 children enrolled, with 18 attending ona regular basis. The mothers provide their own transportation and teach for one week out of five. They are also responsible cleaning the each mother’ doing every sixth week. building this w ab The building offers the pl school a reading room, compl with rocking chair, books a shelves, which and a nature corn the children greatly enj Many of the books were donate notes Mrs. Whitmarsh. Play Area There is also a large room us as the children’s play area. includes a wooden slide, truc cars, dolls, and similar pl articles. A third room is used f arts and crafts, and this is whe easel painting and_ simil projects take place. Still anoth room accommodates puzzles a clay, while a small kitchen ar offers juice and cookies for t children. Although educational, the with group no is noh- teachers, the mothers provide a learni _experience for their children. Events have included a field tr to the library and one to the fife station: Mrs. Whitmarsh notés that they hope to be able participate in one field trip ‘a month. iin towns affords ! Future events might possibly include a trip to a farm and sugar house. Halloween and Christm. parties were enjoyed last et dence hill Hall, children an opportunity to color, sata cece populated learn to cope with problems unknown to city residents. One of these is providing their young children with playmates,’ since Lyceum ye THE READING ROOM is a fascinating world of other lands and people. Here, ‘Teacher’ Corrine Sakaske relates a story about a in BY LOLA E. BILLIEL Residents of sparsely- and Valentine’s Day will find the children Other activities have been making egg carton birds feeders and experience in cutting, from Smith’s School spoke to the children decorating cupcakes. pasting and similar activities. Although the idea for the play school was completely generated within the town, the organizers did tour Smith’s School’s Preschool and found the professionals there extremely helpful. They gave ideas of things to expect from _ the CREATIVITY is freely expressed in the easel room, as these youngsters demonstrate. Shown with brushes in hand are (I-r) Jennifer Reagan, Shari Fisk, Sally Knapp and Carolyn Paddock. them. In and of things to do with November a woman Worthington group and noted that such schools generated by the mothers, are usually found to be most successful. The Well Organized group is considered well organized. Some of _ those responsible for organizing it include: Coreen Sakaske, in charge of the school program; Dorothy Figiela, in charge of presiding over which there are month; meetings, about one of a Julia Sharron, treasurer, and Mrs. Whitmarsh, secretary. Mrs. Whitmarsh noted that the play school might possibly meet this summer, since the children enjoy the socialization so much and seem to get so much out of it. The mothers also find the socializing to be enjoyable. The voung women of Worthington have proven that children do not necessarily have to have lonely childhoods just because there are no nearby neighbors. A bit of concern anda lot of organizing and work have produced the opportunity for hill town children to start school at an advanced level. Chances are there will be no bashful graduates of the play school showing up in the public schools. nme fox to (I-r) Judi Mason, ’Leslie Figiela, David Whitmarsh, Bill McCarthy, Shannon Sakaske and Melissa Dragon. �Health Center M embers Sought WORTHINGTON — The annual membership drive for the Worthington Health Association is now underway. Financial support is needed to maintain the Worthington keep it people open in Health and Center available Worthington and neighboring towns. and to all The center is now fully staffed. Dr. George Scarmon offers medical service while use of an x-ray and laboratory are proving of great value. There are plans being made for future expansion. Dr. John Modestow, longtime dentist, has been with the center for several years and _ has introduced many of his patients to further use of other facilities. Dr. L. Albert Webb of Holyoke has now started work as staff optometrist due to the illness and resignation of Dr. Richard Peppe. The association provides all equipment for the three medical services - the building, clerical and non-professional help. Membership needed donations to maintain are the center. Being a member in order to use the Center is not a requirement, but. is an honor to be a part of such an _ outstanding medical facility. rural All paid members are qualified to vote at Association meetings. DR. JOHN MODESTOW, Worthington Health Center dentist, checks the teeth of a young patient. ao a 8 WORTHINGTON sana namaasorpeBonne ences * HEALTH CENTER i s housed in this modern building. �Worthington Coffee —_ MRS. JOSEPH ron WORTHINGTON— Zs Mrs. Ellen F. (Byrnes) Dunn, wife of Joseph J. Dunn of Huntington Road, formerly of Springfield, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Besides her husband, a retired worker in the Department of Motor Vehicles, she is survived by a son, Navy Commander Joseph daughter, Moriarty. J. Dunn Jr., Mrs. and Thomas a J. The funeral will be Friday at 8 from the T.P. Sampson State Street Funeral Home with a liturgy of Christian burial in St. Michael's Cathdral at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Chicopee. Calling hours at the funeral home will be today from 7 to 9 ey Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to p.m. MRS. MERTON COTTRELL WORTHINGTON — Mrs. Ellen (Birnie) Cottrell, 63, of Old North Road, wife of Merton Cottrell, died Wednesday in the Springfield Hospital. = She was born in Springfield, May _ 3, 1910, daughter of Alexander and Mary (Ruxton) Birnie. : She attended the Springfield - schools and graduated from Oberlin College. For many years she was employed as a _ secretary for the Moore Drop \ \ Forge Corp., moving toWorthington 15 years ago. She was a member of the Worthington Congregational Church, the Friendship Guild, secretary of the Worthington Golf Club, secretary of the Thursday Coffee Group, and a trustee of the Whiting Street Fund. Besides her husband she is survived by a son, Dr. Bruce Cottrell of Denver, Colo.; a daughter, Mrs. M. Joan Kelly of Largo, Fla,; a_ sister, Mrs. Catherine Dellescese of Springfield; a brother, Ruxton Birnie of Longmeadow and eight grandchildren. Private funeral services will be Saturday at the F.C. Haley Funeral Home in Huntington. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., in the Worthington Congregational Church. There will be no calling hours. ‘ Friends who wish may make contributions in her memory to the First Congregational Church of Worthington. Cummington’s Inyo WORTHINGTON in Cummington TF Frank town’s where he when he opened Steele’s Tiny Old New England Museum until his retirement. He was a member of the Pioneer Valley Antique Dealer’s Association and the Deer Hill Rod andGun _ Club of Cummington. He is survived by his wife, the former Alice Roseman Cudworth. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 pm. in the Village Congregational Church in Cummington with the pastor the Rev. Charles McEwan, officiating. Burial will be in the Dawes Cemetery. Calling hours at the Charles A. Funeral Chesterfield tonight from Center 7 to Home 9 will program, with in Walter _Markert. has been elected; and a complete report of activities will soon be given. Contrary to the usual program, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Group, 40 women went to Westfield to a gala luncheon. An anniversary cake donated by Mrs. Kenneth Porter, was the finale. Favors for all were made by Mrs. William Weber. A large scarecrow made by Mrs. Edward Chamberlin was given to Mrs. John McCarthy, while the centerpiece, a_ flower arrangement, was awarded to Mrs. Bradford Fisk. Next week the Group will settle into their usual form when Mrs. Michael Higgins entertains at her home on Chesterfield Road. an He was born in Windsor, March 12, 1908, the son of George W. and Maude _ (Richards) Hathaway and had been a resident of Worthington for the past 50 years. He was a carpenter and wood finisher. He was a member of the Globe Lodge of Masons in Hinsdale, the Worthington Congregational Church and the Worthington Golf Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Eddy, a_ son, Richard S. of Huntington; a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Ross of Westfield; his mother, Mrs. Maude Hathaway of Dalton; two brothers, Harold and Russell, both of Hinsdale; three sisters, Mrs. Mae Stevens, Mrs. Irene DeCelles, and Mrs. Thelma Baczek, all of Dalton, and three granddaughters. Memorial Services will be held in the Worthington Congregational Church on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Center Cemetery at the convenience of the family. There will be no calling hours. Contributions may be made to the Worthington Congregational Church or the - Worthington Health Center. Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home of Chesterfield is in charge. Se be p.m.” Former Memorial Contributions may be made to the Cummington Historical Commission. _ Engagement Mr. Pinte and Mrs. 8 Frederick ington 3 — Franklin L. Carolyn Christine, to Kenneth A. Porter III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Porter Jr. of Worthington. A 1973 graduate of Gateway Regional High School, Miss Ferry is a_ secretary with Sesion E. Lyon Construction 0. Mr. Porter is a 1972 graduate of Smith’s Vocational School and is employed by the J.T. Rossi Corp. No date has been set for the wedding. Commissioner Succumbs At Wort 7 WORTHINGTON — William Ferry of Chester announce the engagement of their daughter, MISS CAROLYN FERRY Dickinson Hospital. £2= (4: vearly visit. Due to the illness of .the longtime secretary, Mrs. Merton -Cottrell, a new secretary. Mrs. In attendance of from 20 to 30 each week. Meeting at various homes, or at the church parlor or Golf Club, omitting only Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks, last year $435 was contributed to the Health Center. Some money was given to the endowment fund, but mostly the group purchased articles needed at the Center. but not provided for in the budget. A small fee is paid each week and a prize given to some person, who the next week brings a prize for someone else. Once or twice each year a food sale or Dutch auction is held and the proceeds used for some special project. Women of all ages attend the the Some of hours. coffee their women younger bring children along. Cards are sent to any member. who is ill or is experiencing some misfortune. Another project is sponsoring the Red Cross Bloodmobile on its was engaged in farming until 1929, winning a United States Department of Agriculture Award in 1920 at the Hillside Agricultural Society. He became a cabinet maker and operated an antique business in West Cummington known as Steele’s Pilgrim Shop until 1958 Bisbee — October. 1963, Mrs. Walter Tower invited a few friends to her home for coffee, and to discuss the possibility of forming a group to meet regularly to aid the Worthington Health Center in some small way. A few more friends were invited to meet the next week. and now at the end of 10 years, the Thursday Morning Coffee Hour is an established part of the Dewey Steele, 94, of Main Street, the town’s oldest citizen died Saturday at the #Ashmere Nursing Home in Hinsdale. He was born in_ Worthington, February 3, 1879, the son of Isaac Hubbard and Alice Augusta (Cudworth) Steele. Since 1911, he had made his home George Hathaway, 65, of West Street, died Thursday at Cogley. Group Is 10. Yrs. Old Oldest Citizen Dies At Age 94 FRANK D. STEELE CUMMINGTON — _§ RICHARD G. HATHAWAY WORTHINGTON — Richard Sanderson, 83, of Huntington Road, died Monday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He was born in Worthington, April 15, 1890, son of Frank and Julia (Drake) Sanderson and was educated in the local schools. For many years he was a selfemployed plumber. A veteran of World a War member _ Cummington I, of he American the was Legion Post 304 and past commander of the post. He was Past Master of the Worthington Grange 90 and — for-25 year§ served as a member of the Water Commission of Worthington. He is survived by his wife, Marion (Fox) Sanderson: two sons, William Franklin Sanderson of Orange .and Richard Alan Sanderson of Clockville. N. Y.; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Louise Nelson and Mrs. Shirley Mae Packard, both of Worthington; two sisters, Mrs. Veeva LaFond of Worcester and Mrs. Bessie Brunetti of Natick: 12 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Charles R. Bisbee Funeral Home with the Rev. Douglas Small officiating. Burial Cemetery. will be in Ringville Calling hours at the funeral home will be Wednesday from 7 to9p.m. Donations may be made in his _ memory to the Worthington Church Association, or the Worthington Congregational Church. �Town hall resident Motorcyclist Killed In Crash In Goshen custodian in. Worthington is 85 today By LOIS ASHE BROWN WORTHINGTON ness son as J. usual Davis 85th. birthday work at the — today who with Glen It’s busifor will a Grove his day’s Dispos- Sprightly and incredibly fit for a man of his years, he attributes his good health to sensible living. By his own close to cluttered tell, he lives ed nature and has never his life with material Conscientious actually lives in a Town He Schedules events It ‘began back in the days when a woodburning furnace heated the hall and water pipes for modern plumbing were installed. Through the years, Emmy has been on hand to answer the phone, schedule the to work gardener of his life after a a tangle His passenger, to use of the community in events, and to of relate very in common. that all is in readiness. and find Worthington November. much he remembers Hall and the . Tours, as a guide a favorite for lived part of which by : Although Emmy has never married, he claims to have been in love several times. Perhaps his greatest love affair is with the town of Worthington he gives his utmost daily. where moving to Cummington last grandmother Mrs. Edmund Charette of Douglas Small officiating. Burial will be in the Bryant Cemetery in Cummington. Calling hours at the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield Center will be Cook's surrounded to The funeral will be Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Worthington Congregational Church with the pastor Rev. Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. ~ was his guided tour and lecture at the Louvre in Paris. He recounts those days with delight. which he children. prior and his maternal Northampton. hear- One of the dreams of his early years that lhe likes to talk about deals with a big white house in 16, of Old North Road, He had just finished his Junior Year at Smith’s Vocational ing firsthand tales of his heroes, At one time in his youth, he worked Jeffrey Albert, School in Northampton. Besides his father and mother he leaves two sisters; Mrs. David Stone of Worthington, Mrs. Richard Thayer of Woronoco; and a brother Lawrence Sears of Cummington, and he played as a child in that where medical Sears was born in Westfield, in 1956, the son of Raymond a self-proclaimed disciple of Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emmy. prefers and practices the simple life. His mother was born in Concord town Corriden, H. and Ruth (Parker) Sears. He had lived with his family in As This includes setting up tables and chairs and taking them down again, as well as decorating for all occasions. Working a seven-day week, and more than 12 hours a day, has been his way of life for. as long as Emmy can remember. Besides serving his town as cus- todian of the Town well F. The youths were transported to the hospital by the Goshen Fire Department ambulance. COs and this early one, for they see Thomas motorcycle made contact with the left front of the truck in the westbound lane, State Police said. the North and may be the oldest CO in the hall for all manner Dr. neck, police said. Both were thrown about 50 feet as a result : Bay State. There is no generation gap between the latter day J. Davis in critical of the impact on Route 9, 25 feet east of East Street, according to Trooper Bruce E. Smith, who investigated. Smith said Ames was traveling east on Route 9 at 8:45 p.m., and had stopped to make a left turn. The oncoming Adams. He decided then to become a conscientious objector Emerson remains Worthington, is listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Holyoke Hospital, after being transferred from Cooley Dickinson. Albert is suffering from head injuries and fractures of both arms and legs, according to State Police from the Northampton barracks. Sears died of a crushed chest and fractured left thigh and landscape with by Goshen, in front of Town Hall. his own carry out Worthington as youth up truck driven by William J. Ames, 30, of Main Street, objector to Worthington examiner, after his motorcycle came in contact with a pick- beautiful draft board in his native board laid out on the big table around which the Selectmen wages. came 1917 Hall. For much of the past-25 years, he has made his home in Worthington’s’ Town Hall. His bed is a pad of corrugated card- mum years Worthington and has given from pocket untold sums to his ideas. “Emmy,” as he is known to everyone in the hilltowns, is perhaps the only man in Ameri- meet; and his sheets are the white paper rolled out for public-supper tablecloths. A resident custodian af the Town Hall is a luxury few towns could afford even at mini- many keeping possessions. ca who Northampton meeting of the Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns held that year in Framingham. As a one-man village improvement society, Emmy has devot- al Area. A condition today a's a result of a truck-motorcycle accident which killed a Cummington youth here last night. Ronald L. Sears, 17, of Route 9, Cummington, was pronounced dead on arrival at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in It was in the spring of 1964 that he was honored as Massachusetts’ ‘‘Outstanding Municipal Employee.” That honor was conferred on him at the annual Emer- mark full GOSHEN — disposal area, he is commissioner of the North Cemetery. Worthington Native To Lead Selectmen WORTHINGTON — _ 6G. Kenneth Osgood of this town will become’ president of the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association upon acceptance of the resignation of Thomas Darcy of Westwood. Darcy's letter of resignation as president of the state organization of selectmen citing health and personal reasons was received by Osgood Friday. The letter will be acted upon at a meeting of Massachusetts Selectmen on July 28 in Auburn. As first vice president. Osgood. who has served the town of Worthington as a selectman for 19 years, automatically becomes president according to the organization's bylaws. Osgood has been secretary and second vice president of the State association before assuming the first ' vice presidency last year. C. KENNETH OSGOOD �Anniversary Celebration MRS. CHARLES HARRINGTON JR. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Dragon (left) and Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Roberta Humphrey Bride WORTHINGTON— Congregational Roberta Church Lauren An ecumenical Aug. 18 Humphrey, service united daughter in of Mr. Fisk, both of Worthington, at the marriage and First Mrs. Miss G. William Humphrey of Old Post Road, and Charles Walter Harrington Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Harrington of are pictured on the Lido deck of the Italian Line’s luxury liner, “Leonardo da Vinci,’ just before sailing out of New York harbor on a vacation cruise to the sunny Caribbean. Mr. and Mrs. Dragon are celebrating their 10th and Mr. and Mrs. Fisk their ninth wedding anniversaries during the cruise. Mr. Dragon is leader of Chet Draaon Orchestra. Winchester. Officiating at the 3 p.m. double-ring service were the Rev. Douglas Small, pastor, and the Rev. Thomas G. LeFebvre, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church, Northampton. Miss Robin Humphrey was her sister’s maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Rowena Humphrey, another sister of bride; and Maureen and.Kathleen Harrington, sisters of bridegroom. Best man was Lloydo Cuttler, and serving as ushers were bridegroom’s brother, Brian Harrington, James Haggerty Reed Sullivan. the the the and The church was decorated by the bride’s father, and the bride and her sisters arranged the flowers for the bridal party. The bride’s mother fashioned her Juliet-style gown of white crepe which was styled with a lace bodice and sleeves. Her matching cap and lace veil were trimmed with tiny white daisies. Her diamond drop necklace was given to her grandmother by her grandfather on their wedding day and was also worn by her mother when she was married. The Deer Hill House Inn in West Cummington was the setting for the reception following the ceremony. For a wedding trip to New Hampshire the bride wore a dress with navy accessories. The couple Lowell. The bride blue skirt, is residing attended blue at and 1349 Gateway white bodice Pawtucket Regional and Blvd., High white Apt. 12, School in Huntington and Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell. She is a mathematician for the Lowell Technological Research Foundation. The bridebroom also attended Lowell Technological Institute and is studying for a doctorate degree in economics at Northeastern University in Boston. ua er, ton (right) by AMERICAN FARMER degree was presented to Jerry Mollison of Worthing convention Dwight Seegmiller, national president of the Future Farmers of America at the FFA joins the degree, the with presented members FFA 564 of one in Kansas City, Mo. Mollison, select group that represents only about one per cent of FFA members. �Frew, Brodrick Buy Cummington Garage Vi 6—‘E %_ BY JANET MARTIN CUMMINGTON Cummington Garage owned and operated by Raymond Sears for They have three children and own a home in Stevensville. Frew attended ‘Worthington School and Smith’s Vocational High School in Northampton. For three and one-half years he served as a boiler tender in the U.S. Navy. the last 20 years has been sold to Forrest Frew and _ Robert Brodrick both of Worthington. Forrest Frew, 36, better known as ‘Fuzzy,’ is no newcomer to the business. He worked for Sears ever since he purchased Robert Brodrick, 33, came to Worthington with his wife and three children three years ago from the Boston area. He attended Melrose High School. the business in 1953. Frew is married to the former Marjorie Richardson of Goshen. Norwich University, Northfield, Vt., Boston University and Northeastern. Before coming to this area he was employed by _StantialMcCulloch Co. in Reading where he spent nine years in the sales and service department for Scorpion snowmobiles, McCulloch power saws and Snapper mowers. Brodrick experience said, “I feel my in this department can help a great saw was added deal at tl garage where these products ai sold.”’ In 1954 the McCulloch cha: business, snowmobile 1966. - to the garag with Scorpia sales beginning i In 1970 an additional buildir was built which serves as Massachusetts. __Inspectic Station and storage for tl snowmobiles, lawn and garde power equipment which are pa of the business automotive parts. Fuzzy as well as tl explained, thé everything will be kept the sam as it has been for years. ‘‘In tim we hope to make a bigge business than it is now,” h added. “We are continuing with the¢ hour wrecker service and wi keep the regular hours from a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, a.m. to noon Saturday and wi be closed on Sunday,’ sai Frew. When asked about th “temporarily out of gas’’ sigt now inside the garage, Fuzz explained that the only reasa they were out of gas was becaus normally ‘‘we would pump 1,00 to 1,300 gallons a week but wit other places out of gas we’ve hai more customers coming here si by pumping 2,000 gallons we were out for a time.”’ ir oY: NEW OWNERS of the Cummington Garage, are Forrest Frew and =” Robert Brodrick, both of Worthington, shown above with a small tractor. Frew and Brodrick bought out Raymond ~ u. LARENCE WORTHINGTON — A. G. PE ASE! Clarence A. G. Pease, former president and chairman of the board of directors of the Endura Manufacturin g Corporation of SA < ©. Pre ond now S S SK his home OUNnNDON Seon ae tal as “alse S SS 7 oO. 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B4o.fueoesu seus LUTE: ws SE Sasss 5S eS o S>fene sm Sr sS By H e is survived b y his wife, Arline (Brooks ) Pease; two daughters , Margaret Carels of Springfield , Va., and Barbara Stuart of West Orange, N.Y.: a son, William, of Bangor, Me.: two grandchildren: two great grandchildren; and his brother, Lester, of Templeton. .* who ’ Sears formerly of Worthington ROBERT SCHRADE RPT Robert Schrade In Sun. Piano Concert F WORTHINGTON — Robert Schrade. internationally known pianist of New York and Worthington. will play a program of masterworks in the second concert of the Sevenars Summer Series Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The concert will be held at the old Methodist Church in South Worthington. and refreshments will be served at intermission. Admission is by donation. with proceeds benefiting the church and concert fund. The program will include works by Beethoven. Schumann. Chopin, and Ravel performed recently by Mr. Schrade at Chandler Hall. Randolph. Vt.. as their season's opening concert. SOS co Robert Schrade. hailed as one of the greatest in the world of pianists. (Het Parool. Amsterdam) has drawn capacity audiences at New York's Carnegie Hall. where he has appeared in numerous solo recitals as well as with orchestra. Since his Town Hall. N.Y. debut in 1949 he has won unanimous press acclaim tor his New York concerts as well as for his European tours and Civic Concert Tours of America and Canada. Praise trom the critics can be summed up in these words of **Musical America’ *‘Schrade has technique to burn and temperament to spare. Under his fingers the whole gigantic creation came to life in what sounded like an inspired improvisation of the moment.” A pupil of the late Harold Bauer. Schrade received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in music simultaneously from the Manhattan School of Music where he is a member of the piano faculty. Because of a finger injury resulting in an operation. Mr. Schrade did not perform in the series last season. so it is with a. special sense of joyful anticipation that many admirers here welcome him back on Aug. 12. �Revolutionary War Lyndon Br confined | WORTHINGTON — Flag Day was marked here when a group gathered to pay tribute to own James to Texas_hospital WOR A delegation GTON — Lyndon L. American Brown is a patient at the Mother St. Francis Hospital in Tyler, Texas, where he was taken on May 2 after a train accident which resulted in the removal of a - ee UNIVERSITY OF N.H. WORTHINGTON fPorter, son of Mr. ‘— Charles and traveling |Kenneth Porter will enter the University of New Hampshire in September to major in animal and studying Hospital. Two weeks ago, for the another MRS. : (t— 4 pOROTHY-F-LILLY + WORTHINGTON — Mrs. Dorothy F. (Bartlett) Lilly, 61, of 165 North Hoosic Road, Williamstown died Nov. 2 in the North. Adams Regional Hospital. _ i She was born in Worthington, ‘the daughter of the late Guy F. and Alice (Mosher) Bartlett. She was married to Morris Liland Gateway WORTHINGTON — The ly at her home, ‘‘The Spruces,”’ High School,funeral of Jeffrey J. Albert of on Oct. 12, 1934 and they lived in e ee was Manday morning North Adams and Williamstown. 2 at St. Thom i R She F. andMclIntyre officiating. Burial was Dorothy (Fairman) Wronskiin St. Thomas Cemetery, Hunwas graduated fromtington. Bearers were Ronald Gateway in 1972, and was aKelivitt, Bennie Albert, Ernest construction worker, and4aFogg, Steven Baldwin, member of Pittsfield Orderedward Jalbert and Mark of DeMolav. also leaves ie a grand. sister onovan. Bisbee Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements, JEFFREY J. ALBERT was a graduate of Commerce High School in Springfield, a member of First Church of Christ Scientist in North Adams, and was church soloist for many years. She also sang with the Bach Choir of Pitt- sfield and was a soloist for the Unitarian-Universalist Church in North Adams. She was.a button sollector and a member of the Valley Button Club. WORTHINGTON — Jeffrey Hoosic ane tine” oo Besides her husband, she Paehe Porat willhe Merotay John Albert, 17, of Old North eaves four daughters, Mrs. be Monday Road, died in an automobile accifuneral will ; ne Katheryn Riley of New Ipswich, in Worthington gent early Saturday morning. afternoon Mrs. Barbara Foster of Congregational Church with Born in Worthington Oct. 5, N.H., Adams, Elizabeth of burial in North Cemetery. 1956, he was the son of Bernard North home, and Frances (Donovan) Albert. Denver, and Marjorie of Boston; funeral ‘Bisbee ‘our brothers, Robert T., and | Chesterfield, is in charge. a | ee rances ne : - Bins rothers, survived s by James and Benny; two and attended Gateway until last LaFogg, all of this town. He attended Gateway Regional year, then went to work on High School and was employed the family potato farm. his Besides on the Albert he Pe parents, aes broters, nm "the Ret Richard Mclntyre of Mrs. ie Bonnie Doreen - Kievitt, Maiyjasz, a,’ ficiated Mrs. af 19 Mrs. Chur at the funeral which was is morning at St. Thomas ati i Nancy Baldwin and Mrs. in the’ paj Se The ‘Linda LaFogg, all of Wor- Bisbee Funer: ne.of hiester. ‘thington. George, E., Horace F. all of i> four sisters, Mrs. Bonnie Kievitt, Worthington, and Charles M. of en 4n¢ Mrs. Doreen Waryjasz, Mrs. Oyster Bay, New York; three (Donovan) Albert, Nancy Baldwin andMrs. Linda sisters, Mrs. Horace Bell of ne 2 the WORTHINGTON’S Revolutionary War hero, James Benjamin, was honored on Flag Day when a plaque was placed on his grave by the DAR, Westfield Chapter General William Shepherd. Mrs. nma conducted the ceremony. Ray Bartlett Jr. (le Wronski, 20, of Huntingtontington, with the"Rev Richard He led a motorcycle accident in Russell. WORTHINGTON — morning at Bisbee funeral Maleolm Wronski and Jef- home and in St. Thomas frey J. Albert, who died early Church, Huntington, with Saturday morning in a one- -**~*-1—in__the parish ris car crash on Route 112, wére Semel * lifelong residents, attended ALBERT FUNERAT ae : of the General Westfield, former town boy, Michael Shea, now of Huntington, lost his leg in Rites Set Monday For Crash Victims son of Chester Westfield’s of Mrs. Donald Marr, the former Leslie Cole of this town, is a nurse at the Mother St. Francis class. He was very active in the Future Farmers of America, (FFA); serving as chapter secretary during his sophomore year, vice president his junior year and parliamentarian during his senior year. Porter is the state FFA second vice president. Road, the Daughters both ceremony which was also attended by Edith Benjamin of Chicago who is a descendant of James Benjamin, and by several townspeople. also has a phone in his room. on June 5 was vice president of Regional Huntington. : from Revolution, Schoonmaker, can be sent in care of his uncle, Route 5, Tyler, Texas, 75701. He |Smith’s Vocational High School schools town’s H. Brown, in Tyler. Mail for him Porter who graduated from the |agriculture department at local the past six months. For the week previous to his accident, Brown, 22, had been visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George science. his sophomore of William Shepherd Chapter, headed by Westfield Mayor John Rhodes installed a plaque on Benjamin’s grave. Mrs. Ray Bartlett Jr. and Mrs. Ernest the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Brown. At the time of his accident he was en route home from South America where he had been ° Mrs. one : J his right leg below the knee. He is i 4 CHARLES Benjamin, Revolutionary War heroes, at the little cemetery located way off the road at Parker Four Corners. hero — field® was The funeral will be Monday arrangement ms oe: arge.of Augusta, Maine, Mrs. C. Raymond Magargal of Worthington, and Mrs. Albert N. Hardy of Hinsdale, Ill., and_ five grandchildren. The funeral was held at the Sherman Burbank Memorial Chapel this afternoon with burial following in the Eastlawn Cemetery in Williamstown. Memorial tributes may be made to the Williamstown Visiting Nurse Association. Mrs. Florence Ballantine, 88; College President’s Mother — Mrs. Florence (Bessey Brewster Ballantine, 88, mother of Yale University president Kingman Brewster Jr., and former Springfield resident, died Wednesday Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was born Bridgeport, Conn., and up in Springfield. at in grew Mrs. Ballantine was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wellesley College, onf of the Pat wee hee Mrs. Ballantine moved to Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard in 1946. Besides Kingman Brewster Jr., she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Robert Kennedy of Cambridge and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Mitchell . of Longmeadow; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. A memorial service will be Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Vineyard Vineyard charge. Haven, funeral Contributions Ballantine’s sent to Hospital College. Martha’s or to College was master’s in active degree philosophy. in She Wellesley - alumni affairs. She served on the boards ef the Family Welfare Associations and of Cambridge, Springfield was an and _ the organizer of the Connecticut Valley Foreign Policy Association Springfield Child Guidance Clinic. She was the widow of Edward Ballantine, professor of. music at Harvard University, who died in. 1971. she married him in 1932 following a 1927 divorce from i: rewster of Worthington, Mass. M. Cottrell exchange vows B. WORTHINGTON — MurielRoad Hill on ingt Hixon of Buff of Old and Merton A. Cottrell North Road exch anged marriage edral vows Saturday at the CathH. The N. ge, Rind in of the pines l, of First Dougla Rev. : s Smalrch here, 0 f. Congregational Chu ceremony. ficiated at the 11 a.m. matron of was Frances Prew w of HinPre t ber honor, and Her They are | sdale was best man. aw of the in-l herbrot and er sist bridegroom. The couple wil 1 be at home on Sept. 1. Old North Road after in Martha’s home is in in Mrs. name.may first students at the Simmons School of Social Work, and a graduate of the Radcliffe _ program Church be Vineyard Wellesley �16 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Wed., Jan. 2, 1974 Nearing retirement ViSA President C. K. Osgood, at 61, fines this ‘busiest year of his life’ By EDWARD FOGARTY WORTHINGTON — Nearing retirement after 20-years of public service, Worthington selectman C. Kenneth Osgood, 61, admits this is year’ of his life. the .‘‘busiest In addition to acting as selectman and. water commissioner in Worthington, Osgood was recently elected president of the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association (MSA), and in 1974 Osgood said that MSA will be more active than before. The MSA, he notes, has hired two full-time directors in Boston to represent the MSA’s interests and members have shown increasing interest in the organization. Already the MSA, along with three other statewide municipal associations, has forced Governor Francis Sargent to recon- sider his recent veto of $24 million in state aid to cities and towns. Sargent is expected to announce his decision on revoking the veto Friday. Advocates Home Rule In addition the MSA has filed said Osgood, noting that the state dictates the salary towns must pay school teachers, the chief of police and other officials hired by the town. cut come man, who pays the biggest percentage certain vote on school department expenditures the legislature now mandates. Founded in the 1930s, the MSA has a membership of 1,100 selectmen from across the state. represent state’s Osgood, to And day, a little spare as he has said 30 per cent organization time he has, Pittsfield for the each past 35 years, to work at the General Electric plant in Pittsfield as group leader in the gas manufac- turing plant. Although Osgood would definitely be considered in the ‘over-30' generation, his ideas and spry attitude belie his age. Noting the changing character Vorthington news graduated income tax which increase the sales tax or to cut the to this can get over the past six-years. Since his election he said ‘‘all my spare time” is involved in traveling to Boston once per week and handling affairs as Worthington selectman and water commissioner. Employed at G. E. commuting easing if we inrease over this year’s $60,000 budget slated for next year will mean lobbying efforts of the MSA will intensify. : Osgood was elected MSA presi-dent this past October after serving as vice president and treasurer of burden said Osgood, is to have a one-half that point across the lawmakers said of the state taxes.” means nearly population,’’ ‘‘maybe Osgood One would place a higher percentage of state spending upon the wealthy. will listen a little better.’ OSGOOD selectman expenditures and allow them to They C. KENNETH Worthington with the state legislature bills which would allow city or town to -the % The suggests the state needs “another tax’’ in order to take the burden off of ‘‘the middle in- of Worthington since he was a boy, Osgood said it is the property tax which has forced the many ‘dairy farmers to move out and be replaced by commuters from Northampton, Pittsfield and Westfield. ‘“‘More home-rule is needed,”’ Another suggestion is to state spending, he said. State, A Big Spender Although Osgood said the state: “spends too much,”’ he does not agree that the money is spent disproportionately in~the eastern half of the state. ‘‘We always used to say com- munities west of Route 128 didn’t get that much of the state spending,”’ he noted. But because of improved representation at the state house and lobbying by the MSA, Osgood Massachusetts adequate money. said now western receives an percentage of state He said this area gets its share of welfare money, but said the overall spending on welfare is too high across the state. Osgood, president whose expires term in as MSA October 1974, said he also plans to retire as selectman his present retirement Electric will He said he handiwork”’ possibly buy in May of 1975 when term expires. His from General be in two years. will do ‘‘quitea lot of when he retires and sheep to ‘‘keep the grass down” on his 2.5 acres of property located on Old Post Road in Worthington. Noting his three daughters are married, Osgood said he and his wife Harriet would also ‘‘like to travel...provided there’s enough gas.” �0 a a REV. J. HERBERT OWEN WORTHINGTON — The Rev. J. 10 at the 11 a.m. ceremony in Saint Thomas Gordanna divinity | Seminary He was honorary Church in Huntington. Rude of Huntington, sister of the bride, Sone ae a cascade bouquet of breath. ; : of and died Gordon Theological Seminary in Boston in 1920 and a master of pastor, of icles e of honor. Cynthia and Melissa Towle and Cynthia Smit eos bridal attendants. Shari Stasz and Kristin Rude were flowe girls. ; : metas ride chose a white dotted swiss gown of empire s witha ath of embroidered daisies around the scoop neck. The gown was made by the bride, her mother and Mrs. Sondra a. sister of the bridegroom. The veil was fingertip length of whi . tulle attached to a Camelot cap of white dotted ges an embroidered daisies. She Ss, and baby’s 81, Wednesday in Hillcrest Hospital, Pittsfield. He was born in Radford, Va., son of Alfred and Kate Hunt Owen. He graduated from Colgate in 1916 and received a bachelor of divinity degree from : : : fae INGTON — Given away in marriage by her father, Louise Rude became the bride of Ie Sena on May 18. The Rev. Richard ee Owen, of the Cummington Worthington Churches, Catherine Rude wed to Timothy J. Sena Gainetine Herbert Melbourne, Fla. formerly pastor Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Mon., June 24, 1974 degree at Hartford in 1933. a charter member, life member of the Lenox Kiwanis Club, and a member of the Liberty Masonic Lodge of Beverly. ', At the time of his death he was pasto r emeritus of the United Church of Christ, Congregational of Melbourne and had been moderator of the Florida State daisies, G-a7- 74 Owens will celebrate golden anniversary Convention of Congregational yeme peseotien followed at Saint Rocco Club in Westie, ; Churches, retir ing in 1960. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Rude o ut In 1924 he was married to the tington, attended Sees Community College an former Bertha Wilder in Pitti estfield State College. Sfield. They celebrated their 50th amie Seder son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph —_ a wedding anniversary in Worthington, attended Westfield State College and is oe Worthington Congregational by Texon in Russell. The couple will reside in Worthington. Church on June 30. ‘by mAt Worthington 7 Contributions may be made in pastor from 1942 to 1952 or to the First Congregational Church of Worthington. ZaP ~F4 j MRS. HELEN McCANN WORTHINGTON — Cluny carried duties were assumed by Eric Porter and James Porter, also brothers of the bridegroom. Richard Ferry of Somers, Conn. was ring bearer. A reception was held at the Tekoa Country Club of Westfield. Mrs. Porter was _ graduated from Gateway Regional High School and is employed by the Albert Steiger Co. in Springfield. Porter, a Smith’s Luke’s Hospital in Pittsfield after a long illness. a cascade bouquet of carnations and stephanotis, white roses and hanging ivy. Beverly ‘baa of Hudson, N.Y. attended her sister as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Deborah LaLock and Judith Blake of Berwyn, Pa., both nieces of the bride. Pamela Ostrom of Hudson was flower girl. ; Charles Porter was his brother’s best man. Ushering Vocational High School graduate, employed by Lill-tool, Inc. Westfield. 5 is of After a wedding trip to Canada the couple will live in Westfield. at her home. - She was born in Lille, France, mrs. Helen (Chapman) McCann, 87, of Old North Road, widow of Roy W. McCann, died Monday in St. She wore a Juliet cap headpiece with a two-tiered veil of and in Pittsfield will his memory to the Church-on-theHill in Lenox, of which he was Jr. of She is survived by a brother, Irving A. Chapman of Green Ridge, Conn.: and a sister, Mrs. 5 MRS. KENNETH PORTER William Kirkham of Springfield. A private funeral will be held Wednesday in Worthington. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home is in charge of III arrangements. _ : Couple exchange WORTHINGTON — Catherine E. Bradbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Bradbury of Williamstown, became the bride Aug. 17 of David W. Whitcomb. son of Mrs. Austin E. Whitcomb of South Hadley and the late Dr. Whitcomb. The wedding took Williamstown’s Methodist Church formed by the place in United and was per- Rev. Robert K. Buckwalter. Mrs. Douglas Rea was matron of honor and Warren 7s eee vows ie—3 5-7¥ me na 4 F— Ma—JF Guilmartin Mr. and was Mrs. best man. Whitcomb live on Witt Hill Road. The bride who teaches will in Chester graduated from William- stown High School and Union College, Barbourville. Ky. Whitcomb teaches mechanics at Wahconah Regional High School, Dalton. He graduated from South Hadley High School, Cornwall Academy, Great Barrington and Union Barbourville, Ky. ( | ‘ t May 4, 1904, the daughter of Joseph and Marie (Demergq) Collier, She came to this country 26 years ago and has been a resident of Worthington for the past 20 years where she was a member of the Guild. College, Worthington Friendship She leaves her Theodore Labourer, a husband, step-son Joseph Labourer of France and a sister Mrs. Marie Dryden, N.Y., grandchildren. Burton of and two The funeral will be Friday from the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield Mrs. Owen | is the 1953, he was the son of Chester and Dorothy(Fairman) Wronski. He was a 19/Z graduate of Gateway Regional High School and a former member of the Order of Demolay in Pittsfield. Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Lynda, at home; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Fairman of this town. i The funeral service was at 2 this afternoon at the Worthington Congregational Church with the Rev. Douglas Small officiating. Burial was in North Cemetery. “The Bisbee Funeral Home was in eharge of arrangements. with a liturgy of Christian burial WRONSKERITESGi te tington at 10 a.m. Burial will be-in Ringville Cemetery in Worthington. Wronski was held in the First Congregational Church, Worthington, Monday afternoon, at St. s Berkshires for summers. This year they are living in the hom of Rachel Wylie on Reyn e olds Street in Lenox. former Bertha L. Wilder of Pittsfie They were married on June ld. 28, 1924 by the Rev. Dr. M. A. Levy in the Firs t Bapt ist Church of ngton Church from 1932 Pittsfield. Mr. and Mrs. until 1942 when he mov Owen ed to have been active in church and Lenox to serve as astor of the community affairs in all their Old Church-on-the- ill unti It was in that year that l 1952. pastorates and are especially he and rememvered in Worthi rs. Owen accepted a call ngton for to the the strong influence United Church they exertéd of Christover the town’s youth and their Congregational in bourne, work with them. Fla. Since retirement Mel they have both the Lenox and Friends from continued to live there Worthington win Serving that church as ters, parishes are expected to join in past or the cele bration on Sunday afteremeritus and coming to the noon. — a —_— MALCOLM D. WRONSKI = R = J WORTHINGTON — Malcolm SS 7] Iq Douglas Wronski, 20, of HuntL MRS. MARGUERITE tington Road was killed early LABOURER Saturday morning in an WORTHINGTON — Mrs. automobile poridens near his Marguerite (Collier) Labourer, home. &eS 70, of Huntington Road, Born in Worthington June 23, died Tuesday sdale will conduct the Evergreen service at 8 p.m. a formal gown of organza over taffeta with Empire waist, shepherdess sleeves and high organza, Home WORTHINGTON — The gold en wedding anniversary of and Mrs. J. Herbert’ Owenthe Rev. observed at a reception will be parlor of the Worthi in the Congregational Church onngton Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. Hostesses will be several brides married by Mr. Owen. Mr. Owen was pastor of the Worthi be today from 7 to 9 p.m. The Globe Lodge of Masons of Hin- The bride was given in marriage by her father, and wore with : R. Calling hours at the Wellington Funeral Frederick Ferry of Chester, and Kenneth A. Porter III, son of Mr. neckline accented lace trim. Hilton at the Church-on-the-Hill in Lenox, Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Church-onthe-Hill Cemetery. WORTHINGTON — The First Congregational Church of Worthington was the setting Saturday of the wedding of Carolyn Christine Ferry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. d Mrs. grandchildren. The funeral service will be held for ceremony Worthington. a daughter, Whitney of Roseland, N. J., three grandchildren and four great is setting and Mrs. Kenneth Porter Besides his wife, he is survived THE REV. AND MRS. OWEN 27-72 Thomas Church in Hun- Calling hours at the funeral home will be Thursday evening from 7 to 9. The Teen leolm Dy with the Rev. Douglas Small of. ficiating. Burial was in North Cemetery; Worthington. Bearers were Darryl Smith, Frank Wronski, William Wronski, Joseph Dcedik, Arthuse Behon, and Richard Rytko. Bisbee Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. �Votes $3,500 Worthington, third town, to back health center By ROB QUAINTANCE — WORTHINGTON Worthington became the third re Hilltown to vote a direct to the Worthington Healt Association at its annual Town Meeting on Saturday, approving a request for $3,500 by a wide margin. Citizens also heard a tentative planning board proposal for 3acre, 300-foot frontage re- for dwelling quirements construction and voted to raise and appropriate some $304,400. Assessors estimate this budget figure would mean a decrease of $3 per $1,000 valuation in the tax rate. Worthington voters approved a $3,500 grant to the financially endangered Worthington Health Association (WHA), reviving a petition which had been tabled at a special Town Meeting in the fall. The article requires that the board of health and the selectmen oversee the use of the funds, which will be appropriated from revenue sharirig monies. WHA President John Fisher told voters that with the introduction of several profitable services and restructuring of the old services, the clinic expected physicians clinic the that $2,000 each now to the WHA. Hilltowns served by the WHA. Assessor Franklin Hitchcock, who opposed the contribution, said that Worthington was already granting the WHA some $2,000 annually by waiving taxes He also on their property. questioned the legality of supporting ‘‘a private corporation” and complained that during hours when the health center is closed to has call long-distance to Northampton to reach the WHA physician. Residents voted to raise and appropriate year 1974-75, $304,399 for including $254,564 for the town’s fiscal some share of the Gateway Regional School District budget. Richard Flagg of the finance committee said that there was ‘‘more regional involved: ‘‘somehow are economics.” He said that the difference in requests roughly reflected the popin the ulation differences he the school committee and the local finance committees, and he recommended that voters seek school committee members who. pay for their use of the building and also contribute $1 per patient visit to the health center. Funds Voted From 2 Towns Fisher noted that Chesterfield and Cummington had already voted between now’’ to be financially stable ‘‘by the end of the year.’’ He mentioned harmony 14 in” pau Hampshire Gazette Northam pton, Mass., Wed., May 8, 1974 The budget was approved itemby-item with almost no debate. Hitchcock estimated that the approved budget would result in — a drop in the tax rate of “about $3’ per $1,000 valuation. The town allocated $5,072 for town officers’ salaries, and voted $400 for to raise and —— the salary of the secretary to the board of selectmen and $100 for the salary of the animal inspec- Under a separate article, tor. funds were raised for the salaries of the fire chief, $100; the police chief, $200; and the civil defense. ; director, $50. The 3-Acre Lot Size Asked planning board had re / quested an article to elicit com= ments on a proposed zoning Richard B. bylaw change. ullane of the planning board said that the board was consider- ” - . ing a 3-acre, 300-foot frontage requirement for single residences. (Continued on page 15). MR. AND MRS. C. KENNETH OSGOOD Osgoods celebrate 40th anniversary WORTHINGTON — The 40 th Worthington, membe wedding anniversary of Mr. and and The Friendship r of WBS Guild Mrs. C. Kenneth Osgood of Old Osgood is Post Road was celebrated at a Massachusettspresident of the Selectmen’s | Soe ol Bey on eet 5. This event Association, selectman in t ce at the Captain’ Worthington for 20 years, Past Dee renee Master of the Masonic Lodge in | r. and Mrs. Osgood Hinsdale, deacon of The Board of married ye on May ngton 5, 1934, ee ifthe Church of ee Gwel oT ey have three children: Mr aoe oe Commission er o hemaie atl e and Conservation i a r. and Mrs. Osgood ar | ast presidents of the Russel Chet Dragon, Mrs. iain cuage Runners Square Dance Donovan both of Worthington and Mrs. Donald Sadoski of Whately. The couple also.-has seven grandchildren. Mrs. Osgood works at the Post Office and Osgood has been WORTHINGTON HEALTH ASSOCIATION'S president of the board of directors John Fisher explains the need for subsidizin ig the health center, at the Worthin gton Town Meeting Saturday which approved $3,500 for the center. employed at the G.E. in Pitt- Sfield for 38 years. Both are very active in church and town affairs. Mrs. Osgood is a trustee of the First ‘-egational Church of �Joyce oie the | maili gets through se WORTHINGTON last 10 years, — For on the the Star Route from Worthington to Huntington and return. Ten years ago, Joyce’s father- no ‘‘sleet or snow or gloom of night’? has kept Joyce Mollison from her appointed round of delivering mail in-law, the late Harry Mollison, after 25 years of delivering mail on that route, was no longer able to work, so Joyce took over the 3 contract. With husband and four children at home, Mrs. Mollison was kept pretty busy with this part-time job. Besides delivering mail from post office to post office, she also delivered to about 50 individual boxes. Now there are over 100 box deliveries on the trip, and more mileage has been added on side roads, so she keeps busy from about 8:30 until 1, depending on the amount of mail and the condi- tion of the roads, but with only 17 year old Rick at home now, she finds time for gardening and to help her husband Walter raise a few Herefords and run a ‘considerable maple business. syrup Walter Mollison works in Westfield. Joyce says she enjoys the route except in winter when patrons neglect to clear the snow from the Although mailboxes. regulations state that she need not leave her car to deposit mail, she leaves the mail if at all ossible, but she is frank to say — hat she will welcome spring. Valerie Kievitt and Ruth Wood of Worthington practice their ballet duet, one of the many acts combined by members of the Hillside Pomona Grange Variety Show scheduled for Friday in Worthington and Saturday at Williamsburg Grange Hall. Both shows begin at 8 p.m. and tickets will be available at the door. General chairman for the event is Norma Loomis who announced that proceeds from this fund-raising project will be used to purchase equipment for the Hampshire County Hospital. The show contains 14 acts of comedy, dance and others. — . are piled so high in Worthington that a THE SNOWS (. [O— Dress rehearsal <7 — /° =“ temporary mail box has been put up for daily delivery by Joyce Mollison. Dentisi resigns. (er | AERIS _ aaa CAREERS) at health center mics VS RR TERIOR my aN: EN ASP BITE? TER PRPS ‘—-——By MARTHA ORAVECZ a have on the center’s ability to obtain an expected $60,000 federal grant the agency needs to remain open. The center’s Modestow’s 4 i Bh ss AIRS NE NES EAS GET PDR ia departure will jeopardize the center because the center’s bookkeeping procedures do not meet federal requirements. Bennett, however, said the center’s board. of directors probably will exclude the dental operations from the ac- counting system while it considers methods for replacing Dr. Modestow. Dr. Modestow, home in the-stateef WaSRington where DARLENE a dentist at the center for more than 20 years and its first full-time dentist, said that over the years, the philosophies of the board of directors and his own have diverged. Among other things, he claimed the directors have She was Clarence Brooks of High Misterka Construction School center and the people it serves. “There used to be a big human touch that existed between the board and the staff. Now, it’s strictly business, ’’ he said. His resignation, submitted to the board of directors this and is employed in the office of Almy’s in Hadley. Brooks is a graduate of Wahconah Regional High School and is a truck driver for take effect March 31. Easthampton. become removed from the day-to-day operations of the week, came as a surprise to health center officials. It will ; | Miss Robinson is a graduate of | Regional Co., for born in Mason City, ‘Forty Niners” in his youth and Marie, to son of Mr. | Gateway cared Ford and a Scottish nurse from Toronto, Canada, and is the last of their nine children. ; Her father was one of the WORTHINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W: Robinson announce the engagement of their and Mrs. Peru. been Iowa, the daughter of Sylvester lah To be wed daughter, Darlene Thomas C. Brooks, she had since her 90th birthday in 1983. ROBINSON Ss. Lace the grant expected from the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare. However, he said he did not think the grant will be affected. The grant has been approved but not forwarded to oldest citizen WORTHINGTON — Josephine Ford, 101, this town’s oldest citizen, died Friday in a nursing It was not immediately clear what impact — if any — the resignation of Dr. John E. Modestow of Worthington will own money will run out within two months, an official said. Clifford Bennett, administrator of the center, said he will not know for certain until the middle of next week if Dr. Josephine Ford, of Worthington _. Le G- DQ: “VY and JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON —In a surprise move, the dentist at the Worthington Health Center has resigned from the financially-troubled community health clinic, citing difference of philosophy with the center’s directors. erneg, in They plan a May 24 wedding. j | twice made the trip from Iowa to California on foot. At the age of 10, she and her mother, grandmother, brothers, sisters and a dog went from Mason City on a river boat to New Orleans, and then by ship around Cape Horn to join her father in Seattle. She grew up in the wilderness, northeast of Seattle, Wash. She became a noted fashion designer, with salons in San Francisco and New York City, before retiring because of poor health. She came to live in Worthington in 1923 and put her Savings into land at Guard Far Corners. After regaini health, she worked ee a Sore private homes here. When hurrying to answer a phone call on her 90th birthday, she fell and broke her hip. ~ _ She leaves only distant cousins in the Seattle area. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the F. C. Haley Funeral Home in Huntington. The Rev. Jerome H. Wood Wee Paes of the rthington Congr i Church, Sifictatea. ete j Burial was in the Ringville Cemetery in South Worthington. �-“ rare —s* Will marry WORTHINGTON m SUSAN DODGE — June Parish Dodge of River Road and Lewis Dodge of Old North Road have announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan Ann, to David E. Morrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Morrison Sr. of Peru. : al ser1 , diri ector reoff the soci 1G HT, John Reagan oN e hav . ae s at The gee ae at eae a patient. talks with Roger Wolcutt, s psy. ent' i pati a ate tegr int to department helps i vice a care h ital t hosp spi the i needs in to i l and social chologica cid ma ents pati well as helping the ary ess nec be ht mig changes in lifestyle that Miss Dodge was graduated from Gateway Regional High School in Huntington in 1973 and is employed at the Agricultural National Bank in Pittsfield. Her fiance is a 1970 graduate of Wahconah Regional School and is employed at Byron-Weston in Dalton. No date has been set for the hospitalization. 3 _ 34 — T3 wedding. Folk singers Ario Guthrie and Elizabeth Beers yesterday were among a number of performers who entertained a crowd estimated at 10,000 in Worthington. The concert raised about $30,000 for the Worthington Health Association. Photo by Sharon Talaber Guthrie concert raises $30,000 for health center By JONATHAN NEUMANN (For photos see page 16) WORTHINGTON — Folk singer Arlo Guthrie and his friends drew an estimated crowd of 10,000 yesterday to help raise about $30,000 for the Worthington Health Association. No incidents were reported as the large number of people and cars gathered in this Hampshire County Hilltown with a population of 800. However, following the concert, a Springfield man was killed in a motorcycle accident and three Northampton residents were injured in a separate automobile accident. Guthrie and Chicago songwriter Steven Goodwin highlighted the ‘five-hour concert. Singer James Taylor, whom Guthrie said he hoped to attract to the benefit, did not appear. “ Organizers of the concert say that about 8,000 tickets were penses are paid, about $30,000 to $35,000 will go to the Worthington Health Association. The small medical complex was started 25 years ago with an endowment which has been whittl- ed away. In recent years, the center has been in financial difficulty. : Guthrie, who lives in the nearby Berkshire County town of Washington, uses the medical facilities of Health Center. the Worthington Pleased By Turnout Guthrie said after the concert yesterday that he was pleased with the turnout. He said he may consider making the benefit an annual event. In addition to the benefit to the medical center, the concert raised about $4,000 for area Lion clubs, which ran concession stands. Some 700 cases of beer were sold yesterday at the sold, bringing in $40,000. It was concert. A total of 90 sheriff's deputies 000 sneaked into without paying. ing and security. estimated that an additional 2,- the concert Organizers say that after ex- and local police were on hand to direct traffic and oversee park“It was a very orderly and good crowd,’ said Hampshire County High Sheriff John Boyle. He said the deputies included 10 mounted patrolmen and 20 undercover men ‘‘to give us the pulse of the crowd.” The police, as all others work- ing on the concert, donated their time. Routes 143 and 112 were heavily congested for several hours before and after the concert. The small rural roads saw bumper-to-bumper traffic as about 3,000 cars pulled out of the 50-acre Sena Auction meadow at 6 p.m. yesterday. Michael D. Pyzik, 21, of Springfield, died after a motor- cycle accident on Route 112 in Huntington. State police said Pyzik collided head on with a car driven by a West Springfielr woman. Pyzik was on his way he’ after the concert and was tr ing with a friend riding a motorcycle. In another accident the concert, three pe taken to The Cools ¥ cee (Continuea 9 ns left, chairman of t he recent Cancer Polka Dragon, 3 Ac HECK for $1,000 is presented by Chet Ron Scott . Looking : on is John i Crusade Chairman i , to Hampshire County Cancer The money was raised through Crusade. Cancer the of Unit Reagan oreaiaent of the Hampshire celebrities donated their time a enefit at the Hatfield Barn at which polka bands, dancers and and talent for the cause. Lope �Davis has assisted in Girl and Boy Scout activities, as well as other civic matters. He has prepared the church, across the street from Town Hall for more than 150 weddings. In 1964, Davis was named Out- standing Municipal Employe of The Year, by the Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns. Asked how long he intends to continue working seven days a week for the town, Davis giggled and responded, ‘‘Forever. I want to die with my boots on.”’ He then cut the interview short, explaining ‘‘I’ye got a load of dirt coming. I've got to get it right off to the fill.....I'll be back at noon.” s) CMM emEReun d % AVIS Hall in yesterday. The man, who has run Town “Emmy, » celebrated his 87th birthday as friends his to known DAVIS, SON EMER red by the townspeople. Worthington for half a century, was hono in this Hilltown everyday since 1917 — except for one week in 1936, when he went to New York City to see a flower show. That was his only vacation in the past 98 years. Davis, known to townspeople here as “Emmy,” was honored last night, when most of the town showed up to give him a birthday party. Appropriately enough, the party was in Town Hall, Davis’ ‘“‘home.”’ While he started out as a ple say ‘y= 2S He not only maintains the hall and manages the dump alone, but the 87-year-old still shovels snow from the paths and sidewalks leading to Town Hall, where he lives, alone. Davis sleeps on a table behind the curtain 0n a stage on the second floor of the public building. He eats his meals in the building's kitchen. He said today in an interview that his diet includes beef, whole wheat bread, cereal, vegetables ‘and a quart of milk and a quart of orange juice every day.” He added that ‘‘I don’t eat any junk farmer, Davis soon began to food.” maintain the Town Hall and the Davis. is said to be in “‘extown’s cemetery and garbage cellent condition, according to dump. He has been a ‘‘one-man | Ronald Kievitt, the town officer crew’ ever since, the townspeo- |clerk. ‘‘He walks long distances every day, and relies on townspeople to drive him to the disposal.” Davisy-was born in North Adams, and’eame here in 1914, to live with his sister, who was a after 60 year tenure oe to stay in 1917. He refused induction into the armed services for the first War, “IT believed tious objector status. be good ‘‘Friends recalls. fighting friends.”’ for it,” Davis be shouldn't Texas and 10 years in Enfield, a town now flooded by the Quabbin ' A Farm Bought Instead, he bought a farm and. worked He years. it for a few also worked as a landscaper for ' many families in town. He still chest landscapes gardens. But times changed, Davis ! recalls, and what used to be 1 primarily and agricultural community turned into a residential area. ‘‘There were about a dozen dairy farms here when I came, ‘‘Now he remarks. two.” Hall He began living in Town had ‘‘they because are there fires wood here all night and somebody had He conto keep them going. tinues to developed own land 60 acres of un- in Worthington, but prefers to live in Town Hall. He has no savings or other Nor does he have possessions. any relatives that he knows of. “The town is his family,” After ago, Capen has lived in town all of his life, except for a year in entering into complications that | wouldn't — Born in Worthington 94 years ° was country the | conscien- claiming World WORTHINGTON over 60 years as librarian of the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library, Arthur G. Capen stamped his last book there, Saturday. | ' Reservoir. He has never been a short term worker; joining the Grange here in 1904, he is its only living charter member. He spent 60 years as church organist and 36 years as clerk of the Worthington Fire District. He was a school teacher for in 25 years than more Worthington and Entield. Upon his return to Worthington, he was elected to the local school committee where he served for pondent for the Berkshire Eagle and his bulletin board at the library always held items of local interest taken from various. newspapers. After closing of the library on several afternoon, Saturday friends and members of the library’s board of trustees gathered there for a surprise coffee hour to honor and say farewell to the man who has done so much for the library. 24 years, being chairman of the building committee for both the mote By LUCIE MOLLISON and JONATHAN NEUMANN WORTHINGTON — At 87, Emerson Davis recalls working queeea. 7 Russell H. Conwell School and When its subsequent addition. Enfield was about to be flooded, the Worthington library received many books and some funds from the Enfield library, through Capen’s influence. For many years town corres A townsfolk turn out for Davis’ 87th a 4. ~ e school teacher. Witt ! memory, Davis recalls leaving the town for three years, and ! _ Emmy has a party: { UUTi Vase ‘Librarian retires ex- plains one long-time resident. “‘When Emerson Jewett Davis moved to town, we little knew we were getting an institution, a monument of faith, knowledge and industry all in one man.” ARTHUR G. CAPEN | �Worthington —— Jane Tuttle, musician, dies in Berkshires, Filho career in admitted early Friday from the Ashmere Manor Nursing Home in Hinsdale. She had been a resident of South Worthington for pupils. organist For Luke’s Hospital, where she was more than 60 years. She was born on Oct. 7, 1887, in Johnstown, Pa., where her father was a mining engineer. Her parents were Edgar and Nima (Conwell) Tuttle. Her maternal grandfather was an author and lecturer, Dr. Russell H. Conwell, founder of Temple University in Philadelphia, pastor of Temple Baptist Church and benefactor of the city’s Samaritan Hospital. Miss Tuttle’s early years were spent in mining towns of the west, Mexico, Philadelphia and South Worthington. i Following a musical education in Philadelphia and New York, she pursued a career as an opera singer and was among the first entertainers sent overseas during World War I. Following the death of her grandfather’s se- cond wife, she gave up her career and went to Philadelphia to be his companion and hostess for church and university functions. Following her grandfather’s death in 1925, she returned to a choir and she Sena’s she her pupils in operatic programs in © ate old the Worthington, where father had conducted South her grand- a secon- dary school at the turn of the : century. She wrote a book, ‘Life With Grandfather Conwell,” which was published in 1956, and which told facets of her grandfather’s life not previously written. Besides being a musician and writer, she was an artist and studied under a long-time friend, Ann Newcomb Rausch, a Worthington portrait artist. She of the a member was Worthington Grange and a charter member of the Palette and Trowel Club where she encouraged artists to study. She leaves a nephew, Russell Conwell Tuttle, of Lansdowne, Pal, and several cousins. A memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family. . The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home of Chesterfield is in Boy and Girl Scouts will take part in the dedication and Selectman John Ryder will give | barn on Buf- On Saturday, the the town will dedicate its Bicentennial projects, and on Sunday, the Conwell Memorial Service will be held in the South Worthington Church. Chet Dragon’s orchestra will play at the ball and color slides loaned by Frank Hitchcock and director of presented auction fington Hill Road. was the Worthington Congregational Church and contributed to local musical programs. For several summers, also been built. ball, is scheduled for 8 tonight at studios in New York, Springfield and South Worthington for voice a time, cleared of brush, and nature trails and picnic areas have been developed. Skating rinks have WORTHINGTON — The town will celebrate the national Bicentennial this weekend. The opening event, a Bicentennial and opened music PITTSFIELD — Jane Conwel Tuttle, 88, died Saturday in the Berkshire Medical Center, St. , slates ball, dedications main Kievitt, the address. chairman Ronald of the town’s Bicentennial committee, also will speak. At 2 p.m., the Riverside District School, on Route 112, will be dedicated. One of the oldest with in period schools ceiling here, ing the history of the school anc honoring those who helped with costumes, they will sell homemade sweets, snack trays and beverages. Tickets can be bought from any member vaulted ject. The dedication ceremony will include a short program giv: Berta Mason and Kim Nugent will preside over the kitchen. Dressed a one-room and personalities and scenes, will be slanting floor, it has been renovated as a Bicentennial proshown. Lois Brown, and depicting local the project. Pictures showing the work in progress. will be on display. of the dance com- mittee — Pat and Bert Nugent, There will also be a quilt exSue and Ken Beach, Maureen hibition, and refreshments will Mrs. David Whitand Jack Joyce, and Ernie and be served. Deen Nugent — or at the door. marsh, president of the Costumes are suggested but not Worthington Historical Society, and Mrs. A. W. Paddock have obligatory. The town’s three Bicentennial been in charge of the project. The third ceremony will inprojects — a recreational park, a school and a church — will be volve the South Worthington dedicated tomorrow. The park, on Route 112, next to the firehouse, will be opened to the public at 1 p.m. Given to the town by Stella Albert in memory of Jeffrey Albert and Malcolm Wronski, the land has been Church, which rededicated at 3 p.m. will be Built in 1848 as a Methodist church, it is best known as the church where Dr. Russell H. Conwell held open house once each summer until attendance grew so large charge of arrangements. Worthington says— Service for held in music fee ae ane Tuttie center Contributions in Miss Tuttle’s WORTHINGTON — State and local Grange officers and a memory may be made to delegation of members of Sevenar Concerts, Inc., of Worthington Grange No. 90 on Worthington. Sunday afternoon attended a memorial service for Jane Conwell Tuttle, who died last week. The service was held at : the South. Worthington Music Center, formerly the academy belonging to Dr. Russell H. Conwell, Miss Tuttle’s grandfather, now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schrade. The service was conducted by the Rev. Jerome H. Wood. Eulogies and reminiscences were given by several, including Lois Ashe Brown; Tom Speak, who noted that Miss Tuttle did much good work in the entertainment field in the World War I battle areas; her cousin, Agnes Quinlan, of Falmouth, and nephew Russell Tuttle, of Philadelphia, spoke of the childhood memories of the singer. The Worthington church choir and soloist Bradford Fisk Sang at the service. \ { . state overvalued property by $3 M By JUNE WEIR WORTHINGTON —- Concern over the state’s equalized valuation figure set on town property by the state marked last night’s meeting of the board of selectmen. The town through its attorney, Elizabeth Porada, has filed a petition with the state appellate tax board protesting the $18.2 million sum set by the state as the town’s equalized valuation. The assessors have stated that this figure is more than the fair cash value of all property subJect to local taxation which they say should be no more than $15 million. _ Although property naturally increases in value over the years, if the state’s assessment shows an increase greater than the statewide average increase, it will mean that the town will get proportionately less mone in the form of state school aid, highway funds, etc. The selectmen plan a meeting with Atty. Porada and the board of | assessors to discuss the | progress of the petition. Budgets for cemetery at he started using the lawn at readings from Dr. Conwell’s his summer home for the event. writing. Refreshments will be For many years, the church served. — has been used only occasionally, As a climax to the weekend but on the third Sunday in .celebrations, the Conwell August a service is held there in Memorial Service will be held in memory of Dr. Conwell. An the old church on Sunday, at 3} association was formed to care p.m. Four area pastors will atfor the church, and with tend — the Rev. Jerome Wood, Bicentennial funds and money the Rev. Sylvester Robertson, raised by the group, much work has been done — repairing the steeple, painting, and renovating the outside of the church and the grounds. The rededication ceremony will include a service and A trustee of the Whiting Street fund for temporary financial relief presented a request for the first time in over a year. Worthington’s float committee has issued a request for sod for the float to be entered in the Hampshire County Bicentennial Parade taking place this Sunday. The sod should have Spare grass with a liberal sprinkling ‘of buttercups and other wild flowers. Anyone having access to such sod who would be willing to donate a small amount should contact C. Kenneth Osgood or call the Town Hall office. tl Rev. Allen WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Library held its annual business meeting on Thurspresent. President Fernandez-Sierra reported tha the main change in the library was the resignation in February of Librarian Arthur Capen afte more than 50 years of service and that since then she has bee serving as librarian. High school students worked | through the winter on a volunteer basis and have been put on the payroll this summer. Much work has been done.on the roof and a new furnace installed. Sheridan Dodge has done a great deal of volunteer carpenter work. This year’s project is expected to be the renovation of the basement. A state grant of $535 was used for bookshelves, movie screen, and nearly $100 worth of records. of the rising cost of utilities, the library has been closed on Fridays and is open a total of 11 hours a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It was voted to have Treasurer John Payne and the executive board review the library’s investments and change them if they think it wise. The sum of $746 was spent on new books and magazines during the year, and were several gifts of books. The book, bake. and plant sale netted $115 and it is planned to make this an annual event. New members invited to join the group were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tomaselli, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cooke and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nahill. The following were elected officers: Damaris FernandezSierra, president: Julie Sharron, vice president; Ida Joslyn, clerk; John Payne, treasurer; Elizabeth Payne and Connie Dorrington. directors for 3 years. S. ¢.1%— ES cere and the social hour will follow the ser. vice. Ps annua! meeting there Gates Rev. Benson Harvey. Other speakers are also expected. Brad Fisk will be the soloist, and Robert Schrade, the pianist. A Library holds Because maintenance were balanced with the addition of interest money that has accrued to the cemetery funds over the past year. The selectmen pointed out that a cemetery commissioner should be present at the next Town Meeting to point out any possible need for increasing the cemetery budget. the cere ; : �I — septuagenarians ® ‘strains OF Pair shoot back-to-back holes in one | | a, - ; MILTON COLE : gunn Ge WORTHINGTON — “Well,” said 71-year-old Art Rolland, ae , of Worthington, to his partner, 75-year-old George Torrey as Mie: WORTHINGTON — The Board of Selectmen has made the following appointments: : in finance committee until election, Albert Nugent Worthington, and who is a retired caretaker, ‘I reckon I’ll have to get a hole in one.” council on aging, “Good idea,”’ laughed Rolland, a retired postal worker. So, George Torrey, owner of a 15 handicap at Worthington course, drew a six iron out of his bag lined up his ball and swung away. Arched toward green The ball arched toward the green about 135 yards on the green and bounced once into the cup, a hole the 145-yard hole. : : ; away, hit in one on 5: their lead. “That takes all the pressure off me,’’ said Rolland and us- ing the same iron he had employed to score an ace on the same hole at Worthington a month before, he swung. The ball took a low trajectory, hit on the edge of the green and rolled straight into the cup. i No one could recall seeing such a thing before. No one could remember hearing of such a thing before. “What do you think the odds are for two golfers to have same hole and ‘‘And even more, what do you think the odds are that it would be done by two men in their 70’s?”’ The question was repeated at the clubhouse. No one would _ and followed by 71-year-old Art Rolland, left. the cup, marked down their ‘‘1’’ for the hole, totaled up their okeem an Smith had ey for vorrey 42. fc ian ah the rors to jo After the match, they retired to the lounge where the celebrated until 8. “T sort of flowed through the keyhole when I got home laughed George. But lest anyone rest on his laurels, guess who was back the tee at 1 p.m., today ready for another 18? Life obviously begins at 70 on the Worthington Golf Cours a WORTHINGTON — The town on onservation committee met Monday night “and organized, , with Steven Strom as chairman Margo Paddock secretary. Other members of the com-y mittee are Robert Nelson, Sall Wood, and Grant Knapp. The group plans frequent meetings erand hopes to be active in cons vation plans. Magargal: food stamp the tonometer the the Leukemia Foundation for 2 memorial gift. It was voted tc give $15 to the United Way agair this year. Mrs. Powell reported that the group plans to have a Bicenten. nial coffee hour on July 8 at a place to be announced. A notice of the Craft Show to be held at Sena’s don, two years: and Horace Bartlett, one year: board of appeals, John Modestow: building inspector, C. Raymond ; barn on July 5. was received. It was voted to sponsor a Bloodmobile in the fall. Next week the group will meet with Ida Bushey of Sam Hill «n- Road. 70, 5 WORTHINGTON Chapin, — the and Eleanor North Deacon a settler tac duaice Easthampton : of 1a te rom High School and Adams Normal School, class of 1927. She taught n the Russell Conwell School memb ; itioe Congregational Worthington Church, where she taught Sunday School for many years. Her husband died in 1965 She is survived by two sons David R. Porter, of Newport, R.I., and Edward K. Porter. of - PORTER FUNERAL Worthington, a daughter Janice WORTHINGTON — Services P. Leroux, of Florence: two were held yesterday afternoon sisters, Emily P. Gill, of | the Worthington Southam pton, and Mild Congregational Church for i Eleanor (Parsons) Porter of Cook, of Clarksville, es Huntington Road, who died FriEasthampton; “and ’ six grandchildren, day in The Cooley Dickinson : Hospital. e funeral will be t The Rev. Douglas Small/ at 2 p.m. in the Worthington pastor of the church, officiated. Gi i The The hard burial willwie be in Center Cemetery. There will be no.calli : She was a member of the The Newell Nociae Massachusetts Retired Funeral Home is i Teachers Association, the arrangements. se Thursday Morning Coffee Hour,’ Memorial donations may be a charter member of the made i Friendship Guild and an active Medic to t al ete ie or many years. ISITOR FROM WALES — The WORTHINGTON ing a host be will ly fami ison Moll er, ght dau ’s mer far British oN Cooley Dickinson Hospital after a brief illness. ; She was born. in Southampton on Dec. 5, 1906, the daughter of Edwards K. and Carra ( Chapin) Parsons. She was a direct descendant of Cornet Joseph Parsons, : an early settler of Ter CONS “COMMITTEE a Porter, (Parsons) Porter, 70, of Huntington Road, widow of Daniel R. Porter, died Friday in The Samuel Sa : for s Northampton, Sees Webb group gave to the Health Center and thanks were received from board of registrars, Joan A. Donovan, clerk; Ann Richardson, three years; Timothy Rear- was direct descendant* of city’s early settler .~ Getting over the shock, the younger Okscin and Smith toi a two-hole lead in the match play after 17 holes and ev: holes while Rolland and Torrey ended with 85s. r Eleanor them, and did. It would be nice to say that when they finished playing ti second nine, Rolland and Torrey won, but after all, ho many miracles can you ask for in one day? though Rolland won the last hole, that same ninth, with ; ever-par three(Torrey skied to a double bogey five), t match was lost. Smith and Okscin had 84 each for the Doreen town counsel, Hilizabeth Porada: moderator, Cornelius Sharron; golf cart up to the clubhouse, re‘..ved their golf balls from Se Whitmarsh, Other appointments, include: (Continued from page 1) “4 ine tot ae David Paddock, Robert Nelson, Grant Knapp and Sally Wood. SMILING? OF COURSE they’re smiling! They just shot back-toback holes in one at the Worthington Golf Course, didn’t they? They sure did, starting with 75-year-old George Torrey, right, (Continued on page 5) a ee Gran went to Ida Bushey. Mrs. Powell read a letter o! appreciation from Dr. Alber recreation committee, Modestow; conservation committee, Steven Strom, Margot hazard a guess. No computer could figure that, one person Rolland, who had his third-ever hole in one, and Torrey, with his fourth in a 50-year golfing career, just drove their Jerilee Bunce and Lois Waryjasz, Joanne Knapp, Edward Syron, Carol Powell. Robert Brodrick and Keith : said. All nodded agreement. Mason, Brown; on No computer Frew, town office clerk, Joan season. Mildred Cook of Iow: Donovan, gas inspector, and Southampton who is visiting Thomas Noska of Chesterfield. her sister Eleanor Porte Also, veterans agent, Victor attended. A far away forme! Tomaselli; historical/Bicenten- member was Elizabeth Forbe; nial commission, Ronald of Colorado, who is in this state Kievitt, Esther Sena, Guy for the summer. The weekly gif Two shots, two holes in one on the same hole within three the Forrest Knapp, LeRoy LaRock an Ernest Nugent and specia police officer, Emerson Davis. Hall, Emerson Davis; custodian Amherst attended, having open of disposal, Emerson Davis; ed her summer home for the minutes of one another — watched by the same group of witnesses, including seven or eight people at the clubhouse, since the ninth hole is at the clubhouse. on of police, David Tyler; public ot ficers, COFFEE HOUR ATTENDED BY 39 WORTHINGTON — The Gol Mason. Superindentent of Club was the setting for th roads, James Pease; fire chief, Thursday Morning Coffee Hou Gary Granger; Civil Defense this week, with 38 women an director, Grant Knapp; forest one child attending and Eurm: fire warden, Gary Granger, Tower as hostess. Member spon inspector of animals, Ernest sors were Priscilla Boyle anc Nugent; dog officer, Ernest Doris Smith. A new member i: Nugent; Superintendent of Sally Bannick who has recentl; gypsy moth and Dutch elm, moved to town. avid Tyler; custodian of Town Dorothy Higgins of Nort partner Art Rolland bent over to tee up his ball and smiled. Their opponents, Ray Smith and Al Okscin, both of Westfield, although excited about seeing an ace grimaced at losing in one three years, ordinator, Lucie Mollison; chie Bonita Rhodes; one year, Elizabeth Torrey and: Dorothy George Torrey bent over topick up his tee and smiled while back-to-back holes consecutive shots? next Jr.; Jerome Wood and John Reagan; two years, June Dodge and the hilly of clubs, ; a Worthington lists appointed officials they arrived at the ninth tee at the Worthington Golf course, ‘we are one hole down. I guess we need a birdie.” “In that case,’ drawled Torrey, who also lives rom, t Burial Cemetery. Bearers was were in Center Alfred Leroux Herbert Porter, Henry Dassati. Franklin Bartlett, Kenneth Pease and Ralph Smith. The Newel Northampton Funeral Home handled the arrangements. weeks Margaret Davies, for two ee who this summer. Miss Davies, is from Wales, is participating ge a cross-cultural exchan in s of hetweetl the Future Farmer Young America and the Welsh Farmers. Miss Davies arrived July 23 and in this country 101 | ill be touring = throughout visit. Massachusetts during herurn is Peter Johnson of Wob of Future ' the state adviser (FFA) Farmers of America ies which is sponsoring Miss Dav of e of six FFA is one . mer sum is zations OS eeational student organi Center for ' at the Massachusetts ted loca | Occupational EducationPark in Two Sun Life at to ellesley Hills. In addition Se Vocational Ge the Program, anization other five udes incl also e Ca career education projects. �en conhal cleSun rday t © chrade s to. available time is spent by By LOIS ASHE BROWN WORTHINGTON — Of special the family in Worthington while interest to area residents this they continue to maintain full summer is another contribution programs of study and teaching from the Robert Schrade family in New York City. In addition to who will present a series of a large following of private concerts in the old Conwell students, Mrs. Schrade is on the Academy building in South Bote of the Allen-Stevenson Worthington. The Schrades have School and the original material bought the famous landmark, she has written for her classes and largely with their own ear- has received wide attention nings, have restored the building from the music world. She has compiled analbum of for use as a concert hall. The Steinway grand piano given to patriotic songs entitled them several years ago by Jane “America '76,’’ a Bicentennial Conwell Tuttle, granddaughter salute in song. Several are of her of one of Worthington’s famous own composition, and some are ee old Am of DAS arrangements favorites. and will be used in the concerts. Published by Sevenars Music The first concert in the House, Inc., the family’s own summer-long program will be music publishing firm, the presented there on Sunday at 3 album has an eye-catching cover p.m. with all members of the of red, white and blue with a family participating. Admission waving American flag. It is is by donation, and refreshments available at music stores across will be served. Other concerts the country and a local store has have been scheduled for July 18, a supply. The album is dedicated to Augs. 1, 8 , 22 and 29. Mrs. Schrade has been a ‘‘My beloved family, my pianist, teacher, composer and husband, Robert, whose helpauthor and member of ASCAP fulness, encouragement and insince 1955. She made her concert spiration made it possible; and debut in New York City’s Town my children, Robelyn, RhondaHall in 1953, winning acclaim Lee, Rolisa, Randolph, and from the press, and has fre- Rorianne, whose understanding quently appeared on radio and of my ‘tender loving neglect’ allowed me to finish the protelevision. With her husband, an inter- ject.” nationally known concert pianist Mrs. Schrade says that she and teacher, and their children, created the album in response to she lives in South Worthington nationwide requests for over-looking Bradley Falls. The Bicentennial program material fellowship and hospitality in that following the success of her house is well known by the song, ‘“‘A for America.’’ That townspeople as well as their composition was chosen by the guests from afar. of the Society National BawnS her THE ROBERT |CHRADE FAMILY of pianists of New York City and South Worthington, will give the first of a sties of summer concerts on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the former Conwell Academy. Standing, |. tor., are Rhonda-Lee, Rolande, Robert and Rolisa Schrade; and seated, |. to r., Rorianne, Robdyn and Randolph Schrade. Daughters of|the American Revolution (NS)AR) as their official USA Biceitennial song and Constitution The composer was invited to paniment. is now in its thrd printing. present ‘‘A for America’”’ atthe Continental Cmmgress of the NSDAR in the spring of 197i in SPoOmr Conwell, tg, H. Re Russell Hall, Washington, the country. D.C. Mrs. Robert Lacy Jackson, Worthington’s Bicentennial USA Bicentennial chairman, song in 1968 was written and sang the song with Mrs . given to the town by this Schrade’s piano accom - talented composer who has been The chora 1 cited: by one music periodical as Johnny Appleseed of the has been performed widely in song field.’’ With more than 100 schools and colleges throughon t published and recorded songs to arrangement of‘‘A for America’ ’ “The her credit, she has also written new words and revised the music of the Carrie Jacobs Bond tems Dr. Ata sons, has been moved to the main hall bi hi Perhaps the most popular al songs from the head and heart of this mother of five are fr ‘Sunshine and Rain,”’ ‘‘How Can pe I?” (which sold over 500.000 records in the ’50s, ‘‘When the .Pt Train Came In,’ which was the song that launched Teresa Brewer (London Records), { songs for the Boston Music Co. ‘There's a Dream in My Heart”’ (RCA Victor), and Paul Bunyan’’ Paramount). THE FORMER CONWELL ACADEMY building in South Worthington, a historic landmark, has recently been restored by the Robert Schrade family whose concerts over the years in this area have been given in churches, schools and potato barns. _ ‘‘Mighty (ABC �Ee. a. New Zealand pianist morraow ey to perform tohE ; ~— 8 irae Fri., Aug. 27,1976 e, Northampton, Mass., Daily Hampshire Gazett Sevenars Concerts r to feature founde g large and enthusiastic WORTHINGTON Schrade, founder 0r : The in so WORTHINGTON Bach's perform will He Sevenars Summer Concert Major, G in Suite h Frenc series will feature David James, ven’s Sonata in F Major, Beetho d, Zealan New from t pianis Op. 10, No. 2, Mephisto Waltz by tomorrow afternoon at 3 in the Liszt, Bartok’s Suite Op. 14, and my hall at the old Acade tin — Robert attrac es. Admission is by donaiec and music aud and refreshments are serv, tion ie of Sevenars Concerts ed at intermission. his from y s iet work Soc ent ral pres Cho y will Inc., ~The Gatewa forthcoming concert at Lincoln includes members from director concert works by Bach, Schumann > concert hall on Sept. 4 wit Brahms, Balakirev, Scriabin ’ Rebecca Ryan directing. Griffes, Chopin and Liszt. Sehrade has drawn the By LOIS ASHE BROWN WORTHINGTON The He has been heard fre- sleepy hamlet of South Worthington was awakened Sunday afternoon to a new era with the soul-inspiring music of the Robert Schrade family. They quently in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Town Hall. Under the management of National Concert Artists Corp., has he has toured the world and s presented rformed in annual U.S. tour Concerts. for Civic In 1964, at introduced he Erne ral Bioch's Concerto al estr Orch ona Nati with the Association in Carnegie Hall. of Two operations on a finger the left hand precluded an active schedule conéert in Falls. recent New York concert scene at Alic hear Tully Hall in New York’s Linpenefit Inc. Bach. on April 11 for the gleaming white a program Brahms. of works by Chopin. Included in the program was the presentation of Bradford P. Fisk. local storekeeper and talented tenor soloist. singing selections from Mrs. Schrade’s current album. ‘America 76.” Then, with Mrs. Schrade at the piano, the audience joined in singing the ‘Worthington Bicentennial March,” which she had written and given to the town in 1968. At the conclusion of the program, the audience rose in a standing ovation to this musical family that has brought a new first season at the recently its refurbished Academy with ic excellent acoustics and idyll have the Kabalevsky. its The Sevenars Concerts, in getting. piano Debussy. Schubert. Poulenc and of Sevenars Concerts, waterfoll first Academy opened its doors to a new scene. More than 225 crowded into its main auditorium to years, but he will return to the e coln Center their cozicert of the summer Series in the recently refurbished old Academy that has long been a landmark in this village at the gateway to Worthington. Close by the side of the Little River at the head of Bradley the expressed wish of the comst r, music degree, and from Peabody University with a master of music degree in 1974 while studying with Leon Fleisher. He is presently doing ROBERT SCHRADE Schrade concert ‘inspiring’ ty, prodigy at Columbia Universi as 1949 in t debu t adul and-his c”’ winner of the ‘‘Hour of Musi award. Sonata in B minor by Liszt. from graduated James Auckland University in New Zealand with a bachelor of which Center in the final concert of the the seven -town conse? y dem Aca current season at the Regional School District wi 1 at ay Sund ton hing Wort h benefit concert for in Sout ude gue a s in the ane 3 p.m. His program will incl evenar ever acclaim of the music world ld since his debut as a 9-year-o been a a es : re Schrade family’s contribution to the cultural life of the community. A reception followed in the smaller hall. with Mrs. Robert Nelson and Mrs. June Dodge serving. and many of those present recalled earlier davs of dances and happy parties in the old hall. This Sunday afternoon at 3. the second concert in the series will feature the internationally known cellist. Michael Rudiakov. who will join pianist Robert Schrade in a duo concert of works by Beethoven. Brahms, work graduate with Freundlich at the School in New York. Irwin Juilliard A recording has been released Debussy and Chopin. Rudiakov has participated in the Marlboro. Aspen. and Dartmouth summer festivals and is artistic director of the distinguished chamber music series at Sarah Lawnence College in Bronxville. N.Y. A reception in his honor will follow the concert. Schrade’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Schrade of Port Charlotte. Fla.. were introduced at the opening concert. They are here for the opening of the series and to celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary. in his native country of his performance of the Bartok Sonata for two pianos and percussion (1971). He has been soloist with Symphony the Auckland Orchestra, the Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Christchurch Philharmonic, the New Zealand National Youth Orchestra, and the Broadcasting Corp. Symphony in New Zealand. He has also worked with Eduard Van Remoortel and the Alex Orchestra. Lindsay String 4 Worthington day to Worthington. On behalf of the town and concertgoers spoke in RATES appreciation LE YS! of Fisk the Pianist to give recital Sunday WORTHINGTON — Robelyn Schrade, 21-year-old prizewinning pianist, will be featured in the third of the summer series of the Sevenars concerts on Sun- _ Her recital on Sunday will include works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Debussy. day at 3 p.m. All of the concerts are given in the concert :hall of the Academy at South Worthington overlooking the waterfall. There is no admission fee but the series depends on voluntary contributions for support. Refreshments are served during the intermission. Miss Schrade received a bachelor of music degree, well as the Josef Lhevinne prize for excellence, from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City this June. She studied at the school under Rosina Lhevinne and Martin Canin, and will return there to enter the master’s degree program. Young pianists to play on Sunday WORTHINGTON — Two young pianists will be playing at the Sevenars Concert Hall at the in South old Academy Worthington at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Rorianne Schrade, 12, and her brother, Randolph Schrade, 14, will perform works by Bach, Mozart, Flagello, Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy. She is a student in the pre-college division of the Juilliard School, and he is in the preparatory division as of the Manhattan School of Music. Both of these young pianists also ‘study with their Rolande and Robert parents, Schrade. The Sevenars summer concert ROBELYN SCHRADE DAVID JAMES — wanelsy SPATE, series is supported by voluntary contributions. Refreshments are served during the intermission. Because Conwell of the traditional Memorial Service last concert was omitted. Sunday in the old South Worthington Church, the weekly Sevenars Robert Schrade was eu, organist for the Conwell servi and the Rev. Jerome Woc t of pastor former Worthington Congregatio Church was guest speaker. the Neu David James, Zealand pianist presented in th, last Sevenars applauded concert, with wa grea enthusiasm and received é standing ovation. Some compared his style to that of Van Cliburn. The concluding concert in the current series will be given on Aug. 29 byRobert Schrade, who will play works from the program he will offer as his forthcoming recital in New York’s Alice Tullv Hall �Hilltown Travel Club first trip termed ‘very s uccessful’ by p the lot of time planning the trip and trips to come, was overwhelmed. ‘‘Really good,’’ she said. ‘‘I was really happy.” A total of 46 Hilltown are now closed at Lyceum Hall in Worthington. The century-old building was Lyceum Hall closes... for repairs building and a reluctance on the part of townspeople to fund the repairs, the building has closed. Built in the early two rooms on the The 1860, the building, with Hattie Bates. Fred Fairman, and Grosvenor Hewitt. Grange suppers, concerts, lectures, and other entertainment, were all held in the building. “But, ‘‘the old order changeth’ and mitted to deal with the private funds involved, such as money collected for chartering a bus, used a room center a blood pressure for clinic and Mason spoke animatedly about a boat ride on the Connecticut River the group took. a lecture it heard, and the film it saw on the Construction of the plant, as well as a tour of the facility. The trip Was an instructional one as she an as a idea when local was nearly deserted. the of raising funds for repairs of Lyceum Hall was discussed. Since the property has not been turned over to the town, as has happened with many schoolhouse grants, townspeople declined to raise money for the hall’s repair and upkeep. So,.on Wednesday, the doors of Lyceum Hall were closed to all but its owner. wouldn’t get 40 to sign up for the trips. And another. trip, to the Ice Capades in Springfield on Oct. 15 is booked to capacity with a Waiting list already, she said. A smaller group will go in cars toa See at Shaker Village on Sun- ay. Ma ee ea ee \ Eva D. Snyder Aug. 5, 1894, the daughter of late John and Celia DeCelles, and had the Worthington Grange and | Women’s Paul Granger, WORTHINGTON He — Paul R. Park, Fla., where he will enter as a junior on a partial golf scholarship. He received an associate’s degree in science from Post Junior College in was born in Worthington April 8, 1928, the son of the late Charles and Daisy (Pratt) Granger. A life-long resident of Worthington, he was a selfemployed farmer and an active C. Raymond Magargal. left this week for Rollins College. Winter sportsman. ™ Besides his wife, he leaves four sons, Richard, David, Ronald and Joseph Granger, all yf Worthington; three brothers, Charles: Francis and Kenneth Granger, both of Worthington ~ Waterbury. Conn. where he was and Irving R. Granger of Cummington; and four sisters, Marie named to ‘‘Who’s Who in American Junior Colleges.”’ He also received an award «for the male athlete achieving the highest scholastic average. STEVE MAGARGAL (Bour lived Worthington for over 60 year She was a former member died yesterday in his home of a heart attack. He was the husband of Arlene (Dewey) Granger. WORTHINGTON — Steven Magargal, son of Mr. and Mrs. cl WORTHINGTON — E (DeCelles) Snyder, 82, of Post Road, died yesterday The Cooley Dickinson Hospi She was the wife of 4 Snyder. €€ She was born in Adams Granger, 49, of Old North Road acceptance Mason. trips. But she had doubts. ‘‘Up here in the country, I thought we information from College first aid can be administered if necessary, said Mrs. council _Hampshire Community Action Commission. : At the annual Town Meeting, the problem the younger people.” A nurse goes on each trip, so chairman, John Reagan, Suggested the group make some this spring for a representative Although Mrs. Mason says the open to senior citizens of The travelers leftabout 10a.m.. brought their lunch, and did not Worthington first, but if we return until past 5 p.m. Mrs. can’t fill a bus we'll take A group of mothers for a few years had been using the building for a cooperative playschool for preschool children. The council on aging into 700 feet of Solid i the mountain to wat er up water Into a manmade pump reservoir. trips are mainly for older said Mrs. Mason. Harriet Burr. Hillto wn residents, 55 years or treasurer of the club, also takes older, the group is flexible. the reservations for the trips. “It’s and 143. consolidated school was built. Then it was judged that the upstairs of Lyceum Hall was no longer safe for crowds. The Town Hall was enlarged, giving another place for gatherings and Lyceum given formed At present the property is owned by Isabel Gangel, who lives at the corner of Routes 112 years, and setees’’ and dance to the music of Harry and originally retained by its original owner. years, with occasional classes held upstairs as well. For a few years, high school subjects “were taught to those pupils who for some reason did not attend a city high school. In the large hall upstairs, various social events were held. The Worthington Grange thel library used part of the hall. Dances were very popular, and on dance nights ‘mother anddad would bed the babies on the was ‘schoolhouse grant’’ which many years ago meant that when the building on the property no longer was used for education, scientific or religious purposes, the land would be first floor and a large hall on the second floor, has been used for many purposes. The two rooms were used as a school rooms for elementary pup for many held its meetings there for many property was She added she thought it was a good fice there as well as a dentist and an optometrist. This was used until 1965 when the Worthington Health Center was opened. What to do with the hall has been a recurring problem. to the Northeast exhausted,’’ confessed Mrs. Mason. ‘‘We just got back.” RE RR need the Utilities power storage facility OEE due to the touring on Northfield Mountain. ‘I’m However, in 1950, a committee was formed to start a health center and was given permission to use the building for that purpose. After much remodeling, a doctor had his of- By LUCIE MOLLISON WORTHINGTON — For more than 100 years Lyceum Hall on Buffington Hill Road has been an important part of the people of Worthington’s social and educational life. Now day , club described wit h detail the four turbines whic h she said go down Pease of Middlefield, and Frieda Granger, Mary Elizabeth ‘Brooks and Rose Marie Sherman, all of Worthington. The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Worthington “Congregational Church. The hnrial will he in Center Benevolent Socie She was active in civic affa| and was a leader in the tow Bicentennial activities in 196% . Mr. and Mrs. Snydeé celebrated their 60th weddi anniversary on Feb. 9. Besides her husband, n for many years a center for education and entertainment. OS THE DOORS residents, mostly from Worthington, but numbering 11 from Cummington, spent the the because the council is not per- Elizabeth Payne, president of the club. Dorothy Mason, a local council on aging member who put a travel from Council on Aging, tere An offshoot Worthington RTD By ALISON FOBES WORTHINGTON ‘maiden voyage’’ —of The the Hilltown Travel Club yesterday was termed ‘‘very successful”’ and ‘‘a very good start,” by nor rw ara 7 «d r=. sh: leaves a daughter, Marv: Rolland of Worthington; and tw _, sisters, Irene Fuller, q Worthington, and Lilliag Granger, of Easthampton; an several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Worthington . Congregational Church. The Rev. Douglas Small, pastor, will officiate. The burial will be in the North Cemetery at the convenience of the family. ; Calling hours at the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in i Chesterfield willbe tomorrow evening from 7 to 9. Memorial contributions may be made to the Huntington Lions Club Ambulance Fund or to the Worthington Health Center. �Federal PWEA grant awarded to Worthington Fri., Jan. 7, 1977 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., learned with surprise yesterday afternoon. Worthington has been granted $230,000 of the federal funds for replacing mains in the yater supply system. other tis town in the’ state had Christmas, before thinking Worthington, that and its board Of selectmen, C. Kenneth Osgood the formal award of the ing work at the two reservoirs. Worthington was reportedly Monday, receipt grant Sinould come tomorrow or application had been turned down, had gone ahead and applied for funds for water main Community Block Grant, Development funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). According to chairman of the Worthington be aWarded of some of the $52 million available for Massachusetts under the grant. ; The * jzeable grant, which will work in their preapplication for a To replace mains ranked fifth in the state for the in the amount Worthington has an unemployment rate of 26.9 per cent, or 94 appliey for, will be used to provide. jabor and materials to replace 12200 feet of old four- people, inch Cast jron water mains, from the’ &, Albert warehouse on Rout’s 119 to the intersection of Guar Road, and to do repip- according Employment Security provide skilled to state Agency statistics for the period of July through September, 1976. The water main work should five laborers oes Kenneth Osgood, longtime ci vic leader ahi sets tax rate: no increase from that position in 1964. Shows no i ncrease over last year. The rate Former funding town water system, The basically consisting of a single north-south water main structure along Routes 112 and 143 (and some side streets) was built early in this century. Since then, some improvements have been made. A 1969/1970 HUD Re He was a water commissioner for over 25 years. He was also influential in the development of WORTHINGTON Worthington. Osgood was a past master of the Globe Lodge of Masons in Hinsdale. e was also a member of the Berkshire Chapter, Council, and Com- he overall budget this year is $307,000. For the purp of setting the rate. $183,774 oses in estimated revenues and In available funds have $66,774 bee n subtracted from the budget figure. The last increase in the tow n’s tax rate took place last when the rate went from year $55 to $56 Se Kathryn G. Smith), WORTHINGTON—Kathryn ° G.(Cook) Smith, 79, of Harvey Road, died at her home Tueday night. She was the wife of Arthur Q.Smith. Born. in Conway Aug. 2, 1898, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cook. She was educated in the Greenfield schools. She was a trained dietician and worked in the Lenox Hill mandery Templars. Ralph Kerley Jr._ WORTHINGTON — Ralph ¢. Kerley Jr., 70, of Buffington Hill Road, Worthington, husband of Esther (Tower) Kerley, died OSGOOD FUNERAL Tuesday in hj » Who died r mM. Knights Worthington Rod and Gun in on d by three daughters, Mary Lot. and Carrie L. J. (Comstock) hl lsbe Kerle He( had been a teacher in the Funerar ome The in funeral Saturday at Worthington will be held on 2 p.m. in the Congregational Springfield school system for e over 40 years. The last 30 years Worthingtonston 3 the© Worth were spent at the Chestnut lurch or olunte ; orthington a Street Junior High School. Hospital, New York City, and in | Department” a t Cemetery. He was a member of the oe Morristown , N.J. Calling hours at the Charles A. Worthington Congregational on Jan. 1 of this year. She was married Sept. 15, 1923. An active civic leader, he had Bisbee Funeral Home in Church and secretar y of the served as a selectman for 22 Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Chesterfield will be on Friday Worthington Fire Department. Worthington in 1962 when they He was also a member of the years. He was a past president from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. retired. Memorial contributions may Country Cousins, the Square- of the Hampshire County She was a member of the Selectmen’s Association and a be made to the Worthington Rounder s, and the Berkshi re past Worthington Congregational president of the church or to the Worthington Pioneer Square Dance Groups. Church, the Friendship Guild, Massachusetts Selectmen’s Volunteer Fire Department. Besides his wife, he is survivthe Women’s Benevolent Society ed by two sons, Ralph C. Kerley and the Coffee Hour Group. III, of eas Mills, N.Y., and Besides her husband. she pie L. Kerley, of Fort Walter co leaves a brother, Warren Cook Wayne, Inc.; and three of Chapel Hill, N.C., and several Emerson Davis in rest home grandchildren. nieces and nephews. The funeral will be on SaturA graveside service will be needs transportation to and WORTHINGTON — Emerson day at 1 p.m. in the Worthington held in the Conway Cemetery from Worthington for day visits. ‘“Emmy’’ Davis, longtime resiCongreg ational Church. The dent of Worthington is spending tomorrow at 2 p.m. Everyone who can volunteer pastor, the Rev. Douglas Small, Memorial contributions may their transportation services the winter at the Colonial Manor will officiate. be made to the Worthington ~ The burial will be in the North Rest Home on South Main Street can call John Ryder of River Congregational Church. Road. The Colonial Manor Rest in Haydenville. Emerson moved Cemetery, Worthington, in the The Bisbee Funeral Home ir Home is located behind the there last Sunday and would spring. Chesterfield is in charge of th : appreciate visits from his Haydenville Savings Bank on Calling hours at the Charles A. funeral arrangements. Bisbee Funeral Home in friends in Worthington. He also Route 9. There are no calling hours. Chesterfield will be tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. + The’ Rev. Douglas Church. Small and the Rev. Jerome Wood will officiate. The burial will be in the North block grant 90 days. David A. Mc an WORTHINGTON — David McEwan, The died 64,. of Harvey Saturday in The A! Road, Cooley Dickinson Hospital. the funeral of C. Kenneth Osgood, of Old Post Road, who died on Tuesday. The Rev. Douglas Small and the Rev. Jerome Wood, former pastor, officiated. The bearers were Walter April 4, 1913, the son of the late Peter and’ Mary Jane (Walsh) McEwan. — A. life-long Worthington resident, he was an employe of the Worthington Highway He was the husband of Ruth (Congram) McEwan. filled to capacity on Saturday at John Ryda, He Horace the Hampshire Selectmen’s the Hampshire County student: and cis McEwan of Westfield, Peter McEwan of Worthington, Vincent McEwan of Northampton: Com- and WORTHINGTON*= Rev. Worth Noyes, pastor of the Chesterfield Congregational Chureh, will officiate. Burial will be in North vemetery. “Calling hours at the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield today are from 2 to 4 and7 to 9 p.m. Daniel ¢ Born in Chesterfield, N.H., on March 12, 1890, he was the son of | . retirement. He leaves several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Chaarles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield. Noyes, pastor The Rev. Worth of the Chester- field Congregational Church, will officiate. The burial will be in the Howland Cemetery in Conway at the convenience of the family, There will be no calling hours. Cher- The funeral will be tomorrow Guyette, 86, a resident of this town, died on Saturday in the Clement and Margaret (Frappier) Guyette. He was a caretaker, chauffeur and general laborer in Worthington for many years before his Margaret at 10 a.m. in the Worthington Congregational Church. The about Northampton Nursing Home. sister, nieces and nephews. Ken Osgood." Daniel Guyette a bonneau of Westfield: 11 grandchildren and several Osgood’s concern for the young. “He. was .a father for all the youth of Worthington,”’ she said. ‘That's how we will remember — in Worthington sburg; four brothers, Thomas McEwan of Buffalo, N.Y., Fran- and member of the organizations, service born Cheryl Pratt of Brimfield and Sandra Magdalenski of William- County Association, was Department for many years. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Clarke Bernier of Fort Smith, Ark.; two daughters, Bartlett, Ralph Smith, Merton Cottrell and James Pease. Delegations representing the Worthington selectmen, the Worthington Fire Department, on )ragon and Joan Donovan, botll town’s youth the jf Worthington, and Norm: spoke at the urch, 7 i greg ational Sadoski, of Whately; tw yesterday in Noble Hospital, Ouglas brothers, H. Allen Osgood, oi Westfield. He had been a resi- Smal] and ood will officiate v. Jerome Hartford, Conn., and George R. dent of this town for the past 18 e buri a Will; be +iin Pemete years, the North Osgood, of Great Barrington; seven grandchildren and several Born in Springfield on ang. 2, \Calling hours at 1906, he was the son of Ralph C. t Charles 4. nieces and nephews. for funds, the water main items will be dropped from the application. ~ A stipulation of the grant is that the job go out to bid within “orthington Congregational the family. — Th e hurch. : Valerie Keivitt, a high school d; of Besides his wife, he is surviv ome, will be Saturday atsCon Cyerthington the application missioners attended. Club and was a former trustee The burial will be in North and a former deacon of the Cemetery at the convenience of | ee rt Gatton HINGTON the of He was a member of and some Worthington Congregational Church and church parlors were the town park in the center of Markert, , while town -- reservoir, Osgood said yesterday that if HUD invites the town to file an ee FUNERAL program $45,000, on a new water main work. = OSGOOD Association, having served ir 1975. One of the founders of the Worthington Volunteer Fire Department, he served 21 years as its chief before his retirement WORTHINGTON — The town ’ with 41 months of work, and 15 water facilities grant unskilled laborers with 10 allocated the town months of work, according to which was expended data included in the grant well, a second storage application. a chlorinator facility, 4 > 4 ae ee of some 800 people will be the Western in town only Massachusetts, to receive funds from the Public Works Employment Act of 1976. the selectmen received word on the status of their grant applications shortly \\ ? ay WORTHINGTON — This town = By ALISON FOBES ~ 10 | i - Lawrence Wellington FRAMINGHAM — Th funeral of Lawrence Wellingtc was on Monday in this town. He was member summer long an activ of Worthington’ colony. He was relative of Dr. and Mrs. J. Ros Stevenson, former Worthingtc summer residents. �7 12 aS ea — eT Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Thurs., Nov. 10, 1977 New trash compacter | Water main completed to be ready by Nov. 19 By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The Board of Selectmen met with Walter Fritz and Roger Gunn of the board of health Tuesday night to finalize plans for the new trash compactor. Fritz reported that the health board is prepared to ‘‘get things rolling” and will supervise the operation for the next six months. All board members agreed that the Dingle Road landfill be closed by Nov. 19 when operations will begin at the new site next to the town garage. Hours were tentatively set as Saturdays from 8 a.m. to4p.m., Sundays from 8 a.m. to noon and Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m. A brush dump and an open container for large items such Worthington time. The work will be supervis- ed by the board of health. Fritz suggested that a chain link fence be put around the compacter site. It was agreed that this would be a good idea but Selectman Julie Sharron pointed out that ‘“‘we are not .financed for it at this time of year.” : Fritz suggested that a chain link fence be put around the Windsor Road asked for feedback on his proposal made last week to establish a private landfill area in town. , Selectman John Ryder replied that the selectmen ‘‘probably have to get feelings on the compacter from the townspeople” before any commitments are made. He also said the compacter is compacter site. It was agreed that this would be a good idea definitely a ‘‘stopgap’’ measure. Tomaselli said he would put the matter aside temporarily. Mrs. Sharron received notification from the buy Selectman Julie Sharron pointed out that ‘‘we are not financed for it at this time of year.”’ The selectmen have placed the Northampton CETA (Comprehensive wooden shack at the landfill up for bids. Bids can be sent in writing to the selectmen’s office Employment as refrigerators will be located on the former landfill site. A new trailer to be used for new- at the Town Hall until Nov. 22 spaper collection will be next to when bids will be opened at the the compacter. regular selectmen’s meeting. highway worker position has been approved. The salary is $4 an hour, 40 hours a week. All compacter operator will have salvage rights on the condition through the Northampton CETA office. It was that also the agreed salvaged Wy that items the are To post signs ' A bulldozer and operator will be hired before snowfall to cover the landfill area for the last WORTHINGTON — tificate of compliance owner of a business, to trash trash dump collection household in the compacter. dump household trash at the landfill site after it is closed will be prosecuted. apply a square dance Dec. 2 on the tent of his Worthington business. located outside the hall and four adults agree to chaperone. Joan Mollison, from the youth group, Bert Nugent will call Calduwood Enterprises, Inc.. stoma of the compacter, to help determine what kind of fee the selectmen violators who must definitely will not-be allowed to dump trash collected in sur- everyone is directed to the new compacter. The health board and that people Permission was granted to the youth group of the Worthington Grange to use the Town Hall for He rounding towns, board members said. Mrs. Sharron will call him this week to determine the ex- members stressed interested - A request was received from Michael Brookings of Hinsdale, The board of health will post signs at the former landfill site after it is closed. The area will be patrolled Nov. 19 and 20 to make sure and Training Act) office that the application for a compacter condition agreed Henry Private landfill Tomaselli of to a policeman contact Desanti. custodian Mrs. Sharron Cole and Mark North Hanks of the Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning (LPVRPC) program Commission presented a Monday night in the Town Hall to explain federal law 208. The law is part of the Federal Water Control Act Amendments explained Worthington. of 1973, and they its significance to The amendments require that all streams and rivers in the United States be swimmable and fishable by 1983. The goal of Monday's meeting was to receive citizen input on 208, not to report any definite plans. The LPVRPC received a state described the role of LPVRPC as one of reaching out to priv ate Three types Due to limited time and funds, LPVRPC will not be able to ex- amine every type of water pollution problem but is limited to three: failing town and city septic systems, erosion sedimentation due to construction, and leachate from landfill areas, but Miss Cole said Worthington’s participation is very important. “In the end,’’ she said. Worthington will be impacted by any final decisions.” Although attendance was small the audience was attentive and concerned with water grant of $69,000 in February to assess needs and problems in pollution control in Worthington, and the effect on the town of 208 Western “Massachusetts that Most~people wanted to know must be met in order for the how 208 would be implemented. gate to comply with federal aa Aah we that no specific uldelines have as yet b Miss Cole and Hanks = were prs presented a slide show ilJulie Sharron of Buffington lustrating regional pollution Hill Road asked if funding is, roblems, » answ an ered questio ms availabl i e _for private septic Scr the audience. and too vation commission Monday night. The document certifies that Warner Brothers, Inc., of Sunderland has complied with town regulations on the project which is now completed by Amadon informed her the state will not post any type of warning sign such as “blind drive’ on the The selectmen will request that the state investigate the traffic control problem. Ringville residents are currently preparing a peti; tion to be sent to the state ob- jecting to traffic conditions. Mrs. Sharron also contacted Donovan Brothers and conveyed residents’ complaints that trucks belonging to the firm have been speeding through the Ringville section of Route 112. reseeding Mrs. Speed problems Sharron reported told. Guy Road Mason asked of Kinne Br t what is leachatt from a landfill and how is ip dangerous? Miss Cole replied that it is pollutants dissolve d in rainwater, and it contains ‘‘any \ chemical imaginable.” Some of these chemicals are canc er- Causing and some are dangerous to those with heart ailments , she Said. Leachate can “be dangerous up to 40 years after a eneet is closed. ° Atobert Nelson of Buffin Hill Road wanted to ee logging operations woul d be better regulated. Miss Cole answered that in order for that to happen the state must hire more forestry officers. Others expféssed-interest in alternatives to salting the road s in winter and the preventi on of Soil erosion, Miss Cole plans to return in March with more concrete.pla ns | © | A special Town Meeting will be scheduled sometime during the first two weeks of December to discuss the appropriation of $6,000 of Title II funding. The selectmen will meet with the finance committee on Nov. 16. at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall. It was also decided -not to provide grain for the winter for the ducks on the town pond, but to return them to their original owner, Andrea Strom, and purchase new ducks in the spring. —_—_—_—— for 208 implementation Hill Although only nine people attended the meeting, members of the board of selectmen, conservation commission, and planning board were present. in the Miss Cole conducted the inventory of water pollution sources. Areas decided upon by those attending were: a private Sewage system on Old Post Road, agricultural run-off from numerous fields, leachate (waste runoff) from the landfill area stream bank erosion, logging operations and aerial application of agricultural sprays. The inventory will be written up at the LPVRPC office in West Springfield, sent back to the town for approval, and then combined with inventories from the 42 other cities and towns in LPVRPC’s jurisdiction, and finally published as a report. In the future the inventory will be referred to when requests for funding to combat water pollu- tion are made. chairman of commission, the Steven Strom, asked ticular problem conservation was the Several of the loggers have been throwing brush into nearby streams, Steven Strom, chairman, said. Everyone has cooperated by cleaning up their areas so far, but the problem is knowing about the operations, he added. Margo Paddock of River Road Suggested requiring loggers to register with the town clerk so the commission can be aware of their existence. ‘The commission attended the public meeting with members of the Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission concerning federal law 208 im- mediately following its meeting. Tn Pollution inventory its guidelines to be more respi Sive to smaller towns, she w mulching local logging operations. she | and pipeline near the town reservoir. The notarized certificate will be sent to Tighe and Bond, consulting engineers for the town. ,; Also discussed at the meeting ‘were the problems with small whoever uses the Town Hall has full responsibility for it.” Pollution sources listed for eventual grant money By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Susan is stated ‘‘since Emmy (Emerson Davis) is no longer here, should be charged Brookings. Victor that section of Worthington. State highway. town water main completed this fall was approved by the conser- ] contacted Dean Amadon in Lenox concerning the speed problems through Ringville, a A cerfor the if a_par- not listed on the inventory would there be difficulty in obtaining funds? Miss Cole replied that there would be difficulty. Miss Cole repeatedly stressed the importance of citizen input | �Linda Kerley weds —— Ronald Curtis Pirek | WORTHINGTON — Linda Diane Kerley, of 4 Ames St., Cambridge, and Ronald Curtis Pirek, of 450 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, exchanged marriage vows on May 28 under the trees at the Worthington Congregational Church with Rev. Douglas Small officiating at the noon ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Ralph and Lorraine Kerley, of Ridge Road, Highland Mills, N.Y. and Buffington Hill Road. The bridegroom is the son of Chester and Pauline Pirek, of 5654 Hubbell St., Dearborn Heights, Mich. The bride’s sister, Debra Kerley, of Binghamton, N.Y., was the maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Meri Whittaker, of Pella, lowa, and Cindy Husman, of Lexington. Robert Crossan of Cambridge was the best man. Serving as ushers were Jeffrey Swalchick, and Michael Phillips, both of Cambridge. The bride wore an heirloom gown, originally worn by Carrie Louise Josephine Comstock Kerley, Moh oy great-great grandmother of the bride, of Ivory crepe-de-chine. She carried a bouquet of daisies and lilies of the valley with trailing ivy. i Hecsoeiah was held at the Williams House in Williamsburg. The bride and bridegroom attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They were commissioned into the US. Navy on June 3 and will be stationed in Washington D.C. r << \ �‘Health center board seeks grant WORTHINGTON — The board of directors of the Worthington Health Association agreed Monday to apply for a $71,610 federal grant to cover the 1978 salaries of the . center’s administrator, physician’s assistant and outreach nurse. The U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare grant would employees. also cover fringe benefits for health [ Worthington center with human service agencies. She spoke with Hampshire County Action Commission personnel about setting up a referral service network with a source person in each town: Several board members expressed concern that the $71,610 amount will not be enough to cover expenses. Administrator with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health concerning a proposed symposium on adolescent sexuality, Clifford Bennett said that more money may be granted if the need is justified, but that the chances of this happening are slim. and the Hampshire screening. Treasurer Susan Stone reported that $63,000 of the present grant has been spent, leaving $45,000. Of this amount $25,000 will be spent on renovations of the health center building. That grant covered an 18-month period. screening clinics for people over 55. The clinics will be held housekeepers, the board voted John Modestow, a board member and resident dentist at ment because the housekeepers are employed by the doctors at the health center. not the board. However, the board decided to buy the equipment on the condition it be recorded operating costs he incurs there, rather than take them on all at once as of Jan. 1. Medical professionals have been asked to assume their in the minutes of the meeting this is a departure from board policy. Pe ae : y A operating costs by that date. Finance committee member Gertrude Lucey said the committee will need time to allocate funds to cover Modestow’s proposal, but no objection was raised to Modestow’s cost-sharing request. A similar agreement has been worked out with Dr. William Shevin. , Outreach nurse Madeline Provost told the board of an op- The board voted to insure the center’s building and equip- ment at 80 percent of the value. The board also decided to pay 50 percent of insurance premiums for physician's assistant William Clarke and his wife. provided verificatién.is received from. HEW that the grant money can be used for this purpose. Both Clarkes are employed by the health center. Bennett reported he did ‘‘touch base’’ with administrators provide alcohol counseling, as health agencies. grant, and asked Mrs. possible application to at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital and will be working with them to establish co-operative programs. Bennett also attended the HEW conference in Stowe. ‘Significantly. all centers operate under financial stress,” meetings he reported. Annual m- Registered nurse joins health. center Medical ee Mrs. WORTHINGTON adeleine has joined Provost the — An of Havoc, staff Worthington Health Center.of the Mrs, Provost, a registered mo will see patients at the Hh - center on Old North Also, a major part of her job will be to supervise serectin g Programs and educational Clinics in the 13 towns served by the center. : “I intend to work with the townspeople on preventing illness through such things as watching their Mrs. Provost. lifestyle.”” i said She previously was assistant professor in the Holyoke Community College nursing poeta, rs. Frovost will be paid $14.000 annually. She is the nos person to be hired recently by The other staff ji iclar's ce Provost, Clark and administrator, Clifford Bennett. ire a ni from a federal Health ment ucation ee and _ Welf are depart 5 +e center’s other staf f including Dr. William Shevin and dentist, John E. Mod estow are paid through fees and other Operating revenues. The cenit s other doctor. Geo rge carmon, left in Sept oT to school. aoe tox ministrator Bennett said he a goal is to increase the ewe: S 6,000 visits per year to The : annual meetin g of Worthington Health Associati th on, which runs the center. is tonight Hs , in the Worthington Town to set aside $500 for the purchase of a professional-style vacuum cleaner and a floor buffer. The board was hesitant to buy the cleaning equip-. the health center, suggested that he gradually assume the the health center. cancer during the first three Fridays in December in Huntington, Worthington. Plainfield. Cummington, and Chesterfield. In November, Mrs. Provost attended a child abuse and neglect workshop at Mercy Hospital in Springfield and an HEW sponsored conference in Stowe. Vt. about nation wide problems with health centers. in response to a request. from the health center Modestow cost-sharing William Clark, a about from all seven towns by mid-January. Oral health clinics set In conjunction with Modestow, she has set up oral health septic tank has been cleaned and the workers are waiting for the ground to freeze so the heavy equipment can move into the leechfield area. The board moved that the board of health be asked to look into the situation to make sure the system will work properly if it is installed after the ground is her liaison Society of health services are needed. She hopes to meet with people to be used in time of emergency. Work is now being done on the center’s septic system. The financing for individual, family and well as provide ‘‘linkages’’ between The board expressed interest in the Provost to research the grant and its the Hilltowns. Mrs. Provost has been continuing Cancer Mrs. Provost has met with residents of four of the seven cost-sharing bills and $2,000 went back into the Guthrie Fund portunity for a $30,000 mental health grant that could County towns involved with the health center to find out what kinds Mrs. Stone also said thte center had a good month financially. Chesterfield and Cummington paid their four-month frozen. 5 MADELEINE PROVOST �ro ‘TE Civil hearing tomorrow to sawmill voiced on denial of mobile home hearing WORTHINGTON — A civil sufficient grounds and proceedof Worthington was denied fact-filled poster, Witter explained: : —The sawmill would be housed in a 28-foot by 50-foot 112. building, 600 feet off Route ss —A crushed gravel acce road would be built. —The mill would be on a 38- attested copy of the bylaw. last September on the grounds that the mobile home would be a Route 200 112, nearest abutter. of H ‘\ formef resident liv ed had she gton, tin th Worthington for the past years. © d, ” esides her husban : Ant , ers ght dau ee thr eves © hia, st Seymour of Philadelpge Gran r 4 Catherine a Worthington and Robert included commercials purchased by local businesses. Short spots in between the acts san, e praises of local products an ding variety show, sponsored b producers from the ‘‘lowly the Congregational Churc senior youth group, was a rous- potato” to gravestones. Leaders Althea Mason and ing success, adviser Joan Mrs. Donovan coordinated the Donovan said today. Over 200 people packed the sh ow. A $275 profit was realized for Town Hall last weekend to watch friends and relatives per- the teen-agers, said Mrs. Donovan. It will be used for a weekend retreat this summer. religious including music from piano, guitars and a jaw harp. There was dancing too — freespirited hobos and veiled belly dancers. A _ gymnastics routine and comedy sketches rounded out the show. Toothsome homemade goodies were available during intermission at bargain prices. An unusual part o} the show Petition granted Baseball schedule WORTHINGTON — Four groups are playing baseball this season. The Peewees are coached by John Reagan assisted by John Sawyer and Mike Caputo. Practice for the 16 boys and one girl is held Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 1 p.m. Little League practices are Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons at 3, and games b./7 Mee 79 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. —Commercial and ; the American special . charge of arrangements PORTER BARBARA and KENNETH The ney | 14 Kenneth Porter Jr. of this INGTON — Mr. and Mrs. last month by anniversary wedding io oe RIHINGT their 25th ‘ t. Wes Far -week trip to the for Cali i in s tive rela with or Denver. Colo., stayed th Dakota, where. ad pe eae by way of Nor Al nia, and returned home t who is stationed at Mino , Eric son r thei ted visi April Base. Porter Jr. were married ; Eric des besi , sons ce five They add. Rea detfiel bar, a inHayWest ton, and 11,Bar1953 Keith and Kevin, all of Worthing d Robert Cook said that his boar is is in favor of the sawmill and .” come it see to “glad Abutter Esther Sena said she knew that noise from the saw- mill may effect the resale value she of the land and therefore could not welcome the mill, but her convictions would not allow Kenneth 3rd, James, her to speak out against it. Pity Porters celebrate their 25th anniversary Rout Piven people attended the hearing, and several supported Witter and congratulated ; him on the proposal. Planning Board Chairman Fit Socet bee Funeral cane Charles A. Bis eld }5 rfi ste Che in Home any prevent ee 1 St., Springfield. by access, rarely using near Clark Hill Road. Witter added that lumber would be stacked outside, but should grande ily. ete veniee will be no callin, ! ty, 31 Contributions may be ly daily, using Route 112 through Cummington as the main stockpiling. 11 A memorial servic ce held at the convenien a order work would be undery f taken. —Trucks would arrive twice demand ld; Medfie dr- a and two great-grandchil ne e of the N.H. Charles of Durham, d fete Mr. and Mrs. Porter were Gun Before they went on the trip. and Rod the at s, tive e 75 rela at a party given given by som Club. for 17 years, coming have lived in Worthington uy The Porters here from Westfield. are played Wednesdays and SunWORTHINGTON — The days. Coaches are Ed Syron, Board of Appeals unanimousTom Cizek, and Brad Fisk. ly approved the petition of The girls’ softball team, Clarence Witter of Dingle coached b Carol Powell, * Road for a sawmill. The petiednesday aftertion has been granted with the - , practices noons and Saturday mornings. following stipulations. Harley Mason is coaching the The sawmill will be set back men’s softball team, which 600 feet. The diesel fuel practices Sundays at 4 p.m. or storage tank must have when the Little League game spillage safeguards and the is over. hours of operation will be 7 Game schedules will be out a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with no soon. Sunday operation. Meeie E —Hours of operation would be By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The Wonderful Worthington Wing- show — country and western, pop, classical, rock, folk and from feet be —<A buffer zone of trees will down cut to site the nd arou left on noise. Wing-ding a success There was music of all descriptions at the three-hour 48, 1911. acre plot on the east side of detriment to the neighborhood. . The decision is being challenged | because the Grangers contend Sta ho form. By show time some had to be turned away. ORTHINGTON — Lena (Otmsburg cipneneeed, 67, of WilofliaJoseph Road, the wife the Noble Downes, died today at . eld tfi Wes in Hospital e’ She was born in ErbenhausJi Meiningerland, Germany, night to hear the matter under advisement. Assisted by a large map anda cording to ZBA Chairman John to place a mobile home on Old Donovan who must present an application Lena Downes s No one objected to Witter n petition, and the board has take is being represented by Town Counsel Elizabeth Porada. Ac- the ZBA’s denial of their have been asked to appear, as application for a special permit well as Town Clerk Joan The “~ to of Dingle Road (Route 112) rty. prope his on ill sawm a lace The Grangers are challenging Modestow, members of the ZBA North Road. Tuesday i 7 C" 7b | the petition of Clarence Witter hearing involving Elizabeth and ed incorrectly in communicating Francis Granger and the its decision. The Town \ — The WORTHINGTON Board of Appeals held a public permit in Worthington Worthington Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will be held in tomorrow at 10 a.m. Hampshire District Court. nr~ ¢ { ab No objections Meredith Riley Worthington pastor | bapti zed tenders resignation _ WORTHINGTON — The Rev. Douglas Small, who was first called to the Worthington Congregational Church in January 1972, has resigned the post, effective on Nov. 30. Mr. Small was recently promoted at the Old Stone Mill, where he works in Adams, and explained to the church cabinet last week, that the new position will require ad- ditional responsibility and considerable traveling. He asked that he be relieved of his church duties as soon as possible. Small resigned from the pastorate in the spring of 1977. A pastoral search committee was formed, and after being unable to obtain a pastor who they felt suitable for the church and within financial reach of the congregation, they recalled Mr. Small on a part-time basis. The pastoral search committee has now been instructed to consider whether to seek a seminarian, a retired minister or to share a pastor with another town. n, (U4, WORTHINGTON — At the Sunday morning service at the First Congregational Church, Meredith Ann Riley was baptized by the Rev. Douglas Small, pastor. The baby is ee a Dr. oy a. David Riley of New Brunswick, .J and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moran of town. Attending the baptism ai Ree eet Mrs. Moran were the child’s paternal grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Riley of Hagerstown, Md., and her uncle and , aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Moran of Bethlehem, Pa. �8 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Tues., Aug. 15, 1978 Walter Towers celebrate their 60th anniversary WORTHINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tower were honored Sunday at a family dinner on the occasion of their 60th wedding Springfield to visit his brother Herbert and other relatives. , After a two-week honeymoon, they returned to Williamsburg by trolley and continued by mail stage to Worthington, where they made their home in the Tower homestead. Tower helped his father on the family farm, and for many Hor did painting and decorating for most of the homes in town . He had a great reputation as a hunter, and his maple sugar business was known all over the country. Mrs. Tower was active in the church anniversary, which will be tomorrow. The dinner was held at McGrath’s restaurant in Hatfield. Relatives from Connecticut and Eastern Massachusetts, as well as from this area, attended the celebration. On Aug. 16, 1918, Walter Tower of Worthington left the house where he was born and walked to Williamsburg, 15 miles, where he took the trolley car to Florence. There he met his fiancee, Eurma Eddy, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eddy, who lived in Florence. Boarding another trolley, they traveled to South Hadley Falls, where the couple was married by the Rev. Mr. West, former pastor of the Florence Methodist Church. After the wedding dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Eddy returned to Florence, while the bride and groom continued their journey by trolley, going to women’s organizations, and started the well vote “Thursday Morning Coffee Hours’’ in own. The rise has one daughter, Dorothy Beebe of Worthington, two granddaughters, and three great-grandsons, all living in Worthington. At present, Tower is a patient in the Hampshire County Hospital, while Mrs. Tower lives in the house which has been home to her for 60 years. cocoate Sct - Worthington voters adopt the town park and firehouse. The Board of Selectmen submitted a stop preapplication for $50,000 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the small cities program. It was sent May 15 after two public hearings that the meeting began at 8:30 p.m. to 43 when the body adjourned at ll p.m., interest in the long, complicated bylaw was high. The new bylaw was voted on section Planning Board Chairman Robert Cook pointed out that were poorly attended. approval would make things Notification of approval will ‘‘nicer and less messy.’’ It would prevent conflicts between not be received until November, by section. local and state law, insuring that but prior voter permission was A lengthy definition of cluster the town would not be liable to sought by the board so matters would be expedited if approval is development was narrowly unnecessary lawsuits. defeated. A vote of 25in favor A provision requiring a received. The measure passed on a Sewas one vote shy of the needed storage shed with every mobile two-thirds majority. home without a basement was cond tally by one vote, 29 to 28. ecb Sneanaie st EE WORTHINGTON Ayre Inc. by Allyn W. Coombs, L. Bartlett, Cudworth s Rd., Excise $12.54. Sold by Properties 0 & ali America, Inc., to Mr. E. Windso! Richard A. Graham, oa | .Rd., Excise $18.24. hie Sold z by Lafontaine Major & Sop to Mr. & Mrs eeoccececoeoeees b Michael C. Ticknor, Thayer Hill Rd., Excise $91.20. Sold by Walter, O. Fritz, Sr. & Betty C. Fritz to Mr. & Mrs. Walter O. Fritz, Jr., Fritz Rd., Excise $107.16. Sold by Jordan M. Iserman to Mr. & Mrs. Peter Paul Ball, Jr., 1.30. Sold oe by | ane $114.00. ‘to wanting,’ meaning eneh, rode smit Gold Sold by Robert N. Spiess Yr. and Richarg : - KennetRc Porter : III, Kinne Brook Sold by Joan Marie Liston to Excise $87.78 Mr. & Mrs. John Parkinson, 2 composer and accordionist, will accompany Knight to Poland where he will entertain the tourists. Polkas are not he in Poland; most stations feature American rock and that ro Over Memorial Day weekend, the Dragons and the band took part in the 10th annual U.S. Polka Convention at Niagara Falls, where they were one of 15 bands from this country and Canada to take part. \ Sold by Allyn W. seh ue Mr. and Mrs. John lRoad, Excise oe Sold by Maria Sold America, y; night polka hour, Frank Knight, will lead the group from Poland to Lithuani Gene Wisniewsk a. i of Rockville, Conn., —~—_—_——_ Olson, Carter os to by Properties Inc. to-Mr. and of Mrs. poames B. Lagoy, Dingle Road, Sold by Nora B. Anthony to Rhodes, Route 143 Exc ard Frycise $22.80. Mr. & Mrs- Donald F. Sold by M ; i cise $91.5 Sold by Properties of Bridgeman, Worthington Center Larock to Mr. ae oe ! America, ins to Mr. and Mrs. to Worthington, Excise $104.88. A. room of the concourse where the travelers will be checking in their baggage. Mr. and Mrs. Dragon reside on Old Post Road. ~ This year, television’s host on the Channel 40 Saturday leave $15,000 to be used in 7," of Hill Rd., Excise cp Sold Mr. && MMrs, William Stephen b. Houlihan, Thayer ase toby Mr. ts. Andrew ise $11.40 subject to Easton, 2 parcels, Excise $31.{ ve en f Properties of America, Inc; to Mr. & Mrs. Chester L. Jones, E. Windsor Rd., Excise $14.82. piece band will play in the waiting emergency. & Joan Larry R. Rushby, East Windsor Warner D.Cudw o rth Rd., tourists from the Hartford 9 p.m. to board a 707 Pantwo weeks in Poland. At the airby the polka beat of the Chet recording orchestra. The seven- Mallory explained that this will by Allyn W., Coombs, | America, Inc. to Mr. and Mrs. cise $23.94. when 183 arrive at flight for greeted television The tax levy will be directly offset by $10,000 to be taken from free cash. Treasurer Sharon Sold by Mr. & Mrs. Georg McCormick Rd. Excise $11.40 Arnold to Barbara A. Cohen ane Rd., Excise $39.9 sold by Properties of : : case on Sunday Springfield area American charter port they will be Dragon radio and just because the funding may be available, the town does not have to jump at the chance to get it. In another close vote, the assessors’ salaries were doubled. The two-vote margin means that the combined salaries of board members will total $1,250. firehouse and the same amount for the town park to the federal town should vote to approve a list of regulations over which it has no control. Massachusetts General Laws. While the number of voters shrank from a high of 64 when warrant, there was a wave of opposition to application of federal funds for improvements at the oe. penne Lot 5, Ex- ie irpecmneanen eae of WORTHINGTON — Although Sunday nights are reported- ly quiet at Bradley International Airport, that will not be the Chairman of the Finance Committee Grant Bowman called the money ‘‘a two-edged sword,’ because it would bring needed improvements that would bring higher maintenance costs. Joseph Sena of Buffington Hill Road said that the ‘‘town has to approved with only two dissenting votes. The shed size is not specified. In other business on the BY JANET DIMOCK The power to grant use WORTHINGTON — The variations was unanimously minimum building lot require- denied the Board of Appeals. ment here was raised to two The group seemed to concur that acres at a special Town Meeting a body of five should not hold a Friday night after little debate. power that belongs to the voters. The measure passed by a vote of A use variance can be granted 39 to 6. i by a two-thirds vote at a Town The two-acre minimum was Meeting. ‘one of several options voted in There were many questions addition to mandatory changes about the mandated changes, included in amendment 808 to particularly concerning why the 40A Polka band to play for tourists building lot two-acre minimum Chapter WALTER and EURMA TOWER Grange No. 90 earns over $400 WORTHINGTON — Grange No. 90 has earned awards amounting to over $400 for its exhibit in various fairs in the area, it was reported by Leah Mollison week. Last received at week a first meeting the prize this‘ exhibit at the Great Barrington Fair. The youth group, headed by Donna Guyette and Joan Mollison and assisted by George Fowler and Leah Mollison, won third prize for their exhibit at the Blandford Labor Day weekend. Fair Y\ Earns degree ' WORTHINGTON — Charles Joslyn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Joslyn of Huntington Road, received a doctor of social work degree in a ceremony Wednesday at the Smith College School of Social Work. His clinical training was taken at Tufts University Medical Center. . a with his wife and two children, lives in Pitts- field where he has a private psychotherapy practice. He is also chief psychiatric social worker at the adult clinic of the Berkshire Medical Health - Center. Paw —- * . �> CUImMrcews ~~ — Miss Massachusetts ' Area miss (Continued from page 1) State House where she spoke on the merits of higher is state manager and the pageant committee, posed for her official jaebote as Miss Massachusetts, consulted with her beauty airdresser and has been interviewed by the news media. Between personal appearances, Miss Humphrey must also prepare herself for a week of activities in Atlantic City. All winner the New England contestants will leave together on Sept. 2 business New routine oh : es Besides this preparation, she will also work on a new ballet routine for the talent portion of the competition. She will keep the same music, the theme from ‘‘Love Story,”’ that she WORTHINGTON FRIENDS and neighbors greeted Rowena Humphrey, Miss Massuchusetts 1978, at a recep- tion at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. She was given a bouquet of flowers by some of students. (Photo by David Dimock) her former dance Se Miss Massachusetts takes a moment from a busy schedule By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — A variety of personal appearances, performances, and interviews are ahead for Rowena Humphrey as Miss Massachusetts 1978. They all focus on the week of City, N.J. Sept..2 — the Miss American pageant in Atlantic Visiting at the home of her parents, Jean and G. William Pumphrey of Old Post Road, the 19-year-old, Miss Humphrey found a few quiet moments yesterday to reflect on the hectic past week and what is ahead for her. “T’ll be back and forth between Worthington and my sister’s home in Arlington for the rest of the summer,’’ she said. Most of her contacts, including her personal hairdresser supplied by the Massachusetts pageant committee, are based in Boston. Mrs. Humphrey described her daughter’s schedule as being ‘‘prettyloaded.’’ Miss Humphrey said that she ‘“‘hopes to get some rest’’ while in Worthington, but her duties as Miss Massachusetts will not leave much time for leisure activities. On Friday she will make an appearance at the Miss Connecticut pageant, and Saturday she will journey to Lexington for the opening of a Friendly Ice Cream Shop. Miss Humphrey said that she expects to sign a lot of autographs and meet many gowe in Lexington. : When all the Connecticut pageant winners are selected, they will appear on the ‘‘Woman ’78’’ television show in Boston. Then they will travel to Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, for the three-day ‘“‘Windjamer Festival.”’ Attend dances At the festival, Miss Humphrey said they will attend dances and a ‘“‘lobster eat’’ and be interviewed by a local television station. She termed the prospects of attending the festival ‘‘exciting.’’ . “T don’t know my schedule,” Miss Humphrey explained, “I try to look at it one day at a time, otherwise the whole thing would be too confusing.” : Small wonder that she cannot keep all the appointments straight yet when she outlines what she had done during the week she captured the Miss Massachusetts crown in New Bedford on June 16. She addressed a joint session of the Legislature at the (Continued on page 5) used here in Massachusetts, but she said that some more dif- ficult moves will be added. choreography herself. Miss Humphrey will do all the She also must work up a shorter routine to be used at some personal appearances. She has studied dance for many years, beginning at her mother’s studio in Worthington. She taught modern dance and preschool ballet classes from the time she was aged 14 until she graduated from Gateway Regional High School at 16. A chaperone will be with Miss Massachusetts all the time despite her busy schedule. Over the weekend her sister Roberta filled in for official chaperone, . Betty Sencabaugh, provided for by the state pageant committee. The chaperone is “someone to help me through in case I need it,’’ Miss Humphrey explained. This may range from fending off unwanted attentions by the public or press to being a friendly ear to talk to. At the pageant a contestant ‘‘needs someone to talk to,”’ Miss Humphrey explained. Contestants are allowed to see their families on a limited basis. In Atlantic City she will see Family separation Miss Humphrey said that the separation from the pally is “good in a way’’ because it prevents outsiders from interfer- ing with preparations, and stops families from upsetting : Other talented family members will be assisting Miss Humphrey. Her mother, who made all of her daughter’s out- , fits for the Massachusetts contest, will make many of the ings she will wear in New Jersey. Humphre says that ‘‘the Ww ihy.i ind her.” Far from being jealous, her two said. older Sisters are i any, way that they can, he A box at the convention hall has already been reserved for’ them. Everyone in the family will be attending, including some in-laws, except youngest son Ronnie ‘‘who wants to stay home and watch it on television with his friends,”’ Humphrey said. An interesting sidelight is the many gifts Miss Humphrey received from her fellow Massachusetts contestants. Each one brings a gift for the winner, she explained. Included in the array are a “‘cranberries from Cape Cod”’ box, and a Red Sox batting helmet from Miss Boston. The pageant committee gave her a ly 11 before | Miss p.m. Humphrey's parents and four other brothers and sisters were at New Bedford High School for the pageant. : A 1978 graduate of Berkshire Community College with an | associate degree in theater, she has been in New Bedford for the past attending week preliminaries to last pageant. the night's : In the talent category, Miss Humphrey danced to music from ‘‘Love Story.’’ She has had nine years of ballet training and has studied jazz and modern ; dance for two years. Her mother taught ballet in Hatfield until two years ago, Ron Humphrey said last night. is the Miss Humphrey daughter George her family for only 15 minutes a day in the hotel lobby. their daughters. pete for the title of Miss America. The news reached her 16 yearold brother Ron, at home, short- EEE ra Ror ST To prepare for the pageant, Miss Humphrey said she will go through ‘‘mock interviews’ with various people. to com- tic City in September oes a second chance,’’ she cautioned. _ named Miss Massachusetts last night, and will be going to Atlan- A 10-minute interview with the judges as ‘‘probably the most difficult.’’ That is the only chance that the judges have to become acquainted with the contestants, and ‘‘you don’t get SS EEE competition will be the most difficult, but she settled on the | | Rowena Humphrey, a 19-yearold Worthington woman, was W. Post Road. of Mr. and Humphrey Mrs. of Old Ron said he believes his parents encouraged Miss Humphrey to enter the pageant “because they thought she had a i chance at it.” Ron said he understands his sister plans on continuing with dance. She is expected to return to Worthington late tomorrow or s Sunday. Miss Humphrey became eligi- ble-for the Miss Massachusets contest after winning the Miss Northern Berkshire Contest on j ; May 3. The family’s other children, all in New Bedford with their parents, are Richard, 21, Robin, SIE Miss Humphrey said that it is hard to say which part of the sec 282A from Hartford, Conn. epee NES her SRE NETS both a with TIE times IT numerous RR A met eR RAS education, 95; Roberta 29, and Russell, 31. sterling silver bowl engraved especially for Miss Massachusetts, and filled with red roses. The crown is a glittering prize in itself. Humphrey proudly shows it off to a visitor and then places it in its container for safekeeping — a sturdy cookie tin. Even if her bid for the national crown is unsuccessful, her father looks on it as a valuable experience. He projects the last night of the pageant this way: On Sept. 9, when the “parade of the States’’ is on national television, 30 million people will hear his daughter say ‘Rowena Humphrey, Worthington, Massachusetts.” A thrill for the family, Worthington and the Bay State. : New mimeograph used at church WORTHINGTON — Benevolent have Blven to the Sicketg new mimeograph church 4 mac which was purchased hine with Part of the p ae from the summer fair This week it used for printing the i Women’s ‘Parish Word. copies of the chy ch were mailed out on paper Monday, �Baby Octavia: eight she sweet? By LAUREN McCARTNEY WORTHINGTON — She is their eighth child, born on the Yesterday, just eight days old, Octavia slept in the month. So Cornelius and Julia Sharron called her Octavia Colleen, which literally means who range in age from 6 to 17. eighth day eighth girl. of the eighth and the other chores. Although the older sisters, for her girls to use; she didn’t expect to use it again herself. The baby clothes had been given away long ago, and it Mrs. Sharron, a Worthington selectman, was saving all the baby furniture parted with her maternity clothes. Then she discovered she was pregnant. sometimes bassinette that was once used by her seven older was just last year that she Her girls began to tease her about getting fat. They made her do-sit-ups to take it off. Even then, Mrs. Sharron was reluctant to tell them she was pregnant. “I was really concerned about it,” Mrs. Sharron said. ‘‘I thought new and think, ‘Maybe maybe they would resent the baby we won't be able to have that new bike if there’s going to be another baby.’ ™ Finally, when and her husband could not hide any longer, they Mrs. Sharron thought they her condition called a fami- ly meeting in their Buffington Hill Road home. “There's going to be a new baby in the house.” Sharron announced. The girls cried and ran to comfort their oldest sister. It never occurred to them that it was their 37-year-old mother who was pregnant. No resentment Mrs. Sharron need not have worried about her girls resenting the baby. ‘They just WORTHINGTON SELECTMAN Julia Sharron yesterday held eight-day-old Octavia Collenher-eighth-daughter, born on the eighth day of the eighth month of the year. Octavia Colleen’s name literally means eighth girl. (Photos by Gordon Daniels) love the baby so much, I’m so pleased.’ Mrs. Sharron said. In fact, there is so much competition for Octavia’s limited wakeful hours, that Mrs. Sharron says the only time she tends to her youngest child is when she is breastfeeding. Seven sets of willing hands are eager to do the diapering girls make having an eighth child a much easier task than having a first, families outsiders are cruel. the are Small fashion nowadays. When some people heard she was pregnant again they said, ‘‘What? Another one? Haven't you heard about birth control?”’ “T ignore those remarks if I can,” said Mrs. Sharron, and if she must reply she says, “Yes, I have heard of it, and I take care of my seven — all of them — nobody helps me.”’ (‘I feel like slugging people who say things like that,” Mrs. Sharron confided.) Others asked her, ‘‘You mean you're going to keep it ‘I don't believe in abortion, we're Catholics,’’ Mrs. Sharron explained. ‘‘But even if I wasn’t Catholic, I don’t think I'd consider abortion.” Concern for health Her only concern about the child was that she — or he — be healthy. Her doctor had warned her that babies born to older mothers suffer a higher incidence of birth defects. They had been sure it would — Little Octavia the shortest yet, 45 minutes. She gave birth at 12:37 a.m., (Continued from page 1) the Sharrons and their visitors agree. There’s always the in more one room 15 minutes after arriving at the hospital. While she was away, each for spacious girl over 12 was assigned to do white house near the center of the elementown. Sharron, the domestic work. She was only 8 years old when she started doing the cooking and cleaning and Windsor, is making over one of the seven bedrooms the for dormitory youngest. as a Massachusetts, where she will be a freshman. She regrets she will probably never know her youngest sister as well as the others. “T love my sisters, but I could never have eight children. I don’t want to Sharron for her worked. parents, enjoys who both on the table. “JT don’t believe you can have a career and a family my diaper kids for 18 years, I'd like to be a lawyer and be able to do things. Mrs. And in her own home, she says, ‘I’ve always taken pride in having the family clean, the house clean, and a nice meal size.” But as a Worthington select- I think I would adopt if I hadchildren. There are so many people in. the world anyways.” man, Mrs. Sharron might as well have a career. Now in her third year of her first term, Special privileges Ramona, next in line, said “T love kids: I don’t want to she puts in anywhere from five to 30 hours a week on boy among his children. But his seventh daughter or has also been active organiz- Octavia, born at 7 pounds, 14 ounces. is a beautiful child, after Ramona, Melissa, 14; “have been a boy this time — the law of averages seemed to point to it. Sharron admits he would have liked to have hada comforted him when the news came, ‘‘Don’t worry Daddy, the cat is a male, too.” (Continued on page 5) town business. She’s looking forward to running again. She have eight, but maybe three four. As Octavia’s godmother-to-be, Ramona claims ‘‘special privileges” with her youngest sister. The children came rapidly Catherine, and 12; Pamela, daughter 15. There's Ann, 13; Margaret, 6. each than her appeared labor 8, And after a irst was hours. befor. port While the doctor was telling her husband that it would be hours before the third child appeared, Mrs. Sharron gave birth in the labor room. The seventh girl appeared after a 50 minute labor, from start to finish. So Sharron was worried when his wife lingered at home for a few minutes after her labor started. There was a heavy downpour a week ago Monday night and the couple decided to drive to Pittsfield on Route 9. rather than take the back roads through Hins‘‘We wouldn’t have dale. made it that way because we found out later the road had washed —_ left, Helen, a particular The oldest girl, Helen, 17, will begin commuting next month to the University of Cummington predecessor. Mrs. Sharron was in the hospital only..two sister. From on three Dalton, for principal school tary shorter THE SEVEN SHARRON sisters are delighted with their newest Ramona, 15; Ann, 13; Pamela, 6 and Melissa, 14. cooking day. They are all capable of making full-course meals, and had made it Mrs. Sharron easier for them by leaving things like meatloafs and pie shells in the freezer. 17; Margaret, 8; Catherine, 12; out.’’ Her labor was ing programs for children and the elderly. Her husband, in addition to serving as town moderator and being active in a number of other groups. is this year's commander of Massachusetts’ 65.000 Veterans of Foreign Wars. “My husband and I have __ worked Lops iae since Our marriage. If I'm busy or have extra meetings. my husband helps out.’’ Sharron has never shirked diaper duty, either. And his wife pitches in on traditionally male chores, like mowing the lawn, painting the house and chopping down trees. “T don’t believe in women’s liberation, but-I do believe in equal pay for equal work. I feel there are some things a .woman just can’t do — like physical things in factories.” But there are other physical things that some women are very good at, like having babies. ‘‘When I had Helen (the oldest) the doctor told me I was made to have babies. It took me all these years to know what he meant.”’ { �paar SE 1, Mass., Wed., Oct. 4, 1978 s e m o c e b n o d l e h S ‘Roxanne ———$—<$—$——£— effrey Leonard Mason yveds LeAnn Congregational Church. The Rev. Douglas Small officiated Mason, Leonard Noble was the organist and Gary Chamberlin the soloist. The bridegroom’s sister, maid of Linda A. Mason, was were ds mai des bri The r. hono ne ian Mar t, ber Gil Chris exchanged Worthin gton, in marriage vows on Sept. 30 Worthington the THIA — LeAnn Mary Par, daughter of Leon A. and ra L. Parsons of Route 9, Jeffrey M. Parsons B. of Robert E. and Esther m, Far ok Bro ne Kin son of at the 11 a.m. ceremony. Jerry and McCauley, Dale Rogers of the Stacy Mason, daughter bridegroom. ® the best ‘Robert Gilbert was rs were man. Serving as ushe and Fran Pease, Gary Judd Parsons, Tom Brooks. James was a e, brid the of brother the ied carr and r junior ushe rings. A-line The bride wore an turing fea na, Qia of own chiffon chiffon sleeves with and overlay, lace bodice wore covered button cuffs. Sheillusion a picture hat with an med veil and carried long-stem also white and pink roses. She her wore a gold necklace that mother wore father. After a on her wedding bride’s day, given to her by the reception at Plain- coufield Villa in Plainfield, the upto ple left on a wedding trip per New England. The bride is a graduate of High Hampshire Regional and on mpt tha Wes in ool Sch at ime t-t par works Northampton < pS oe | Internal isa Medicine. The bridegroom al graduate of Gateway Regionand High School in Huntington is a self-employed trucker. live Mrs. Mason will Mr. and in on Kinne Brook Road log e el K t r e b r e H of e d i br — RoxWORTHINGTON ghter of anne M. Sheldon, dau Sheldon of Mr. and Mrs. Gary came the be Huntington Road, A. Kellogg, pride of Herbert Kellogg of t son of Herber liamsburg, Kellogg Road, Wil thington on Aug. 19 in the Worrch. The Chu al ion gat Congre officiated Rev. Douglas Small ny.” emo cer at the 11 a.m. of Sheldon Robin d of mai the was on ngt Worthi ds were honor. The bridesmai Gareau, Ann _ Knapp and Wendy Mohor. Misey flower girl. Sheldon was was best Jablonski Alex ng duties man. Sharing usheri and ck were Harry Wait, Chu Dave and g. log Kel Jeff g was Mathers. Lee Kellog ring bearer. satin gown The bride wore a and a high ys rla ove e lac h wit length veil orflo Her neckline. was flower-laced. After a reception at the the couple Plainfield Villa, to Penntrip g din wed a on left etts. hus sac Mas and sylvania t. 2 Sep on e hom They will be at Goshen sburg. Road, William- KELLOGG E HERBERT and ROXANN duate The bride is a 1977 gra High al ion Reg y of Gatewa degroom 1S School and the bri msburg a graduate of Willia . ool Sch h Hig 9. Worthington, after Oct. LEANN and JEFFREY MASON Eye clinics slated | Free film , WORTHINGTON RT i — A seri es of free visual i adeno a ie re res the Warthington ‘Health : s of October and N sid Go tent 4 jek ater residents ace und alder 3 : , ie eary detection . aes te visual health, especially showings tomorrow . Beeert a Myers, optometrist ) for the e W.Western Massachu- setts pital in Westfield, will be assisting the association WORTHINGTON — Black The clinics will be held fr ‘om 9:30 ) a.m. to 3 white film classics will be shan ) Poot ate Min geen * a. ee schedule Pvatthington ae : 4; efie i a Cummington Community ose: oo ees ppointments are required, and can be made by calling : j ach Nurse OutreNortiy Rasa. M adeleine Provost at the medical center on Old ponieyion row library afternoon and! The adult movie, ‘‘The Kin and I,” will be pin shown aS at 7:15 Children’s movies shown at 3:30 oe ail 3 Stuart Little,” ‘“Hailstones and Helibut Sawas living in Boston eta oe per g in — Mr. and Mrs. Joji Sawa, who have Tokyo, Japan, have returned to this countr o y and are living in the Boston area where sey working. Mrs. Sawa is the former Priscilla ietes, daughte ie r of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jones of East Windsor Bones,’’ and ‘‘The Happy Owl.’’ Prizes will be awarded at that time to those The Worthington library will be the place for the showing of who took part in the summer children’s and adult movi ies to Damaris reading program. Librarian Fernandez-Sierra will be the secgestianiel of The movies are obtained f r charge from the Noiters Massachusetts Regional Bookmobile from Greenfield a Damaris rnan ez-Sierra will projectionist. a �Sas : : THIS WORTHINGTON group is preparing for “A Tribute to Louis Armstrong and the Music of His Era” to be presented at the Worthington Town Hall Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. ee o . From left. “Pip”. Bartlett as Armstrong, Ralph Conz, Gary Chamberlin and Brad rehearsing while Greg Conz accompanies on the piano. (Photo by David Dimock) .Ouis Worthington talent celebrates jazz era Armstrong concert set WORTHINGTON — Local talent will perform music from Armstrong Louis the era at a concert at the Town Hall both Friday and Saturday nights. The performances, to begin at 8 p.m., will benefit First ‘ Congregational Church projects. x | meodbecnentnagreneccnnnetnecens | ts 8 — 1 pcccommmnncineinm phe Priscilla ‘‘Pip” Bartlett will do an impersonationis wellof Armstrong or Seniesa known. —— | she listed on the program are Ralph and Greg Conz, a father-son duo, perform- 2 _ for which Others < : ing on the trumpet, piano and clarinet. Brad Fisk will sing as will Gary Chamberlin as he accompanies, himself on the bass guitar. - Refreshments of wine and cheese will be available cafestyle throughout the evening. Reservations, which would be appreciated, can be made by contacting Mrs. Horace Bartlett ion Old Post Road. A stained glass window, installed in memory In memoriam of C. Kenneth ational Osgood, will be dedicated at the Worthington Congreg designed Church 10:30 a.m. service Sunday. The window was e artist and executed over a seven-week period by Florenc green Patrick Curran, right. It is made in shades of sky blue, antique own, hand-bl fine of vase a by d accente and gold and n, left, streaky glass crafted in West Germany. Winston Donova ) made the wood frame for the window. (Photo by David Dimock Fisk are ! show. ‘‘I used to do imperBy JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Toes sonations on the stage as a kid,”’ were tapp.ag in the Town Hall Mrs. Bartlett recalls. The audience was ‘‘just right” last weekend as a near-capacity audience enjoyed the music of she said. ‘‘You could hear a pin ‘Louis Armstrong and his Era.”’ drop and we got standing The benefit show, performed ovations both nights,’ Mrs. for the First Congregational Bartlett added. In fact, Mrs. Bartlett herself Church’s scholarship fund, transformed the hall to another “brought down the house’ with time. There were tables for four her five numbers, especially her covered with checkered cloths rendition of ‘Blueberry Hill.” A wide range of music, from and set with cheese and crackers and wine. Flickering Armstrong’s first hit, “Basin candles completed the effect of Street Blues,” to his last, ‘It’s a a jazz era hall. Wonderful World,’’ to lively The talents of Brad Fisk, numbers by other composers, vocalist, Greg Conz on the piano, was covered by the performers. Ralph Conz on the trumpet, The hand clapping — toe tapping Gary Chamberlin on bass and a response of the audience was a vocalist, Frank Pyco of Hatfield marked departure from the on drums and Priscilla ‘‘Pip”’ Bartlett impersonating Armstrong made for a night of great music. All those questioned pointed to Mrs. Bartlett as the originator, organizer and inspiration for the weekend show. ‘I had this dream,” Mrs. Bartlett explained when asked how the event came into being. She had been working on the Armstrong impersonation since last spring,” about five months,” she said. She started doing her act to Armstrong recordings about five years ago for a local talent usual serious atmosphere Town Hall gathering. at a All the work ‘‘from the stage out’’ was done by Pat and Bert Nugent, Judy Fisk and Horace Bartlett. Taping was done by Paul Sena William tington. and lighting Eddinger After of expenses, by Hun- $319 was realized for the scholarship fund. Considering such a good time was really had by everyone involved, Mrs. Bartlett added that the only people who lost anything ‘Are those that missed out and didn’t buy a ticket.” �Abandoning roads not simple, Worthington officials learn By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Abandon- ing some unused roads will not be a simple process, the Board of Selectmen learned Tuesday night. The Finance Committee attended the board’s. weekly meeting to give an update on the progress of the abandoned roads study. The objective of the study is ‘‘to try to put a handle on what, if any, liability the town incurs through its extensive number of back roads,’ Chairman Grant Bowman explained. The committee’s first concern is with several back roads which are no longer passable by car. Committee member Timothy Sena called these roads ‘‘foot paths,’ adding that some need extensive bridge work before they can be passable. Bowman said that the committee compared the town’s street map with the state’s com- receiving reimbursement for Hill roads, which go off into the woods and have not been used for years. Also not on the list, are Osgood and Brown Hill roads which are in similar condition. Since the roads are not listed by the state, Bowman said this may mean that the town is not ) I Librarian attends annual meeting WORTHINGTON Jorge — Mrs. attended the annual meeting Saturday of the Massachusetts Library Trustees Association, of which she is a director and chairman of the awards com- mittee. At the meeting she was also elected second vice at the. state aid to towns is figured on three factors: 25 percent on employment, 25 percent on population and 50 percent. on total road mileage. son, Emilio, to Kristen Rawlé on Sept. 23. The wedding, held Selectmen Julia Sharron add- of roadway, that is reopened. for each This does not include the cost of roadway. upgrading roads to passable-conto her by dition. A the last Pease estimated that there ed that a figure of $1,200 can be lost in state revenues mile of discontinued The figure was quoted a State official at Hilltown Selectmen’s meeting. Bowman said the committee’s next step will be to determine whether raised over the last year by the Highway Superintendent selectmen and the Finance ComJames Pease estimated that mittee. highway costs will increase an The Finance Committee will average of $3,000 for manpower discuss the matter further at its and maintenance for each mile meeting scheduled for Nov: 15 at or not these roads are are at least 23 miles.of dirt roads in town. Questions about the cost that would be incurred if a home ech NL Ne ne Lindsay the of state. Ernest Amherst was elected president of the association. Other directors are Milton Reach of West- field and Eugene Worman of » North Amherst. other has been business, Mrs. reported that a letter Historical sent to the Society Windsor authorizing the removal of a plaque on the metal bridge on Clark Hill Road behind the Capen-Riverside School House. ts attended the wedding of their in one of the city’s parks, was followed by a reception held at Lehr’s Greenhouse restaurant in the Canterbury Hotel in San Francisco. Their son i$ a 1975 graduate of the Massachusetts: Maritime Academy and is a, second mate merchant mariner. The couple will live in Seattle, Washington: Attending from addition to Mr. Fernandez-Sierra this area son Illtyd, was Oleksak of Russell. and and $30 and inspection of renovations will be $15. Both men said that they would like the public to feel free to call them for information about a permit before any structural changes are made in a home. “We can always tell them that they don’t need one,” Bartlett said. Magargal added that unknowingly a homeowner can make an apparently simple change that renders the home structurally unsound or even dangerous. Removal of too many support beams to enlarge a window, an pam installed water heater or a major change in a Richard home heating system without the proper valve changes were three examples given by the inspectors. Both men emphasized that they are interested in helping people with their projects and do not want to make more difficult. them work isdone, not after a job is completed. Magargal can be reached at his home on Williamsburg Road and Bartlett at his home on Kinne Brook Road. In other business no bids were received for work on the Town Hall roof. The board decided to ask once more for bids to renail and coat the metal roof before winter. In response to suggestions made by several residents to conserve energy, the board looked into changing the lighting at the Town Park on Huntington Road. After consulting with an elecirician, the board found that the cost of a new pole, eB Wendy Sherman wins honor Se hgh o f Mr. and JGTON — Wendy Sherman, daughter ee was Worthington, of West eine show 1 1997 4-H horse senior exhibitor at the first Massachusetts . month this er Westfield earli in the event, and Miss Some 200 horses participated ther member of with anothe honor Sherman was chosen for the ies and which Mount p her club which is called Mountainto was selected itor exhib r senio A d. efiel Middl meets in state. each club in each county in the received a second Miss Sherman, on her pony Frisky, ation ati , fifth in pony equit pony fo h in award in pony trail, aa fourt . riding naa ate seventh in pony pleasure ls at the Eastern anima dairy ited exhib Her sister Terri . She won the following m States Exhibition (Big E) last st month division and first in adult n i awards: Ayrshire calf, second Jersey calf, seventh. and 11th; calf, sey Guern show; junior was also chosen to She Each class averaged 20 animals. show and received a serepresent the state in the Big E 4-H d in fitting and showsecon and cond in the Ayrshire class manship: Worthington fixtures and bulbs would result in energy savings but the cost would far outweigh any money saved in utility bills. The board will meet with the Finance Committee on day to discuss progress of the abandoned road study celebrates 50th Linda Seager wed to Wells Magargal WORTHINGTON — Linda Lee Seager became the bride of Wells Wrisley Magargal II on Oct. 21 in the First Presbytarian Church, Mendham, N.J. The Rev. Robert Phillips officiated at the noon ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Seager Mrs. Edward W.L. of 8 Highland Circle, Mendham. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Magargal of Williamsburg WORTHINGTON — The Friendship Guild held its 50th anniversary Mason. The wedding anniversaries. It was also the best man’s 21st birthday. The bride and bridegroom left the church for a reception at the Blackhorse Inn, Mendham, in a horse pullec bride University of attended the Massachusetts Road, here. Maryann Woolf of Winthrop was maid of honor and Rebecca and will complete her degree requirements at Johns Hopkins niece of the bridegroom, the bridesmaid. B.S. from Penn State, MS. from UMass, and PhD. in biochemistry from UMass. He Maye Thomas of Northampton, University in Baltimore, Md. The bridegroom received his The bridgegroom’s brother, Steven Bartlett Magargal of Worthington, was best man. is a postdoctoral research associate at Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus. Edward Holcomb brother of the bride. living on Beech Baltimore, Md. Serving as an usher was was Seager, guild November bride’s maternal grandparents’, great-grandparents’ and great-great - grandparents’ The meeting night at the home Oct. 21 is the date of the carriage. in Mrs. their building, plumbing inspection fees the few speakers from this of In Sharron Worthington selectmen set Sturbridge Motor Inn. end 8 p.m. in the Town Hall. | WORTHINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Fernandez-Sierra town for a vote to abandon them. Sheraton After the business meeting, she led a round table discussion on ‘‘Problems of Small Libraries,’ and was one of California wedding have returned from San Francisco, Calif., where they president. The meeting was held ' $ 1¢ included in state calculations. If were built on one of these roads Bartlett said that he should be contacted before plumbing Fernandez-Sierra , Coupleattends them. Committee member not, it will be much easier to and the town’s obligation to keep Edward Harvey explained that decide whether or not to ask the them open year round have been puterized road listing and found By JANET DIMOCK that most of these “derelict | WORTHINGTON — Plumbing Inspector Henry Bartlett roads’’ are not listed. The and Building Inspector Raymond Magargal met with the omitted roads include extenselectmen last night to set fees and exchange information. sions of Starkweather, BufPlumbing inspection fees were set at the same rate as fington Hill, Harvey, Ring, and building inspection fees. Inspection of a new home will cost Sam Wr Mr. and Mrs. Magargal are Drive, was 1928 Thursday of Dorothy organized ‘‘to in promote friendship in church and town.” Four charter members of the Original 20 attended the meeting. Mildred Cook of Easthampton, Millicent Tinker of Westfield, Lucie Mollison and Elizabeth Torrey both of Worthington. Mrs. Mollison was presented a gift for continuous attendance and service throughout the 50 years. Letters from former members were read, and Mrs. J. Herbert Owen of Florida phoned congratulations. A devotional service with recorded music was arranged by Mrs. Mason, and a short business meeting was held. Harriet Osgood volunteered to plan Christmas gifts for shut-ins and.reports were given. �8 8 miles of pipeline from 2 reservoirs carries at spring water to 135 households jn Worthington Editor’s note; This is another in a series of reports about town water supplies in the area. By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — ‘‘We haven’t had water restrictions to curb use in a long time,’ Horace Bartlett, a Water Commissioner _ for over 20 years replied when asked about the local communi- ty water cannot water stituted supply. In fact, Bartlett recall when the last restrictions were inand in his memory, members of the Worthington Fire District have never run short of water. However, this week the commissioners were concerned when the reservoir did not fill up after pumps were activated from two deep wells. An outdoor faucet was found running at the Swim and Tennis Club outdoor pool which the commissioners are hoping is the answer to the problem. water from two needed. While complaints are the district can now be found, sometimes received that the but Bartlett said that it was water tastes like it contains too quite an undertaking for the much chlorine, both men said time. The entire system was inthat the amount is never varied stalled by hand, horses pulling because it is done by machine. dirt scoops as the only additional reservoirs holding a total of 1% million gallons of spring water. Nestled in an ll-acre tract spread between Old North and Ridge Your water roads the reservoirs are far from the public eye. Com- missioner James _ Pease estimates that a little more than 1642 million gallons are used in the Fire District each year. The reservoirs are augmented by three wells that were drilled over a period of three decades as insurance against dry spells. The first well was drilled in 1949 after a dry spell the previous year, Bartlett remembers. The last well was drilled in the 1960s. Pease described this year as “‘a little on the dry side,’ but said that the wells were only in use for five weeks this summer. He does not consider lengthy period. this a Spring overtlow In the spring the district has more water than can possibly be Officially founded on May 19, used or stored. Water overflows 1911, the Fire District, which is administered by a board of three Water Commissioners, now provides water to 135 After leaving the chlorinator, the water flows through the piping system which stretches from Old North Road south to Ringville along Route 112, and it branches to Old Post Road and down Witt Hill Road. supply: a Status report Reports of the annual April Fire District membership meeting are regularly included in the Worthington Town Report, but the town is in no way connected with the watersupply or upkeep of the lines. Commissioners are elected at the April meeting and reports are given about the self-sustaining operation. Town Clerk Joan Donovan estimated that the dis- from the reservoir on some days trict serves somewhat less than at. 100 gallons per minute. It half of the total number of would take considerable expan- households. Bills are sent out on an annual sion to hold this water, and at households. Snaking through the this time there is no demand and basis. This year’s rate is $45 per most populated parts of town, no plans for such an under- household. Rates are adjusted ~~—for-buiidings™ with apartmerits, eight miles of pipeline carry. taking. Pease said. The ment most imporiant develop- in recent years was a $230,000 grant for the federal Economic Development Ad- ministration received in 1977. This money was used mainly to update pipes in bad repair. Bartlett said that some of the lines had been in place since the formation of the district in 1911 and were only two inches in diameter. The new eight-inch pipes also replaced ones dating from 1931. All told, 12,600 feet of pipe was laid and 22 fire hydrants set out. Old hydrants o were A well house installed in 1911 on Witt Hill Road, helps relieve the pressure that builds up as the water travels on its downhill course. As it is, Pease said that some homes must have a reducer on the line ‘‘or else you couldn’t hold a glass under the faucet.”’ Being a Water Commissioner also means daily checking on the supply by the two men. Pease and Bartlett are certified by the state to take the required daily tests for turbity and residues. labor. Transient workers were brought in from out of state to do the labor. It could not have been all work through, as Bartlett remembers uncovering a mound of empty wine bottles when doing a repair at a later time on the Witt Hill line. Making repairs to the line is a major job of the commissioners. Both men have been out in below freezing weather to take care of a broken pipe. The lines are all below frost level, but shifting frozen ground can mean broken pipes. Both agree that the worst breaks seem to wait the work for the coldest day of the year. Whenever possible, the com- missioners do themselves. There have never been any Both are proud to point out that security problems at the reser- good water. Monthly bacteria tests by a laboratory are also re- ago Worthington quired. two has Pease years consistently said that he that in the has been there has replaced testing-the—water; and some put at new locations never been a bad sample. The with the funding, Pease added. water is “‘a little on the hard Now there are hydrants at 500- side,’ he said. foot intervals. Pease said that some residents objected to the 1960 chlorination idea, because houses are not He also remembers some obnear all the hydrants, but the jections from district members commissioners saw this as a who threatened to drill their own good move in planning for the weils rather than drink treated future. water when the chlorinator was The water flows from the installed in the late 1960s. reservoirs to a nearby Hovever, when he brings out the chlorinator where it is extmsive lists, records and automatically treated with chatts that must be kept acmeasured amounts of chlorine. cordng to state regulation, it is Pease explained that the clea that the district had little chlorinator meters the water as choie but to treat the water it flows through and treats whennecessary. water in a holding tank as _No records of the founding of Aerial spray has low toxicity voirs, Pease rumors said. A few years that youngsters were using them for a swimm- ing hole reached his ears, but no one was ever apprehended. Pease added that it is not a particularly attractive spot for a dip, considering the water temperature hovers around 52 degrees in June. Worthington man gets architect license WORTHINGTON — Franklin Andrus Burr of Kinne Brook Road is now a registered architect having passed the National Architectural Registration Board exams. He is also a visiting critic and lecturer at Yale University. Burr is the son of Mrs. Franklin Gilmore Burr and the late Mr. Burr of this town. He is a graduate of Williams College and the Yale University’s school of architecture. He has been associated with Peter Rose of Montreal, Neil Wright By JANET DIMOCK Ketchum, Idaho, James cumulated by drift are less than of .WORTHINGTON — Ben that Righter of New, Haven and of an intentional Albert has offered to correct the application, he said. Crissman & Solomon, architects problem of his aerial crop sprayBravo is the trade name for of Boston. ae drifting to land owned by chlorophalonil and is a broad Burr is married to the former ers sprectrum fungicide registered Ann McCallum of Montreal, The pesticide coordinator for for use on crops such as who is studying architecture at the Hampshire ,County Exten- snapbeans, carrots, celery, Yale. sion Service says that the squash and potatoes. chemical used by Albert called Bravo has a ‘‘very low”’ level of toxicity. The selectmen have received, by letter, complaints about crop ~ residents of Clark Hill Road in % RECORD KEEPING is also an important function of the officers of the Worthington Fire District. Here Secretary Beverly Smith reviews records of past years. Mrs. Smith has been secretary since February 1969 when she took over the office from Arthur Capen who had served since January 1933. (Photo by David Dimock) ; spraying last week. One writer said that the smell lingered in . her home on Kinne Brook Road - for an hour and another letter included a petition signed by Cummington. A resident there complained that the. plane sprayed her organic garden and sugarbush. | | �Board members to take over ——___ Health center running. of Worthington health cente The new plans hopefully will be set in motion in January. Ulrich was also instructed by the board to investigate ‘‘a professonal affiliation’? with Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield. Hospital Director Edward Hanify met By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Health Association Board of Directors Monday night approved the consolidation of the health association with the Hilltown Medical Group. with the board in funded facility. This is a major policy change for the association which owns the Worthington Medical Center on Old North Road. William Shevin, a center practitioner. load, employs his own He manages his own bookkeeper and shares * WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Health Association _ has announced that Dr. Alfred Plante Jr. has affiliated with the Worthington Health Center and will begin practicing there each Friday, starting Jan. 5, 1979. Dr. Plante is a podiatrist and appointments to see him can July to offer the services of the state- be made by calling the center. A graduate of the Ohio College of Podiatry, he has been in Ulrich stressed that the center would not be a satellite of the Western Massachusetts Hospital, but there would be an exchange of services. The Hilltown Medical Group is an organization run by Dr. patient gets foot doctor practice 22 years. He is also affiliated with Northampton State Hospital, Western)Massachusetts Hospital and Noble Hospital in Westfield. operating costs with the association. Under the new proposal Dr. Shevin and his staff will become the employees of the Worthington Health Association on a salaried basis. The decision to follow this course is the result of a special meeting on Oct. 25 with James Sliker, grant overseer for the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare. At that meeting the assembled directors called for the The board was informed that one proposal calls for an exchange of services by Dr. Shevin and the hospital staff. The hospital has professional employees such as dentists, nurses and bookkeepers who serve at the center part-time. Ulrich is awaiting a letter from Hanify further outlining the proposal. Clifford Bennett, administrator for the association for two Selectmen Worthington Health Center.’’ This is in contrast to the tenant-landlord position the board has been moving toward grant. According to HEW guidelines, the center must reduce funding to be spent on administrative costs. The Drummers Club of Old Main Street, Liston Sales and Service of Old North Road, Bradford Fisk, Inc., of Worthington Corners and the Worthington Golf Club on Ridge Road. association to become ‘‘the legal operator of The assocation oversees grant employees, Outreach Nurse Madeleine Provost and Physician’s Assistant William Planning what role the association will play in the coming year is ‘‘a huge task,’’ according to association President It will mean more active participation by WORTHINGTON — services will be more to the residents Middlefield area soon Mrs. Sena, a long-time board member, explained that she has sold her home and is moving out of town. A replacement will be elected at the December meeting. in running the center. ‘Guidelines of how we are going to operate’ must be worked out by the policy subcommittee, Ulrich said. During the néxt month Ulrich, Vice President Susan Stone the mental health worker Mark WORTHINGTON — The Allan whose counseling schedule Worthington Health Association will be set up shortly. has engaged the services of Expanding the center’s horizons to include a more “‘wholistic’”’ approach to health care was the association’s motivation to apply for federal ~— last December to hire a mental health worker, explained Madeleine Provost, outreach nurse, who authored the grant. Allan, 28, and a resident of Northampton, will work full time at the center on Old North Road through a cooperative effort with the Franklin Hampshire Community Mental Health Center. Although he is still in the process of moving into an office recently vacated by dentist John Modestow, Allan is available for counseling and other outpatient ww services. MARK ALLAN problems are two examples, he said. Allan explained that he will Allan worked as a counselor at Riverside Industries in also be drawing on his social Easthampton, a position he left work background to provide assistance. He is there to to come to Worthington. Allan explained that he has answer questions like ‘‘where do and can guide the been attracted to the job I go for na because it will give him the op- way for those who need help portunity to develop his own from county agencies. Right now, Allan is busy conprograms. He expressed a keen interest in the community and is tacting resource people in the looking forward to finding out area to find out where his serexactly how his skills will be vices are needed. His official title of ‘‘multi-faceted coormost needed by Hilltown residents. One portion of his dinator/providor”’ only hints at work will be individual counsel- the varied tasks Allan will be ing but, he said, there will be performing. Permanent office hours for many other facets to the job. Not only will he be able to help counseling have not yet been eswith long term problems, but he tablished, but appointments can can help out with short term be made by calling the medical center office. Allan said that he situations too. He hopes to include consulta- will talk to anyone on the tion with others in ‘‘helping telephone before an appoint- area before moving to Western Massachusetts. Most recently, roles,” such as teachers and ministers, in his duties as well. Training sessions or workshops could also be set up, Allan Allan received a master’s degree in social work from the University of North Carolina at pointed out. If there is a need for them, Chapel Hill and worked at mental health centers in the Boston support groups are also a possibility. A mothers’ group or one for those with alcohol Worthington the Middlefield Elementary School on Thursday. Clarke will be at the school initially on a one - day per week basis from 9 to Health center sets up new programs ak od \?’ of the Clarke will begin office hours at have been completed. The three eye health screening clinics served a total of 74 people, she said. board’s new position. efforts Medical available of the through oy Medical Center staff. Physician’s assistant William Mrs. Provost reported that flu clinics in all but two towns and Dr.Shevin will be working out the finer points of the of Selectmen Tuesday ep ¢ Hours in Middlefield asked to resign by HEW officials who considered her elec- ° tion a conflict of interest because she is the wife of the physician’s assistant. Brooke Lynes of Cummington was elected to fill her position. Clarke. By JANET DIMOCK Board ae ge ing a replacement for Bennett at this time. Resignations were received from Directors Susan Clarke and Esther Sena, both of Worthington. Mrs. Clarke was recently elected to the position but was of the grant begins on Jan. 1, 1979. ¢ Mental health service” The services. Due to the proposed policy changes, the center is not seek- Monday night the directors approved a revised grant application for the third year of the HEW rural health initiative grant based on this new philosophy. The third year board members — The following licenses were renewed for one year: Hickory Hill Touring Center of Buffington Hill Road, the board voted to send Bennett a letter of appreciation for his over the last few years. George Ulrich. WORTHINGTON night renewed alcoholic beverage licenses. years, ended his term at the center on Nov. 10. A full-time administrator’s salary is no longer funded by the HEW the issue licenses 11:30 a.m. Outreach Nurse Madeleine Provost, who is coordinating the project, describes this as a chance to expand the services of the Medical Center and make its basic health services more available to residents of its service area. A cooperative effort between Health the Worthington ~——-— Medical Association, Service and | School District, him. Fees are established available to those screening and follow-up. Clarke, a graduate Northeastern of the University the supervision of Dr. William Shevin since February 1977. Appointments can be made by calling either the Worthington Medical Center during its regular hours or the Middlefield Elementary School during the Thursday morning service hours. Walk-in patients will be accepted. Fees will be the same as those established at the the other medical center services. Allan’s services are available to Health Association service area. need Physician’s Assistant program, has worked at the center under same sliding scale basis as for all residents of the Worthington who them. Mrs. Provost will be available to assist Clarke with referrals, health education, with on Provost make the center’s services more ‘ment is made if they feel a need to get better acquainted Mrs. said that the project’s aim is to WILLIAM CLARKE wow vues �Pe ee aie ae eee Florence Bates dead at age 86 Florence Bates, a founder of Worthington Association, died Health yesterday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital. She was 86. A resident of Worthington of the since 1930, the former nurse had served needs many of the center medical and the region for years. Together with the late Dr. Mary P. Snook, she opened the center in 1950. The center was to become a prime concern of hers for the rest of her life. She had been concerned with the lack of health facilities for Hilltown people for many years and — with Dr. Snook — the es- tablishment of the health center became a dream she worked FLORENCE BATES, founder of the Worthington Health Center, Romi to fulfill. Two years after is dead at the age of 86. SoN7 Fe Dr. Snook discontinued her Worthington practice, the center was opened, partially to provide local health care and partially as an enticement to doctors to consider establishing a practice in the town. Mrs. Bates served on the original citizens committee established to work on the arrangements and the center was opened Dec. 10, 1950, less than a year after the committee began its work. And when she retired, Mrs. Bates was honored by the town and the center, receiving the designation ‘‘nurse emeritus.”’ Mrs. Bates had been in ill health for some time, having been a patient at the Hampshire County Hospital for over a year before being transferred to The Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Her husband, Harry L. Bates, died in 1973. Mrs. Bates was born Jan. 20, 1892 in North Abington, the daughter of Walter E. and ‘Cecilia Ann (Moseley) Berry. She there. was educated in schools She was a member of the first class to graduate from the Cooley Dickinson Hospital School of Nursing in 1917. She served for several years as the industrial nurse for the Prophylactic Brush Co. in Florence, division of She came rural public as a local now the Pro Brush the Vistron Corp. to Worthington as a health nurse, served school nurse for 20 years, and operated home there. a nursing in her home for many years. Mrs. Bates, a registered nurse, and Dr. Snook were cofounders of the Worthington Health Association in 1950. Her association and close friendship with Dr. Snook, who died in 1961, began on Christmas Eve in 1930 when they were called to a home on Lake Damon in Chesterfield to deliver a baby. For 25 years, Mrs. Bates was staff nurse at the Worthington Medical Center. She participated in many fund-raising and membership drives for the center. She wrote the series on ‘‘Nursing in the Hilltowns’’ for the Daily Hampshire Cazette in 1968. Her large collection 6: books was loaned to a wide cir- of friends in Worthington. She cared for private patients ~¢je Mrs. Bates was a member of etnies nL reg the the Worthington Congregational Church and served several and as moderator terms deaconness; She also was a hember of the Worthington Library Association, and the Worthington Historical Society, having served as president of both, the Women’s Benevolent Society and the Friendship Guild. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Merton Cottrell of Worthington, a sister, Edith Leonard of North Abington; three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Fri- day at 3 p.m. in the First Congregational Church with the Rev Jerome Wood, former pastor of the church, officiating. Cremation will follow. are no calling hours. George and Elizabeth Torrey rw a Torreys celebrate 50th Wisaet f . ae. - i : of Florence with their: aunt, Olive Cole and Northampton areas. Also attending was en nepheweof Mrs. on Torre gy The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home of Chesterfield is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the endowment fund of the Worthington Health Association in Worthington. r1é Ca a atafre fatee a he Worthington WORTHINGTON : — More than 350 0 frien fri ds and relati r ay aft 0 cele i niversary. Their children, Priscillabrate their 50 Torrey of Wine Coke and Douglas To L. P. Cole Jr a andpon TAP ri Carer at her wedding, i and the Pageant players in long glcareer as a musi usic teacher and he j Set of01 gold-banded : china from uple e’ pon. haere! belonging _ Mrs. the coupl Torrey’s inaletnent won gat ister i ering held early to avoid possi ble Elizabeth Cole and George Torre y were married on Dec. 15 1928 at Mrs. 2 Post Ried. Torrey’s home, now the Modestow home on Old’ There hen (2 216 The. Worthington Congregational Church annual Christmas pageant and white gift service will be Sunday at 4:30 p.m. From left, Tracy Donovan as Mary, Shawn Spiess as an angel and Tad Mason as Joseph rehearse for the pageant which will be at the church on Huntington Road. A potluck supper at the Russell H. Conwell School and caroling through the town (Photo by David Dimock) will follow. �/ETER PACKARD of Huntington Road, spokesman for a group of concerned parents, moved that the Gateway Regional School judget be tabled at the Worthington Town Meeting Saturday. Packard said that the move will bring attention to the nossibility of out of town using Worthington students stu Worthington voters take — Se By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The town budget for fiscal 1979 cannot be finalized because no action was taken at the annual Town Meeting Saturday on the Gateway Regional School budget, which contained a $52,- CATA E 2S PEN SERR EOE! ET STS i We SSE SS no action on Gateway budget 000 increase budget. over last year’s beginning next year. udith Small of Witt Hill Road said that this has been a “‘longstanding problem’’ and she “does not feel right appropriating the money until we know the policy.’’ George Ulrick of Old Post Road added that ‘We have only one axe, that and axe is the In other action, Joseph Sena’s money.” request for endorsement of a Packard said that he hoped the concert on his property was action would bring attention to the problem. ; defeated. Richard A protest by concerned Superintendent parents over a possible busing Sullivan told the group that no licy by the School Committee decision has been made yet, but orced the school budget to be it will be discussed at tabled until a continuation of the Wednesday’s school committee Town Meeting on June 23. meeting and at a special Spokesman Cullen (Pete) meeting on June 7. Two Packard of Huntington Road meetings are necessary, he said, said many parents are concern- because of the complexity of the : ed that students will be bussed issue. to other towns to equalize unBoth Packard and Sullivan even enrollment in the elemen- emphasized that concerned tary schools. He said that there has been some speculation that kindergarten students will be bussed 15 miles to Huntington arents should attend ednesday’s meeting to provide input for the board. ena asked the town to approve country an ‘‘annual summer concert.’’ but a close vote of 38 in favor to 45 against 19 70 Plano concerts and f und- Taisin, isi events and In 1967 for the town bicentennial. At the start of the mee defeated the motion. — Finance Committee Ch t; airne Sena said he would like to see rant a fund set up with concert hese Bowman ‘noted that the proceeds where the interest School appbudget, including the could benefit the health center. a $10 to ropriation, will mean $12 He added that an amateur rate. pean increase in the tax Said that this is a program could be included. e Sena summarized his position ap but by saying, ‘‘All ordinary ae € amount RETIRED JUDGE Jon Wiig a $62. 000 iat sae i to be raised b What’s ation. strive to earn a living. Bowman said that thie one day more or less as long as mainly due to a drop in available it’s organized nicely?”_ State aid to the hig hway Compatability questioned department, and the $52,000 Several poor questioned the increase in the ne compatability of the concerts eres Jump eschool budget in vocational with the agricultural residential e oan use of the town, and who would Truck pay for damages done to proper- However, t urchase e€ article ty by concert-goers. ; reduced of the only 36° articles Sena pointed out that his bar! (Continued on page 8) had been used in the past fo : Dorothy Mason wins seat; 2/3 of voters go to polls Dorothy year post of ‘constable with 172 Selectmen at Saturday’s annual town election. Mrs. Mason won the spot with 193 votes, a 43-vote margin over her nearest cometitor Fred Emerson of Old Main Road. Contender Robert received 110 votes, and Nelson, 85, for the same position. Camille Smith of Witt Hill Road and Dr. John Modestow of Old Post Road are newcomers to the Board of Health. Mrs. Smith won a three-year seat with 180 votes, only eight votes more than Louise Rantilla of Old Post Road. Modestow will serve for one year. He received 197 votes, WORTHINGTON — Mason of Cummington Road won the three-way race for a two-year slot on the Board of Nelson of Burrington Hill Road votes. Charles R. Magargal received 33 votes. This is the first time that two women will serve here on the Board of Selectmen. Current member Julia Sharron is serv- and his opponent Walter Firtz first woman in Worthington’s Worthington for giving another won three-way Jr. of Fritz Road got 171. Mrs. Mason, who won the spot ing a three-year term she began by a scant 40-vote margin, said in 1976. Mrs. Sharron was the “Tm proud of the people of history to serve on the board. Laurence Mason of Williamsburg Road, Mrs. Mason’s son another race. Mason was elected to the three- woman the chance to serve on the board.”’ A total of 380 voters came to the polls, approximately twothirds of those registered, ac- of Worthington well remembers his experiences in Honolulu during the bombing of Pearl Harbor for the 37th anniversary of the attack. Here, Wiig reads from a portion of his memoirs which he is currently compiling into book form. cording to Town Clerk Joan Donovan. Mrs. Donovan termed it ‘‘a very good turn out.”’ The es dala uncontested positions were also filled: three year terms: George Powell, assessor; Joan Donovan, tax collector; Gateway School Lorna Mordn, Committee; Ronald Sampson, missioner. Regional cemetery District com- Alice Knickerbocker will continue on the School Committee for two years. Cullen S. Packard will be a member of the Plann- ing Board for five years. Fred Emerson, although an un- successful candidate for selectman,won the write-in contest for three years on the Finance Committee with 4 votes. About a dozen names were entered. �of the : owners, T i Center, has opened for cross ° country s kiers. Two Hilli Touring Hickory i i WORTHINGTON’S NEWEST business, Hill Road site. Timothy Sena, left, and his brother Paul, are getting equipment ready for customers at the Buffington WORTHINGTON HAS a new haird resser, Jean Burnham, on Old Post Road. On hand to reet i house rabbit Blackie. . Te ee 4, Worthington’s new ski center — scenic views, abundant wildlife WORTHINGTON By JANET DIMOCK ; — Most businesses dread the coming of winter, but Worthington’s newest business is taking advan- tage of the 15-inch snowfall that blanketed the Hilltowns over the Christmas holidays. Paul Sena, his brother Timothy and Timothy’s wife Catherine Rude-Sena were busily grooming trails, clearing the parking lots and making pots of hot coffee in preparation for customers at their recently opened crosscountry ski area — Hickory Hill Touring Center on Buf- fington Hill Road. Set upon a scenic hilltop, the area offers a commanding view of the surrounding valley. Old stone walls, hardwood forest and beaver ponds accentuate the rural character of the touring center. An abundance of wildlife has been spotted in the area, too, Hawks, deer and bear frequent the woodlands near the center. Mrs. Rude-Sena explained that visitors are unlikely to see any bear now, because they are denned up for the winter. While Paul Sena was out grooming the trails with the specially purchased equipment that smooths the trail while putting in tracks for skiers to follow, Tim Sena and his wife gave a recent visitor a tour of their newest business. “We saw this as a way to make good use of the land already here,’ Sena replied when asked how the family became involved with the ski business. Touring center facilities serve a double capacity as the site of summertime auctions run by the three younger members of the Sena family. Before opening the touring center, they formed the Buffington Hill Partnership as official managers of the center. They also did considerable remodeling to the auction barn and outbuildings. One shed has become a rental shop, outfitted with 125 pairs of Trak no-wax skiis, plus boots and poles. Glass display cases show off ski accessories. The auction barn has been transformed into a spacious lounge with a snack area and cozy bar offering malt beverages and wine. Racks to hold skiis while they are being waxed line the walls. A 10-foot metal fireplace and large supply of wood guarantee a snug spot to warm up by after a spell on the slopes. For warmth of another kind, an adjoining storage area has been ingeniously transformed into a bar. Mrs. Rude-Sena points out that the walls have been redone in authentic barnboard, which the family took down piece by piece from a tobacco barn. Tables around the room were cleverly fashioned from potato barrels. Mrs. Rude-Sena’s personal project is the snack bar. Her menu currently offers roast beef grinders, hot drinks, pastries, and other types of sandwiches. All three are well acquainted with the area. The Sena brothers are Worthington natives and Mrs. Rude-Sena’s family lives in neighboring Huntington. Rabbit likes beauty shop home j By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON-Jean Burnham has a rabbit mascot and ag acd at her beauty shop, Jeann ie’s Country Cut,on Old Hees a eae visited by the year-old anima l about the shop, the fri it i ’ oe with a back strate en BES rs. Burnham, who has been a hai sia lm Bel Shop last week, ee ae € Burnham family, including her husba nd Lau daugh ter eee Diane, aged in ace 13, 1977, mo ittsfield to EE Eetield ip __1 was working in Pittsfield for a whileE distance in bad weather was not enjoyable,but drivi ” Cat ioe aoe aid P pen came the idea for her own busin ess that I didn’t wany m responsibility — but here I ar! es ice elle s Fritz of Fritz Road will be workin g with M rent ee They worked together at a beauty Hon in West. Caen n years ago, but they met once again by coin“Everyone was talking about the hairdres h j moved expi Pat to town see and I had ad t to go and see whoDit it wes was,” ae Mrs. Not only will the two women fashio nably sty] : hair, but they can service the whole family Ca oe “Some families make an evening of it,”’ said. ‘But I don’t do ‘clipper’ cuts for men. Mrs. Burnham Her summer hours are: Tuesdays through Thursdays, 9 oi, a.m. et Pestie m.;e Frida Fri ys, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Satur days, 8 �—__._ @ i Worthington selectmen give support Ot O 08. senior citizens’ housing plan By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The Board of Selectmen reaffirmed its support for Senior- Citizens’ housing in the Hilltowns at A was into due last night’s meeting. x The board met with Harriet Burr, local representative to the Hampshire County Housing Authority and Arthur Pichette of the Hampshire County Planner’s Office. authority is ye The report, consisting of the minutes of a July 11 meeting, The _ for state funding to plan housing to be located in the Hilltowns. Because it is a cooperative application with Easthampton and Hadley, exact locations have not been decided, Mrs. Burr said. If the planning grant is awarded to the authority, Mrs. Burr is hopeful that at least two Hilltown locations would be approved. Each site would have 15 units of housing. Over 16 percent of Worthington’s population is eligible for such housing making it a strong possibility, she added. Mrs. Burr said that four sites are being considered: Huntington, because of its nearby services; Worthington, Chairman Albert Nugent also said that the town would supply municipal services where ever possible but that resources like that are limited in a small town. A letter was sent'last spring in support of a similar project but the housing authority’s application was turned down in June. A license for Buffington Hill Partnership to serve wine and was received this week from Committee interested | a Bartlett has acta Comprehensive Julia Sharron Employment reported and that Training a Act full-time (CETA) worker has been hired. The first work priority will be cleaning up the cemeteries, she said. but he was such a wonderful guy, He purchased a farm and began to do landscaping work. Gradually, he became known as a one-man work crew who would do just about anything for the area and its people. Maintaining — and living in — the Town Hall, managing the dump, doing odd jobs here and there, he was so well-loved that nearly the whole town turned out for his birthday celebrations the last few years of his life there. He has no close relatives, and he has no savings or possessions beside his land. “He was a great reader of Thoreau, and a true believer in his philosophy,”’ explained Ralph Thompson, a Northampton blacksmith who used to work for Davis. ‘“‘He wanted to leave the earth unscoured . . he believed that any action that went against Nature was rubbing against the grain and would never last. He used to tell me that only if you cooperated EMERSON DAVIS, a man who has served Worthington for years, may not be able to make his gift to the small Hilltown after all. Welfare reguiations may prevent it. A dream may die amid regulations and bureaucracy By LAUREL SORENSON WORTHINGTON — Emerson Davis had a dream for his town — a dream that may be about to die. _For years, he kept his forty acres of land —T a hill on Dingle Road with meticulous care — using it as a landfill for Worthington residents and carefully compacting the trash, arranging it in terraces and level areas so that upon his death, the town could Tit as a gift. It was Davis’ hope that the town would use the forested area, with its brook and view of surrounding hills, for a wildlife sanctuary and recreation area, He made provisions for that wish in his will. And his desire, as well as the hundreds of other things that he did for the town during his increasing. His money has run low, and state welfare policy specifies that to obtain financial assistance, a person must sell his assets. “Marketable value’ “We're talking about a plot of land that has marketable value,” said a spokesman for the welfare department today. As long as the land remained in Davis’ possession and had not been turned over to the town, the land is ‘‘a resource that had to be used,” he said. (Continued on page 5) < And so Davis cooperated. He arranged the slope and the soils of his landfill so that the water would run off the knoll. He made a flat area for a parking lot and baseball diamond, and he tried to distribute the trash evenly so that it would compact well. He requested residents to sort the glass and cans from their regular rubbish — and when they did not, he would either sort it himself or ask his helpers to do it. Thompson can remember Davis tromping, tromping the trash carefully with his feet to pack it down, and quoting from the philosophers he liked to read. : Project incomplete “Sometimes, he had a hard time keeping up with it,” explains Thompson. ‘‘But they were sound ideas on an ecological landfill.’’ His project — which envisioned a ski run and swimming pool as part of the recreation area and wildlife sanctuary — was incomplete when he was forced to leave the area, said Thompson. Although incomplete, there is no rubbish in sight. Francesca Wiig, the wife of federal Judge Jon Wiig, who made out Davis’ will, calls the area beautiful. “It was kept in such perfect order,”’ she said. ‘‘And the forest is one of the few really untouched woods remaining in the town.” ‘ : Now, the land has been placed in the hands of a Northampton real estate agent. Davis’ conservator, Edward McMahon, a Northampton lawyer, told selectmen the town could try to prevent the land sale by court action. But board members decided at last week’s meeting that court action would be too expensive. Moreover, the town already has a park — and the Dingle Road landfill cannot be used for a landfill again, they pointed out. Maintenance for the existing park is increasing, added selectman Julia Sharron — and care for more land will be an “additional burden on the taxpayer,” she said. Can anything be done? “It still seems as though there ought to be something that could be done,” said Joan Donovan, town clerk. However, nothing seems to be in the offing, she said. To date, Davis ae not know that.his dream will not be carried out, she a : “You can’t really do too much about it,”’ said selectman, Dorothy Nathan. She hopes Davis never learns the town is not going to get his land as he wanted. . life, earned ‘‘Emmy”’ a special place in everybody’s heart. Now, Davis is in a nursing home, and bills for his care are with Nature, you could achieve something.’ Davis's death for use as spot. Because Davis is funds, the land is on the be eligible for welfare : the committee will look been named plumbing inspector by Building Inspector Ray: argal. sanctuary.... Bought a farm continuance of the annual Town Meeting on June 23. The 66-acre tract of land, the former site of the town land- that Henry to A well-educated, well-traveled man who once lectured at an art school in France, Davis retreated to Worthington as a conscientious objector during World War I. a2 FE In other business, the fee for a one-day beer license was bird everybody went along with him.” organizing, are: Cullen S. Packard, Jon Wiig, Grant Bowman, Robert Nelson and Camille Smith. Formation of the committee was ordered by a vote at the also announced to come Davis now lives at the Sunny Acres Nursing Home in Haydenville. A friend who visits him frequently says he does not know his intended gift must be put up for sale. If he did, he would be “‘terribly upset,’’ she said. “It was a big dream all his life,’’ added another friend, Dorothy Nathan, a member of the board of selectmen. ‘‘I don't really think anybody was that hep on using the land for night with a committee assigned to investigate the purchase of Emerson Davis’s land on Dingle Road. Members of the committe, which is in the process of selectmen actions (Continued from page 1) . By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The Board of Selectmen met Tuesday The board’s — Dream may die to investigate Davis land purchase raised $5. in the home and reading about town doings in the newspaper. named fill, was to be left to the town upon an-animal sanctuary and recreation now in ill health and out of personal real estate market so that he may benefits. Packard told the selectmen that over the site on Friday. enough meetings. Nugent pointed out that people seem to be just staying the state Worthington Gul ing price was far too expensive for the town. No action was taken on this idea, and the committee did not meet again. Emerson died on Oct. 9, and an appointment is awaited of an executor of his will. : Robert Cook of Bashan Hill Road was appointed alternative representative to the Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission. A letter of resignation from the Conservation Commission was received from Steve Marsh. The Finance Committee will meet with the board next be Alcoholic: Beverages Control Commission. The board approved an application made by Timothy Sena, Catherine Rude Sena and Paul Sena in June. A cross-country ski area is planned on Buffington Hill Road at the Sena’s auction barn. This is the first beer and wine license the town has given for beverages to be drunk on the premises. The board set the license fee at $250. William Wilson of Dingle Road, has been appointed wiring inspector. The board learned earlier this year that the state requires each town to have such an inspector. Wilson’s duties begin immediately and ‘a permit is required before any wiring can begin on a new home. re the sale if a lower figure could be decided upon since the ask- that are not open for use but are still official roads. The board also noted that attendance at their meetings has been poor for some time and that townspeople do not seem to Supply services beverages showed that the committee would ask the realtor handling week at 7:30 p.m. to discuss progress on the committee’s abandoned roads study. It is studying closing several roads because of the medical center; and Williamsburg and Cummington. The board will send a letter of support by Friday. malt final report, noting that no decision was ever reached, received by the board by the special committee to look the disposition of Emerson Davis’ land. A report was from the group last July. DR. WILLIAM SHEVIN, the medical director of the Worthi ! Health Center, would like to stay at the center if it canbe p an economically sound footing. i �Pte deadline for ERAs; ate Worthington man ’s will apparently will be do ne The dream of a 90-year-o ld man to leave his land adopted hometown hung to his in the balance for months, but death yesterday appear his s to have sett terribly happy that his dre can finally come true.” am Jon Wiig, a retired fedeSaid Judge and the lawyer ral who led the issue. By his death, Eme rson Davis apparently won the right to leave his pro perty to drafted Davis’ will. Wiig had begun litigation in hop es of carrying out Davis’ dream. Wiig now plans to file the wil] the Town of Worthington wished. It presumably as he now won't have to be sold public sale — as had at a been planne Immediately. Davis had carefully maintained his land during his life, arranging it in terrac es and level areas, establishing Proper drainage, and en. d — to make a partial Payment for his final medical and nursing home bill s as the state rules and regula tions on public welfare benefits quired. His will carefully Couraging wildlife to there. However, the land feed put up for sale once Davwas is re- entered that his 40 acres oflintat en a hill on Dingle Road in Worthington be bequeathe d to the town on his deat will is expected to takeh. That effect. m / BIRTHDAY PARTY own noon at the Worthington T Hall. Here Town a fteris was held yesterday a presents Donovan Paeth Jun A. sO try to challenge Davis’ wish. Ironically, last Thursday Hampshire Sean and approved the Gateway Regional School budget at a continuation of the annual Town Meeting Friday. At the suggestion of Cullen S. Packard. of Huntington Road, voters directed the selectmen to That was only one of a number of things that he had done for the town during his lifetime: he became custodian of the Town Hall and did a number of odd jobs for the appoint a committee of five, one each from the Planning Board, Board of Health, Finance Committee, Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen. Packard said that in his opinion “there are several actions that can be taken.” He did not detail the actions he has in mind. The committee must report to the selectmen within 30 days. vised that such action is illegal and. taka assistante to any interested parties. The judge likened the sale of his land to that of “‘selling his only heir.” Judge questioned whether the legacy expressed purchase of Davis’s land property, Probate Dunphy in the will of a man still alive had a legal standing. Voters decide to investigate offered his services government Wiig said he will continue to try to block anyone who might Worthington Town Meeting i by paid to aid Davis, it is not clear that this will be done. Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Mon., June 26, 1978 i EMERSON regulations. While the. state may still have a claim on the property to recover some of the money en z i l u c s u o i r t s u l l i 4n a for a town to take. Selectman Dorothy Mason read a letter from Jude Jon Wiig Davis had planned to leave a 66-acre tract of land to the town after his death as stated in his will for use as a wildlife sanctuary and a recreation area. Ex- pensive depleted medical his bills personal have Savings, and regulations for public assistance mandate that the land must be put on the real estate’ market and sold at fair market value. Damaris Fernandez-Sierra of Old-North Road suggested that the''town could pay Davis’s medical bills in recognition of the services he rendered to the town and the relatively low salary he received as an employee. Selectman Julia Sharron said that Davis’s conservator has ad“* held arently (Continued from page 1) s r o n o h n o t g n i h t r - Wo WORTHINGTON — Voters directed the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee to explore the possibility of the town acquiring Emerson Davis’s been glad....I’m thwarted cake to Davis. 1 vy nursing 1S wishes DAVIS — never town and its people. He had moved to Worthington during World tious farm War I as a conscien. objector, purchasing and working it for number of years. home Bl a a Davis learned have ap- that been (Continued on page 7 He lived in the Town Hall, where he was always ready to help with arrangements for parties and meetings. Davis was named Worthington Man of the Year in 1975. In 1964 he was named Municipal Employee of the Year by the Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns. He was a longtime member of the Worthington Grange and the Worthington Congregational Church. He never married. He is survived only by a few distant relatives. Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Worthington Congregational Church, with the Rev. Douglas Small, pastor, officiating. There and might — Emerson Davis Dorothy W. Chapman ld Emerson { or 90-year-o just a to make Davis eligible for medical assistance benefi State ts. The sale, however, had not s ecifies will be no calling hours. Burial will be in the North Cemetery in Worthington following cremation. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield is in charge of arrangements. �‘Acres of Diamonds’ Worthington co-op _lrings true to name By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Some people here have followed the advice of native son, the late Russell H. Conwell and after searching near and far, have found just what they wanted in their own back yard, the local commented. ‘‘People seem so eager to work,” she added. Orders are readied at the Town Hall every other Wednesday. Products: come from several sources, and are picked up, sorted, priced and bagged by a working system of members. The “Acres of Diamonds” coDay-old produce op.provides its members with a Produce, the only commodity, variety of foodstuffs — produce, delivered direct by the supplier, cheeses, dairy products, whole is purchased fresh the day grain bread, fresh eggs, honey before delivery at the Chelsea and many kinds of beans, grains Market in Boston by the and legumes. Independent Fruit and Produce ‘‘T belong to the co-op because Co. of Easthampton. food co-op. it is near home and I can get things that are otherwise only available in health food stores at exorbitant prices,’ says Constance Dorrington, who has been with the organization since it began in June. According to Damaris Fernandez-Sierra, who named the venture in its early stages. “Acres of Diamonds,”’ it is an last century, Conwell example philosophy. In the of Conwell's toured the country with a lecture series by that name. His main point was, no matter how far a person may roam, one can usually find one’s heart's desire (acres of diamonds) back home. ‘Co-op blossomed’ “This co-op blossomed itself,”’ commented Meg Breymann, one of its organizers. ‘‘Interest just generated itself.’ Ms. Breymann said that the effort keyed in on two interest groups at the start — a group that was informally ordering case lots from a health food distributor, and co-op members » who Sas HONEY IS ONE of the sweet offerings to be bought through the “Acres of Diamonds” cooperative in Worthington. Member Richard Mansfield measures an order for one of: more than 30 member families. were traveling disenchanted to the nearest with active co-op, Wild Mountain Thyme in Huntington. Originally the organizers planned to order through the Huntington co-op at least until September but the response was so outstanding that that was not necessary, Ms. Breymann Cheese (including Cheddar, Swiss, Havarti and Parmesan), dairy products and assorted grains are bought from Western Massachusetts cooperatives, also in Easthampton, itself a cooperative venture. Ms. Breymann terms them ‘‘an alternative distributor’ dealing solely with non-profit organizations. Western Massachusetts Cooperatives offers a variety of products ranging from bean curd. to toilet paper, and co-op members take an active part in deternining its policies. Fresh from large Tilton size Farm eggs and come all ordering and name a few. list-making, to Co-ops tend to develop differently, depending upon the needs of the membership, according to Ms. Breymann, and she sees a possibilities open. number ofg It can be a A potential source for the barter of a _‘‘network’’ producers of ™0rean,.outlet for products that come from its membership on an informal basis. One advantage to being a co- op member is the savings. ‘‘The prices are really good,’ remarked Josephine Lagerstrom. There is a 5 percent markup on the wholesale price to cover co-op expenses. According to treasurer Beverly Smith, “Acres of Diamonds’’ is just about breaking even financially. Mrs. Lagerstrom added that she likes to support something right in town, the only disadvantage being ‘‘you don’t get everything you need.’ Before the delivery date, the buyer does not always know if the item ordered will be in stock, she explained. Time for socializing There is a social aspect to the co-op, quirements: ‘Acres of Diamonds” is growing every week, with now more than 30 households as members, according to co-treasurer dable a $10 fee ($8 refun- upon ieaving the organization) must be paid when joining and time must be spent working on one of the various chores that are part of the bi- weekly process. Minimum requirement A minimum monthly work re- quirement has not yet been set by the membership, Ms. Breymann said. Most co-ops set a two-hour goal, but ‘‘Acres of too. ‘We are getting to know people we passed on the street,’’ Ms. Breymann noted. Carmen Grietzer. ~The next order will be delivered on Sept. 19, and order sheets must be turned in by noon on Tuesday. Orders may be left at the Town Hall during regular _ business hours. The: membership fee must be pai), y before ordering. ac Diamonds” is still too new for all the jobs to have settled into an even rhythm, she explained. just want to see what it’s 4 about are welcome to drop in é which and see the gems to be found it There are a number of jobs for trucking, members sorting, volunteer: cashiering, ~ local natural whole grain bread from Stoneybrook, both in Goshen. There are two membership re- | canning materials, a supply spot for | | New members and those wl the Town Hall on delivery day”© their own backyard. paws I! �Worthington voters unwilling to pare fiscal 1980 budget This is roughly a 4 percent increase over last year, Finance Committee Chairman Bowman estimated. Grant In reference to impending state legislation to limit spending by individual towns, Bowman said, per $1,000 valued at $25,000. Each $18,000 that the town spends reflects $1 on the tax rate. Some 50 voters got down to business at 10 a.m. after singing “America the Beautiful’ and the colors were presented by local Girl Scouts. Head counts by Moderator Cornelius Sharron were needed on some contested issues, but most articles passed unanimously or with only one or two opposed. The truck, radio and dart gun purchases counts, all needed official for the votes were too close for the traditional voice count. Debate on the truck: purchase countered on how the town can most efficiently operate and get the most value equipment. Superintendent truck chassis with plow frame, $10,000 $3,113 will taken borrowed and be a custom will be approximately from tax revenue. The article cannot be reconsidered at the June meeting. The new tranquilizer dart gun ‘will make my job a lot easier,”’ said Dog Officer Walter Fritz Jr. Fritz asked for the gun to help him deal more efficiently with dogs that are worrying livestock and those that are a recurring nuisance but he cannot catch. If he has the dart gun he may be able to save some dogs that bother livestock, instead of shooting them, he said. He also will be able to get a gun for less than the $350 estimated eerlier, Fritz said. The purchase was approved by from its Highway a 28 to 18 vote. James Pease The amount of $5,000 for noted that the truck now in use secondary road improvements has gone 65,000 miles of what he was also set aside at the called ‘‘hard mileage.” The type meeting. Pease said that money of mileage on this kind of truck in the general highway account is much rougher than the “‘can just barely meet the town’s was postponed until June 19 at 7 average automible sees, he ex- needs.’ He added that he even p.m, when the Town Meeting plained. Because the GMC truck feels that the department is falling behind in yearly road upkeep will be reconveniend to see what now in use js five years old, and more miles of readway Pease said that this is the time effect, if any, state tax cap legislation will have on Satur- to turn it in, before major should be sealed each year. The Finance Committee felt repairs are needed. day’s proceedings. Plus, the low bid will increase that there are sufficent funds to Bowman explained that Worthington may be unaffected by $1,000 if it is not awarded by cover work on the back roads. Highway budget passed because it has a population May 8 so the town will miss out The entire highway budget, on a savings, he added. : count lower than 2,500. Robert Mason of Kinne totaling $76,328, was approved Voters overturn Voters overturned Finance Brooke Road pointed out that it with only one opposing vote. Opposition to the purchase of Committee objections and is a better idea to buy another approved the purchase of a new vehicle now than contend with the Highway Department radio equipment failure during a ma- was more substantial. The artitruck for the Highway cle passed on a 33 to 20 vote. Department, a dart gun for the jor blizzard. ‘‘While it would be for Finance Committee member dog officer, a portable communication radio for the Edward Harvey explained that convenience, the Finance Com“We're flying a little bit blind today, but the Finance Committee and the selectmen feel that we’re all right.” Final approval of the budget Highway Department and $5,000 expenditure for secondary road improvements. The town will also purchase the committee recommending the was not purchase explaining mittee’s opposition. the by stating that he looses com- Mason is a portable model to be moved from vehicle to vehicle. same,’’ Assessor estimated. Robert Taxes are thirds majority. For the purchase of the new cab and tington Library was in ‘‘a very sad state of repair with water lying in the cellar,’ until the renovation Pease countered munication request to be used toward renovation work. The money will not cover all the work, but will be combined with library funds to complete work on the new children’s room set to be finished this year. When asked why the library cannot. be open more hours if the town is contributing such an amount, Mrs. Fernandez-Sierra stated'that million gross budget, including higher gas prices, must be ab sorbed, he explained. If th price of gas continues to rise the only alternative is to cu some other part of the budge such as field trips, he said. its position with his men every time he gets into the loader, sander or grader. The $750 unit ficer, Bowman explained. While there were many questions concerning the calling distance and quality of the 65-watt piece of equipment, there were only ty~ onnacing votes. Jewcy! u sjesi LLY 24 MITE CAE tC A. ERLVAM AAG ; , Cx { (the! There was little debate over the Gateway Regional School District appropriation, althoug' the $245,625 amount represent the lion’s share of the budget. Superintendent Richar Sullivan explained that the ac tual appropriation will be lower but the amount of state aid du cannot be determined unti legislation is passed this year. All increases in the $3. because the officers “‘risk life and limb each time they go out on a call,” and a radio should be in the possession of every of- we ‘‘then we library directors) would be com-) ing to the town for even more money.” ported the Police Department's. request for a $1,200 radio j was when questioned about the $3,000 The Finance Committee sup- iv program started, Librarian Damaris Fernandez-Sierra explained com- over the next year a $550 major problems with the exrtable water tank for the Fire isting truck and loan interest partment and a $1,200 radio rates are high this year, he said. The purchase was passed by for the Police Department. The tax rate ‘“‘should remain more than the required two- the this purpose now, she added. _ The Fredrick Sargent Hun- mittee feels that the base and three mobile units now in use are sufficient,’ said Bowman because a new pick up was just bought last year. There are no when Worthington J9u109 weasy 99) Aajamar swep unos Asn appropr iates total of $32,000 for winter road work can out of the diminishing too icy early in the morning. / By JANET DIMOCK Dand ic in WORTHINGTON — Ad- dollar.” The department has had a ditional money to tide the winter highway account over until spr- great deal of trouble with sand ing was approved last night at either disappearing into the a special Town Meeting. ~ snow or washing away. Pease Already $5,500 in the red, $10,- said he had tried to “‘hold off 000 was appropriated for the sanding until conditions were depleted account from available right at about 10 a.m.” which led funds. The account originally to complaints that roads were amounted to $22,000. Severe winter weather plus an unusual amount of ice led to higher costs in all phases of highway care, Highway Superintendent James Pease explained to the gathering. The department has used 2,428 tons of sand and 160 tons of salt this year as opposed to the alltime high amount of 1,800 tons of sand and 160 tons of salt used in former years. _Due to the weather, labor and hired equipment costs are also up, he added. The department is “covering a good 45 miles of road,” at this point but ‘32,000 is a lot of money for a winter highway budget,” Pease commented. He then asked the more than 20 people assembled if he should cut down on the use of sand and salt in an attempt to tighten up the budget. No one recommended cutting down, and Ralph Moran of Huntington Road complimented Pease on ‘‘getting the most you Stephen Kulik winner Board race of Planning taken out. John Ryder, Diane By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Stephen Chamberlain and Stephen Kulik Kulik of Thayer Hill Road is the received three votes each. Town winner of a three-way Planning Clerk Joan Donovan said that Board race decided in Satur- Ryder and Kulik indicated day’s election. Kulik, win 71 Saturday that they are not votes won by an 11-vote. margin over Donald Newton of Sam Hill Road. Jon Wiig of Clark Road polled 24 votes. This was the only contest. interested Donovan contact sometime Edward in the position. Mrs. said that she would Mrs. Chamberlain today. Harvey of Old Post * Residents also voted against a Road will continue on the eoncert on Sena’s Acres. On the Finance Committee, although he non-binding public opinion did not take out nomination uestion, 102 were against and 50 papers. Harvey received 10 or the concert proposed by write-in votes. Lois Ashe Brown of Joseph Sena of Buffington Hill Road. There were 5 blanks. Elderberry Lane won a threeSena’s appeal was presented and year spot on the Board of Health 124. Dr. John Modestow, term is up, received 8 made several unsuccessful re- write-in votes. Barbara Quinn of Huntington bet to the Board of electman for a concert permit. Road received three votes for turned down, nual Town at last year’s an- Meeting. He with has whose Town Clerk Joan Donovan auditor, enough to secure the termed the voter showing a poor position which had no official turnout. Only 157 of the town’s contenders. 504 voters cast ballots. This is Stephen Wood of Williamsburg less than one-third of. all Road with 145 votes and G. erred voters. Grant Bowman: of Witt Hill . There was a three-way tie for Road.with 141 are newcomers to a three-year seat on the Finance the Cemetery Commission. Committee for which no Wood will serve for three years Nomination papers had been Bowman for one. | The were following returned to incumbents their three- year positions: Julia Sharron of Buffington Hill Road, selectman, 150 votes; Joan Donovan of Huntington Road, town clerk, 155; Sharon Mallery of Hun- tington Road, town treasurer, 148: and Robert Mason of Kinne Brook Road, assessor, 145. Robert Cook of Bashan Hill Road will continue for another five years on the Planning Board. He received 139 votes. Cornelius Sharron was returned for one more year as moderator with 150 votes. — n= emergency. $15 valuation. The average home is | 4 St Ost ON ore OOO money off the $461,597 budget. In all, $396,039 will be raised by taxation and $28,910 will be taken from available funds. The remainder will be borrowed. The sum of $10,000 from available free cash will be used to offset the tax rate. The remaining free cash, some $11,000, will remain in the | treasury for use in cases of currently on “LO By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The proposed fiscai 1980 budget came through intact Saturday despite the tax cap cloud hanging over the proceedings. Voters were not willing to pare any Po �Use of health center ”” Payne service set” ” retired NYU dean Z WORTHINGTON (Cudworth) Cudworth Fairman, — 93, up 20% over last year Eva of Road, died Saturday in the Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, following illness. a long Elizabeth L. Payne and a resiShe was the wife of Fred H. dent of Worthington for the past Fairman, who died in 1971. Payne, a retired New York several years, died Feb. 22 while Born in Worthington, she was : University dean, will be part of vacationing in Florida. the daughter of the late Charles A graduate of the University the 10:30 a.m. service of worship ‘ and Mary (Tower) Cudworth. Sunday at the First of Illinois, he earned his docShe graduated from the North Congregational Church of toral degree from New York Adams Normal School and was a Worthington. The Rev. Robert University. teacher in Chesterfield and He began his teaching career Kitchen will officiate. Worthington. A special musical program is as a high school instructor in A former member -and past planned by organist and choir Jacksonville, Ill. And in 1936, he accepted a imaster of the Worthington director, Mrs. Robert Epperly Grange, she was the past presiteaching fellowship at NYU. and cellist, Susan Kulik. ‘dent of the Worthington In 1951, he was made a full Payne, 68, the husband of professor at NYU. He was nam- IHistorical Society. She was a professional chef for many ed assistant dean in 1956 and years and worked locally at the associate dean in 1960. : Whale Inn in Goshen. At one During the 1962 academic time she owned her own year, he led a group of five NYU educators to Iran to help organize a teacher-education restaurant in St. Petersbur 8, program. Fla. He, was the editor of the 21st She was one of Worthin : annual yearbook of the National oldest residents. ee Council for Social Studies, a She is survived by a son, report on the study of contemErnest W. Fairman of porary history in American Worthington; a daughter, the schools. oer: lawyer Alice Whittaker (Mrs. WORTHINGTON — A memorial program for John C. Payne was American a History specialist and in Edward at the Worthington; time of his death he was working on the schools history of of the education, NYU health, nursing and arts professions from their founding in 1890 to the present. Helen Bretzner Wa WORTHINGTON — Helen (Pease) Bretzner, 86, died on Monday in The Cooley Dickinson Hospital, after a short illness. She was the widow of Ralph Bretzner. Born in New York City on Oct. 24, 1892, she was the daughter of the late Harry D. and Cora (Ackerman) Pease. Her grandfather, the late Chauncey D. Pease, was the founder of the Pease Piano Co. of New York and the donor of the organ in the Worthington Congregational Church. Mrs. Bretzner was educated in the McDuffie School in Springfield and the Finch School in New York. She Mary is survived by a sister, P. FitzGerald; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Worthington Congregational Church. The burial will be in Ringville | Cemetery. : He had published one volume of a Payne family genealogical history and he was at work on a second volume. Active in educational organizations, he was a member of the American Education Association, the New York State Teachers’ Association, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Phi. In Worthington, member and . he treasurer was of a the T. Nahill) By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — There has been ‘‘a steady trend’’ of increased use of the medical center, Assistant Director and mental health worker Mark to the reported Allan Worthington Health Association directors this week. “The trend of encounters has been WORTHINGTON — A memorial service for William H. Weber of Buffington Hill Road will be conducted tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the Worthington Congregational , Church. — Rev. Douglas Small, pastor of the church, will officiate. The burial will be in the North Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Weber is survived by his wife, the former Mabel Smith: a daughter, Florence of great-grandchildren; four greatgreat-grandchildren: and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at a time to be announced. ! Chamberlain brother. sisters, home. may the Worthington First Congregational Church, Historical Society, treasurer of the Frederick Mrs. Joseph Ha es, in care of Clark Hi Sargent Huntington Library Association, and president of the Worthington Historical Society. He was instrumental in bringing the Revs. Robert and Mary Ellen Kitchen to Worthington as co-pastors of the Congregational Church here. : From 1943-1946, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Road, Worthington, ee Magargal earns doctorate . _ Naval Reserve. Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Tsunoda of Closter, N.J.; a son, John Scott of Encinitas, grandchildren. Calif. and 3 eight A memorial service will be held at New York University on March 21. The Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield is in charge of arrangements. There will be no Mrs. Mollison hospitalized — “7° “7 WORTHINGTON — Mrs. Howard Mollison of Windy Hill Farm is a surgical patient in The Cooley Dickinson Hospital. . George Powell of Witt Road has returned to work in Pittsfield after being house-bound for several weeks with a broken leg. Weber of New two. a Josephine Boll of Ridgewood, N.Y. and Wilma: O’Donohue of Wantagh. N.Y.: and three grandchildren. Weber. 85, a retired painter for the New York- Port Authority, died Tuesday at his of the family in North Cemetery, Worthington. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home is in charge of the to of Worthington; Henry Hampshire: Burial will be at the convenience made Allan promising,” WEBER SERVICE. Charles L. Cudworth of Dalton, Robert L. Cudworth of Worthington, and Wilmer T. Cudworth, of Hope Valley, R.L; | a sister, Alice C. Steele of Cummington;. three grandsons, 10 be very ' said. He added that use of the center is up 20 percent over last year’s figures. three brothers, arrangements. Memorial contributions 4 4 WELLS W. MAGARGAL 2G raou_= Eva Fairman ().,.¢ % II DR. ANN McINTOSH took a few minutes recently to discuss her role as new director at the Worthington Medical Center. Dr. Mcintosh heaan her duties thie waak. ‘Babe’ Smith honored by friends WORTHINGTON — About 100 members and friends of Club in Pittsfield for his retirement party. He was former Leland “‘Babe’’ Smith gathered Saturday night at the Stanley greenskeeper for the Worthington Golf Club. Wane 12, 17 7 7 Steven Magargal earns arts degree 14 WORTHINGTON — Wells W. Magargal II, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Magargal of Williamsburg Road, has recéived a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts. He is a 1972 graduate) of Pennsylvania State Uniiversity and received a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1976 in the field of biochemistry. He is presently a research fellow at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., in the biophysics department and_ is involved in cancer research. He and-his wife Linda, who has completed studies at Johns Hopkins, live at 4 A-3 Beech Drive, Baltimore, Md. Arrangements for the party were made by George Kirschner of Dalton. Brad Fisk was master of ceremonies. Alden Butler of West Springfield presented Smith a purse from the club. Smith was also given a framed picture of himself, surrounded by autographs of his many friends and associates. Smith, who has been greenskeeper for the club since 1970, retired from the position on Jan. 1. Taking up golf later in life than many, he has three times been club champion, and is one of the group of club members who have for the last five years taken a golf vacation at Myrtle Beach, S.C. WORTHINGTON — Steven Bartlett Magargal, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.- Raymond Magargal of Williamsburg Road, was recently awarded a bachelor of arts degree from Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., where he majored in business management. While at Rollins he was on the golf team and played in several tournaments in the area. He won first place in the Coastal Carolina Invitational Tournament at Myrtle Beach, S.C., in which 12 university and 10 ticipated. STEVEN B. MAGARGAL college teams par- Attending the graduation in addition to his parents were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Thomas and family of Northampton. �a f ~ Hilltown mail-order By LAUREL SORENSON WORTHINGTON — In 1965, mail order sales for hard-tofind tools were either a gap in the marketplace that could yield high profits — or a pothole the wise businessman wanted to avoid. Despite a lifetime of coreS experience and omecrafting, Pierre S. de Beaumont and his wife Mary Deland were not sure which was true. But they tried it anyway, selling out of their ownership through 83 percent of the company’s stock. And while several dozen firms — “we can call the vast majority American corporations listed on the New York stock exchange’’ — have made tempting offers, de Beaumont is not about to sell. “Everybody has a price, which is probably just another way of saying everybody’s a rostitute at heart,”’ said de $550 worth of tools scattered eaumont from a comfortable armchair in his library, once the barn that housed most of the inventory. ‘‘But unless a company is willing to pay several times what it’s worth, Brookstone is not for sale. The only real reason for me to sell the company is to retire, you see. “Why should I be someone else’s flunky in my own company?” he asks. Fourteen years later, de Beaumont is confident about his success. Collectors’ items items in a Peterborough, N.H. Mexican lamp affixed to the ceiling by way of a small tin can that once held deviled Worthington home: with some 50 products that\de Beaumont had dug from trade publications, foreign periodicals, and turers’ catalogues. manufac- Since that hesitant beginning, the Brookstone Co. — a name lifted from the de Beaumont home’s previous owners’ mailbox»— has become a stunning success. Inventory has grown from about the house and barn to $4.5 million worth of unique tools, gifts and gourmet food warehouse. The company is expected to gross between $22 and $23 million in sales this year. Company customers have expanded from simple home craftsmen to wellheeled consumers in the financial districts of Boston and Philadelphia — via the firm’s seven retail outlets. Customers’ names are no grace the room, including the ham. (‘‘I needed something to fill the space,’ de Beaumont explains.) But his breezy manner was not always so, points out his wife, a Vassar College graduate who took a correspondence course in bookkeeping to help her husband begin the firm and later firm no mo m-and-pop was fun.”’ Yankee common sense husband Yankee guarantee at its word, return- shrugs. common sense, ing clocks that had run down after years without an ability to do research drawn from his Harvard University education in mechanical engineering, and a desire to learn were all that were needed to solve the business’ problems, de Beaumont says. “The problems don’t take lubrication, for example. Difficulties weeded out Slowly, difficulties were weeded out. But certain things could not be solved in Worthington. unwilling ing able to sing,’ he adds. “Tt’s not a hard business. But you've got to do it right.”’ it right’? doing things the long Space was inadequate. So de Beaumont moved the business. Expansion was no problem. ‘‘I had seen all this kind of thing,’ he says. “When I was in the Navy (asa consultant for the Bureau of Aeronautics) I saw companies quintuple in size under U.S. Navy contracts.” Moving Brookstone gave him time for other things: a 70-day freighter tour to Russia, daily tennis play, study of maritime history, country life, and of course, new tasks for his company. meant 60 hours — or more — of weekly work, Truckers, to make haul into the Hilltowns, left shipments miles away. Housewives, the company’s work force, were unreliable. some obscure talent, like be- “Doing like watching the nightly news while exercising pliers too stiff to ship. The mail-order business itself sported ‘‘many a slip ‘twixt the cup and lip,”’ remembers de Beaumont. Oc- casionally, a product he thought would sell, flopped — such as a screw driver with swing-out lever able to add torque to the screw. “T just thought it would be Meanwhile, he is confident in the bees’ knees,’’ he recalls. “But then, my workbench is company management. “T don’t hire second-class people,” de Beaumont says. “T have this company on covered with discontinued Brookstone tools I couldn’t get along without.” THE BROOKSTONE 1 w —— nor his wife have to mind the Skelton family has reunion mom-and-pop WORTHINGTON — The 30th annual Skelton family reunion was held at Glenwood Farm on Dingle Road Sunday, with store. ‘We didn’t want to be a shop and have to do the work,”’ says the port- ly de Beaumont, eyes sparkling behind his glasses. ‘‘I have too want many interests to run business.”’ Management miles away roomed, ort of estate. my his just own is now 90 from the tennis-court The to 100-acre couple Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Skelton of Worthington and Treasure Lic. TF _The oldest member present was Mrs. Ralph Rice of Plainfield, and the youngest was 1-year-old Sharon Wiley of West » Springfield. Fifty-two members of the family were present. Neil Fairman, honor graduate During the day, phone calls were received from Jeannette Wiley who is in England for the summer, and from Margaret Rice who lives in California. Family members came from Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, Illinois and retains They are descendants of Perley and Alice (Shipman) Skelton, who were married in 1892 in the bride’s home on WORTHINGTON — Neil R. Fairman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil L. Fairman of Christian Hollow graduated with honors neighboring towns. from Greenfield Community College on Sunday. Fairman received an associate degree EastWindsor Road. They came to live at Glenwood Farm at that time and their five children were born there. The farm has remained in the family ever since. SSG yor eprwraueln UU, Sane aT eas Brown attending medical school WORTHINGTON — L; yndon Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brown of Rout e143, and his wife Nancy NortonBrown have moved fr ‘om Madison, Wis., where they were attending college at Kettering Colleg e Kettering, Ohio, where he is enrolled in the of Medical Arts, physician’s assistant program. -~ CO., a successful mail-order firm expected to gross $22 million in sales this year, was founded by Pierre S. de Beaumont and his wife, Mary Deland, working out of their Worthington home. Island, Fla., as hosts. com- rural : automatic pilot.” longer recorded by hand on 3 x 5 index cards, but computers. Too many interests And neither de Beaumont shop Problems also sprouted in the “knock-off industry,” firms that snatch ideas from Brookstone. And some customers took the Brookstone unconditional taking charge of the gift and gourmet’ catalogues. “Darling, you were in a complete snit,” she says of the early years. ‘‘Otherwise, it Her: (7 ee Samuel in Science for Industrial Engineering Technology. He is employed at Union/Butterfield in Athol as a methods Powell christened analyst in the engineering department. Union/Butter- WORTHINGTON — Samuel Barrett Powell, infant son of Christopher and Carol Powell of Old Post Road, field manufactures precision was christened in St. Thomas Church in Huntington on Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Richard McIntyre. The baby wore the cutting 92-year-old christening gown worn by his great-grandfathe r grandfather and father. Attending the service as god parents were Betsy Schissel of Amesbury and Eugene Turra of Ayer. The baby’s grandparents are Mrs. John Barrett of Needham, and Mr. and Mrs. George Powell of Worthington. Great-grandmothers are Mrs. Alexander Powell of Bangor, Maine, Mrs. Joseph Klee of Watervliet, N.Y., and Mrs. Raymond Malley of Long Island. After the christening, a family dinner was held at the Powell home. tools. He is the grandson of Ernest Fairman of Worthington and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Huntington. NEIL R. FAIRMAN Bartlett of About 30 relatives attended a graduation picnic in his honor at Look Park Memorial on Sunday. �rw ae Old mill is boo and bane» n i contractor, was drawn to the challenge ot making the old mill an energy-efficient home. The about ple in th‘s area. The reports will be published from time-to-time. By STANLEY MOULTON CHESTERFIELD — When Roger Gunn purchased the 120-year-old Steven’s Mill four buying into an energynightmare at the same Brook of several, — the site insulation, once-mighty was reduced from eight and one-half cords to seven cords. Gunn hopes to reduce that this year to between five and six cords. Using Gunn’s estimate and today’s price of wooden mill built in 1858. When he bought it in roughly $70 for a cord of wood, the insulation 1975, it had been used as a summer home. It had never been heated year-round. ~ and refrigerator and gas hot-water heater. resident of this community, died Saturday afternoon in| The Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Over the past four years their gas bill was y Corni Corning (Otto) ) She was the widow of Ch ea who died in mM € IS survived by a si Dorothy Hewitt, grith @tip be aie had resided: and three cousins _ The funeral will be tom orrow in the Fi blown-glass windows with storm windows, said Gunn. “If windows are in good shape, it doesn’t matter how old they are,’’ said Gunn. “We were pretty careful in restoring this place not to take away from its authenticity,” said Gunn. Sa ee 2 p.m. 9 at Congregational C oe Worthington. Haren ih The burial will be in Cemetery, Worthington. _— There will be no calling hours at the funeral home. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home of Chesterfield is in charge of avrangements, emorial contributions be made to the Fite: Congregational Church. $200 next winter. “We cut our own stalled last year to run a pump that takes their sewage some distance from the house to a septic tank. They had used an outhouse, but town officials forced them to install the sep- Electric powerless Their first three years in the old mill, Gunn and Ms. Wronski got along without se electricity. However, they had to have electricity in- mill’s turbine. “J was born wood, but it costs something — it’s a resource,”’ said Gunn. They have a back-up gas furnace for heating, “‘which we used last winter when the temperature got down to 20 below.” said (Continued on page 2) cut in half — to $220 last year, Gunn said. He tic system, said Gunn. ; attributed the reduction to the improved inStill, they use a lot less electricity than sulation. would normally be used in a house that size. Between April and July this year, they paid Another device they use is to take advan: tage of the heat emitted by the gas lights in $40 fer electricity. The bill they got from the Western each room. By heating mainly with wood, the couple Massachusetts Electric Co. — which was say they also are maintaining the authentici- later adjusted — estimated that they should have used $93 of electricity, based on the ty of the building. “Our joy” is a Glenwood pot-belly stove average homeowner’s consumption. built in 1907, Gunn said. They found it at the Still, Gunn dreams of restoring the old general store in Chester. wooden dam that once stood on the brook And they have not had to replace the old directly behind the old mill to power the Bor n on Noy. 7, 1900 in Orange, N.J., she was the one oe the late Arthur J ae job represents a savings of hetween $150 and The wind whistled through cracks in the stone foundation and up through a section of the basement floor which was open to the elements because part of the mill overhangs the brook. Gunn, a carpenter and former building (Continued from page 1) Gunn. The couple also has a gas-fired stove WORTHINGTON — J Catharine (Hewitt) Ald erman, 79, of Old Post Road, a 50-year on the inside of burned in three stoves is the primary heating fuel used by Gunn and Ms. Wronski. Last winter, with the house still not completely insulated, the amount of wood burned However, that has been delayed while Gunn wrestled with the problems of heating the 75 a plastic foam, the job, reducing the amount of wood and natural gas used to heat the building. Wood at its own game. First things first ,“) GF by local building contractor warned that foam is difficult to apply and is flammable so it should be protected with fireproof material.) According to Gunn, the insulation has done because energy is in short supply, it should be produced as economically and efficiently as possible. Part of Gunn’s motivation is the challenge of harnessing water to do the work. Another part is simply to “‘beat the electric company” AAytN into vent heat loss. It also is more expensive than other commonly-used insulators. And, one Ten years ago, Gunn was building houses 44 shared the best insulation materials available to pre- heated with electricity. Now, he believes that Janette Alderman turned Takes money, too . Gunn said he spent $800 over three years to insulate the building. (Polyurethane foam is regarded as one of generate hydroelectricity. an old dam to produce hydroelectric power for his house and a cluster of small cottage industries. Part of the 120-year-oid mill he bought four years ago and converted to a year-round residence is in the background. (Photc by Stanley Moulton) been many of the old mill’s stone walls to fill the cracks. dams that produced power. The dams collapsed or fell into disrepair earlier in this century, coinciding with the decline of this once-thriving commercial section called Stevensville on what now is the Worthington-Chesterfield town line. Gunn, 34, is fascinated by the prospect of getting power from water, and he plans one ay to rebuild a dam near his house to ROGER GUNN points to the Bronson.Brook in Chesterfield where he hopes to restore floors have feet of living space in the country,” conserving and developing energy resources, a program based in Goshen. Gunn wants to obtain either federal or state money to help pay for the hydroelectric power project. However, if government money does not come through, Gunn is confident he eventually will be able to pay for the project himself. “The cost is not prohibitive. It’s just a matter of time,” said Gunn. “‘T’ll just have to wait a little longer.”’ His dream is to be able to produce enough electricity from the brook to power a collec- tion of small industries clustered around the old mill. The first; a carpentry shop Gunn uses for his business, already is built. If the water power is harnessed, Gunn figures he will have shown what the average person can do to help the nation out of its energy crisis. and raised - “Ten years ago I was building electric said Gunn. ‘‘When I found this place ey homes,’’ said Gunn. ‘‘Then, in the early 1970s, old the dug We power. water mind I had in we got to the energy crunch and I got tired of turbine out from under six feet of silt.” nuclear power...I got tired of the bigness of Gunn figures a generator will cost between utilities. $4,000 and $5,000. He places the total cost of “T was born on a farm in Southampton and I putting the dam in shape to generate knew what we were doing was not according electricity at $10,000. to my ethics,’ said Gunn. Wait and see Gunn is talking with employees of the Hilltown Project who are working on re — years ago, he was saver’s dream and three 2,200 Gunn and Lynda Wronski, 23, an artist who does design work and sign painting. Their first winter in the uninsulated building, they heated solely with wood. ‘‘We'd wake up at 5 a.m. to find the water frozen solid in the buckets we used. We couldn’t keep the place warm,’’ recalled Gunn. Gunn’s solution was to spray polyurethane time. sue A dream, because the old grist mill stands in a backwoods Section close by Bronson MOSpIital, Bosuon, / Y Roger Gunn may generate power, but must heat a drafty house This is another in a series of Gazette reports on novel approaches to energy conservation and development by peo- veneral Be] Iti OM —<$<$<=_ Mm _ - 4 �Marcia Pease ~ to Stephen Estelle WORTHINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Pease of Kinnebrook Road announce the engagement of their daughter, Marcia, to Stephen Estelle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Estelle of Mountain View Drive, Huntington. Miss Pease is a 1975 Gateway of graduate Regional High School and is a at Westfield State Gateway Regional High senior College, majoring in special and elementary education. Estelle is a May candidate at Westfield State College, majoring in history, with certification in secondary education. A 1974 graduate of School, he is working at Ben- _ Hilltown harvest dix Abrasives in Chester. Ne F Worthington. The harvest in the Hilltowns lags behind along Dimock) the Connecticut River. (Photo by David Tammy R. Nugent exchanges ©.7 , vows with Deane WORTHINGTON — First Congregational Church was the Deane Richard Messeck. The Rev. Robert and the Rev. Mary Elien Kitchen, pastors of the church, officiated at the 7 p.m. ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Albert G. and Patricia Nugent of Huntington Road. The is the son Nugent of Worthington, Mr. and Mrs. Messeck are residing on Route 143, Chester- duties were Albert A reception was held at the Hickory Hill Touring Center, Worthington. Worthington and Carrie Nugent ~*illiamshurg. cousins of the Laurie serving in Pacific WORTHINGTON — Airman Paul and Glory Laurie of Huntington ReadT. La rie, son of Elroy lag: been deployed to the Western Pacif ic. He is a member at North Island Naval Ai a r Station ineeSan squadron based Diego, Calif. Laurie is a 1976 graduate of Gatew y Regional High School and joined the Navy in June 1977. ’ (pee WORTHINGTON students on honor roll — Gateway Regional High School judents from Worthington who made the honor roll for the irst quarter are: seniors, second honors, Janine Modestow, Shawn Speiss, Wanda Veinotte and Linda Wojeik; third honors, David Bowman, Robert Brodrick, Traci’ Donovan and Ron Humphrey. Juniors, third honors, Scott Brodrick, Edward Syron and Ruth Wood; Ramona ; Sharron, Sophomores, first honors, Melissa Sharron; third honors, Karen Bowman, Holly Richardson and Karen Stevens. Freshmen, Higgins. first honors, Daily Hampshire Gazette. The bridegroom, is a graduate of ushering enhanced with blue trim on the neck and cuffs. She carried a silk bouquet attached to a bible. was maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Rebecca Allaire, Julie Dastous, both of Huntington, Robin Sheldon of oe The bride, a 1979 graduate of Gateway Regional High School, is a motor route carrier for the Smith Nugent III of Worthington, brother of the bride, William Miller, Richard Lessard, both of Chesterfield, Lorin Delisle of -Haydenville, Frank Kosior III of Williamsburg, and Dan LaMountagne. Benjamin LeBeau was ring bearer. The bride wore an ivory gown of ~ sisters of the bridegroom, were flower girls. Clifford Clark of Williamsburg, was best man. Sharing Richard Messeck of South Chesterfield Road, Goshen and Faith Gralla of Miller Avenue, Southampton. The bride’s sister, Kimberly Rae R. Messeck bride. The junior bridesmaids were Pattie Nugent and Lisa Witter, both of Worthington, cousins of the bride. Darlene Messeck and Nichole Gralla, setting for the Sept. 21 wedding of Tammy Rae. Nugent and bridegroom ert 3 Lined up for action is this potato harvesting equipment on the A. E. Albert and Sons, Inc., potato farm in that Ben Cook; third honors, Karen The wedding is planned for July 28. MARCIA PEASE y by Vocational High School, is employed at Paramount Auto Body in Easthampton. field. eee A children’s room in the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library in Worthington was opened for the first time on New room Saturday. Taking part in the ceremony were, from left, Lucie Mollison, long-time director, Adrienne Ulrich who read a citation presented to Damaris Fernandez-Sierra after whom the room is named. (Photo by David Dimock) $$ $e ait Qef (4 | Children’s library room ready for open house Saturday ‘7? By LUCIE MOLLISON grant Library WORTHINGTON — For many years the dream of the directors of the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library, commonly known as the Worthington library, has been to have an adequate children’s room. A small room off the main ' library room had, for a long _ time, held children’s books, but 4 offered no room for reading or | study. A few years ago part of this space had to be taken to make a rest room. In 1974, a piece of land next to the library was for sale and through the efforts of Postmaster Cullen Packard, money was raised to buy it for the was received School from the Construction Act, Title I fund, for furnishings library. The proper septic tank Library Association and leach field were installed. President Damaris Fernandez-Sierra then began to explore the possibilities of draining the wet cellar. A contractor was found who drained the area and poured a cement floor. The floor was let set for a year to be sure it would stay dry. The directors, with help from the town, went to work. With mostly volunteer work, the large Shelves room was painted, installed, and in 1978 a and equipment, including carpeting. Many new books were also purchased. Susan Ulrich and a group of other young mothers hours painting. The last step spent was many breaking through the foundation wall to make an outside entrance. A retaining wall near the outer door was constructed by Ben Brown and his helpers. On Saturday at 3 p.m., the room will be formally put in use with an open house for townspeople and friends. all �‘Land wille d DL by Emers on Davis accepted by Worthington voters JANET not precisely spelled out. DIMOCK Town Meeting. Administrator for the Davis estate, Attorney Robert Corash, told the voters that land left to the town ‘‘has virtually no liquid funds to deal with debt and the land has to be sold to raise the revenue or the revenue has to be raised from other sources.”’ A sum of $7,500 was appropriated from federal revenue sharing funds in the treasury to clear the estate. Over $4,000 is owed to the state welfare department to pay a lien against the estate. The remainder will cover legal fees and other small debts such as funeral expenses, taxes and hospital fees. The 60-acre tract of land on Dingle Road was left to the town for use as Glengrove Wildlife anctuary to be administered as public charitable trust. Corash told the assembled oters that there are ‘‘certain nclarities’’ in the will that may ave to be cleared up by probate :ourt. How the trust operates is Chairman Steven Strom pointed out that the town “has not a single acre of conserved land.” The Board of Health has been unable to find another suitable site for By THELMA WHITING CUMMINGTON — More than 50 descendants of Lena Finance Committee. Both boards were in favor of keeping the brush dump located on this piece of land. O’Brieter and Henry H. Snyder Sr., Chairman area, and tuary will keep more Cummington attended a Snyder family reunion Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rolland in Worthington. The Snyder family was born and raised on the family farm on Trouble Street in Cummington. Snyder, who was born in Germany, came to this the sanc- building and pollution out of the area. It may also provide a spot for selective cutting of firewood by townspeople. country as an infant and lived in Cook said that it would also help stop a current trend of all available large pieces of land being broken up by developers. An offer from a Hampshire County land developer has already been received by the estate. Conservation long-time residents Robert Cook said his board is in favor because the land is a watershed dump, _, gather for family reunion Acceptance was supported by the Planning Board and the Board brush Snyder descendants| 4 ia mittee Chairman Grant Bowman. Town Clerk Joan Donovan explained that a second vote would be needed to appropriate more than the $7,500 figure listed on the warrant. Planning the member Lois Ashe Brown noted. Georgia where he fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. After his marriage to Lena O’Brieter, who had worked in a millinery shop in New York City where Snyder ran a livery Commission stable, they settled in mington where their children were born. Karen Wickland becomes 36 Cum- seven The name ‘‘Trouble Street” probably was not used in the 1890s and early 1900s but there seemed to be trouble in the area anyway. Snyder was killed in the woods in a logging accident when his oldest child was aged 14 and the youngest only 2. His wife, who later married Frank Jones, raised the family of six with the help of her oldest son Henry who was only 11 when his father died. He went to work at a By There was little opposition to WORTHINGTON — The town acceptance but some voters voted with little dissent” last questioned whether added court night to accept a land gift from ‘ costs would make the acquisithe late Emerson J. Davis. Some 30 voters alse authorized tion worthwhile. A $10,000 to the selectmen to appoint a town $15,000 bill would ‘‘make accepoffice secretary trainee and a tance another question altogether,’ said Finance Comtown accountant at the special One child, Bessie Porter’s twin, died in infancy. The oldest member present was 84-year-old Henry Snyder and the generation youngest, a fourth- descendant, was 3- month-old Richard Zimmerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Zimmerman of Springfield. an early age to help support the family by running the farm. Three first-generation descen- dants, Henry Snyder of Worthington, Bessie Porter of Goshen and Edith Packard of Cummington, attended the reunion. The other three children, Milton Snyder, Hazel Burt and Mabel Sweet, died in 1943, 1954 and 1974 resnectivelv Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Wed., Nov. 14, 1979 the bride of Jeffrey A. Rida WEST CHESTERFIELD — Worthington Congregational Church was the setting for the bridegroom, Worthington, Wickland and Jeffrey Alan Rida. The Rev. Worth Noyes, of Chesterfield Congregational Church, officiated at the 11 a.m. ceremony. Sandra Epperly was the organist and Brad Fisk the soloist. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glendon Wickland . bearer. The bride wore a gown of organza featuring a V-neckline, long bishop sleeves, an Empire waist, The bridesmaids were Gwendolyn Mollison, Holly Richard- Hampshire Regional High School and a 1979 graduate of Berkshire Community College. of the bridegroom, both of Worthington, and Susan Fairman of Chesterfield. Susan She is a secretary at Associated _ Energy Consultants Inc. in Northampton. The bridegroom of West Chesterfield, of the bride, was flower girl. Steven Rida + attended Gateway Regional - High School and is a truck driver of Worthington, ox at'N & B Express Inc. in South brother of the bridegroom, was eh "Richard " Mollison, ests Richardson. cousin of the relace Shaw, cousin of the bride, was in charge of the guest book. The bride is a 1977 graduate of Patricia Sheldon of William- Shaw on train. A reception was held at the Plainfield Villa, where Sharon Road, sburg, was the matron of honor. cousin chapel-length dotted by satin ribbon bows enhanced the gown. Her two-tier elbow-length veil was attached to a matching lace trimmed Juliet cap. Rida of Cudworth Road, Worthington, and Shirley W. son, and Vertical bands of embroidered Alencon of Cummington Road. The bridegroom is the son of Alan P. Ring’ both of Richard Lesard of Amherst. Jeffrey Smith of Worthington. was ring Oct. 27 wedding of Karen Marie Rida. of Worthington. and Deerfield. oe Mes ie KAREN and JEFFREY RIDA Wott.on. : ey 40 : 4 Bie Ass oats 76 in years the Grange The only living charter member of the Worthington Grange is Arthur G. Capen who is being honored this month for his 76 years of membership. Capen, who will be 97 next month, was visited by the group at the Hampshire County Hospital and by State Master Vernon West, on the left. �MINISTERS have office work to take care of, too, as Worthington’s demonstrates. The Rev. Mary Ellen Kitchen and her husband, the Rev. Kitchen, have been at the small Congregational church for nearly a year. minister Robert SAey Wo THE WORTHINGTON Congregational Church called the Revs. Mary Ellen and Robert Kitchen, as pastors at last night’s annual meeting. The couple will also lead services at the Chester United Church and the Peru Con igregational Church. (Photo by David Dimock) Ht dus ferburs deft Fit Ae, Hilltown church Calls pastors WORTHINGTON By LUCIE MOLLISON — The Revs. Robert and called last night pastor. They are to serve as pastors of Northampton Ellen the First and are now house-hunting in the Worthington area. They will also lead services at the Chester United Church and the Peru Congregational Church. Mrs. Kitchen is a native of Northampton, received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1970 and was ordained in 1974. She is especially interested in Christian education. Mr. Kitchen received a bachelor’s degree from Springfield College in 1970 and was ordained in 1971. He is a member of the department of religion at Springfield College. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kitchen received their theological training at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. Other business taken up at last night’s annual meeting was approval of the budget for the coming year of $15.148. This increases the minister’s salary by $500 to $5,800. It also raises the amount director to $1,800. for music, the organist and the choir The nominating committee offered the following slate of officers which were voted into office: moderator, By JANET DIMOCK seeks solidarity; it tolerates “Love no division, it prefers equal workmates; it shares its efficiency,’ the Rev. Mary Ellen Kitchen told her congregation on a recent Sunday morWhile Congregational Church here. Mrs. Kitchen will serve as pastor and her husband as coresidents duties at two churches the subject of this paraphrased portion of Paul’s letters to the Corinthians was the relationship between the rich and poor and the need for love, it could well be a page from Mrs. Kitchen’s own life. She and her husband the Rev. Robert Kitchen are equal workmates and share Mary of Husband and wife share ning. Kitchen, a husband and wife team, of Northampton, were Walter Markert; clerk, Madeline Smith; treasurer, John Payne; benevolence treasurer, Doris Smith; deacons, Ralph Smith and Gary Chamberlin; deaconesses, Judy Speiss and Jane Bartlett; trustees, George Bartlett and Douglas Small; Christian education committee, Judy Fisk: Christian enlistment committee, Brenda Mason and Susan Beach; misSlonary committee, Doris Smith; music, Gary Chamberlin: nominating, Bert Nugent, Eldeen Nugent and Susan Beach; conference delegates, Mr. and Mrs. John Payne; association delegates, Harriet Osgood and June Dodge. 194 their efficiency congregations. as co-pastors to two Hilltown The Kitchens were called to serve the First Congregational Church of Worthington and the Peru Congregational Church in January. In coming to Worthington, they broke two traditions: they are the first pair of ministers to share the post, and Mrs. Kitchen is the first woman to preach here. Quick to Quick to laugh laugh and make a joke or wry comment, Mrs. Kitchen is casually called by her nickname Molly by church members. ‘‘A church reflects the town that it’s in. Some churches have a really good attitude and Worthington’s is one of them,”’ Mrs. Kitchen said. As a member of the smaall church task force of the United Church of Christ, Mrs. Kitchen has a special interest in the fate of the small community-based church. She sees these small churches as the ‘‘ones with strong foundations, and while they don’t supply the revenue of larger churches, they will be here from now.” Th e 14 Church of Christ (UCC) in 1978. Before that time he was a Methodist minister in his native Baltimore, Md., for two and one-half years. left to join the UCC because he was attracted its ‘less aggressive’ ministry, his wife plained. He also was an associate professor He by exin the religion department at Springfield College for several years. . Mrs. Kitchen was ordained in 1974. She is one of 26 women ministers ordained in the UCC in Massachusetts. Mrs. Kitchen describes her church as ‘‘an unusually good church with a strong lay leadership of dedicated and capable people who are committed to the community. Women make Women in the Worthington church make a significant contribution, Mrs. Kitchen said. The diaconate other works tasks together. besides The women arranging have flowers, something which is not always true of other, larger UCC churches in the Northampton area, she pointed out. Mrs. Kitchen is interested in the workings of the Hampshire Women’s Fellowship, an organization of church women’s groups such as Worthington’s Women’s Benevolent Society and Friendship Guild. In the past this group was very powerful mainly due to its wealth, but most of this has been usurped by other branches of the church organization, she noted. Mrs. Kitchen said that her main area of interest now is in the field of Christian education. hundreds of years The Kitchens live in Northampton where Mrs. : . Kitchen grew up. : 4 Reflecting on the advantages of a friendly community church as opposed to larger and » wealthier ones where she had been called in the “past, Mrs. Kitchen concluded ‘‘The quality of life is worth more than money.” � https://www.worthingtonhistoricalsociety.org/omeka-3.1.1/files/original/1f094e61d96941da070df1dd0c1983ef.pdf ae19301fa884325c13695c097d6d0ce1 PDF Text Text pig ft “Tey road causes two accidents *~«on Old Post Road in Worthington Her car slid sideways, hit a hit the same stretch of ice. The began work at 5:45 yesterday WORTHINGTON — Two accidents occurred in rapid guard rail and then a tree. The vehicle flipped over and came to morning with the town’s only rest upright in a nearby shallow sanding vehicle. It takes 10 succession yesterday morning driver's side door and th pond. Kenneth B. Pease of Old hours to sand the whole town, he on an icy stretch of Old Post were so damaged a Road between the Tyler Farm emergency team was unable to Post Road and Phil Mason of said. Five members of the and the Chesterfield town line, move her until jaws of life Huntington Road stopped at the Worthington Fire Department The driver of one vehicle, equipment was brought to the scene and helped the two women Joan Mollison of West Street, scene by the Dalton Fire from their car, according to responded to the scene to wash local police officer LeRoy gasoline off the road. was trapped in her car for over Department. LaRock. According to a * ne She is now a patient in Madeleine Provost and neighbor, who assisted Mrs. i Worthington and e intensive care unit of the William Clarke, both of the Berkshire Medical Center in desertment Suter aad the Baker, the group was standing Worthington Medical Center, Pittsfield. No report of her con- Huntington ambulance crew on the roadside when the second treated Miss Mollison at the together to free Miss accident occurred. was available this mor- srs aa scene before the Huntington am: ollison bulance arrived. nt ntende Superi y Highwa ac i There ‘was another _ Miss Mollison, 19, was travelOfficer LaRock said that James Pease said that the town ing east on Old Post Road when shortly before but no eur Dalton owns the nearest jaws of she lost control of her vehicle on juries resulted. at approximately 10:15 a.m., ac- of Russell State Police. 48 Graves patch of road an untreated icy Huntington Road and the the driver, Beata Panagapoulos of to a report from cording A car containing Irene Baker Ave.. Northampton, sander was in use at the time of the accidents and was at the town garage being loaded with sand for Old Post Road. Pease that the highway added crew life equipment. The next closest one available is located in Northampton. He said the scene was not cleared until 1:45 p.m. Finances report ed healthy r e t n e C | ca di Me n to ng at Worthi ~ Annual meeting last night By JANET DIMOCK anne WORTHINGTON — Suz the Kulik, treasurer ofation, Worthington Health Associ ting reported at the annual mee th last Road that night medical the Nor Old had center 44 to 46 percent from the grant, percent from clients, 6 percent from donations and 4 percent from miscellaneous accounts, Mrs. Kulik explained. a despite a “good year financially l.”” onne pers in t shif major ended 40 members Some the meeting at which att Stanley Reinstatement of door-to-door solicitation may mean an in donations, increase Drive Chairman ip ersh Memb Ida and Cowell of Cummington ngton thi Wor of th Smi y erl Bev years were re-elected for threectors. dire of to the board Shedd, Susane Stone and Darrell both of Worthington, were Mrs. elected for three years. rewas on ngt thi Kulik of Wor one year elected to the board for and one year as treasurer. ngton Harriet Osgood of Worthi one for ary ret sec ted was elec year. During the last year, Dr. to William Shevin left the center be replaced for five months by Dr. Ann McIntosh, Two new doc- tors will join the staff in July. Of the total $184,093 income for 1979, $85,000 was from the federal Department of Health, l Education and Welfare Rura 00 Health Initiative Plan, $80,0 53 from patient fees and $11,7 infrom membership fees and pal ici mun and dividual contributions. This breaks down Joslyn membership members suggested. is down this year. by The 106 She attributed the drop to the uncer- in tainty generated by changes staff and to the general state of Volunteers willthe economy. ing to help with the drive effort are to contact Mrs. Joslyn. Executive Allan reported Director that six this Clarke and Gail Higgins will provide 24-hour, on-call service. ke Physicians’ assistants Clar will and his wife Susan Clarke Eight area arrive, Allan dentists major of © Allan also urged members advantake to y unit comm the the tage of the suggestion box in cal waiting room at the medi ‘‘We really welcome center. thoughts, comons, esti sugg plaints or any input,” he said. tee =_— can- didates for the two staff physicians positions were interviewed before Dr. David Katz and Dr. Matthew Swartz were hired. on July 10 and Dr. Katz on July 21; Full-time health services will next be provided through the rs docto the until s week five arrive, Allan pointed out. Super- ns’ vision for the physicia assistants and three residents from the Berkshire Medica Center in Pittsfield is providec by Dr. Charles Wahl of the Berkshire Medical Center. Physicians’ Assistants Williarr : Nominated ol’s all-time leading Gateway Regional High Scho nominated to the scorer, Bob Brodrick, has been School BasketHigh ican 4980 McDonald’s All Amer 20-member Ali the to en chos be may ball Team and aged nearly aver who American Team for 1980. Bob, Western the in n actio in n 27 points a game, is show rday. Satu game hip ons mpi cha Massachusetts (Richard Carpenter photo) — Mark staff Dr. Swartz will join the repairs made. have partresponded to a search for a contime staff member, he ld shou ice serv ists Dent tinued. this be instituted ‘‘sometime summer.” Allan said. Renovation work will continue | with for the roof, Allan The downstairs and renovations have been done nd seco the ing turn for plans been floor into office space have leave the center staff in July, after the doctors explained. year, scheduled added. = 19 Fri., April 25, 1980 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Ruth Ann Dunlevy becomes the bride of Richard H. Slater A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents. vy and WORTHINGTON — Ruth Ann Dunle vows Richard H. Slater exchanged marriage . on April 19 in St. Thomas Church, Huntington at the 2 The Rev. Richard McIntyre officiated p.m. ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. The Raymond Dunlevy of Huntington Road. Mrs. bridegroom is the son of Mr. and d. William Slater of Skyline Drive, Middlefiel man Whit h Judit were e coupl the Attending of Hancock sister of the bride, and Arnold Ravella of Westfield. The bride: is a graduate of Gateway Regional High School and Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute in Troy, N.Y. She is employed as a salesperson. The bridegroom, also a graduate of Gateway Regional High School, is employed as an electrical engineer for Combustion Engineering. : Mr. and Mrs. Slater are residing at 3 Love- ly Drive, Enfield, Conn. 06030. �Worthington Town Meeting: a bee Voters approve 8% budget hike, turn down By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Voters turned fire down a proposed dispatch system, $9,513 but approved the purhase of a new sander on Saturday at the annual Town Meeting. A total town and school budget of $472,675 was approved for fiscal 1981 which begins on July 1. This is an increase of about 8 percent over the present budget. Of that amount, $452,800 will come from tax dollars, almost a 17 percent increase over the amount raised at the 1979 annual Town Meeting. The budget is $1,063 over the 4 percent spending increase limit mandated by the state, according to Town Clerk Joan Donovan. Mrs. Donovan ex- plained that under state guidelines, only certain relevant appropriations are considered in the increase. Voters approved exceeding the spending ceiling. The total budget figure has increased due to a drop in available federal aid which was used in past years to offset the money needed from taxation. School budget passes The Gateway Regional School budget was passed without question. .The total school * assessment is $275,319, Vocational school costs are estimated at $52,000 of the total figure. The total budget figure wil decrease when state aid figures are subtracted when those figures arrive in a few months. This is a $29,319 increase over the amount appropriated at the 1979 annual Town Meeting. Every $18,500 spent equals about $1 on the tax rate of $15 per $1,000 valuation. Due to a last minute recommendation from the Finance Committee, $10,000 in free cash (cherry sheet money that is refunded to service years to the jresent the town each year from the sander and it will cut dwn on state) was set aside to offset the the time needed to servie town roads. The second pitce of tax rate. No purchases this year are to equipment will be helpfl when be paid for from borrowed roads must be sanded in <hurry, funds. A total of $19,875 will such as following an earl; morncome from federal revenue- ing ice storm, he said. Piase essharing money, overlay surplus timated that one sande must and the machinery earnings ac- return to the town gaage 10 times for more sanding naterial count. in order to cover all roa after Present system supported Voters decided to stay with a snowstorm. could a . iq ¢ YuLy fire system be appropriated at an means that the moderator must wife,” explainec Selectman “run around with a petition each Julia Sharron, spase of ailing annual Town Meeting, and it would earn more interest in a year, as opposed to buy now and pay 70 percent of voters turn out for election special bank account than the town is currently paying out in interest on borrowed money, Harvey explained. Moran called the plan one that would ‘‘save now and pay later, later.” George Ulrich of Old Post Road called it a ‘“‘bad piece of legislation in inflationary times’’ because taxpayers should be left with money to spend to stimulate the economy. and in this case it’s his By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Dorothy Mason of Christian Hollow Road was re-elected to the Board of Selectmen with 223 votes in the annual election on Saturday at which 70 percent of the voters cast ballots. Mrs. Mason won her seat by a 75-vote margin over Fred Emerson of Old Main Road who received 148 votes. Voter turnout was high this year, according to Town Clerk Joan Donovan. A total of 376 ballots were cast out of 534 registered voters. Moderator Cornelius Sharron. 84 votes for the post. Grant Bowman of Witt Hill Road won on vwrite-ins for three Finance Committee nember years as cemetery comthe present local telephone callmissioner with 20 votes. Donald ing dispatch system for the Edward Harvey said tlat his Newton Jr. of Sam Hill Road volunteer Fire Department committee opposed th} idea won the three-year term on the following a half-hour debate on because it only takesfoui hours Finance Committee with five the question. Moderator Ralph to sand all paved roads ind the ~The motion was defeated, 20 in favor, and 25 against. write-in votes. His father, Moran tallyed 44 against and 22 present sander is not oldenough Support was also given for the to need a standby. Donald Newton Sr., also of Sam in support of a new system. Three two-way radios will be Huntington Lions Club amHill Road, was returned to the Volunteer firefighter Richard Club member Joseph Finance Committee for three Smith explained that the new ordered this year for the Police’ bulance. Beatty of Huntington explained years with 293 votes. system would route emergency Department. An ameninent to The following uncontested calls through the dispatch center ea just one radio this year was that the $3,875 will pay for the salaries of two emergency ositions were also filled: at the Amherst Fire Depart- defeated. In response to lengthy medical technicians and for Moderatoe Cornleius Sharon of ment and members would be Buffington Hill Road (one year), notified by voice and tone pagers questioning from voters, Police “several extraordinary exCarol Pease, Old Post Road, or by walkie talkie. Response Chief Grant Knapp explained penses” that must be paid to Three other contests were also Finance Committee (two time would be cut from the pre- that citizen band units cannot be keep up with state licensing decided. ears), Byron Knickerbocker of sent seven minutes needed to used because they do 20t com- regulations. Board of Health member Gail A base radio station must be itt Road, assessor (three “in the range of 28 seconds,” he municate with all part: of town Higgens kept her post by a 4years) John Reagan of Harvey said. The pager system would and radios are needei by. of- set up this year, Beatty said. vote margin over challenger Road, assessor (one year), reach firefighters who are not at ficers to contact the ambulance, The Lions Club funds equipment Darrel Shedd of River Road. e amfellow officers ani other expenses, he said. Steve Strom of Huntington home, he pointed out. Dorothy Nelson of Buffington bulance service costs about $3.75 Road, tree warden (three Voters in opposition question- emergency equipment. Hill Road won a three-way race years), Alice Knickerbocker, Officer Leroy LaRoct pointed per person, Beatty added. ed the need for such a time for one year as tax collector. ‘“‘Those that need the saving, since most local fires out that use of such a radio She received 299 votes while Witt Hill Road, to the School (three years), trimmed 15 to 20 minues from emergency service should pay challengers Mary Jane Carey of Committee are not life endangering. The system was supported by the ambulance response time to for it,’’ Robert Lucey or Ring Indian Oven Road received 45 ‘Stephen Kulik of Thayer Hill Road objected. Road, Planning Board (five the Finance Committee and the a recent accident. Despite many questions from and Carol Labonte of Scott years), and Rebecca Okrent, of Knapp pointed oit that selectmen. Road, 20. A sum of $5,480 was voted, without a radio, the offizer must voters, the motion passed. Mrs. Nelson was also elected Buffington Hill Road, Planning The membership of the over Finance Committee objec- leave the scene of an emergency town treasurer for two years Board for two years. Historical Commission was exVoters also were in favor of a tions, for the purchase of a body- to use a telephone. with 350 votes in an uncontested referendum question on inEach officer will be :quipped panded from three members to race. mounted sander for the highway department. There were few when the three units are five. More members are needed School Committee member surance coverage for municipal to help with the on-going survey purchased, Knapp said. dissenting votes. Cynthia Watson of Buffington officers who are sued in the of local historical buildings, No stabilization find Highway Superintendent Hill Road was re-elected to the course of fulfilling their official A stabilization fund wll not be sites and all cemeteries, Clerk James Pease termed it “‘money Gateway Regional School board duties. The question was approved 217 established this yeer. The Lois Ashe Brown explained. well spent.” with 250 votes. Carmen Greitzer The term of moderator was Finance Committee proposed Sander recommended of Williamsburg Road received to 72. Pease requested the sander on that $5,000 be set aside for use changed to three years, effecMe toward a capital expentiture at tive at the next annual election. the grounds that it will add more some future date. The money The present one-year term Worthington voters approved a 17 percent increase over fiscal 1980 of funds to be raised from tax dollars at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday. Ralph Moran served as moderator and Town Clerk Joan Donovan recorded results of the motions decided. (Photo by David Dimock) [arse— �contractor in wetlands act violation, Philip S. Dodge, 77, 5-7 written plans not submitted to panel By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Written plans for reconstruction work on Lindsay Hill Road which violates the state Wetlands Protection Act, have not been submitted to the Conservation Commission, Chairman Steven Strom said last night at a special meeting. The deadline for submission of plans by Patten Realty of Stamford, Vt., was Friday. The plans were to have been submitted in response to a cease and desist order issued by the commission. A letter requesting determination applicability’ of ‘‘written as to the the Wetlands Protection Act to road work was received by the commission from Richard Fitzpatrick of North Adams, realty firm. attorney for the that the work does fall under the Fitzpatrick stated that Patten Realty has owned the abutting land on Lindsay Hill Road since would suffer ‘‘significant monetary loss.’ He said his client would ‘“‘look to the town’’ for compensation. Highway Superintendent James Pease reported to the selectmen several weeks ago that he has not been contacted or consulted in any way about the work. Strom said last night that the commission recognized the fact that money has been invested and hopes that the matter can be made with the town by previous owner Allyn Amherst. Coombs Coombs, agreed Inc. to of spend between $5,000 and $10,000.on the road which had been abandoned by the town for over 20 years. In a letter to special counsel for the town, the firm of Growhoski, Callahan and Niles of Northampton, and Separate letter to the . state law. Such a determination is only sent in response to June 2 and that his client agreed to carry out the road work plan in a com- mission, Fitzpatrick said the work is being done under the supervision of the superinten- resolved as quickly as possible. Commission members agreed that a determination of applicability is not in order at this time because the cease and desist order clearly indicates dent of roads and that $5,000 has been spent. He also said that if a washout should occur while the work is halted, his company WORTHINGTON — A lengthy court case over a trailer located on Sam Hill Road ended in a vic- tory for the town, but as Appeals Board Chairman John Modestow told selectmen Tuesday night, “the town gets the bill.’’ Modestow gave the selectmen official court documents and the bill of $920 from Town Counsel Edward McMahon. Since there is not enough money in the law account to pay the charge, the board decided that the money will have to be allocated at a special Town Meeting at a date to be announced before the end of the fiscal year. In February, a superior court decree ordered Edward Moriar- of controversy Modestow since 1974. noted that an out of plans of the construction work Dodge served as selectman from 1939 to 1946 and as constable from 1932 to 1956. mission’s stance will be sent to 15, 1902, he was the son of the here, Cooley late George T. and Jennie (Bird) Dodge. He was a lifelong resident of this town. A self-employed carpenter, he The board agreed with Mrs. Sharron’s summation of the Anyone interested is asked to contact one of the selectmen. ho ie?” good would our zoning laws Transportation needs Public transportation in rural areas and the duties of the town clerk were also discussed this week by the selectmen. The Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission Worthington | (LPVRPC) is ready to begin a the duties of her office. ‘‘There’s a lot more to it than just initialing a license,” she said. In addition to being in charge of all licenses, the town clerk is to Arlene Granger and Son of Old North Road and gave permission to the local Grange to Meeting records, and committee reports and also must issue burial per- mits. Many monthly of The selectmen also took the following action: announced the need for a civil defense director, issued a Class 2 used car license also in charge of all town records, including vital Town post use the Town Hall for a bazaar and meal on Aug. 23. reports Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Tues., July 22, 1980 et ORTHINGTON s a plan pe conatruchlan SNe by ad Ro l Hil Lindsay p. 0 ee Patten Realty Corapprove e ford, Vt., wer lanpeey aa enn the by ek we and 18 wooded ission, the d on either side of : sol ete road. ane ‘ ~ 4 n the long unuseded roahe resume, provid lows several realty company folby the com ed vot s condition : ission. work must ithe construction : n under the direct supervl‘ mf hway ee 0 Pe must ’ intendent, a nt de en nt ri pe su ey the ; mus + are : val, tree pee the to guidelines set in state Scenic A SUBSTANTIAL a increase in ti Pe ome . population in the various Hilltowns plagues their police departments and strains their budgets. Worthington Chief Grant Knapp says that breaking and entering cases lead the list. (Photo by Richard Carpenter). 2 Haydenville; two brothers, Chester H. Dodge of Peru and Homer D. Dodge of Concord, eight and Congregational ged The burial will be in Ringville town clerk. Responsibilities for the two offices have become blurred. Mrs. Donovan has held both for several years. In other business, Town Clerk Statistics, the of Warner Marion a daughter, Worthington 26—The Berkshire Eagle, from He is survived by his wife, the former Grace Barrett; a son, Frederick J. Dodge of Grafton, Church. The need for such a definition arose due to Mrs. Donovan’s resignation Ringville the There will be a memorial service on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Responsibilities are blurred with the LPVRPC. for several nieces and nephews. cies. The town clerk is also clerk to the board of registrars and is in charge of voter registration. A local contact person is need- missioner N.H.; ll grandchildren; great-grandchildren;, . must be sent to various agen- Westhampton, outlined The ported the board’s contention that a fresh water stream has been disturbed by the work. Williamsburg and Worthington. Donovan in Smith reported that Orzak sup- Sportation in the towns of Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Plainfield, Joan Tuesday. Dickinson Born in Worthington on Nov. the company and its attorney. Commission member Carmen Almeida-Smith reported that she and Tom Orzak of the state Department of Environmental Engineering regional office in Amherst, inspected Lindsay Hill Road yesterday. Ms. Almeida- Southampton, lengthy and expensive affair, “If we didn’t go through with it, died Northampton. and a $25 filing fee, the board affirmed. A letter stating the com- study of the need for public tran- ed to work the by employed was Cemetery for several years and a member of the Worthington Rod and Gun Club. court settlement could not be reached and court dates were delayed several times due to Moriarty’s ill health. also Hospital, preliminary inquiries before any work has taken place. The next step will be for Patten Realty to submit detailed ends in win for town of Worthington ty of Westfield to remove his trailer which has been an object WORTHINGTON — Philip S. Dodge, 77, of Route 112, a former selectman and constable General Electric Co. in Pittsfield for 20 years before his retirement in 1965. He was a cemetery com- Six-year court battle over trailer By JANET DIMOCK Hilltown official former Roads Act, damag- officers Congregational Church, of Harriet Osgood. appointed WORTHINGTON Cemetery at the convenience of the family. g There are no calling hours at } the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral j, Home of Chesterfield, which is handling the arrangements. Memorial contributions ma} be made to the Worthingtosn — The in caroj Se- lectmen on Monday reappointed for the coming year Building In- spector C. Raymond Magargal, Police Chief Grant Knapp, and Civil Defense Director Stephen Kulik. Also, compactor custodian, Howard Mollison; custodian of Town Hall, Henry Dassatti: dog officer, Walter 0. Fritz Jr.; fire chief, Gary F. Granger; food stamp coordinator, Lucie Molliro son, and forest fire warden, 7” — Gary F. Granger. Elizabeth Wster Also, gas inspector, Thomas Noska; inspector of animals, ErWORTHINGTCElizabeth nest Nugent; delegate to Lower Brewster, 76, oftmeadow, Pioneer Valley Planning Comformerly of this \died Frimission, Albert Nugent Jr.: day at her home. plumbing inspector, Henry BartA native of Sjield, she was a long-timddent of lett; highway superintendent, James E. Pease; Dutch elm and - Worthington wher father and other relativee born. &ypsy moth control superintendBorn on June 5, she was ent, Steven W. Strom; town ofthe daughter of te Judge fice clerk, Althea Mason; Elisha and Alic®mpson) veterans’ agent, Cornelius Shar- ron, and wiring inspector, William Wilson. Officers appointed by the annual town meeting to serve one year each were field drivers and fence viewers, John Sawyer, Howard Mollison and Jeffrey Mason; Surveyors of wood and umber, Lawrence Dingmond, Joseph Sena and Christopher Powell and Alm oners 0 f th e WAL; Vhiting Street Fund, Elizabeth ‘orrey, Kenneth B. Pease and isther T. Kerley. An article on the town meeting warrant seeking to change the term of office for the moderator from one year to three years Was approved. Brewster. She was a memhhe First Congregationalrch of Worthington. She leaves a | Alice Sturtevant of Longow, and two nephews. There will bérivate graveside service rrow in the Center etery, Worthington. . The Dickinsoeeter Funeral Home in field is in charge of arranjts, Memorial donathay be made to tlFirst Congregational ch in Worthington. ‘1 ( �group spreads the word decade-old who wants venture is ‘‘free to anyone it,’ Marge Moran of Hun- tington Road recently explained. The one-page sheet is written, printed, folded, stapled and addressed by hand by a closely-knit, yet loosely-organized, group. There is no chairman, no boss, but the work gets done on time due to what Mrs. Moran calls ‘‘a flexible organiza- tion of friendly cooperation.” She is responsible for mailing the “Parish Word.’ and, with the help of her husband Ralph, each copy. she folds the staples The folding and stapling is very routine, she said. She has helped with the newsletter since 1972. Routine or not, it is apparent to an onlooker that the job receives a hefty time commitment. Demand for the newsletter lias grown since the first issue was sent out in September 1970. “We sent out about 420. That’s a round figure,’ Mrs. Moran estimated. About 250 are sent to Worthington residents and another 100 copies go to other Massachusetts residents. The other 60 newsletters fill an important function — allowing former residents in 19 states to know what is happening in town. Those far from Worthington regularly read the brightlycolored sheet to keep in touch with old friends. The ‘‘Parish Word”’ is sent to the other five New England states plus New how the ‘‘Parish Shortly after Mrs. Jones and her hus- band Chester moved here from St. Louis, Mo., she realized that she was missing out on some community and church ac- tivities. Sometimes it was a matter of just finding out too late. The answer, she thought, was a regular reminder that people could post on the refrigerator. Drawing upon her knowledge of a church newsletter published in her former community,.she gained the approval of the then-pastor, the Rev. Jerome Wood, and then set off in search of volunteers. The process involves nate the job of typing the mimeographed stencil. The Horace Bartlett family of Old Post Road takes the mimeograph machine from under the bed and run off copies. The Morans fold and staple, the copies are all addressed by hand morning at Lucie Mollison’s home Huntington Road. Addressing the ‘‘Parish long-standing tradition. Word” out the and one on is a “They like to address by hand. They know where everyone is,’’ Mrs. Jones ex- Response to the idea was enthusiastic. “Whoever I asked wanted to help,’’ Mrs. plained. Offers of an addressograph have been repeatedly turned down. This way the group can keep track of a recipient’s changed slightly since then. Mrs. Jones “The process of all this takes about a week, usually the last week of the Jones recalled. The format of the “Parish Word’’ has saw it in part as a vehicle for “‘a little promotion” of the local church. Christian education was combined with news on social events and meetings. Events such as the 550th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi and a brief explanation of his beliefs were noted. “Now it’s a general community paper, which I think is wonderful,’ Mrs. Jones Said. Her work as news reporter and writer was taken over by Harriet Burr of Kinney Brook Road. Mrs. Burr knows how out-of-towners look forward to the “Parish Word,’’ because she received it location or point out a new address. the special Chesterfield Church She was the widow LeDuc, who died late Horace and (Graves) Bartlett. q and she of Lester several Caroline For the Worthington with her niece and 3 , family, the C. Raymond Magargals. She had lived at ‘The Spruces’’ on Williamsburg Road — the house where she was born. Mrs. LeDuc was a member e » C last few years she had lived in — and the years ago. All of their married , life was spent in Chesterfield. f _ Before her marriage Mrs. LeDuc taught music in Hilltown schools. Born in Worthington on Dec. 7, e 1894, she was the daughter of the events of one small Hilltown community. day-to-day and past master of the Worthington Grange and later of a the Chesterfield Grange. also * belonged to the She 2 Hillside th tt member " » t of the Chesterfield "* School Committee and a trustee ot of the Chesterfield Library. by Mrs. LeDuc, who was the last i of her generation of the Bartlett *” “family yn y9f d here, is survived by several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Chesterfield Congregational Church. The Rev. Worth Noyes, pastor, will officiate. n The burial will be in the - Center Cemetery, Chesterfield. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home ‘of Chesterfield is in Ua ~ years ago postage costs were only $4 per mailing, Mrs. Moran pointed out. Pleas for funds have always been answered. ‘‘Money appears from all !t Pomona Grange and the Cum- mington American Legion Post Auxiliary. She was a past yf iy y each mailing, $40 for paper plus $40 each year for the bulk mailing permit. Eight with no specific amount stated — and the C. 4] the of . sang in the church choir. n :, both member , The reason the bright pink, green or yellow flyers still come out after all this time is explained simply by Mrs. Moran. “Everyone involved enjoys the work,” she said. Enjoyment and community spirit have combined so that those close at hand and others who are far away can share in the bills, which include $13 in postage for were mentioned in the ‘‘Parish Word” — Congregational people who worked on it,” she added. California, Maryland, Washington, Kentucky, Georgia and Arizona. Despite rising costs and increased circulation the ‘‘Parish Word’’ is self sustaining. Contributions must pay all Anne Jones of Old North Road. Over the years, requests for donations the last two weeks. , w “Through the years there were a lot of field, died yesterday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital, where she had been a patient for A Chesterfield resident for many years, she was an active month,” Mrs. Moran said. The ‘‘Parish Word” comes out only once in December and January and July and August. York, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, North Dakota, Colorado, kinds of sources,’ Mrs. Moran said. The community has been so supppEaye that the paper has never had to fall back on money from its sponsor, the First Congregational Church of Worthington, according to the newsletter’s founder WORTHINGTON — Alice G. LeDuc, 85, formerly of Chester- a coordinated system of volunteers. After the news letter is written, the copy is then typed. Louise Rantilla and Beverly Smith alter- i s of a colorful newsletter called the “Parish Word.” Published with volunteer labor, the 1977, but she related Word’’ began. Alice G. LeDuc when she lived in Westminster. Tn hand and to others far away in the form needed money would come in ‘‘almost to the penny,’ Mrs. Jones recalled. She stopped working on the project in ama By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Ten times each year the latest word on community happenings goes out to those close at orn lq ZO onmnnm=a church charge of arrangements. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the [ a Ny ere: ps Yt |One “ Chesterfield Grange through Grange members or in care of the Bisbee Funeral Home. ADDRESSING the “Parish Word” by hand Is a tradition In Worthington. Per- » forming that task are from left, Marge Moran (with back to camera), Bar- bara Dunlevy, Elizabeth Payne and Lucie Mollison. The newsletter is 10 years old this year. (Photo by David Dimock) Donovans given farewell i ds and re tives WORTHINGTON — About 100 frien r and rarewel parsuppe ck potlu a for night ay Sund gathered _ : children. their and van Dono on Winst ty for Joan and e pet Sy of ers mast as acted tt Ronnie and Bonnie Keivi a mixed group re for an informal farewell program. Songs by Gifts we lives. ete ee in des episo ied parod rs singe h. churc the and om town the ed fr in Boston. Orne Donovan family leaves next week to live sore Highland Club marks 225th r ing of the Highland meet WORTHINGTON — At the 225th . night, ecrelaey Roswell day Club in Worthington on Mon ings he Id in a 1905 ae Merritt read reports of meet wi gs s. at meetin day eee all d ae ha club the i time that st 1930. At en pres the of ead aie at noon inst es Seal fame; of more nn The grou p had afternoon speakers e 10 pen nati me ton hing i gman Brewster,a Wort ini 1905, Kin eee, aell are e er gman Kin of former Yale president ifice to sen e parents to make every sacr an of Easthampton urged mor while in 1930 Judge John Lym training for good citizenship. omed ‘Doctors will be welc if yA K Center new Worthington Health ay Sund on er supp uck potl ed at a beONwelcommet willNGT WOR orsTHI doct ily and Dr. David Katz, fam es See internist, ter this oe tO cen oc the at g cin cti pra h started bai iti “The eet will also be a farewell to bebe fant ant an as a physician's assist a has been serving . ing to further his education public. The event is open to the �Queen ET England confers _ of ‘ KH in ‘Who's Who in New York.” He was both a representative and a delegate to the United Nations for the U.S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce. From 1974 until his retirement he was the customs counsel to the Naional Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America. Formed customs committee 50 years of work as an attorney in the import-export field has led to an award from Queen Elizabeth for Attorney Allerton de Cormis Tompkins of this town. Membership in the Most Ex- cellent Order of the British Empire in the rank of honorary of- He ficer has been conferred upon him by the queen, British Am- the award at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C., in the fall. This is the highest award given to an American citizen in year. He was also a director of that organization from 1950 until | the commercial field, Tompkins said. The honor allows him to place the initials OBE (Order of the British name. Empire) after his ALLERTON TOMPKINS “‘T’ve always been interested in Britain and British trade,’’ he ly based in New York City, but a phrase in the U.S. Constitution allows the court to travel from place to place to hear complaints, he explained. All ports are entitled to fair and equal treatment under the law, said. ‘‘I was their customs adviser for many years,’’ Tompkins explained this week. His work was to ‘‘avoid unnecessary duties and complications for important merchandise,” he added. so the nine judges travel to hear cases. Began work in 1947 He began work for the British and exporters in 1947 and continued in that capacity for 20 The Tompkinses have been as far away aS Hawaii and Alaska and have traveled to Puerto services for the French Embassy for about 10 years. Tompkins specialized in customs law and worked for Tompkins estimated that he appeared before the court at least 10 times each year. Over the years Tompkins has Embassy on behalf of importers Rico years. He performed the same foreign governments until his retirement to Worthington last April. He set up his law practice country. The spoke changes tariff before a regulations. The tariff laws are revised every few years, he explained, “That’s why we need customs attorneys.” Locally, he has served as president of the Worthington Golf Club from 1956 to 1958 and as a director there for many years before his resignation a few years ago. He is her also Swim and Tennis Club. Shogry of sons, George W. Rudd Jr. and Thomas A. Rudd, both of Worthington: a stepdaughter, Roberta Rudd of Florence; a stepson, Richard Rackham of Northampton: a brother, Frank Nicklien of Williamstown; 22 grandchildren: and four great- eee She moved to this city shortly after her marriage in 1950. She had been employed in the. Medical Records Department of The Cooley Dickinson Hospital for several years up until the time of her death. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Northampton. Besides her father and her husband, she and a grandson. The funeral will. be Saturday at 2p.m. inthe Amherst Funeral Home. The burial will be in the Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware. Calling hours at the funeral home will be tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Finn Bank. of the The funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the United Church of Christ, Congregational, of statement| also applies to the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, he said. Work in the Customs Court on behalf of various exporting| firms and foreign importers and $3,000 for the center endowment fund, Worthington. The burial will be in North Street Cemetery, Worthington. Calling hours at the Dery- to many United States. Foley Funeral St., Dalton, Home, 890 Main clients will be tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. wanted me to added. go, I —< Court travels © ae Customs Court is officialen, a red-bellied snake and common toads. Meetings of the Herpetological Society are held on the last Friday evening of each month at the Science Museum in Springfield. New comed. are wel- Robillard is serving her second term as secretary of the group. The day ended with a picnic supper names new treasurer Brenda S. Bartlett wed to William D. Arnold WORTHINGTON — Brenda S. Bartlett became the bride of William D. Arnold on Aug. 2 in the Worthington Congregational the group has also financially helped nearly every local organization, as well as the Huntington Ambulance fund. A plaque of appreciation was presented by state Grange Chaplain Truman Cahill and accepted by group leader Evelyn Powell. There was singing by the ‘“‘Sweet Adelines’’ of Pittsfield, and solos by Michael Martin. Church with the Rev. Floyd McAuslin officiating at the noon ceremony. Sandy Epper- Worthington was the organist and ly of Wanda Freeze of Huntington the soloist. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bartlett of Dingle Road. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Arnold of 414 North Federal St., Riverton, Wyo. Chesterfield was Tammy Messeck of matron of honor. The bridesmaids were Carol and Ellen Bartlett of Worthington, sisters of the bride, and Terry Bartlett of Madison, N.C., cousin of the bride. Keith Davies of West Springfield was best man. Serving as ushers were Jeff Bartlett of Worthington, brother Schooleraft of West of the bride, Richard Mark Springfield and : Weaver of Shutesbury. The bride wore a gown of poly-peau designed with a fitted bodice of silk Venice lace, long fitted sleeves with lace inserts and a Watteau back terminating in a chapel-length Sherry Mason graduates train. Her long veil was attached to a lace cap. She carried an arm bouquet of roses, WORTHINGTON — Sherry B. Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley N. Mason 0 f Huntington Road, has been award- baby’s breath and fern. ed an associate in science degree with honors from Holy oke Community College. She graduated from the hotel-mote and food service management curriculum. \YyWy members Mrs. Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Wed., August 20, 1980 ‘‘We went from vent,’ Tompkins Savings gical Society, meeting Aug. 3 at the “Blueberry Hill” home of Jean Robillard on West Street, surveyed the area for its records. Several species of salamanders were found, as well as has regret the resignation of treasurer Louise Rantilla who take to elected was rlin Chambe William moved from town. her place. parts of the one end of the country to the other,” she said. ‘‘Wherever my Amherst WORTHINGTON — The Western Massachusetts Herpetolo- ational WORTHINGTON — Members of the First Congreg ze Church, at a business meeting on Sunday, voted to authori d funds the trustees to use the interest from investe whenever it is needed. The church cabinet accepted with brought Tompkins and his wife Marjorie in care of Richard Church and from a small donation and a few extra activities, have polisher, by Terry O’Brien of Easthampton, steered thousands of dollars into service projects. At first helping the Health Center by donating needed equipment ranging from an examining table to a floor impor- is survived three sons, Kevin and Michael O'Brien, both at home, and Herpetologists survey Worthington grandchildren. 24 rr (Rudd) Dalton, Mrs. Thomas Johnson of associated with the Worthington Y-25-So by Greenfield, Mrs. George Buckley Jr. of Lanesboro, Rebecca Rudd of Savoy; two Congressional committee, which he often did, considering in is survived Virginia WORTHINGTON — The Town Hall was filled when Worthington Grange No. 90 held a public meeting to honor the coffee hour group as ‘‘Good Citizens of the Year.” After a welcome by Grange Master Verna Borst, Esther Kerley was called on for a history of the group. Started by Eurma Tower in 1962, a group of women have met weekly tantly, he pointed out, he has also won more Cases before that court than any other attorney inthe clients. Tompkins She husband, Ernest R. Rackham, five daughters, Mrs. Keith Dodge of Greenville, Ala., Citizens’ Award Good before the U.S. Customs Court than any other U.S. attorney,” More represent his retirement, the longest term of office for a director. He has also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. All of his involvement with customs work led to his being mentioned in a New York Times newspaper editorial on May 25, 1955. On that occasion, Coffee group earns in New York City in 1930. The partnership of Tompkins and Davidson was formed in 1970. The business now consists of four law partners and six associates. ‘It now takes 10 of them to do the work that I used to do. I was busy,’ he said witha smile. “I have tried more cases said. to held several offices and is listed private companies as well as for Tompkins British- rw week. receive She was a member of the Independent Baptist Church in Adams and had been employed by the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Leeds for many years. She also took care of the elderly in her home for many years. Fre last will Lanesboro before moving to this town 20 years ago. mht him the late Frank and Kathleen (Contoise) Nicklien. She had lived in Williamstown and wo formed the Se 14, 1912, she was the daughter of American Chamber. of Commerce in 1947 and formed a customs committee, and he served as committee chairman from its formation until this bassador Nicholas Henderson inTompkins joined Te] The funeral will be Saturday $ Dickinson Hospital after sufferat 10 a.m. in the George F. ing a heart attack at home. Phoebe nachna? Born in Northampton on June Reynolds Funeral Home. WORTHINGTON — Phoebe 17, 1932, she was the daughter of The burial will be in Spring (Nicklien) Rudd Rackham, 68, Richard Pierce of Northampton Grove Cemetery, Florence. éf Huntington Road died last and the late Lettie (Loven) Calling hours at the funeral night at her home after a long il- Pierce. A long-time resident of home will be tomorrow from 2 tc Iness. Amherst, she was a graduate of 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Born in Berlin, N.Y., on Jan. Amherst High School. degree on Worthington man. By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Over B , A reception was held at the Worthington Town Hall. After a wedding trip of unan- BRENDA and WILLIAM ARNOLD nounced destination, the couple will reside in Southampton. �Worthington voters approve| . 18 7 o 33 400-foot frontage on lots “:By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Over 60 voters doubled the amount of road frontage needed for a building lot and discontinued er of nine dead end roads hursday night at a special Town Meeting in the Town Hall. The road frontage increase to 400 feet was papers by the planning board as a temporary measure to modify the division of large tracts of land. “The planning board feels that the 400-foot frontage would help protect the town,’’ board Chairman Robert Cook said. He explained that several large parcels of land were recently sold to land developers who ‘‘use the road frontage available and divide them into long, narrow lots.”’ Cook said that the continued, farther along the road will have an easement,’’ Selectman Dorothy Mason said. She added that the town is no longer receiv- ing state highway funds for any of the roads. No action was taken on the proposed discontinuance of tage increase)’’ as a solution,”’ Cook emphasized. He added that the planning board is exploring other options. The’ measure passed in a 39 to 12 vote, a 5-vote margin over the needed 2/3 majority. Voters also moved to discontinue portions of nine dead-end roads following a lengthy dis- cussion. Future ownership of the roadways, responsibility for damages incurred to those traveling on the roads and access to pieces of land that would no longer have frontage on a public way were discussed. “The abutters own to the center of the road, but abutters special Town Meeting Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. set for According to Selectman Dorothy Mason, the roads have not been maintained for many years and are not used as public ways. With one exception, they are all dead-end roads. Voters will also consider a change in the zoning bylaw. The panting board has suggested hat the minimum road frontage needed for a building lot Fe increased to 400 feet. The minimum is now 200 feet. The bylaw change would not affect existing lots registered at the 5 Ue Mtoe ee eee scenes ee % complaints from abutter Esther Sena of Buffington Hill Road. Objections to the road closings were voiced by Timothy Sena of Witt Hill Road. In Sena’s opinion, it is unfair for the town to discontinue these roads and he wondered who would be responsible for decrease along abutters were objected to writing. According land them. the not to value He also fact that notified Mrs. Two bushes planted at school WORTHINGTON — The Gateway Cafeteria Association has bought and had planted at the Russell H. Conwell school two lilac bushes as a memorial to the late Barbara LaRock. Mrs. Larock, who was cafeteria manager for 14 years, was also one of the founders of the association. in Mason, Grange installs new officers in Worthington Worthington library spends $7,000 WORTHINGTON — President Damaris Fernandez-Sierra reported to the Worthington Library Corp. annual meeting that almost $7,000 was spent on capital expenditures for the year. She told those at the Th ursday meeting that the new children’s room and repairs to the library chimney have been completed and a dehumidifier has been purchased. The : book, bake and plant sale netted $159. Hours at the Fredrick Sargent Huntington Library are Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to5 p.m., it was reported by Librarian Julia Sharron who is assisted by two paid aides and several volunteers. A bylaw review committee was set up which includes Cornelius Sharron, Harriet Burr. Gertrude Lucey, Barbara Officers for the coming year are: Dunlevy and president, Damaris Fernandex-Sierra; vice president, Ida Joslyn; clerk, Cornelius-Sharron; treasurer, Dorothea Hayes; and directors, Lucie Mollison, Steven Kulik and Susan Ulrich: The family film, ‘Tom Sawyer,” will be shown tonight at library. WORTHINGTON — Hampshire Deeds. County Registry Verna Borst; overseer, Hazel — Pratt; lecturer, Florida Granger; steward, Dorothy Granger; | assistant steward, George Fowler; lady assistant steward, ' Donna Guyette; chaplain, Marjorie Fowler; treasurer, Russell school house graces the i iverside Borst; secretary, Frances Fow- 1|A sketch of the Capen-Rivers r Arthu , 1979 Annual Town Report gatekeeper ler; cnn of the award winning The report has won secon ton. Guyette; Ceres, Barbara the Town of Worthing ChamMary run by the Massachusetts Porter; Pomona, rize in a statewide contest house was drawn by pion; Flora, Leah Mollison; and al Association. The school icip Taun three for tee vexecutive commit (Photo by David Dimock) local artist Jimmy Albert. Winner }years, Kenneth Porter Sr. of “Tt’s not the solution to Worthington’s problems, but it is a temporary measure until something else can be done,” Planning Board Chairman Robert Cook explained to the selectmen this week. Cook said that if the current trend of division of large tracts of land into smaller building lots continues “everything will look the same”’ and there will be no distinction between agricultural and residential areas. The selectmen have Grange officers for the coming year were installed Monday at the Town Hall by Deputy Earle Bond of Williamsburg. Taking office were: master, Worthington voters to determine road status WORTHINGTON — Voters will decide if 10 unused roads should be discontinued at a ee : Starkweather Hill Road due to 7:30 in the By JANET DIMOCK ee: abutters do not have to be notified under state law. Voters also decided to establish a second constable’s post to be filled at the annual Town Meeting in May 1981. unregulated development of this type would affect the character of the town. “‘We do not see this (the fron- — hampton, Massiijives., Oct 14,1 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Nort tee ll a proposed that the following roads be discontinued: Corbett Road (Fitzroy Road), at a point 0.37 of a mile from its intersection with Route 112; Elderberry Lane, at a point 0.06 of a mile from its intersection with Williamsburg Road; Paul Road (Fairman Road), at a point 0.25 miles from its intersection with Prentice Road; Osgood Hill Road, at a point 0.1 miles from its intersec- tion with River Road; Ring Road (Will Smith Road), at a point 0.12 miles from its intersection .with Huntington Road; Sam Hill Road, at a point 1.96 miles from its intersection with Huntington Road; South Worthington Road (Old Main Street), at a point 0.13 miles from its intersection with Chesterfield Road; Starkweather Hill Road, at a oint 1.04 miles from _ its intersection with Ridge Road and 0.14 miles from its intersec- tion with River Road; Sawyer Road, at a point 0.13 miles from its intersection with Cummington Road; and Rice Road, from its intersection with Buffington Hill Road to its intersection with Starkweather Hill Road. Voters will also consider the addition of a second constable’s ms Bp Pees ee Wins prize for management 0 f Post— Toni i Packard, daughter ington Hill ha Buff of ard Pack S. n Culle Mrs. ant the yea ding Manager of was recently selected as “Outstan eens an at oe PY.the eS piel v0 e wher ield minar in Wakef tan by scree gs eaihared for the presentation gra ; ness busi a is rd Packa staff. Miss peo n Manageme nald McDo the in been has and i College munity manag} since December, 1977, and a F ini borough. Marl in s nald McDo a of oes is manager 0TE INGTON position, to be filled at the annual election in May. The second constable would serve when the regular constable is unavailable. sum of money will also be requested for the law account, to come from unappropriated available funds (free cash). Return from FFA meeting WORTHINGTON — Wendy Sherman and Gail Mason have returned from Kansas City where they attended the national conference of the Future Farmers of America, representing Smith Vocational High School. The school animal science dairy judging team won first place in the judging, with Wendy rating fifth highest individual. Other members of the team were James Pomeroy, Westfield and Rob Wentworth from Amherst. �a ee om. WORTHINGTON - eee eee te Tues, — The mini as oe Oct. 14, 1980 7 divers feet on who from jumped cw ah Farms 3,000 project, reported more than $1,000 raised toward the organ restoration fund goal of $20,000. Features included a stunt-fly- The Rev. Molly Kitchen and Patricia Nugent, garbed as outWashburn of Montgom- landish of > Fuel ae the ae te turboprop Mitsubishi by Albert Farms and a the airstri Gyro Glider owned by oot fecha Pile te the Eugene ery, a owned Benson foodstand were gi H.E. Brown of Worthington. flew over. in Westfield stunt flying ford Fisk and dhe Gict Seons re Robert Epped vite zy eee = ra is four-seat in a homebuilt 650-pound Pitt The cleanup crew was organi d gusty ; gathered this week. to take part e Helen Members Bartlett arranged Magargal, thrilled oi lett family has contributed espe- cially to the music of the church and community. The late Alice crowd ee ee Gov-pounc with his flew which arrangement. over by pre- Three sky divers from Sky Shows of Northampton jumped from 3,000 feet, and although the conditions were not ideal, they landed on the airstrip off Route 112 within 10 feet of each other. Robert Epperly of Huntington Road donated his time for public and aides over Worthing e four-seat Chesterfield. in a Cessna. Most rides were post- poned until yesterday because of weather, conditions. Ondisplay were a gyrocopter owned by Harold Brown of Lane, an antique Piper owned by Gene Washburn of Montgomery and a turowned by Albert boprop Farms. Elderberry Donations were also received for rides in the sidecar of a 1947 Indian motorcycle owned’ by William Boutelle of West Chesterfield. Gasoline and use of the airstrip were donated by Albert Farms as were the proceeds from food stands run by the Corners Grocery and by local volunteers ae biplane.Al and announcer Esposito both Lancto of Adams, as days of the church. hrough the years, the Bart- the lome-built by scendents of Horace F’. Bartlett ae Caroline Graves Bartlett, o were active members in the threatening airplane rides were featured. Various aircraft owned by local people were on display. of North Adams Pete Esposito of Northeast Air Shows, donated their contribution to the areorgan derestoration project. They 7 and the First Congregational Church organ restoration fund. Church organist Sandy Eppery said today that over $1,000 was taken in and about $900 will ye given to the fund after exjenses are paid. Stunt flying, sky diving, and his grandson who bears his name. Several other family members are also longtime members of the choir and charter members of the Hilltown Choral Society. of the family have in the program, winds skies, some 300 people attended Saturday’s air show to benefit WORTHINGTON — The fam- choir for many years, as does | Rice By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Despite Worthington concert d ; : Alber tamed benefits church $900 ‘ Bartlett family hosts Donations will go to the organ fund of First Congregational Church. In case of bad weather, the benefit event will be held at the church. ea oulsad Worthington air show of Northampton sent three sky- l , Cessna 182 and by William Bou- Special biplane. He and A Mie telle of West Chesterfield with as of Adee who aot: his 1947 Indian motorcycle with i a sidecar. z cae ages re oi “ of North Adams. And Sky Shows ily of C. Raymond and Helen Bartlett will present a musical evening with vocal and instrumental performances Friday at 7 p.m. at The Spruces, their home on Williamsburg Road. anti On exhibition were an a within 10 feet of Piper super cruiser nae ty a ’ ¥ oie oh Be tnes ee whe ly, 500 ttended by sh ir Airstrip on another on the target. Weel jet belongt a fo the Air Nat a ing to the Air National : Barnes Airport held attendance to oe rt : pis wes s ass, Worthingt — ms 1 Northampton, their services. 1 Worthington © Spectators also enjoyed the ist Heiter oo sia iN a Guard at Air National the Barnes fair | Cams women $985} ; Airport J in Westfield oo : — The 1 WORTHINGTON {| Women’s Benevolent Society of ( an- | Mosher Bartlett organbized | nual community Christmas carroling that is now a local | . | tradition. } ‘ the in sang Bartlett Horace | eirnninisiaeilll i the First Congregational Church met Wednesday for a potluck juncheon at the home of Esther Kerley on Buffington Hill Road. During the business meeting - } the church for general F nance. The Rev. Molly mainte- Kitchen an- be | nounced that Sept. 28 will with ,” day Sun ap “So as ked | mar of ete et fair and this | amount has been turned over to et summer ot + annual 0m aa that followed, treasurer MadeSmith reported that $985 ine | + was earned by the society at the ; a bar + each member bringing n to give be to rch chu to } soap ship| Church World Service for The s. | ment to needy countrie d to vote has d Guil Friendship kets to blan bed 10 send and } buy of ead | Church World Service inst clothing l usua the g rin nso spo } Real) Lo 3 drive. Petting 200 roe soon a Ee st Congregations Grae bar, 5 The annual fair at the Fir ernative k is snac n alt Judy Mason as shown by, from left, s ter ngs you for z00 David Dimock) raihe 6 petting alone msburg Road. (Photo by lia Wil of all , des Rho Travis rarer �| 10 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Tueki; Ol. 21, 1980 a Worthington history buffs have big plans for future Each year the Worthington Historical Sogiety has one for- mal meeting for the election of officers and to hear papers delivered by members about famous people and about early settlers of the community in the Capen-Riverside School, a building which it owns. ; The group also has work parties scattered throughout the warmer months of the year, since there is no heat or running water at the former schoolhouse. The 50 members pay annual dues of $1, sponsor food sales in the summertime and accept memorial contributions as a means of promoting their work which they hope culminate in turning the schoolhouse into a museum. | will And some day the group hopes to collect the stories given at annual meetings in a book, ‘‘Papers on Worthington History.” About 50 such papers have been written to date, three of which were given at Saturday’s annual meeting in the building. The Capen-Riverside School was given to the society by Henry Snyder of Old Post Road. The school was one of the first in Worthington and when it ceased to be a school, the building became MUSIC OF THE Big Band era will be featured in a benefit show on Friday and Satur- day night in the Worthington town hall. Discussing last minute plans are performers (left to right) Greg and Ralph Conz, Pete Packard,Priscilla “Pip” Bartlett and Gary Chamberlin. (Photos by David Dimock) many years. Leeds. Famous tribute to the ‘‘swing era’’ to be presented Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall on Huntington Road. Listeners can toe-tap to the tunes made popular by the Glenn Miller, Tommy S Benny Goodman and Dorsey “big bands.” Some Dixieland jazz _ will also he featured_ favorite _ All proceeds First will benefit the Congregational 10,000 needy he said that and used the find an acre Ralph Conz, Greg Conz, Corners Brad Grocery with Mrs. Greg North Road and Chet Dragon, trumpet, Ga Chamberlin, guitar; Frank nk Worthington, with four other men, bought at auction 1,200 Seating for the cabaret style the trumpet; students get a college education. In his lecture “‘if a man opened his eyes to what was needed resources at hand to supply that need, he would of diamonds in his own backyard.” Mr. Huntington was a minister in the town who left a sum of money when he died in 1888 to build a town library which is named for him and which was built in 1914. and The following local musicians piano; Store became the town of Worthington. or Conz of Old Mrs. Horace Bartlett of Old Past Rasa Saturday in Town Hall ‘Hooked on Dixieland By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON - The first time local pianist Greg Conz heard the ‘‘Big Band’’ Conz’s involvement with the music world is not surprising, considering the fact that his father is an experienced he was hooked. trumpet with the Springfield Symphony and the Charlie Miller Band while his son sound during his teenage years, he knew musician. “T just took to it,’’said the 29-year-old musician and son, Despite engineer who lives with his wife, Claire Teddy on Old North Road. his full-time occupation as an for Digital Equipment in West- field, Conz manages sons from Charlie Miller. As includes environment. Instead, Conz Goodman, Harry Congregational ~ Brown and Art Gilmore to fill out the needed musical components. : Change of pace Conz’s regular band does not usually play Dixieland’ music, but the leader says he is looking forward to the change of pace. A certain combination of instruments is needed to achieve the right sound, something not possible with his four-piece group, he explained. Although he has been playing at dances since high school, ‘This is the first time I have sponsored one myself,”’ referring to this weekend. He decided to take the step because he was so ‘‘psyched up”’ after the October performance. And by happy coincidence, all seven members were free for Saturday night, despite a busy holiday schedule. discovered Benny James and the like, when he opened a box containing a stack of old 78 rpm records. Something about the style of music Church’s organ restoration fund. In addition to the regular band members, Frank Pycko of Indian Oven Road, Dave Fontana of Greenfield and vocalist Chris Kelley of Springfield, Conz has asked his father, Ralph Conz, Jim his big bands did not come from his home was prompted by the popularity of a perFirst associated little exposure to his father’s evening band work and his acquired love of the formance given by the group in October the he father’s students. Conz said he has very three additional members to his regular four-piece band, will play a variety of music on Saturday. The Dixieland show to benefit teenager, the endless practice scales played by his for the occasion - and offer a night of dancing in the Worthington Town Hall which a father's playing with two things - classical pieces heard at the symphony and his seven-member jazz band - The Greg Conz Dixieland Band, spécially formed his group, played to the piano keyboard and arranged les- On Saturday night, Conz will gear up said Conz in the world,” he found himself attracted dulge his musical yearnings for songs from another era. Conz senior was growing up. Although the younger Conz said he could have had, ‘‘all the trumpet lessons to find time to in- from 8 to midnight. The attracted his atten- tion, ‘“‘Plus Charlie Miller taught me a style of music that lends band melodies,”’ he added. itself to big ‘Atypical’ band ~ Conz liked what he heard so much, that he formed a band, one the Rev. acres of land which was sold to settlers and which later drums show is by reservation only. Wine or punch and cheese and crackers will be served. : Arrangements can be made at will also perform: and ture 6,000 times and gave the money earned to help nearly vocals. Master of Ceremonies for the evening is Pete Packard. of Pricilla ‘‘Pip” the role of Louis She will also appear ‘‘surprise star.” Worthington Conwell was, among other things, a famous preacher and lecturer. He delivered his famed ‘‘Acres of Diamonds’ lec- organ restoration fund. The event marks the return to the stage Bartlett in Armstrong. as a special sons talked about at Saturday’s meeting were Fisk, Pyko, Church of the land ot He is now at the Hampshire County Hospital in Russell H. Conwell, Col. John Frederick Sargent Huntington. Musicians will perform for church’s benefit WORTHINGTON — Local musicians have pooled their talents for a special benefit the property of the owner which it stood who ultimately was Snyder. The historical society added the name Capen as an honor to Arthur Capen who went there as a student and taught for he GREG CONZ called “atypical” of the kind of music usually played by high school musicians. Most of the tunes played by the quartet were aimed at what was then an ‘“‘older crowd.” Conz, Fontana and Pycko have all been together since those early days. ‘‘We’ve been together a long time...We go back a long way,’’- he reminisced. Things haven’t been all roses however, and the pressures of fulltime careers colliding with their part-time music brought a break-up of the group three years ago. “Jobs lead to jobs,” he explained, ‘ and in the past, the band had so many engagements each week there was no time for our families.” However, the band has reunited and is playing on a limited basis. ‘‘We get together on the side,’ he remarked. Another aspect The dedicated musician also devotes one evening each week to another expression of his love for music - piano lessons. It is a rewarding experience, he says, because he can watch the talents of others grow as the lessons progress. Tickets for the special Dixieland per- formance are available in advance. Snacks and drink mixers will be available. For more information, contact Mrs. Conz or Mrs. Pycko. — Lucie Mollison Dimocks take offices | in Worthington group WORTHINGTON — A hus- use today. Janet Dimock told of band-and-wife team. will serve as president and secretary of the Worthington Historical Society for the second time in recent years. Janet Dimock took office as president and her husband, David, as secretary at the annual the civic activities of John Worthington, for whom the town is named; Marian Sweeney traced the life of Russell H. Conwell, for whom the town’s elementary school is named, and Julie Sharron, present librarian, read a paper prepared by Elizameeting last Saturday. The late beth Payne on the life of FredJohn Payne and his wife, Eliza- erick Sargent Huntington, a beth, served in those capacities pastor of the First Congregatwo years ago. Mrs. Payne now tional Church a hundred years heads the editorial board, the ago, for whom the local library group assigned the task of com- is named. piling a town history. Jennie Scott Fairman was Lois Ashe Brown was elected hostess for the social hour that to a three-year term as a direc- followed in the old Capen-Rivtor, and Marian Sweeney will erside School, which is now the serve out the two years left of headquarters of the Historical | Alice Fairman Nahill’s term as Society. a director. Jennie Fairman was re-elected to a three-year term and will again head the committee for the society’s annual food sale. Dorothea Hayes was re-elected to a one-year term as treasurer. Saturday’s program included three reports on the lives of men whose names are in everyday �Ale Tyler Farm being sold for lots By JANET DIMOCK Realty, only seven : WORTHINGTON — Efforts main s the marker y the local planning board, the state Department of Food and been sold and ee hare agreements signed for the remainder. Some Agriculture, and the privatelyowned Massachusetts Farm and Conservation Land Trust to agreements were arranged before the property legall changed hands, she said 3 on Old Post Road were rejected tests preserve the former TylerFarm by the new owner, and the land = the market for residential Ses Planning Board Chairman Robert Cook told the selectmen Tuesday night that an offer of $700 an acre from the land trust i first verbally accepted by Harry Patten of Patten Realty in Stamford, Vt., but later was Five _ successful have perculation been done on the Tyler property, Board of Health ee Camille Smith this week. The tests despite a temporary by the health board weather conditions. considered to be an situation because the parcels before could not the testing, said ieee due to dr This ae emergenc sale of the take place she ex- rejected before an agreement could be oo e* e of the last plained. Testing has been halted for the winter months. Cook told the selec ast full-time working farms here, was sold to Patten on Nov. 14 by former resident David Tyler. The land was split into 20 cerned with the situation even though land conservation, ‘‘is not the assigned task of the planning board.’’ Because of the re- : The 310 acre farm, one of the lots, ranging from 5 to 45 acres the planning board omanie . cent activity of land developers in size. All have at least 400 feet elsewhere in town, large parcels of road frontage. According to local real estate agent Mary Ie Carey ee of Corners ie . on Lindsay Hill and Parish Roads were divided and sold b Patten Realty earlier this veut: oo Lo Lack of tools board members were hard presA lack of toolss and resources sed for r time ti to i on the state and local levels con- ject. ‘‘When male wok ae tributed ” the loss of the farm ing things on nights and on as agricultural prope weekends, things cn gs go go too slowly, ys sens oe “We need more legal tools A generous offer deal with these things” he a _Contacted this week at his ofThe current state subdivision fice in Beverly, land trust control law has little effect on spokesman Davis Cherington the activity of land speculators said that the $700 offer was in rural areas, and there are no made for 225 acres of what he land use lawyers available through a Western Massachusetts state or federal agency, he added. Cook explained that Tyler: expressed an interest in selling the farm’s development rights to the state before an agreement was signed with Patten. Cook said that there was no one available at the state Depart- termed prime farmland. ‘‘We considered that to be an excep- tionally Brae generous said. e trust charitable offer,’’ is a non-profi cighnEtion dedicated ‘to the preservation farmland. ‘‘We work with Department of Agriculture buy farm property that threatened with development, of the to is ” ment of Agriculture to assist he explained. Tyler with the lengthy If the Tyler transaction had. paperwork involved. This con- been successful the trust would tributed to the subsequent sale. have level, Cook said. interested sold the development There wasn’t enough money or rights for the land to the state enough people,’ on the state and then sold the property to an farmer. Cherington There was also little aid on the said the land trust’s role is that local level, because volunteer of a ‘‘middleman.” bo (Me 5/172 Five College appointment uae Carter policy aide to teach here ~ By ALICE DEMBNER AMHERST — When the Carter foreign in policy team goes its separate ways to g comin be will r membe one y, Januar the Five July 1981. who has bought a , will teach. interthe Five Colleges unT appointment beginning Lake, 41, is currently tying up the loose ends of his four years of work as director of policy planning in the U.S. State Department framing policy decisions for Cyrus = , z ur » Syndicate tne >» 195 2 Unit ed Feat GT ©) 1950 : College area to share his ex- geography of the area. I can’t think of any with other area that combines a rural life up of people.”’ such an interesting group and Secretary of State Edmund icts in Muskie on issues including the confl Poland, Afghanistan and Iran. nuity He says there is always more conti is apthan y polic gn forei ry’s count in the ra- Vance parent during the change conNegotiations for th e position were said. he summer, last cluded has never had any formal teaching Lake the college experience though he has made Harvard lecture circuit. Educated at England College, Cambridge University in (from which he rsity Unive eton and Princ tional relareceived his Ph.D. in interna 1974), Lake has experience with of administ tions in Washington. “Four years ago we overstated how new much of what we were doing was on rati when in fact any new administ of our makes changes in only 5 percent tions in the college scene. unHe says he is exci ted about teaching g engin chall finds he whom aduates yed ~ While Lake says he has enjo to dergr and full of original thoughts. nted Washington, he is not too disappoi “They genera lly haven’t yet had patbe leaving public life. terns of thought imposed to the extent that four “T promised my wife we’d stay onlyphone ions. they know not t o ask certain quest years,”’ he told the Gazette in a tele on shouldn’t be asked that ions quest ingt Those Wash his from interview yesterday , are often the most interesting.” office. ‘‘Besides, after about four years Lake iis prepare d to be asked many quesideas you start repeating yourself as far as on tions about his exper! ence in Washingtas a and approaches. That is clearly not the eight years included also has true which is it but view (outgoing) Presi dent’s foreig n service officer, one year as special within other levels of the bureaucracy.” assistant to National Security Adviser Based at Amherst foreign Henry Kissinger, an da stint as Although Lake will be based at Amherst coordinator for Muskie during the policy ge Colle Five as term his College during policies and most margin,”’ he said. are quite clear.” Professor of those “American in International are in the interests Relations, he he plans to live in Worthington on a farm fell in love with last year while on a visit to relatives in Sandisfield. rst “Last spring | talked to Amhe said. ‘‘I College about teaching there,”’ he became excited about the people and the 1972 Presidential primary campaign. Question of secrecy specifics There are limits on how many tions of l about por can revea that American foreign policy but he says will not interfere with his teaching. (Continued on page 9) Lake W. ANTHONY LAKE �Nine eerie a oe 24 2 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Thurs., April 17, 1980 In Huntington | | Center dwells on whole person By PERI SOSSAMAN HUNTINGTON — Oneness of mind, body and spirit is the pelos of FareThee-Well Wholeness Center members as they work and congregate in and around an herb drying shed at the center on Route 66 ‘‘Fare-thee-well means a state of erfection,’’ explains member Nancy Center in Hun- by Peri Sossaman) the dozen original members first that discussion groups are held on ‘‘the here and the hereafter.” All these efforts contribute to the goal to develop a village on the 22 acres of land using natural sources of energy such as wood, wind, water and solar:power to live le are returning to natural foods and in the art of healing through the ‘‘laying on of hands.”’ “He explains that’s from the belief that Wholeness where members quick to stress their other activities at drying shed that overlooks the field erbal medicines, and more people are accepting meditation for both spiritual and physical benefits. McAuslan sees this as a sign of the coming of the Aquarian Age. Founded in 1974 McAuslan, one of the founders of FareThee-Well in 1974, practices and instructs tington. Spiritual leader Floyd McAusian, at left, demonstrates the art to member Nancy Huff. (Photo are the Spiritual leader Floyd McAuslan goes on to say ‘‘we feel we are a part of all living things, animals and plants. I believe there is energy in ali these things and we must be co-partners.”’ Mrs. Huff and McAuslan see gradual changes in attitudes about the mind, body and spirit. They are encouraged that more and more studies are being done on extrasensory perception. They feel many peo at the Fare-Thee-Well tant aspect of Fare-Thee-Well, came together. Today members work together to raise the consciousness of the individual to all of life by participating in organic gardening, learning about wild and cultivated herbs, running a cooperative buying and distribution center, and preparing turday night “natural foods suppers’’.-open to the public. Mrs. Huff, pointed out that “everything is done on an ‘I want to’ basis.” Classes available : She also.noted that classes are available to the public in the art of healing, uff,”’ a being in attunement with life and _ energy all around.” THE LAYING ON of hands is the art of healing used means for total concentration and of connecting with the other person. While spiritual benefits are an impor- there is energy all around, the healer becomes, through total concentration, receptive to that energy and then becomes the vehicle through which the energy flows to the receiving person. McAuslan said that he uses a particular color as his meditation, natural foods and herbs, and and work by. gton General Store, waits on Roy Wood at the BRAD FISKE, proprietor of the W orthin this one form the backbone of the Hilltown like meat counter. Small businesses economy, the Hilltown Project discovered. Po “As we approach the new age, the village will be the nucleus. We will be able to meet the needs of the people to become in tune with their surroundings,” says McAuslan. “The village would be involved in all aspects of life from being a spiritual community to being a work place providing self sufficiency for its members as they prepare for the future,” he concluded. �8 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Tues., June 27, 1978 Robelyn R. Schrade is_ - bride of David James WORTHINGTON Robelyn daughter Robert Reynolds of Mr. Warren Worthington and Schrade, — and Mrs. New York Schrade Gisborne, New Zealand, and the late Mr. James, on June 24 in the South Worthington Church. The Rev. Douglas Small officiated at the 3 p.m. ceremony. of City, became the bride of David Frank James, son of Mrs. Edward Frank James of Shari and Kelly Fisk and Jen- nifer Small, all of Worthington, presented the couple with three W e d d i n g S lace-covered good luck, horseshoes which for is a New Zealand custom. Katherine Dunn of Georgia was the maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Rhonda-Lee, Rolisa and Rorianne Schrade, all sisters of the bride, from Worthington and New York City. The bride’s brother, Randolph Schrade of Worthington and New York City, was best man. Serving as ushers were James Bleecker of New Canaan, Conn., and William Wolfram of New York City. The bride wore a Victorian gown designed with a high neckline, fitted bodice, long fitted sleeves with ruffle cuffs and a full-length bouffant skirt. She wore a floor-length mantilla and carried a nosegay of summer flowers. A reception was held at the Sevenars Academy, a conce rt hall founded by the bride ’s parents. Worthington reception Bradford Sang and Fisk of during the wedding ceremony. The couple left on a wedding trip combining concerts with vacation. A concert pianist, the bride, who will retain her maiden name professionally, received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She is a 1972 graduate the Chapin School, New Yorkof City, and was a member the | Junior Assembly. She Servof es on “? the music committee of the National Arts Club. The bridegroom, also a concert pianist, is a graduate of University, New Zealand. He received his Auckland master’s ROBELYN SCHRADE JAMES degree from * Peabody Conservatory of Musithe c in Baltimore, Md. He also did graduate work at the Juilliard. Nancy Norton, Lyndon Brown marry WORTHINGTON = Presented in marriage by their parents, Nancy Lyndon L. J. Norton Brown and exchanged their vows on June 17 in the Old Methodist Church, Monroe, Wis. The Rev. James LeCount, pastor of Shalom Fellowship, Hermann. Jones Madison, Louis Wis., assisted by Art Smith, Petra and all elders in the fellowship, officiated at the 1 .m. ceremony written by the ride and guitarists bridegroom. were The John MacDonald and Bruce Lemarr and the. singing was led by the couple. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John L. Norton of 1800 Lake Drive, Monroe Wis. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Brown of One Elderberry Lane, Worthington. ; Attending the couple were Bette Norton, sister of the bride, and Arthur Hermann. Serving as ushers were John Jr. and Patrick Norton, brothers of the bride, Mark Beatty, brother-in-law of the bride, and Stanley Schauch. : The bride wore a classic Grecian-design gown of ivory High School and nylon jersey and a mantilla of lace, with flowers in her hair. She carried a colonial bouquet of white roses, carnations, and daisies and baby’s breath. A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents. After a wedding trip to Montana for the month of July, the couple will reside in Madison, Wis. The bride received her B.S. in secondary education and communication arts in 1978 from the University of Wisconsin. She will be teaching in the Madison area. The bridegroom is a 1969 graduate of Gateway isa student at Where he is studying to be a Ahe University of Wisconsin, Physician's assistant. : �Worthington artist sets his sights on Springfield water filtration site By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Inspiration for artistic endeavors many sources, and comes rural from settings have traditionally provided a wealth of ee However, local artist Peter McLean has picked an unusual sight in the countryside for the subject of his latest work — the municipal water filtration system for the city of Springfield. Struck by the unusual sight of acres of manhole covers at the West Parish filtration system — and the even more intriguing concrete _ Structure hidden from view below “ss ground — McLean decided to trans- ~\“, late his impressions - into an elaborate of the corrugated place board . Sculpture. After 800 hours of precise cutting _ finished . through and fitting, the piece ‘. 4, works main building, located » \\V Granville Road in Westfield. lives on Sam Hill Road with his wife, Lene, and their three children, Kristin, Rebecca and Pe- ter. He is an associate professor at the Hartford Art School, » of the University Connecticut. DEANE RYKERSON of Worthington is shown with his solar-powered wood kiln — the only one of its kind in the Northeast. The kiln is used to season hardwood so that it may be used to make finished wood products, like furniture. of a division Hartford in ee .¢ McLean on ee “s+ is and will be on display Saturday at the water WORTHINGTON — LOCATING A business in the Hilltowns might be “‘get- ting away from it all’ to some, but for ‘Newton Associates in Engineering Inc., this town of 950 is a central location. "We located in Worthington because it is central to everything we do,” senior engineer Donald Newton explained. ° Although the firm does consulting work for customers in other parts of the country Newton Associates’ customers are based within an area bounded, by Boston, New Hampshire and Vermont, central New York State and Long Island. Newton says Worthington is the ideal place because it is the geographic center of the company’s normal business area, said Newton. “Our work is primarily industrial. We bill ourselves as plant engineers,”’ he said. Newton Associates deals with problems ranging from the design and redesign of buildings to energy conservation to the design of electrical systems, to the proper disposal of chemical plant waste water. ‘Just about everything you can imagine, we do — as far as engineering goes,’ he said. — FATHER AND son engineers Donald Newton Jr., left and Donald Newton Sr. look over plans for one of the com: pany’s projects. They began their own consulting firm in 1966. �Jan. 19, 1981 Northampton, Mass., Mon., Daily Hampshire Gazette, Deaths and funerals Arthur G. Capen, 99, a former librarian in Worthington * Y Arthur Granville Capen, 99, of Old Post Road, Worthington’s thington who every life, was aspect he active in been an Arthur G. Capen, 99; was organist _for 67 years, Worthington librarian of Wor- had organist at the church, a teacher _ WORTHINGTON in the school, a clerk for the water district, a writer of the town’s news and a member of the Worthington School Committee. Most of his life was spent in Worthington. He spent one year of his youth Texas, in Austin, where he taught under the American Missionary Board at the Tillotson School privileged blacks. taught school for underHe later in Enfield until ARTHUR G. CAPEN that town was submerged beneath the waters of the Quabbin Reservoir. It was through his influence while serving as librarian in in 1911, and had been a member of the Highland Club since it was organized in 1903. As a charter member of the Worthington Historical Society, he helped draw up the group’s by-laws and got the society incorporated. He was born in Worthington Dec. 4, 1881 in a house on Capen Street now owned by the Gerard Doherty family. He was the only child of the late Granville Daniel and Hattie Maria (Blackman) Capen. He is survived by several Enfield that the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library in Wor- thington benefitted both in money and books when the Enfield library discontin- was ued. Capen retired from his post as the librarian of the Worthington Library in 1976. He then was 94. He was the organist for the Worthington CongregationalChurch for more than 60 years As the clerk for the water district, he collected water bills for 36 years. He taught school in Worthing- There will be a memorial service in the First Congrega- tional Church here Saturday at 2 man for the building committee H. Conwell School and for an addition to the school ten years later. He joined the First Congrega- tional Church in his youth, and walked to church for many years. In 1904, he joined the local Grange, and had been its oldest charter member. He also was a member of the Hillside Pomona Grange and of both the state and national granges. For 21 years, he was the Worthington correspondent for the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, and his scrapbooks and albums:of local events now form a valuable source of reference | material on the town. He became a life member struction of the Russell H. Con- well School. Ten years later he was chairman of the committee for the addition that doubled the school’s size. He taught school for 24 years here, in addition to the years of teaching in Austin and Enfield. _ Mr. Capen joined the Grange in 1904 and has long been its oldest charter member, besides holding membership in the Hillside Pomona Grange and the state and national Granges. He attended state and national Grange meetings many times in his lifetime. He became a life member of the Hillside Agricultural Society in 1911 and was a member of the of the Hillside Agricultural Society p.m. The Rev. Molly Kitchen, the pastor of the church, will officiate. There are no calling hours at the funeral home. The Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the organ fund of the First Congregational Church of Worthington in care of the treasurer, William Chamberlain. Lois prow Arthur G. Cape Highland Club for more than 70 ————_______-—_ years. He was Worthington correspondent for the Berkshire Eagle for 21 years. His scrapbooks of Worthington news items now form a valuable source of reference. A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church Saturday at 2 p.m., with the pastor, the Kitchen, officiating. thampton. the school committee for 24 years. He also served as chairRussell went to teach in Austin, Texas, be placed in the family lot in the Bridge Street Cemetery in Nor- ton for 27 years and served on the — Worth- ington’s oldest citizen, Arthur under the American Missionary Granville Capen, 99, formerly of Board. Later, for about 10 years, _ Old Post Road, who served the he taught school in the town of local library 67 years, died early Enfield before that town went Saturday morning at the Hamp- under the waters of Quabbin shire County Hospital in Leeds, Reservoir. While in Enfield he where he had lived for the past served as town librarian, and it three years. ; was largely through his inBorn on Dec. 4, 1881, he was fluence that the Worthington lithe only child of Granville and brary benefited both with books Hattie Blackman Capen in the and money when the Enfield lihouse on Capen Street now brary had to be discontinued. owned by the Gerard Dohertys. He served as librarian of the His Capen grandparents came local Frederick Sargent Hunto Worthington in the mid-1800s. tington Library for 67 years, reHis maternal grandparents tiring in 1976 at the age of 94. came to town in the same period As organist of the Worthington from Peru, settling on a farm Congregational Church for 60 near the Guard Four Corners. years, he was called back to While he leaves no close rela- substitute long after he retired. tives, he has cousins and comHe put in 36 years collecting mon ancestors in many area water rents for the Worthington families. Fire District and served 24 _ While he lived nearly all of his years on the local school board, life in Worthington, he was away besides being chairman of the for a year in his youth when he building committee for the con- cousins who live in the Hilltowns. After cremation, his ashes will and was called back as a substitute long after he retired. for and Funerals '$ 8 1 s Rev. Molly Following cremation, Mr. Ca- pen’s ashes family lot Cemetery, his parents will be placed in the in the Bridge Street Northampton, where are buried. Memo- TR Cre man A for R172| Obituaries oldest resident and the town’s librarian for 67 years, died Saturday in the Hampshire County Hospital in Leeds. He had been a patient at the Leeds hospital for three years. almost Je | ( ; rial gifts may be made to the or- t . gan fund of the First I : Congregational Church in care - of the treasurer, William Chamberlin. | �~~ Church gives $5,000 to community , 6 Dinner to aid WORTHINGTON — At the recent annual business 4 meeting of the First Congregational Church it was reported that in 1980, the church gave more than $5,000 in help to those in the community and world, something The Rev. Molly Kitchen termed, ‘‘A remarkable achievement for a church of this size.” : The annual business meeting was held on Jan. 18 at the close of the regular Sunday service. Printed reports from WORTHINGTON fund-raising benefit ee — The this final year the Worthington to only at the Corners Grocery or from members voted to accept the reports as printed. The approved 1981 budget of $19,696 is $600 more than the year before and the rise was attributed to the increasing costs of “everything” used by the church. Members also spent considerable time discussing the organ repairs needed for the 100-year-old, manual-tracking short of the necessary $20,000 estimate. After much thought on the subject, the trustees were authorized to have the work done and pay for it from church funds. The stained glass windows are also in need of repair it was reported. Since they are very valuable and irreplaceable, a committee consistin g of Robert and Judy Speiss, Harriet Osgood, George Bartlett and Elizabeth Payne, was appointed to investigate the cost of the repairs. New church officers were also elected at the meeting. They are as follows: Walter Markert, moderator; Madeline Smith, clerk; William Chamberlin, treasurer; Doris Smith, benevolence treasurer; Don Bridgeman, deacon; Harriet Burr, deaconess; Pat Nugent, trustee; John Morris and Grant Bowman, Christian education; Olive Cole, benevolence; Janet Dimock, music committee; David Dimock, nomination committee; Jud y Speiss and Albert Nugent, conference delegate; and D orothy Mason, Harriet Osgood and Esther Kerley, association delegate. of Congregation 0 al Church’ organ repa will be held on ihee 4, whet ir f a Saat beef dinner will be Served at 7 p.m. Tickets are available in advance officers and committees were presented and the 28 voting Odell pipe organ. Several fundraising affairs have been given to pay for the needed repairs, but the total remains event church organ fund Sandy Epperly. The pipe organ, almost 100 years old, has groaned and thumped when it was played, but money was Scarce and repairs to the instru- ment are expensive. Suppers were cooked, the Women’s Benevolent Society gave proc eeds of last July’s Fair for organ repair and many donations were mad e. Shortly after Easter, the organ was dismantled and removed, to be res and ren ewed. All summer i ] events have been held for this i fit. It ; is hoped organ will be back in th WORTHINGTON Benevolent — The Women’s Society voted to donate $1,000 to the elderly housing project at last week’s luncheon meeting. Postmaster Cullen Packard spoke the group about the planned housingto for the ao and how it is progressing. The money donated b the ‘WBS will be neat toward the preliminary planning and work prepare for the actual construction.to The Department of Housing and Urban Development is financing the 60,000 project. The WBS members will replenish the club’s treasury proceeds receives $247,500 gift Worthing- ton Health Center officials were shocked to learn recently that the rural medical facility would receive one quarter of a million dollars in a “no tached’’ bequest. strings at- The $247,500 amount, which represents more than the Health, Center uses in operating expenses in one year, was willed to the center by a Pennsylvania woman and Smith College graduate who apparently never lived in the Hilltowns. A woman with an charitable bent, Mary obvious Pardee Allison left a hefty chunk of her $8 million estate to 21 different charities across the country when she died at age 98 three years ago. “We were floored,” by the large donation, Beverly Smith, chairman of the center’s board of directors said yesterday. Plans for uous, Mrs. time being spend only on the the funds are tenSmith said. For the the directors plan to the income received principal. The board voted a few weeks ago to use the interest from the money ‘“‘to expand the services of the center,’ Mrs. Smith reported. No special projects have been targeted at this time. If the need ever arises, the money could be spent on day-to- day operating expenses or for other projects, she said. While there are no strings attached to the money, it is being treated as an endowment. Mrs. Smith is not sure what Miss Allison’s connections to the center were, but believes she Ibe from the next two tax by a decrease in available state aid and a higher county assessment, Mason added. The total assessment of the town is $21 million and the average home is valued at $29,000. ‘ ef | of the Friendship Guild will be invite d. Fifty-two bandages were rolled ; old sheets are needed for this work . Rev. Kitchen to Florence | ea S| “The people who have been Bates, a Worthington resident supporting the center year in and public health nurse, and one and year out have made just as was a friend of the late Florence of the original Health Center much of a sacrifice, ’ Mrs. Smith noted. founders. At this time the Health Center Miss Allison did donate some Smith Kline common stock to employs two full-time physithe center, ‘‘way back,’’ proba- cians, an executive director, an bly when the building on Old outreach program director, two North Road was under construc- part-time mental health worktion, Mrs. Smith recalled. ers, and support staff. The directors treated the monThe center’s total budget is ey as a regular contribution, and $223,285, one-half of which is declined to ‘‘make a big splash,” funded through a federal Rural over the large amount, out of Health Initiative Grant through respect for others who have the Department of Human Sery. supported the facility. ice. p Gun Members All rate is currently $18.80 per $1,000 valuation. The rate increase is the result of state mandated increases in the valuation of all structures and property over 10 acres in size, according to assessor Robert Mason. This year’s assessments show a 10 percent increase in the valuation of all structures and a 50 percent increase in the value of land, after the first 10 acres. The tax rate was also affected Thirteen members attended the Wednesday meeting held at the home of Olive Cole and Clari ssa Henry. Jennie Fairman reported that a table has been rented ot the Paren t Teacher Organization’s fair for the WBS to sell its members’ handwork . It was reported that Sandy Epper ly will make a new curtain for the choir alcove. And members voted to hold a Christmas potluck lunch at the home of Dot Mason on Dec. 9 with a gift exchange. — the tax rate over last year. The place by Christmas ing to the music committee., accord- Worthington Health Center | — WORTHINGTON bills are in the mail and payment is due 30 days after the bills are postmarked, tax collector Dorothy Nelson has announced. The bills reflect a $3.80 rise in to elderly housing project annual fairs. By JANET DIMOCK tax bills mailed WBS pledges $1,000 from WORTHINGTON Worthington However, last year ther e was new enthusiasm for repairing the organ. Under the direction of the music committee, food sales were held Club to meet tonight WORTHINGTON — The Rod and Gun Club will meet tonight at 8 p.m. in the home of Zack Donovan. Any townspeople interested in wildlife, hunting, fishing or conservation are invited. :‘ FLORENCE — Rev. Robert A. Kitchen of Northampton has been named the minister of the Florence Congregational Church. Mr. Kitchen will preach his first sermon at the church Sunday at 10:30 a.m. For 10 months last year, Mr. Kitchen served as the interim minister at the Williamsburg Congregational Church. From 1976 until 1979, he taught religion courses at Springfield College in Spring- field. The new minister also has assisted his wife, Rev. Mary-Ellen Kitchen, with her duties as the pastor of the Worthington and Peru Congregational churches. Before coming to this area, Mr. Kitchen was an associate pastor of a Methodist church in Baltimore. He also served as the pastor of four small Methodist churches in western Maryland. Mr. Kitchen, a graduate of Springfield College, received a master of divinity degree in 1973 from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. He also earned a master’s degree in Semitic from Catholic University. languages �Worthington musician boosts the twentieth century By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Thursday night, concert-goers will be able to hear three works by local pianist-composer John Newell, and in turn the artist will have the chance to express his appreciation for contemporary works by other composers. The concert will be at 8:15 p.m. in Amherst College’s Buckley Recital Hall, with tickets available at the door. “One of my main interests as a pianist is the contemporary repertoire,’ Newell said in an interview in his home on Harvey Road. He and his wife, Lyn, an artist who teaches at Berkshire Community College, came here in 1978. They have a 21-monthold son, Spencer. A North Carolina native, Newell earned a Ph.D. in composition from the State University of New York in Buffalo. Newell will perform two of his own compositions, oe ‘ North Adams act,” he said. Newell % i : Guest artist, harpist Susan Allen of Boston, will perform Newell’s composition ‘‘Aardvark Processions’’ which was specially written in 1979 for her Carnegie Recital Hall debut. The composer described ‘‘Horizons’’ as ‘‘very regular,” in comparison with his latest work ‘“‘Knossos”’ which is filled with ‘ta lot of tension, a lot of rythmic drive.”” The title refers to the ancient capital of Crete, an area Newell sees as mysterious, a labyrinth filled with secrets unknown to the modern mind. The unusually-titled ‘‘Aardvark Procession’’ is ‘‘a set of character pieces for the harp”’ written expressly for Ms. Allen. “The piece is really for her,” Newell said. The two met while at Mt. High — is hopes to WORTHINGTON — A/unera will be held Thursday in Now thampton for Donald C. Shaw 64, of Starkweather Road, an engineer at the WWLP televi - sion station in Springfield. Shaw died Friday at his home. Born in Springfield Feb. 1 1917, he was the son of Jesse and Lillian (Smith) Shaw. A World War II veteran, Shaw Served as a first lieutenant in the field artillery. In addition t working at Channel 22, he wasi\ an amateur radio operator, He is survived by his mother: and four cousins, John Barbery of Bedminister, N.J., Thomas Barbery of Laguna Beach, Cal if., Robert Morton of Dart: mouth, Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Lawrence Kucher of Ontario Canada. in “‘a juggling alleviate endeavors by turning to private % teaching. Plans call for three studios — in Worthington, Pittsfield and in Williamstown. “T want to do more playing,” Newell said. ‘‘My first training was as a pianist.”’ His serious composing began “‘rather late,” he said, when he was an undergraduate in college. { Newell has also written works for his high school chorus at Mt. Greylock as well as for the Brazilian ensemble, Percussion Agora, which toured the United States last year. He sees composition not only as a form of self-expression, but also as a method of self-know!l- EDITOR’S NOTE: Town Talk is a weekly column designed to bring together Short items about people, happenings and trivia from the subur bs as gathered by the correspondents there. * MAC MA\ ROBIOT ( ICS MEAL — The ma crobiotic ioti phili eee = a root here in Worthing tonat eho nd Joan Donovan of Huntington Road who are looking for a home cook d erobiolitners diet find ary ah consultation or are are Justhat ce curiisi ous hab aboueti t the ee:subje lee ct can: s ee at they are looking for at the only local macrobiotic ete “We would reallyy! like our home tob 0 be a marobiotioti ic cente: bier people can join when they want to,” Mrs. Donovai edge. ‘‘You get to know yourself COMPOSER-PIANIST John Newell looks over a score in his living room in preparation for Thursday’s concert. (Photo by Janet Dimock) better and better,’’ Newell remarked, adding that the final outcome of a piece can be totally different from where the composer thought it was going to go. They opened their home > earli er thi Is year for a ] at a week. The meal Js serv ed on Toney Goma 0 -m. While reservations are not needed business is usually brisk as up to 30 cust i enjoy Newell was a graduate student at California Institute for the Arts in Valencia. Ms. Allen is in the process of making her first solo recording, which will include Newell’s work. and all natural meal. e Eunice & George ifo4 me other pieces to be pe, Bartlett mark 45th | Is formed may not be familiar to concert-goers, the pianist noted, although they are the works of major composers of the 20th century. He termed them ‘“‘very important pieces by very important composers that aren’t part of the usual concert repertoire.”’ Finding the time for his dual capacity as performer and com- poser — sandwiched between his duties as a member of the WORTHINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. George Bartlett were sur- prised on Sunday afternoon when over 100 friends and relatives joined them in celebration of their 45th wedding anniversary. Refreshments were served, and they received many gifts, including a money tree made on a small live tree which they will plant on their grounds. George Bartlett and Eunice York. They have lived much of their married life in Worthington where Bartlett worked for the state until his retirement last year. They have two children, Carolyn Wailgum of Westfield and Gerald of Worthington, and six grandchildren. The party was planned by their children. ERRNO | Worthington Fire destroys four buildings and 30 acres By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — A fire of unknown aa origin yesterday destroyed four abandoned buildings and 30 acres of orchard, field and blueberry bushes at Hibiec Orchards near the Chester town line. The six-hour blaze apparently started in a small, fallen-in house located next to the barn according to firefighter and department secretary Linda Mason. There were no signs of previous outside burning or obvious signs of human occupation. Several fire reports were called in at about 1 p.m. The orchard has been abandoned since December 1977 when a fire started by a wood stove destroyed the caretaker’s home. ; A seco d fi la st fall totally destroyed the : once-statel y stone et mansion wh i pte unoccupied for a number of years, That fire ne lete rmined to be of Suspicious origin. Twice yesterday firefighters saved a large barn from the spreading f] oD i : is Ms. Mason said. ee Oe A scheduled “spring and sum m er cooking” course is Mrs. Donovan's latest offering. Six cla Sses will be held beginning Tuesday in the morning and evening. Each class will prepare a full meal — the adva n being that the cooking will be done tage for the morning class e inin titime for| i necessary to attend all class es, but werent Sunday is required. : Also popular are the Frida i ig family-style dinners, which are often followed b Y cae conversation and discussion.Seating is very limited an d reservations are required by Thursday noon. ; Those interested € in macrobioti cs cane ; dietary consultation, which he studied last f ei Kushi Institute or are welcome to come Kenyon were married on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1936, in New yn, Mass, Fri., April 17, 1981 Donald C. Shaw Grey- School some of his current job pressures in the near future and find more time for his own creative ‘‘Horizons”’ by Karol Szymanowski. teacher lock Regional which he completed in 1974, and his latest piece ‘‘Knossos,”’ as well as a Sonata by Igor Stravinsky, the Piano Suite by Arnold Schoenberg and four Mazurkas 14) lege and = : a adjunct faculty of Williams Col- t Aa mv, 79 the only thing lett, �Worthington woman starts Henry E. Bartlett WORTHINGTON — Henry Ed- an antiques and gift shop By JANET DIMOCK ward Bartlett Sr., 72, of Kinney Brook Road, died today at his home. He was a resident here for the past 29 years. A self-employed plumber for the ; his years in Worthington, he was a member of the Rod and Gun Club. ey Bartlett is survived by his wife, the sons, former Henry Eleanor Bartlett Samay; Jr. Broga of from about 1850 to the turn of and Therese Nikituk of Otis; 18 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield. The burial willbe in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Northampton. Calling hours at the funeral home will be tomorrow from7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Worthington Health Center. Worthington father and son found unhurt § — items for sale in her shop date of Pitts- Goshen, xo usually is “too delicate” for everyday use so most of the three field, David Arthur Bartlett of Pennsylvania, and a step-son, Ernest Beals of Georgia; four daughters, Marilyn DePriest of Kentucky, Kathryn Warner of Haydenville, Linda JACQUELINE BRIDGEMAN the 20th century. Mrs. Bridgeman also plans to carry “a few Victorian pieces, but not in depth.” Her specialties are furniture and primitives, such as augers, irons, bells and tinware. “T’ll try to carry tinware,”’ she added. In fact, it was her mother’s influence while Hills, were Pe ichael Newman of River Road told troopers he went for a walk in the woods _ The Country Cricket “will change its person ality as I get different things,” Mrs. Bridgeman commented. The shop will be open Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Berkshire found unharmed this morning, state police with his son, Jesse, about 6 p.m., yester- : nd lost his way. pair spent the rainy and foggy night ac in a cave, according to Trooper Thomas o ethey were wet, hungry and a bit tired, but otherwise unharmed,” when they were found wandering on a logging road in the woods at 6:45 a.m. this morning by Trooper Thomas Burnickas and Chester Police Chief Ralph Phillbrook, Dion said. After Newman’s wife reported the pair missing, state and local police and firefighters, aided by canine units from the state police, the Berkshire County Sher- iff’s Department and the Rensselaer County (N.Y.) Search and Rescue Squad, combed the rocky hills for most of the i said. Pe ehdhound teams were called : into action about 1:30 a.m.. John H. Watson and David Ferry of Otis volunteered the services of their bloodhound team for the search. A foot search by volunteers from the Worthington Fire Department was about to start when the two were located shortly before 7 a.m..The foot search had been foggy The miles delayed until daylight because of : weather conditions in the area. father and son were found about 312 into the woods and “‘headed away from civilization,” Dion said. Answers to these and other questions are now available in the new Guide to Town Government compiled by Thayer Hill Road resident Stephen Kulik. Researched, written and published during the last year, the book strives to answer -questions about the duties of various town boards and officials and serve as a basic source book with answers to the most-frequently asked questions. to show their wares. So far, there are quilts, stuffed dolls andanimals, and toddlers’ clothing there. The items must “fit the theme” of the shop, but the owner added, “T’d like the town to get involved in the store.” While the Country Cricket is a fulfillment of one of Mrs. Bridgeman’s dreams, the rest of the family has caught her enthusiasm. “We've done everything ourselves, from floor to ceiling,” she said as she pointed out the custom-made shelving and the natural wood finish decor. Her daughters Heather, 8, and Katie, 7, have provided encouragement during the long _ process of getting things ready. | She also has received encouragement from the older | generation. Her mother, Rose Kropp of Old Post Road, pitched in and sewed the shelf covers for the kitchenwares section. youngster, she soaked up plenty of atmosphere while living mM a 22-room house in rural Vermont. Her interest in old items carried on in her adult years and prompted her to open a part-time, by appoin tment only, overnight STEPHEN KULIK She also deals in china. Giftware, such as crystal and glassware, china cups and teapots, as well as kitchen and dining access ories also are for sale. And there is a ‘“‘craft corner,” a place for area craftsmen that sparked the shop owner’s interest in site growing u up in a house full of antiques,” she explained. “T foe As a RTHINGTON — A 36-year-old local and his four-year-old son, lost siden — Jacqueline Bridgeman has opened the Country Cricket, an antiques and gift shop, next to her home on Route 112. She said the shop is an expression of her preference for antiques that can be used and enjoyed. ‘I deal more in the practical aspect” of antiques, she explained. Furniture dating from the 1700s plumbing inspector for the town of Worthington for the past two years. Born Nov. 12, 1908 in Uxbridge, he was the son of Peter and and Lydia During fe WORTHINGTON past 50 years, Bartlett served as the (Roy) Bartlett. ae WORTHINGTON GUIDEBOOK — Do you know when the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library was built? Or how to get a burning permit? Or who administers the Scenic Roads Act? antiques business at her former home in Westfield, The work, funded by a $1,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, notes in its introduction that the demands on local government have increased dramatically in recent years. An example of that growth is the fact that in 1910, the town had 11 boards and officials. Today, there are 40 boards and commissions and twice the number of town officials. The books are available at the town office, the Frederick Sargeant Huntington Library and the post office. Church scholarships awarded fg) i service ice of0 the NGTON — At the Sunday morning apa Alfred Dr. Rev. the Church, Fit Conshagational president of the Mass. Conference, United Church of Christ, ; : reacher. vee s eiven. ~ pene Memorial ee mas, and Ruth ; Keith, J A Robert and Scott Broderick; Shawn pasvomagenie c was Oe Speiss; Brenda Knapp; David Bowman; Ramona Sharows; ; - arid Kim Stevens. ao pov, he 2 Worthington ee See i an entire Caries Trade Smith School practical nurse course. 28 years, have sold the farm to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Marshall of Florida, who have moved in and are busy putting in a large garden. Walter and Joyce, at present in a family camper, are busy supervising the finishing of the house, plumbing and electricity. The family expects move in within the week. to of his wife, Kathryn. The dedication address was giv- en by Madeline Smith. The children’s sermon was given by Patricia Nugent, as- sisted by her confirmation class. Cianciola, Shari Fisk, Kristin McLean, Melissa Dragon, Kimberly Dragon, and Carol Recore, with the rite of baptism given to Bradford, Shari, and Kelly Fisk. Coffee hour followed the service. house, clap- onto the foundation and fastened securely together in a short time. Walter and Joyce Mollison, who have owned and operated Echo Valley Farm for the past memory two ROOF RAISING HELD boards, roof and doors, stood on the foundation, a very attractive dwelling. Arriving on two large trailers, the house was moved | Sunday, the new baptismal font was dedicated. This was given to the church by Arthur Q. Smith in 5 Confirmed at this service were Bradford Fisk, . Mark Speiss, the from graduated Heiden, and Elizabeth Judi Mason, Sally Knapp, Amy graduates, nd five Smith School On Thursday morning on Harvey Road there was a vacant lot with just a cellar foundation; at 4 p.m. BAPTISMAL FONT DEDICATED At the morning service of the First Congregational Church on Tufts University WORTHINGTON ihe [, ‘¢! — Kathleen Higgins, daughter of M. and Mrs. Michael Higgins of Chesterfield Road graduatd magna cum laude from Tufts University on May 31. Ms Higgins is a 1977 graduate of Gateway Regional High Schil in Huntington where she received several scholarships.t Tufts, she earned her B.A. in American Studies. �22 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass, Wed., June 17, 1981 To protect Conwell School Voters add clause to budget way Regional School budget was approved last night at the an- lowing a vote of the regional school committee and the question was not brought before the town. proved a pager alert system for the volunteer fire department. Nearly 100 voters crowded after ment town, i read by Moderator Cornelius Sharron, does not stip- 1982, which begins July 1. All business was quickly dis- By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The Gate- nual Town Meeting, but only a Pratl amendwas tacked on to the approved appropriation of $262,113 Douglas Small of Witt Hill Road introduced an amendment stipulating that the Worthington’s share of the school budget would be paid execution document thirds would _ Russell School upon written of a legally-binding stating that a two-. vote of the townspeople be required before the H. Conwell Elementary could be closed. “Tf you don’t agree to keep our open for classes. However, the building must be maintained by the district and be open for community use until the current lease expires in 1988. “We either stand up now, or tion taken were questioned by was on the message the action, ‘a for the school Huntington Road. There are 60 students served by the school. “What I’m trying to do re-establish what was (school committee) book,’’ he continued. Earlier this year, the is just in the policy from before school committee rescinded a policy that required a vote of approval local townspeople an elementary school could be closed. The Middlefield Elementary School was shut down fol- lights when they w ere installed. Streetlight expenses this year totalled $2,100. The requested highway budget Me unanimously approved. $85,100 was appro- for general and winter highway work and for workers’ Maceo $11,038 for garage mainenance and notes and interest on highway equipment; and a a a ee for machinery nce. Highway Superintendent James Pease explained that the machinery maintenance account will pay for fuel, tires and repairs. About $10,000 is ear- patched. The total budget is down $17,- 316. from the current budget approved last year. Under the tax-cutting Proposition 21 restrictions only $341,315 can be raised through property [ Town Meeting report | delivered during the 2'4-hour meeting at Town Hall. located year, ulate that. the school be kept school open, then don’t expect Small termed little security,” NS present contract with the end up like Middlefield — without a school,” George Ulich of any money,” Seton ~The into the Town Hall to consider the $455,359 budget for fiscal Old Post Road contended. Legal ramifications of the ac- voters, but a motion made to reconsider was defeated. Paul Boucher of Huntington Road pointed out that it is important to note the amend- ment asks that the school board intends to keep the facility open. Small admitted that the action, “‘does put the school committee in a terrible bind,’ but added that he could not see no other recourse for the town. The motion was passed with few dissenting votes. Voters also decided to turn off most of existing streetlights as a cost saving measure and ap- tax payments. from Money property to come taxes is down $111,485 from last year, which translates into nearly $4 in savings per $1,000 in valuation for the coming year, according to assessor Robert Mason. The $114,044 gap between what will come from property tax dollars and what was appro- priated last night will be filled by other accounts, including $5,538 in state flood reimburse- A sum of $2,549 priated from was appro- the machinery earnings account; $48,000 in ex- These were the only capital isting free cash in the treasury; expenditures approved last and $2,000 was transfered from _night. : the Overlay surplus account establisha Reserve Fund to used in case of emergency. was voted to leave $12,000 in to be It the turn off all but eight of the existing streetlights. Fifteen tax abatements during the com- removal, with only one dissent- cherry sheet returns) to pay for ing year. Pager alert system approved Approval of $3,500 toward a new pager alert system for the fire department was greeted with applause and preceeded by little The discussion. funds will be used for partial payment of 10, one-way pagers and four portable walkietalkies tuned to the Amherst Dispatch Center. The remaining funds needed will be raised by the department. The “red phone” emergency system which relies upon six telephones in private homes will be discontinued. Last year, the proposal gener- ated lengthy discussion and eventually was defeated at both tery Trust Fund account; $19,000 ments, $1,500 form license fees; “inadequate $15,644 in federal revenue sharing money; $5,300 in interest earned on short term investments and- on the Cemereceived and by in excise $26,140 tax pay- in anticipated cherry sheet returns. Street light cutbacks The streets will also be darker at night due to action taken to overlay account (from expected the annual Town Meeting and a special Town Meeting. The purchase of $1,200 for upto-date equipment to fight chemical and gasoline fires with foam was also approved. The equip- ment money; maskowicz of Huntington Road. The action was unanimous. ment now in use and was termed incompatible with new chemical foam availa- ble,” by firefighter Robert To- lights in all were ing vote. The remaining marked for lights are lo- cated in the Corners area, the | town center, and one at the’ intersection of Route 112 and Old Main Road in South Worthington. Lights will also remain at the intersection of Routes 143 and 112 at the Corners. Those to be removed are in the following locations: five on Old Post Road, two on Route 143, two in South Worthington, one in Ringville and two near the town hall. . The strongest objections came from Robert Lucey of Ring Road who made a motion that all streetlights be removed. “T don’t think they’re necessary. If you’re going to shut off one, then shut off all of them. I think that they all should be treated equal,’’ he commented. An expected savings of $120 each month will be realized immediately, selectman Albert Nugent Jr. reported. However, a fee of about $300 must be paid to the electric company for discontinuing contracts made on the marked fo r diesel fuel ments. A state law allowin pay-: tendent Steven Strom called the infestation of “saddle prominent” caterpillars ‘a major i department participation a problem right now.” mutual aid program with sur- - The funds would pay for aerial rounding towns was also adoptapplication of a biological coned. The law allows cooperative trol for about 200 acres effected. response to emergency calls Robert Cook of Bashan Hill among participating towns, Po- Road said that there was “serilice Chief Grant Knapp said ous dieback” on maple, yellow Chester, Huntington and Russell birch and already belong to the program, defoliated apple trees that were last year. he said. No cost is involved. The reque Caterpillar control defeated _ vote of 33 st was defeated by to 37. a bid for $2,600 to combat the Concerns about the long range Gone of leaf-eating catapil- effect of the bacteriaall treat treatment ‘ars in West Worthingto narrowly defeated. n was Insect Pest Control Superin- and funding project were tions raised. source for th the main okies: discuss one of WN MEETING voters Ida Joslyn and Gertrude Lucey Hall. (Photc Town the at Meeting Town annual Meleaee priestly during last night’s by Vince DeWitt) �18 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass, Mon., June 15, 1981 Worthington Selectmen complete appointments Town Meeting tomorrow WORTHINGTON — The annual task of making appointments was completed this week by the selectmen. Two new town posts were created this year by the board and selectman Albert Nugent Jr. was chosen local hazardous Proposed budget cut by $17,316 By JANET DIMOCK funds for secondary road improvements, and in general trimming dollars wherever WORTHINGTON — After many hours spent putting the finishing touches on the possible. committee and the selectmen will make their presentation tomorrow at 7 p.m. at paid for through tax dollars. The state proposed fiscal 1982 budget, the finance The biggest difference over the current budget can be seen in the amount to be the Annual Town Meeting. Held in the Town Hall, participants in imposed tax levy limit (which restricts the amount of money that can be raised and appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting) is set at $341,315, a hefty $111,485 less than last year’s figure. The tax rate for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, will be nearly $4 less than the current rate, according to Assessor Robert Mason. The state Department of Revenue has set the rate at just under $15, he said. The current rate is $18.80 per $1,000 of valuation. The $114,044 gap between what can be the Town Meeting will be faced with a pared-down budget as a result of the tax- cutting Proposition 242 law passed last year. The proposed budget for next year — $455,359, down a total of $17,316 from this year — is ‘‘as bare as a bone,” according to finance committee co-chairman Donald Newton Sr. The state-mandated restrictions were met by denying raises to all elected and appointed officials, cutting town hall expenses by closing the building during the winter months, planning to turn off paid for with tax dollars and what the two boards see as necessary expenses will be filled by using $48,000 in the unappropriated available funds (free cash) account; $15,644 in federal revenue sharing money; $26,140 in expected cherry sheet receipts; more than half of existing street lights, making no capital expenditures for the hishwav denartment. eliminating special $5,300 is interest from the cemetery account and from short term investments; $1,500 from license fees; $19,000 from excise taxes; $2,459 from machinery earnings; $7,555 received in state reimbursement for flood damages to highways; and $2,000 from overlay surplus. In addition, $12,000 will be left in the overlay account to pay for excise and property tax abatements during the com- ing year and $5,000 will remain in the free cash account to cover unforeseen expendi- tures. Normally, at least $15,000 is left in the free cash account to be used in case of emergency. waste coordinator, a post established at the request of the state Department Quality of Environmental to the Hampshire directors. County Action Commission’s on all budget allocations, selectman Julia of the altered, bonds, items are fixed such as costs that insurance cannot and be interest on borrowed money, and county retirement funds. These example, total $18,079. accounts, for Gateway Regional High graduates are profiled Fr‘om Gateway evaluating test results By PERI SOSSAMAN HUNTINGTON— Low scores test results more difficult and certainly makes the comparison basic skills test given to Gate- propriate, Spear said. Gateway has chosen to use the state test in both writing and math on a way sixth grade students have left administrators and the school committee unsure how to interpret the test results. A report to the school commit- tee by basic skills chairman Robert Spear showed 38 percent of the sixth grade class failed the math and 28 percent failed the writing test. He noted however, students did well on the reading test with more than 94 percent passing. All three tests were developed by a Gateway teacher-advisory group for each subject. Spears cautioned that it could take years to determine the reliability and validity of the scores. The testing program is the result of a state mandate to implement minimum competency testing in math, reading and writing this year throughout the Commonwealth. While all third graders, sixth graders and ninth graders are required to be tested there is no state standard for passing, according to Spear. The standard of pass or fail has been left up to the community, which makes interpreting the between school districts percent passed the math test, 93 percent passed reading and 74 percent passed writing. Spears ‘stressed during for the secondary level and has created its own tests for the two elementary levels. While the sixth grade scores are of concern, Spear told committee membeer Fay Piergiovani of Chester, who found the scores ‘upsetting,’ that now graders in other grade scores on the districts. He added Achievement tests the and Spear said one area that needs sixth grade, emphasis must be school simple formulas, geometry and Stanford in reading tests showed that on all three grade levels, writing skills seemed to be the weakest area. In the third grade, 92 percent passed math; 96 percent passed 1 more work in writing skills, including spelling, punctuation, paragraphing and use of appropriate language. Reading skills should be stressed including those used in drawing conclu- sions, making generalizations, finding the main idea and figuring out a sequence of events. and softball teams,as well a representative to the ee map reading. The tests also show a need for ' field teams.: She received the John Payne Memorial Scholarship and will attend the University of Massachusetts. : Robi eldon, is the daughter"of Cary and Janice Se on. Ww So4dar Payne Memorial Scholarship Thomas Payson, son of Mr. placed on fractions and ninth graders need more work in softball and will attend the University of Massachusetts. 1A and Mrs. Henry Payson, was in the cast of several school plays. He will join the United States Navy. Ramona Sharon, daughter of ability to tell time. From third to basketball, pelley Modestow, daughfer of Dr. and Mrs. John Modestow, was a member of the & varsity field hockey, basketschool committee and the StuY seat Asdvisory Council. She will attend Springfield College. more emphasis, especially on the third grade level is the and Kimberly Stevens, daughter of-Sus M- Steven ans, was a member of the cross-country team. She received the John Sl was curriculum will be part of the review process. that sixth local development of the hockey, baseball, and cross-counteams. He received the Payne Memorial Scholarand will attend Amhers College. problem areas have been identified and a possible change in the or above the national average. from his learning. Because of the tests given this year, a number of and math indicated that the Gateway sixth graders were at Results ball, try John ship mittee that a major concern of the testing program is for the comes the period of evaluation. “The basic skills committee now has to ask — Is it the test...is it that they (the students) don’t know the work...or is it that we expect too much?”’ she remarked. Superintendent Stephen McKinney pointed out that the tests would be administered to other sixth was a member of the basket- presentation to the school comindividual ber member of the madrigals and Vocal Ensemble. She will attend Southeastern Academy. Scott Brodrick, son of Mr. a rs. Rol N. Brodrick, reading and 84 percent passed inap- Cornelius Sharon, was a mem- Worthington Mrs. Robert E. Bartlett, was a writing. In the ninth grade results, 97 board of The following appointments have also been made: Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission alternate delegate, Constance Dorrington, Council on Aging, Barbara Porter; Dog Officer, Walter Fritz Jr.; Custodian of the Town Hall, Henry Dassatti; Plumbing Inspector, Henry Bartlett; Superintendent of Roads, James Pease; Town Office Clerk, B. Althea Mason; Veterans Agent, Cornelius | Sharron; Wiring Inspector, William Wilson; Superintendent of Dutch Elm Disease and Gypsy Moths, Steven Strom; and Energy Coordinator, Stephen Kulik. This is the first year that the finance committee and the selectmen have agreed Sharron noted. She also pointed out that many Engineering. Selectman Dorothy Mason will be the town’s representative Ted Syron, son of Mr. and Mfs. Ed Syron, was a member of the baseball and basketball teams. He will attend University of Maine at Orono. Ruth Wood, daughter of Mr. see Rectine H. Wood, was | a member of the field hockey, | basketball, and softball teams as well as the student council. She will attend Springfield Col@ lege. �Health Center makes report, . elects new board of directors’ By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Worthing- ton Health Association Inc. members will return to the polls on Monday to break a tie vote in the annual election of directors. John. Driver of Cummington and Carol Morris of Worthington, both first-time candidates, are tied for the three-year position on the board of directors. The original vote was held last week as part of the annual Worthington Health Association Inc. meeting. Polling in the special election ‘¢ Masons have 4) from the estate of Pardee Alli- year, for a total of 427, fund son of Pennsylvania is being drive chairman Ida Joslyn re: treated as an endowment and ported. The directors are working has been invested, Mrs. Kulik reported. Only the interest with Huntington residents on the earned on the money will be possibility of providing service spent, she added. The bequest to that community, which is was received in January. currently without a physician, Membership is up by 13 this Mrs. Smith also reported. 60th ° \ will begin at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall. The regular monthly meeting of the .board will begin at 7:30 p.m.. Association members who cast ballots at the annual election will be free to vote again. Re-elected to’ the board for three years were Gertrude Lucey and Suzanne Kulik of Worthington, Wesley Brown of Cummington and Eleanor Harvey of Chesterfield. Helen Wells of Cummington will fill the oneyear post of secretary, and Mrs. Kulik the one-year post as trea- ETHEL and STANLEY MASON ! WORTHINGTON — An open life in Worthington, where Mr. house celebrating the 60th wed- ding Mrs. Road home Mr. and Mrs. Harley Mason of Huntington Road. The former Ethel May Has- surer,‘ William Gaitenby of Huntington was elected to the board for threezyears. kell and Stanley Smith Mason Last week the 30 members of Objections were raised Wn by from retired several a postion years on ago the Massa- chusetts Turnpike. Mrs. Mason spent several years in charge of the school cafeteria. The couple has five children, ton Jones, then. pastor of the First Congregational Church, Worthington. They also have 18 have lived all of their married the membership fee might open He Glendon of Coxsackie, Stanley Jr. of Amherst, officiated. Except for a few years spent in New York State, the couple members that the elimination of Mason farmed and was superintendent of roads for the town. were married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her- bert Haskell of Old Post Road on July 2, 1921. The Rev. New- one. the association approved a list of revisions in the corporation’s bylaws, including a federallymandated provision that members will no longer be required to pay the annual $5 dues. anniversary of Mr. and Stanley Mason of Old Post was held recently at the of their son and his wife, N.Y., Doro- thy Schott of Huntington, Joyce Mollison and Harley Mason of grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren. About 100 friends from this and neighboring towns attended the open house. the meeting to those persons not Road. ' Dr. Alex Lippert, a family practitioner from Utica, N.Y., is expected to join the staff next month, Association president Beverly Smith announced. He will replace Dr. Matthew Swartz who left the health center in May to continue his education. A full-time dentist, Dr. Martin Wohl of Racine, N.M., will begin work in August. Mrs. Smith summed up the Worthington Health Center operations by saying, ‘“‘We do have new faces up there, but it is functioning smoothly.” The board has also received the resignation of Outreach nurse Madeleine Provost, who leaves at the end of June. Mrs. Provost has worked at the Center for about four years. According to Mrs. Smith, the position will not be filled immediately due to uncertainty over the amount of federal funds expected next year. The $247,500 bequest received Town office is relocated ee a S35 necessarily interested in the Association. However, director Brooke Lynes of Cummington pointed out that the provision is mandated by the federal government and its adoption necessary for the Health Center to continue receiving government money. Members attending the meeting were also informed of several changes expected in the professional staff at the Health Center, located on Old North WORTHINGTON = he phone |s ‘number may be the same, but the d place sure has changed. e Things have really moved lately. e The town office has moved from the second floor at the Town Hall to the Russell H. Conwell Elementary : School across the street. While the main floor of the Town Hall will still be in use until winter weather sets in around the end of October, all town business will now be transacted at the new location in the school. During the winter months, kitchen the area school will be cafeteria available People in the McCarty inducted WORTHINGTON — Christopher that about to to the office | is cc of Union fall. The prestigious realistic, competi- but unre- solved legal issues to the young advocates who must conduct’ thorough research and then construct sound arguments for their “clients.” Later, they will present them to the Moot Court Board under courtroom conditions. CHRISTOPHER McCARTY through the school’s side entrance ° from the main parking lot. The new quarters are accessible to the handicapped. School the Junior Bar there. Selection to the Bar is rigorous, with membership extended to those first year students who display superior oral advocacy skills. In addition, the student’s legal thought the $4,000 will be new Law University, has been recently inducted into tionpresents saved by keeping the 150-year-old Town Hall closed during the winter months. Access at the Albany processes and writing expertise are considered. As a result of his appointment, McCarty has been invited to participate in the Gabrielli Moot Court competition which will be held in community groups for meetings and estimates into law association K. McCarty, a second year student and social functions. Arrangements for use of either area can be made through Town Clerk Althea Mason. The move to an unused classroom located off the cafeteria was proposed by the selectmen as a money and energy-saving measure prompted by: Proposition 212 budget constraints. Selectman Julia Sharron news.... i McCarty is a 1980 Cum Laude graduate of Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and a 1976 Cum Laude graduate of the Williston-Northampton School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Worthington. D. McCarty of South �</h Ee peer mene wn In Worthington 27 Town advised of legal options in paying Gateway implications and options availa- ble to Worthington related to a controversial condition added by voters when approving the town’s share of the Gateway Regional School budget was discussed Tuesday evening at an informal meeting. Town Meeting members ap- proved the Worthington share of , $264,000 of the assessment con- tained in the $3.89 million Gate- way Regional School District budget, but added the condition that” payment was contingent upon keeping the Russell H. Conwell Elementary School open unless two-thirds of the town’s wise. voters indicated other- The condition was added in response to the regional school committee’s earlier action rescinding a policy that required a school year. He also recom- agreements that bind the town mended the town stipulate that to-the Gateway Regional School each of the four installments of District. Other options for the the town’s assessment will be town would be to either pay the paid only if the school is in assessment with no strings atoperation at the time. This tached or to pay a lesser paywould give the town some ment or no payment. breathing space to pursue other time. primary obligation to pay for “ With the economic situation education falls on the town. in the state,” said Superintendent Stephen C. McKinney, ‘‘it Both Denault and Corash sug- would be very difficult to give an honest and straightforward guarantee to any school for the next 20 years.” “We want to keep the school nine residents at the meeting to accept the notice of intent issued et.” and the to the town by the school com- mittee last week declaring that funds have been allocated and the Conwell school will remain in operation for this coming tee chairman William Denault. But, he told Douglas Small, gested that the town, after passing this year’s assessment, approach the other six towns in the district to change the regional agreement for assurance that all the elementary schools in the district remain open. author of the amendment passed at the town meeting, ‘‘the school committee cannot accept those strings. In another year, another town would set its own conditions for approval of the budgCorash Options limited told town voters that the town’s options were limited because of the statutory obliga- Corash did suggest that there were some underlying questions in the regional agreement as he read it. In his view, the docu- ment does not indicate the beginning or end of the regional agreement. He told Denault that he would like to know whether “the agreement is from year-toyear or does it run concurrently with the lease agreements or is tion to provide funds for educa- there some oversight in the tion and the contractual writing . the agreement?” Ty — Valse peeraere gs PERI SOSSAMAN HUNTINGTON — Worthingances i ye the Bae Hegiaval School Committee that the Rus- BOB KITCHEN of Flor ence was an official at the National Sports Festival in Syracuse, N.Y. Bob race Kitchen was walkers in one of the top this of 1 hour and 32 minutes in the 20kilometer race and 4:13 in the 50kilometer race back in 1972 when he was at the peak of his career. of sevén towns, is faced with - unresolved : budget becau: se d the Worthington resolution an Middlefield’s outright rejection fiscal 1982 budget. i ton apLast month Worthing ssment asse 113 $262, its ed prov of the $3.89 million Gateway ie the condition that et with Sohal committee provide a written guarantee not to close in the Conwell school now, or to come. oe Result of discussions School committee chairman said that William Denault Wednesday’s action was the rethe sult of discussions between legal school counsels and basically a the for town both and the was “reaffirmation of what the school committee had . done during budget time to keep E school open.” hoo! district, comprised oe We . The first is at per tions i aahool - opera hope that we will be in receipt of t,”’ said McKinney. _ é e oisat will be meeting with tthe Worthington board of selec al speci a and day, Tues men ron, said she hopes Tuesday’s meeting with town counsel and “those Denault would clarify things the town can do and Packard Wendy Sherman of Worthington holds the grand champion Brown Swiss that won the blue ribbon for her in the youth cattle exhibit this weekend at the Three-County Fair. Center — Full-time WORTHINGTON dental care will again be available to Hilltown residents beginning this Worthington Health Frealth Center officials have announced that Dr. Martin Wohl is scheduled to begin work today at the Center, located on Old North Road. He will provide a range of dental services including education, preventative care, oral surgery plus restorative and specialty services. The Health Center is expanding its dental services in response to an overwhelming demand in the Hilltown area, separdg to executive director Laurie Doyle. Dr. Wohl brings with Z him years of experience, including cent work in rural New Mexico. : five reHe plans to settle in the Hilltown area with his wife and two children. Appointments can be made by calling the Center between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ter’s Grange division, — The members exhibit won third en ne 1 »*hot George award at Great Barrington Fair, ore the total to more than $350 y the exhibit this year. mn ‘e won his first champion- ship in 1954. In the second WORTHINGTON to begin work the match. of Grange #90 met on Monday night and heard the news that the chap- New dentist at the Worthington Golf Course by defeating Greg Pease in Sunday’s 36 hole Grange wins third place at fair Board of Selectmen, Julia Shar- nter. at e@ of the Worthington week won his sixth club championship (Worthington | nthe month, according to McKi at Health club coer | AF] Town Meeting is scheduled for | July 28 to consider the payment of the assessment. Middlefield is also expected to reconsider the school budget the later part of ” Chairman Pete Packard men’s Torrey bested Frank Lasky with Ed Figiela beating Dave Fobes for the third division crown. James Ryan took the junior championship by defeating Ed Fi: giela Jr. Sherry Webb defeated Fay Lemee for the women’s championship. Dottie Figiela bested Martha Glidden in 20 holes to take the second division crown. The annual President’s Cup Prizes were won by Gary Dassatti who shot a 63 and by Doris Smith who carded a 64 in low net play. of its $88,000 assessment. Worthington’s conditional apll E. Conwell Elementary of the school budget and roval School will remain open this Middlefield’s rejection have year. l coming schoo d some legal questions. The school committee voted raise rintendent Stephen C. Supe ally night to form ednesday explained that under nney McKi ; wity thee Worthington select- the terms of the regional agreemen that funds for operating the have an towns oo ae n seven astothe i the school have been allocated in Worthington country throughout the 1970s. In 1972 he just missed qualifying for the Olympic : team in Eugene, Ore. Kitchen, now 32, had a best time s Board assures Worthington : By cautioned priating the money,” he said. While the courts could force the school district to keep the school open, it is also likely that the agreement that binds them to a court would support the school school more than one year at a district because ultimately the open,”’ assured school commit- the selectmen Corash 28 to decide whether to pay the first school assessment in light of the fact that the school committee will not enter into any vote of approval from local townspeople before a school could be closed. Immediately following the change in policy, the school committee voted to close the Middlefield Elementary School. Town counsel Robert Corash advised However avenues of assurances that the that no payment would surely local school remain open. lead to litigation. ‘‘There is an Town voters will meet on July inherent danger in not appro- =ase By PERI SOSSAMAN WORTHINGTON — The legal �jealth >enter iO Open Tuesday \ .\ “By PERI SOSSAMAN HUNTINGTON — ‘‘We think it’s eat’? appears to. be a_ typical sponse to the planned opening on lesday of the Family Health Cenr on Main Street. ‘‘Now we have mebody in town we can go to,” id Nicholas Gregory one of the egulars’’ at the senior meal site the Town Hall. The Family Health Center an filiate of the Worthington Health : enter will be serving residents of landford, Chester, Montgomery id Russell as well as Huntington ith comprehensive medical LA nm serv- es two days a week, Tuesdays and lursdays. Dr. Alexander Lippert, M.D. a ecialist in family medicine, will ‘ovide comprehensive family-cenred health care at the Center in untington including pediatrics, ‘alth education, adult medicine, mecology, family planning, obsteics, and 24-hour emergency care. e will be assisted by Diane Howe, certified medical assistant. The focus of these services, Dr. ppert said will be on the ‘‘whole rson’”’ care, where the physician anages the total health care of the dividual, within the context of eir family and community. Several residents expressed a ‘ed for this kind of focus in the mmunity. Diana James of County yad, who was excited about the ening of the new center said she THE NEW open on Blandford, ton. (Photo FAMILY Health Center in Huntington is scheduled to Tuesday to serve the needs of residents living in Chester, Montgomery and Russell as well as Huntingby Peri Sossaman) ped the doctor was received well the community so that ‘“‘we will ve something secure,” so we will Lawrence nily doctor. Ithers said that they have missed and will have office hours on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and *y had with the late Dr. Huffmire. le were used to going to Dr. All forms of health insurance will be accepted, in addition to Medicare able to build up a bond with a it family doctor relationship that ffmire for everything’’ Balanger who is very for low income individuals and families. equipment as dental, podiatric, and counseling glad to see the Center open. The Center has been redecorated and outfitted with new services Qe ( \* Road name changed tion with The name change was requested by local residents to eliminate con- The question of road names brought out at the meeting prompted the Board of Selectmen to set up a special committee to look into the matter. Robert Lucey of Ring Road said that a portion of Dingle Road people refer to the road as Ireland actually be known as Capen Street. Route At 112 in South the Chesterfield line it becomes Ireland Street. fusion about its proper name. Wor- town Many Street. Addition of the word ‘‘south’’ to the common name helps differentiate the section of road in each town. The alternatives were to “an- annex Chesterfield to us,” if the differentiation is not made, Lois Ashe Brown of Elderberry Lane pointed out. ‘We need those people down there very much,’’ Mrs. Brown added. has been Those ’’mis-signed’”’ interested in and be provided by voters nex them (the residents along the road in question) to Chesterfield or thington. will should serving on such a committee can contact the selectmen or Mrs. Brown. An amendment to the local zoning bylaw setting up a flood plain zone are Dr. ney WORTHINGTON — A preliminary survey of the location for 12 units of housing for the elderly was through reviewed Tuesday night by thington Senior Housing Inc. Wor- Vice President Mrs. Franklin Burr announced that architect Henry Schadler of West Hartford, Conn., and his partner, Andrew Dragat, were hired by the board of directors to design the housing units. The housing project will be located on Old North Road on a fiveacre lot adjacent to the Worthington ‘e } \ By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — A one-quarter mile section of a local road has been re-christened, thanks to a vote at a recent Town Meeting. Ireland Street South is the new name for that section of road form- erly known as Highland Street. The road runs easterly from its intersec- for Worthington projec the Worthington Health Center on Old North Road in Worthington. Appointments for the Family Health Center can be scheduled through the Worthington Center. and Medicaid. Fees can be adjusted In Worthington Architect hired Back up medical services, as well Thursdays from 1 to 7 p.m. said rs, from left, NEW WORTHINGTON Health Center docto Andrea Strom) by o (Phot Wohl. Alex Lippert and Dr. Martin Health Center. According to housing secretary Judy Speiss, the firm was chosen The new law restricts use of prope! from a field of six candidates bety within a 100 year flood zone a cause its work is “‘closest to what defined on a flood zone map draw we wanted in architectural design up by federal officials. for Worthington.’”’ Speiss added the Property along Parrish Road an design planned by Schadler would VICE PRESIDENT of WorthingRiver Road in West Worthington ar fit in with the colonial design of ton Senior Housing Inc. Mrs. the only sections which have bee nearby homes, and his company has Franklin Burr talks with newly surveyed and defined as flood ha: experience with HUD grant work. hired project architect Henry ard areas at this time. The map | The private non-profit housing Schadler of West Hartford, available at the town office. group has received $661,100 in mortAgricultural, conservation an gage funding from the federal de- ‘Conn. The town has received a $661,100 federal grant to firecreational activities are not r partment of Housing and Urban nance the 12 units of elderly stricted. Temporary structures mz Development. Mrs. Speiss said that be erected, but a special perm preliminary drawings are expected housing. (Photo by Janet Dimust be obtained from the Board mock) ‘to be submitted to the board of Appeals for year round buildings « directors before the end of Novem- v was also approved at the meeting other activities in such areas. The definition of the term “side-""™ yard” to include all sides structure except that with frontage, was also approved. of a road �Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass, Wed., Oct. 7, 1981 13 Worthington Health Center: advocate family care New staff doctors By ANDREA STROM WORTHINGTON — The the Worthington Health (WHC) was increased by cently Martin with Wohl, the addition a Center two re- the Outstanding Young Man of America. One of his trademarks is the set of three balls he juggles to, put some of ist who is looking for a guitar teacher at present. Family practice stressed dentist, tients tice. Dr. Wohl mentioned that he felt that those who have devoted their lives to health care are mov- staff of of full-time Dr. the younger and more and Dr. Alex Lippert, a family physician. The doctors join Dr. David been Katz, a practicing physician at the several years. Dr. Wohl comes to who WHC learned learned has Worthington Several of these years were spent in flying pies work, Dr. Wohl explained that both he and his wife were originally from and that they ual. ‘*A friend, who thington. And I decided to look into out and we moved 2,000 miles for this specific position,” Dr. Wohl said. He is not only enthusiastic about building his dentistry practice in Worthington but is enthusiastic about his practice in general. His President : Damaris reports late Helen Fogg, for many years a resident of town. These will be framed and hung in the main room. Librarian Julia Sharron reported that circulation has increased, due probably to the many new residents in town. Movies are shown the first Wednesday of each month, afternoons for the children and an adult movie in the evening. Steven Kulik makes this possible, transporting the films and showing them. is interested in the arts, is the author, professor Joseph Carter of Temple University Three other books have been giv- en by the authors: ‘‘All About Baseball,”” Daniel Okrent, and ‘‘How to Get Fernandez- room, making more space for other ? : material. Two paintings have been given to the library, one a portrait of the late Emerson Davis by Lyder Frederickson, and one a rural scene by the is Dr. Alex _«x large tnree-volume set of the life and works of Russell H. Conwell has been presented to the library by were be installed in the near future. Elizabeth Payne is sorting all the material in the Rice Memorial concerned and a lively, winsome individ- Lippert Your Kids to Eat Right,” by Barbara Richert, both town residents, and “‘A Feast of Words,” by Cynthia Wolff, a former resident. - ing again real toward individual from and family Lippert added. Dr. Lippert prac- concern his health just their own The following officers were elected, president, Damaris Fernandez- also serra: vice-president, Cornelius eth rae Snare clerk, Elizab es; an Hay ea oth Dor treasurer, , pideieg os tor, Winifred Arcouette lison, havIda Joslyn and: Lucie Mol rs in _ yea y man for ved ser ing office = ious offices, retired from a Watson thi Cyn and Karin Cook for three were elected directorswn was apBro e Ash Lois s. year s of the pointed to head Friend Library. his “People shouldn’t be shuffled around from specialist to specialist for and without regard for them as human beings,’’ he said. ‘‘This is not even healthy for the patient, it does not aid in his healing to be treated this way.” of the Dr. Lippert noted that the outdated approach of just treating the physiological symptoms as an end “Primary care would the attending physician the patient through that treatment.” in themselves is no longer viewed as being an acceptable way of healing the patient, as it generally fails in some way to meet the patient’s mean that would see to the end of Doctor’s attention important Certain research is being conduct- ed now which indicates that it is not so much what a physician prescribes for his patients that heals need. “For example,’ he said, “if a patient has an ulcer and was treated just for the ulcer but the gestalt them as it is his genuine concern for and attention to his patients which wasn’t taken into consideration the patient would more than likely be back in the near future with another ulcer problem.” brings about healing. If this is true then the new trend in medicine toward Family Practice and primary care systems could be interpreted to be a good sign for those who require medical attention. The ‘gestalt’ is defined as ‘‘ any of the integrated structures or patterns that make up all experience and have specific properties which can neither be derived from the elements of the whole nor considered simply as the sum of these elements.” (Webster’s) “Family practice takes into consideration as many factors as possi- At present the Worthington Health Center is increasing its dental practice to three days a week in its move toward full-time dental care. Its sliding fee scale for patients does not apply to dental care at this time. _Local woman honored _ for years of public yy relations work \ WORTHINGTON — Helen Crowley Carr of Cummington Road was guest of honor at the annual sponsors luncheon of the American So- ciety for Engineering Education held on Nov. 10 at the United Engineering Center in New York City. Mrs. Carr is being honored for her many years of service to the Ameri- can Society for Engineering Educacialist with Company in the New Western York Electric City. ~~” D. Mrs. Carr is the widow of Robert Carr, began tion in Washington, D.C., while she was a senior public relations spe- — mentioned interest in a primary care system which acknowledges that a person is not just another number or case. financial which encourages treatment person as a whole entity. also an outdoors person and a nature lover, and is a budding guitar- held Sierra in her report announced that the library is doing well financially, with no cut in hours open. The building has been painted and the grounds landscaped. A new roof will and and gain. Dr. Lippert said that the trend is more toward family practice, conversation and in his practice. The outside interests of both men add roundness to their practices and influence their approaches. Dr. Wohl enjoys camping, tennis, fencing and woodworking, and he does some stamp and coin collecting. Dr. — The annual WORTHINGTON meeting of the Worthington Library Corporation was held in the library All gentle in preventive away for others naturally animates him in apparently innate interest in people and concern for their dental needs have caused him to be the recipient of several awards, including an award for preventive dentistry and on last week. accepted. balls, est the an Amherst contact. The hazel-eyed, bearded young doctor seems reserved and almost aloof at first. But his deep concern in Wor- Annual library meeting he Lippert, who, by coincidence, also found out about the opening through lives in Amherst, it. The details worked did the art of juggling? ‘I while I was in dental Also new to the WHC had decided that they wanted to return to their roots. told us about the opening where Those considering a visit to Dr. Wohl are forewarned to beware of thington as the place to continue his coast And very gentle and telis you everything that’s going on. I liked that.” rural settings. His said his desire to be ‘‘where he is needed”’ led him to develop a dental practice in a rural area of New Mexico. When asked how he chose Wor- east ease. causing this ulcer in order to provide the most effective treatment,” Both men also have a deep inter- nervous pa- school,’’ he smiled. One young patient who said that she doesn’t care too much for dentists seemed delighted with the WHC’s new dentist. She commented “Dr. Wohl is really nice and he’s for with five years of dental experience. the at ble in order to deal with the stresses The she after ‘ Electric. tal in setting up a Black Engineer- received ing Colleges instrumen- Development Committee which has administered a program of fellowships for strengthening the faculties of black engineering colleges. In recognition of Mrs. Carr’s efforts in establishing active contacts with other industrial corporations for the support of this project, and for her service on the Faculty Interchange Committee, a series of fellowships have been established in her name. arn = eS in 1978. in They Wor- 27 years with Western ~The former Helen Crowley of North Adams, she graduated from the old North Adams Normal School, later returning there to com- plete lor’s Carr was died year-round thington when he retired in 1969 after many years with the sales department of Howard Johnson and programs of the ASEE are supported by Western Electric funds. While she worked for Western Electric, Mrs. who living North requirements for her bacheand master’s degrees from Adams her State College. doctorate dham University. from She For- �io ce e Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass, Wed., Sept. 16, 1981 Local astronomer Worthington’s window to the stars By ANDREA E. STRO WORTHINGTON sizzling, camp fire, the tent ue shadowy shapes loo s but ming in the gathering dusk. The sha red evening meal tasted even cious than it would have more delihad it been Served inside one of the planet’s permanent dwellings. Finally a number of Planets were sighted as stars and the sky darkened. The Summer appeared directly overheTriangle huge Cygnus (the Swan) ofad and astronomical proportions, with stretched and wings powneck outpulling it through billions erfully of staré Age a wey eirouet the trians,Cea y west toward Science Fiction? No. Science on, is eager to share all manner of celestial phenom others from the area whoena with strong interest in astronomy have a : Woodland Said he hopes . to Ize a variety of local tale organinterest in this field. The nt and might include optics, elec range tronics se to building teleae and, of co urse, actual ob Longtime interest Woodland’s interest in dates back to his School astonomy days in ast most impossible for him to pursu | lis interest. He discovered a switch ing through the eyepiece of the tox way up the pole and began telescope, Woodland said he would switching off the light durin g tmes that he used his telescope. the | most like to discover ‘‘...definite signs of extraterrestrial life and a | Finally,” he chuckled, “I comet.’’ And when asked what the tired of ‘climbing up and down got most amazing thing he’s seen to pole and I tied a very long string the the switch which I could pull fromto the ground. It worked pretty well. ” With his eight-inch telescop pointed skyward, Woodward pointede out the Summer Triangle, composed of the stars Deneb, Altain and Vega , and then turned his attenti concentration of stars in ore of stell pe Sign of losing its “The press up really that had it would big. be At the time Woodland was connected with a number of programs put on by Acadia to sight the comet. The morning they were scheduled to get their first glimpse of Kohoutek it was frigid ‘and intermittently sleeting and raining. Woodland chuckled, ‘‘People called to see if we were still going ahead with the program, and a few people actually showed up on that raw winter morn- ing!” “Finally in January we were able to observe the comet,’’ he said. “Long lines of people turned out and to use got the to the telescopes. scope, One peered at all The what poor the press woman, had half frozen, standing there in the early morning (3-4 a.m.) was apparently very gas incensed and said, ‘Is this what I’ve been getting up every morning so early to see?’ and envelope was clearly visible through Woodland telescope. The ward expanding envelope lookoutlike a halo and is caused by ed Star’s collapsing helium core. the The Collapse increases the radiation of the star which is absorbed by the enve =~ comet expected predicted. pe with the telltale this in turn is heated him. much brighter than it turned out to be,’’he recalled. wasn’t the lope, to the through it and saw the faint smear of light which was Kohoutek. It just rather hyodrogen People woman He explained that Alberio, the head of Cygnus the swan, is actually naked eye tobe. An aging star played waited believe to be the birthplaces of eae cal two stars, it a le single star vividly by the radiation. The heat causes the hydrogen gas envelope to expand outward. With years of experience of peer- ar dust and cloud. It is those areas, Woodland Said, that astro no- And Ronald Woodland, an oe astronomer and recent returnee to Worthingt \ Valtham when, as a senior in high shool, he lived across the steer s a street light which made it wy of earthlings sat around a Splee uttering 17 stomped away.” Information collectors A STAR’S eye view of Ronald Woodland’s eight-inch tele- up scope. , date is he stated emphatically, “There is nothing more spectacular than a total solar eclipse. And to see the huge shadow sweeping through the air at thousands of miles per hour is pretty breathtaking.” The comet Kohoutek’s visit In retrospect Woodland recalls that events surrounding the 1973-74 comet Kohoutek stand out most “Amateur astronomers,’’ Woodland says, ‘“‘can contribute greatly to the variable star information available today. And many comets are discovered by amateurs.’”’ He noted also that a three- or four-year- old program has been set up by amateurs to search for asteroids. Woodland is scheduled to teach a four-week, credit-free astronomy course at the University of Massachusetts in October through the Division of Continuing Education. More information can by contacting UMass. be obtained Firefighters r eceive new paging equipment By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The volunteer Fire Department will step into the electronics age next month when an alerting system which relies on individual pagers is implemented and the traditional ‘‘red phone” system is laid to rest. “We're looking forward to Nov. 1,” Fire Chief Gary Granger said with obvious enjoyment last .week as he officially handed out the new equipment to department members. The new system cost approximately $6,000, $3,500 of which was allocated at the annual Town Meet- ing in June. The remainder was raised by department fund raising activities. Purchased » RONALD WOODLAND of Worthington makes some preliminary : alls and his hobb Andrea Strom) : adjustments to his telescope before darkness tof watching the stars begins. (Photos iy were 14 tone- voice pagers and four two-way radios. Firefighters will be alerted through the Amherst Dispatch Cen- locally through one of the new radios. Calls cannot be sent out by the pagers. Firefighters will keep the pagers with them at all times and will be able to be alerted when they are at work in nearby towns, Firefighter Richard Smith affirmed. The 14 department members with- out pagers will be alerted by telephone, Granger said. Each household will be contacted and given new telephone stickers and emergency cards before the end of the month, Granger said. . The local emergency number will renmiain..in operation until Dec. 1. Calls will be referred by a recording for one year, Granger said. Under the current system, fire- fighters are reached exclusively by telephone. The local emergency ter, a 24-hour emergency center ‘number is connected to six “red associated with the Amherst fire |phones”’ in private homes. department. — The department is only testing the The new equipment will “‘cut re- equipment this month and all emersponse time from minutes to seconds,’’ Department Secretary Linda Mason pointed out. gency calls must be reported locally until the dispatch center begins pagers — which resemble transistor dents. The purchase of the small, red radios more than sophisticated com- munications equipment — was promoted by the department on the grounds that the pagers will cut response time from 7 minutes to less than 10 seconds. Assistant Fire Chief Gerald Bartlett pointed out earlier this year that not only will the pagers help the department respond faster, but that it will operate more efficiently. Use of the, pagers and radios will eliminate confusion about the location of the fire truck and the number of firefighters Faults of the current responding. system were derable delay before reached, he said. one brought out this year when two brush fires were reported at the same time and there was a consiThe pager of Town system Meeting won voters fire was approval this year after two unsuccessful requests last year. The equipment purchase was turned down after lengthy and sometimes heated debate at the annual Town Meeting and a special Town Meeting in 1980. It was approved this year after only a brief presentation by the department and little discussion by the voters. Until the emergency end of this month, calls must be made the local emergency number, all on Gran- ger said. When the new system is adopted, calls will be relayed receiving Worthington calls on Nov. 1, Granger reminded local resi- �TT ee — a ie Daily Hampshire Gazette, post office se By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — She’s a familiar sight to the many folks who Post in daily Office Grocery mail. at the next Store Harriet to Osgood’s 1 UGA Worthington to the Corners pick up 25 their years of presented her with a silver service pin in recognition of the many days of sorting mail, selling office employee in a small town. And though she admits to an occasional thought about retirement, but says she would miss the social life of the post office. ‘“I Mrs. 1956 at the invitation of Postmaster Merwin Packard. Packard was looking for an additional worker and he approached Mrs. Osgood. With her oldest daughter working and her two other daughters in high school, she decided to take the job, espe- | cially since she could work from her nearby Old Post Road. However, she was not walk home so to on sure that her late husband Kenneth would be as enthusiastic. ‘Ken | didn’t think that women should has expressed her job and sat- says chance to be post mistress for a © then with spell. ee a+ * She began working in the small, Worthington office on Sept. 17, HARRIET 65 * aes a sree * oe spotlight postmaster. Osgood she never hankered for advancement, even when she had the Suburban familiar with all the tasks at hand and occasionally fill in for the Letters would be handed to them by the post office worker. There were no individual locked boxes for people to open, she said. More time was spent boning up isfaction like people,”’ she explains. more metropolihas had to be rvice The rural post office also has to deal with bulk mailings and issuing private postal meters, a job that didn’t exist two decades ago. stamps, weighing packages and other duties that fall on a post counterparts in tan areas, she Tues., Nov. 24, 1981 on post office regulations, however, now the changes come too fast to even keep track of them. “‘We used to study the rules, they didn’t change like they do now. You can’t keep up with it,’’ she lamented. dedicated work was rewarded recently when U.S. postal officials “In a post office like this, you have to know every single thing,” she observed. Unlike her postal Mass, 25 years of dedicated Harriet Osgood: stop Northampton, She took over temporarily when Merwin Packard retired after 40 years on the job. After six weeks a OSGOOD, Worthington Postmaster Cullen Packard recently. The occassion brought out many memories of the years she has spent selling stamps and keeping the post office running smoothly. (Photo by Janet Dimock) work,”’ she explained. Thus, she turned to Packard to speak to her husband on turned her out, Osgood behalf. As _ it thought the whole thing was a “‘good idea.” Looking back over the last quarter a few office century, changes — there have around including the the been post location. People used to call for their mail inside the store where an ice cream freezer now stands, Packard said. In fact, the postal facili- ty has changed location within the store five times in all, until it the kind of came rest in the store’s addition. The volume — and mail — along with the number of customers has increased on the job, she gladly turned the reins of the post office over to left, accepts a 25-year service pin from through the years, Mrs. Osgood note Packard’s Packard. son, Cullen ‘Pete’ Mrs. Osgood does admit however that she has one regret. The 3 _. town has grown so fast in recent years that she no longer knows all come here. “You don’t know anybody any more,” “Star routes (the rural delivery routes) are four times what they— she said. Packard added that at one time he could recognize anyused to be,” the postmaster obone at the post office window served. And Mrs. Osgood said that without even turning around. Cuspeople are receiving fewer packtomers became so familiar after ages percentage-wise plus ‘a lot awhile that they could all be more junk mail.”” Demand for recognized by the sound of their locked postal boxes has really “There’s a lot more paperwork than there used to be,”’ she said. — ot _ the people who jumped in the past few years to the point where there now is a waiting list, something which never happened in the past, she said. In those early days, those that did not have their mail delivered on a rural route could call for their mail at the service window. voice. After years of sorting mail, and selling thousands — perhaps millions — of stamps, Mrs. Osgood summed up her 25 years behind ey post office window. ‘‘It’s kind of fun.” 13 �Another old farm dies 500-acre Worthington tract being subdivided By Lois Ashe Brown WORTHINGTON — Another of Worth. ington’s old farms has been taken over by a developer and is being cut into numerous parcels for resale, but only after the failure of an 11th-hour campaign initiated by local officials.to keep the land in agricultural use. Maplehurst Farm on Old Post Road, home of David and Florence Tyler for the past 25 years, was sold to Harry Patten, president of the Patten Realty Co. of Stamford, Vt., for about $250,000. Patten did his homework. Before he took title to the property, comprising close to 500 prime acres, he had had it surveyed and plotted into parcels on a plan he submitted to the Planning Board for approval. “Because his plan conformed to the town’s zoning bylaws for frontage and lot size, the Planning Board reluctantly ini- | chairman and chief of police, so his de- parture from town about four years ago and subsequent sale of his farm to a detialed it,” Chairman Robert.Cook said . veloper was doubly wrenching to many townspeople. earlier this month. The Selectmen and the Planning Board - The Tyler property was divided into 22 tried to get the state to buy the devel‘parcels ranging from 5 to 45 acres. Sales opment rights so the land could be sold of these are being handled by The Corfor less to area farmers interested in ners Realty of Old Post Road. Reportbuying it. How those efforts failed in the edly, most of them are already sold.end was recited by Cook at a Selectmen’s David Tyler, son of a wealthy New Jermeeting two weeks ago. sey couple who summered in Pittsfield, An adjoining property, a former horse had been regarded by Worthington resifarm known in recent years as the Fred dents as a “gentleman farmer,” raising Brown place, was part of the proposed Hereford beef cattle on his land by deal, and was also owned by the Tylers. choice, not necessity. There were up to The sale of both properties was precipi100 head on the farm at any one time, and dealers would come some distance to Worthington farm being cut up buy them. Tyler was also active in local Continued on Page 16 affairs, having served as Selectmen | 16—The Berkshire Eagle, Monday, Dec. 29, 1980 Worthington farm being cut up Continued tated by a divorce David- and Florence Tyler has since from Page 1 settlement between | Tyler. remarried and now such cases to protect open land and prime farm land. “Patten has been careful to plot these farms so that all the parcels conform to frontage and lot sizes as required by the lives in Benson, Vt., near the southern tip _ local zoning bylaws, so there’s no of Lake Champlain, where he owns a 700’ stopping him,” Cook said. acre farm. “While direct purchase or purchase of He told a reporter early this month that. development rights is really the work of he had tried to sell the two properties the Conservation Commtssion instead Of here as farms a year ago when he placed the Planning Board,” he said, ‘“‘it’s the them in the hands of local realtors, R.B. Smith, but when no one.showed any interest after six months, he decided to sell to concern of the whole town.” In the case of the Tyler farm sale, Cook first approached the state Department of Tyler said he had received an application from the state under the agricul- himself Patten. tural preservation restriction act but had no concrete offers before he agreed to sell to Patten. Cook told the Selectmen that Planning Board members became even more concerned after Patten had bought the Parish and Bates places — two former dairy farms in West Worthington — earlier this year and cut them into many parcels, most of which have now been sold to indi- viduals. The Planning Board chairman cited the subdivision ap law as enmicuenee in Agriculture and was told that the owner must apply, so an application was sent to Tyler in Vermont. To expe- dite the application, Cook offered to get help from the state and to take care of ‘the local details himself. He was told that the state already had too many applications to go out looking for any more. Meanwhile, Tyler was doing business with Patten through a Rutland, Vt., real- tor, and the sale to Patten was closed. . Next, Cook contacted the Massachusetts Farms and Conservation Trust, which promptly sent representatives to look at the land and to have it appraised. They came up with a figure of $700 an acre for the farm land, minus the buildings and some land parcels that Patten already had under buy-sell agreements. : On that basis, Patten was offered $167,000 | for about 225 acres by: the trust, “a fig-| ure,” Cook said, ‘that was inflated by | the price of the land sold here in the past : year by Patten Realty after the Parish and Bates farms were cut up.” According to Cook, “Patten agreed ver- bally to the deal, but on the day the papers were to be signed in Boston, bad weather ensued and instead of flying there, Patten and other parties concerned conferred on the telephone.” The usual red tape of such transactions caused the deal to fall through, Cook said, and Patten proceeded to go through with the several buy-sell agreements already in his hand. More legal tools are needed to deal, with such situations, Cook advised the Selectmen, asserting that resources in terms of people knowledgeable in landuse laws are essential if farm and open lands are to be protected from devel: | opment. He suggested, as he has before, that the town needs someone working full, time — or at least with regular hours — | to keep up with pending sales of large | �eee 12 units f r elderly Housing permit DIMOCK for 12 units elderly —A of was housing granted permit for the Thursday night to Worthington Senior Hous- ing Inc. by a unanimous vote of the Board of Appeals. Some 30 people gathered at the Town Office to review plans for the project and express their opinions on the matter. The one-bedroom, wood-frame apartments will be located next to the Worthington Health Center on Old North Road. The housing board, a non-profit private organization, has received a $661,100 mortgage allowance from the fed- eral Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support for the housing was given by the Board of Health, Council on Aging, Selectmen and Planning Board. The one-story buildings will be colonial in design to blend with the predominant type of housing in the area, housing board Secre- tary Judy Spiess said. The exterior will be clapboard. The access is by a circular drive. The apartments are designed for one or two occupants and two apartments ohn F. Shea . WORTHINGTON 85, of Kinne Brook will be specially designed for the handicapped. Each building will contain ing with the area.” their own homes, she added. Opposition to the project was voiced by Mr. and Mrs. John Olson of Route 143 in West Worthington. ‘‘I think it’s immoral to with private funding. Housing board Vice School 1936. His terms on Committee, last term board ended in 1964. While served at chairman, ative to Aldermen. the the ; and state a.m. and he in school commit- by his wife, the former Nellie R. Hederman; a son, James L. Shea, with whom he lived; and a daughter, Sister Michael Joanne of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in New Britain. Conn. racks the treatment estimated plant, interior the feeling type of corridors, of a leaves two architecture,” Ger- , ered, Schadler said. A washer and dryer will be community room. available manager she if possible, Mrs. from the Tylunas HUNTINGTON Funeral would do all tenant selections, she Said. Taxes paid will be based on 5 percent of the amount of rent collected annually, Mrs. Spiess said. The contractor is David Tierney Inc. of Pittsfield. N. may or to the St. Thomas St., New Britain, operator A. of the Carriage owner Barn and Gift Born July 31, 1937 in Windsor, she was the daughter of Henry and Beatrice (Mongue) Dassatti of Worthington. Before becoming the owner of the gift shop, she was employed teacher’s aide in the Gateway as a Re- Jeremiah J. Robinson — gional School District. WORTHINGTON — Jeremiah J. Robinson, 87, of West St., died yesterday at the Bay State Medical Federated Church here, and of the Huntington Historical Society. Center in Springfield illness. after a long Robinson was born in Fall River Nov. 30, 1894. He had lived in Worthington for most of his life. He was Worthington’s last veteran of World War I. Robinson jwas married to the former Evelyn Higgins. She died in 1972. For many years, Robinson was employed by the Oleksak Lumber Co. He was a member of the Worthington Rod and Gun Club, the Royal Arcanum ' Barbara M . LaRock & David M. Flynn and Antique Shop for the past 16 years. She was the wife of Wayne Fisk. be High School development 74 Kelsey Conn. » 060: 51, — Shirley Hospital in Holyoke. She had been the to the Sisters of Notre Dame ‘@mur, 26 OTE (Dassatti) Fisk, 44, of Worthington Road — a resident here for 27 years — died Wednesday in the Holyoke will be in St. Patrick’s contributions Burr | said. Day-to-day maintenance and rent collections would be handled by the firm, but the housing board af. 7 — s the management firm, with a resident cost ranges 2 in The units will be managed by a a : Shirley A. Fisk he woodstove may be installed in the community room. The ‘choice of heat has not been made and oil and electric heat are being consid- because it would use agricultural property now being farmed and is not protected from the prevailing sisters, to “bar- mal windows is planned to cut down on energy consumption. A is a sand second be said. The use of rigid and blanket insulation and double-paned ther- not explained One and not diminish site also tested was voted against President Church in Chicopee. fied tie He was a charter member of the is survived Burr from $20,000 to $30,000. funding Home in Chicopee Falls. A liturgy of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at the Holy Name de Elder Council of the Knights of Columbus in Chicopee Falls. Shea was a communicant of the St. Thomas Church in Huntington. He Mrs. treatment. chemical Olson trude Vevier of Springfield and Irene Zajchowski of Chicopee Falls; and two grandchildren. The funeral will be Saturday at 9 A Shea was an active member of the Democratic Party, serving on both city also a demorial on the committee, he various times as its vice chairman, and representthe Chicopee Board of the party’s tees. plant, sewage grandchil- ‘ynetery in Chicopee Falls. Chicopee beginning on ment Mrs. Franklin Burr said that the sibility of using private funding sources had been investigated x The burial Falls. 1925, he founded the Shea which he operated until he 1970. : 14 will after the meeting. The housing board is waiting for state approv-' al of one of two plans for on-site We’re sell- mortgage ler of West Hartford, Conn., noted that the apartments will not be connected by doorways and there aa Cathedral High School in Springfield. He first was employed at the former Fisk Rubber Co. plant in served dollars, The board decided to stay with the original site despite the poor test results because it is an ideal location, Mrs. Burr said. A second and the river,’’ Mrs. of government Fi). and During his years in Chicopee, tax and the use of subsidized rents in some of the units. She questioned why the project could not be built He « * 6hea attended St. Patrick’s Gram- Chicopee And in Milk Co., retired in of The died yes- Falls, use said. dren down Chicopee April 19, 1896, he in Chicopee and contended. She objected to the use children winter winds by stands of trees, She said. Project architect Henry Schad- years, system our thington for the past 12 years. School in past filter ing of that city’s school committee. He had made his home in Wor-- mar people from personal feelings toward this plan in particular, Mrs. Olson explained. The problem of poor percolation tests on this site was solved by plans for a supplemental treat- Worthington. It isn’t just a lowincome project,”’ Elizabeth Payne of Huntington Road said. This type of housing will be appreciated by those unable to keep up use taxpayers’ money. several tion “I feel there’s a need for this in — John F. Shea, was té son of the late John Johanna (Moran) Shea. A com- attractive type of housing in keep- terday at his home. He was a resident of Chicopee for 73 years, and a long-time member Born in four apartments. by but they concluded that such a project could not be profitable. Mrs. Burr also explained that the board is made up of volunteers and the members are not working for profit or a salary. Her objections stem from the principle of government participa- munity room will be attached to the third building. Mrs. Spiess noted that the intent of the board is to ‘create an Me (-2/ Road, unanimously supported Club, and the American Legion Post of Cumming- Mrs. | Fisk was a member of the Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by two sons, Gregg S. Fisk of Chester, Conn. and Mark D. Fisk of Enfield, N.H.; a dau ter, Stephnie L. Fisk, at home; and a ,brother, thington. Gary Dassatti of Wpr- he funeral! will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Federated Church. The burial will be in the Norwich Bridge Cemetery in Huntington. Calling hours at the F.C. Haley Funeral Home in Huntington are being held today from 2 to 4, and 7 to 9 p.m. Donations may be made to the Shirley A. Fisk Memorial Fund, in care of the Gateway Regional High School in Huntington. BARBARA LA ROCK WORTHINGTON — LeRoy L. LaRock of Clark Hill Road announces the engagement of his daughter Barbara M. to David M. Flynn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Birch Road, Edward Wakefield, Flynn of R.I. Miss LaRock is also the daughter of the late Barbara L. LaRock. Miss LaRock, a graduate of Gateway Regional High School, is em- ployed Metro as a computer Property Springfield. Flynn, a operator Management graduate of St. at in ; Mary’s High School, is employed as a sales correspondent at Reed National Corp. in Westfield. ; A Sept. 25 wedding is planned at the First Congregational Church of Worthington. te By JANET WORTHINGTON eS ret at Ee * �Worthington voters pass override QAM WHS By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — A request to override Proposition 212 budget restrictions by a sum of $77,234 won approval of the voters Saturday with a slim four-vote margin over the two-thirds majority required by law. A total of 172 votes of approval and 73 in opposition were tallied on the election ballot. A separate over- ride question asking for $8,503 in additional funding was also passed, with 190 votes for and 55 against. A simple majority vote was required for the smaller amount, which will be disregarded as the higher amount takes precedence, Selectman Julia Sharron said: Use of the fiscal 1981 )tax levy percentage of 1.88 gained the approval of voters > annual Town Meeting floor, further expanding the budget picture for the town for the next year. Following a 20-minute debate on the complex budget issues raised by the state-wide tax-cutting measure, permission to use the 1981 figure was given with only a few opposed. he combination of the override 3) \ -\ qe)f) f approval and the switch to the 1981 levy limit figure raises the amount that can be raised from taxation by the voters to $434,361. Some 70 residents gathered for the opening of the annual Town Meeting promptly at 10 a.m., and then one half hour later, voted were not Use amounts, of yet announced the 1981 by anti-recession “We're inflation, percentage ount the voters can raise and appropriate is set by the multiplyi value of je-town was of, and .fair_cash the levy rcentage. bind-by of Revenue by rty in town (cur- ea oeReseee put/i use of the 4279 1.4 because in that financial rcentage year and regional new just basically matching we’re not providing any services. We’re never going to be up to the 214 limit as far as I can instead of the 1979 figure state Department funds only year the town will have the option of adopting the later figure. as originally stipulated by state law, increases the amount that can be raised by taxation by approximately $22,400. T! Committee school aid reduced the tax burden on the town. What was a break for property owners one year has become a liability, he said. This is the to the Finance For fiscal 1979, an excess of federal adjourn the meeting until June 5. The delay was asked for by the selectmen so that a proposed budget could be written in compliance with the override amount, and state aid figures state. reduced, member Edward Harvey explained. taxes see,” Harvey said. Objections that use of the higher levy amount will raise taxes in years to come were raised by Victor Tomaselli of East Windsor Road. Raising the limit will give CAROL Carol the determined bythe amount allocated by the voters at the annual Town Meeting, not by the levy—limit, Cornelius minded those present. Sharron Bartlett, "daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartlett, left last week for Huntsville, Alabama, where she will be employed by South Eastern Airlines. Miss Bartlett graduated from Gateway Regional High School in 1982 and recently from the South Eastern training course. voters more of a choice when budget items are considered in June, Cullen Packard of Buffington Hill Road commented. The_tax_rate is moderator BARTLETT re- y ee eS ] Jane Bartlett & Stephen Fisk WORTHINGTON — Mr. and Mr: Horace F. Bartlett of Old Pos Road announce the engagement o their daughter, Jane, to Stephe1 Joan I. Hobart & Richard S. Demagall John Gordon WORTHINGTON — Joan Ivamy Hobart and Richard Steven Dema- Roger Gunn was the best man. Serving as ushers were Bradford South Church. Bellows the bride, Bruce Reynolds and Ronald Laplante. gall were married Nov. 20 in the Worthington Methodist The Rev. Carol Hartley officiated at the 1 p.m. ceremony. Sandra Epperly was the organist. The bride was escorted by Bruce Reynolds of Chester. The bride is the daughter of Joan Hartley Hobart of Skyline Trail, Middlefield and the late John Lord Hobart. The bridegroom is the son of H. Blanche Wick Demagall of Old North Road, Worthington and Richard Demagall of Notch Road, North Adams. Jennifer Downer was matron of honor for her sister. Emily Rachel Donovan, niece of the bride, was the flower girl. Hudkins, Jarrett Hobart, roses, of Gateway Regional High School, is a millwright at Stevens Saw Mill. ; The couple will live in Worthingon. . ~~ $4.1 million budget”), outlined for Gateway By PERI SOSSAMAN HUNTINGTON gross budget for — the A $4.1 million Gateway Re- gional School District was outlined Wednesday evening by Superintendent of Schools Stephen F. McKinney to the regional school committee. McKinney explained that the budget, which shows a 5.7 percent increase over last year, also includ- ed a reduction of four positions in the district. teaching The proposed budget of $4,127,491 is $234,835 more than the $3,892,656 gross budget set for fiscal 1982. and baby’s breath. A reception was held at Bucksteep Manor in Washington. The bride is a graduate of Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. The bridegroom, a graduate and Mrs of Worthingtor Miss Bartlett, brother of euphrasia Fisk, of Mr. Volunteer firefighters now available for accident calls WORTHINGTON — Members of a 1975 graduate of th Gateway Regional High School, is g e local volunteer Fire Department re available as back-up personnel employed in the ae ee department of the Cooley Dic inson for emergency calls involving accident and personal injury, departHospital. Fisk is a graduate of Gateway ment members decided this week. The Huntington Ambulance ServRegional High School and a 1979 Ice should be called first for aid in graduate of Worcester Polytechmedical emergencies, but the firenic Institut e. He sis employ by fighters are also available as ‘‘morDaniel O’Connell’ Sots ed as an 1. support, to let someone know help engineer. S coming,’ department secretary An August 7 wedding is planned inda grandmother. She carried a bouquet heather, E. son Road, Huntington. The bride wore an off-white gown and an amethyst necklace which belonged to the bridegroom’s great- .of Fisk, uv Mason said. ‘“‘We’re not a at the Worthington First Congreescue unit or an ambulance servgational Church. ; ice,”” she said, but many of the Fi firefighters are certified “first respre ponders” meaning that they have f had first aid and CPR training. STEPHEN FISK and JANE BARTLETT In Aida Cholakian & Jimmy Albert WORTHINGTON — Announce- ment is made today of the engagement of Aida Anie Cholakian of Worthington, daughter owner of Topographic Gardens. He graduated from Gateway Re- gional High cases of trauma or accident ocal department members can be reached through the Amherst Dispatch Center. The department adopted a pager notification system School in 1974 and in November. Negotiations to establish a formal procedure are currently going on between the Worthington department and ambulance officials. Representatives from the ambulance of Ms. Arattended Highline Community Coldash Cholakian of 576 West 261 lege in Seattle, Wash. St., New York, and the late Silva A May 15 wedding is planned at service have expressed an interest Cholakian, to Jimmy Albert, of the Worthington Congregational in firefighters routinely responding Huntington Road, son of Mr. and Church. to all car accidents for fire protecMrs. Bernard M. Albert of Old ; tion and to act as back-up personNorth Road. /nel, according to Ms. Mason. Miss Cholakian, an archaeologist, graduated from Halsted chool, Yonkers, New York, in 1971, and from Boston University with a bachelor of arts degree in 1976. She attended graduate school at the University of M - chusetts in Amherst. Albert, a horticulturist, is eee the �Daily Hampshire Gazette, | Suburban Northampton, 5 1 Mass., Wed., March 24, 1982 13 Bear tracks spotted in Hilltown : one was at home. Champion could tell that an unex pected guest had come to his ho: on Old Post Road Saturda y after pene, the large, clear print s lef on the driveways Patsnowb wbanks along t Prints usually not cause for alarm, or even mucarARTHUR interest, except that’ these abe tpoaturday one ar. card of a full-grown blac Nina With a little quick thinking and handy can of hobby plaster” Chai pion was able to preserve an ij Pression of the distinct pz prints. Champion’s guess that Inquisitive guest was a bear t w confirmed by the local game den, who estimated the weight at 150-200 pounds. wi beast Champion added that he had ne er seen a bear, and plans on kee ing the plaster memento as it w “probabl weight.” ee MILLER ’s Al A My Sons’’ will be performed Friday and Town Hall. The cast includes, from left, in Worthington Gramarossa, Daniel Dimock. Cary, Michael WORTHINGTON — The three-act drama ‘“‘All My Sons’ by Arthur Miller will be presented Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the' Town Hall as the first major production of the - year by the Hilltown Drama Club. Alex takes place shortly after World War Il modern dance classes be are at the Russell H., Conwell School. Classes will start on June 5, and will run for 13 weeks. There will be a fee, and parental permission is required. Ages run from 3 years old up. Papers are available showing for boty nmyone may Worthington. and costs, phone Brenda Kn or i sia Huntington classes will start on June 1 and run for 13 weeks, and will be held School, with at Gateway fees and Regional permission slips required. These are sponsored by the Huntington Recreation Commission. If you need more information phone Brenda | K Worthington. Bayliss, Sons” was Miller’s first successful play, earning the New York Drama Critics Award that year. The story sponsored by the Worthington Recreation Committee and will be held co Jim Originally produced in 1947 under the direction of Elia Kazan, ‘All My school of the Hartford Ballet. In Worthington, the classes THE CALLING CARD left by a black bear, in the form of a trail of footprints in the snow, is examined by Lester Champion. The bear came to call at Champion’s Old Post Road ho ' afternoon while Champion was away. (Photo by esacnisay Dr. ee American relationship town. It between forever. year old Justin Smith as Bert. both in Worthington and in Hun ton this summer. All classes will be taught by Brenda Knapp from the om as the two families who are old friends and how the war has changed their lives bors Frank and Lydia Lubey, and 7- Ballet will Lippert small a in explores Sherri Mason as his wife Sue, Jeff Fowler and Vicki King as the neigh- in Worthington — Janet presents ‘All My Sons’ as Joe Keller, Janet Dimock as his wife Kate, Michael Labossiere as their son Chris and Nina Gramarossa as Ann Deever. Also appearing are Steven Smith as George Deever, WORTHINGTON and Hilltown Drama Club The production is directed by Meg Breymann and stars Daniel Carey Dance classes to be offered Labossiere This major is the drama production and group's fourth its first in- volvement in serious modern drama. Past productions include the staging last fall of the Broadway version of ‘‘Dracula’’, several plays for children, melodramas and light comedy. The actors and director have spent eight or more hours in group rehearsal each week for the past nine weeks in preparation. Lighting will be by Jonathan Ginzberg of Cummington. Set design is by David Dimock. sold at the door will be available. Tickets and will be refreshments ves, N.Y. Se oan D. Mollison & Edward THINGTON D. Bancroft — Joan D. D. Bancroft ison and Edward in the First 6 May d rie were mar of ek rch Chu al Congregation Wood, t . thington. Rev. Jerome d Church, pastor of the Plainfiel . aan p.m 7:30 the at d ate offici Chesterfie : ny. Russell Bisbee of and Bradfor was the organist the soloist. Fiske of Worthington, er of eh ght dau the is de bri The on 0 lis and Mrs. Howard C. Mol thington. Windy Hill Farm in Wor son of the The bridegroom is y Mar and n sto Win late . formerly of Chesterfield id of honor a Wheeler Bancroft, was Cheryl of Worthington. Dianne E. _ Bridesmaids were ous ot st We Iderstine of Ro and Bonnie Sampson and thington. Sheldon, both of Wor best ee : was ft cro Ban Sidney ving as usher for his brother. Ser lison, John and Jerry Mol e, of Worthingbrothers of the brid aT croft, ton, and Douglas Ban terfield. of the bridegroom, of Ches of very n The bride wore a gow h a ae lly lace styled wit Chanti wore a a ; s Anne neckline. She Chantilly lace. is Ja of matching quet of "i 4 : bride carried a bou chrysanthe low roses and yel ‘fie mums. 1 d a reception was hel ter in g Cen rin Tou l Fil s picker ington. een a is ra pee fads oo Sch jonal John’s School St. te Er n: oa in West Springfielt Freae loyed at Charles i a t iel eat Piv in an “Steel Tae's mi . te dua bridegroom, a gra a SS Vocational High rs in served for nine yeaoyed Navy. He is emplon. lt Hayes Inc., of Da by e ee ©. �7 Rural clinic finds workload increasing By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Directors of the Worthington Health Associa- privileges to treat adult, pediatric week and heard from health group administrators that the demand for mental health services has increased dramaticaly. In general business at the health center on Old North Road is on the upswing, according to Executive Director Laurie Doyle. Health care appointments are up by 1514 percent over last year, she told the group of 45 people assem- also seen due to the satellite office opened in Huntington last October. Dr. Lippert is available at the office on Route 112 each Tues|/ day and Thursday. A total of 260 /S new patients and 660 appoint- ~ ments were made through the/Y and maternity patients. at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital. An increase in new patients was tion filled five board positions this new facility. Plans call for a series of outreach pe ¢ grams bled. doubled,’’ she ex- al jateway ward winners — Aida Cholaki- in and Jimmy Albert were maried May 15 in the Worthington Jongregational Church. The Rev. folly Kitchen officiated at the ‘eremony. Dayton Tynan of Dalon was the organist. The bride is the daughter of irdash K. Cholakian of 576 W. 261 ‘treet, New York City, N.Y., and he late Silva A. Cholakian. The ridegroom is the son of Mr. and frs. Barnard M. Albert of Old lorth Road, Worthington. The best man was Benny Alert, brother of the bridegroom. erving as ushers were Peter and Janiel Kievett, nephews of the ridegroom, The bride’s wiss rayon gown was of imported designed by Ju- dith Fine thampton. of the It was Gazebo in Nor- styled with a low neck, a bodice of French Chantilly lace and featured hand- made antique buttons. Family lace bordered the hemline. The bride wore an heirloom necklace and carried a wildflower nosegay. Following a garden reception held at the home of the bride- groom’s on a Island. The parents, wedding bride trip the -couple to graduated the Halsted School in 1971 and received a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology from Boston Uni- versity in 1976. She attended grad- uate school at the University of Massachusetts and is employed as er is the the the and the owner of Topog- raphic Gardens in Worthington. Dr. Wohl added. services center is_ emphasis of Ac strivi}’’ on self-s year A ser- terms. New g two Nordstrom fe: ae ear seat on the bo: . Directors Secretary Bowman was mington were al * their posts. oo The bride is the daughter of Winston and Joan Donovan of Huntington Road, Worthington. The bridegroom is the son of Michael and Gail Higgins of Williamsburg Road, Worthington. Janet Bush of Colorado was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Deborah Sadoski, cousin of the bride, of Whately, Kathy, Karen and Jennifer Higgins, sisters of the bridegroom, and Sheri Allaire of Huntington. Christy and Lensch, twin cousins of the groom, were the flower girls. Lee Carrie bride- Timothy Ryan of Springfield was the best man. Serving as ushers were Teddy Adams and Peter Cary of Springfield, Chris and Luke Higgins, brothers of the and Michael Donovan, bridegroom brother of thington, bride, the bride. Adam cousin LeBeau of the of Worwas the ring bearer. The bride’s gown, made by Karen Higgins, sister of the bridegroom, was styled with a ruffled white eyelet skirt and full lace bodice. The bride carried a single white rose. A reception was held at Hickory Hill in Worthington. % The bride, a graduate of Gateway Regional High School, is employed by Ann August of Northampton. The bridegroom attended Gateway Regional High School and is employed as an auto mechanic Cum Helen ’ = turned L. Donovan & Robert M. Higgins in Worthington. of Lucilfyjendel Suzanne Kulik of yess obstetrics was added to the services at the center, Dr. Katz reported. Both doctors have Church se Cummington and | 5 reelec™ sohn of Worthingtor rp . ed to three-year p;. ston 2 Traci gregational 3 New directors ar wWormembers Michele Derg, of thington and Robert ,nre& Plainfield were elec jane by staff physicians Dr. David Katz and Dr. Alex Lippert since WORTHINGTON — Traci Lee Donovan and Robert M. Higgins were married July 31 in First Con- S¢ adding that for the yal brochure explaininged. health facility has bet. .me schools as part of an outreach effort in preventive care, he said. Nine babies have been delivered Springfield. Beverly the organist. 6S in obstetrical ies of educational programs were sponsored by the center in local The Rev. Douglas Small performed the 4 p.m. ceremony. He was assisted by the Rev. Michael Twardzik of A. seen eg th, be ism left Nantucket from and 5 and an {er Jonathan Ginzburg of ton. Appointments ca for .acupuncture trea days each week. L Doyle told the memn care at the center. Dental care is now available three days a week and evening hours will be added by the end of the summer, staff dentist Dr. Martin Wohl reported. Two treatment rooms in the dental wind have been refitted with new equipment. A dental facilities, an archaeologist. The bridegroom graduated from Gateway Regional School and attended Highline Community College in Seattle, Wash. He is a _ horticulturalist, artist also subjfé Also new to the cents, © Cli; hygenist will be added to the staff later this year to help meet the increasing demand on the dental Nida Cholakian& Jimmy Albert NVORTHINGTON was practice counseling weight loss group. made during the same time period Growth of new mothers, additional ny Slag, were made with the two mental health staff members. One year ago only 35 appointments were dental variety eral ‘‘well baby clinics,” a }"S ing class, a support groy. plained. In April, 53 appointments Among the award recipients at last Gateway} Regional High in Huntin ni ght’s sports awards night at it gton were, from i i Macutkiewicz, winner of the Alan Kenyon Award for Pike achievement in basketball; Melissa K. Sullivan Award for academic anShPater of the Richard ard tic achievement; and Todd Coon, cited as contributing the m to athletics during his four years at the school. (Photo ne Richard ‘Carpenter) a to assess health risk factor, “ep, Bishop reported. ‘‘The clinic load almost on outlined by Ms. Doyle. Prois;. include a ‘‘five-step health ch?Use at the Cummington Fair des4s4° The most dramatic growth at the center in the past year has been in the demand for mental { health services, Counselor Holly has /B for the coming mont}ug, at Beetle Service in Northampton. The couple will reside in Amherst. to ; deaf �<_<. MESS Mon, June 7, 1982 sk, pager purchase new truc Town Me eting vote By DEBORAH HOECHSTETTER |WORTHINGTON — Town Meetiat po ent. figure with School Voters more earmarked did than District not for _ As prepared by Highway Super- intendent E. Pease, the chase a new 1982 GMC cab chas- assess- challenge James sis, with gas engine, ateway assessment of $268,845 — ‘orthington’s share of a $4.1 milon regional budget. Five of the towns must apive nm member tove the budget for it to take fect. Huntington and Middlefield was the only one received, Pease it questioned about the assess- said. Compared to bids received in recent years, Pease said it was reasonable. Of the total price, $5,000 will be raised and appropriated and $14,617 will be borrowed over three years. Voters clearly supported the volunteer fire department’s request as made by Paul Cianciola, for $1,500 for five pagers, bringing Saturday’s light turnout of only by the department. ive approved their assessments id Middlefield approved a re- iced dent amount. Stephen School C. Superin- McKinney, lesent at the Town Meeting, was | was attributed by some to the avy rain, ined that ey the ral. [he total 580 from raise the while others active ment. men- budget of $502,439, up last year, is expected current tax rate of $15 valuation account,’’ firefighters ers to $18.75, he d Byron Knickerbocker, chairin of the Board of Assessors. Toters also approved the pur- town’s electronic Chairman production, rejected a similer proposal town’s financial records, officials are confident there is that amount depart- in free cash. ‘ The longest and liveliest topic of the almost three hour meeting focused on a nuclear arms freeze resolution. Proposed by Ronald Woodland of Lindsey Hill Road, the resolution ‘‘calls upon the United States and alerting the U.S.S.R. to adopt people agreed Cook, because the legal notice of the are smart enough an within hearing the was legal not time Only a small percentage of Wor- thington is affected; Cook named three principal areas affected, Parish Road, River Road, Dingle Brook Road and Huntington Road. Another addition to the bylaws, approved by a vote of 49-1, pertains to the term ‘‘sideyard’’ as used in the town’s Protective Zoning Bylaws. The definition of “‘sideyard”’ includes all sides of a lot except the front yard. The 35yard sideyard zoning requirement is already in the bylaws and the definition makes the zoning requirement clearer for an odd shaped lot. Like the flood sei zoning pro- the in- not preliminary published limit. posal, this amendment was pass- ed by voters but disallowed by the Attorney General’s office because of hearing notice requirements. to in uild on a flood plain,”’ he said. Flood plain zoning was approved by voters at a special Town Meeting held last fall by the Planning Board. However, the adoption of the bylaw amendment immediate mutual freeze on all further testing, production and system is tied in with the Hampshire Dispatch Center at Amherst voters ney General’s office, according to tent of the resolution was clear. Flood plain zoning, which restricts certain construction within a 100-year flood zone without a permit was added to the town’s bylaws by a vote of 56-3. According to Planning Board Chairman Robert Cook, the zoning is necessary to protect the safety, lives and land of the people of Worthington. “It is not clear that two years ago. Despite the confused state of the There are 29 in the Selectman Julia Sharron pointed out, ‘“‘to help offset major expenses.”’ Vot- Finance Committee member Donald Newton Sr. opposed the purchase ‘“‘this year eel of financial consideration’ and because ‘“‘no urgent need has been demonstrated”’ for the additional pagers. the Grange did not traditional noon day ¢ thousand By a vote of 42 to 9 voters went along with the Selectmen’s_request to take $5,000 from available funds to establish a Stabilization ‘Fund. ‘‘Most towns have such an to 22 the number of pagers owned ent. re- ( Worthington from Springfield Truck Inc., for $19,617. The Springfield Truck Inc. bid the was disallowed by the State Attor- deployment of all nuclear warheads, missiles and delivery systems.”’ The motion was passed as amended by Moderator Cornelius Sharron (who turned. over the chair at that point to Grant Bowman) calling for the freeze ‘‘to be immediately followed by a mutual reduction of all nuclear weapons systems to a level where they no longer pose a threat to the world.” Though Anthony Lake of Kinnebrook Road pointed out the resolution calls on only the Untied States and the U.S.S.R. and not on other nuclear powers to freeze of emergency. telephone, claims an average sponse time of 8.82 minutes. town unanimously decided to pur- the Fire Department in case The department, working toward complete independence from the ment. half ‘‘beeps’’ members gers for the volunteer fire depart- 1g voters here Saturday aproved a total fiscal 1983 budget f $503,439, which chase of a new truck for the - highway department and five pa- Voters also decided 41 to 9 that, the future, the annual Town Meeting will be held the Monday evening following the first Saturday in May. The annual elections | of officers will continue to be held i the traditional first Saturday in ay. | ay Merton Ashley Cottrell A memorial in the Worthington Congrega- — WORTHINGTON service will be held tomorrow p.m. owe Historical Society holds annual meeting at 3 tional Church for Merton Ashley Cottrell, of Buffington Hill Road. Cottrell, 73, died Friday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after a long illness. WORTHINGTON meeting School, School from and the of Agriculture accompanied by Mrs. Ruth Smith Tower of South Hadley, who was the last teacher of this school. Mrs. Stock- (now Tower Elizabeth of trustees. Church, the and former town, famous tory. Bruce Cottrell, of Colorado Springs, Colo. He also leaves a sister, Frances Prew of Hinsdale; eight grandchil- dren; and a great-grandchild. A private committal service was held today in the North Cemetery. The Rev. Jerome Wood, the form- er pastor of the Congregational Church, will officiate at tomorrow’s memorial service. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield was in charge of the funeral arrangements. may be made to the Cottrell Memorial Fund of the Worthington Congregational Church, in care of the treasurer of the church, William Chamberlin. Moses Morse, a the influence of the English govern- Cottrell Kelly of Largo, Fla., and Cashiers, N.C.; and a son, Merton contributions Dr. Mrs. Carl Joyce wrote a paper on of In Worthington, he served as a director of the Worthington Health Association, and past president of the Worthington Golf Club. He also was a member of the Worthington Rod and Gun Club, the Congregational Church, and the Worthington Association. Library He also was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Chester Lodge, am ie Masonic and of the " ield. group in West S| Besides his mite Cottrell is survived by a daughter, Mari Joan Memorial and Lyceum Hall topic of special Town Meeting WORTHINGTON — Voters will be asked to renounce all claims to Much was said about Alexander Miller, who had much to do with the chair- board LYCEUM HALL IN WORTHINGTON town affairs, from 1768 to 1824, telling of early road work, early marriages, and naming the men who were officials in these years. in Worthington church’s that The program consisted of two papers, one by Mrs. Payne on early : gational reported the library has turned over anupstairs room for the group’s use. since then. In West Springfield, Cottrell was a member of the Mittineague Congreman Payne has all the scrapbooks in order, and on, tioneer from WorthingtnizOn Aug. 3, 1974, he married the orga of rge cha in been former Muriel Hixon. They have Saturday’s Arlo Guthrie spent their winters in Largo, Fla., summers and there are copies of papers in the library for reference use, and she Her first wife died in October of their school and Linda Gunn clerk for one year. North Road in Worthington in 1959. and the an Sweeny director for three years, ple lived in West Springfield during most of their married life. They eventually moved into the former Clarence Pease home on Old the cert, which will benefit He d. fun nce itington ambula é also is who e, hri Gut s that thai ws kno , town resident Hilltowns ‘‘have got to take { of themselves — we can ol turn to Northampton (Photo by Teresa oat afiore) © about also the secretary’s report. Election of officers was held, electing Mari- On Aug. 22, 1936, he married the former Mari Ellen Birnie. The cou- 1973. spoke pupils as she knew it in 1935. The treasurer’s report was given, was employed as a personnel director by the Eastern States Farmers Exchange in West Springfield, now é the Agway supply firm. and SENA, a retired farmer | good attendance, about 30 with one visitor, Thelma Packard, who was the University of Massachusetts). Until his retirement in 1971, he , , , annual Society Riverside school. There was a very he was the son of the late Frank A. and Laura (Waite) Cottrell. Cottrell hee ea from the former Chester igh The — Historical was held on Saturday at the Capen- Born Jan. 28, 1909, in Middlefield, bridge of the ment on the colonies in those days. Refreshments were served and a social hour enjoyed, and the directors met and elected Marian Sweeney, president. Lyceum Meeting Hall at a special Town tomorrow at 7:30 in the Town Office. The was hall on Buffington on loan to the Hill Road town for a number of years but was returned to its owners in 1977, according to Selectman Julia Sharron. That year annual Town Meeting voters decided not to invest any more money In the upkeep of the structure. The building was returned to the tax books, but an official vote to relinquish all claims by the town was not taken. The vote is requested by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chamberlin of Buf- fington Hill Road, who are buying Lyceum Hall from its current owner, Mr. Michael Sissman of WilChamberlins’ The liamsburg. lawyer has asked for the vote in order to clear the title, according to Mrs. Chamberlin. Lyceum Hall was first used as a District One School and later for a recreation center. It was also the first site used by the Worthington Health Asociation for medical visits. �Se LL caeealll _SUMMER EXCURSION takes on a grim tone when bodies start appearing in the Hilltown Drama lub production of Agatha Christie *s ‘‘Ten Little Indians.’’ Caught up in an argument is (from ft): Anthony Marston (Paul Baines), William Blore (Gary Chamberlin), Vera Clayborne (Laurie oyle) and Philip Lombard (Marty Wohl). Thriller to open tomorrow night WORTHINGTON — Halloween ay be over , but Hilltown -resiants should ‘tra chills. prepare for some The curtain will go up tomorrow ght and again Saturday night on e Hilltown Drama Club producm of ‘Ten Little Indians” by tatha Christie. The 1930’s mystery thriller be1s at 8 p.m. each night at the wthington Town Hall on Route ‘he play is produced and directby David Dimock of Thayer ‘Road. Stage manager is Faith rd of Blandford. Lighting de\ is by Jonathan Ginzberg of Cummington and Lynda Gunn of Chesterfield. Set design is by Dimock and Vito Gramarrossa of Huntington Road. Sound technician is Gary Chamberlin of Buffington Hill Road. The cast includes residents of Blandford, Westhampton and Nor- thampton as well as Worthington. The cast is, in order of appearance: Jerome Wood as Lisarose Laurie as Mrs. Dimock as Narracott, Rogers, Rogers, Laurie Doyle as Vera Claythorne, Marty Wohl as Phillip Lombard, Paul Baines as Chamberlin Richard Mackensie, Anthony Marston, as William Blore, Mansfield Glenda as General Donovan as TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1982 | A Emily Brent, Meg Breymann as — Lady Margaret Wargrave and Michael Labossiere as Dr. Armstrong. The plot involves 10 very differ- , ent individuals invited for a holi- | day on Indian Island, a remote place off the coast of England. In | a typical Christie setting, a few | shadows from the past have come along for the trip and the guests get a little more than they bargained for when the bodies start turning up unexpectedly. This is the Hilltown ’ Drama Club’s fifth major production. Ad- © | mission is at the door and refreshments will be available. Secretary of State designate George P. Shultz was at Worthington Golf Club during the holiday weekend working on his golf game. Shultz, who maintains a home in Cummington, is a member of the club. In top photo, Shultz leans on his clubs, which he carted around himself. Below, the potential Cabinet officer watches a putt roll toward the cup. (Photos by Stephen Mease) �rn East meets West in Seitan By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — A vegetarian food with origins in the Far East and New Englanders with roots firmly planted in Yankee soil may seem an unlikely combination, but for Winston and mix works well. Joan Donovan the starch and some bran — in the flour is washed away. One four ounce serving of seitan, approximately one-quarter cup, provides 15 Sear of protein, one gram each of some total fat and carbohydrate, and vitamins and minerals, for a of 70 calories. In contrast, a flour less contains than 4 one and sometimes as much as : Although new in this country, seitan has an ancient history. The word is Japanese, but the product originated in China as a ‘‘travel food”’ meant to keep for long periods. In Japan it is made in very small pieces and flavored with a great deal of tamari soy sauce. The Donovans have modified the seasonpi and shape to fit the American et . Seitan is a near-cousin to the more familiar ‘“‘wheat meat’’ often sold in vegetarian restaurants shaped as burgers and other cuts of meat. The ‘‘wheat meat’ is also sold canned or frozen and often contains other ingredients not found in the Donovan’s seitan such as white flour, vegetable oil and chemicals to prevent spoilage. ‘‘ It’s an entirely different product,’’ the Donovans said. firm and protein, their son, Michael, age 15. ture is spongy, somewhat like bread most of the carbohydrate content — of All of the work is being done by the Donovans with the assistance of tein sources; it tastes the most like meat. “It satisfies the craving for meat,” Donovan remarked. Its tex- the whole a week, ~~ Seitan is popular with vegetarians because of all vegetable-base_pro- enough to hold its shape in cooking. In the conversion process most of of Donovan likens to ‘‘the muscle out of the wheat,”’ is sliced and packed in tubs decorated with the Upcountry logo — a stalk of wheat. The whole process takes ‘‘a good eight hours’”’ for each batch, Mrs. Donovan estimates. They are putting out an average of 400 pounds grains, beans and native foods in the diet and the exclusion of red meats and dairy products. They first got involved with macrobiotics several years ago when Donovan was ill with heart and kidney probelems. In addition to traditional Western medical treatment, the couple also adhered to a macrobiotic diet, which they credit as the main reason for Donovan’s recovery. yet wheat Department “as fully complete a protein as in eating meat,” said Mrs. Donovan. The firm-textured seitan, which crobiotics stresses the use of whole tender, U.S. gram of fat and about 20 grams of carbohydrate for a total of 100 calories. Five pounds of flour will result in 4.2 pounds of seitan. Those interested in a balanced protein intake should eat seitan with a food high in the amino acid lysine, such as beans. The result will be seitan business through their interest in macrobiotic philosophy. Ma- more of grams roadside. Donovan, a carpenter by trade, and his wife, who served as town clerk for 17 years, came to be in the but to Agriculture figures, one-quarter cup Under the name ‘“Upcountry”’ they are busy producing seitan, a high gluten product introduced to this country from Japan, made from organic whole wheat flour and simmered in a tamari soy sauce broth. In their shingled colonialstyle home on Huntington Road is housed the only commercial seitan production spot in the Northeast. The only indication of their business venture is the wooden sign by the dough according ° WINSTON DONOVAN puts the finishing touches on a batch of Seitan in his Worthington home where he and his wife, Joan manufacture the wheat-based vegetarian specialty food. (Photo by Gordon Daniels) �Who needs — Not Cooks (Continued from page 1) gravity system,’’ she said. The house is heated with wood, and propane gas runs the refrigerator and the stove and a small generator that powers a few 12-volt appliances, including a record play- electricity? By MAUREEN electricity? FITZGERALD WORTHINGTON Robert Cook came — Karin and here a dozen years ago, looking for ‘‘some land in the camp country’’ in the where summer. they er. Her husband rigged up an outside could Vacationing with the kids had become expensive. They found a “‘very good buy” on a beautiful 100-acre plot on Bashen Hill Road here. And a crude 19th century house without ter or electricity was Mrs. Cook said. running ‘it got there for a couple of years, harder and harder to go back to the city’? of New Haven, she said. So, in 1974, the family packed up and moved into the middle of the woods on a nearly deserted dirt road in the northwest part of Worthington. The family still lives here without electricity in that old wooden house. And Mrs. Cook said they draw up to half of their income from the land by selling maple sugar products and operating a small Christmas tree business. “We believe in, and enjoy doing, things for ourselves,’ said Mrs. Cook as she took a break from her gardening to chat last week. ‘‘But I would be naive to think we could be totally independent. We would have to live in poverty,” said the tall, sun-tanned woman, who doesn’t look her 47 years. Her 48-year-old husband works about half of the year doing high shower, where the water the junkyard,” said Robert Cook, who arrived home from a construction site in Holyoke in the late afternoon. He demonstrated how the Cooks put the wood beneath the old gas heat- wa- After spending weekends and va- cations hot-water is heated with sticks of wood. , ‘Everything here is from “thrown in,” This is another in a series of accounts by a Gazette reporter as she bicycled through Hampshire and southern Franklin counties. Who needs ROBERT AND KARIN COOK, who moved to Worthington eight years ago, earn about half of their income from their maple sugar and Christmas tree businesses on their 100 acres of land here. (Photo by Maureen Fitzgerald steel steel construction, frames New England. As for Mrs. putting of buildings the time of year. Cook, up the all over it depends on “Now is gardening, about August it is canning time.” In the fall, Mrs. Cook makes Christmas wreaths which are sold at a restaurant in Northampton. ‘And then there is a few months in there for us to get the bookwork ready for the taxes on this place. That is a chore,”’ she said. “Then we get ready for syruping which is full-time” in February and March, and sometimes through April, she said. She said they process between 300 and 400 gallons of pure maple syrup from the 1,400 taps on their trees. “‘Then it takes some time to clean “We are very isolated and we really like that. out here, And I’ve come to learn a lot about nature.” She said she had to learn scratch’’ when they moved thington because she had cities and suburbs all of her “It was like going back ry’ when they first moved said, describing the kerosene lamps and ‘from to Worlived’ in life. a centuin, she outhouse, the the effort in- volved in lugging buckets of water from the nearby spring. “Everything was so much work, and so slow,”’ she said. “Now it seems quite civi-, lized... maybe not to you,”’ she added with a smile. “I’ve been here so long I forget what it’s like out in the real world.”’ They dug and laid pipes to the nearby spring provide running comfortably without up. And then it’s time to cut wood and then it’s back to gardening water, “There is always something to do, I never have enough time to do everything,’’ she said. ‘‘It is a lot of could not envision being without. The spring is higher than the house, so the water just runs down again. work, but rewards. there are also a lot of and to surprisingly they manage to er, which heats the water, and then the steam forces the hot water into the pipes and down through the shower. “I can’t stand inside showers after this,” he said of the wooden cabinet situated among the trees. Inside is a mirror and soap and shampoo and shaving utensils. Ironically, their 23-year-old son Chris, who recently graduated from college, works and lives in Manhattan, and ‘‘just loves it there,” she said. He has to come back to Worthington to visit, because his mother refuses to go into the city. “T couldn’t go there,”’ she said. “I have a hard enough Pittsfield.” time going to Their other son, Benjamin, will go Cornell University in the fall. ‘t of his tuition and spending "3% live the electric power most Americans to the house. ‘It just runs on a (Continued on page 13 ie ‘Se & ROBERT COOK shows off the outdoor woodburning hot-water shower, which he assembled from things he found in a junkyard. (Photo by Maureen Fitzgerald) he delivers on the back “We thought about it....We saw we could actually live here...and we just decided that it made much “‘He takes good care of the chick- always liked the idea of doing things for ourselves. money comes from the earns from the eggs around the community of his motorcycle. profits ens,” his mother said. ‘‘And glad to have the extra money.” It wasn’t family country, to a hard make:to Mrs. Cook decision move said, he he’s for the to taking the a visitor on a tour of the gardens, the maple sugar house and the pond with a picnic table situated in the shade of a white pine tree. more “But, sense to stay here....We’ve we have learned that there are some things that machines can do better — no matter what you believe in. It is just stupid to kill yourself. “T’ve never regretted it for a minute,’”’ she said. “‘I just wish I had more time to do everything there is to do here.” �op Walter Henry Tower, 86, maple sugar producer WORTHINGTON —A graveside where he was Arthur Capen. Cemetery for Walter Henry Tower of Williamsburg Road. He had lived almost his entire life in the white acres of he was land his born in, on father 50 owned nearly a century ago. Tower, 86, died yesterday at the Hampshire County Hospital in Leeds, where he had lived for the past eight years. “The Tower place,” as it was known to many long before street addresses became commonplace in this Hilltown community, was For 50 years, Tower his wife, the site of a large maple sugar orchard. the former Eurma and Eddy, a In 1957, photographs of Tower’s Curtis Publishing Co.’s “Faces of America.” Tower kept a close changes in his hometown. the closing of industries, such volume eye on He saw some old village as the local crea- mery and cheese factory, and regretted it. “It’s the little man who gets knocked down by progress,’’ he remarked in a 1972 interview. He watched the newcomers arrive here On June He wondered if some unusual summer weather 10 years ago was brought on by “all that doggone nuclear testing.” And he had reservations about “all that doggone horsing around on the moon. Man shouldn’t tamper with Nature.”’ Tower was born in Worthington Dec. 23, 1896, the son of the late Henry and Cynthia Tower. He at- 27 years, died 12, 1918, Tower is a tradition . ° in married and housepainter, and Historical the By Nancy Brenner of Worthington Society, together on Thursday mornings to have coffee and en- Rod and Gun Club, and a volunteer member of the Worthington Fire Department. Besides his wife, Tower ever vived by a daughter, Dorothy Beebe women of Worthington; two granddaughters; and two great-grandsons. The Rev. Worth Noyes, pastor of : made to the Huntington Ambulanc e Fund. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield was in charge of the arrangements. eee ce Sa M pe i E: Ce ec A held attend ‘ ‘ ~ oe —— in the Besides donations to the Health Center and other and there is no requirement to host at the Town ate coffeecakes community grups, the Coffee Hour makes a point of sending cards and/or flowers to group members who may be ill, and gifts to new mothers. Occasionally, a baby shower is held. Once each year, the group gathers in an area restaurant for a luncheon, which often ~draws former members who may be living in other ‘owns; and an annual pot-luck meal is held at the - Schrade’s. Each week, a door prize is given, and the winner brings in next week’s gift. The Thursday morning get-togethers are open to all Coffee Hour or attend on a regular basis. almost two decades Worthington, ‘‘coffees,’’ ago. usually which are Now about a 25 generally sy Hall, 10 at the Worthington Golf a and chatted. Of the 25 women there, about seven were under age 35. There were two children in attendance, as well. When a mother of -young children hosts the group, the tendency is for more young mothers and their children to attend. One woman at the coffee explained that the hour’ limit on the gathering makes it easy for people to attend without feeling they have to make a large commitment. The group is a good way to meet people and particularly beneficial to new residents in town. It is alsoa place where different generations can come together to share a common experience. Each week, 35 cents is collected from the women in attendence, and added to the group’s treasury: “Thirty-five cents really adds up,’’ said Mrs. Powell. “Inflation hasn’t caught up with us yet.’’ In 1981, the group’s treasury held about $8000, which was spent on equipment for the Worthington Health Center and on donations Hostess Evelyn Powell, standing, serves guests at her Witt Hill home during last weeks coffee hour. (Photo by Nancy Brenner) time Club and one at the Drummer’s Club. All but one of the original members of the Coffee Hour Group are living today, but only a few still live in Worthington. According to Evelyn Powell, who has been chairperson of the group since 1971, ‘‘Our coffee hour is offered to bring people together: young and old; and newcomers and long-time residents of Worthington. Other towns have welcome wagons, but I think this is an unusual tradition.”’ Mrs. Powell hosted last week’s Coffee Hour in her Witt Hill home, where 25 guests sat in front of fireplaces and: woodstoves while they sipped coffee, the United Way, the Girl Scouts, the South Wor; thington Church and other groups in town. Two fund-raising events occur on a yearly basis to supplement the weekly donations. A Silent Auction and Stanley Home Products sale usually add between , $100 and $200 to the treasury. in town, tradition hosted in individual’s homes. In 1980, for example, the group met on 50 Thursdays and there were 42 hostesses during the year. Six of the meetings were Fund, the Worthington Volunteer Fire Department, women since that strong is sur- the Chesterfield Congregational Church, officiated at today’s service. Memorial contributions may be WORTHINGTON—Nineteen years ago, in the fall 1963, eight Worthington women decided to get joy each others’ company. Organized by Eurma Tower, still an active member, the group also decided to act as an auxillary to the Worthington Health Center by raising and donating small amounts of money and by helping out wherever they could. The Worthington Coffee Hour Group has been meeting weekly, on Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m., the town’s first civil defense leader. He also was a member of the in the Hilltowns. “I could walk into the genral store today and not know a single soul,” he once said. Nor did developments outside of Worthington escape his attention. for paperhanger together in the sugar house making hemlock-timbered sugar house, smoke curling out of a tiny chimney on the peaked roof, appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. The pictures were later reproduced in the Coffee hour } ~ a pupil of the late Capen, who taught the former Eurma Eddy in South Hadley. The couple celebrated their 64th anniversary this year. Mrs. Tower is the granddaughter of Civil War hero Samuel Eddy, who was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor in ceremonies held in Chesterfield in September. In addition to his farming work, Tower also was a self-employed worked maple syrup and maple sugar which was shipped to every state in this country and abroad. 7 country journal tended the former Riverside School, Service was held today at the North farmhouse | to other community groups. In 1980, the Coffee Hour Group received. the Worthington Grange’s Award for Public Service and Citizen of the Year Award for their ‘‘personal commitment and involvement as a servant of the people.’’ Monetary donations during the past years have been given to the Parish Word, the Huntington Ambulance �du js Wor (8 19t Va TT + re ow Paperwork pays off in housing ™ . 3 -~ By JANET WORTHINGTON Burr flirted with DIMOCK : — Mrs. Franklin a case of muscle DP hs cramp Friday as she initialed 250 pages of plans and specifications and signed her name to 50 documents. It was exercise more than a monumental in penmanship. As the president of the board of directors of Worthington Senior Housing Inc., it was her job last week to sign the papers which accepted $617,900 in mortgage money from the federal government for the town’s 12 apartments for the elderly. The paper-signing in Boston Friday came at the end of more than a year’s worth of volunteer work by The site was cleared last month for the housing on Old North Road, backed by a cqmmunity effort to provide local apartments to senior citizens with low and moderate incomes. vate, non-profit corporation formed an 1i-member board of next to the Worthington Health Center. And construction is well on its way. It is expected to be finished in March. Overseeing the project is Worthington Senior Housing directors, by Worthington of last year. Inc., a pri- residents in March say me (Continued on page 16) * a ‘ es4 yt ete oe _— 64 eo ARCHITECTS’ ‘ ae =~: drawing of Sha Mas . re iN 3 : . housing for the elderly project in Worthington. — Worthington looks out for its older folks (Continued from page 1) Nine Worthington residents, a former resident and the town’s minister serve as directors. volunteers. Began in March 1981. All are The housing project began with a quiet meeting on a spring morning last year, Mrs. Burr explained. She and three other women — Judy Spiess, Rev. Molly Kitchen and Es- ther Sena — sat down to talk about how to provide housing in Worthing- ton for seniors with moderate incomes. In early 1981, three Hampshire County towns — Cummington, Huntington and Easthampton were selected for new housing for the elderly projects, under the auspices of the Hampshire County Housing Authority. Regional Undaunted by Worthington’s failure to be named as one of the sites, and their own lack of expertise in seeking government grant applications or in managing housing projects — the women’s gained momentum. plans Within six weeks, more board members were recruited and $5,000 in cash was raised. By mid-May, Worthington Senior Housing Inc. was born. i The Worthington group gained the aid of the New England Non-Profit Housing Development Corp. in Concord, N.H., Samaritan and _ WORTHINGTON’S first housing for the elderly project got another look this week from Worthington Senior Housing Inc. board members, from left, Robert Cook, Judy Spiess and David J. Tierney Jr. of Pittsfield. (Photo by Janet Dimock) contractor tants. The Massachusetts Inc. ‘to assist incorporation paperwork of with the process, government Worthington project was and to provide The project is being built the first for Massachusetts Samari- The 12 apartments and communi , month er. tectural and consulting fees. The apartments will be managed an was came from Chapter 202 of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). And the approval of a Section 8 federal subsidy arrange- ment will allow rent subsidies any low-income residents. for | Rents for the apartments have not | been released yet, Mrs. but will be comparable Burr said, to rents at housing for the elderly projects Cummington and Huntington. in | It is expected that most tenants | will be eligible for a subsidy that | sets their rent at 30 percent of their monthly income. Private financing for the housing project was investigated, but found to be unworkable, Mrs. Burr said. Mountains of paper |, dn Suloy) can the Applications will be accepted latAn applicant’s financial eligibility pendent living,” Mrs. Spiess said. After the buildings are completed, the board members plans to develop of not by the local hous- received Friday are Spiess said. The applicants should be ‘‘capable of living in a community and inde- $36,000 septic system and the archi- Connecticut, apartments will be determined by employees of the Connecticut management firm, giving the applicants “‘a degree of anonymity’? in Worthington, Mrs. ney Jr. Inc. at a cost of $484,000. The rest of the money will pay for a ing board, Mrs. Burr said. The mortgage money which the project will be available soon. by by Elderly Housing Management before ready to be occupied. Questions about applications be answered by the directors. And brochures explaining Pittsfield contractor David J. Tier- consul-, puny eq in yoru ‘enberd siyy tan, which is modeled after a nonga housing agency in Connecti. ty room will be divided among three buildings arranged along a circular driveway. Six acres of land for the project were donated by Kenneth W. Paul of Old North Road. There will be 11 one-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom. Two special units = handicapped persons are includ- | area for gardens and nature trails site. in the wooded lot behind the Broader knowledge gained Knowledge of a broader kind also has been gained from the project. Both Mrs. Spiess and Mrs. Kitchen have participated in a number of workshops on housing management, enabling them to deal more efficiently with the local project. And both also have applied for certifica- tion in housing management taking a national test. by Neither has any immediate plans to become a housing manager, but both agreed they gained a lot from the experience. The training classes exposed them to different types of housing plans and different people - throughout the United States. �—_— ae ~ ph. (9% o Worthington couples on i Worthington — Rolande debris there in the meantime e Constance from Howard Dorrington may Mollison of Scott | Randolph, ' tan, and Yale. at the pO | r Fire Department - node as a fireve School Randolph in Manhat- is a junior at PSD G.W. Humphrey of Old Post Road has been called to Mineola, F ioe tana: by the serious, Hines | ores ieee Rob- | ! in Bernoski ‘of Blandford Hower was elected “Miss Massachusetts” in 1978 and represented the state in the Miss America pageant in Atlan- tic City that year. She is the wife of James DiBenede tto. Veterans’ here and will be working fighter at the VA hospital Juiliiard BE e Mrs. Hospital | in Leeds. He is assistant fire chief | of the Voluntee “Children’s Rights.” "Glenda Donovan,» the, talk show’s producer and host, used a Job Allen Stetheir abyoungest take over their son, wilf teach his mother’s classes. at The his parents, i Raymond and Helen Maeargatal is Spruces,”’ eas erald Bartlett of South orthingt on yhas Deresigned from the local Highwa local Highway Departm ent to ac- ( , Rorianne graduated ' from Chapin p palitnore, Md., are spending a few a in Worthington with was, | School last June and is a freshman — Dr. and Mrs. Wells W. Magargal and daughter, Wrisley Anne, of day’s.-program. their son-in- Schrade teaches piano at venson School there. In sence next month, their daughter, Rorianne, will her father’s classes and Mrs. Dorrington will serve until the annual library association meet-ing and election in the fall. the and Music in New York City and Mrs. Sierra during her years on the job, Elizabeth Payne said follow- for Schrade elyn James, will leave for New Zealand early in March for a monthlong concert tour. David and Robelyn were received enthusiastically there a year ago and have been invited back this time with the Schrades. All are concert pianists who spend their summers here and present a summer concert series at their South Worth-_ ington Sevenars concert hall. Schrade teaches piano at Chapin School and at Manhattan School of trustee ing the meeting. he topic tour 2 law and daughter, David and Rob- Road was named president by the trustees of the Frederick Sargent Huntington Library in a special meeting Thursday night. The resignation of president and board member Damaris FernandezSierra was accepted with regret. The trustees expressed appreciation for the = hours of volunteer work dona by Mrs. Fernandez- Glenda Donovan (Photo by Teresa Bellafiore) concert of New Zealand [as(ee WORTHINGTON — Rdpetf ana ¢ The Dingle Road disposal area will be closed for the rest of the winter, by order of the Selectmen, and the open hours previously set ‘up with Kevin Porter in charge have been suspended. Anyone wishing to dispose of brush or building get the key or Porter. @aT” — | Highway departme nt seeks $1 22,455 WORTHINGTON — A highway department operating budget request of $122,455 plus a request for a new pickup truck were received last week by the selectmen and the finance committee. A salary increase of ‘‘just over 7 percent,”’ $5,000 in secondary road improvements and a suggestion to replace one wall of the town garage were items submitted by Highway Superintendent James Pease. All budget’ requests for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1, are being reviewed by the selectmen and the finance committee and will be voted on at the annual Town Meeting in May. The highway budget includes $53,- 280 crew for salaries and costs for the three-man for part-time help for snow plowing, $18,500 for winter highways, $24,000 for general highways, $3,600 for garage maintenance, and $18,000 for machinery maintenance. Pease added that the east wall of the garage near the road salt stor- age area is ‘slowly deteriorating” x and should be replaced. Finance er NewCommittee Chairman Donald ton Sr. will meet with Pease at the garage to discuss the work before \%} the next meeting. “rough. his by Pease added that estimate,’’ a new diesel pickup truck would cost the town $16,000 and a gasoline-powered vehicle, $15,000. A sum of about $5,000 would be allowed on trade-in of the vehicle now in use, he said. ; Police Chief Grant Knapp submitted a request for $2,800 in police department expenses, including wages for the four-person part-time force and all office costs. Knapp added that the two boards shoukt consider future planning for the purchase of a police department vehicle. He explained that he has always been opposed to the purchase of a town police vehicle due to the expense involved. Knapp said that he sees no immediate need for such a purchase but explained that police officers are ‘putting a lot of miles on vehicles” while on duty. 2 POLAR BEARS Naturalist Club were in the subject Worthington. of a Shown recent meeting looking over of the some literature on the bears are, from left, Ron and Sue Woodland of Lindsay Hill Road and lecturer Joan Mendelsohn. (Photo by Janet Dimock) Arctic adventure recounted / for natural history group �JAQUELINE BRIDGEMAN 6 6 [sss a cozy feeling, country nook, and a that’s how I came up with the name Country Cricket,’ Jaqueline Bridgeman, with a fluff of brown hair and a beige corduroy skirt, explained. ‘‘Now my husband calls me the ‘‘Crazy Cricket.’ Working seven days a week, 10-12 hours a day does take a kind of crazed devotion but Mrs. Bridgeman, owner, buyer, Dh ntanc hy Rardan the Naninle saleslady, 2 Candesn ‘display artist, bookkeeper and cashier of this Worthington antique and gift shop, says she’s having fun. “It’s something I’ve always want- ed to do and I never find it a chore. The long hours are there but that doesn’t make any difference.”’ Mrs. Bridgeman’s original intention was to sell antiques only, an interest she developed from her mother, but she says that her unique combination of carefully selected giftware and top quality an- Naunott gives the gift store an atmosphere of country class. The new gift items are selected with the same attention to quality and simple elegance that distinguishes the antiques. Also featured are handmade crafts such as the dried floral decorations, toleware and painted brick doorstops. . The shop is a browser’s dream. Each nook is filled but not cluttered from the ceiling to the floor in a way that invites the customer to poke and pick up and purchase. Mrs. Bridgeman and her husband, a Westfield College professor, and their two daughters moved to Worthington five years ago. She opened the shop nearly two years ago. The shop is growing at a steady pace and she is already thinking of expanding. ; “But I don’t ever want to get too big where I can’t enjoy it,’ she insists. es Her enthusiasm and optimism make it nearly impossible for Mrs. Bridgeman even to think about the problems that face a new Hilltown business. Replacement tanker truck arrives tonight By JANET ed WORTHINGTON tanker truck DIMOCK — A long-await- for the volunteer fire department is due to arrive here tonight, Fire Chief Gary Gran- ger reported last night to the Board of Selectmen. The 1,000 gallon capacity fuel truck is a used vehicle received free from the federal Environmental Protection some used Agency. It will need modification before it can be for water storage, Granger said. The truck is in Amherst and will be picked up today by firefighter Michael Lucey. Department members applied for a used federal vehicle suitable for use as a tanker last summer. The second tanker is needed to supple- ment the sapey. of water available at a fire and for use in mutual aid situations. Local firefighting efforts be put to a special: town meeting vote on March 1, the selectmen decided. only tank truck broke down before reaching the scene. Granger also submitted a $4,130 the board so that the office holders can be directly accountable to the in November Elizabeth Nelson property on Old North Road when the department’s budget request for the next fiscal year which begins July 1. The request includes the purchase price of two voice-tone pagers for use by department members. A total of 23 pagers are now in use. Emergency calls are relayed to department members with pagers by the emergency dispatch center in Amherst. The budget also covers the cost of firehouse heat and maintenance and vehicle upkeep. The question of filling the town treasurer and tax collector posts by appointment instead of election will The measure is recommended by selectmen. That way job performance can be more closely watched, the board agreed. Removing the position from the election ballot may encourage those who are interested in serving the town, but not in the pressures of politics to seek office, finance committee member Fred Emerson pointed out. Finance committee members support the change of the treasurer’s post but question changing want to live in the city so I don’t see it as a problem.” She estimates that about half of her customers are local residents with the other half tourists. Located on Route 112 in the center of town, The Country Cricket is approximately 25 miles from Westfield, Northampton and Pittsfield. As the seasons change the scenery, Mrs. Bridgeman also adapts the interior of her shop. In the fall months the emphasis is on giftware, while in the summer the antiques are more prominently displayed. The Country Cricket also features individualized such as customer a bridal register, services custom- order dried flower bridal bouquets and custom lampshades. This past December Mrs. Bridgeman sent out gay red and white flyers inviting customers who have signed her guest book to three special events in their honor including a Ladies’ Night, Men’s Night and a Cinnamon Bear Punch for the children, who are also welcomed customers in the shop. “I know where I’m at. I’m in the country, and I think that people here are interested in things that are different, unique and special.”’ in Worthington at the were hampered “T know if I were in the city I’d make a lot more money, but I don’t both at once. Gradual change may be more acceptable to the voters, committee member Donald Newton Sr. said. The selectmen decided to put both questions before the voters to gather opinion on the matter. If the change is approved a petition resues home rule must be ap- proved by the state legislature. Voters will also have the chance to dissolve the long-standing Some may $17,000 be account. town loan inactive tied returned up to the the fund, account. a account general ~ tiques have made her shop work. “They balance each other; right now the shop is about 50/50 of each,”’ she noted. Mrs. Bridgeman’s talent at selecting and displaying her merchandise �‘Damag set at $500,00 e’ 0 in blaze *. By JANET DIMOCK pered by massive amounts of foam insulation on the walls and ceiling which broke loose and drifted on the wind. No injuries were reported as a-result of the fire and employees WORTHINGTON — A potato warehouse, ravaged by fire early Sunday morning, was declared a complete loss by insurance inspectors yesterday. Damage estimates for the 90- by . 350-foot steel structure and the 180 tons of potatoes, grading equipment and two forklifts stored there were set at about $500,000. Ronald Keivitt, office manager of the Albert Farms warehouse and ‘ operations on Route 112, said today that nothing can be salvaged from sufficient to replace the building. The Plans for rebuilding the warehouse are still up in the air. “We'll to go back to the drawing harvest. board. This is probably going to be coverage would in the build- for local potato “We still have three (oth- pointed Keivitt er) warehouses,” out. Those warehouses are located in Worthington, Cummington and a month-long deal,’ Keivitt said today: He said yesterday that the insurance stored destined chip manufacturers, Keivitt said, and their loss would not have an effect on this year’s potato market. However, the effect of losing the storage space next fall during the had not been at work since Friday. have potatoes ing were not be Plainfield. 5 the debris. The cause of a warehouse fire remained unknown this morning. A State fire marshals inspect warehouse a! 45 spokesman from the state fire mar- shal’s office in Northampton said their office has not been contacted 4 by the Worthington fire department a to begin an investigation. Worthington Fire Chief Gary Granger had indicated earlier he said he blaze which was does spotted at about 4 a.m. Sunday by a Cummington dairy farmer. Firefighters worked for two hours before Farm — The warehouse on fire cause Huntington at Foul play has never been a con- of Al- sideration as the cause of the fire, local fire Chief Gary Granger em- Road phasized. He explained the fire mar- should be determined soon, according to a state fire marshal’s office spokesman. State trooper Jay Bowman of the Northampton Barracks said he will visit the site again today and ‘‘hopefully put all the puzzle pieces together.”” Fire marshals inspected the gutted warehouse at mid-day yesterday, but their findings were inconclusive. Firefighters from several Hilltowns responded to the early morning weekend bert’s planned to call on the state fire marshal to look into the cause of the fire. Granger has suspect foul play. WORTHINGTON finally bringing the fire un- shal’s office is routinely called when the cause of a fire is unknown. There was a slight delay before investigators came to the site, Granger explained yesterday, because he understood that they had been notified through regular police channels. Investigators came to Worthing- ton soon after he called them yes- terday morning. The Sunday morning fire caused ; an estimated $500,000 worth of dam-- age to the 90-by-350-foot metal warehouse and its contents. Some 180 tons of potatoes — a relatively small amount compared to the total harvest — destined for local potato chip makers were destroyed. Plans this Farm itt. to rebuild are uncertain point, according office manager to at Albert’s Ronald Keiv- der control. Their efforts were ham- In Worthin gton Two elected positions changed, stabilization fund created By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — The posts of tax collector and treasurer last night were removed from the up-coming election ballot by voters at a special Town Meeting. ». The positions now will be filled by “appointment by the board of selectmen. Although the action was the “subject of a 20 minute discussion, «there was little opposition among the 23 voters present. - Voters also established a stabili- men “‘who can always be replaced,” Emerson pointed out. The action was requested by the ._ board of selectmen. An amendment proposed by Rob- ert Lucey of Ring Road to require that the tax collector and treasurer be Worthington residents was nar- rowly defeated. Lucey suggested that the two posts not be filled by the same person, an idea supported previously kept in the Worthington own Loan fund. The special loan ‘account, once used by the selectmen by the selectmen. - Lucey also expressed the lone dissenting vote against dissolving the town loan fund. ‘We're picking a dead man’s. pocket,’ he said. Funds set aside in the past that did used in about 30 years. should not be appropriated for other zation fund using $17,000 to aid local residents, in money has not been | Removal of the tax collector and treasurer position from the election ballot was ‘‘the best of two evils,” Finance Committee member Fred ‘Emerson said. There will be a loss in choice for the voters but in‘creased. accountability by the job -holders. Indirect control of the ap‘pointed officers can be expressed by the voters by the election of select- not come from recent tax dollars purposes, he said. “This fund is just sitting there doing nothing,’’ reported selectman Dorothy Mason. Mrs. Mason was applauded by the group for her research through old town records. The fund funds and originated 1700 and early in 1800’s from continental the late church money. Church and town funds were divided Delinquent taxpayers face legal action WORTHINGTON in the 1860’s and the loan fund was taken over by town officials, she reported. The last loans were made in the 1950’s and one $130 debt is still on the books, according Julia Sharron. Town officials have — Legal action against delinquent taxpayers will be taken next month, Tax Collector to selectman Beverly J. Bowman announced this week. An effort will be made to collect over $80,000 due taxes, some due since 1974. in back The funds are due on real estate, motor vehicle excise, personal property and farm excise bills due through June 1982. state department of revenue recom- All unpaid real estate taxes due through that date will be subject to tax-taking by procedures outlined by state law. added to the general fund, however, issued been investi- gating ways to dissolve the fund for about five years. Officials of the mended that the Loan Fund. be Cullen Packard of Buffington Hill Road, proposed that the fund be put hg a gp toons fund. ‘It could spent for specific purposes not Besereed willy-nilly tax part of the general fund),’’ Packard said. The ameudment passed with little opposition. Voters also approved a transfer of $4,000 to the interest on loans ac- count from the overlay surplus account, a transfer accountant’s salary overlay surplus tion of $4,000 of $966 account to the from and the appropriato the machinery maintenance account. Packard said. Payments due on estimated in November included in this action. 1982 are bills not Legal notice will be published in area newspapers with descriptions of properties to be taken starting in April, Mrs. Bowman said. Overdue personal property motor vehicle and farm excise taxes will be given to the deputy tax collector for collection. ra office hours for the tax collector will be held tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be no tax collector’s hours on Wednes- day. Regular office hours will re- sume March 23. Persons who: received state auditing notices during the past year are especially urged to contact Mrs. Bowman. �20 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Thurs., May 26,1983 Business | Computer service hopes to serve towns By JANET ' WORTHINGTON DIMOCK — Two women are pooling their talents and experience with small town government, accounting and computers in a new Hilltown building. Working by the green glow of a display and the bleeps and growls of computer circuits are Beverly Bowman of Witt Hill Road and Nancy Hewes of South Street in Chesterfield, the owners of B and H Computer Serv- ices. Tucked away in Mrs. Bowman’s old farmhouse is a_business-size computer that its owners hope to use to aid small business and com- munities. Equipped with a Radio Shack brand model 12 micro-computer plus an attached dot matrix printer, the pair are already at work updating voting lists for a_ half-dozen towns, printing mailing labels and developing data files for their customers. They have been in operation since April 1 — April Fool’s Day, they laughingly point out. The only advertising done so far has been by word of mouth. “People having are very receptive it close to home. to For only being in (business) for a we’ve done very well,’’ Mrs. month Hewes said about the number of customers. The goal of the business is to provide computer services for small towns and businesses that do not have the knowledge, personnel or resources to develop a system of their own, Mrs. Bowman explained. Customer lists, population files, school census lists, tax and real estate records stored on magnetic discs, replacing the volumes of paper that would be needed otherwise. All information is copied and stored in two locations for safety. Information stored there will be given to another party only with the contractor’s express permission, Mrs. Bowman said. At the contractor’s request those files can be sorted into categories or calculations made for a number of uses. For example, voting lists may be broken down by party designa- tion, or customer lists by name or street address. ‘“‘With a computer you can do a lot of things as long as you have data files,’’ Mrs. Bowman eapaine® e attached printer performs for recent elections a are two small computer for her use. Inspiration for the venture .came from a story about a former selectman in the state of New Hampshire who started his own business print- of the rint-outs it has produced so far. rinting can be done on all types of ing tax bills for small communities. paper, ranging from large sheets to The next step was a trip to New Hampshire to see that operation first hand. Then came the decision high quality bond pages to the small labels. ‘‘We hope to do tax billing for the towns in the future,” Mrs. Bowman said. Asked what brought the two into the computer and other data are small variety of functions. Mailing labels for a local gift shop and voting lists to try it for themselves. Starting your own computer remarked, ‘It was all Beverly. When she asked me to go into business I hadn’t even put a finger on a computer....It was a long hard decision.”’ The two are learning more about the business every day. Mrs. Hewes, who is and introduced through assistant to the her duties treasurer, computer a more human quality — pa- tience. Dealing with a computer “brain,” wading through fat instruction manuals and even remembering the list of code words needed to call on various computer functions takes a great deal of that commodity, they both emphasized. is the town accountant for Worthington and Chesterfield, has accounting experience. Mrs. Bowman, Worthington’s tax collector busi- ness takes more than the equipment and a manual, though. “‘There’s a lot of research and development that goes into it,” Mrs. Bowman said, and knowledge of basic computer language is essential. One other very important element business, Mrs. Hewes was world as the assistant elementary school principal for the Gateway district. She left her post there last fall. First-hand observation of the administrative use of computers prompted her to take a course in basic computer language and buy a They business. are computer optimistic ‘The to about potential their use solve some said. “There of of a the problems of small towns is great,” Mrs. Bowman to be a ready small towns.” market seems: within the Alberts celebrate 40th — Mr. and Mrs. WORTHINGTON Bernard Albert of Old North Road celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary June 12 at a surprise party given in their honor at the Wor- thington Golf Club. About 40 guests morning brunch, attended the hosted by the cou- ple’s children. Four of the couple’s Bonnie Kievitt, Benny Albert and Jimmy Albert of Worthington, and Doreen Warjiasz of Plainfield, and their families attended, along with Mrs. Albert’s mother, Mrs. Theresa Donovan of Huntington, and Mr. Albert’s mother, Mrs. Stella Albert of Greenwich, R.I. FORMING Bowman, A NEW computer services company are : i FRANCES and BERNARD ALBERT Worthington Beverly right, of Worthington, and Nancy Hewes of Chesterfield. (Photo by Janet Dimock) 3 qt six children, ¢ Christopher K. McCarty earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the Albany Law School of Union University in commencement ceremonies ; oe held | CHRISTOPHER K. McCARTY on June 4. The graduation ceremonies for the 132nd class of the Albany Law School were held at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. New York State Governor Mario M. Cuomo, the father of an Albany Law alumnus, gave the commencement address. �; George W. Humphrey Rejection of override leaves © boards looking for cuts ”% By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Voter rejec- tion of two budget override questions on Saturday has left town officials with a $29,000 deficit budget dilemma that somehow must be solved before the Town Meeting. The selectmen June 6 annual — including new board member Stephen Kulik — and the finance committee met Monday to review budget trimming options, most of which will affect available town services in some way. There is approximately a $29,000 difference between the amount needed to cover the proposed budget items and the amount that can be raised and appropriated from tax dollars on the Town Meeting floor. Under Proposition 2% restrictions only $433,961 may be raised from taxation. That amount may be increased only by election ballot and cannot be changed by action on the Town Meeting the selectmen plained. The board floor, Julia got chairman of Sharron ex- some good news Monday when it learned the recent state audit will cost $15,000, not the $25,000 estimated previously. But that was immediately offset by news cherry that sheet $10,000 in revenues anticipated has been earmarked for direct transportation aid to the regional school. ‘‘So we’re not any further ahead,’’ Mrs. Shar- ron explained. Marked for probable deletion from the $520,422 proposed budget Monday night were a $5,000 stabilization road fund, $5,000 improvements in and secondary $7,000 in Town Hall maintenance. The only other source for such a large amount of money is the highway budget, finance board Donald Newton Sr. said. chairman Fire destroys Worthington cabin _ WORTHINGTON — Former publisher and publicity agent George William Humphrey, 65, of Old Post '¢3 WORTHINGTON — Firefighters He added that an $18,000 increase Road, died yesterday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after suffering a heart attack. the situation. About $29,000 is asked for by the Gateway Regional School District for the coming year. That Jean Van Buskirk Humphrey, a former ballet dancer with the Radio responded to an early morning fire yesterday at the Henry Donovan residence on Starkweather Road. The two-room cabin was completely gutted. No one was home at the time of according and said. in the school budget is also affecting Among City Music sum cannot be changed by the town, to Mrs. Sharron. If a in the approve the. appropriation the towns are required to the Gateway district the of five towns is needed. rejection of the overrides Glen phrey. year were City, diBene- America beauty the fire, Fire Chief Gary Miss Massachusetts Miss and Stella (Woodford) He and his family not Co. willing to approve any amount another year, finance member Shirley Rida pointed out. It was also emphasized that the town does not have any available here. The firm Granger to Bartlett. The by U.S. Both boards concluded that members should spend the next week at the time said produced some $80,000 in bogus bills in the base- How long’ the process takes will depend upon how well the members “do their homework” Newton add- term in the federal prison at Danbury, Conn., on the counterfeiting charges. Besides his wife and daughter ment of his home. carefully reviewing the proposed budget and come to the next meeting with definite proposals in hand. Humphrey was sentenced to a needed. Firefighters stayed on the scene ton Road home of Steven Strom and his family was gutted by flames on May 31. Faulty wiring was cited as the cause of the fire. Ms. Feinstein also provided snacks and coffee for the firefight- the family’s convenience. The Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home of Chesterfield is in charge of arrangements. state. Carol marshal’s office will be called in. The Starkweather Road fire is the second house fire in five weeks, Granger pointed out. The Hunting- A private funeral will be held at the audit will be immediately subtracted from those revenues by the by for about three hours. Granger said it is not clear if the state fire sister, June Dulude of North Miami Beach, Fla.; and four grandchildren. are usually set in April. The cost of reported the scene. The Cummington Department responded with two trucks and about 10 firefighters. The Plainfield department responded with one truck but their «.ssistance was not Rowena, he is survived by three sons, Paul R. Humphrey of Pittsfield, Richard E. Humphrey of Portland, Ore., Ronald W. Humphrey of Worthington; two other daughters, Robin A. Barnoski of Blandford and Roberta L. Humphrey of Boston; a If budget solutions cannot be found soon then the annual town meeting warrant will be posted without budget figures, an action that all agreed was undesirable. By then, selectmen hope that official cherry sheet figures will be distributed by the state. The figures fire was coming out of the cabin’s windows. Over 20 Worthington firefighters and three fire trucks were called to Treasury agents in connection with a counterfeiting operation which authorities from $16,000 to only $4,500. of the small sounded like a truck backfiring at about 3 a.m. Two other small explosions followed and prompted her to look out her window and see flames as a publicist and press agent. In September 1957, Humphrey arrested the fire apparently Feinstein, who said she heard what phrey also worked at various times was said the fire occurred and was staying with neighbors Robert and Sarah primarily budget and the federal revenue sharing funds have been reduced Granger of the volun- home near some stored cleaning materials. Donovan was not at home when produced yearbooks and catalogs for high schools and colleges. Hum- free cash to use toward next year’s members started on the porch Hum- moved When teer fire department arrived at 3 a.m. the building was fully engulfed, Granger said. Humphrey was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. In the late 1950s, Humphrey owned the Christopher Publishing of about 20 percent over last year. Those that willingly approved an last York Rowena Worthington 27 years ago. tax bills were sent out only a few weeks ago and showed an increase $77,000 1978 in New pageant. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, March 13, 1918, he was the son of the late was .attributed to the fact that the extra Hall his daughter detto, who was majority of communities within the district then all pay. In approval Voter his survivors are his wife, ers at yesterday’s fire. , There are no calling hours. Priscilla Bartlett, 58, of Worthington; local entertainer, Girl Scout leader Timber sales to help Worthington a By JANET DIMOCK ; WORTHINGTON — A substantial amount of salable hardwood stand- . ing on 50 acres of landlocked town property may yield needed revenues for the town, the selectmen learned last week. Standing timber on a 50-acre lot off Ring Road is worth $5,000 to $10,000, according to Christopher : Powell of Harvey Road. Acting as a_ representative for Bay State Forest Service, Powell told the board that the land has “‘a substantial amount of hardwood timber that could be cut and generate income for the town.” The property has no road frontage and therefore “‘it probably has no real value as real estate except to an abuttor,’’ Powell said. all Powell added that he could mark mature trees suitable for use, advertise for bids for the lumber and the work involved, and supervise the actual cutting for 9 percent of the gross profits. The trees would be selectively cut, leaving some large timber to harbor wildlife. No out-of-pocket expenses would be asked for from the town. And if the work is done properly enough timber will be left for another cutting in 10 to 15 years. In addition, Powell said he will do deed research arrangements on the piece, for make right-of-way ac- cess and do a woodland survey for “no more than $200.” Powell added that if the project does not go through due to right-ofway problems he will not charge the town for the time spent. The selectmen unanimously agreed to the project and signed a work order allowing Powell to be- gin. He expects to mark the trees uring July and August so that lumbering work can be done during the dry season or the winter. Powell said that he will report his progress to the board. WORTHINGTON (Sage) Bartlett, 58, — of Priscilla Old Post Road, died yesterday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after a long illness. Born in Hartford, Conn., June 20, 1924, she was the daughter late Preston R. and Priscilla of the (New- comb) Sage. Her mother died two weeks ago. She was the wife of Horace F. Bartlett. She was educated in Hartford schools and graduated from the Hartford School of Nursing as a licensed practical nurse. In her youth she had taken tap dancing lessons and for a_ time taught tap dancing to Worthington youngsters. She was a popular en- tertainer in local talent and variety shows and was especially noted for her impersonation of Louis Armstrong and his trumpet. She was superintendent of the Congregational Church Sunday School for several years. She was also a Girl Scout leader. Besides her husband she leaves four daughters, Anne B. Pease, Alice B. Fritz and Jane B. Fisk, all of Worthington, and Jean B. Graves of Florence; two sisters, Barbara Gustafson of Orlando, Fla., and Niantic, Conn., and Betty Trombley of Manchester, Conn.; an aunt, Ann N. Rausch, with whom she lived when she first came to Worthington in 1946; four grandchildren nieces and nephews. and 24 The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Worthington with the Rev. Molly Kitchen, pastor, officiating. The burial Cemetery. will be in the North Calling hours at the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield are today from 7 to 9 p.m. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Worthington Health Center. �rthington family homeless By JANET DIMOCK WO..THINGTON — An effort to collect clothing and money to help a Worthington family of four whose home was..destroyed by fire yester- day afte ‘\ 9 began today. A mi. } fire gutted a major portion of ‘tiie home of Steven and Patricia Strom of Huntington Road. Firefighters from Worthin ton, Cummington and Plainfield sponded to the fire at 11:45 re. a.m. yesterday. _Alex and Regina Lippert of Huntington Road, neighbors of the Strom family, said today they will accept donations of clothing and household articles to help the fami- ly. Mrs. Lippert said persons wish- ing to donate items should call before coming over. John and Carol Morris of Route 112 are also accept- ing clothing and household items for the Stroms. A fire fund was also started at the Corners Grocery to help the family. Donations the store town. Mrs. ; — Fire leaves (Continued from page 1) reached for comment today. Fire reported at midday Twenty volunteer firefighters from Worthington and three trucks responded to the call shortly before noon. The fire went undetected for some time, although Strom and several workmen were nearby working outside at the site. Mrs. Strom and the children were not home when the fire broke out. According to Fire Chief Gary Granger, the blaze apparently start- ed at the north end of the building in the older section of the home built in the 1840s. Strom discovered the fire and called the department from a neighbor’s home. Although firefighters were on the scene within minutes, most house could not be saved. The said. went.’”’ fire spread ‘Once At rapidly, it got going, one point, of the Granger it really flames were flames were leaping out of the house and scorched the sides of nearby trees. Although the major extinguished within an hour, smoke and smoldering fires within the walls continued to be a problem. The cause of the fire has not been determined, Granger said, and investigators from the state fire marshal’s office in Northampton were at the site today. A damage estimate has not been received and information about insurance coverage was not available. The inside of the two-story living and bedroom area was completely be sent Strom and to or left at in the center their of two chil- four months old, are staying relatives in Easthampton. with dren, WORTHINGTON FIREFIGHTERS yesterday removed sents Wein the second fl : f : Strom home on Huntington Road after controlling a midday blaze that gutted a manee Dirien or the home. (Photo by Janet Dimock) can located Jesse, Strom, who age 1%, and is the town’s Steven, tree warden, stayed with friends in the area last night and could not be (Continued on page 11) charred and most of the family’s personal possessions and furnishings were destroyed or severely damaged. ‘‘There’s really nothing left inside,’’ Granger said. The kitchen and a new addition, ° under construction, intended for a small garden shop, escaped the flames, but suffered smoke damage. Firefighters donned portable air packs to enter the building and used saws and hooks to gain access to fire behind the walls. The rear wall of the house was destroyed by fire and only the blackened support beams were left standing. Windows on the north side were broken by the heat of the fire and exterior clapboards. were. scorched by the flames. The two Worthington tank trucks on the scene supplemented the water supply from a nearby hydrant. Tankers refilled at nearby Ward’s Brook, using the portable pump. Mutual aid given Assistance was received from the Cummingtom Fire Department which responded with two trucks and three firefighters. The Cummington ambulance brought replacement air tanks and stood by at the scene. There were no injuries reported. Plainfield firefighters also responded to the call with a truck. Electrical service to the house was disconnected by Northeast Utility workers. The Worthington fire truck was back in service by 5 p.m. Firefighters returned to the scene later to pump out the cellar. In the saddle | "ER Three-year-old Melissa Mason of Kinne Brook Road, Worthington, was in the driver’s seat Saturday at the First Congregational Church of Worthington’s annual fair. Leading the pony is its owner, Darlene Millman of Willow Farm on Old Post Road. (Photo by Janet Dimock) | �Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Tues., July 5,1983 17 The Maples Worthington housing dedicated By JANET DIMOCK WORTHINGTON — Residents gathered this weekend to celebrate the dedication of ‘‘The Maples” housing for the elderly — an occa- sion that was in tune with the spirit of the Fourth of July. The 12-unit complex, which cost $600,000 to build, stands as a symbol of community spirit and the long hours of volunteer work given by the board members of the Worthington Senior Housing Inc. which coor- dinated the project. The six-acres of land, located next to the Worthington Health Center, was donated as were a variety of other items from furniture to coffee pots for the community room. The project, from conception to completion took a little over two years, and according to Massachusetts Samaritan director David Rockwell, a non-profit corporation which sponsored the local housing group, the timing of the project was a decided advantage. “It’s a blessing for Worthington that we got this housing built when we did,’’ Rockwell said. New federal budget restrictions call for ‘‘bare bones, no frills’’ housing, he said. Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines have elimi- nated two-bedroom dishwashers, and call for more stu- dio apartments. ments apartments, that make Many of the ele- ‘‘The Maples’”’ so attractive may no longer be availa- W-* »chlic housing, Rockwell said. Stained de anted clapboards a soft blue give and the compiex the air of a private home. Around it are the tall, shady trees it was ment named of the occupants after. Careful arrange- apartments privacy, to social contacts. give yet easy the access : “The Maples” officially opened its doors May 1. Five apartments are already occupied and three are still available. Residence is limited to those with low or moderate income. All must be independent living and enjoy life in a small community. Applications are accepted from handicapped persons of any age, but others must be age 62 or over. “T love it up here,’’ Evelyn Boucher said recently. Mrs. Boucher left her home on Petticoat Hill Road in Williamsburg to be near her daughter and son-in-law Marilyn and Rob- ert Bartlett and their family. Ethel and Stanley Mason, the only married couple, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary Saturday in their new home. Of those years together only six were spent living out of town. Both are quick enjoy to say that they ‘“‘The Maples,”’ especially the convenient lay-out and the special design in their two-bedroom apartment for the handicapped. Mrs. Mason is partially handicapped due to a hip injury several years ago. One person who has made the adjustments much easier is site manager Judy Spiess. Mrs. Spiess “treats us like family,’’ Mrs. Boucher said. She likened the manager’s attitude to that of a shepherdess looking out for her flock. The manager herself is much less outspoken about the hours of work she had donated to the project. She had been involved in it from the start as a housing board member. In addition to the time spent on paperwork, telephoning, and other tasks, Mrs. Spiess also attended workshops on housing management and took a national test to become a certified housing manager. She is employed by Elderly Housing Management of North Haven, Conn., the non-profit organization in charge ment. of In order the complex’s to see the manage- project open Mrs. Spiess took a leave-of-absence from her job as a dental hygenist. But she quickly points out the long list of donations received. Lamps and silverware for the community room, plants and shrubs, even a load of manure for the garden area have all been donated. ‘The attitude of the community has been really great,” she said. Lucie Mollison, 84, teacher and Gazette correspondent WORTHINGTON — Lucie (Glass) Mollison, the Worthington correspondent for the Daily Hampshire Gazette for more than 14 years, died yesterday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Mrs. the Mollison, Maples 84, had moved apartments for to senior citizens in May, leaving her home of 58 years on Huntington Road. Born in Swampscott July , 11, 1899, and Goshen before her marriage to Harry W. Mollison in 1920. He died in 1968. Although she grew up in a city, Mrs. Mollison readily adapted to country life. “‘She threw herself into the community,’”’ one friend said. “*You’d never know she hadn’t lived here forever.” She and her husband operated one of the largest dairy farms in Wor- ego for many years. ‘I raised my family on a farm. I don’t think I could ever go back to living in the city,” she said in a Gazette interview in May. She and her husband also delivered the mail at one time, beginning in the days when letters still were delivered by horseback. Active in many of the town’s organizations, she was described as “‘an inspiration to a lot of people.”’ “People looked to her, both for her energy and for her frame of mind,’’ recalled a long-time friend, Assistant Worthington Postmaster Harriet Osgood. ‘‘She was a fighter, an optimist. She had some hard times, but never let it get the better of her. “She was a very intelligent woman. She read constantly,’ Mrs. Os- good recalled. She distributed the The Maples housing for the elderly on Old North Road, was dedicated Sunday with speeches officials and an outdoor picnic on patio of the community room. (Photo by Janet Dimock) for a lot of Brown said. She was an b ita, i LUCIE MOLLISON with the fresh and preserved harvest of her berry patch and garden. The garden was ‘‘much bigger than she ever needed cher position herself,’ Mrs. Brown said. ‘She was of the old school, never letting anything go to waste. She could make a silk purse from a sow’s ear every day.” Mrs. Mollison brought her knowledge of the town and its people to as the Worthington correspondent, a job she assumed in May 1969. She kept the town abreast of the day-to-day activities of the town’s various clubs and organizations, some of which centrally located home. met in her She was a long-time member the First Congregational Church. Mrs. Mollison was a director the Worthington Historical of of Society, and a member of the Women’s Benevolent Society, the Friendship Guild, the Worthington Grange No. 90, the Highland Club, and the Worthington Library Association. She also was a Gold Star mother. She is survived by two sons, Walter C. Mollison and Howard C. Mollison, both of Worthington, seven grandchildren, and nine greatgrandchildren. A third son, Donald W. Mollison, oldest citizens, people leaned on her her information,’ avid friends Mrs. gardener and Mh Bad MAPLES, of Cemetery in Worthington at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours. Contributions may be made to the Worthington Church or to the Maples Senior Housing in Worthington. The funeral arrangements are being made by the Charles A. Bis- provided THE s ° ae ‘vrs which were delivered regularly to her front porch. In hard times and easy times, friends remembered her ‘cheerful nature. She always saw humor in situations,’ recalled another old friend, Lois Brown. “‘She was devoted to her family, but she also was involved in the town. As one of the | Worthington Senior H us a was killed in action on Guadalcanal during World War II. Memorial services will be held in the Worthington Congregational Church on Thursday at 2 p.m. “special books for people in town,” 6 sad : she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Glass. She had been a resident of Worthington for 63 years. A graduate of Lynn English High School, she graduated from the Salem Normal School in 1918. She taught school in Cummington and family The burial will te in the Center bee Funeral Home in Chesterfield. ut, tt 1423 �OT _ Edith Nagle f: A devotion to painting nature is honored ing scenes of nature. , Friends and admirers recently honored the longtime Huntington resident and nationally recognized artist with an exhibit of her work. Paulson said. seum in Springfield. The Federal Court House in Boston also owns several works. Of woodcuts, prints the dozens of Huntington residents, friends and neighbors who came out to honor Mrs. Nagler, the artist said: ‘I only wish I knew each one individual- ‘‘Mrs. ly.” Mrs. Nagler was born in a Greenwich Village brownstone in 1892. She said she always wanted and remembers worked for 60 years before mov- ing to Texas with her husband to escape the northern winters and be with her children. In 1928, the Naglers decided to come to Huntington to spend their Together they attended the Mrs. Nagler’s long professional career began with work submitted to judged gallery exhibitions in New York City. Her first piece accepted by such an exhibition was a pastel portrait accepted by the Grand Central Gallery. “After that, my often said. summers and built the stone home they artist in his own Arts Student League from 1913-17. She studied with Robert Henri and for two years won scholarships to _, under Frank Vincent Drummond. George Walter Vincent Smith Mu- Nagler has had such a long, active and successful life, she serves as an inspiration to all of us.”’ Mrs. Paulson spent several months gathering the hundreds of etchings, right. seum in Dallas and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Paulson, and Design in New York City where she met her husband, Fred, who Spotlight proprietor of the bookstore and agent for Mrs. Nagler, explained it was the right time to hold the gathering. “I wanted to give people an opportunity to see her and her Mrs. artist in the Bronx and then spent three years at the National Academy of Suburban sponsored by the bookstore and the Hilltown Community Develop- work,’’ an cutting out paper dolls for herself and her sisters at a young age. She attended Morris High School is a renowned Held in the Main Street annex of Paulson’s Books, the event was ment Corporation. Barbara Cunningham to be watercolors in the exhibit. She said the lack of oil paintings was due to their being in the hands of private collectors and the permanent collections of museums, such as the Wadsworth Antheneum in Hartford, the Highland Park Mu- By DENNIS SUMAN HUNTINGTON — For the past 55 years, Edith Nagler has come to her stone home on a hilltop overlooking the Westfield River each summer to pursue a lifelong calling — painting the surround- Agel Yul 9 es accepted,’’ f work Mrs. was very Nagler still live in on a hill that overlooks the Westfield River. “This is intimate, try,’’ Nagler said. sweet ‘‘The counEast branch of the Westfield River is probably the most beautiful stream in the country. You can never tire of it.” The couple will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary next month. Although Mrs. Nagler’s career has spanned many artistic movements throughout the century, they did not influence her to any great extent, developing style. She was soon successful enough to have her own exhibitions, and “T’ve nor her always way,” she said. Mrs. Nagler’s in the late 1920s opened her own studio in New York where she stop own gone work her from my own individual reflects a T Soe Ee Frew of _—A Ca, — Marjorie and Huntington Road ts WORTHINGTON Forrest A Frews celebrate 25th », celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at a surprise party held Golf mR June 20 at the Worthington Club on Ridge Road. The Frews were married June 22, 1958, at the Goshen First Congrega- tional Church. They have lived in ‘Northington all their married life. About 60 guests attended yersary celebration. the anni- MARJORIE FRED love and understanding of nature and people. Her scapes are rich and full of and often include scenes of life. Her groups are watercolors renowned of for AND both landdetail rural flower their technical accuracy and balance. EDITH NAGLER Recent illness had not stopped Mrs. Nagler from continuing to paint. Both she and her husband still regularly set up their easels and can be seen capturing on canvases the flowers and woodland that surround their home. and FORREST FREW �_ © Anthony Lake: W. Anthony Lake, 44, is a FiveCollege professor of internatio nal relations based at Amherst Colle ge He moved to Worthington two year s ago after a State Department caree r that Spanned 18 years. Stationed in Vietnam for two years in the early 1960s, Lake later became a special assistant to Natio nal Security Adviser Henry Kissi nger. He resigned in 1970 over Pres ident Nixon S decision to extend the war in Indochina by invading Cambodia . After being out of government for Several years, Lake served under Presiden t Carter as the State Depa rtment’s director of policy plan ning from 1977 to 1981. program to became the Nanueatt) of Chesterfield and Stephen Kulik of Worthington are participating in a two-year promote leadership Western skills Massachusetts among people director of the in rural state’s New energy England. program. Kulik also (Photo recently by Sandra we JULIE VUKOVICH Worthington man hasstate energy post ——— sachusetts in general — and small towns in particular — have a new spokesman in state government and is treasurer and a founding member of the Hilltown Community Development Corp. He wrote the ‘‘Worthington Guide in to Town Government” and he is chairman of the local Democratic Committee. He also is the primary author of a soon-to-be-published guide to natural areas in New England. energy In April, Kulik was elected to a three-year term as a selectman. Kulik lives on Thayer Hill Road in an energy-efficient home, which he his new state job. “Under the new administration, the focus of the job is going to change a bit,” he said. In addition to supporting the usual grant programs, he also wants the office to be more responsive to ‘small communities and to take a more active role on utility rate issues. And, because small communities often have trouble in‘ taking advantage of energy programs as a result Stephen Kulik of Worthington, the regional director for the state Executive Office of Energy Resources. As the director for Western Massachusetts — from the New York State line to Worcester — Kulik will oversee all projects. of the state’s and his wife, Suzanne, helped build. of Residents town the seven years, the Kuliks month-old son, Samuel. about for a 10- have An interest in new energy technol- ogy and the special problems faced by small cominunities are two of the concerrs Kulik plans to bring in the job h. assumed in April. u.ernative His interes... energy and rural life is evident in his home. The house is tucked away off a dirt road, and finished in gray-hued, It also is clapboards. weathered warmed by a passive-solar system and wood heat. ‘the job was established three ago, years Springfield. Kulik’s and is in office : Kulik has a varied background energy He is Hilltown issues a and former Energy in : in government. director Project of and the the Hampshire County Energy Resource Center. He also worked as an energy and economic development specialist for the lieutenant governor’s office. He is a member of the Massachusetts Rural Development Committee Kulik already has some plans for of a lack of manpower, Kulik wants to “‘streamline the grant process, both in applying for and administering grants.” A disproportionate eee amount of the money now goes to cities and suburban towns that have full-time officials, he said. Kulik also hopes to provide sup- port for the emerging advances in energy technology. A number of new energy programs are being planned. A new “solar and conservation bank,”’ offering lower interest loans for residential projects, should be available soon through local banks. About $1.7 million was allocated across the state. Federal subsidies are used to lower the interest rates, he explained. Also in the works are an institutional conservation program for communities; an alternative energy property program to install alterna- tive energy devices; and an energy extension service to administer federal money for educational uses and demonstration projects. Creating jobs through these alternatives is an additional advantage, Kulik said. “‘If you can decrease the amount spent on energy, then there is more Semen said. money left in the local for job development,’ he a — Western Mas- © DIMOCK —O7. By JANET WORTHINGTON m �e ‘In Worthington — Two wells polluted by Temik By HAL LANGFUR WORTHINGTON — The wells ‘of two families here. have been found. — to be polluted by Temik, 4 highlytoxic: pesticide often used in potato farming. : ' And the preliminary results from the testing of water drawn from other private Worthington wells indicates the Temik problem may be - “more serious’ than people thought,”” cian who according to the conducted most techniof the THIS With a number ‘of tests still incomplete, water taken from four. of seven wells on which Temik. tests have been been done by an Easthampton firm have been found to contain detectable levels ik, the technician, Carol Sacco, said By HAL LANGFUR In honor of its 50th anniversary, which is manufactured. by Financing help offered rd in June wells in the State officials situation and found residue in two Radiker Road area. are still studying the have not announced dlans for more tests, Fowler said. Testing of this kind is expensive ut if six or more tests are done yarticipants will save almost $40 Thayer Constance Hill three-year directors. and Road, terms And Dorrington Stephen were on Janet the Kulik elected board Osborn of “We'll get it published one way ly Settlers,’ “‘History of Early Industries in’ Worthington,’’ “‘Worthington’s Outsiders,’’ people and events in the town’s past or and will contain a detailed chronolo- years of the physical plant after 43 deyis = ice. He served for a * of serv e selectman in A rary life bers: celever- Pad Mears g tanni ddinieen erly at© Aeah Bea Road., &forma ag brated their 50th we are Wha the at 4 Sept. were About, 100, euests W alter Lake, East Cc. Markert Nos; attended Hampsteat of Ballston N.H. and Walter kert of Holyoke were marr! hurch in Easthampt : Markert; retired from a a m ster ! eae ge 0 of Pacific p f: Sheri ty Depu and herst are ‘ couple the of Gertrude Leland, and was te pas Association, He their children, Jr., coche of amuggabe tinrea t and hono iden the Hampshire baits sary shir 1 e Coun€ty a 0 Church f tiona . eight years. “rhe. couple Acad pt. Amherst i irector direc College in 1978 as assistant and “Worthington in the Wars.”’ The book will describe significant Markerts celebrate 50th lip’s Episcopal 4, 1933, in St. Philon. Dspraca NS eee LeedaBist db on. chapter headings include ‘‘The Ear- tributors would solve-the problem. of will { : down and condensed to save money. The book is based on letters, diaries, account books, and legal “papers which have been collected by society members since 1933, when the project originated. The Mrs. Payne hoped that money from the treasury and private con- Easthampton to Mrs. Payne. The book has been cut $4,000. of which remain: s-on term n ofaf the-late-Lueythe teyp the-tage bx the to supplement Hill Road, Laurie Doyle of Cummington Road, Donald Ives and Ellen Caputo of Radiker Road. The former president of the corpo- . “Our problem is not to have more material than we can afford,’’ said The Pioneer Valley Printing Co. of Easthampton has estimated the cost of printing 500 copies at nearly $9,000. If every copy is sold at the proposed price of $10, the society will have to come up with about Board of Health. More information is available from Fowler of Bashan Road, treasurer; Elizabeth Payne of Huntington Road, clerk; and Winifred Arcouette of Hill Road, auditor. ported the higher price. finance, Mrs. Payne noted. the efforts of the selectmen and the of Buffington Hill Road, vice president; John Sweeney of Conwell last to publish a typeset, hardbound edition have been abandoned. Even a photocopied, paperbound edition of the book will be difficult to state officials to investigate funding sources to pay for the costs of the Cynthia Watson of Bullington Hill Road, president; Cornelius Sharron meeting Because of the expense, the plans plan to keep in touch with tests. It is intended annual weekend. A final typing of the 365page manuscript now is being prepared by another member, Betty DeVecca of Old North Road. earlier this month by the selectmen. elected these officers: Road, ciety’s will be done for anyone interested. The committee was appointed ¢ The Worthington Library Corp. has held its 84th annual meeting and ration, abeth Payne, announced at the so- Letters announcing the opportunity have been sent to those that the committee determined live in the vicinity of a potato field, but tests Worthington Scott History of Worthington,” will be available in time for Christmas, a member of the editorial board, Eliz- each, Fowler said. The $125 cost per test will be reduced to $87.50. Members ion Sweeney, also has begun looking for state and private sources of grants. ‘‘Monies are available,”’ said Mrs. Sweeney, ‘‘and sometimes it shakes me to see how well endowed our local universities are while we have such little money to work with.” “A book as valuable as this is certainly worth more than $10,” said another member, Julia J. Sharron. She recommended raising the price to $15 a copy. In a unanimous show of hands, the nearly 30 members who attended Saturday sup- ot se".ar7an 2% for testing of wells in Hampshire County in recent ears. Testing by the state pesticide The president of the society, Mar- began in 1933 on a town history, but the high cost may delay the publication. net Committee Chairman Jeff Fowler has announced that the group is taking names of those interested in the testing for aldicarb, a residue of a pesticide used by potato farmers area, taken around 1900, has century in the making another,”’ she said. the Worthington Historical Society plans to complete the work which‘ the Union Carbide Corp., has been used on potato farms in Worthington committee. of residents of the Worthington _Worthington’s history book: h alf in a telephone. interview this week. Ms. Sacco works for Tighe and Bond, an engineering consulting firm. WORTHINGTON — A group rate for those interested in having their wells tested for Temik residue has been obtained by a special town of a gathering Recorded now for posterity ‘of: aldi- carb, the active ingredient in Tem- Temik, PHOTOGRAPH been donated to the Worthington Historical Society by Marguerite Zarr. . The ipee 3 thi ng and have Mi i Mar kert ; six Ys/'¢3 “has has : grandchil- 'y. “‘Some parts will make interesting reading; others will serve as records and reference sources,”’ Mrs. Payne said. In other business, these officers were elected: Dorothea Hayes, treasurer; Linda Gunn, secretary; and Peg Rolland, Jenny Fairman and Marcia Feaks, directors. Lois Ashe Brown will continue as a director and Mrs. Sweeney will continue as president. After the meeting, a reception was held for some of the society’s benefactors: Henry H. Snyder, Lawrence B. Shepherd, Marguerite Zarr, and Dorothy Beebe. Snyder has donated a half acre on Old Post Road as the site for the relocation of the Capen-Riverside School, the headquarters for the society. Shepherd has pledged a “substantial donation’? toward the relocation of the schoolhouse and for publication of the town history. Mrs. Zaar donated a historic print of residents of Worthington and its contiguous communities taken around 1900. And Mrs. Beebe has presented an oil Capen-Riverside memory er. painting of the schoolhouse in of her father, Walter Tow- �Voters approve furnaces for Town Hall, fire house - WORTHINGTON Meeting voters Tuesday approved the purchase of new oil-fired fur- naces for the Town Hall and the fire house on Huntington Road. Support for the $5,197 purchase was almost unanimous. There was only one vote opposing the Town Hall purchase. The funds for the equipment will be transferred form the overlay surplus account. The overlay money is set aside by the assessors to pay tax abatements. The bid for the furnaces was awarded to R. Lamothe Heating and Air Conditioning of Easthampton. The amount includes installation, thermostats, wiring and equipment guarantee. The fire house furnace will have a 175,000 BTU input and costs $2,356. The Town Hall Furnace will have a 280,000 BTU input and costs $2,841. The fire house furnace now in use cannot be used for another heating season. The Town Hall furnace now in use is a converted coal burner and is inefficient to run, according tn the selectmen Stanley S. Mason 4 42 WORTHINGTON — Stanley S. Mason, 81, of Old North Road, died yesterday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, after a short illness. Born in Rochester, Jan. 16, 1902, he was the son of the late Howard N. and Edith (Smith) Mason. Mason worked for 11 years for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority until his retirement in 1968. viously, he had been a 20 employee Preyear of the Worthington High- way Department. He was a 50 year member of the Worthington Grange and also belonged to the Hillside Pomona Grange, and the Worthington Rod and Gun Club. Mason was a member of the Worthington Congregational Church. He is survived by his wife, the former Ethel Haskell; three sons, Glen Mason of Coxsackie, N.Y., Stanley Mason Jr. of Amherst, and Harley Mason of Worthington; two daughters, Joyce Mollison of Wor- thington and Dorothy Schott of Hun- tington; a brother, Donald Mason of Northampton; a sister, Winifred Johnson September 8, 1983 — Special Town of Huntington; 18 grand- *children and 15 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Worthington Congregational Church. The burial will be in the Ringville Cemetery in Worthington. , Calling hours at the Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield are today from 7 to 9 p.m. Contributions may be made in his memory to the Maples Housing for the Elderly in Worthington or to the Huntington Lion’s Club. 12 Tax collector Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Fri., September 16, 1983 c Suburban 4. Worthington sets is going after unpaid taxes higher valuations on most property By HAL LANGFUR WORTHINGTON Spencer-Fitts, Inc. of Belchertown, a consulting firm hired by the asses- — The Board of sors. The firm’s report calls for these Assessors report that most Worthington residents will face a ‘‘substantial’ increase in their property values in fiscal 1984. However, they expect a “slight, if any, increase in their overall property taxes,” ac- increases: — Twenty-seven percent on a onestory house with a finished attic with under 2,100 square feet; — Seven percent on all other houses with less than 2,100 square feet, regardless of the number of stories; Mason. other houses with greater than 2,100 project the tax impact Most that a simultaneous drop in rate will offset much of the of the recent revaluations. residents therefore should — cording to one assessor, Robert E. However, an especially dramatic much more an average resident might have to pay. The raise in property values has resulted from the recent revaluation — depending on the higher grade than the smaller homes and their higher desirability is reflectéd in the sales prices,” the buildings type report says. But only two or three houses of property — have yielded from 7 to 33 percent higher values than the The value of all land in the town, both developed and undeveloped, also has been reassessed. The new property values have received a preliminary approval from the state Department of Revenue, according to Mason. — “The state has given us initial up from $6,000; — Two-acre developed not using town water, from $4,500; — Two-acre approval that these prices reflect the fair and full market value of the To inform people about the new values being placed on their properties, the board will send out ‘“‘im- pact notices’ as soon as possible, according to Mason. -The assessors then will set a public hearing, probably early next month, at which residents may dis- cuss the new values. Reagan said that after that meeting, the board will submit the new property values to state officials for final certification. The new values report submitted are based in December on in town fit the category which will be cut in value, Reagan said. In addition to the increases, the assessors also have set new values on land. They are: — Two-acre developed house lots in the town’s water district, $9,000, current assessment. land,” said Reagan said. all than their current value after the reassessment. These values ‘‘reflect the fact that the larger homes are generally of a point he cannot speculate about how which for — However, one-story houses with John E. Reagan, the chairman of the assessors, said today that at this other percent attics and more than 2,100 square feet will be valued at 9 percent less types of land. and three square feet. increase is being proposed in the assessments placed on various of residences Thirty a by house lots $8,000, up undeveloped _ 35 cents proper- ties, a new classification, building lots, $6,000; — Woodland, up to 40 acres, $400 an acre, up from $150; additional woodland over 40 acres, $300 an acre, up from $150; — Tillable land, $600 an acre, up from $300; open pastureland, $500 acre, up from $225; — Wasteland, a new classification, $100 an acre. The new building values will be combined with the new land values to determine the final assessment for fiscal 1984. The values will be based on the most recent assessment, the one done Jan. 1, 1983, the board said. WORTHINGTON—Tax Collector Beverly Bowman has started legal proceedings in an attempt to collect $10,694 in unpaid property taxes. Tax taking proceedings against 10 parties will begin Sept. 21 unless payments are made. A list of delinquent taxpayers and the amounts owed was published as a legal advertisement last Thursday in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. ‘*It does not mean that people are going to lose their home or property,’’ Mrs. Bowman explained. ‘‘Tax taking is the equivelent to a mortgage to the town of Worthington.’’ Property will not be seized, homes auctioned off or the families left homeless. Instead, the property owner must make payments to the town treasurer after that date. “It’s a way of ensuring that the town of Worthington can collect on the lein,’’ she said. On Sept. 21, the tax collector will formally announce the property owners and parcels involved. Then a certificate will be filed with the Registry of Deeds. After that regular payment must be made to the treasurer. Property owners may face foreclosure proceedings if adequate payments still are not made. In this situation, ony one parcel involves a year-round dwelling, she said. Tax taking proceedings have not been initiated since the mid to late 1970s, the tax collector said. She has served in that post for one year. Mrs. Bowman added that she was reluctant to start the proceedings but said ‘legally the collector is bound to collect taxes when they are due.”’ Tax taking procedure is not a pleasant situation for either party. ‘‘It’s a stressful situation for the taxpayers and it’s a stressful situation for the collector,”’ she added. All parties owing back taxes and who have not been making payments were notified recently about the legal advertisement by certified letter so that they are all aware of the action. Despite the unpleasant side of the process, Mrs. Bowman is optimistic that most of the money due the town will be paid. Since the announcement last spring that names would be published and legal proceedings initiated against delinquent taxpayers, many overdue accounts have been paid. Mrs. Bowman did not have the figures immediately available but said that a con- siderable amount has been collected. She also expects more accounts to be taken care of before the deadline. “‘There are quite a few that will be paid up,’’ Mrs. Bowman pedicted. rma �Pittsfield Art Karin Cook League exhibition at the museum on South Street in Pittsfield. Newman ot Memorial Bashan Award Hill Koad received a ‘‘The this week disclosed a plan that involves substantial increases in property valuations, leaving many residents confused and angered. A public meeting last night drew more than 60 property owners whose land, in some cases, has doubled in valuation on the town’s feet, tax rolls. JAMES ALBERT shows his ‘‘Ri flections,’’ a pen and ink drav ing, one of 20 which will b exhibited Saturday. (Photo b Hal Langfur) ¢ A local artist, James Albert, wi hold the first public showing of hi pen and ink drawings Saturday. It will be held from 10 a.m. to eos in Town Hall. e exhibit, which is being. s sored by the Friends of the Wor. thington Library, | will include a wide range of the artist’s work including original drawings of hisical pomes. landscapes, and other Scenes familiar to Worthing ee i ton resi i- ‘I’m having this show because the townspeople know my work and have asked to see it,” Albert said in Hid Heed tke his home on Sam on i ee oad where he liv es with i hisi Albert said he has concentrated on pen and ink drawings for the ‘ate eight years, although he has een interested in art since he was six years old. The full-time artis t, who has spent his entire life in Worthington, now divides his time The assessors emphasized that a simultaneous drop in the tax rate’ will offset much of the impact of the recent revaluations, and they insisted the new values reflect the fair market worth of each property. “We have tried in the past to keep: lower land values,’’ said one assessor, Robert they’ve and finally E. Mason. caught er we’re sorry,”’ he said. However, many residents by top market vehe- critic not fair market values.”’ Baul this week learned his more than 100-acre property has been revalued at $218,- from 000, up from $150,00. He said he has been trying since May to sell the a consulting firm hired The ments said. — houses Seven with Ethel M. Britt percent less than ey on all other 6 A> Ssys Home in Lee. its approval on These three land, he said. Many what a classifica- for all town of the factors, factors were residents were they. considered assess- Reagan the pre- upset by the arbitrary nature of the new figures. “You're taking a formula and applying it to property regardless of fie location, Baul told the board. > WORTHINGTON— Ethel M. Britt, 84, formerly of Worthington, died last Saturday at the Berkshire Hills North Nursing $500 the prices of recent land sales in the area, and the proposed valuation of 2,100 square 2 pastureland, vious valuation of land in the town, percent on a one- under 2,100 square feet; open total assessment based by oS his pen and ink drawings and hi S commercial art work in adverti Sing and logotype desion 2,100 of $23 million, Mason said. The Department of Revenue story house with a finished attic and between than land is just over $29 million, a figure that is more than 25 percent higher than the previous assessment Department of Revenue,’’ added John E. Reagan, the chairman of the assessors. _ The new property values include — Twenty-seven $300; tion, $100 an acre. the assessors. ‘‘And the revaluation has been accepted by the state these increases: greater an acre, up from $225; — Wasteland, a new land. “You haven’t convinced me that those prices reflect fair market value,’’ said another taxpayer. Mason explained that the new figures are based on a report submitted in December by the now defunct Spencer-Fitts Inc. of Belchertown, with in the town’s water district, $9,000, up from $6,000; — Two-acre developed house lots not using town water, $8,000, up from $4,500; — Two-acre undeveloped properties, a new classification, $6,000. — Woodland, up to 40 acres, $400 an acre, up from $150; additional woodland over 40 acres, $300 an acre, up from $150; — Tillable land, $600 an acre, up us values, houses on land: — Two-acre developed house lots of the plan, accused the assessors of “going of In addition to these increases, the assessors. also have set these values mently opposed the increases being placed on land values. Kenneth Baul, a vehement of the number — Thirty-three percent on all oth- square feet. ‘‘Now, up with regardless stories; Born in Worthin gton Nov. 16, 1898, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Dela na (Jones) Thayer. She was the widow of Raymond J. Britt who died in 1968. Prior to entering the nursing home , Mrs. Britt lived for several years in Pittsfield wher e she was a member of the Pittsfield Senior Citizens group. She is survived by two neices. The funeral was Wednesday at the Charles A. Bisbee Funeral Home in Chesterfield. The buri : in the North Cemetery in Worthington. aE es LS Och 18 ga Scott Brodrick of Harvey in the R from 4 aE participating Instep Semester’? program at the Institute of Political and Teanga Studies in London. € project is sponsored b Wh oe in Glenside, Pa. oe € group left from New York Sept. 4.1m England, they had an orientation period before living with Stee family for a week , sharing ms llyfami expe be riences as a member of The four-month, ; four - cours e rogram offers an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of contempo‘Tary British and European polit ical economic, and social insti tutions. Its main theme is the growing interre- | Suburban ( : IS one of 49 students leges and universities .«« Worthington assessments fuel a lively public hearing By HAL LANGFUR WORTHINGTON — The assessors equally .__° /g 3 Jarvis Line.’’ Jimmy Albert of Huntington Road received an award of excellence and an award of $100 in recognition of his pen and ink drawing entitled “*Reflections.”’ A total of 40 works and four sculptures are on display at the exhibition which will run through the end of this month. Berkshire for her watercolor ae pcos fosety or political, cultural, and ic understandandi ing ng ' A political science rick is a student lege . at inj modern major, BrodAmherst Col- Other residents objected to the substantial difference between the 7 Emerson feted _ upon retirement” However, the board maintained the reassessment had been done as fairly as possible. Emerson of Ireland Street was honored Oct. 30 by more than 200 — on “ occasion of his retirent trom the state Depar Public Welfare. oor Many public officials were among the guests, including Hampshire percent increase in the houses with less, than feet and the 33 percent homes with more than footage. Defending the valuation of 2,100 square increase for that square- assessors, Robert Cook, the chairman of the Planning Board, said, ‘‘We’ve been watching land values for a long time, and have felt that the assessors were undervaluing land.’’ He termed the new values ‘“‘very fair.”’ At their meeting Nov. 3, the assessors will send the new values to the state Department of Revenue in Boston for final approval. Then, a tax rate will be set, and the tax bills will be mailed, Mason said. Then, if any property owners be: lieve their land assessed, they board for an said. has been can apply abatement, unfairl to thi Maso! Gary Granger, whose propert has doubled in value in one yea from $3,000 to $6,000, said, ‘‘I thinl a lot of our minds would be set a ease if you could tell us what thi tax rate will be.” Although the exact tax rate ha. not been established, Mason said it robably will be less than $15 per 1,000 of assessed value. The current rate is $18.25. : After the meeting, Mason said, “We what feel we that we have are done. people get their tax they’ll be satisfied.”’ By justified the in time bills, I think WORTHINGTON County Sheriff — John Fred Boyle C. and former Agawam selectmen Walter Kerr and Andrew Galano. Henry H. Snyder of Worthington was chairman of the event. He was assisted by Clarence Jordan of Cummington, R.A. Smith of Hun- tington, and Roy Rida, Roger Gunn and Fred Smith, all of Worthington. Vincent Caroleo of Agawam, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Commerce, was master of ceremonies. Raymond Fontana of Springfield gave a testimonial. bad en pee yr Emerson was earlier the staff. of hi Greenfield office. ey Emerson has served as Agawam selectman in the 1950s, been a member of the Worthington. Finance Committee and served on Worthingly Bicentennial Committee in he WORTHINGTON—Two local artists received awards recently at the opening of the Sixtieth Annual f pagapnistae Worthington artwin ist award ss Nev �26 Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., Wed., October 5, 1983 thursday, entertainment [Arts and december 8, 1983 Making snowshoes COMPOSER AND pianist John Newell says the process of composition remains a mystery. He will be performing some of his own and other pieces tomorrow evening in the Russell Conwell School. Vode angfur) G 4 n composer John Newell Inhabiting music’s mazes By HAL LANGFUR Knossos, an ancient city in Northern Crete, was a magical and mysterious place. There, at the center of a vast and intricate labyrinth, lying in wait for unsuspecting prey, lived beast. the Minotaur, half-man, half- “Knossos”’ is also the title of a composition for solo piano by Worthington pianist-composer John Newell. The title suggests both the mysterious nature of the piano piece and of the art of composition. In an interview last week at his home on Harvey Road, Newell played excerpts from ‘‘Knossos.”’ Like the ancient city, the short piano piece mysteries. evokes labyrinthine Emotionally charged, and at times harsh and disorienting, the piece was composed two years ago after Newell had read about the once-great Cretan civilization. Knowledge of the Cretans, Newell learned, has come to us only in fragments. Similarly, his piano piece consists of a myriad of disconnected fragments. Long silences, crashing chord clusters and alluring melodies by interrupted unsettling unexpectedly dissonances confuse, then hypnotize the listener. Like the legendary labyrinth, “you can’t get out of this piece,” said Newell. ‘“‘One of the functions of this composition and of art in general is to challenge people and make them a little uncomfortable,” he said. He finds the process of composing as mysterious as the mythical maze. ‘“‘You never know where the idea for from.” a composition comes Sometimes he feels an emotion that can only be expressed through music. Sometimes a poem inspires him. Sometimes he begins with a melody, and sometimes with just a rhythm. On a penciled sketch of an unfinished composition, Newell pointed out scattered musical ideas — melodies without rhythms and rhythms without chords — that he had scrib- bled between staves and in margins. These ideas, he said, are often written into the piece at places completely different from where they were conceived. The final product results from a slow, grueling process that bines the artist’s search for knowledge and self-expression his desire to communicate others. “‘There’s a movement among temporary composers to be comselfwith with con- more accessible, and that doesn’t necessarily mean a compromise must be made,” said Newell. ‘‘For instance, I’m not writing music that only a virtuoso orchestra could play. A civic or university orchestra could play my music,” he said. “‘Nobody wants to hear the world’s most difficult piece, so I don’t write it.” Nevertheless, the composer said it has been difficult getting people to hear his music, although his skill as a concert pianist has helped. This year for the first time, Newell is playing solo concerts, and in Febru- ary, as part of his plan to make more public appearances, he will tour North Carolina, his native state, and Virginia. Newell, who in 1978 settled here with his wife, Lyn Horton, and 4- year-old son, Spencer, left North Carolina after graduating from Duke University and earned a Ph.D. in composition from the State Uni- versity of New York in Buffalo. He has appeared throughout the United States as composer, pianist, conductor and lecturer. His compos- itions have been performed Handmade snowshoes are a special hobby enjoyed by Ralph Smith of Middlefield. He exibits his craft in the photo shown above. (Photo by Janet Dimock) in the U.S., Europe, and South America. “The average concert pianist doesn’t get as far as I do into the 20th century repertoire,” said Newell, who plays the entire range of 20th century music. In this century, there have been more new styles than in all of music history, he said. His own compositions range in style from a harp solo, titled ‘‘Aardvark Processions,’’ premiere in New which had its York at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1980, to a piano solo called “The Caprice of Death in 1982,”” which Newell composed in memory of those who died that year in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and El Salvador. Newell will play both of these pieces, along with a third composition, titled ‘‘A Pleasant Fugue,” at a performance tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room of the Russell H. Conwell Elementary School on Huntington Road. He will also play works by Claude Debussy and Leos Janacek. Following his performance, the artist will speak on the art of composing. “‘I want to give people an idea of where my ideas come from,’’ said Newell. The perfomance and talk will be given in appreciation of the Wor- thington Arts Council, which recently gave Newell an $86 grant. at Worthington site Sport shop to open —A WORTHINGTON goods store will open here To sell munitions, the shop has to sporting be licensed by the state and federal in time government, Mrs. Mason noted. She hopes those licenses will arrive by for deer week in December. The shop in the home of Harley December. and Althea Mason on Huntington Road will carry a range of hunting equipment, including guns and ammunition, bows and arrows, knives, boots and other outdoor clothing. Mrs. Mason is the town clerk — in Worthington, and her husband works for the Stanley Home Products Co. “There are lots of hunters here, and no local supply stores to serve them,”’ Mrs. Mason noted. The small Masons addition are completing to their home a to for house the shop and have applied a permit to allow the store to open. A public hearing will be held Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. at the decide on the permit. Town Hall If not, the Masons will open anyway, but without any bullets or gunpowder in their invento- to "the shop will be open during the evenings Fridays, throug! on Wednesdays on Saturdays and, possi bly, on Sundays during the day. �Timber sale to net more than $8,000 this winter for Worthington By HAL LANGFUR WORTHINGTON — The selectmen last night said the town will make more than $8,000 on the sale of town timber this winter. The board unanimously chose high bidder John B. Lynch of Chesterfield to run the selective timber harvesting operation 1 acres off Hing on 50 munici- pom. Lynch bid 10,000 for the timber. Lynch said today that he plans to begin logging the land in January, after he finishes his Christmas tree sales. Local logger Christopher Powell of Harvey Road proposed the project to the board earlier this year on behalf of his employer, Bay State Forestry Service of Shutesbu- plot plan for. the proposed development of a site, in compliance with the town’s protective zoning bylaws. showing exactly how far back from each road a building must be to meet zoning requirements. Planning Board Cook made, said a because Chairman road controlled more plan variances Robert should be must be strictly on certain roads, such as Routes 112 and 143, the two state highways that pass through town. Cook asked the selectmen to help finance the project, which he estimated will take Clerk Phyllis DasSsatti about 25 hours to complete. The selectmen agreed to the plan, but asked for a more detailed pro- ry, which will receive 9 percent of the sale price ($900) for its assistance. posal from the Planning Board. All three selectmen attended last night’s meeting. field abutter show Another $1,000 will go to Chester- Karl Lan pag to Davies a private for im- road The bylaws the ask location applicants of all to buildings, eading to the timberland, the selectmen said. The land lies in the area known as Jackson Swamp and will be ready for another profitable timber hariy in 10 years, according to Powell. In other business, the applications for zoning variances, requiring applicants to submit 2 Uniform tax rate kept,’<: businesses laud choice ness owners, the night unanimously uniform tax rate selectmen voted to keep for town last a vesidels tial and commercial property. a This action, the last step to setting town tax rate for fiscal 1984, means that owners of all types of properties in the community will be taxed equally. The Board of Assessors, which attended last night’s tax classification hearing, has not yet set the tax rate, than but predicted $15 on every it will be less $1,000 of taxed property. The current rate is $18.25. The assessors will determine the new rate this week and send it to the state Department of Revenue in Boston for certification, according to Assessor Robert E. Mason. A lower tax rate was promised by the assessors stantial this fall after increase in local a sub- property valuations angered many town residents. The lower rate will offset much of the impact of the recent revaluation, which set a total as- ‘parking areas, traffic access and circulation drives, open spaces, landscaping, and any other perti- nent information that may be necessary to determine if the proposal meets town requirements. In the past, applicants have not included detailed plot-plans with their variance requests and have left town zoning boards with much guesswork, the officials said. The Planning Board also suggested that the town develop a detailed plan. of town highways and roads, Fred Nagler, renowned artist ‘ and summer resident, dies By Rick Mosey Road selectmen By HAL LANGFUR q@ HUNTINGTON—When prominent artist Fred Nagler left his stone summer house on Nagler Cross discussed several zonips technicalities with members of the Board of Appeals and the Planning Board and the town building inspector, Ray Magargal. The boards decided that an addendum will be attached to all future ‘WORTHINGTON — To the applause of a dozen local small busi- Nig sessment for all town land at just over $29 million, a figure that is 26 percent higher than the previous assessment of $23 million. At present, residential property Owners pay 91.8 percent of .Worthington’s total tax bill, while com- mercial property percent, Mason said. owners pay 8.2 “In the extreme case,” these fig- ures could have changed to 87.6 Percent for residential tax payer s and 12.4 percent for commercial tax payets. In that case, residential property owners would have been taxed at $14.18 on every $1,000 of taxed land and commercial prope rty owners at $22.27 on every $1,000 of taxed land, said Mason. This would have saved residential property owners about 70 cents on every $1,000 and cost commerci al property owners just over $7 more on every $1000, he said. Although the assessors would not reveal the final tax rate, based on these figures it apparently will be set at about $14.88 on every $1,000 of property owned. in September, he took a long wistful look around his property. ““‘When we came to pick him up to take him to the airport, he was looking out over the hill,’’ said Betty Tucker, a close friend of Mr. Nagler and Edith, his wife of 65 years. ‘‘I think he knew it was going to be his last summer here.”’ Mr. Nagler, 92, died in a nursing home in Dallas on Nov. 24. Born in Springfield, Mr. Nagler has spent his summers in Huntington for 65 years. He and Edith honeymooned at their Goss Hill home. “Fred was originally from Springfield and he loved the area,’’ said Mrs. Tucker, who spends summers in North Chester with her husband, John. ‘‘He met Edith and the Art Student’s League in New York City and introduced her to the area. You always think of the two of them together—they were always together.’’ Mr. Nagler was widely known for his etchings, sculpture and portraits. He was also known for his religious motifs. His works are on display in museums, galleries, churches and universities throughout _the country including the Childe Hassam, American Academy of Arts and Letters; the Halgarten Prize, National Academy of Design; John Barten Payne, Virginia Museum; Clark Prize, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Altman and Carnegie Prizes, National Academy of Design; Lamont Prize, First Prize, Museum of Springfield and First Prize, New Haven Museum. The summer house, known simply as ‘‘The Stone House,”’ sits on 200 acres with an appropriately inspiring view. The Naglers helped design the home themselves and oxen were used to drag the stones up the hill. The house was designed to serve as a studio with high windows and a cathedral ceiling. The ownership of the house has been transferred to his son, Joe, who lives in Texas. 3 Mr. Nagler remained active as an artist until recently. Since his wife, also an accomplished artist, recently broke her hip and has cateracts, Mr. Nagler did all of the errands, cooking and the wash. May Smith of Montgomery recalled that last summer Mr. Nagler called her searching for a recipe for peanut brittle. Cathe DeLano of Bean Hill Road also received a call. “*He was calling all over for a recipe,’’ Mrs. DeLano said. ‘‘He ended up using his own recipe—it was awful.”’ Mrs. DeLano, also a close friend of the Naglers, said Mr. Nagler ‘‘was one of the most Christian men I’ve ever met. He influenced everyone he met.”’ Mr. Nagler, especially during the last 10 years, led an active social life in the Hilltowns. He held parties for 60 to 70 guests at places like the former Page Ore Restaurant in Westfield and the Log Cabin in Holyoke. ‘*He would invite a diverse group of people that you would never think would mix at all,’’ Mrs. DeLano said. ‘‘But Fred could get away with it because of their respect for him. He said it was good to mix up different kinds of people because some of one rubs off on the other.’’ Mrs. DeLano said that a memorial service will be held in Huntington in the spring. She suggested that donations be made in Mr. Nagler’s name to a favorite charity. RA LS SER EE OE Fred Nagler, attending his wife’s 93rd birthday party this summer, at The Rapids Restaurant in. Huntington. (Photo courtesy of Cathe DeLano) Mr. Nagler lived in Springfield until 1914, when he went to study at the Art Student’s League in New York City. After graduation in 1917, he moved there. He moved to Dallas 10 years ago. He is survived by his wife, Edith (Kroger) Nagler of Dallas; a son, Joe of Dallas; a sister, Elsa Nagler of Springfield; and two grandsons, Paul and John. The funeral was Monday in Dallas. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. % �POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT WORTHINGTON REAFFIRMS SUPPORT t fg A FOR ~ NUCLEAR FREEZE a Some of the residents and friends who endorse the resolution below: “There can be no winners in a nuclear war. Because we love this planet and wish to see it preserved for ourselves and especially our children, we continue to call upon the President and the Congress to seek a bilateral, verifiable freeze on nuclear weapons and to work to end the arms race.”’ 3 Dorset Anderson Kathleen J. Andries Bruce J. Barshefsky Karen J. Barshefsky Laura Bowen Beverly J. Bowman G. Grant Bowman Karen Bowman Nancy Brenner Margaret E. Breymann Donald Bridgeman Jacqueline D. Bridgeman Lois Ashe Brown Lyndon L. Brown Ken Burns Harriet A. Burr Gary Chamberlin Holly Chamberlin Deborah Charren Paul Cianciolo Susan Clarke Muriel B..Cottrell Karin Cook... --' H. Blanche Demagall Beity Devécca ~ Timothy Diehl: ° David Dimock Janet Dimock:: Michele Dodge Martha Donoghue Tim Donoghue Ginger Donovan Glenda Donovan Gregg Donovan Winston Donovan Connie Dorrington Christine Douglas Laurie Doyle Jack Dunn Anders Eide Susan Erickson Marcia Feakes Bradford Fisk John Fosnot Paul Jefferey Fowler Mordicai Gernstein Frederick P. Gibson Joan M. Goldsmith Paul Grafstein John Green Susan Yard Harris Gay Houldsworth Rick Houldsworth Donald Ives Sara C. Ives Cari S. Joslyn ‘Idas Joslyn David Katz G. Randall Kehler Michael Kerans Esther Kerley David Kielson Gail Kielson Leslie Kielson Karen Kinnon Kevin Kinnon Mary-Ellen Kitchen Stephen Kulik Suzanne Kulik Josephine Lagerstrom Anthony Lake Antonia Lake Nellie Lake Timothy Lake Dorothy Levens Lewis B. opera A. Lippert David Lippert Regina DeFalco Lippert Henry Livingston _ Joan Livingston . Janet MacAusland Ronald B. Woodland Bill McCarty Phyllis McCarty Betsy L. McGinnity James McGuire Florinda R. Mcliveen Richard Mansfield Joan Mendelsohn Darlene E. Kuzon Millman Jack Millman Eric Myrvaagnes Naomi Myrvaagnes John Newall Lynn Horton Newall Michael Newman Janet M. Osborne Ken Paul Elizabeth S. Payne Greg Pease Robert N. Perkins Barbara Quinn Tom Quinn John E. Reagan Carol Recore Richard R. Rhodes '» Barbara Richert -John L. Roske Mary Ann Roske ’ Judy Sena Paul Sena Elizabeth Schultze Stéphen P. Schultze pe Karen Shedd Douglas Small Judith M. Small & G. Grant Bowman, Worthington, MA Carmen M. Almeida-Smith Madeline Smith Ralph W. Smith R. Scott Smith Peter Spinelli Andrea Strom Barbara Sweeney John Sweeney Marion Sweeney Cynthia Tebo Norman W. Tebo John Turell A. Colin Walker Barbara Walker Caroline Warner Susan Warner John P. Weich Marian Weich Susi Westwood Catherine Whitcomb David Whitcomb Martin Wohl° %.: Jerry Wood', Madeline Wood» Robert: ‘Wood, . mat Sally Wood). as 3. - Thomas ‘Wood: : * Ronald S. Woodland ” �G thi A package to the citizens of Sarmany in.the Soviet Union got a send-o, ff Saturday from the Worthington post office. Postal employee Harriét Osgood looks over mai ling regulations with Sally Wood (right). (Photo by Janet Dimock) Worthington package on the way to town in the Soviet Union By Janet Dimock WORTHINGTON—A package of photographs, letters, information and goodwill was sent on its way Saturday to the Soviet Union. The package was delivered to the local Post Office by members of a nuclear freeze group who hope that the information will improve communication between the United States and the Soviet Union. The package was sent to Sarmany, a small community near the Ural Mountains. Project Chairman Sally Wood said that the package weighed in at just under five pounds. The group has also begun a new project aimed at making the town a nuclear free zone. That would pro- : Letter to Soviets 1S circulated WORTHINGTON—A letter of greeting and common purpose to the people of Sarmany, a small town in the Soviet Union, is being circul ated as part of a community profile to be maile d this Saturday. Those interested still have a chance to sign the letter, according to Grant Bowman of Witt Hill Road. A letter is posted at the Corners Grocery Store. It reads: ‘‘The people of Worthington and Sarmany are united through the Ground Zero Project, through our love for our towns, and through the hopes we share for our childrens’ futures. Yet, if there is a nuclear war, all that we value would be destroyed. As people who live in this Massachusetts Hilltown community, we pledge ourselves to work to prevent nuclear war, an unthinkable horror that must be prevented. Our two nations must work together to create peaceful means of resolving conflicts and take steps to reduce the danger of nuclear war. We are working for these goals in our country and would like to be united with other people as they work for these goals in their countries.”’ More information on the project is available from Mr. Bowman and from Sally and. J Wood of Williamsburg Road. pega hibit the production, planning or transportaion of nuclear weapons - related items through the town. Petitions for support of the idea are being circulated, according to Richard Mansfield of West Street. The group hopes to put the question before the voters at a Town Meeting, where the issues can be debated. A similar proclaimation was passed earlier this year in the town of Leverett. If passed, the resolution would also prohibit participation in nuclear defense and crisis relocation planning. Although there are no plans at this time for any other community to relocate here in case of a crisis, the Worthington group is opposed to this type of plan because they see it as misleading. “*(This type of) Civil Defense planning gives validity to the myth that there is a survivable nuclear war, that all you have to do is leave town for a few days. We don’t want to have any part of that myth,’’ Mr. Mansfield explained. The resolution reads as follows: 1. We reaffirm the endorsement of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze and reduction as voted by the town of Worthington in June 1982. 2. No nuclear weapons may be designed, produced or deployed in the town. 3. The town will not participate in nuclear defense or crisis relocation planning. 4. Transportation or storage of nuclear weapons or nuclear material intended for weapons use will not be permitted in the town of Worthington. More information on the resolution is available from Mr. Mansfield or other members of the freeze group. �Small computer service hope to help s other small businesses S in the area By Janet Dimock Qe iF WORTHINGTON-—A small business, based on its owners’ ambition to help other small businesses, has found a place in the Hilltowns. B & H Computer Services has received a prompt response for services in its first six months of business, something that has made owners Beverly Bowman of Worthington and Nancy Hewes of Chesterfield very happy. The two have combined their interest in and knowledge of computers, their accounting and bookkeeping experience and their interest in small town government to make a computer business tailored toward small businesses and communities. The business offers a range of computerized services including maintenance of data files, accounting, billing, payroll accounts, direct mailing and advertising and mailing lists..Voting and street listings have been compiled for several communities. ‘‘We’re doing a l6t with mailing lists and we’ve done some postcard advertising recently,’’ Mrs. Bowman said. Client information is recorded by a Radio Shack model 12 computer and printed by the attached dot matrix printer. Facts and figures are stored on discs (a duplicate is made of all records) and can be pulled out for a variety of uses. Customer listings can be relied upon for different categories of information, for example. Customers who live in a certain town or even on a certain street may be pinpointed with ease with the aid of a computer. As long as there is enough information on hand, the computer operator can develop data files to suit the customer’s needs. One B & H customer was able to compile a list of her own clients according to their birthdate so that she can send each one a card, Mrs. Bowman said. The two women were initially attracted to the computer business as means to help small towns deal with increased paperwork demands. Both are familiar with the workings of small town government through their own involvement. Mrs. Hewes is the town accountant for the town of Chesterfield (she also filled in as Worthington’s accountant for one year) and Mrs. Bowman is Worthington’s tax collector. Mrs. Bowman became acquainted with the potential of computers when the machines were introduced to the Gateway school system, where she worked as the assistant elementary school principal. She resigned her position a year ago to pursue her new career. B & M Computer Services was formally formed seven months ago on an auspicious date, the two women jokingly point out, April Fool’s Day. Since then they have been busy serving an increasing number of customers. ‘‘For not advertising we’ve done extremely well,’’ Mrs. Hewes pointed out. ‘‘There’s been a project going all the time. Now there’s usually more than one,’’ her partner added. A large part of their business demand has been to compile street listings and voter registration lists for four towns in the Gateway district. Through use of a new program, street listings referring to each house according to its location can be printed even if the houses are not numbered. These lists are especially valuable to local fire departments, Mrs. Bowman said. Over the past months they have refined and improved their ‘‘town clerk’s package’’ to include not only street and voting lists, but also a school census and dog lists. New offerings for towns are also in the works. ‘‘We are in the process of developing an accounting system for municipalities and we are really excited,’’ Mrs. Bowman said. ‘‘It will be a service at an affordable price.’’ Developing an accounting system is probably one of the biggest problems that face small towns due to the high salary cost involved, she said. A full-time Mit otinnsy Businesswomen Bowman Nancy Hewes, right, and Beverly work at their Radio Shack model 12 com- puter. (Photo by Janet Dimock) accountant with the necessary expertise can cost a town a lot of money. With the new program, B & H Computer may be able to perform that service at a much lower cost. It will be available in the near future. to offer printing of Originally they planned municipal tax bills right away, but have found that the project is quite involved and that the computer software is not readily available. ‘‘We’re working up to that—it is very complex,’’ Mrs. Bowman said. They plan to make that service available for fiscal year 1985 tax bills. The rest of their work has more than met their expectations, however. ‘‘We’re finding that there really is a need for computer services among the small businesses,’? Mrs. Bowman said. A few of their customers are from outside this area ‘‘but the majority of business has been in the Hilltowns.’’ Small business owners are ‘easy to work with’’ and the women enjoy tailoring a computer package to fit the customer’s needs. ‘‘Our motto is, we emphasize service,’’ she ex- plained. In the future they plan to add a daisy wheel printer quality letters for their typewriter to produce customers. If business keeps increasing they may evén add another computer. A modem, which enables the computer to send and receive information over the ian telephone, was recently purchased. ‘What we’re doing at the moment is continuing to expand our services, expand our research and development and we will expand our software as the need arises,” Mrs. Bowman said. advertising—for is postcard step new One themselves. The women feel that they have diversified and expanded their offerings to the point that they can take on a number of new customers. After seven months on the job, the two still find the work enjoyable. ‘‘Our offerings are pretty diverse, that’s what makes it so much fun. We’re not doing the same thing day in and day out,’’ Mrs. Bowman said. “It’s challenging,’ Mrs. Hewes added. “‘It makes you feel good when people come back.”’ ES A � Book Bound document, typically consisting of 25 or more pages. Generally does not include stapled items. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Book - Scrapbook Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 32.4 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm 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). 1980s Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource Capen - Payne 1972-1983 scrapbook of newspaper articles and pictures from 1972-1983. The scan was split into two sections: scr30_vol_1.pdf covering the period 1972 through 1979 and scr30_vol_2.pdf covering the period 1980 through 1983. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 32.4 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm (12.8 x 12.2 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR30 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. Elizabeth Payne Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Arthur Capen and Elizabeth Payne 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 1972/1983 Subject The topic of the resource Historic Event Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elizabeth Payne, Arthur Capen 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 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). 1980s Date Available Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. 2007-03-27 Description An account of the resource News Clips and articles of historic interest but outside Worthington Capen-Payne.' Brown cover with gold emboss. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 31.8 x 28.6 x 1.3 cm (12.5 x 11.2 x 0.5 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR31 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. Elizabeth Payne Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Arthur Capen and Elizabeth Payne 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 1960/1969 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 with embossd ship with red sales; contains news cllippings. Date 'Xmas 1935' written in gold on front cover. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 24.1 x 29.2 x 1.9 cm (9.5 x 11.5 x 0.8 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR32 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. Marion Bartlett Title A name given to the resource Scrapbook - Marion L. 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 1950/1971 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 Maroon and silver leather bound scrapbook, 1940 to 1949 with a few in the 1950s (mezzanine shelves in WHS building - identify ?) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 33 x 41.9 x 2.5 cm (13 x 16.5 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR33 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. I 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 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 Maroon and silver leather bound scrapbook, 1968 to 1978 newspaper cllippings and photographs Mezzanine Shelves in WHS building (identify ?) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 33 x 41.9 x 2.5 cm (13 x 16.5 x 1 in) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCR34 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. III 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 1968/1978